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40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I jumped up and (successfully) bit the string that is used to pull the attic door down. It had a metal bead on it... Immediately after I remember thinking “holy s**t I actually got it in my mouth and broke the string”. Then I realized the string was still there, but half my front tooth wasn’t.

As the best man at my wedding said “the attic string went fishing for idiots and caught one”

Jsn1986 , Jeswin Thomas Report

Final score:

417points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Best man strikes again!

115points

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I chopped an aerosol paint can in half with an axe. I was far old enough to know better but my cousin and I thought we had it worked out. My mom always said, “One kid, one brain; two kids, no brains.” Boy was she right. I was yellow for a week.

candaNce7210 , cottonbro Report

Final score:

383points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Your mom is a smart cookie, so there's hope for you 😉

125points

winsomelosemore , Polina Zimmerman Report

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Maybe not the dumbest but a recent one on my mind. I was in my office with the door closed. Got up from my desk to walk out and knocked on the door before opening it and walking into the hallway.

Final score:

316points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Muscle memory.

74points

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Went to a coffee shop and ordered a large cup of coffee. Barista hands it to me and I put it into my purse with no lid.

samanthalynn-s , Marco Verch Report

Final score:

295points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Well, it may have damaged the purse, but at least you didn't spill it on yourself?

36points

Sooperwhooper , How can I recycle this Report

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread We were driving to a restaurant and wanted to see how long the wait was. My dad handed me the phone book and asked me to look up the number. I, for whatever reason, thought he said “get rid of this”. So I opened the window and chucked the phone book while we were going 70 MPH down the highway.

That was over ten years ago, I still get s**t for it.

Final score:

270points

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Horatio Jay 3 years ago

Wow, littering on command? That's pretty scummy.

86points

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread You know those old cigarette lighters in cars? Nobody in my immediate family smokes, and when I was younger, I pressed it in and it popped out.

I pulled it out to inspect - it was just grey coils - it didn't look red hot or anything. So I tested that sucker the best way I knew how. I stuck it to my tongue.

Sullen_Pancakes , Snap_it Report

Final score:

241points

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Fxnglhl 3 years ago

i ever tried to press it once in my dad's car, and then my dad said that if you press it too many times the car will explode, never touched that thing again.

114points

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread During a traffic stop, while trying to act casual, I handed a police officer $50 instead of the licence he asked for.

GJacks75 , Michael Report

Final score:

235points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Please say he was understanding?

90points

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was a kid I went into my parents bathroom. I found my dad’s razor and I decided to scrape it against my tongue, my whole tongue. I started screaming in pain immediately after.

PsyGuy98 Report

Final score:

226points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Sent chills down my whole body!

146points

#10

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I once told my roommate I was going out of town, but really hid under his bed for 5 hours so I could freak him out that night.

LukesFather , Joe Hall Report

Final score:

222points

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Kaspar Kristiansen 3 years ago

That's next-level patience!

109points

#11

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Yesterday I was using a nail gun on the trim around the windows of my house. Being the idiot that I am I decided to see what would happen if I shot a penny. The nail ricocheted off the penny, shot past my head, and ended up in the fridge behind me. Close call.

gil_beard , Robert Couse-Baker Report

Final score:

212points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Yikes! They're pulling your license to tool.

51points

#12

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Microwaved a pen for two minutes in the workplace microwave. To this day I do not know why I did that. Update: I'm still at the same job. The pen was a Frixion Pilot. When the ink smoke cleared and my senses came back to me, I quickly ran across the street to Lowe's and bought the same exact microwave to replace it with. I was never caught.

SLeNDeRMaN-23 , liviu_c Report

Final score:

209points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Resume: Able to respond to emergencies quickly.

209points

#13

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was a wee boy I woke up early before everyone, went down to the kitchen, grabbed a chair, brought it to the fridge and took the small metal pencil sharpener from the top. I decided to sharpen my pinky first thing in the morning so I can have a sharp finger?? Ended up waking the parents up and bleeding profusely.

Aphex117 , pixabay Report

Final score:

203points

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ʕ º ᴥ ºʔ 3 years ago

I knew a kid who did this

52points

FerociousSalmon , SeRVe Photography Report

#14

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I put my finger into a handheld blender and turned it on to see if I could stop the blades from spinning.

I couldn't, and it chewed up my finger. I was 21

Final score:

200points

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Mark Kelly 3 years ago

wtf?

