Are we lame? | TheaterFire

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mpants52@reddit

I don't think I'm cool, but I do think I'm HILARIOUS. He used to think so, too. Maybe he will again someday...

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Paradigm_1@reddit

I just asked my son if he though I was a cool dad, but then I closed the door and walked away before he could answer.

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If by lame you mean the ‘unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot’ definition, then no, I am not lame. Also, I’m 58 and post menopausal, so I’m usually not too cool either.

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Artist-Australia@reddit

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elusivewompus@reddit

The thing with being cool is, you don't get to decide if you are. Also, if you self assign, then you're not by default.

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zinger301@reddit

What if I self-assign myself to be a dork? 😂

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elusivewompus@reddit

Depends, do you enjoy pocket protectors?? Lol

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1920MCMLibrarian@reddit

Just like being an alpha male. If you have to inform me…you are not one.

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elusivewompus@reddit

I would agree. Men that claim that are normally trying to convince themselves more than they are you.

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Tinkeybird@reddit

I’m 58 and thought my mother was incredibly boring. At 17, my daughter thought I was incredibly boring as well. It seems to be normal.

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almostanoldfart@reddit

All moms and dads are embarrassing. It’s in the job description

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cavalier78@reddit

No, we are not lame. It is the children who are wrong.

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SunshynePower@reddit

According to my grandmother, I'm still a spring chicken. So, you are too. According to my grandmother.

That's and 45¢ will get you just about nothing in today's economy 😂

I'm not going all the way over to "lame" tho. We thought our parents were embarrassing at your daughter's age. It's the way of the world. Try having your daughter at 20 and having her think you are embarrassing when you are 38.
I have never regretted every eye roll I gave her. She more than earned it.

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Fun_Syllabub_5985@reddit

Grandpa Simpson said it best . " I used to be with it , then they changed what it was"

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RCA2CE@reddit

I am absolutely not cool and in 30 years my kids will relish how fucking cool I was

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basec0m@reddit

Compared to your mom, yes... to your 17 year old... no

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Lastaria@reddit

https://youtu.be/KX4u4J6m5Pg?si=eiCtRJ01G6be7N4O

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redtesta@reddit

Don't get me started on gen Z or millennials. Their whole generations are a mess. Eating tide pods, planking, licking toilets for the Corona virus challenge etc etc. They have nothing to say. Tell them to quit singing our songs, using our movie quotes and wearing nirvana, Depeche mode, nine inch nails shirts because its cool and trendy. Half of them think socialism is cool, don't know what it is but when told how tgdy are going to need to pay they don't want it. You are just fine. They are the ones not cool, can't socialize , and can't use a can opener.

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boner79@reddit

>My 17YO daughter thinks I'm embarassing.

Remind her that being embarrassing is paying for the roof over her head, food, clothing, activities, vacations, and cell phone.

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silversurfer275@reddit

As a heavily tattood person, anyone who thinks their tattoos make them cool, is lame, sorry.

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Hall0wsEve666@reddit

As another heavily tattooed person, I agree. I cringe when people make their tattoos their entire personality lol

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jmdaltonjr@reddit

Especially if there are the ones that everybody else has. Tramp stamps and the barbed wire.

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sett7373@reddit

I have a tribal woman tattoo, and the woman's body is done in tribal. I think that is my coolest tattoo.

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No-Big-3543@reddit

As a person who loathes tattoos, I concur with your sentiment.

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silversurfer275@reddit

Loathing them is as lame as thinking they make you cool to be honest.

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No-Big-3543@reddit

100% agree. Happily not cool.

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RevMen@reddit

Star-belly Sneeches

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Fun-Assistant-1262@reddit

Cough, my mean neighbor mom. She shaves her head to show her tattoo and is passive aggressive when people walk by

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waaaghboyz@reddit

Do you think you’re cool?

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stringbeagle@reddit

You can be cool with tattoos, just like you can be cool if you wear earrings. But many lames see cool people with tattoos and think that if they get tattoos, they will be cool.

