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The 10 Most Cringe-Worthy Pictures We Took in Middle School

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Northeastern chapter.

During our Middle School years, in between the end of Picnik and the beginning of “the duck face”, we’ve all been guilty of taking some pretty…interesting pictures. With the invention of Myspace and Facebook came the new and exciting ability to put all of our artsy and awkward pictures online for everyone to see, but looking back on them years later, maybe tagging ourselves in those embarrassing selfies wasn’t the best idea. Here are the top 10 cringe-worthy pictures we’ve all posted at one point or another:

1. “Got my braces today!!” They were exciting for the first two days, but gave us some of our least photogenic moments.

2. “First middle school dance!”

Yeah, your friends will never let you live that one down…

3. “New Picnik filter!”

Remember all those corny picture captions we thought were so clever at the time?

4. “Tag your friends!”

A.k.a. tag as many people as possible to get a ton of likes.

 

5. “First day of summer!”

We all have that one friend…

6. “Bathroom selfies!”

One of the first and easily most regrettable selfies.

7. “Artsy picture!”

Back when taking a random nature picture was sooooo hipster and artistic.

8. “Best friends 4eva!” These cute, jumping-in-the-air profile pictures were a necessity for any Facebook profile.

9. “First Halloween party!”

Remember how excited you were for your first “grown-up” costume? Remember looking back and realizing it made no sense?

10. The Duck Face

Yeah, let’s just forget this ever happened.

So look back at your old middle school pictures, have a few laughs, reminisce about all the good times you had with your friends, then maybe untag yourself from one or two–or fifty–pictures.

 

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Lindsay Marum

Northeastern

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Melanie Dostis

Northeastern

Melanie Dostis is a journalism major at Northeastern University. She has been involved with Her Campus since her sophomore year, being elected co-correspondent her junior year- a position she is thrilled to continue in her last year. She lives a writing-filled life and wouldn't have it any other way. She is currently interning at Boston Magazine and is a correspondent for the Boston Globe and USA Today. She can usually be found back in her home-roots of wonderful New York on weekends, exploring her second home in Boston, or often back in her family roots of Ecuador, gorging on massive amounts of Hispanic dishes....Follow her on Twitter @MelDostis. HCXO!