148points

#15

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I stuck my head in the opening of the back of our dining room chairs. My head was stuck for almost an hour as my grandad tried to butter me up to get my head out.

I also did the same thing with our stairs banister. Needless to say, I was a stupid child.

treerot , thelivingroominkenmore Report

Final score:

198points

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WildHoneyPie 3 years ago

Remember the Leave it to Beaver where Beaver does that with a fence at the park? My Mom and sisters and I were sitting around the kitchen table one time talking about that episode. We didn't realize that my young nephew must have been listening until he stuck his head through the spindles of a captain's chair. Sure enough, he couldn't pull it back out. The bad thing was that we were laughing so hard none of us made a move to help him for awhile. Exquisite timing!

57points

#16

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When i was about 8, i was walking out of school, i picked up some pink fairy floss (cotton candy) off the ground and put it in my mouth. It was insulation.

[deleted] , Eugene PeretzFollow Report

Final score:

197points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago

At least now you feel no cold.

57points

haccthaplanet , Sean MacEnteeFollow Report

#17

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Sometimes I blow on my ice cream before I take a bite. Have no idea why.

Final score:

192points

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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago

That's not dumb, that's a normal brain thing. Brain is like "this is very temperature, better blow on it"

234points

3 years ago

Very temperature indeed.

68points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

"Very temperature" XD

28points

Jeremy Sitorus 3 years ago

V e r y t e m p e r a t u r e

23points

Beta 3 years ago

Well i used to stick my finger in icecream and see how deep it could go…

11points

Troux 3 years ago

I thought it might be associated with a memory of birthday candles in an ice cream sundae or something.

6points

The Chosen One 3 years ago

the word "tempurture" is now an adjective

3points

Rench 3 years ago

For the first time in a long time, I actually laughed at a comment. And not just the little puff of air out of my nose.

3points

13 3 years ago

I will be using this for all temperatures everywhere from now on.

2points

Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 2 years ago

very temperature 🤣 lmao :

1point

Inrome Jiamanukoonkit 3 years ago

I also do it lmao XD

1point

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

Sometimes extreme cold can feel like extreme heat.

1point

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

That's super normal. It's like when you're driving and looking for a street sign, so you adjust the radio volume. Your brain is trying to help your senses but hasn't quite figured out how.

16points

Box Knight 3 years ago

It makes sense... I do the same sometimes, it will warm it up a little

5points

Sam Chilton 3 years ago

To warm it up, duh. I'm not actually joking, you're blowing away the air around it, which has cooled, to be replaced with warmer air (at least your breath is warmer. I don't know who eat ice-cream when the weather is freezing cold).

2points

13 3 years ago

Unashamedly raising my hand. It's NEVER too cold for icecream! 😋

0points

Terrícola/Earthling 3 years ago

Hahaha same

2points

Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Just blowing the first coldness bite outta the way

2points

Casey Burns 3 years ago

I gave myself a brain freeze once on purpose. As I had never experienced one until that point. It is quite uncomfortable.

2points

Sawdust 3 years ago

Blowing on a bowl of ice cream does make it melt faster...

2points

Charlotte Carpenter 3 years ago

brain: food = temperature... must blow on it

1point

Michael Carpenter 3 years ago

Maybe blows the frost off.

1point

My O My 3 years ago

Nothing will ever be as funny as the look on my toddlers face when he bit in ice cream for the first time.

1point

Cat 3 years ago

Guilty.

1point

Natalia Maciel 3 years ago

I do this too ✋

1point

Matthew Norton 2 years ago

Habit

0points

despayre 3 years ago

Not weird at all: https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20191027/ask-doctors-theres-reason-you-turn-down-stereo-when-concentrating

0points

Delilah Simmons 3 years ago

same

0points

neonn_pieee 3 years ago

Lol I do that too.. and with my cereal. It's weird.

0points

C C 3 years ago

Same!

0points

Kai Scadden 3 years ago

Warm it up

0points

D K 3 years ago

Haha I once did this in a restaurant as a teen, because I was distracted by a cute boy sitting a few tables away.

0points

Mark Berry 3 years ago

Same here.

0points

Something Different 3 years ago

food is hot. Learn from soup.

0points

Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

At least they don't touch their food to their chin before eating it.

0points

A B C 3 years ago

whut?

3points

#18

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Boiled a pot of pasta. Then poured the water and noodles down the drain.

justtosubscribe , Klaus Nielsen Report

Final score:

185points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Drain / strain...they're so similar sounding. Easy mistake.