Clothes, tattoos, haircuts don’t make you cool. Coolness comes from within.

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kibblet@reddit

Yup I am a total dork with a tattoo.

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Bac7@reddit

I have tattoos but I'm not a dork. I'm a nerd.

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silversurfer275@reddit

Nah waagayboi. You can't assign yoir own coolness. Which you'd know, if you were cool.

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

Lol... asking the real questions!

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eoutofmemory@reddit

Thank you for saying this

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montanawildcat@reddit

Same. As Maynard said “Fuck your tattoos”

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Enough_Jellyfish5700@reddit

Do people say “cool” anymore?

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sett7373@reddit

I don't care if someone thinks cool or lame, and that's what I've always felt.

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falalablah@reddit

I was never cool, but more than ever I just DGAF what teenagers think of me or try to impress them. Yes, they can be funny and smart, but they have about as much perspective as a goldfish.

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realjimmyjuice000@reddit

Most kids think their parents are lame until they get about 25 or so! At that age they realize that adulting is more difficult and nuanced than they imagined! And suddenly we are smarter than they realized

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Goobersrocketcontest@reddit

Old dad here. Xer raising a first wave Gen Alpha 11 yo boy. The other day he told me I look like a goober. Wasn't expecting this until his actual teenage years, but here we are.

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Violet_Renegade@reddit

I was always the "cool" mom to my daughter's friends (she's 19 now). It always shocked me when she'd tell me her friends thought I was awesome or whatever.

Our house was never the group hang spot. I'm almost deaf (wear hearing aids but they help me with sounds more than actual speech) so I don't have much in the way of conversations with her friends. I've been fat, then slim, and now overweight again. My fashion sense is anything from jeans w/graphic tees, sweats, to sundresses. My hair was purple long before it was mainstream, but has also been blond and brown. Sometimes my makeup is on point, but most of the time I wear none. I was never overly permissive with my kids so I wasn't cool because they could party. They are homebodies as much as I am but always had to text and check in when they did go out.

I was the mom who wouldn't leave the school after picking up my kids from practice without making sure their friends had rides home when I saw them waiting (even when they were all 16-17). My kids, and their friends, knew I would happily give friends rides when needed. My kids would have to repeat everything they said to me because I couldn't hear them in the back seat so we mostly just vibed to alt rock after they put their address in Waze. And when I dropped them off, I was the weird over-protective mom who wouldn't drive off until I actually saw them enter their house.

And yet, I was the parent who was trusted to know everyone's pronouns. I was the one who knew their preferred names and trusted to know when it was and wasn't safe to use them. I was trusted with many kids' "out" status. I was, apparently, the safe parent to know many of the things they felt they had to keep secret from other adults in their lives.

I don't know. Maybe I just got lucky with kids who never found me embarrassing no matter how uncool and middle-aged-mom I am. Or maybe it had to do with me never belittling or making fun of them when they were younger and awkward and have always pushed for them to be their authentic selves.

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benjaminck@reddit

Probably. Who gives a shit?

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nonesuchnotion@reddit

I am so used to people thinking I’m not cool that I stopped caring long ago. So I’ll just keep doing my own thing and offer what I can. If my teenage daughter wants to ever hang out for a while though, I’ll drop anything and everything.

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infamy360@reddit

I can see your daughter’s point. You do not get to appoint yourself as cool, it’s an honor bestowed upon you. Better luck when you’re turn as a grandparent comes around.

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RoohsMama@reddit

I am the lamest of the lame and I love embarrassing my kid hahaha!

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revspook@reddit

I’ve known cool parents. They’re never the parents who think they’re cool, no exceptions.

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Kaffine69@reddit

I swear the kids parents I thought were lame when I was a kid looking back were very put together people cool people. Teen radar is undeveloped at best.

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EastHuckleberry5191@reddit

My son used to think I was lame. I would dance in line at the grocery store just to embarrass him. He got over it and will dance with me now too...

