ever tought you were "cool"?

flanum

Ok, so following on from the Nancy Boys thread, there seems to be a lot of boardies who dont approve of this look, i was wandering did they ever look "cool" (or thought they did) when they were younger but would in fact be embarrased if they met their younger selves today?

me?? i was sooooo cool with my "cure" stuff and jesus and mary chain head!!! lol
proof?.........

me in 1987...

and...


:eek::eek::cool:

i just knew that was the look that would last for decades! lol

chopperbyrne

I'm sure I used to think a flat-top haircut was cool.

Thankfully I have no photographic evidence.

Wore a few dodgy tracksuits when I was about ten or eleven too.

genericgoon

Nope not once. Delusion is not one of my strenghts.

Dragan

Can't say as i ever particularly thought of myself as being "cool".

I was told i was cold by an ex once after i had just gotten into bed though.

Beetlebum

flanum wrote: »

Ok, so following on from the Nancy Boys thread, there seems to be a lot of boardies who dont approve of this look, i was wandering did they ever look "cool" (or thought they did) when they were younger but would in fact be embarrased if they met their younger selves today?

me?? i was sooooo cool with my "cure" stuff and jesus and mary chain head!!! lol
proof?.........

me in 1987...

and...


:eek::eek::cool:

i just knew that was the look that would last for decades! lol

Is it wrong that at 27 years of age I actually think you look kinda hot?:)

I do have a soft spot for Robert Smith though..

Sherifu

flanum wrote: »

me in 1987...

and...

Without wishing to alarm you, you appear to have a spider on your head !!!111!!!!111

Pyr0

Jaysus ! That is one rough haircut !!

Steve_o

My mom thinks i'm cool....

OP, nope i've never thought of myself as anything really, cool or otherwise, i'm just me i guess!

Also I was 1 when that pic was taken!!

elmyra

About ten years ago I plagued my poor mother for weeks until I got those Adidas rip-off tracksuit bottoms - the navy ones with the navy and white stripe down the side and f'ing huge Adidas motif. Pretty much thought I was the business in them. Oh how wrong I was. Shameful, shameful past

nevaeh-2die-4

flanum wrote: »

me in 1987...

and...

My sweet jasus if I was one of those skinheads back then I would have certainly beat the crap out of you and tied ya to the back if my car & took u on a fag drag!!!!!! only buzzing man.

nevaeh-2die-4

oh & for the record u were no where near cool.

fitz0

nah Ive always known Im not cool but fvck it! Ill be cool in a not cool sort of a way...

RxQueen

eh like all the time!:p nah im uncool really

FunkyChicken

elmyra wrote: »

About ten years ago I plagued my poor mother for weeks until I got those Adidas rip-off tracksuit bottoms - the navy ones with the navy and white stripe down the side and f'ing huge Adidas motif. Pretty much thought I was the business in them. Oh how wrong I was. Shameful, shameful past

Ditto on the tearaways. I thought I was the **** for weeks until people told me they werent cool anymore. My first pair of Nike Air Max is the same story. A bit too late..

Dave!

Dear god is that what the 80s were like?! :eek:

I went through my rocker phase of hoodies and liking Slipknot... Can't say I thought I was cool though... nor did anyone else Oh well

whiskeyman

with my luminous yellow, red and cyan flecky tracksuit back in 1992... I was de bomb!!!

phasers

I'm told I'm cool all the time, I only ever wear jeans and Tshirts. I've never worn anything bad, and I always have the perfect comeback to everything. I look good, I feel good, I smell good. Women want me and men want to be me.

Kold

A nice tshirt and loose fitting jeans won't ever go out of fashion.

Maximilian

I once believed lecturing people while inebriated and using home furnishings in lieu of conventional head wear was cool.

Kold

Actually I'm gonna hold up my hands and say I still think I looked awesome:

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BroomBurner

I was SOOOO cool in my black leggings, pushed down ankle socks (white) and ankle boot runners. Rock on 1994. Have never reached those heady heights of coolness ever since.

Aisling(",)

BroomBurner wrote: »

I was SOOOO cool in my black leggings, pushed down ankle socks (white) and ankle boot runners. Rock on 1994. Have never reached those heady heights of coolness ever since.

people wear that today!

Adam

Probably, we all need to have some confidence in ourseleves every so often...

flanum

Beetlebum wrote: »

Is it wrong that at 27 years of age I actually think you look kinda hot?:)

I do have a soft spot for Robert Smith though..

err. sort of?? i mean that pic was in 1987 when i was 17... you were 6?... it was 21 years ago.. erm im 38, do you mean 21 years ago you thought i was hot or now that your 27, or you think im hot back then in the future before?...
this is confusing......

damn time/space contiuums!

Latchy

teen/twenty somthing pics are an embarresment

I got cooler as i got older

flanum wrote: »

me?? i was sooooo cool with my "cure" stuff and jesus and mary chain head!!! lol
proof?.........

me in 1987...

and...


