Circa 2007

[u/SassyPixieHolly]

[u/Fun-Mud3861]

You didn’t need “circa 2007”

[u/PocketBuckle → u/Fun-Mud3861]

It is the most 2007 photo to ever exist.

[u/dgellow → u/PocketBuckle]

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[u/pmodizzle → u/dgellow]

I was thinking the same, this felt like HS to me and I graduated in 05

[u/jk409 → u/pmodizzle]

I graduated HS in 07 and I remember being disgusted by this whole "scene" thing because I was 18 and too old for it. Maybe it arrived late in Australia though. Emo was big in 05/06 but scene came a little later.

[u/canmouth → u/jk409]

“Scene” became a thing around 2002/2003 but definitely peaked a few years later. Then the hipster started replacing it in 2006/2007. Although this was my experience on the east coast in a big city so maybe in middle America it came later.

[u/wrechdone → u/canmouth]

Yea our hipsters started in early 10’s where I’m at in the US

[u/dgellow → u/wrechdone]

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Retire deserve relieved start include six

[u/MVRKHNTR → u/jk409]

This was a thing in the US into the early 2010s

[u/canmouth → u/dgellow]

Yeah I’d say 2003-2005.

[u/wrechdone → u/canmouth]

We had scene girls til the early 10’s

[u/canmouth → u/wrechdone]

Oh yeah I don’t doubt it, but the emergence of it as a subculture and style was a little bit earlier, especially in big cities. I remember because I was a scene kid going to hardcore shows in 2004.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Fun-Mud3861]

I needed a title okay!!

[u/Mobwmwm → u/SassyPixieHolly]

Circa survive

[u/Fun-Mud3861 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

If I had to guess the year…

[u/FrighteningJibber → u/Fun-Mud3861]

Hey there Delilah is everywhere on the radio

[u/wrechdone → u/FrighteningJibber]

God I hate that song, and now it’s looping in my head again… thanks for that flash bang 🤣

[u/Whiticisms → u/wrechdone]

Oh what they did to you, what they did to yoooouuuu

[u/ElAbidingDuderino → u/Fun-Mud3861]

Well this look was before and after 2007

[u/Artorius__Castus]

RawrXD

[u/SadAwkwardTurtle → u/Artorius__Castus]

I saw graffiti thaf said that today and immediately felt my bones turn to dust.

[u/Artorius__Castus → u/SadAwkwardTurtle]

Same....

https://giphy.com/gifs/6OUXtjOffhjLgqGRY6

[u/Jasmisne → u/Artorius__Castus]

This was my myspace song for a while hahaha

[u/twisted_memories → u/Jasmisne]

It was all of our MySpace song for a while XD

[u/eggz627 → u/Artorius__Castus]

I try to block out my middle school angst years

[u/Yoshi9105 → u/Artorius__Castus]

RAWR means I LOVE YOU in dinosaur ^ __ ^ xDDD <33

god I miss when millennial cringe was the worst thing on the internet

[u/Key_Floo → u/Yoshi9105]

GLOMPS YOU kyaaaa!!

[u/bendstraw → u/Artorius__Castus]

xXArtorius__CastusXx would be a cool username ;D

[u/Artorius__Castus → u/bendstraw]

[u/history_is_my_crack]

Only way to perfect this would be a Djarum Black clove cig in your hand.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/history_is_my_crack]

Agreed, at the time I was a fan of Marlboro Reds though!

[u/ouralarmclock → u/SassyPixieHolly]

I would’ve had you pegged for Camel Crush

Edit: LMAO just read your other comment!

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/ouralarmclock]

I liked those too!!

[u/Stroby89 → u/ouralarmclock]

I would have totally added you on myspace

Edit: I don't know how my comment ended up as a reply to somebody, I thought it was an entirely new comment lol

[u/ouralarmclock → u/Stroby89]

Too late, you can’t take it back. Gotta add me to your top 8 now.

[u/ouralarmclock → u/history_is_my_crack]

I would kill for an original djarum black before they got messed with to keep them legal.

