These folks are absolute masters of their craft of being dumb. This be the land of stupid attempts, lies and general dumbassery. We honestly wish all of these were jokes but given the state of things, we're not so sure. For more of this, here are enough moments of facepalm to give you a stupid stroke.
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If you think you're having a bad day, there's still a pretty good chance you didn't lose a speed boat on the freeway. Misfortune gets the best of people all the time. Seeing it happen can put things in perspective, it can be somewhat therapeutic, or it can be simply intriguing to see all the things that can go wrong.
Even if you account for every little variable in your life, something will happen that you completely didn't expect. Usually it's something bad. It could be as small as spilling spaghetti on your clothes, or as large as spilling a truckload of apples all across the highway. These people found out the hard way that life is packed with moments of failure and misfortune.
These people screwed up big enough that they thought they'd be fired on the spot, but apparently life isn't as cutthroat as you'd think sometimes. Whether they had an understanding boss, did the right thing, or just straight up weren't caught, these employees lived to work another day.
One day you're just taking a stroll in your attic, maybe trying to find some old Christmas decorations and then BOOM you've just created a new point of entry. But before anyone helps you, they of course take a photo. Moments like these happen all the time, and they're unavoidable. For more, here are some unfortunate moments that obliterated people's good times.
What these parents thought was a "miracle" actually turned out to be a stupid accident. Thankfully, peppers are spicy as a deterrent for mammals, so there's a decent chance the fish wasn't hurt by the potentially catostrophic mistake. For a time when spicy peppers did end up inflicting some burn, here's a time a kid's hot sauce mistake damned an entire party to a choking hell.
It can be really easy to like someone if you know absolutely nothing about them. But once someone pulls a big one like being mean to dogs or taking a crap in your sink, it can be easier to see them without rose colored glasses. For some others, here are red flags people ignored because their SO's were so hot.
We get it, some words are hard to spell. Everyone makes mistakes, and some words are truly hard. That said, most of us have made it past 6th grade, and when you screw up this bad, you're begging for people to make fun of you. For more, check out these spelling fails that are chrew-lee something else.
Life can be harder some days than others. The good part is that most days aren't completely crap, and most bad days that happen aren't happening to you. Maybe these unfortunate moments will put things in perspective. Maybe you'll just find them interesting or hilarious. Either way, they sure must have sucked for whoever they happened to. For more, check out these times people had their day derailed by misfortune.
Let's make no bones about it, kids are stupid as hell. They're mean, cruel idiots who screw up constantly. It's considered an insult to call an adult childish. If you knew anyone who acted like kids do, they'd be kicked out of your friend group immediately. I guess they're the future or something so we keep em around. For more kids being dumb, here are some completely stupid reasons kids had meltdowns.
In the heat of the moment, you might think it's a good idea to ride a shopping cart down a hill or see if you can catch a hammer thrown by your friend. Usually we realize after the fact, especially if these brilliant ideas go wrong, that maybe it wasn't so smart to do in the first place. In a similar vein, here are people sharing some of the dumbest injuries they've ever had.
These moments might remind you that, while daily life is hard enough, it could get worse. Sure, you might be behind on laundry or maybe you didn't sleep too great, but there are bigger things to be upset about. Check these out for more times misfortune got the best of people.
Well never understand what makes a person swerve around a railroad barrier to try to beat a train. And while we'll never understand it, we will certainly watch these idiots do exactly that every single time. For more gifs of insane crap, here's some godlike times people defied the odds and stuck the landing.
Sometimes life can be a real bastard. We try our best to avoid bad outcomes, but there are some things you just can't predict. Whether it's a crocodile in your pool, missing out on a huge opportunity, or getting stuck in a bird feeder, life will hit you with some unlucky circumstances. For more, here are some times misfortune got the best of people.
Here are some quick fail gifs to make you reconsider trying anything. We've got a baby elephants trying to get a scratch, a kid trying to shovel dirt, incompetent soldiers trying to throw a grenade and more. For more failure gifs, here are some miscellaneous fails that left people worse for wear.
