What was your cringe phase like?

I used to listen to cliché "chugga chugga breakdown" bands such as Asking Alexandria, Bring Me the Horizon, Capture the Crown, Emmure, Attila, Attack Attack, Woe Is Me, Of Mice & Men, Abandon All Ships, etc. throughout high school and even wore an Asking Alexandria hoodie throughout senior year, washed the hoodie sometimes over the weekend.

I used to listen to death metal, brutal/slam death metal, deathcore, downtempo/beatdown deathcore music back in 10th-12th grade. I used to be an elitist asshole about it too, claiming that "my music taste is better than people who only listen to pop garbage radio music."

I used to have a Facebook profile where I included my name in one of the band names such as: Bring ( ) the Horizon, Asking ( ), and Of Mice & ( ). < Not gonna bother saying my name here.

I used to be a people pleaser and super desperate for a relationship to the point where I used to ask/flirt/harass countless people over Facebook, MeetMe and Kik if they want to talk, think if I'm cute/ugly or are looking for a relationship.

I used to be a typical "know-it-all" edgy atheist where I would burst out and claim "all religious beliefs are man made/false, all Christians are brainwashed and believe in fairy tales, science equals proof and evidence that God isn't real". (Here's what made me cringe more while going through an atheist phase at that time... 10 months ago, I messaged this girl I been friends with since 2 years who happens to be a born again Christian, her & I had a conversation about how I was doing in college, she said she'd pray for me this and that, I ended up bursting out my anger out of blue bashing her beliefs and telling her how wrong she is for believing in God. Her & I didn't talk after what I've said.)

I used to be a casual brony, never missed an episode/season of My Little Pony to watch, quote lines/sing along to their songs off of the show and watched fan videos off of YouTube. (I didn't own merch/accessories, thank goodness.)

I now feel disgusted/embarrassed of my past self after typing all this down. Yuck.

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