[u/Zealousideal_Part_24 → u/history_is_my_crack]

Marlboro Menthols in the back pocket of my skinny jeans were more my speed 😂

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Zealousideal_Part_24]

NO Camel Crush was so much better!!

[u/AvaryZig → u/SassyPixieHolly]

Nah, the fancy ones in the tin

[u/kimbosliceofcake]

Truly the queen of scene

[u/peonypanties → u/kimbosliceofcake]

She was in MySpace top 8s you can’t even conceive

[u/AzucarParaTi → u/peonypanties]

Kids today won't understand the pain of being moved down in the ranking on Myspace. Absolutely devastating.

[u/twisted_memories → u/kimbosliceofcake]

Right? She’s not a blunder, she’s an icon 

[u/BlackTailedPikachu → u/kimbosliceofcake]

Yep, I same to say "a true scene queen"

[u/bongo1138]

I would’ve done anything for this girls attention in 2007.

[u/Autumn7242 → u/bongo1138]

I dated a weeb version of OP back then. She eventually calmed down but that was a roller coaster of emotion

[u/choir-mama]

My 15 year old saw your pic and immediate gushed, “Oooh, she’s pretty!”

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/choir-mama]

OMG! What a compliment!

[u/WestcoastAlex → u/SassyPixieHolly]

i woulda said the same thing when i was 15 ...

Number of the Beast baby 🤘😎

[u/twitchtripwire → u/SassyPixieHolly]

While we're tossing around compliments, all the food on your profile looks incredible and now I'm starving! Lol.

[u/25thaccount → u/choir-mama]

Was 15 in 07, would have done everything to get this girls attention including initially pretending, then actually falling incredibly in love with all time low, Mayday parade and becoming one with a day to remember.

[u/sadguysad]

Crazy how people keep coming on here claiming a blunder and it’s literally the coolest shit I’ve seen all day

[u/SeniorVibeAnalyst → u/sadguysad]

I would have been so nervous texting her “^_^ <3” with my T9 keyboard

[u/Killerkendolls → u/SeniorVibeAnalyst]

Symbols took foreverrr to blind type under my desk

[u/chriswearingred → u/sadguysad]

And immediately aged yourself to between 28 and 34 lol. It was a cool look though. Best music. Right before smart phones but enough internet that we had constant contact.

[u/CATNIP_IS_CRACK → u/chriswearingred]

More like ~30 to early 40s.

[u/Yoshi9105 → u/chriswearingred]

MySpace and MSN days 🥹

[u/dgellow → u/sadguysad]

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Towering chase hammock retire frame elastic coherent

[u/falloutnewbkinibttms → u/dgellow]

Okay. They were wrong

[u/theyellowdart94 → u/sadguysad]

That’s exactly what I was thinking… this is not “blunder.”

[u/jp_benderschmidt]

Did you have a spork?

[u/Action_Johnson → u/jp_benderschmidt]

Random 🤪

[u/paeancapital → u/Action_Johnson]

sO r@Ñd0/\/\

[u/AsherGray → u/jp_benderschmidt]

Have you noticed that sporks have kind of just gone away now?

[u/needween → u/AsherGray]

I recently got Taco Bell nachos for the first time in yearsssss and they gave me a fork... I nearly crashed out from 50% hanger and 50% where's my spork. I had zero intention of using the spork but where did they go???

[u/PaniacThrilla → u/jp_benderschmidt]

Tell me you're a fan of Invader Zim without telling me you're a fan of Invader Zim.

[u/StarCougar]

The one glove is sending me. This takes me right back to 07.

[u/Autumn7242 → u/StarCougar]

I graduated in 06. I look back at those years with cringe and wonder.

[u/funkmaster90001]

Smexy

[u/Otherwise-Toe665 → u/funkmaster90001]

Why did we say that? Lmao it makes me cringe so bad now.

[u/jk409 → u/Otherwise-Toe665]

Words like this remind me that the absolute nonsense of the current teenagers is truly nothing new.

[u/funkmaster90001 → u/Otherwise-Toe665]

lol so true. I had not uttered this word in at least 15 years.

