Is it that hard to install a tv without it falling over and crashing onto the floor? Is it hard to find parking without getting your car encased in cement? Is it hard to make a cake without ruining your kitchen? No, not really. But sometimes you just get unlucky. For more moments of disappointment, check out these times people's days got derailed by misfortune.
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Keeping with tradition, The Talladega Superspeedway twitter account showed off all the stuff that was left behind after the Talladega Cup. Other then the post-apacolyptic vibe to it all, it looks like people had a pretty good time. There were chairs, tvs, and intimates of all kinds. Honestly it kind of looks like my old apartment.
Throughout history, people have been afraid of new developments, usually leaning on the idea that it will make you lazy, rot your brain or corrupt the youth. Socrates was famously against the written word because he thought writing things down would ruin people's memory and make them dumb. This askreddit thread asked older people who the "I don't use computers" people of their time were, and the results were incredible. For one reason or another, there have been people who reject new technology that has since become commonplace, and frankly weird to not have.
Life is full of mistakes, big and small. Sometimes it's not your fault. Like, you can't tell a robot or a piece of fruit to be on your team. But sometimes it totally is your fault. Some of those times are the sweetest. If these aren't enough, then check out some more mishaps here.
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A turkey found its way into this truck driver's cab on the side of the road. The driver, understandably not wanting a wild turkey in his truck, makes an effort to let it leave on its own. You may see where this is going. Here's the video.
You should never expect things to go your way all the time. However the manner and variation of disappointing moments are completely unpredictable. Will you get rear-ended on your way to work? Or will your pancakes just look at you weird? There's just no way of knowing how things could go wrong.
We're all just trying to get through the day. Sometimes it helps to know that "just getting through the day" is pretty good compared to the unintended trials and tribulations life might throw at someone else. So here's misfortune big and small to put things in perspective. And if you wanna see more, then here it is.
TIL they can still hear you when you're not ordering. Here are some wondrous tales from both sides of the microphone about the inherent weirdness of sitting in your car asking a box for your dinner. Well, people say stupid things when they're hungry. We know full well that drive-thrus can get strange.
Reality is really beginning to feel like a parody of itself. @Mrhflrs documented a traffic dispute that tested the limits of human endurance. We don't doubt it was probably a primo parking spot, but jeez. Reminds us of this moronic traffic dispute that required police assistance.
When this man set out to help a stranger in need sometime around midnight, with changing his tire, he did NOT anticipate the fallout of impulsive street justice. Therein lies the biggest risk with trying to do the "right" occasionally brutal thing outside the law: you don't know the whole story, and you're not taking the time to learn it. Instead, you're acting on volatile impulses, and subverting critical thinking for instant emotional justice. In this case, things spiraled out of control quickly. We hope the guy's okay!
