Someone on AskReddit asked for people to describe the most expensive mistakes they've ever made. Sometimes you just mess up, and the costs that result from that fail can skyrocket. We all make mistakes. Hopefully the next mistake doesn't take too much out of the wallet.
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You can't really blame a group of people who had adult children before the internet was even invented for being bad with the internet. But you can most certainly laugh at the frequent mistakes they make on there. There's weird breaks in social media etiquette, strange oversharing and general mistakery. But hey, these old people on social media are doing their best.
Don't get too comfortable when things are going well, because life just might hit you hard with unfortunate failures and moments of chaos. Someone could fall through your roof, your car could get hit with a rogue coconut, and a dog could eat your shoes. There are limitless possibilities when it comes to unfortunate moments and chaos.
Just when things are going well, someone falls through the ceiling. You can never be too sure how things will go wrong next, but one thing's for sure and that's that the universe will never run out of ways to screw people over. Unfortunate moments punctuate our lives, and add a heaping helping of chaos and failure.
Life is unpredictable, and some unfortunate moments are bound to happen. All you can really do is take them in stride and take some solace in the fact that other people also have to deal with life's unfortunate failures and moments of chaos. There's runaway tires, lumber spills on the freeway, and deceptively baked bread. Given the option, you kinda hope for the bread one.
Every one of us will have a time in our life when we realize something too late. It may have been super obvious all along, or it may have taken some thinking. Either way, that satisfying "aha!" moment feels the same. For dumber realizations, here are really obvious things people realized way too late.
We sometimes regret decisions that we put a lot of thought into, but it's the ones that you didn't think about at all that make you feel truly dumb. For more dumb stuff, here are the dumbest things people have been told, dumb things people did to their own cars, and the times people realized their kids were dumb.
Technology is a constant source of fear and anxiety for old people. They have a hard time learning how to use it, and so will you when you get old. When we're trying to beam 40 year old memes into each other's brains via the super-internet, we'll probably make some similar mistakes like direct messaging google or leaving a wildly inappropriate comment on the wrong post.
As long as people keep making things, the world will have more and more stupid design failures that need some help. We have no way of knowing if these folks were trying their best, but however hard they tried, their attempts hit the ground with the sound of failure.
Whether it was an idiotic promotion, lack of oversight, a glitch in the system, an escape room scheduling loophole, or a sandwich place that also sold discounted ingredients to its own sandwiches, these people found a way to play the game and save a couple dollars in the process. The commitment and dedication it takes to notice these loopholes is admirable, in a chaotic, roguish sort of way.
There's so many references, basic information, and shorthand floating around in general discourse that if you miss one thing, or hear something wrong one time, you're bound to make a stupid mistake for years and years. Plus, people think it's pretty funny if you consistently use a word wrong and are inclined to not tell you. There's a lot of basic information out there that ashamed people realize way too late.
Any day where nothing particularly unusual happens should be regarded as a pretty good day when you realize all the misfortune that can put a cramp in people's style. Like, maybe your bus was late, but at least it didn't get sucked into a giant sinkhole. The universe can get creative when it uses unfortunate moments to throw folks for a loop.
People shared their stupid mental mistakes and switch-ups, commonly known as brain farts. It's not really your fault, most people have so much to focus on on a daily basis that sometimes we don't put enough effort into our own speech. But still, switching up a few letters can mean the difference between saying you've just been hit in the shins and you've just shit in the bins.
If you're into stupidly redundant construction decisions, shirts that accidentally say "anus," or signs for businesses that also accidentally say "anus" than you've come to the right place. Let's be real, some design can use some extra thought, and some of it, like these magazine layout fails, are freakin awesome.
Don't let the world fool you, almost everyone is doing a bad job all the time. Whether you edit news and magazine layouts or have ever designed stuff that needed extra thought, there are a monstrous amount of failures performed by everyone every day. Sure, it might not be your fault. Sometimes life just hits you with some misfortune. Anyway, here are some from folks who had one goddamn job.
We're all out here trying our best, and sometimes that's not good enough. Sometimes there's a lion on your roof. Sometimes you get trapped in a foreign country because your kid thought your passport was a coloring book. Sometimes a pinecone drops right through your windshield. None of these mishaps are your fault, but they are unfortunate moments and go to show that life is unpredictable.