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cmt38@reddit

Who cares if teenagers think we're cool? 🤷‍♀️ Also, the things they think are cool now will cause them nuclear level cringe soon enough. It's the circle of life. 😆

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michele-x@reddit

Someone thinks I'm lame because I prefer to use public transport rather to drive, if it's possible.

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michele-x@reddit

That bus goes to the "Lame" mall :-)

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dangelo7654398@reddit

The point is you don't care if people think you're cool. And that's why you're cool!

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Status_Change_758@reddit

Lame to a 17 yr old. Cool to the 45+ crowd. Are Lame & Cool still used? Asking for a friend.

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microhammerhead@reddit

Tattoos definitely Don’t make you cool, lol

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EvenSpoonier@reddit

All parents are lame in the eyes of their teenage children. I think it may be part of the evolutionary impulse to seek independence: regrettable in some of its side effects (like this one) but, on balance, a good thing.

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TheMcCleary@reddit

If you can figure it out you can split parents. My kids have decided my wife is the lame one and I get to be cool. Also works great from a parenting perspective because we can use it to be bad cop / badder ass cop.

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eKs0rcist@reddit

I read a theory somewhere that bratty teen dissonance is in part so when young humans hit the age when they can procreate, they are inspired to wander (storm?) over to the next village or the next family or whatever, to lower the possibility of incest for the species. Y’know how evolution likes to mix it up.

I’d imagine this would also help strengthen cultural exchange/development etc etc.

Who knows how much credence this idea has, but it sounds good :)

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foxtail_barley@reddit

This is one thing I was really unprepared for, as a parent - the absolute disdain of a teenager. Who are you, and what have you done with that sweet kid who adored me?

It does get better later, to some extent. All you can do is wait it out and temporarily accept that you know nothing and are hopelessly lame and uncool.

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CompetitivePirate251@reddit

Agreed … we only get momentary cool vibes when no one else is around. I do however go out of my way to annoy them … not a lot, but enough.

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1920MCMLibrarian@reddit

We’ve reached the age where we don’t care if we’re cool. We’ve stopped paying attention and stopped trying to keep up. Cool is no longer our demographic.

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Aveeye@reddit

You were doing OK till you used the words "Spring Chicken".

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jayhawkwds@reddit

49F, tattoos = part of the tramp stamp craze of 1995-2004. 49M, tattoos = part of the barb wire craze of 1995-2005. Definitely not cool anymore.

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sassypants450@reddit

Wait, that’s actually cool again though. Seriously tramp stamps and barbed wire tattoos are a thing with gen z. So congrats, your tattoos are “vintage” 2000s cool.

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jayhawkwds@reddit

YGTBFK. That's like me getting a looney tune Tasmanian Devil tattoo because the guy that bought us wine coolers in high school had one. (I only have two well hidden tattoos, I don't think my kids even know about them)

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LillyReynoldsWill@reddit

My kids are 22, 27 and 28. The oldest and youngest are constantly messaging me and I love them and enjoy hearing from them daily but I'll get like 20 messages a day from both of them. I don't need to know you're eating a burrito watching Bailey Sanders.

On the other note when I'm at the store with my kids and they say "I remember you used to buy us these" I know the exact prices the items were at the time and where I got the best deals. I don't remember why I walked into a room or opened a cabinet for though.

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ShireHorseRider@reddit

The messaging sounds like the dynamics of our kids too. That “middle child syndrome” is for sure real. It’s not that my middle one doesn’t message… he’s just so damn independent.

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LillyReynoldsWill@reddit

Mine too!

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PickleNutsauce@reddit

I'm older than you, but you do sound pretty lame.

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Consistent-Sky3723@reddit

I’m 54 and my children are ages 8-14 (3). They think I’m lame; their friends think I’m cool. My 14yo’s friend had my daughter come into my room last night so she could say goodnight to me on FaceTime. Awwww! She says I look like a miniature Princess Diana so you know, she’s my favorite. Hehehe! I’m not cool though, never was, never tried to be.

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North-Question-5844@reddit

My question is why do you care if you’re “cool”? You’re the parent - not their friend!

