I was such a "good" kid. I wish I had been more mischievous.
Downloading...
Cartoon Spinning GIFGiphy"13 year old me was convinced I was going to get in trouble for downloading Pokemon ROM hacks."
Manaphy12
"Uhh I’m calling Nintendo…"
Bruh-momento10101
Don't Point
"We would point at cops and run. When you do this, they chase you. If they catch you, they’re pissed."
Something_Etc
"We would walk out into the street when they were coming, stop like a deer in the headlights and then run in the opposite direction. Lights, sirens and backup usually while we hide in bushes. Huge adrenaline rush at a young age."
bobby-potus
Stretford...
"Broke into Old Trafford when we were 15. We had a football in a bag and intended to score a goal at the Stretford end. We got to the pitch but the joke was on us. The goals weren't up and we got taken home by the police. Didn't see the outside for a couple of weeks after that one!"
NewWorlds84
The Homepage...
"Accidentally used inspect element on the google homepage at age 9, thought I deleted google and was going to get arrested. I was waiting for the sirens to show up."
Remarkable_Whole
"My 5th grade son isn't allowed to use computers at school because of this. Well, that and because he was 'hacking' into other kid's profiles (weak passwords/kids are stupid and don't protect them) and changing their avatars to hamsters."
JayPetey238
Soldering...
Soldering Mechanical Engineering GIF by AirspeederGiphy"We might or might have not soldered every door lock of our school shut during summer closing time."
next_redsteppa
I never would of thought of half of these things. I missed out.
The 22nd Floor
Happy Fun GIF by gunnarollaGiphy"Walked into a huge hotel like we owned the place, took the elevator to the top and then forced a door to find a way to the roof, sat on top of the edge of a 22 floor hotel tasting the view having drinks and food with friends. It was great."
Mr_stabbey
“teenage bravery”
"My buddies and I lit a bush on fire near someone’s house. We didn’t know there was dry brush and somehow when it caught fire it ran upside the house to a dead tree and lit the house on fire. There was no one home, but all 5 of us broke into it and ran inside to check and called the 911 to tell them we broke into the house because we saw it was on fire and tried to save anyone who may have been inside."
"People who got house burned got a nice check from their insurance and a brand new home, and we got our names in small local newspaper for 'teenage bravery.' Oh man."
erikturczyn30
Under the Lights
"Me and a couple friends (back at like 11-13, all girls) played a game of truth or dare that ended up with us doing something like this. I guess it was technically illegal, too; it WAS past curfew. We were all in skimpy costumes from playing dress up, and someone got dared to throw a tampon in the window of a passing car on the main road half a block from my friend's house. Missed, and a couple rounds later I got dared to go get it back from the road and put it up my nose?"
"Now imagine three scantily clad tween girls standing under a street lamp on a corner peering out into the street when a cop drives by. Flipped on his lights and flipped a U-turn while we BOOKED it back to her house and hid behind the car in the driveway while the cop went up and down the street with his spotlight. 🤣"
wilddreamer
Fill in the Blanks...
"When I was 6 or 7, my friends and I saw a whole slew of blank lottery forms sitting by the entry way to a store (the kind you had to use a Pencil to select your numbers so the machine could read it). We grabbed them and ran away thinking we had absconded with thousands of free lottery tickets we could sell or use. Yeah, not so much."
Debaser626
37 different viruses...
"Besides getting music illegally while also giving the home computer 37 different viruses? I once broke into a water park with a bunch of friends during the winter months. For those that don't know, water parks drain all the water to prevent ice from forming in the pipes. We infiltrated the park in long sleeves and long pants to prevent fiberglass burns while going down the slides."
FusedByFire
The NFL
No Way Smh GIF by Atlanta FalconsGiphy"Used telecast, pictures, descriptions and accounts of the game without the NFL's express written consent."
mineral_water_69
Being 8
"When we were 8-9... then we would go around to the houses on the east side of town that had really nice gardens out front and pick flowers out of their front yard. Then go over to the west side of town and sell bouquets of flowers door to door for $5 each. Those old ladies ate that shit up and funded my arcade and pizza all summer long."
WhiskeyTangoFoxy
Impossible
"When I was in my late 20s I met with a childhood friend whom while catching up on life, confessed to me that while our family were away on a camping trip, him and another friend broke into the back garage of our house when they were about 11 or 12, basically crawled under the alarm laser sensor (which they knew about on the entry way)."
