How to Be An Annoying Teenager, According to Television

Remember when you were this obnoxious?

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We would be lying if we said that the teen shows we watched growing up didn't influence how we dealt with high school. Honestly, who didn't want to be the brooding bad boy who got all the chicks? Or the too-cool-for-school book worm who thought the popular kids in school were the scum of the Earth? 

We took social queues from these characters, which was awesome back then. However, in retrospect, we were probably just as obnoxious as fuck. If only we had this guide to show us what not to do: How to Be An Annoying Teenager, According to Television.

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Do not take responsibility for your idiocies.

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Treat snark not as a sometime action, but as a way of life.

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Get entangled in destructive romantic relationships just for something to do.

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Doodle angry emo pictures.

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Write and play thousands of songs about everything that happens to you with your acoustic guitar.

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Lack any social filter.

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Treat everything like it's the end of the world.

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Dramatically display your hopelessness.

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Be incapable of dealing with your anger issues.

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Find a way to turn simple tasks into disasters.

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Be embarassed by what everyone else does around you.

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Ditch football practice to drink booze and wallow in self pity.

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Make out with people of the same sex solely to piss off your mom.

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Cry. All the damn time.

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Release all of your sass onto your parents.

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Devote your entire life to your crush.

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Act way too nonchalant, you know, just to be cool.

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Fight with your peers to prove your broodiness.

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Display your awkwardness on your face, constantly.

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Hate your family for no reason other than the fact that they're your family.

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