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Bertybassett99@reddit

Your 49! How the fuck can you be cool

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Fritz5678@reddit

In every generation, every parent is lame in the eye of the teenager.

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Puzzleheaded_Pilot_2@reddit

I tell my daughter I am the coolest and best looking guy she will ever know. Everything she knows and likes, we invented it, or tested it, most likely broke it , took it apart maybe rebuilt it. Color TV , push button phone, voice mail caller ID, all their music!

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Upstairs-Storm1006@reddit

Simpsons nailed it, as usual

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brieflifetime@reddit

Tattoos don't make you cool.. my generation made sure of that when we all got at least one between 18-25. You did however make me think of the movie Mean Girls. So... Yay?

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hoofheartedthistime@reddit

I feel my cringy dad jokes make me cool. 🤣

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daphuqijusee@reddit

Oh pleeeeeeeeeze!

Since when do we let virgins tell us what's cool or not? Also, young people these days think skibidi toilet is 'cool', so if that's their standard then let me stand proud with Beck - Soy un perdedor!!

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RAWR_Orree@reddit

My kids always told me their friends thought I was cool, and so did they. Maybe they were just being nice, though...heheh

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HadesTrashCat@reddit

My ten year old daughter tells me I have 0 rizz but I tell her her I'm a straight up lvl 10 rizzlord that's how I got her mama to marry me.

She just rolls her eyes and says yeah I still don't know how that happened.

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UnitGhidorah@reddit

I'd say around 90%+ of women I know have tattoos and many of them are in fact not cool. Not to say you're not cool.

I think most kids around that age, mostly younger and especially girls, think their parents aren't cool. My nephews think I'm cool since I shred on guitar and skate.

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Material-Crab-633@reddit

Given the election we just lost, being lame is the least of my worries

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robertva1@reddit

Of course your teenage daughter thinks you're lame dont you remember what you thought about your parents were you when you were a teenager just different being on the other side of the equation

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DezPezInOz@reddit

My 11yo daughter asked once, "Did you know in the olden days if kids didn't do their homework, the teachers would hit them?"

MY teacher hit ME!

And at that moment, I knew I was from "the olden days"

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J0HNNY_CHICAG0@reddit

I was never cool. If cool was a star in the night sky, it would take 320 million years for the light from cool to reach me.

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yaymonsters@reddit

I don’t care what the kiddo thinks is cool.

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Yo_Biff@reddit

The vast majority of parents are lame to their kids for a period of time...

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Sergeant_Crunch@reddit

Yes. Parents are lame. If you think you're still cool, you're not, you're a parent. Parents by default are not cool.

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Fluffymanolo@reddit

IMO, if your 17 year old daughter thinks you are lame it means you are doing something right. It's lame to be worried about what a 17 year old thinks of you.

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PacRat48@reddit

I’m not a cool parent in the traditional sense (as in letting my kids party, etc). They respect me for that reason. And I love them. And they love me.

I’d take that over being cool any day

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go-for-it-chainsaw@reddit

You don’t want to be the cool parent, trust me. All of the most interesting people I know now had parents who were decidedly “uncool,” and the ones with “cool,” parents are all unbearable as adults.

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Ranchtonbouk@reddit

Hi there. She is a teen and this is SO common to think your parents are uncool. So common that it seems wired into mankind. This has gone on since time pretty well began, I am sure.

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himenokuri@reddit

Zennials aren’t very cool.

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SissyWasHere@reddit

*X-ennials. Zennials would be those on the cusp of Gen Z and Millennial.

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TheOtherElbieKay@reddit

Why do you aspire to be cool at age 49?

For me at age 47, I’m thrilled to have full social license to not care AT ALL about being cool. Such a relief.

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SissyWasHere@reddit

Most teens don’t think their parents are cool.

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Notofthiscountry@reddit

As a kid, I was always creeped out by that adult that thought they were cool or pretended to be young. Respect is better than cool

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7LeagueBoots@reddit

She’s a teenager. Pretty much no adults are ‘cool’, especially not parents and close relatives. There might be an uncle or an aunt who is cool, largely because they’re not seen often, but other than that….