"Like f**king mission impossible and stole beers out of my dads bar fridge. I actually distinctly remember my dad a bit pissed mentioning that his friend who he asked to come in to water the plants while we were away, was free to help himself to a few drinks, but not clean out his whole beer inventory."
tatsumakisempukyaku
We were dumb
"There was a rail road crossing where if you had any speed you could catch air... I launched my jeep from that xing more times than I care to admit.... actually breaking my rear leaf springs too. Looking back on it I could have very easily killed myself or someone else... and this was before the time of social media where people did crap for likes... we did crap because we were dumb."
mnfriesen
Ballers
Phone Call Hello GIF by Shalita GrantGiphy"Me and my friends would go to a pay phone and call some call girl and the friend with the deepest voice did the talking because we were 13 at the time ...Lmao not really illegal but we felt like absolute gangsters."
SnikkerLikker
On the Roof
"A store in our area had giant fiberglass mascots on the roof. one of them had a big cigar. I climbed up on the roof and unbolted the cigar. (made of wood and had a threaded bolt going through the head) A few months later they replaced it. not nearly as well made, a cut off baseball bat that had been painted and glued in place, took 30 seconds to get that one. about a year later the tried again. Didn't last. soon after that the chain made the character a non smoker."
draco6x7
Jumpers
"When I was younger my friends and I thought it would be funny to jump out from behind a building and shoot our cap guns off at a police car. Never ran harder in my life than the moment after when the police thought we were actually shooting them and came after us."
Dirty_Gurdy
Robin is Here
"A local drug dealer got sent to prison when I was 10, me and my friends knew he had a load of stolen goods in the house. We broke in, scored 8 new PS2s, I had a serious lack of enterprise and gave them out to local kids like some sort of digital robin hood. I also fed his goldfish whilst I was in there."
SpillingerSA
Zoo Time
San Diego Lol GIF by San Diego Zoo Wildlife AllianceGiphy"We regularly jumped the fence at our local zoo when we were high or drunk. Not to vandalize anything, just a fun place to be at night when you were shitfaced. Once we jumped the wrong fence at wound up in the ostrich area. Holy crap are they big. Never ran so fast in my life."
Crack_Ulla
Oh the secrets our pasts hold. We really are dumb at a young age.
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I'm on the fence about high school. I want to hate it, but nostalgia haunts me. I saw a lot of violence, there is that.
We were on CNN.
don lemon nodding GIF by Red Table TalkGiphy"They started charging us for ketchup in the cafeteria. Most of the school boycotted cafeteria lunch and brought all manner of condiments from home. We were on CNN. They eventually caved." ~ Ash3Monti
No one liked him.
"I was big into drama club and musical theatre when I was in high school. There was a girl in the drama club in her freshmen or sophomore year who was super nice and everyone loved her. Her older brother on the the other hand, was a complete and total douchebag. No one liked him."
"He always made inappropriate comments or jokes and no one liked to be around him. One night, he was driving him and his sister back from school when he took a steep curve going around 100 mph. He lost control and hit a telephone pole. His sister died instantly and he was in a coma for a few weeks but ultimately survived."
"Myself and my friends in the drama club were devastated. She was one of the sweetest girls you'll ever met and we all loved her. A year or two later, the brother messages my sister and tries to use his sister's death as leverage to get laid. F**k you, you piece of crap." ~ FearTheKeflex
Bribes
"Guidance counselor was taking bribes to change grades (Both money and sexual favors). Invited one male student over to his house. Had the student tie him up and hang him by chains in his basement "dungeon." Student was homophobic and while the counselor was tied up, bludgeoned him to death." ~ monthos
H2O Issues...
"This is not that extreme, but it's still disgusting. We have drinking water taps instead of fountains. One parent was suspicious of whether they were cleaning the tanks or not. So they made an announcement that the tank was being cleaned every single day."
"A lot of us didn't believe it, so a group of boys decided to see for themselves if it was true or not. So they put a dead frog in the tank when there was no one around. I don't even know where they found the frog but they swear they didn't kill it. Anyway the frog was there for a few weeks. And obviously the water started tasting weird."
