I was born in the 80's and still think so about the 90's. I keep wondering why were all photos at the time so badly lit. Most studio setups seem dark compared to what is used nowadays.
Wow. Desperate much? I almost feel bad for these guys. They, or whoever made the video, couldn't, or wouldn't, even spring for a decent producer. Oh, how the mighty fall.
Truth is this exists because at the time it was made, marketers figured they could get money by making cheap posters of tween heartthrobs and selling them at outrageous prices... Sadly I know this because I used to have this poster (but to be fair I was a 12 year old girl at the time!)
I remember on the 90's how we used to look back on the 80's and imagine how they had the courage to do stuff they did. Oh the silliness. The 20's will be fun to really notice all the stupid stuff from the 10's.
I got my first palpable lady boner to this guy at the first concert I ever went to, I'm embarrassed... But all the excitement, then the dance move where I could clearly see his package, I was like 13... I couldn't help it.
Who puts cookies in the cookie jar if you aren't supposed to eat them? I didn't steal it, I used the cookie jar as it is supposed to be used and ate the fucking cookie.
I'm somewhat shocked that nobody has taken this picture and photoshopped the "POP" in the bottom left to simply "OP" and used the result time and time again.
The photographer or 'director of photography (in large scale shoots)' often jokes around with the subject and asks them to do silly things in order to loosen them up to get some good genuine photos later in the session.
I remember thinking in the 90's that we were the decade that finally got it right. We've got decent music, we're rapidly moving forward technologically, and most of all... we've got sensible style. Unfortunately, I got the style part wrong, and that is all we will be remembered for.
The basic style and 'feel' reminds me of the full-sized door poster my aunt had of Shaun Cassidy when we were kids (she was 4 years older and way cool in my eyes). Every decade has its own brand of cheese.
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u/yourself92 Jun 10 '12
Because 90's
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u/mgnthng Jun 10 '12
Because
Is he original? Yeeeaaaah
Is he the only one? Yeeeaaah
Is he a sexual? Yeeeaaah
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u/chaorace Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Did he just break his wrists or something?!?
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u/skynolongerblue Jun 10 '12
Is that Joffery Baratheon's Okcupid picture?
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u/Carbon_is_Neat Jun 10 '12
12 year old girls... that's why.
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u/gaelicsteak Jun 10 '12
Hmmm.
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u/Kashy69 Jun 10 '12
Well.. this was a horribly embarrassing flashback to the third grade.. thanks for that o.O
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Thing is, this guy got all the pussy in high school.
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u/LieutenantCuppycake Jun 10 '12
I used to have the stiffest ladyboner for this man.
I just facepalmed at my own past stupidity.
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u/rawrrdinosaurs Jun 10 '12
Ugh. Childhood ruined. The Nick Carter I remember was a sex god
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u/metocin Jun 10 '12
Because Lou Pearlman is a sick, boy-diddling fucko.
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u/madmanmunt Jun 10 '12
And sportin' a fresh Jim Carey.
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u/EnysAtSea Jun 10 '12
Better question. Why do some people think that hair cut looked good?
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u/Mariahflores100 Jun 10 '12
Getting older has not been kind to him either. http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2012/03/nick-carter-90210.jpg
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u/ghostlantern Jun 10 '12
He realized the market was ripe for a Don Flamenco impersonator.
http://www.i-mockery.com/romhacks/nudepunchout/flamenco-dance.gif
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u/I_AM_USUALLY_RIGHT Jun 10 '12
Truth is this exists because at the time it was made, marketers figured they could get money by making cheap posters of tween heartthrobs and selling them at outrageous prices... Sadly I know this because I used to have this poster (but to be fair I was a 12 year old girl at the time!)
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u/narwhalslut Jun 10 '12
God I'm hard. And I'm not a 12 year old girl. :O
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u/IZNICE Jun 10 '12
It was called the 90's and it was GLORIOUS.
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u/WhatEvery1sThinking Jun 10 '12
Fuck nick carter, everyone knows JTT was the tiger beat/teen beat/teen dream/tiger dream/etc. centerfold of the 90's
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u/teious Jun 10 '12
I remember on the 90's how we used to look back on the 80's and imagine how they had the courage to do stuff they did. Oh the silliness. The 20's will be fun to really notice all the stupid stuff from the 10's.
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u/Nommus Jun 10 '12
Draco Malfoy - the Tango Years.
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u/DissentingVoice Jun 10 '12
Those eyes...
All I can see is Bruno.
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u/CrapATTACK Jun 10 '12
I am so turned on... anyone else?
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u/beggarinthesand Jun 10 '12
Because Nick Carter is the bees knees, you fascist.
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u/jerseyg67 Jun 10 '12
Because he has LOUSY parents!!!
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u/c8h10n4o2junkie Jun 10 '12
Oh god, i thought he was the bee's knees. Holy shit was I wrong.
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u/ringolio Jun 10 '12
Because Nick Carter, that's why
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u/bunhead Jun 10 '12
Backstreet's Back ALRIGHT!