50points

#19

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I tried to put out a candle by covering it with a Kleenex.

TheREALGillypies , Katy Report

Final score:

180points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago

And when the Kleenex started burning you used some gasoline to put it out.

137points

#20

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Wondered what would happen if I pedalled the bicycle as fast as I could and then brake it as hard as I could.

P/s: I hit my crotch at the middle of the handlebar and also flew a couple of meters onto asphalt.

DanialE , John Loo Report

Final score:

180points

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I I 3 years ago

Cause and effect my friend

69points

#21

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I have an amazing ability to pick up almost any bug carefully and efficiently without hurting them, so when I first discovered this when I was about 5 or 6, I went and collected 44 ants, got some dirt, and made my own ant colony. in my room... under my bed...

[deleted] , Daniel Pink Report

Final score:

164points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

And your parents wondered where the heck they all came from ...

54points

#22

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I once picked a guys pocket and put it back just to see if I could do it without getting caught. I didn't get caught. It was the single dumbest thing I've ever done in my life considering how bad it could have gone if I had gotten caught.

shadowrangerfs , Emil Kalibradov Report

Final score:

163points

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Downunderdude 3 years ago

My God! I have just had a flashback! My mum and dad stopped to ask for directions. I was in the back seat. While the guy was giving the directions, standing side-on to the car and pointing at the map, I reached in his pocket and took out his wallet. We drove on and I told my parents. Natch, they were horrified. They turned around and went back and found the man still walking along the street. That would have been embarrassing conversation! I must have been about 6 at the time (I'm 64 now) and as I say, this item just gave me bang! a flashback. Sorry, man. Sorry, mum and dad.

190points

#23

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Anyone else jump down a flight of stairs because you thought you could make it? I was 4.

aubreyrose , Patrick Byrne Report

Final score:

161points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

My sense of self preservation + a fear of heights has prevented me from trying...so far.

63points

#24

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Was a backseat passenger in my friend's car and decided to open the door and just kind of roll out while driving down the street.

50ftBeast , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

157points

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hyperunknown 3 years ago

They see you rollin', they hatin'

49points

#25

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was 10 I saw this cool magic trick where you soaked a dollar bill in rubbing alcohol and the alcohol burns off and your dollar bill stays intact so stupid 10 year old me was home alone one day when my mom left me $20 to order food with I ended up soaking it in rubbing alcohol and burning it causing it to disintegrate into ash immediately.

[deleted] , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

154points

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WildHoneyPie 3 years ago

Welp, no food for you!

59points

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#26

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was little I threw my ballet shoes into a toilet I had just peed in. I have no idea why. I then ran to my mom who couldn't decipher through my hysterical crying what was going on. To this day I still have no idea why I did it, but I remember feeling that I had to do it.

poodlenancy , Elena Kloppenburg Report

Final score:

151points

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renee brack 3 years ago

Compulsion is a very interesting urge and it starts young.

75points

#27

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was 5 I wanted to see if pepper made you sneeze like in the cartoons so I shoved a black peppercorn up there. Burned like hell.

Munsanity , Calum Lewis Report

Final score:

146points

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I I 3 years ago

DERP

31points

#28

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I stuck my hand in a bowl of soup simply because I hadn’t before.

ladyofthedead , stu_spivack Report

Final score:

142points

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3 years ago

I'm gonna go try that now!

39points

#29

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread When I was about 7 or 8 I decided to hold my breath as long as I could ... with milk in my mouth while staring absentmindedly out the window. Naturally I spit the milk all over said window when I lost my breath. I don’t know what I learned. I don’t know what I gained from doing this. I don’t know my motivation. I laugh when I remember it because... what the f**k was even happening in my mind. If anyone is wondering - my aunt saw the milk explosion happen and was like “why did you do that?!!!!” I don’t even know what I said. I just cleaned it up.

TommyPimple , Kjokkenutstyr Net Report

Final score:

142points

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Orion C. 3 years ago

And to this day, we still don't know what the f**k was even happening in their mind.

24points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#30

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Me and my brothers would tie ropes to each other and run in opposite directions. Did it to trees too. I tried to bungee jump from a tree with just a regular old rope, that one hurt pretty bad.

uniqueusername0054 , David Waschbüsch Report

Final score:

141points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

This is really dark, but I had a friend who once tried to commit suicide with a rope in a tree. The rope was too long. She jumped and wound up on the ground. Fortunately, she figured if she couldn't even kill herself correctly, she probably shouldn't be making life or death decisions. She got herself the help she needed.