"After the teachers got multiple complaints, they opened the tank and found the frog. The boys were punished, but they fired back with the fact that they lied about cleaning the tanks. They were still punished, because they proved it in a disgusting way. They could've put literally anything in the tank, but they chose a dead frog." ~ R00mTemperature
The Quad
Acds2 Look Away GIF by Anime Crimes DivisionGiphy"A worker doing stuff on the roof. He fell off. Landed in the 'quad' at lunch. A large piece of machinery fell and squished his head. Like a cartoon, only funny. Like 150 Kids saw this." ~ LordInventus
Threats
"The Latin kings gang threatened my cousin and his friends and they had 10 squad cars guarding the whole school and dismissed us the same day early." ~ Terrykrinkle
“it’s gonna blow”
"I had just moved in from Egypt to the states in my senior year of high school. A teacher thought it would be funny to fold a bunch of papers and wrap them in duck tape to make it look like a bomb and threw it my direction and went under his desk saying 'it’s gonna blow.' Everybody started laughing and I was so clueless then I just laughed along. It infuriates me to this day that I didn’t call him out on it or report him." ~ ezzabousaif
People Explain Which Groups They're In The Top 1% Of
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People on Ask Reddit share what groups they're in the top 1% of and it will surely blow your mind.Go Fish
"Someone somehow made a bomb threat on a Swedish fish candy. Like one single piece. I don’t know how it happened but he got arrested." ~ ts_13_
Masternid
"A couple weeks before graduation, this kid hacked into the school system and put a Hitler quote and a Boston bomber reference in the senior quotes for the yearbook. One of the affected parties was a trans girl, and we're still not sure if it was a targeted act because of that."
"Administration didn't find out until the entire senior class had received their books. Some people turned theirs in to get their pages replaced, but some kept it because it was a 'limited edition item' or some stupid sh*t like that. Kid got arrested and charged with cybercrime, since he hacked everyone in our school system's school passwords."
"He was so close to graduating too, but got expelled like two weeks before he could. Looked like a rat too. It was all over the news, and everyone in the state of CT basically knows about this now. Got out on bail for $5000." ~ kocorpsie
Season 3 What GIF by On My Block"Apparently one student brought drugs to school and was selling it to her friends. A completely unrelated student caught on and stole the drugs while everyone else was in class. She was caught snorting the drugs in the bathroom by the group selling the drugs and got the crap beat out of her."
"We also had a recently graduated student murder his parents for insurance money . He hid the bodies in a chicken coop and told everybody they were on vacation. It wasn't until 7 months later the bodies were found by the landlord because the rent was late." ~ randomgenericcow
The Gardener
"A guy a couple years above me got expelled for growing weed on school grounds and selling it. From what I heard he got away with it for months without being caught. Not sure how he went so long without the gardener noticing." ~ tifrybfwnsmb
"That guy needs a statue erected in his name." ~ Feeling-Recording669
Decoys
"At my high school one of the math teachers who was weirdly manipulative to certain students (including me, which is why I revel in this story so much), was busted for stealing student's graphing calculators & selling them on eBay. They caught him by setting up a sting with a decoy calculator, which I find hilarious."
"Also, at the same high school a group of boys broke into a home and killed a mother and wounded her daughter with a machete. I believe it was a random home invasion. Super messed up and extra creepy bc allegedly they were bragging about it at school the next day, and someone reported it. wiki about event." ~ secondaryantagonist
Bird Launch
Animation Screaming GIF by Thomas BruinsmaGiphy"Someone started a food fight and I found a dead seagull and used it as ammunition." ~ gymaye
Ham
"One of my friends, unbeknownst to most of us was big into Ham Radio. He was also big in ripping people off and not paying people for parts. So one day guy he did business with online sent him a pipe bomb. Killed him and his mom almost lost her head from shrapnel. Otherwise just a detention/in-school suspension aid handing out sexual favors like lollypops, distilling 151 rum in chemistry, sex in the A/V room. Bomb threats. All circa ‘96-‘00." ~ SirWEM
Those who survived...