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New_Needleworker_473@reddit

I don't have time to be cool and make sure my kids aren't a couple of dumbasses.

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360inMotion@reddit

“Those were only 45 cents..” You are talking about candy bars, right?

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iatecurryatlunch@reddit

Tattoos do not make you cool

Parents are never cool in their kids eyes, not until they grow up and realise.

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drink-beer-and-fight@reddit

Teenagers think their parents are lame. It’s always been that way.

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Drunkskunk22@reddit

A cool parent is one that instills class , dignity and self confidence

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Magnus-Lupus@reddit

Every teen thinks their parents are lame.. we did it… our kids do it and our grandkids will do it to our kids.. ultimate revenge is making your grand kids think your are at least ok and their parents uncool…🤣

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redbanner1@reddit

Just publicly state once that she needs to hurry up because you really need to skibidi the toilet. Then tell her you're just trying to be more cool for her.

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Rude-Consideration64@reddit

No, no. It is the kids that are lame.

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ShaperLord777@reddit

When you have kids, you become lame. The next generation usurps your coolness and you begin to lamefy. Such is the way of the world.

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Eighteenwheel@reddit

As the parent of a 14 year old daughter, the last thing I want to do is "be cool." You are a parent, not a best friend. Act hard and embarrass your kid as much as you can.

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Avasia1717@reddit

wondering if you’re cool or not is lame.

doing your own thing and not caring is cool.

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TigerGrizzCubs78@reddit

This is the way

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buddy-team@reddit

It's a teenagers job to label us uncool. Their brain is aiming for autonomy. Our job is to be there on the sidelines, love them and be there when shit his the fan.

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BornTry5923@reddit

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Klaatuprime@reddit

Embarrassing my daughter is one of the greater joys of my life.

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Antmax@reddit

When I was a kid my dad thought nothing of singing songs by the who like "My Generation" and he'd do funny dad dance wiggle things. If I smirked and acted embarrassed, he just doubled down LOL. Great dad, miss him a lot and he was actually kind of cool. Was just too busy being a know it all to accept it.

I mean he was a Mod hanging around Brighton and London in the 60's. Drove a Jag Mk.II and amateur raced motorbikes. Travelled the world as a commissioning Engineer and took us to Egypt for 3.5 years before I was a teenager. Went all over Europe for holidays. He was quite fun if a little grumpy, mostly because I had a habit of borrowing tools and not putting them back. Now I understand my parents so much better, I understand haha.

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WinsdyAddams@reddit

Unfortunately cooler than you or most of us will ever be

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thatwasfresh73@reddit

Your dad sounds great!

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Evening-Picture-5911@reddit

It’s hip to be square

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WinsdyAddams@reddit

Welcome to your new world.

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81FXB@reddit

It’s your job as a parent to embarrass your teenage children.

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Hey OP. 48 year old father of two here. As sure as night follows day, we must become lame. Picture related:

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JayandBae@reddit

I wouldn't judge ANYTHING based upon what 17 year olds think.

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SojuSeed@reddit

No, it’s the kids who are wrong.

I used to be with it but then they changed what ‘it’ was.

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doctor_house_md@reddit

as long as you listen to Nirvana music, these kids must concede your coolness, every generation worships Kurt Cobain

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Gourmeebar@reddit

I was in my kitchen and said, “alrighty.” Where the hell did that come from? Only old people say that

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MommaBear354@reddit

I say alrighty then all the time! It's Ace Ventura and he's awesome

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Tricksey4172@reddit

Excuse me, that would be”alrighty then.”

And you smack your hands on your chinos and struggle to get up off your kid’s sofa so you can leave in time to settle in for Bob Welk on the television.

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TurdKhalifa666@reddit

It comes on right after Hee Haw but Dad wants to watch the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour

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Tricksey4172@reddit

Dad irons his chinos based on his viewing preference. 🤣

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siguefish@reddit

Hi diddly ho, neighborino!