172points

#31

4th grade. The teacher asked a math question. I immediately raised my hand and shouted "poop". No idea why I did this but I was sent to detention for a week.

Smellimus Report

Final score:

140points

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Draco's Dragonfly 3 years ago

For a week?!? Wow

94points

#32

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I threw a plastic bottle at a ceiling fan. It ricocheted back, right on my forehead.

60five , Maxwell Ingham Report

Final score:

139points

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hyperunknown 3 years ago

Not a fan of plastic bottles anymore then?

45points

#33

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread My father had a glass cutter that consisted of a diamond embedded in the tip of a metal rod. I decided to witness it’s amazing cutting power exhibited in cartoons, so I tried to cut a circle in our garage door window glass. The scar still rests in the glass 36 years later.

nivenfan , cottonbro Report

Final score:

131points

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Sawdust 3 years ago

I've always wanted to cut a perfect circle out of a pane of glass.

43points

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#34

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread So packing up the car and just completely forget to grab the last suitcase and put it in the car, it was apparently just sitting on the sidewalk for the 2 days I was gone

da_manimal420 , Sun Lingyan Report

Final score:

128points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

At least no one stole it!

78points

BijectiveForever , Matt & Chris Pua Report

#35

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Snorted a line of instant ramen seasoning

Final score:

128points

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3 years ago

I snorted masala (Indian spices). Just for fun. Wasn't that bad.

29points

#36

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Sprayed hair spray onto a lamp while it was on. The bulb shattered and when my parents asked what happened I said I had no idea

PhilofthePresent , russellstreet Report

Final score:

123points

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Gabby M 3 years ago

If this was on accident, I could understand. If this was on purpose...I want to know the logic behind it.

35points

#37

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Took some scissors while I was at my moms friends house and looked to see how hard i'd need to press to cut a lamps wire to cut it off while the lamp was still on. Didn't need to press that hard.

[deleted] , Yandle Report

Final score:

122points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Zzzt!

35points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#38

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I took a bite out of a bar of soap.

Not-an-Ocelot , jm3 Report

Final score:

108points

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Sergy Yeltsen 3 years ago

I can sorta understand this one. Some of them smell delicious. And ones from places like Lush are supposedly edible (but they don't recommend you do it!)

58points

#39

Put on my shoes then get into bed.

tallrowantrees Report

Final score:

99points

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Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago

Is that an order? It's not what i expected from my dominatrix.

44points

#40

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I put a seaweed in my purse to take home with me, because it was pink.

OneEvilCat , Cody Logan Report

Final score:

99points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Why is this dumb?

48points

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#41

I drank from a jug of movie theater buttery topping.

SirMikan Report

Final score:

50points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Then slid into the theatre.

37points

#42

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread I microwaved a single cheeto.

Thatagui , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

47points

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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

For those asking what happened next... it escaped and became president of the untied states

106points

#43

I picked up and licked that thing they use to melt snow. it was not salt and it did not taste good

ccecfern Report

Final score:

44points

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ʕ º ᴥ ºʔ 3 years ago

It's part rock, part salt

11points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#44

40 Times People Did Something So Dumb For Absolutely No Reason And Shared It In This Thread Light a tent on fire

caleb48kb , Mike Burns Report

Final score:

42points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

How? Why, I have more questions. TELL

15points

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troufaki13 3 years ago (edited)

I was walking down the street and saw a guy holding a paper cup. He looked disheveled and hungry so I decided to help and give him some money. As I was putting the coins in his cup, I heard a plopping sound. Turns out he was just holding his coffee. I was mortified and started running away. I have never given money since that day :/

42points

Jessica Combrink 3 years ago

Bless your heart!

10points

Squee 3 years ago

IT Crowd?

7points

Sue Lynn Chan 3 years ago

At least it shows you are being generous...

5points

Panda Mona 3 years ago

At least he had the money to get a new coffee!

1point

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

A week or so ago I licked the clear syrupy droplets in the centre of a sunflower, I thought it would be sweet, like nectar. It wasn’t, it was bitter and stuck to my tongue. The taste wouldn’t go away, I can’t describe it.

28points

Francis 3 years ago

i call those moments "Brain Farts" :D

20points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Most of them are!

