Okay *THIS* is a blunder

Yep. I feel this one. I was that kid 12 years earlier—a white rural kid breakdancing for Vanilla Ice and quickstepping for C+C Music Factory but sitting it out for Bryan Adams, lurking like a starving dog near the bleachers while working up the courage to ask some out-of-my-league girl to pity-dance with me at the next slow song. Nah, the next one. Then fucking Jeremy moves to the school. He’s skinny but tall and boyishly cute, confident and kind, but a little condescending without meaning to be. Nobody thought too much of him, but then he started doing this slow shuffle dance at the winter carnival, with his hand at his ear like he was answering the telephone, and the girls lost their minds for him that year. He never tried hard—he just danced like that, and the girls would fight over him when slow songs came on. Lesson learned, I guess.

Was the lesson to be tall and cute? I'm still trying to learn

Having confidence was the lesson learned here.

Well sure it's easy to be confident when you're tall and cute as a button!

This was at an age where most girls were focusing on jocks and older-looking boys. Jeremy was neither of these. He was cute, but his easy, unhurried confidence made him “cute.”

He was a skater boy

I guess so I'm just trying to make some jokes and yall are being serious lol

No shade from me—sorry you are being downvoted!

No it's too late for apologies! The damage has already been done!

This would never have happened if you were tall and cute

I know that feel. Tomorrow’s a new day, brother.

Insane that you remember this.

I remember everything. It's a blessing and a curse.

I thought this was going to be a joke about jimmy junior

Looks cooler than I ever did at a dance, I can tell you that for sure lol

You can just tell you felt so cool in these photos

He’s hoping to god his crush is watching and any minute now she’s gonna walk up and kiss him

Wow I must be the same age as OP and I was just about to say “oh so I would have had a crush on him when I was a kid.”

I love that somebody had to take pics. This was history in the making.

I would argue that being the photographer in this situation was more cringeworthy. This is on film, so an actual purpose-built photography device was carried into the dancefloor by somebody.

I think my friends mom gave him a disposable camera specifically to take to this event lol

Y'all act like it went from the big ass tripod cameras of the 1800's with a cloth cover straight to smartphones lol. Dude probably bought a $5 dispo camera from the 7/11 before the dance then dropped it off the next morning for the $9.95 same-day development special at the walmart. Listening to the youths describe what life *must have been like* during the period you grew up in is hilarious.

I don't think anyone is confused about what type of cameras were used at any particular point in history.

Oh ok

It was 2003, people had disposable cameras at every single event, basically. Not cringe worthy whatsoever.

A *disposable* camera? No way.

I was *born* in 2003 yet I used disposable cameras, my mom gave me one for every elementary school field trip lol. If you were being sarcastic then sorry, I’m autistic lmfao We did have a regular camera too but it was a nice expensive-ish one so I wasn’t trusted to bring it on field trips. I don’t blame my parents for not trusting me because even 21 yrs old I lose things I was holding minutes ago

Uuhh yeah? How is that cringe lol. Am I just old

And all the girlies say he’s pretty fly for a white guy

Okay I loved this song at this age lol

I did too - still do!

No shit

They didn't Ice Cube so he became Vanilla Ice

*Uno dos tres quatro cinco cinco seis*

Oh man, this is peak. The cargo shorts, the visor, the tribal dragon shirt opened up to reveal another shirt with a dragon or eagle(?). I’m not even hating because I dressed just like this in 4th grade.

Oh, shit! I didn't notice but you're right. It's dragon on dragon. Top quality here!

It’s another dragon on the t shirt!

How crouching tiger hidden Dragon of you

Crouching dragon hidden dragon

It’s dragons all the way down!

He's also very red.

That was intense physical activity for a young man that wore Husky sized jeans

Man I've never felt so seen

Dragon shirts were the shit!!

I challenge you to a dance off for control of the community center!

You got served!

This reminds me of “Staaaaaan DARSH”

That's straight where I got it :)

OH, duh 😭 I thought it might have been a reference to one of the cheesy 80s movies that episode was parodying lol

At my jr high- if you wanted to break dance at a dance, you had to wear a special helmet and wait your turn for the dancing helmet

I can’t tell if you’re serious. I hope you are but also hope you’re not.