"This happened a couple years after I graduated but there was an active shooter on campus at my high school who shot a couple kids and killed a teacher. The shooter wasn’t even a student, but was young enough to pass off as one to get into the building. Cops came and he bolted into the woods right behind the gymnasium and they shot him. Don’t know if he survived or not." ~ Electronic-Canary971
People Suck
"There was this kid that was bullied for years. He has huge anger management issues. Stabbed Someone with scissors. Eventually he got expelled, but was allowed to come back in high school. He bad no friends, despite being much nicer. He even bought my class pizza one day. One day he got run over by a car and died. It’s insane how many people claimed to be his friend. Now I realize how much everyone from my high school is a POS." ~ TheCoach_TyLue
'senior week'
"For 'senior week' we had themed dress up days. One of the themes was “black and white day.” The idea was to dress in all black and white, but all the white seniors showed up wearing bandanas, saggy clothes, and fake grills. That was the last black and white day." ~ looterscooterpooter
LEGEND!
Francesco Totti Smile GIF by AS RomaGiphy"A guy in my high school dipped his testicles in the headmaster's cup of tea when he went out of the room. Legend." ~ cmacEFC
The F Lady
"A teacher decided not to show up for work ever again and took all her student’s coursework with her. Rather than do something reasonable like grade based on previous work the school instead gave every student an F. The truth didn’t come out until years later." ~ OverlyEpicFrog
Enjoy high school, at least try too. Maybe if more kids do that, it wouldn't be so insane.
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Act out a bit. But be smart. And not cruel.
Redditor Heyhey-_ wanted to discuss the years of lost youth when we were invincible, they asked:
"What is the most rebellious thing you did as a teenager?"
I skipped school a bunch. And I stole.
I didn't rob a bank or anything. I just stole from church.
Yes, I stole from God. He forgave me.
My mother? That's a different story.
Days Off
"I missed 34 school days. You'll fail the year if you skip 36. If they were going to grant me vacation days, I figured I'd take use of them." ~ Active_Combination78
GiphyLucky that I got down...
"Friends and I were going into an old nightclub when we were 16. To get in you had to climb over loads to rooftops and get in a hole in the roof."
"We also got our 18 year old friend to buy us cider. As we were climbing up I spotted a woman look at us funny. I had a bad feeling so got down."
"My friends continued. Went back to another of my friend's houses. After being there for 10 minutes his mum tells us the guys had been arrested."
"The woman contacted the owner of the building and rang the police."
"2 of my friends turned themselves in, one of which lied about being 17 when he was 18, the other 2 fled to the roof which was very high and the whole town could see them on the roof with police cars below."
"Fun times. Lucky that I got down." ~ StickyBlackMess69420
You stole what?
"I stole a thong from Macy's when I was 15 because my mom refused to buy me one. Me and my friends got caught and got 'arrested' by the mall cop."
"He handcuffed us to a water pipe below the main level of Macy's. Never stole again and looking back, that was super creepy." ~ Illustrious_Big_8485
Best Memory Ever
"I took a train to a different city that i barely knew to watch a concert of my favourite band at the time. I was under age, got in with a fake ID and went all by myself."
"Had the best night ever, danced right at the front of the stage, managed to get the drumstick, autographs and had a photo taken with the lead singer."
"Stayed over at a hostel that only cost me $25 and took the train back the next morning. It was amazing and no one ever found out :)."
"The band was called SOJA (soldiers of jah army) and it happened when I was on exchange in Australia. I guess that made it even more exciting!"
"I got away by telling my host family I was sleeping over at a friend's house and leaving her phone number (purposely misspelled) at the table to look legitimate lol."
"Luckily they never even called her. And yes, that was one my favourite memories ever!!"
"It happened 8 or 9 years ago so i can now talk about it without getting into trouble hahaha." ~ SnooApples25
Good Samaritan
"Stole the battery out of some guy's truck who was trying to drive home drunk from a party and left it on his parents doorstep with a note explaining why it was there." ~ kg1206
GiphyRebellion to save a life?
That's bada**.
Don't drink and drive. That's not rebellion, it's just stupid.
Epic Punishment
"Had a pretty awesome house party when they were away."
"It was epic but lots of things got broken and they were so mad at me they gave my bedroom to my brother and I had to have the tiny little bedroom for the rest of my time living at home." ~ VodkaMargarine
Giphy"hands off"
"My parents are very liberal hippies who believe in a 'hands off' parenting style. They were all saying things like 'society sucks, don't be normal', and so on."