5points

Magda Kočičková 3 years ago

I lived next to a car park. When I was about 9, I saw an incredibly dirty car parking in front of our house. I couldn't resist the temptation and took a bucket with warm water to wash it. When I was in the middle of my action, I discovered the driver was sitting there,riveted to the spot,mortified. I played cool and walked slooowly home. Were I a weird child.

19points

Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

any distant relation to Monica Geller ? ;)

5points

Beautifulnoodle 3 years ago

Thank you for this. That one made my cry I laughed so hard. Beautiful!

3points

Orion C. 3 years ago

Shoulda asked for his money, eh?

1point

Troux 3 years ago

My work shoes (restaurant) were filthy. No, I was not cleaning them regularly. Yes, they smelled like restaurant. I figured the best way to do one good deep clean was to soak them in hot water first. They were REALLY dirty, so the water should be REALLY hot, right? I boiled my shoes, on purpose. A heavy boil, enough to completely destroy the glue holding them together. The shoes were forever gone, as was my reputation with my siblings that witnessed the experiment.

18points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to throw a small lump of broken concrete straight upward, then look up to see where it was so I could catch it. In the dark. It hit me square in the eyeball and I had to wear a patch for the next three days.

13points

Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago

Carton of coffee creamer in left hand, nothing in right. Go to put away coffee creamer, open fridge with right hand, turn left hand upside down. Realize my feet are getting wet, and stare at them like a moron, trying to figure out what exactly is happening. Finally, remember I had coffee creamer in my hand which is now upside down. My body is easily confused, these things happen to me alot. My husband has gotten so used to it, that he barely looks up to ask what I just accidentally threw/ dumped.

13points

Madzdad the bard 3 years ago

I have terrible eyesight, last week I was in the shower and was amazed that everything was clear, then I realized I had my glasses on. Not the first time I've done this, I am 54.

12points

Peter Derksen 3 years ago

II threw a brick in the air when I was young, and casually walked away. Brick came down again and we were re-united once again. I drew the short straw with a concussion and stitches. I still remember it as if it were yesterday, but it’s 35 years ago.

12points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Wow, are we related? :p

3points

Mystery Egg 3 years ago

Trying to fake illness when I wanted a day off school at about aged 15. My Mum put a thermometer in my mouth and when her back was turned, I dipped it in my cup of tea to boost the heat to fool her I had a temperature and she'd allow me off school....it instantly shattered with a loud pop. She wasn't impressed.

11points

V Martinez 3 years ago

My sister used to put it in her arm pit! Then back in her mouth! Eewww!

0points

renee brack 3 years ago

I love everyone in this post. Quirky foibles. Unexplained compulsions. Adorably absurd. Fab fun.

11points

E 3 years ago

I packed a full pint glass of water into a box when I was moving house. Movers didn't spill a drop.

9points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Those were some damn good movers!

5points

Oscar Bravo 3 years ago

When spoon feeding my baby, I'd open my own mouth to imitate, eating. As in physically saying, open wide young one. One day whilst in an ice cream parlour, with my wife, she asked to taste mine. So, I put some on my spoon and, you know, spoon feed it to her. Which is fine and nice and all, except I done the whole baby thing and opened my own mouth wide open to, indicate, she needs to open wide to eat lol.

8points

H Edwards 3 years ago

This reminds me of when my friend was on the bus, and for once she was without her toddler son. As the bus passed a field, she turned to the woman sitting next to her and said 'look, moo-cows!'

3points

Edgar Rops 3 years ago

After the school year was over, my sister and I used to clean up our desks. So, when I finished 6th year, and she - 5th, we decided that we don't want some of our work to be seen by our parents, so we flushed all that and then panicked that it might block the drain. So, to be sure it wouldn't, we called a random number and asked, whether notebook paper will dissolve in the toilet. A lady on the other end patiently response that yes, it will and asked if there was anything else we'd like to know.

7points

XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

One time I filled up a Zip-lock with paint and water, sealed it up, and squeezed it....So anyway I got paint in my eye and there are still a few blue spots on the kitchen floor.

7points

Rider 3 years ago

I lost my car in an empty mall parking lot. Called my friends to pick me up, they instantly found my car. It was 20yards away.

6points

Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

These really made me feel superior. Then my memory kicked in.

6points

Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

I once stopped at a stop sign and waited for it to turn green (had a lot on my mind that day). Took me a moment... WTF am I doing? Luckily there were no other cars around

5points

Jane Doe 3 years ago

I was four. I took the metal barrette out of my hair...and stuck it into the outlet in my bedroom. I remember do that part and I remember and I remember my mom picking me up from the floor about three feet away from the wall.

