Lemondrop

As teenagers, those of us in our late-20s-early-30s-and-up had the misfortune of embarrassing ourselves in front of the whole school. And until recently, we were able to laugh at the expense of today's kids, whose questionable antics, "trendy" outfits and horrible haircuts are digitally captured and shared with the world via Facebook.

Until now. Our old, bored friends with too much time on their hands have begun unearthing old photos and scanning them, uploading them and tagging us in all our '80s-poofy-bangs unglory. THANKS, GUYS.

Let us explain why this new trend of putting photo tours of memory lane on Facebook is so very wrong. Wrong we tell you.

Click here to see some tragic examples of this new threat to adult self-actualization.

Sherri Paxton, marketing director, California
"When I saw it, I not only cringed, I actually flinched away from the computer. It was mortifying!" says Sherri Paxton, at right with her friend, the bride. "I was a great mullet model." Hey Sherri, Laura Ashley called and no, they don't want the dress back.


Kate Tuttle, Writer, Massachusetts
"It's about half-embarrassing, half awesome," Kate says of this gamtastic yearbook pic (right). "Somewhat embarrassing: my horrible, self-trimmed bangs. Totally awesome: my 15-year-old gams, the fact that I was chosen as a sophomore to represent 'the punk look' in my HS yearbook page of the fashion trends of that year." Sorry, what'd you say, Kate? We're still gaping at the gams.


April Peveteaux, Editor, New York
"A friend of mine from college uploaded a picture of us at a music festival in the '90s," explains April of this, um, quiet, quiet riot. "I'm mostly embarrassed because I fancied myself a goth, and I definitely have a hippie vibe going in the picture ... I remember thinking how awesome this particular music fest was (in Oklahoma, mind you), but the sad, sad picture shows only three of us sitting and waiting in the middle of a cow pasture all by ourselves." What? Isn't that what everybody did for fun in high school. What are you trying to say?


Brooks Rainey, Lawyer, North Carolina
"I think every girl goes through that awkward phase where
they are, well, ugly," says Brooks, the peace-sign-shooting teen at the bottom left of this camp-girls-gone-crazy shot. "I'm actually kind of proud to be flashing a peace sign in the picture. I don't remember even knowing what that was at that age. And besides, I look like I was having a really good time. My only regret is that I don't own a scanner." Spoken like a true lawyer.