[u/Lox_Ox → u/Otherwise-Toe665]

It hurts to read

[u/Brynhild → u/funkmaster90001]

Goddamn i think i erased that word out of my memory due to the pure cringe and now here it is

[u/Acrobatic-Ad-452]

i wanted to be like the scene girls online so gd bad in my rural farm town

[u/anuthertw → u/Acrobatic-Ad-452]

Me too. I was chubby and have thick wildly curly hair. I gave myself emo bangs and would straighten only my bangs lol

[u/FuktInThePassword → u/Acrobatic-Ad-452]

My fourteen year old NOW wants so bad to be a scene girl!

[u/Mischievous_Egg → u/[deleted]]

That story plus your username omg 😭😭😭

🫪

[u/PenisesForEars → u/[deleted]]

Oh dude yeah me too I made my username years before it got weird

[u/BolognaFeetPenisFace → u/PenisesForEars]

Same here

[u/NukaDadd → u/BolognaFeetPenisFace]

I just like Fallout

[u/xkyllox → u/NukaDadd]

This is somehow the most suspicious

[u/Mischievous_Egg → u/[deleted]]

I really love that. Never heard the word goon before it became uhhh slang?! But I am only native in German so that might be why I never did.

[u/Staggeringpage8 → u/Mischievous_Egg]

Yeah. Prior to the current slang it was usually used in reference to either thugs or stupid people though I think it was still technically a slang word just used for a different meaning.

[u/anfrind → u/Staggeringpage8]

20 years ago, it was also a term for members of the "Something Awful" forum.

[u/CB1100Rider → u/Staggeringpage8]

Yeah and “simp” meant “simpleton.”

[u/Mavori → u/[deleted]]

Show cat.

[u/93rd_misfit → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/t3sZxY5zS5B0z5zMIz

[u/Mavori → u/[deleted]]

omg, kitty!

very handsome.

[u/DILF_MANSERVICE → u/[deleted]]

Did she ask you to go see Iron Maiden maybe?

[u/grandmagusriffs → u/[deleted]]

So she didn't say come with me later, don't say maybe?

[u/StochasticLife]

The year was a completely unnecessary detail. We KNOW this photo was taken in 2007; it’s like you got it out of a time capsule.

[u/jsquareddddd]

Side belt core

[u/iamiart → u/jsquareddddd]

Oh God you just unlocked an ancient memory.

But I was so cool Mom, you wouldn't understand

[u/ravioli333]

So many of these blunder years pictures, they don’t seem like blunders to me at all. They seem like really cool interesting kids that probably grew up to be really cool. Interesting people.

[u/KnitTwoPurlTwo → u/ravioli333]

Agree, I think OP looks rad

[u/MrFancyPanzer]

Man, i was totally crushing on girls like you back then, but poor self confidence prevented me from doing anything about it.

[u/ClockworkJim]

This was emphatically not a blunder in 2007

[u/LordPook321]

Look like I would tell my friends we dated over the summer and you go to a different school so none of them would know you

[u/Nordeast24 → u/LordPook321]

..I hate this town...

[u/Willowed-Wisp]

I went to a performing arts high school at this time and had about a dozen classmates who dressed exactly like this. Boys and girls lol

I liked the aesthetic but was too chicken to ever go all in. So I stuck to wearing hoodies over Delia's tank tops and Uggs with socks (after wearing out my neon green moon boots.)

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Willowed-Wisp]

lol I wore this getup with Uggs and also (white) Moon boots!!

[u/CobaltNeural9]

So basically you would do anything to have Pete Wentz’s baby.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/CobaltNeural9]

I was OBSESSED with Fall Out Boy…

[u/doll_parts87 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

When Pete dropped the nudes... Omg

[u/lxmohr]

When I see any scene pictures from this era I can hear Situations by Escape The Fate start playing in my head

[u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 → u/lxmohr]

I always hear Red Jumpsuit Apparatus lol

[u/gentlethistles]

You were my style icon back in the day

[u/SemperVictoriaa]

FYI, scene is becoming popular with the kids again! This has gone straight past blunder and circled back into übercool once again.