5points

Rick 3 years ago

Last week I had a shot of mouthwash and was swilling it around my mouth when I noticed a mark on the floor. I crouched down to inspect what it was and then…spat my mouthwash out on it.

5points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

in the middle of moving into a new house my sister noticed we had the kind of mail slot that you dropped the mail in, it slid down the interior of the wall and out onto the floor by the front door. in the midst of the all the activity, she thought she would put her arm into the interior slot and wave at mom as she was coming in with another box. got her arm stuck. fire department called. black and blue arm for a week. she was 14.

4points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

I was in sewing class age 12ish(1999), we were learning to sew elasticated waistbands. I got sick of it taking ages, tried to finish it by sewing through both pieces of elastic at once: the machine needle snapped and cut me just above my eyelid and across my eyebrow 😨 lucky it wasn't my eye! I was freaked out though, so I learned the rest if the year handsewing. I couldn't churn out projects as fast as the other kids but I was marked according to handsewing methods so it was fair. And a super handy skill that I'm glad I ended up learning, all because I thought I could take a shortcut on a sewing machine 😅

4points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

I always wearglasses (neutral) while sewing so scared of the needle breaking or other possible event.

1point

Mark Fuller 3 years ago

Like that time when I thought I knew everything about electricity (having had a recent lesson on it at school) and could maintain the circuit of Christmas lights by removing two bulbs and joining them with tinfoil (aluminium foil for the yanks). I landed on the couch behind me, with spiky hair.

3points

HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago

This whole post is just.... "Well well well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions." Once when I was about 8 or 9 I wondered what falling on my face would feel like because I had seen it in cartoons, so i tripped over a curb on purpose to see. Face first into concrete. Broke my nose, needed stitches in both my eyebrows, scraped up my whole face. i actually had surgery because of it. i still have scars in my eyebrows and under my nose from that. (ofc they're faded and barely visable but theyre still annoying)

2points

K1tt3n 3 years ago

I'd like to enter a late submission! My little sister went to her friends house for a sleepover (she was maybe 10-11yrs old at the time), and after everyone had gone to sleep, she got up, walked out to their living room and set a Barbie doll on fire on their coffee table. This created a decent sized fire, smoke alarms went off, woke everyone up, firefighters showed up. Still, to this day, over a decade later, she has no idea why. Needless to say, she wasn't ever allowed to go back there for a sleepover hahaha

2points

Meike H 3 years ago

I pulled on the string for the emergency shower in the chemistry lab in my high school. I wanted to see if it actually worked. Turns out it worked and could not easily be turned of again.

2points

Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

I did the test of closing the car window and put my hand to see if it did stop... it F didn't and I hurt my hand. I could have put any objet, but nooooooo I had to put my hand ! I had to laugh... cause how dumb can someone be ?

2points

AnnaB Premium 3 years ago

I enjoy the ones where the dumb thing was done by an adult. You expect kids to do dumb stuff. Adults not so much.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

I respectfully disagree.

0points

John Baker 3 years ago

I've never considered myself on a par with Stephen Hawking or Richard Feynman, but I feel a lot smarter after reading these. ;-)

2points

Elizabeth Kensei 3 years ago

I put a small circular lightbulb in my mouth thinking it was plastic and bit down. I was lucky enough that nothing got into my throat

2points

PattonPawter 3 years ago

One time when I was younger I was at Great wolf lodge and I was sleeping on the top bunk, and I think the reason I did this was because I was trying to get down easier, but I jumped down from the top bunk. It hurt a lot but nothing was sprained or broken.

2points

Kiwii Stone 3 years ago

My brother (12yo) made me a hot chocolate for my tea party but forgot to add cold water or milk. At 4yo, I drank a hot chocolate at kettle temperature

2points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Once grabbed a pan from the oven without the oven mitt on. Yeah. I know. No reason. Just an idiot. Woot me.

2points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

When I was 3 or 4 my mom was cooking something and I kept trying to touch the burner. She had to leave the room for a second and told me not to touch the burner with my finger under any circumstance. When she left, I slapped my whole hand onto that sucker and instantly started screaming. My mom was just like, "I told you" while she gave me aloe.