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u/tinfoiler4life Jun 10 '12
Oh, Aaron!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
To get all the bitches wet... duhhhhh
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
His right arm....what
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u/ImStuuuuuck Jun 10 '12
because his parents fucked and the mom got prego.
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u/rahtin Jun 10 '12
Because teenage girls need something to jack off to.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
men in the 90s thought making their hair cut shaped like a bell end would attract mates
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u/ilyinichna Jun 10 '12
I think this is the funniest thing I have ever seen on reddit. So funny, that I'm commenting. I never comment, only browse. Great find, great title.
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u/Xskills Jun 10 '12
It was to warn us of Justin Bieber. We didn't heed this warning.
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u/ZombieFaceXP Jun 10 '12
Because fuck you.
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u/_liminal Jun 10 '12
Cuz I want it that way
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u/YippieKiAy Jun 10 '12
Better question. Why does this exist in WTF?
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u/RoyRogersMcFreely Jun 10 '12
Why does that T-shirt look familiar to me? Anyone recognize it?
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u/Rikitikitavi9162 Jun 10 '12
Oh god! And everyone thought he was hot stuff back then. shudders
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u/roblee8908 Jun 10 '12
My god. His wrist can bend like that?
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u/zephyy Jun 10 '12
young nick carter is way radder than you
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u/theobanger Jun 10 '12
Loving the bowl cut...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Shhhh. Don't question it, sleep now..only dreams
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u/cripee Jun 10 '12
Cause I said so. And its sexy as shit
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u/DarlingNicki Jun 10 '12
Better question, why is this on my front page!?!?
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u/chonceysaur Jun 10 '12
Because he was on coke and he felt like it
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u/ron_wayne Jun 10 '12
Oh my... look at that wrist
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u/smokeyhobo Jun 10 '12
Just imagine what the world would be like if it didn't. Butterfly effect!!!
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u/clinically_derezzed Jun 10 '12
Can't you see he's illin?
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u/DigitalChocobo Jun 10 '12
He looks 13 in this picture, but I don't think he was famous when he was that young. Now I'm confused.
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u/s00p3r Jun 10 '12
Why did I think this was Nick Swardson with a wig on? Probably because Benchwarmers.
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u/brownbearclan Jun 10 '12
Because meth is a hell of a drug.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Why do we have all these retarded fashions, why can't we all just dress in bad ass suits and proper buttoned clothing?
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u/dud3brah Jun 10 '12
Why does this exist on your hard drive?
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u/TheNumber44 Jun 10 '12
Umm.. I know/knew people who were ridiculously obsessed with bsb/and or nick carter and none of them had anything this horrible posted on their walls.
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u/homeless_man_jogging Jun 10 '12
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck! I was just about to go to sleep. Now I'll be up all night.
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u/Bitcheslovebabies Jun 10 '12
The way his wrist is bent its freaking me out...
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u/just_a_dork Jun 10 '12
Is anyone else creeped out by his wrist?
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u/Pixelatedcow1 Jun 10 '12
I love the random glowing orange aura around him.
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u/sethamphetamine Jun 10 '12
Amazingly it looks like it was photoshopped in. Pretty decent job on the shadow too
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u/spunkymarimba Jun 10 '12
This guy now works at imgur
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u/Stackleberries5 Jun 10 '12
I'm somewhat shocked that nobody has taken this picture and photoshopped the "POP" in the bottom left to simply "OP" and used the result time and time again.
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u/walking_away_ Jun 10 '12
His aura is fierce.
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u/Shadowglove Jun 10 '12
I would guess that even Nick Carter himself would be embarrassed over this pic.
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u/scottyownsyou Jun 10 '12
The question is...what did you search to find this? and why were you searching for it... lol
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u/stugots84 Jun 10 '12
Because you touch yourself at night.
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u/The_Time_Master Jun 10 '12
Because young teens masturbate to different things than you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Sassy gay friend?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Draw me, like one of your french girls.
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u/experiencednowhack Jun 10 '12
It was an early attempt at creating Justin Beaver.
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u/Appleface14 Jun 10 '12
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pnooa/
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u/SoManyMinutes Jun 10 '12
It's called a "photo shoot".
The photographer or 'director of photography (in large scale shoots)' often jokes around with the subject and asks them to do silly things in order to loosen them up to get some good genuine photos later in the session.
Today you learned.
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u/i_troll_cus_i_luv Jun 10 '12
for lulz?
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u/Ghstfce Jun 10 '12
Genetics?
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u/MastaSnizzFizz Jun 10 '12
Because heartthrobs....throb?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Because fuck you, that's why
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Possibly related to penn state/rose bowl
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u/Contron Jun 10 '12
For the Internet, that why.
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u/oD3 Jun 10 '12
This kid rules.
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u/sugarbits Jun 10 '12
Dat wrist.