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subibrat85@reddit

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One_Hour_Poop@reddit

Yeah that's the circle of life. Parents are never cool. Dave Chappelle famously said that his kids were impressed by the fact that he knew Kevin Hart.

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AbruptMango@reddit

I'm lame as hell. I've got a bad foot.

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limbodog@reddit

Oh yes. We're lame. Trying to be what a 17yo girl considers cool is a fool's game.

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

You’re not cool. We, are not cool. My kids think I’m cool. But only because they’re 15, 10 and 9. Soon, they will not think I’m cool anymore. Sigh.

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Justdonedil@reddit

You won't be cool again until the kid is about 22. It's a fact of life. There is no stopping it.

I have a friend who says 18 year olds are the worst people on the planet, with 17 and 19 being a close second as they approach 18 and are leaving 18.

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Top_Significance7287@reddit

Real cool parents treat their kids with respect and validate their ideas and opinions

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lsp2005@reddit

Sorry, there are some epically bad tats. Thinking tattoos = cool, is tragic. This post is ick.

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Knight_thrasher@reddit

We are as lame as we thought our parents were at 17

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Legitimate_Egg_2399@reddit

Trying too hard is the opposite of cool. 🙃

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ravenx99@reddit

Doesn't matter what you do, a parent is always lame in their 17 yo offspring's eyes.

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Winterqueen-129@reddit

I was always a geek so… all I can say is, who cares what anyone thinks anyway? F@ck ‘em! She’ll be lame when she’s 49 too!

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hemibearcuda@reddit

I'm as lame to my kids as my parents were to me at that age.

Someday our grandkids will call our kids lame too.

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GildedTofu@reddit

Did you think your parents were cool?

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FilthyDaemon@reddit

Every 17 year old thinks their parents are lame. Buck up, fellow Gen X-er. We really don’t care WHO thinks we’re lame anyway. Never did. Don’t start now.

Also:she’s wrong. But she’s 17, so not entirely her fault.

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Lopsided_Tomatillo27@reddit

I have never met a 17 girl who thinks her mom is cool. Ever. Give her a few years.

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TheDreadedMe@reddit

I'm a legend in my own mind, and I'm ok with that, lol.

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pinballrocker@reddit

This group is alot of people talking about the way things were back in the day, sometimes it feels like Boomers. But yeah, I have tattoos, piercings, go to live shows, and still will sound like an old fogie if I tell back in the day stories.

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elguereaux@reddit

Take her out for a hot dog. Order two glizzys and call the register dude ‘bro’.

Pronounce it ‘guh-lizzy’ with a happy smile.

When she rolls her eyes say ‘I got the Rizz!’

Bonus point for each second she draws out the ‘a’ in DaaaaaaaaD!!!!

She’s your daughter so the sarcastic revenge has to be on the mild side but that right there is unacceptable.

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No-Date-6848@reddit

Take a bite of the hotdog and say: “mmmm that is on fleek!”

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BonsaiOracleSighting@reddit

And after you’ve ordered hold out your hand in any gimme-five style of your choosing and tell the register dude to dap you up.

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SushiGradePanda@reddit

Then turn to her and tell her that was positive aura.

They love that one.

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Amythecoffeequeen@reddit

I’m 49 also and my 15 year old definitely thinks me and my tattoos are lame. I’m ok with being lame, I’m too tired now to worry about being cool.

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Righteous_Fury224@reddit

It's them who are lame, not you

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Here_In_Yankerville@reddit

I am lame and I don't care. I partied with the best of them back in the day but now I like to be home. I'm an introvert and a homebody and I love it. I have great friends and family but just don't make me socialize unless I initiate it My daughter said today her friends think I'm cool so I'm not sure how that happened.

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bobber-142@reddit

All 4 of mine thought I was lame and uncool when they were teenagers. They’re all adults in the mid 20’s to early 30’s, and 3 of the 4 have told me I’m probably their best friend now.

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LiletBlanc42@reddit

yes, this. we are the parents, but unlike our own boomer parents, we actually try. we listen.