2points

Leigh C. 3 years ago

I was in grade 5 and allowed to trek to the daycare on my own. My sense of time and ability to read time was very poor, and I always had trouble reading a clock. I got to daycare one day, saw the clock face on the wall and stared at it in disbelief thinking I had slept in longer than I thought and late. So late, I thought, that school was going to start in 20 minutes and staff had already left, as I didn't see anyone in the first room. (There are a couple play rooms and an auditorium, as it was in the basement of a church.) The daycare was blocks away from the school, and staff would drive us or walk us to school and back. Thinking they left without me I left my winter clothing on and quickly ran to school. When I got to the school, there was hardly anyone there. I started crying, confused as to what was going on. A teacher was coming up and asked why I was there so early. It was 8:00 am by then and school started at 8:45 am. I got in heck from the daycare staff. Dyscalculia it is.

2points

Anni 3 years ago

Some of these made my stomach turn. Ouch

2points

lunar eclipse 3 years ago

Played indoor cricket in my parents room as a kid. Smashed a tubelight:D

2points

Aski Markup 3 years ago

It's like the terminator said in Terminator 2, it's in our nature to destroy ourselves... 🙄

2points

Missus Magoo 3 years ago

I once ironed the thick jumper I was wearing as it had a large crease around the the bottom area, not only that I pressed the steam button at the same time. I suffered an extremely painful burn at the top of my leg, not only that about 15 years later my son did the same thing. Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

1point

Justy 3 years ago

I've done plenty of dumb things, including putting my hand on a hot burner for no reason, riding my bicycle really fast and then jumping off, also this one time I when I was little, we just got home from store, I was asked to shut the van door, family was already all in the house. I tried to shut it, but I was small, so it was hard to shut. So I decided to shut it from the back part of the van door (this was a Toyota Sienna Van I think, and it had a sliding door) well I got my thumb stuck in the van door, and me being a little kid, I pulled as hard as I could while screaming in pain. My mom was in the house and she had thought that I had shut the van door and was already in the house. She head someone screaming (me) but didn't think much of it, because the neighborhood kids always screamed all the time. But the scream kept getting more and more high pitched....and that's when she realized it was me. I was in the hospital for a few hours. But I was fine.

1point

turtledove 3 years ago

i once cut open a pen and got ink everywhere.

1point

hydrostatic joints 3 years ago

Once we were over at my cousins' house and my brother and one of my cousins decided to mix together all of the chemicals they could find in the garage and then drink. I honestly don't know how they didn't end up killing us all.

1point

Kiwii Stone 3 years ago

When I was 18 months old, I climbed out of my cot, went downstairs and put wood and newspaper in the fireplace. I struck a match towards me and set fire to my babygro. My family never let me live it down!

1point

Little Wonder 3 years ago

When I visit my friend, I park alongside her driveway and every time I leave I indicate before pulling out. Into her driveway. I was hoping she'd never noticed, but she has. Much mockery.

1point

Matthew Braim 3 years ago

When I was about 3 I screwed a screw so far up my nose, my parents had to take me to hospital to get it removed. Would do it again! (I'm 52...)

0points

Heather Wolmarans 3 years ago

Sober me got undressed one morning and climbed into the shower. With my slippers on. Took a few minutes for the weird sensation to register. My defense? I had not yet coffee-d.

0points

Lena Hill 3 years ago (edited)

When I was little I had this pink Disney Princess teapot (plastic), and one time I put bubble solution in it and blew into the spout. I thought giant bubbles would come out the other end. They did not, and the bubble solution went straight into my mouth. I thought I was going to die lmao.

0points

Scotland's-Favorite-Gay 3 years ago

when i was in like 8th-grade math class, my teacher was talking about circles, and he was like "this is radius c," and I did the just do it guy flex and did my best macho voice and said "C!" in like a super gruff voice. and everyone turned to look at me and I died

0points

Demo 3 years ago

Stuffed a pair of underwear in a halogen lamp (which was turned on). Only the quick actions of my parents saved our house. (I was 5 yo by the way)

0points

L Hauber 3 years ago

Was about 3 and decided to lick a cactus. The kind with a lot of little spikes. Back then there was no going to the ER, just remember dozing in and out of sleep while my sister held my mouth open and my mom plucked those suckers out. Add that to the list my sister must keep for reasons she has never spoken to me since we were little

0points

Holly Allen 3 years ago

oOoOO boy where do I start??? I was a dumb kid...

0points

Duncan 3 years ago

My biggest brain explosion was putting my wallet in the fridge.

