From clothes to music, many of us today are obsessed with the vintage stuff, from wishing we were growing up in the ’60s. However, we often forget that our loving elderly parents started our admire trends.
Most of us will become our parents in one form or another, whether we like it or not – from something as small as the way they smile or perhaps as deep as the same career path. Some of us fall for the notion that we can share similarities with our hip-less parents – but for the children of the parents in these old photos, the excellent levels cool from their older generation is something they can expect.
Internet users now share photos of their parents, young and hip; it is safe to say that they are about a hundred times cooler than us. Maybe it’s all psychological rocks, mustangs, and mallets. Perhaps it was, as one user commented, that they “played out and had no memes.” However, the days of peace and love seem to be happier than they are now.
Brainy Dragon presents a list of new photos where their parents found old images to make them realize they are more relaxed. From crazy skateboard tricks to fishing from nuclear submarines, it seems like they certainly knew how to have fun during the day!
Scroll down to walk on time; if you have photos that look cooler than your parents’ school, send them to us and vote for your favorite picture.
1 My Mother Skateboarding Barefoot In California In 1974
2 I Found A Photo Of My Dad Cooking A Barbecue On Top Of A Moving Submarine
3 My Dad Sculpting A Bust Of My Mom 1980s
4 A Friend Of My Father's, Telling Off A Klan Member. Auburn AL, 1985
5 My Dad Being Infinitely Cooler Than I'll Ever Be (1980)
6 My Dad, Taken For Surfer Magazine. Peru, 1977
7 Late 1960's, My Dad
8 My Mom In Moscow 1975. From All The Stories She's Told Me About Her Travels, I Wouldn't Be Surprised If She Was A Spy
9 My Dad's First Car, A 1939 Ford. He Bought It With His Own Money That He Earned Farming (And Drove It Daily). He Was 11 When He Bought It, So This Photo Was Taken In 1948
10 My Dad Wasn't Famous, But His Moves Were Pretty Cool (1977)
11 My Dad In Saudi Arabia In The 70's Working As A US Military Contractor Diving In The Red Sea
12 My Dad In The 70's Doing What He Loves. Father To 4 Boys. More Man Than Myth Or Legend
13 My Dad Teaching Math In Southern California (Late 70's/Early 80's)
14 My Moms Selfie Before It Was Cool (1989)
15 My Mom And Dad On Their Wedding Day - 1980
16 My Mom When She Lived In Alaska With Her Husky Puppy, Okie
17 Mom's 'Garden' 1980's
18 Me Looking Up To My Fighter Pilot Dad In The Late 1980's
19 So I Was Going Through Some Old Photos And I Found This. My Dad Holding Magic Johnson And Looking Incredibly Bad-Ass While Doing It
20 My Mom Working At Nasa, 1974
21 My Mom Skating With A Broken Wrist In The Late 70's
22 My Dad In Alaska, Circa 1980. I Hope To Be Half The Man He Is One Day
23 Mom Wasn't The Pilot, But She Was A Tech On The F-4 Phantom Back In The 80's
24 My Mom Winning The Pie Eating Contest By Beating All The Boys, 1950
25 My Dad In France Is The '70s (Ryan Gosling Might Need A Paternity Test)
26 My Father In 1982. When I Asked Him What He Was Doing In This Photo, He Said, "Shooting An Album Cover. Duh"
27 My Mother And Father Being Young And Awesome On Santorini Island, Greece, 1985. I Was Conceived There
28 My Dad And His Cousins, Back In The Day. I Don't Think The Cool Gene Was Passed Down To Me
29 When My Dad Was 16, He Entered His Name In A Drawing, For What He Thought Was A Sports Jacket, At A Local Shoe Store. The Drawing Was Actually For A 1967 Shelby GT500. He Won
30 My Friend's Dad Trained Seals In The Navy. This Was What His Everyday Job Looked Like
31 My Cool AF Dad At 19 (1973)
32 My Dad And His Pet Monkey In Vietnam, 1966
33 My Mom Circa 1986
34 My Mom Thinks She Is So Hardcore In Her Fleetwood Mac Tank Top At Age 18, 1982
35 My Dad And Uncle At Their Joint Wedding, 1970's
36 Dad In 1969. I'd Love To Know How This Happened
37 My Mom Being Infinitely Cooler Than I'll Ever Be... Without A Saddle (Late 70s)
38 My Dear Mom In The 70s With Her German Shepard And Manta
39 My Mom Bought A New '63 Corvette On Her Own At Age 20. She Owned Her Own Hair Salon In Midland, Tx
40 My Father Got Drunk With Some Friends And Caught A Record Breaking Tuna In Newfoundland, 1972
41 Found This In An Old Shoe Box At My Dad's. It's My Parents, 1990
42 My Dad At Marching Band Practice, 1985
43 My Dad Was A Legit Ski Instructor In The 1970's
44 Apparently My Dad Used To Ride 3 Wheeled Unicycles In Parades
45 My Mom Looking For Her Prom Date 1969
46 My Girlfriend's Dad After Flipping His '73 Mustang On The Highway
47 My Dad Giving A Thirsty Bear Some Soda Sometime In The 50's
48 My Bad-Ass Mom In 1979
49 My Dad In Northern Montana, 1989
50 Here Is A Bad Ass Picture Of My Dad From The 80's. Gatorade In The Can Doing A Control Burn. He's The Shit And My Hero. My Grandfather Was A Firefighter Too Rip. The Real Heroes Are Firefighters, Cops And All Military!
51 My Dad When He Was 17 In A Small Village In The Netherlands, 1981. He'd Meet My Mom A Year Later
52 My Dad, The Fbi Agent, At A Bahamas Airport, Late 1960s
53 My Dad Claims That's "Oregano" Above My Mom. 1978'ish
54 My Dad In Hawaii, Late 1970's
55 My Dad And His Fox Patricia (1987)
56 My Dad And His Firebird In The 80s
57 My Dad In 1971
58 My Mom Lounging On A Car (1980's)
59 My Dad The Undercover Cop In The 1970's
60 Came Across This Photo Of My Dad In The 70's With His Mustang And I Had To Share It
61 My Dad When He Was A Surfer Dude Sleeping On The Beach For 3 Weeks With Only A Sleeping Bag, Somewhere In The Southern Europe, 1989
62 My Dad Squaring Off With A Cheetah, 1979
63 My Dad In His 20s
64 Mom In The 80s
65 My Dad, Kicking Back With A Cup Of Coffee, 1988
66 My Mother, 1968
67 My Mom When Se Was 20 At The End Of 60's
68 Dad In '80s, Italy
69 My Cool Mom With Her Firebird. Sometime Around Early 80's
70 My Mother At The Weiser, Idaho Fiddle Festival, 1973
71 My Dad Back In The 1980's Definitely Not In The Us Military
72 My Dad Shortly After Arriving To Australia From Vietnam In The 80s
73 My Step-Dad Is Convinced He Was The Coolest Guy In The 80's
74 I Just Found This Photo Of My Dad In The 80's. Apparently He Was Quite The Ladies Man
75 My Dad Refused To Take Off His Shades During Wedding Ceremony (1978)
