21 Things You Thought Were Cool In Middle School That You'd Cringe At Now
Oh, middle school...
1. Your Motorola Razr phone that never ever left your side
Also, remember not having Internet everywhere you went? Can you even imagine that now?
2. Flipping through your endless CD collection with your BFFL to choose what to listen to in your parents car
3. Burning mixed CDs for your friends and crush (assuming they knew you existed)
Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco were definitely on your middle school playlists.
4. Putting angsty lyrics you thought were deep AF as your AIM away message
You carefully crafted your away messages with song lyrics or the good old "brb mom needs the computer" line.
5. Taking pictures with your middle school squad like this:
These would end up on MySpace, obvi.
6. Practically bathing in Axe body spray because literally everyone was wearing it
*Plugs nose at the thought of it*
7. Taking selfies like this for MySpace
The OG selfie!
8. Being friends with MySpace Tom
He was your first friend on there, and you were only a little bit suspicious of him.
9. Having your favorite band as your MySpace layout and spending countless hours staring at it
You had to make sure your profile was cool in your crush's eyes.
10. Wearing Livestrong bracelets
A necessary middle school fashion accessory.
11. Showing off your calculator tricks to your friends in math class
This was mind-blowing, but definitely earned you a few C's because you should have been paying attention better.
12. Doodling all over your hands...
13. ...and your Converse...
14. ...and of course, your notebooks when you should have been paying attention in class.
15. Having your AIM screen name full of random "X's." Why? 'Cause it was COOL
16. Remember when ringtones with your favorite song on the radio were a thing?
Yeah, that's such an embarrassment now.
17. Shooting up mechanical pencil lead
What better thing was there to do in class?
18. Having dramatic goodbyes with your friends in the hallway
19. Wearing belts like these from Hot Topic...
20. ... or proudly owning these branded logo tees.
21. This symbol that was pretty much the essence of coolness in middle school. Long live those days...
Actually, it's probably best they're forgotten.