If nothing else, the school photos from our youth serve one purpose: to humiliate us when we’re older.
And I think the people in these pictures are really feeling the humiliation right about now. These are incredible and painful all at once.
1. WOW
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo20.jpg)
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2. Two very solid entries
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo19.jpg)
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3. Not camera shy
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo18.jpg)
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4. Dynamic duo
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo17.jpg)
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5. The rat is a nice touch
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo16.jpg)
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6. Hair game on point
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo14.jpg)
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7. See above…
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo15.jpg)
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8. This song is called Hot N’ Heavy
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo13.jpg)
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9. Wicked mullets
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo12.jpg)
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10. Jazz hands…and a Juggalo
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo11.jpg)
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11. What’s going on here?
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo10.jpg)
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12. Your parents let you leave the house like this?
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo9.jpg)
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13. Had to have been late ’80s/early ’90s
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo8.jpg)
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14. I’m scared…
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo6.jpg)
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15. He loves his country, okay?
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo5.jpg)
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16. Hopefully an outtake
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo7.jpg)
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17. Both terrifying
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo4.jpg)
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18. LIFE GOALS
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo3.jpg)
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19. Think these guys dated much?
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo2.jpg)
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20. That’s not disturbing at all
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-photo1.jpg)
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So much cringing…