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bobber-142@reddit

My parents were the “greatest generation”, talk about not hearing you

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CTdadof5@reddit

our kids don’t think we were lame or are embarrassed by us.

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idhtftc@reddit

Not only am I lame, I am proudly dull as well.

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OrbAndSceptre@reddit

It is the duty of a parent to embarrass a child. Not all the time but enough to remind them that we can mess their vibe.

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ChronicNuance@reddit

Every teenager thinks their mom is lame. It’s a requirement.

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Chicagogirl72@reddit

All of my daughter’s friends love me and text me on their own. Our house is the hang out house and she thinks I’m the biggest uncool idiot alive

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LucindaStreets@reddit

My 25f yo thinks I am lame

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tultamunille@reddit

Im pretty lame. Type 1 Diabetes, Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Carpal Tunnel… I could go on but I’ll spare the boring details.

Never did get any tattoos though. Somebody already got OZZY! Dammit!

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xenxray@reddit

My kids like most of the music I like, borrow my clothes, I take them to concerts, skateparks, horror movies. I'm still lame as fuck to them and am clueless. They love me though and part of it is how "lame" I am.

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stephenforbes@reddit

It's that age. My daughter thought I was very uncool when she was 17.

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bored-panda55@reddit

My kid thinks I play my music too loud, I am too mean to people on the phone (telemarketers) and I swear too much. Not sure if he thinks I am lame yet but he is still 13x

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JoshOfArc@reddit

We're Gen X. Lame then. Lame now. Whatever.

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Borderlinecuttlefish@reddit

I'm 55yo, I was a punk in the 80's, nearly OD'd at a Cramps Concert at 16, drank and smoked my way through the 90's grunge era, have "cool" tattoo's and had the "cool cars". Grew up, bought a house, didn't turn conservative in my ways as I aged.

Me to my 3 kids, am I cool?

Them, hahahahahahahaha OK Boomer...

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InevitableOk5017@reddit

We? No, you probably.

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WinFam@reddit

My 16 yo daughter thinks I'm pretty great, but my 14 yo is another story. Ditto kid, ditto.

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trailrider@reddit

Pulled a Boomer move when my wife and I moved in together with my stepson. He was suppose to find a job. Come home one day to him seemingly not even trying. We get into an arguement. I told him he needs to get out there, ask to see someone, shake hands, blah, blah, blah. Stepson snaps back that he's tried that and every single time, they tell him to fill out an app online. That they won't even talk to him.

I stop and think about what he just said. When was the last time I had to look for a job? Why the fuck would I think what worked for me would work for him? With the rise of the internet, I can see how job hunting has change. I laid off him after that.

Yea, we're "lame". LOL!

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Musicman1972@reddit

Did you think your parents were cool? I sure didn't yet I now realize they were.

Very much so. My friends even used to tell me. They loved my folks. Me? Well I loved them but I was embarrassed by them.

It's natural.

You're not lame; they didn't think you were, when they were younger, and they won't think you are when they're older. It's just a little lame-chicane.

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Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit

We're all lame to our children. They eventually get over it.in the meantime, you have plenty of people to commiserate with.

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OptimalAd8147@reddit

My son and my nieces love me because I'm a drunk who runs down the whole fucking system.

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boondoggler@reddit

We're lame. Own it.

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--__--scott@reddit

I’m very popular with my teens friends. Nieces and nephews friends too. I’m really outgoing and funny. I’m unmedicated ADHD so it comes with the territory.

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LiletBlanc42@reddit

ok, so i am going to give you my take on this, and it might not be what you want to hear. if our kids deem us uncool, we are...in their eyes. this is normal, expected, and actually a healthy sign of them beginnng to assert their independance from us. embrace it. we are not the kids anymore, and that is ok. it is not easy, but it is good. sending you hugs. having teens is not easy. ps, i am older, have ink and piercings, and fully realize if i breathe my teen thinks i am an embarrassment. lol. nothingido could ever be cool to my teen. (except when they need mothering, then i am thebest, lol) they will change their thinking once their brains stop migrating south, if you get my drift.