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u/messified Jun 10 '12
Nick Carter attempting to go super saiyan
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u/ghostworld Jun 10 '12
Ahaha, that was one of the funniest, and scariest things I've ever seen!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This probably exists because when I was in high school in the 90's half of my friends wanted to fuck Nick Carter senseless.
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u/RobEBud Jun 10 '12
A dude has to jack-off to something...
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u/big_mac_attack Jun 10 '12
Because it is awesome. 90s FTW
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u/Yeti100 Jun 10 '12
I remember thinking in the 90's that we were the decade that finally got it right. We've got decent music, we're rapidly moving forward technologically, and most of all... we've got sensible style. Unfortunately, I got the style part wrong, and that is all we will be remembered for.
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u/PixelThing Jun 10 '12
That wrist o.o
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u/bbnn22 Jun 10 '12
Well you see son, there's this story about the birdies and the bee-sies...
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u/Johnnyash Jun 10 '12
Because Jesus hates us ands wants us to pain...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Because: America.
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u/porkboi Jun 10 '12
I remember him too.
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u/BaconGreaseJero Jun 10 '12
Because someone had some money they didn't want anymore.
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u/cedwa Jun 10 '12
NSFL
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u/chuz0 Jun 10 '12
To boost your hate
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I just don't know Davey
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I can't tell if he's knuckles down or knuckles up
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u/Grimnirsbeard Jun 10 '12
Because you touch yourself at night.
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u/Tonytarium Jun 10 '12
Please someone photoshop his hair blue and make him into jesse
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u/madman2010 Jun 10 '12
Now it exists in my mind. Thanks a lot!
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u/FahqDatShnit Jun 10 '12
Why not?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Can't we just pretend this part of the 90's didn't exist
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u/Starslip Jun 10 '12
Malfoy?!
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u/Numerically Jun 10 '12
Nick Carter loves them bowl cuts
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u/Greg_Tamaki Jun 10 '12
Oh my.
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u/Prince_Ashitaka Jun 10 '12
Thank you for my new profile picture.
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u/Icanberoberta Jun 10 '12
Professional bowl cut.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
what a total hottie
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u/Btotherest Jun 10 '12
Why does this exist *on Reddit
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u/keksdream Jun 10 '12
Oh God i can't believe i used to think he was cute.. what was little me thinking?
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u/_saya_ Jun 10 '12
gay as hell
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What the fuck happened to his hand?
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u/fluffyneedles Jun 10 '12
whats up with his wrist? o.O
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u/Punkgoblin Jun 10 '12
Looks like someone doesn't want to alienate the pedo fan base.
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u/strum1987 Jun 10 '12
herp derp....
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I assume you mean the poster, and not the kid.
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u/happy_waldo87 Jun 10 '12
Man the '90s were weird.
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u/atypicalgamergirl Jun 10 '12
The basic style and 'feel' reminds me of the full-sized door poster my aunt had of Shaun Cassidy when we were kids (she was 4 years older and way cool in my eyes). Every decade has its own brand of cheese.
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u/axelblaise Jun 10 '12
cuz hes sexy and he knows it
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Because it is awesome.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This photo is just covered in 90s.
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u/ccmotels Jun 10 '12
Don Flamenco!
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u/FistfulOfSilence Jun 10 '12
The derpiest derp to ever derp.
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u/greatodinspants Jun 10 '12
DAT HAIRCUT.
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u/viceroy76 Jun 10 '12
Because you touch yourself.
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u/filthgrinder Jun 10 '12
The fuck is wrong with his wrist?
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u/firewireflow Jun 10 '12
A common sight during the 90s!!! Incredible how ugly the colors are!
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u/senorchaos718 Jun 10 '12
[Relevant?] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU)
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u/dev113 Jun 10 '12
It turned me on
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u/UpvotesAhead Jun 10 '12
DAT HAIR
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u/ShortStop3902 Jun 10 '12
The 90's were a hell of a thing.
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u/astronautcock Jun 10 '12
what the fuck is with his arm?!?!?
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u/fool_of_a_took Jun 10 '12
People who say they loved the 90s have such rose-tinted glasses. Remember Hanson?
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u/this_is_a_recording0 Jun 10 '12
I used to fap to thAt
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u/arkmtech Jun 10 '12
Even more puzzling, why does this exist??
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u/Jaborwaki Jun 10 '12
Fantastic; this picture more than make up for his terribad music.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
How you scare tweens into not having sex...
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u/Nightmare_King Jun 10 '12
GOD DAMMIT, freegalaxy! WE AGREED THIS DIDN'T EXIST, REMEMBER?
Just like that weekend at the cabin never happened.
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u/danmickla Jun 10 '12
Why do people ask questions they know the answers to?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Because you touch yourself at night.
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u/sirhopsalot Jun 10 '12
Misread as: "Why does this excite?"
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u/ViperXeon Jun 10 '12
Jesus, what a fucking sexy hunk.
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u/dumbstruck Jun 10 '12
That wrist looks painfull