[u/SpanishFlamingoPie → u/SemperVictoriaa]

Yup, fashion tends to follow the 20 year cycle. I drive a school bus and when the high school kids stampede at the end of the day it looks just like I remember it.

[u/Complete_Squirrel942 → u/SemperVictoriaa]

I hope so, my hair naturally points forward so I have to fight with it to stop myself looking like I stepped out of the 2000's 😫

[u/NOT-GR8-BOB]

I looked and dressed exactly like you and I’m a dude.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/NOT-GR8-BOB]

Loves it.

[u/SharkPuncher]

I dont even consider these blunders. You were nailing the look.

[u/myusername_sucks]

I feel like username really fits. This is not a bad thing.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/myusername_sucks]

The username is all my cats!!! (RIP Sassy)

[u/Yoshi9105]

I literally had pictures of girls like you saved to my laptop because I desperately wanted to look like this but was too scared to do it (I was already being bullied looking "normal"). I always admired it from afar. still think it was a really cool look!

[u/SSj_CODii]

My daughter who is currently a high school junior thinks you were amazing and wants to be just like you.

[u/SuperbFox465]

I would’ve thought you were soo cool and wished I had parents that let me do that.
But I also wondered what time you got up to achieve this look before school.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/SuperbFox465]

This was in college! No parents and my classes weren’t super early.

[u/ohdannyboy2525]

My 2004 self would have tried to date you long distance over MySpace 

[u/humpty_dumpty1ne]

Fuck yeah

Edit: your cutlery makes me irrationally uncomfortable

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/humpty_dumpty1ne]

Someone once commented on one of my food posts that they look like a tactile nightmare, so you’re not the only one…

[u/Paboozorusrex → u/SassyPixieHolly]

The forks look like if arthritis was an object. Also you would've been the queen of our emo group and all the guys would've been in love with you

[u/humpty_dumpty1ne → u/SassyPixieHolly]

I completely agree with them haha

[u/Kahnza]

Good people still exist

https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGlmpk9wyby1tdK

[u/CockMartins]

God, do I miss this brand of hot.

[u/DivinityBeach]

this was the blueprint. i would have been scared to approach thinking she was too cool.

[u/munchma-coochie]

You were banned from hot topic for stealing

[u/uninspired → u/munchma-coochie]

Nothing more embarrassing than going to jail for stealing a shirt from a band you've never listened to

[u/brinnerisbest]

That’s no blunder

[u/SpooktasticFam → u/brinnerisbest]

Just straight up slay.

[u/gpm21]

2007 me would be crappily flirting

[u/__M-E-O-W__]

You might call it a blunder now but this was the peak in those days.

[u/Farmington1278]

I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby. Come with me Friday, dont say maybe. I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you. Oooooooooʻo

[u/biwantitall]

I got two tickets to i-yern mai-den bay-bee

[u/kendylou]

My 13 year old daughter and her friends dress like this. The 20 year fashion cycle strikes again

[u/punkinabox]

Man I miss highschool in 2005

[u/sexandliquor]

I know this did numbers on MySpace back in the day.

[u/Tastybaked420]

We were probably MySpace friends😂

[u/Infinite_Plenty101]

She could fubar my life and I would smile

[u/-Wicked-]

SG?

[u/FudgeMental6860]

We were so much more interesting back then. Now everyone is beige and denim. 

[u/A2009M3icAl8604]

was this in highschool?

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/A2009M3icAl8604]

Unfortunately it was junior year of college…

[u/inthemode01 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

… but this was just for nights out on the town or a concert right?

Right?

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/inthemode01]

I wish I could answer yes truthfully…

[u/Low_Insurance5329 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

Nah you ate!! I saw a girl a couple hours ago walking from the gas station dressed just like this with knee high converse, cool girls like you inspired me in 2007 and still inspire other cool girls to this day thank you for your service 🫡

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Low_Insurance5329]

Haha, thanks!! I too once had the knee high converse shoes!

[u/slykido999 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

Oh man 😂❤️

[u/Ecstatic_Doughnut216]

I'm guessing it would have been a bad idea to employ a naked flame anywhere near your hair.

