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50 Times People Experienced The Most Unfortunate Fails And Just Had To Take A Photo (New Pics)
From time to time, everyone has days when nothing goes right. Some mornings, you just wake up with a throbbing headache. Or maybe your car won’t start, making you late for work. Or perhaps you accidentally ripped out your eyelashes an hour before your wedding. It’s easy to feel like nothing is going your way and the whole world is against you.
Luckily, there’s one powerful antidote that can instantly increase your mood and help you forget your everyday troubles. It’s the comforting feeling of knowing that someone out there is having an even more dreadful day than you are.
Just take a look at this list compiled by Bored Panda and realize how much worse things can get. Scroll down to check out the pics and feel free to share your own funny accidents in the comments below! And if you need an extra dose of others’ mishaps, be sure to read through our previous posts here, here, and here.
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#1
Hi, I'm Calling To Start A Claim -My Car Is Flooded. Oh, I Don't Have Flood Coverage? In That Case, It's On Fire
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#2
When It's Your Stop And The Doors Open To This
Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
If you grab hold of the rings and swing hard enough, maybe you can catapult onto the top of the snow to get out.
#3
Awful
No one is immune to experiencing misfortune. It’s bizarre how some minor unlucky accidents can ruin our whole day. Whether it’s the little things that go wrong the second you step out of bed or some inconsiderate remarks that send you into a downward spiral, sometimes we go from blissfully happy to plain miserable in mere seconds.
It’s easy to start feeling irritated and full of self-pity. When you find out that such random things can become an immediate day-breaker, you might start feeling grumpy and even bring the people that surround you down, too. It turns out, bad stuff tends to stick because we are more likely to dwell on the things that went wrong.
We keep letting pessimistic thoughts in because of the negativity bias—our tendency to give more significance to the negative experiences than positive or neutral ones. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., a psychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, explained that humans evolved to be fearful.
#4
Oh No
Katie Corliss 2 years ago
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!no no no no !!!!!!!!sssshhhhhhiiiiiiiiii*****!!!
#5
Guess What Kind Of Animal Nonchalantly Pushed My Mug From The Table
#6
I Won’t Name Names But Looks Like Someone Ate Their Mom’s Lipstick
“The nervous system has been evolving for 600 million years, from ancient jellyfish to modern humans. Our ancestors had to make a critical decision many times a day: approach a reward or avoid a hazard,” he wrote.
People needed to find food, have children, and cooperate with others to help them have children of their own. Also, they had to hide from predators in order to survive and avoid potential dangers.
While both of them are important, there’s a key difference. If you miss out on food one day, you’ll have a shot to find more the next. But if you fail to avoid a hazard—there are no more chances for you to pass your genes to the next generation. That’s why we generally react “more intensely to negative stimuli than to equally strong positive ones.”
#7
The Coffee Maker That Saved My Life A Week Ago
#8
Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield
#9
I'm Not A Big Fan Of Ballet. But My Wife Said It Would Be An Unforgettable Experience. It Was
“The alarm bell of your brain—the amygdala (you’ve got two of these little almond-shaped regions, one on either side of your head)—uses many of its neurons to look for bad news: it’s primed to go negative in most people,” Hanson continued.
“Once it sounds the alarm, negative events and experiences get quickly stored in memory—in contrast to positive events and experiences, which are not prioritized in the same way.”
#10
I Accidentally Ripped Out My Eyelashes An Hour Before I Got Married
#11
Can You All Confirm For My Wife I'm Not Dumb And It Could Have Happened To Anyone?
#12
Someone Flying Out Of DFW Is Going To Have A Rough Time In A Few Hours
While this is great for passing on our genes, it makes it hard to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. Understanding our tendency to focus on the negativities should help us to recognize that things are usually not as bad as we think. Of course, it’s important to share and discuss the problems we face in our everyday lives. But it’s also necessary to balance it out with the good stuff and remember to share a laugh or two.
#13
I Passed Out In The Parking Lot Of The Emergency Room, And They Sent An Ambulance To Take Me 15 Feet
#14
Wife And I Saved For Years To Build Our Dream Cabin In The Woods. Less That Two Years Later An Abandoned House Across The Road Decided To Open Up A Tobacco Store
They light themselves up like the Beacons of Gondor.
#15
Bought These Binoculars Specifically To Go To The Grand Canyon Today
Psychological resilience could be the key to dealing with negativity. “Although there has been a debate whether resilience, mental and emotional, is innate or something that can be developed, for me, it’s an innate condition that all humans have but needs to be developed and modeled well for it to come to the surface,” Vasia Toxavidi, a counselor and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), told Bored Panda in a previous interview.