"As a result, my elder sister rebelled by becoming a cheerleader, earning straight A's, and refraining from using drugs. The funniest rebel of all time." ~ ConditionCortoonist
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While many of life's big events like weddings and births bring us joy, even the smallest of gestures or gifts can leave a lasting impression. Especially if y...Donut Stop
"Caution: there will be bad**sery ahead."
"At 11:00 p.m., I snuck out of the house. I went to the store and purchased junk food."
"Then, after it had closed, my pals and I went to a playground. We ate donuts and fought with lightsabers until the cops arrived." ~ Acceptable_Stage79
"feet"
"I had a big party my senior year. I got everything cleaned up, or so I thought."
"My mother had a glass cutting board on rubber 'feet' on the kitchen counter. My one jacka** friend who 'didn't like the taste of beer' apparently spilled the screwdrivers he was making on the counter, and it pooled under that cutting board."
"They got home, she moved that eventually, saw OJ, smelled the vodka, and I was done." ~ Jealous-Network-8852
Take your meds...
"I would bring a box of Good & Plenty (licorice) to school, and when I wanted out of class I'd take a white one and show my teacher and say 'I need to go take my medicine'."
"They'd give me a hall pass and I'd wander the school like ahhhh freedom." ~ Delica
Giphy"no running in the hallways."
"My middle school had a policy of "no running in the hallways." Anyone who rushed through the halls received an automatic detention. So there I was, skipping down the corridor one day (skipping... not running). When a teacher sees me, he says "Hello there, there! Stop! You've been given an after-school detention!"
"I spun around in the middle of my skip, looked him in the eyes, and said "no." Then I kept skipping down the corridor. I felt euphoria, pride, and delight because I had defied the system. I never had to go to detention." ~ Sensitive_Future343
stole/begged for food most days...
"I left home without warning for about a year and spent some time being homeless in other countries. If iIhad money it'd be backpacking, since I was dirt poor I slept in the streets of many cities and stole/begged for food most days. When i got home I took a shower and went to bed in my room and the day after i attended breakfast and my dad who I lived with never said anything about It. Ever. Healthy relationships ftw/s." ~ Rhamba
I'm Out
"Skip school, get drunk and pass out in football fields." ~ Reddit
Drunk Happy Hour GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphyTrashed
"Broke into an abandoned school with a buddy of mine and trashed the place. Looking back on it; one of the dumbest things we ever did without a doubt, but on the flipside a giant paintball war in the old halls is one of my fondest memories." ~ James_a420
"plan heists"
"In 6th grade I was around some bad people, we stole parts out of my schools computer room. We would also "plan heists" for our local grocery store, it basically went like this: We would go in there as a group (4 or 5), while two had empty backpacks."
"We filled them up in a corner where the camera wasn't able to film us, then just grabbed something cheap and walked to the cash-register to actually pay for. The ones with the backpacks would just walk through and wait outside. Then we walked back, everyone takes what they packed in and we would just walk to class." ~ KAaadIsReady
Mexican Buddha XD...
"According to the meltdown my mother had, it was me wanting to attend a different church." ~ Kaio_00
"When I was a teenager I wanted to attend the Buddhist temple in our neighborhood. I was raised Catholic, so my Mom was very bemused and humored me about it."
"I even went on a day long Buddhist retreat and it was fun at the time. I got to learn about another culture and religious beliefs. My parents are from Mexico so my Mom once bought me a Buddha statue from Mexico. It was so cute and hilarious! That Buddha statue looked like a stoned Mexican Buddha XD." ~ LusciousofBorg
The Most
"The 'most'. Probably taking my ankle monitor off, committing a new crime and leaving the state for weeks. I wasn't trying to be a "fugitive", I was just a bit crazy." ~ throwawaysmetoo
Prison Break Running GIF by The Ugly BoysGiphyTypical
"I did the typical teenage stuff, smoke pot, smoke cigarettes, sneak out at night to party with my friends. Drinking. I think the most rebellious thing I did was sneak out one night and tag a bridge with my then boyfriend and our best friend. But idk if it counts as rebellious because I never got caught and my parents never knew. I got really good grades so my parents just assumed I ran with a different crowd than I actually did. Now we are all grown up and we don't speak anymore. I miss those guys." ~ Alohamora95
Ah youth.
How do yo handle it? It's impossible to appreciate it when it's happening.
Oh well, guess we just keep living.
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