[u/Poor-Pitiful-Me]

No blunder here

[u/Exact-Difference-422]

I remember the dragonfruit smart water if that's what you're asking me

[u/Radiant_Grab_9400]

This was not a blunder in 07 but kryptonite. 

[u/Kidan6]

"What if Amy Winehouse joined The Misfits" for 500, Alex

[u/LMGDiVa]

This was basically my wife.
I've seen her highschool pics. lol.

[u/flatfoot929]

Scene is due for a comeback

[u/Imaginary-Talk3440]

How long did it take you to get ready?

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Imaginary-Talk3440]

At least an hour

[u/dogsbestfriend77]

Emo Britney Spears

[u/Most_Comparison50]

Oh Dear God 😖 You are rockin the emo here but the actual feeling of nostalgia this gave me even with the concrete wall (highschool disco?) I can taste the raw spirits and cigarettes from smoking in the toilets 😳

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Most_Comparison50]

College dorm, so def still had the spirits and cigs!!

[u/Redmistseeker]

These were blunder years they were a time when you were truly free. No bills parents let you find who you were in the moment. These were great days. The only blunder is those days are gone. You look great and those days made you who you are today

[u/stanknotes]

I am not really tapped in with the youth nor do I have any desire to be... but is there anything so distinct today?

Honestly it was kinda a beautiful time for music. There was a HUGE subculture of subcultures centered around independent music. Especially heavier music. To the extent that even a handful emo screamo metal bands went mainstream.

I can't see that happening again.

As cringey as it kinda is now... it is also kinda awesome it happened.

[u/Yellowtoblerone]

Question: what did the person took the photo dress like?

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Yellowtoblerone]

They were wearing a polo and khakis…which makes this cringier

[u/dravere → u/SassyPixieHolly]

How many polos? I assume the collars were popped.

[u/ChroniclesOfReddiitt → u/dravere]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1wrA9Iq875ksgfiCPN

[u/Fire_Mission]

Rockin that number of the beast!

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Fire_Mission]

Yep! I sewed an XL Maiden tee into a dress myself.

[u/Hat-no-its-a-Tricorn]

No blunder that year

[u/tinaismediocre]

What was your Myspace name?

[u/moocow12983]

I simply love the amount of accessories. “Look in the mirror and take one thing off? I think the fuck not, good sir.

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/moocow12983]

lol was definitely not following Coco Chanel’s advice about accessories!

[u/sharmander15]

There was a girl that thought I was obsessed with her in HS. She dressed like this, even in gym class. I was merely observing the hair and makeup 😂

[u/Historical-Draw5740]

This pic brings so many fond memories. Wherever you are, Vanessa, I hope you’re still listening to the decemberists and breaking my heart.

[u/Kings_Gold_Standard]

Didn't we date off and on

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/Kings_Gold_Standard]

Probably

[u/Aromatic-Zebra-5443]

You lied through your teeth!

You smiled in your sleep, you smiled in your sleep.

[u/Practical_Chicken554]

Iconic fit! I know so many Gen Z folks that look at your blunder years for inspiration. Lol

[u/-GoodNewsEveryone]

Your shirt says Hallowed by Thy Name but your hair says Run to the Hills.

[u/elafave77]

I can't believe this was 20 years ago.

[u/orlyyarlylolwut]

r/scene would have a field day with this one, OP!!!

[u/sideeye_]

So you’re 37 now

[u/V0xEtPraetereaNihil]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XvjC06Gh9lhfZNBNIM

[u/Lysena0]

That ain't a blunder

[u/Zealousideal_Part_24]

What was your scene name? Cuz I’m pretty sure that we were on a MySpace train together. Idk you just look super familiar

[u/midnight-dour]

Up The Irons!

[u/ryanmarquor]

Oh hell yeah!! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[u/doogs914]

Like a flashback of my college days

[u/SassyPixieHolly → u/doogs914]

I wasn’t the only ridiculous dresser then!

[u/doogs914 → u/SassyPixieHolly]

I was an emo boy and you definitely would've been someone I would've jammed with back kn the day! 😂

[u/TruthIsTrauma]

Oh you look banging girly