“All humans are wired for survival, so resilience must be an innate trait for everyone for this to happen, but if it’s never developed, then it may not come out as a trait for someone.”
#16
Received This Today. Kinda Resembles My Mental State
#17
This Is My View From The Bathroom Floor, Looking At The Hole In The Ceiling I Just Fell Through
#18
When You Find Out The Hard Way That The Italian Restaurant’s Hand Sanitizer Looks Exactly Like Olive Oil
She added: “Resilience is the skill of adaptation, which for me is another innate skill of humans compared to other animals. Humans can adapt to situations easier. Having counseling or psychotherapy is an example of how resilience can be developed and learned and become a new way of living.”
Humor can be a helpful resilience strategy. Studies have shown that it can “decrease levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and increase the activation of the pleasure hormone, dopamine.” Plus, “just smiling without even finding anything funny can make the brain believe that you are happy.” So it seems that laughing can help us reconsider problems that we would otherwise interpret as “overwhelming and damaging.”
#19
This Week Started With A Break Up, Then I Had To Get My Car Towed, Now I Spilled Spaghetti In My Shoe
#20
The Ice Cream Cake I Ordered For Valentine’s Day Said “I Love You” But Some Of The Letters Fell Off During Transit
#21
Dropped My Cologne In My Sink
“Another important key to resilience is to be part of a community and have external support from family, friends and others. As humans, we’re social animals so without having a strong sense of belonging, we cannot thrive or be resilient,” Vasia Toxavidi concluded.
#22
A Machine Came Thru My Local John Deere For Repairs From The Tornado In Kentucky
#23
Toast It Is
#24
That’s Definitely What An Alpha Male Would Do
#25
I’m Just Trying To Refund Two Tickets
#26
Can You Guess Which Month A Pipe Burst Under My House?
#27
I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom
#28
My Mom Washed My Favorite Sweater… Is This The Lewk?
Caro Caro 2 years ago
You still let your mum do your washing?? Maybe she's trying to tell you something.
Monday 2 years ago
To be fair he might be visiting, or they might have chore schedules. My mum does all my washing with the rest of the family's and in return I do the vacuuming. Let's please not shame people for not following the normal "adult" routines, the world does a good enough job of making us feel worthless already.
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Marco Conti 2 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of my mother washing my brother and his girlfriend's identical sweaters. She picked hers out of the wash thinking she had shrunk it so she spent an hour stretching it and ironing it to save it, only to discover it was a small woman's size to begin with and my brother's was still, unshrunk, in the wash.
ohjojo 2 years ago
You can fix it. There is a product out there that let's the fibers relax and can be re shaped
Tobias the Tiger 2 years ago
I've heard that soaking it in lukewarm water and shampoo/soap can also work.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago
THAT was your favorite sweater?? Mom did you a favor Honey. She wants grandchildren someday.
Leara Bridges Brown 2 years ago
Aren't you a little old for your mom to be washing your sweaters???
Spiffsmom 2 years ago
When I was 18 I bought a cashmere sweater on sale. Carefully cleaned each week for about 6 months or so. I came home from work one day my mom casually mentioned she washed my sweater in the regular wash in hot water. It fit my four year old sister. It cost me a lot of money at the time and no she never compensated or a sorry.
Elaine Mattingly 2 years ago (edited)
Do your own laundry and take your Mom out to dinner and thank her .
Grace Perez-Grafals 2 years ago
You know if you use a garment steamer, you can bring it back to size. At least it has worked for me.
Ashley Wright 2 years ago
Why is your mother doing your laundry at your age? If you did it yourself, you wouldn’t be on Bored Panda.
Salty Wild Hair 2 years ago
My mom would do this when she visited. She would grab all the laundry and wash it thinking she was being helpful. And she even did the bag marked dry cleaning only. I constantly had to buy new clothes for work.
Carole Strawn 2 years ago
You look a little old to be living with your Mom and having her do your laundry. I think if you ponder on it, you'll come up with the solution all by yourself.
The Penguin Bandit 2 years ago
If it's wool it's still saveable, get it thoroughly soaked and tease it out to the original size. Google instructions on how to do so, and good luck.