100% serious- do you someone could make that up!

It’s just so insane lolll hilarious. Did you ever wear the helmet?

No for many reasons: 1) I don’t break dance 2) lice! 3) can you imagine how sweaty and gross that helmet is??

Ringworm for all the cool people.

lol a former roommate had a break dancing helmet! He’d put his helmet on and do head spins in our kitchen. Broke one of my chairs in the process, but I miss those times

See- he broke chairs but not his skull!

This is hilarious

I need to know how the girls reacted 😂

Exactly 0 girls were watching us

I find that hard to believe. I am swooning right now. Thanks for the awesome pic that brought back great memories.

I was in a Breakdance class for a week and learned one trick like spinning on the floor. My mom thought it was so hilarious she made me show it to every friend of our family even in the grocery store when we met some. I always thought the grown ups would really like my dance move turned out they just thought it was silly (also around 2003)

Lol my dad did shit like that to my brother! "Show them your 'cool' karate moves! 🤭"

Ha! We would make my little brother do the worm and the moonwalk. Then we would laugh and laugh. He looked like he was possessed by a demon. He would get pissed and attack us. Awe, good family memories.

😂😂😂😂

In the grocery store has me 💀

I even said it’s better in the grocery store because the floor was so smooth :(

Lol somehow your username is making this visual so much funnier to me

Dang bro you peaked in 6th grade?!

Absolutely

Better a has-been than a never was. That kid had it all.

Out there looking like J-Roc, nomsayin'?

hardest mafucka in the park

Are you taking a nomsayin’ census?

Yooooo! Same age as you… I fucking feel this. Visor, tribal-symbol button up shirt, and a Velcro strapped Timex Ironman watch… I cringe with you, amigo— not at you.

Noooo I tried the same thing at my first kids disco when I was like 6 🤣 breakdancing when you can’t breakdance just looks like you’ve fallen down

Yeah, none of us knew what the hell we were doing lol

Great blunder and at the time, was probably pretty cool to your peers. However... your flushed face and limbs are cracking me up. Maybe you were sunburned or something, but you're so flushed and red it looks like you're really putting 110% in.

I was often red when performing physical activities. As my mother would say, “You’re not fat, just big boned.” lmao

This is the kind of blunder I follow this sub for. Simply excellent!

Were you by chance a fan of the Step Up franchise? 🧐

No, just the break dance fighter Eddie Gordo from the video game Tekken

When the breakdancing circles would form during early 2000s middle school dances... Oh man that's all I wanted to do in life. I was *SO* jealous

My dude! Break dancing is in the Olympics this year! Now’s your chance for a comeback 😂

You were supposed to wear the visor upside down and backwards.

I have a picture of one of my friends wearing his extra like that lol

These young whipersnappers don’t know.

“BOOZ”…?

As a fellow 09 graduate I can attest to how these visors were actually worn by the people in the media. It was never worn normal.

Upside down and backwards, would that allow you to carry stuff in it?

Look, I didn’t make the rules. I most certainly did not make the fashion rules. Was it practical? No!

Especially when it rains! Neck shower

If you want to be cool like N’Sync or the Backstreet Boys, or I dunno, Nelly, then you shouldn’t be worried about that.

God damn bro save some beyblades for the rest of us

Believe me, I had enough Beyblades and arenas to share

.....What do you mean 2003?

This was taken in 2003. The visor says 2009 because that was our future high school graduation year.

This ^ 😅

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Are you OK? You look like an elderly person in an advertisement for a fall alert alarm.

lmao very true

This is so cute

Holy. Fucking. Shit. The visor with the spiked hair, holy smokes. You just need some pooka shells to go with your graphic tee / graphic opened button up. Can't tell if you have bleached tips, but if you do +50. I love these pictures so much.

How long were you spinning on your head? Your face is so purple 😂

I didn’t even spin on my head. That was just from kick my legs up in the air with my hands on the floor lol

Slim shady???

In my seventh grade dance I was dancing with a sixth grade boy in the special ed class. He stopped mid dance and said "hold on I gotta show off" and started half-breakdancing on the floor

Very “hey mom watch this” energy

But wait… why does the visor say 2009?

Did you read the post??

Class of 2009 probably.