0points

Silre 3 years ago

These were all fabulous!

0points

memyselfandI 3 years ago

I have a couple… there was the one time I was doing a headstand on a loft bed because I had seen my mom trying to do it in yoga class, I had my elbows on the mattress and my knees on the ceiling. I used to do that a lot… and then one time I fell off. Bet you didn’t see that coming. Somehow it didn’t hurt very much, I laid there for a bit in shock and then went back to bed. Didn’t do that again for a while. Then there was also the time when I blew on an oil lamp, you know the little candles with oil in them on fancy restaurant tables. I thought that eternal flames were oil lamps, so I was expecting the flame to come back. Surprise — it didn’t. I was 15 at the time.

0points

elsieairhead 3 years ago

Shout out to all you wonderful people who like me, have walked into a lamppost (or similar) and apologised to it!

0points

Sam Yobado 3 years ago

So many to choose from.

0points

Ronan Watson 3 years ago

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0points

Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago

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0points

Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

Almost all were very funny. I laughed out loud at a few. I wanted more.

0points

Kind Pegasus 95 3 years ago

Not me, but my brother had this toy of the Cowboy Woody from Toy Story and he peed in the toilet and threw the toy into the toilet and flushed it… R.I.P. Woody

-2points

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troufaki13 3 years ago (edited)

42points

Jessica Combrink 3 years ago

Bless your heart!

10points

Squee 3 years ago

IT Crowd?

7points

Sue Lynn Chan 3 years ago

At least it shows you are being generous...

5points

Panda Mona 3 years ago

At least he had the money to get a new coffee!

1point

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

28points

Francis 3 years ago

i call those moments "Brain Farts" :D

20points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Most of them are!

5points

Magda Kočičková 3 years ago

19points

Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

any distant relation to Monica Geller ? ;)

5points

Beautifulnoodle 3 years ago

Thank you for this. That one made my cry I laughed so hard. Beautiful!

3points

Orion C. 3 years ago

Shoulda asked for his money, eh?

1point

Troux 3 years ago

18points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

13points

Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago

13points

Madzdad the bard 3 years ago

I have terrible eyesight, last week I was in the shower and was amazed that everything was clear, then I realized I had my glasses on. Not the first time I've done this, I am 54.

12points

Peter Derksen 3 years ago

12points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Wow, are we related? :p

3points

Mystery Egg 3 years ago

11points

V Martinez 3 years ago

My sister used to put it in her arm pit! Then back in her mouth! Eewww!

0points

renee brack 3 years ago

I love everyone in this post. Quirky foibles. Unexplained compulsions. Adorably absurd. Fab fun.

11points

E 3 years ago

I packed a full pint glass of water into a box when I was moving house. Movers didn't spill a drop.

9points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Those were some damn good movers!

5points

Oscar Bravo 3 years ago

8points

H Edwards 3 years ago

This reminds me of when my friend was on the bus, and for once she was without her toddler son. As the bus passed a field, she turned to the woman sitting next to her and said 'look, moo-cows!'

3points

Edgar Rops 3 years ago

7points

XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

One time I filled up a Zip-lock with paint and water, sealed it up, and squeezed it....So anyway I got paint in my eye and there are still a few blue spots on the kitchen floor.

7points

Rider 3 years ago

I lost my car in an empty mall parking lot. Called my friends to pick me up, they instantly found my car. It was 20yards away.

6points

Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

These really made me feel superior. Then my memory kicked in.

6points

Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

I once stopped at a stop sign and waited for it to turn green (had a lot on my mind that day). Took me a moment... WTF am I doing? Luckily there were no other cars around

5points

Jane Doe 3 years ago

5points

Rick 3 years ago

Last week I had a shot of mouthwash and was swilling it around my mouth when I noticed a mark on the floor. I crouched down to inspect what it was and then…spat my mouthwash out on it.

5points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

4points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

4points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

I always wearglasses (neutral) while sewing so scared of the needle breaking or other possible event.

1point

Mark Fuller 3 years ago

3points

HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago

2points

K1tt3n 3 years ago

2points

Meike H 3 years ago

I pulled on the string for the emergency shower in the chemistry lab in my high school. I wanted to see if it actually worked. Turns out it worked and could not easily be turned of again.

2points

Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

2points

AnnaB Premium 3 years ago

I enjoy the ones where the dumb thing was done by an adult. You expect kids to do dumb stuff. Adults not so much.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

I respectfully disagree.

0points