Chris Hills 2 years ago
if it were a man's sweater in the first place, the arms would have shrunk in length too
Suzanne Clark 2 years ago
Sometimes there's no stopping someone from washing your clothes. I have to practically hide my laundry from my husband. He won't stop washing my stuff!!
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
I was visiting a German family and my friend and I went to town. When we got back all of our clothes were missing. Oma had done our laundry and hung them outside to dry. She was in her 90's. Such a sweetie.
Anne Edwards 2 years ago
I don't think that your mother liked that sweater or she is suggesting you do your own damn laundry.
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 2 years ago
Soak it, hang it up and it'll stretch back out. Then learn how to do your own washing like a grown adult
Yort 2 years ago
Jfc everyone is hating on this guy with no context. Maybe he was visiting and she did his laundry to be nice. Maybe she was doing laundry and gathered up some of his things to make a full load. Maybe they have a chore schedule so she does the laundry and he takes care of the outside. Maybe he’s one of those guys who got puberty super hard and is actually 15.
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Heather Atwood 2 years ago
WTH is a guy that age making his mom do his laundry? He deserves this!
Sage Gusano 2 years ago
If you start a statement with "My Mom Washed My Favorite Sweater" and you are not under the age of 12, you deserve this.
featherytoad 2 years ago
You look plenty old enough to be doing your own laundry. If I was your age and my mom was still doing my laundry I would not be posting it.
#29
It’s Been So Cold, I Snapped My Welcome Mat
#30
Guy Parks On The Stripes Thinking He Can Avoid The Freezing Rain Only To Be Under A Leaky Pipe
#31
Ordered A “Rose Apothecary” Sweater From Etsy For My Fiancé. This Came Instead. We’re Both Double Vaxxed And Healthcare Workers
#32
Lost Both Legs In April, Yesterday I Flipped My Wheelchair Off A Sidewalk For The First Time
#33
I Was Billed Over $2M For A Week In The Hospital
#34
Came Home After A Long Shift, Went To Get Some Food, A Mouse Was In It
#35
A Student In My Class Tried Using 4 Devices To Cheat On A Quiz, But Somehow Managed To Get The Wrong Answer On All Of Them
#36
When The Stylist Says "I'm Having A Tough Time With Your Hair Line"
#37
Since Christmas I Been Wearing These Noticing How The Right Ear Sounds Lower Than The Left One But Just Brushing It Off
#38
My Girlfriend Found A Band-Aid In Her Food... Well, In Her Mouth Really
#39
Friend's Dad Made Some Cayenne Rolls From Scratch Tonight. He Thought He Was Using Cinnamon. The Rolls Had No Cinnamon
#40
The View From My Apartment When I Moved In vs. Now
#41
My Shopping Bag Broke At The Top Of The Stairs And The Lettuce Made A Run For It
#42
Joke's On You, Most Pics In That Card Are Yours
#43
FedEx In Alabama Strikes Again. This Time In Jemison, All 20 Packages Were Found In The Woods
#44
I Had To Take In One Of Parents’ Dogs For A Couple Of Days. My Wife Only Put One Of The Cats Away Before I Got Home With The Dog. I Had To Put Away The Second Cat. It Went… Well
Dorothy Parker 2 years ago
His wife did all that to him to make him put the cat away? I hope he went for a shot.
#45
Not My Teeth But Someone’s Not Eating Solids Today
#46
It Seems I’m The Only One Who Commuted Into The Office Today. Maybe There’s A Memo Out There I Didn’t Receive
#47
I Told My Husband Cutting His Own Hair Is A Bad Idea, This Happened
#48
$80 Christmas Gift Applied Directly To My Driveway
#49
I'm Visually Impaired. I Couldn't Tell The Difference Between A Wireless Charger And A Mug Heater
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CatGirl 2 years ago
A lot of these make the U.S. look like the sort of place I'd be very, very keen to leave.
Tami 2 years ago
America has its problems but it's far from a shithole. Every country has issues, the whole world has issues, and we need to work together to try to solve them. Hatred will not end suffering.
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Glittery Panda 2 years ago
Omg this was hilarious! Brilliant comments and titles, well done author!!!!!
CatGirl 2 years ago
A lot of these make the U.S. look like the sort of place I'd be very, very keen to leave.
Tami 2 years ago
America has its problems but it's far from a shithole. Every country has issues, the whole world has issues, and we need to work together to try to solve them. Hatred will not end suffering.
Load More Replies... Glittery Panda 2 years ago
Omg this was hilarious! Brilliant comments and titles, well done author!!!!!
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