:eek::eek::cool:

i just knew that was the look that would last for decades! lol

Thats a real cool echo and the bunnymen pic

taidghbaby

phasers wrote: »

I'm told I'm cool all the time, I only ever wear jeans and Tshirts. I've never worn anything bad, and I always have the perfect comeback to everything. I look good, I feel good, I smell good. Women want me and men want to be me.

my hero :rolleyes:

Latchy

Originally Posted by phasers
I'm told I'm cool all the time, I only ever wear jeans and Tshirts. I've never worn anything bad, and I always have the perfect comeback to everything. I look good, I feel good, I smell good. Women want me and men want to be me.

Lottsa men want to be george clooney

Jigsaw

I once attended a school non uniform day dressed like Richey out of the Manics. I had skin tight white Levis and a t shirt with a spray painted pseudo-socialist logo on it and a blazer with a picture of Lenin on it. I guess I thought I was a bit of a cool interesting guy in those days. Then I grew up and became exposed to the truth.

Ruu_Old

Back when the "spikes" was cool, I thought I was untouchable. Also my brother had a leather jacket (the fonze) and I had a cheaper brown (probably vinyl ) jacket, I was little fonze. Slip on shoes for my communion, white ala Michael Jackson!

hussey

I remember when I was 14 I think I wore a suede waistcoat for a wedding ...

SUEDE :eek:

Jigsaw

hussey wrote: »

I remember when I was 14 I think I wore a suede waistcoat for a wedding ...

SUEDE :eek:

Haha! That reminds me, I used to have a skinny leather tie. Funnily enough it would probably be cool again with a white fitted shirt and skinny jeans. However, the tie is long gone and my bodily proportions are not suitable for skinny jeans. I think I will have to settle for combats and a rugby shirt sorta look tbh.

minxie

hussey wrote: »

I remember when I was 14 I think I wore a suede waistcoat for a wedding ...

SUEDE :eek:

im thinking peter stringfellow here mate,,, and its not good:D:D:D
suede (what were you thinking):eek::eek:

brianthebard

i dunno if ive ever considered myself cool,but im quite happy to look like i stepped out of the seventies.got fierce p!ss pulled from me one summer in the factory by some of the older lads when they realised i dressed like them fifteen years ago.ah they had taste then,flares all the way,none of your skinny jeans crap...

cournioni

I don't think I am, because I am. :cool:

D. Murphy

I'm the sh!t!

haha but nah recently I found out that my hair could be molded into different shapes using some sort of gelatinous liquid! Makes me feel so cool that I could even walk through town without having tomatoes thrown at me (much)! Amazing stuff!


haha but honestly, I seem to think I'm the **** after like 6 or 7 drinks because i lose ALL my inhibitions and can do whatever I feel like even approach a girl for a dance!:eek: Of course the next day I'm always like "I hope I wasn't being an ass last night to people" because I have often told the truth in my state of coolness!

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

kovski

When I was 13 I had a fringe down to my chin and the rest of my head shaved. I gelled the fringe back over my shaved head. Everyone told me I looked like a knob but I just wouldn't listen.

Rb

What? It doesn't work like that at all. Things that I wore when I was a kid may have been cool then, but if I wore them now they wouldn't be (as I'm now an adult). Similarly, whatevers cool for kids these days they'll grow out of and it'll be uncool in their adulthood.

Kids and adults are different.

DublinWriter

flanum wrote: »

me in 1987...
...
i just knew that was the look that would last for decades! lol

Being of the same vintage, although not an out-and-out Cure-head, I'm with you there brother.

I looked back at an old photo album recently and I wasn't as bad looking as I thought at the time. It reminded me of that old song "I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger".

These days I may be fat, aging and balding, but I wouldn't go back, not for a second. The 80's was a grim place to grow up, especially in Ireland. I worked through my nostalgic phase a few years ago and as a consequence realised that the best place to be is in the here and now. We truly do live in an age of technological wonder and personal opportunity, despite the recent downturns.

I remember one particular essay subject for the JC which was 'Youth is Wasted on the Young". They seriously expected 15 year olds to write two page essays on the subject; these days I could write a novel!

The Chessplayer

Beetlebum wrote: »

Is it wrong that at 27 years of age I actually think you look kinda hot?:)

I do have a soft spot for Robert Smith though..

I think you're cool beetlebum

The Chessplayer

hussey wrote: »

I remember when I was 14 I think I wore a suede waistcoat for a wedding ...

SUEDE :eek:

i wore a skinny black leather tie for my confirmation. must dig it out some time for a night on the town

Kold

Rb wrote: »

What? It doesn't work like that at all. Things that I wore when I was a kid may have been cool then, but if I wore them now they wouldn't be (as I'm now an adult). Similarly, whatevers cool for kids these days they'll grow out of and it'll be uncool in their adulthood.

Kids and adults are different.

No wai.