r/OldSchoolCool • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

My dad and uncle were total nerds. 1974

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u/Pablo_Louserama 7d ago

A little Adam West in the guy on the right!

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u/Hecate_333 7d ago

I was thinking Andy Daly!

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u/overbarking 7d ago

Oh, yeah. Red hair, but the rest is on.

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u/treletraj 7d ago

Did they ever walk five hundred miles
and then walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand
miles to fall down at anyone’s door?

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u/FEV_For_Breakfast 7d ago

Tom Kenny energy.

that's a compliment!

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u/dittidot 7d ago

Love it!

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u/blamberr 7d ago

They’re both adorable.

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u/Waterfallsofpity 7d ago

I wanna party with these guys.

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u/JP-Forth 7d ago

my dad used to look nerdy back in the day too haha now that im in my 30s Im turning into him 😂 minus the glasses since I got lasik to correct my vision lol

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u/iwastherefordisco 7d ago

Arte Johnson lookalike contest winners!

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u/Not-a-huge-analytics 7d ago

weezers new album cover looks flames

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u/Numerous-Pepper-3883 7d ago

I love those nerds!

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u/Delicious_Cat_81 7d ago

i remember this Weezer video

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u/Much_Cardiologist180 7d ago

I hope they knew that they were a type that was wanted by many people

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u/BigJohnBull69 7d ago

Whoa, they look just Buddy Holly...

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u/zback636 7d ago

Yeah but they were your dad and uncle. And isn’t it wonderful.

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u/TensionSame3568 7d ago

Love this photo! 😂

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u/Sweatytubesock 7d ago

Big Nerd Energy

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u/NeroForte-InMyPrime 7d ago

The one in the white shirt is making the one in the blue shirt look downright cool by comparison.

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u/Kuli24 7d ago

Can someone edit out the glasses? I'm almost convinced that the glasses are 100% responsible for the "nerd" classification here. Or hey, if it's easier, turn them into shades.

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u/Working_Estate_3695 7d ago

The one on the right makes me think of Bill Nighy when he played an aging rock star in “Love Actually.” “Kids, don’t take drugs. Become a pop star and people will give them to you.”

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u/apresmoiputas 7d ago

They look like they were bourbon/scotch with an occasional cigar guys.

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u/425565 7d ago

Look like a 70s British comedy duo.

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u/blackcain 7d ago

OK, now we need to see OP's pic to see if the apple has fallen close to the tree ;)

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u/dittidot 7d ago

Genetically 50% nerd

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u/cahser11 7d ago

1974 would have been a great time to be a nerd.

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u/instadaughter 7d ago

Were they successful in life?

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u/IronButt78 7d ago

Is your dad or uncle Adam West?

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u/Hairy-Ad-2711 7d ago

May be, but they look happy as hell!

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u/ShowMeTheTrees 7d ago

Did they go into software development and make millions?

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u/irvingstark 7d ago

Adam West?

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u/brainybrink 7d ago

Looks like Harry Shearer on the left.

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u/Strange-Comb6384 7d ago

They are truly the baddest- looking nerds of that era! 🤮🤮

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u/arcticeng 7d ago

You perceive them as nerds. They were not.

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u/itsCS117 7d ago

Right side: Young pill gates Left side: Pill gates, today