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Mindless_Baseball426@reddit

Oh I’m lame as fuck and I love it. My kids love me anyway.

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Beelzebozotime@reddit

Very few kids find their parents cool. You know who’s cool? Not you, that’s who’s cool. So don’t sweat it. When they get to be adults, they will find that opinion changing.

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No_Profile_3343@reddit

I’m a legend in my own mind.

Not in my daughters though!

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Quatch_Kopf@reddit

Tatoo's on a woman is a total red flag. Not cool in so many ways.

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home_dollar@reddit

I hope your daughter doesn't read this

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emu_veteran@reddit

I don't really care what my kids think if i am cool, only because i never thought my parents were.

In saying that, It bothers me when they ignore my advice especially when i was the king of dumb shit in my teens/20s...

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QuiJon70@reddit

I just leaned into it when my daughter said I was embarrassing her. You know put on some old nwa and be singing strait out of Compton when dropping her off.

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memememe81@reddit

She needs the Uncle Buck treatment.

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StonedGhoster@reddit

Surprisingly, my kids thing I'm cool as hell. I'm a former Marine (they think that's cool, but have no idea what it means), I've written a novel (that they haven't read and probably shouldn't for a few years), and I make music. I also have a YouTube page with covers, which to them might as well mean I'm a television star. Plus, I fuck with them constantly, so that gets me points, apparently.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Oh course we are. We're good and have children, that automatically makes us lame.

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Sad_Subject_5293@reddit

Using old words like that hurt me and I’m 5 years younger than you zzzz

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habu-sr71@reddit

Sadly I'm not cool, or hot, and with my knees I'm lame too.

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middlingachiever@reddit

Why would you want to be cool?

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Muggi@reddit

All parents are lame to their kids, but you’re also GenX so who gives a fuck what your kid thinks

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tattooedlabmonkey@reddit

50F, have a 15yr old kid. They told me a while back that I'm the cool mom according to their friend group. I'm not sure if it's how I look or act. I think it's how I respond to questions asked of me. I can be pretty blunt plus don't dumb things down. I do have a large visible arm tattoo with bright colours in my hair that I change frequently. I listen to almost any music. Try to be chill around the kids and give them space. when they come over.

Oh yah, and my kid is constantly stealing my clothes. I must be sort cool, right? haha.

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Markaes4@reddit

I'm constantly saying things like that. And my 11 yo son thinks its awesome and he likes to know stuff from my childhood. About the things I did, what I liked and what was the same/different. The big issue is my 49 yo wife who gets irrationally angry any time I mention the past, my childhood, or anything remotely nostalgic and will throw a fit and it turns into a huge fight. Seriously, she HATES me even saying "oh I remember that as a kid" or "when I was a kid...". A very big really we're about to divorce.

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bruce-neon@reddit

Tattoos don’t make you cool.

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olivebell1876@reddit

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TennesseeLebowski@reddit

Take her to a metal show and show her how to navigate a mosh pit. 🤣

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Appropriatelylazy@reddit

Does any 17 year old think their parents are cool? I absolutely did not.

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Gungadem-1776@reddit

Gen X here and my 17 year old Gen Z son thinks I’m the cat’s meow.

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No_Ask3786@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/Ge1mcmoSFL

Hey man- if the dude from Slayer’s daughter thinks he’s lame, what hope is there for the rest of us?

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adp15@reddit

I have tattoos which automatically makes me cool.

Certainly not something a cool person would say. Pretty much everybody has tats now.

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iamrava@reddit

don’t stop. i still embarrass my daughters just by being silly and goofy on a regular basis. they are 28 & 25. as adults, them and their peers all say i’m the funnest/coolest dad they know.

🤷🏼‍♂️ teens can be weird. she’ll grow out of it.

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They're Lame, we're dope Af!

Do kids even mollywop each other anymore?

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aboveaveragewife@reddit

Nah we’re just as awesome as we’ve always been, these youngsters are the lame ones.