Someone on AskReddit asked for people that joined the military to share their regrets. These are pretty rough.
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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories.
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Sometimes you don't even need the world to humble you. Sometimes, you can just do the job yourself. These folks found themselves in the middle of various, hilarious, and occasionally relatable situations where they realized that they weren't near as smart as they'd made themselves out to be. A little ego death here and there can be good for everyone.
Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share the funniest insults they've ever heard. These are right in line with those "rare insults" lists we like to run. You've got to appreciate it when people take a creative approach to the insult/banter game.
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Someone on AskReddit got a helpful, informative AskReddit thread going about various winter life pro tips that can help any of us weather the next round of wintery days with grace and as little stress as possible. Just look at this collection of helpful factoids as your own guide to avoid unwanted fails.
The dating world can be a strange and terribly uncomfortable one at times. You never really know what you're walking into on that first date. Sometimes, you end up sitting across the table from a seemingly normal person, until they start busting out all the gnarly red flags. Maybe they say something that you just can't look past when it's all said and done. From there, it's really up to you to remove yourself from the unfortunate situation. These people describe times they found themselves on a first date that they just had to dip on out of before it was all said and done. With what they're describing, it seems like a completely understandable decision.
It can happen to the very best of us. Sometimes, one can get caught up in such a maddening rush to get to their meeting, appointment, dinner reservation, etc. that they end up completely disregarding the speed limit. This disregard for the speed limit can result in acts of pure reckless driving, or maybe you're someone who ended up going just a few mph over the speed limit. Then from there, getting caught by a cop waiting to dish out speeding tickets can really just end up being a game of luck. These people tried to pass off some unforgettably silly excuses when they got busted.
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As a tourist you can sometimes have those moments when various unique corners of the world completely humble you. Your worldview from wherever you came from suddenly seems completely outdated, or just purely insane. Or maybe it's something a bit more innocent, like the jumbo serving sizes one can find in America vs. other places in the world. Traveling always has a way of reminding each of us that there are an infinite amount of ways to do things.
Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the scams of this world that are so normalized that nobody seems to notice. It's wild when it comes to some of the shady stuff that people/companies can somehow get away with. For instance, some of those internships can get pretty scammy real quick.
Sometimes it can feel like the universe itself is throwing you a bone, when you happen upon a long-term loophole. Loopholes are basically cheats codes in real life. These folks were able to exploit their respective loopholes for way longer than they should've been able to. For some, they're still somehow getting away with their sneaky antics. That free burger loophole sounds way too clutch. A true shame they got rid of that.
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This feels trip of an AskReddit thread has people describing the emotionally painful times that they realized they'd actually married the wrong person. Sometimes you throw in with another person that you're convinced is your soulmate, and then go on to realize that there are insurmountable obstacles in the way of the two of you having a fruitful and loving relationship. After a realization like that the purest expression of love can really be to just let the person go.
Sometimes it's nice to keep the jokes free from vulgarity and dirty humor, and instead just nice and clean. These short and clean jokes apparently have an unfailing ability to always get the laughs going in the room. Might as well pack them in your back pocket for the next time you need a solid icebreaker, or someone you know could use a little boost of humor.
Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about people's most painful wedding day regrets. It really sucks that so much of the wisdom we can gain in this life comes directly from the hard and unforgiving lessons that regretful experiences teach us. Sometimes we've just got to do certain things at certain occasions to realize we'll definitely never be doing them again. Hopefully none of these regrets ring any bells. If you're looking for more juicy wedding drama, check out the year's most entitled bridezillas.
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Most of us have caught ourselves in the middle of a completely nonsensical act where we basically just wake up, and realize we have no idea what we're doing. It's as if some other completely aloof force possesses the body for a hot minute, and makes it do all kinds of dumb stuff. As long as you can maintain a sense of humility, and the mindless action didn't put you in harms way, it's actually a great chance to laugh at yourself.