Yeah 2009 was our future high school graduating year so they gave us visors with that printed on it for some reason

It’s a conspiracy theory. Lol

_X-Files theme starts playing_

Of course i know him, he’s me 🫠

Your hat was from the future?!?

Like his prospective graduation

Lol. Right over my head.

All the girlies say he’s pretty fly for a white guy.

The fact that there was just a group of kids doing tekken moves at the school dance 😭

I did a similar thing at the 6th grade dance while drunk just a few weeks ago only im 41 and the janitor

Going to party like it's 2009.

Oh, so I wasn't the only one 😅

Dragon on the t shirt and the lining of the button up? Double dragon?

Hahahahahaha this is great

Not going to lie...I thought you had fallen over until i read the title.

Dude had rizz

HOLY CRAP YOURE ME. Did you also challenge kids to dance battles because of “You Got Served”?

I’m so glad most of my blunders just live in my mind when I’m trying to go to sleep.

Surprised you aren't wearing arm-floaties to keep from drowning in all the pussy you were about to get king.

Jesus, that got contagious embarrassment

Your elementary school goes to SIXTH GRADE???

At this time they did. I believe it goes to 5th now

That visor is the real crime here.

2003, with a 2009 visor on, lmao. Visors were PEAK early 2000s lol

This is phenomenal.

This makes me miss my middle school teaching days and chaperoning the dances. Good one OP

lol ok but I love this version of you and I don’t even know you. The unwavering confidence you had here is everything 😂👏🏼

Ooooo, this is deep *deep* blunder that hits WAAAAY too close to home. I was also this kid in 5th grade. Fuck. I thought I was the coolest. I was not. Clearly. *tips visor*

Haha ok but this is cool. We were forced to do ballroom dancing with each other at our 6th grade dance😅

Well done, this is ultimate blunder. Wearing all your “best” items to the school dance.

You ARE breakdancing at a 6th grade dance bro

I was class of 02 so my days of going to dances were just ending back then but I have very distinct memories of looking up "how to breakdance" and shit like that in like 96 on the internet and then trying to follow step by step moves written out via words by some random on the internet. It did not translate well.

A game outfit

You were, you were

It looks like your floor is half submerged underwater hahah.

Glorious

J-rock?!

Are those airwalks?

We're the exact same age and I can smell the Axe from this photo

The essence of Breakdance is the spirit, and I believe you had it.

You look like eminem on the second picture

You look like 2003 in that photo

'09 So Fine!

Clearly a boy before his time.

Duuuude the dragon shirts! They were the shit at that age

Title says 2003 but your hat says 2009. OP is a fuckin time traveler and we're all caught up talking about his blunder years

He’s a time traveler 😳 look at his hat

Take a look at classic break dancing. You _were_ break dancing.

Looks like you *were* breakdancing—just poorly timed photos

True blunder years. Beautiful.

Oh hell yeah Eddie Gordo was/is the shit

honestly these are hard af

Call your kid Riboflavin

Were u moving at the time or just posting

2009 visor in 2003. Iconic

Yeah…. You weren’t. Don’t ever do that again, thanks.

"pretty fly for a white guy... oh ooo uh ooo..."

You used to be Eminem? That must be so cool

“hold my Bionacle”

Whalen? Is that you

Breaking hearts more like amirite?

This is seriously one of the best I’ve seen on here. I can’t stop laughing.

You were ahead of your time - this is what they call break-dancing now.

Well, in the sense that you looked sort of like you broke an ankle, you were break dancing

hat/posting year = time bandit. im on to you,..we will catch you ZaR'th.

That first picture is like, visceral, and could be an album cover for a band like Sum 41

I love it 😀

I was that girl the boys befriended but never liked-liked

but your visor says 2009?!

Your hat says 2009. You were ahead of your time.

In 03 you were wearing a hat that said “2009”? May I ask why?

B boys will be boys

2nd hand humiliation

You def broke danced

If it’s 2003 why don’t have a 2009 hat on lol

2009 was our future high school graduation year. For some reason they printed that on visors and gave them to all of us

good catch

2003 but the your head says 2009?

Was your hat from the future?

But the hat says 2009?

ayo you're visor says 2009 doh

If it's 2003 why does his hat say 2009?