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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
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.
“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.”
#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.”
#11
Can You All Confirm For My Wife I'm Not Dumb And It Could Have Happened To Anyone?
Devil's Advocate 2 years ago
Yeah, it should definitely say that in larger font!
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Saint Thomas 2 years ago
Yes, confirmed. Without the zoomed in picture I don't think I would have spotted it. Or it would have taken me quite a time.
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
I definitely wouldn't have noticed. That needs to be bigger so mistakes like that don't happen.
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spirit wolf 2 years ago
Yes, this is the right question ...and will you buy it again?
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I don't get these 'fancy' dog treats. Dogs don't care what things look like, they just want to eat them. Whose experience is it enhancing?
Kayla J 2 years ago
lol my father would confirm as he ate some of my dog's birthday cake last year.
Id row 2 years ago
Damn, I saw the cookie and thought it looked delicious. I probably would have eaten it without reading the small print.
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
Why is that written so small? Not his fault unless he bought it in the pet section of the shop.
Debrina Blackmoon 2 years ago
Maybe his wife bought them and didn't say anything.
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Anne Edwards 2 years ago
I think he has already eaten some on the way home. He had a ruff time explaining it.
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Mark Kelly 2 years ago
That is a good point I mean they usually put a picture of the animal on the dog food.
Todd Hollfelder 2 years ago
But they look like people food and a dog doesn't care what you treat him/her with.
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
oh yeah, its written way too small, could have happened to anyone.
Elaine Elder 2 years ago
I have 3 glass jars on my counter next to coffee pot. L-R Dog cookies. Dog jerky, non-hide sticks wrapped in jerky. At Christmas my FIL asked me why my dog was following him around. I reached in the jar and gave her a piece of jerky. He says "oh, I didn't know she could have some too" Dog gives him side eye as she walks away. My husband later sees his dad reaching back in the jar, tells him those are dog's treats. FIL says, yeah Elaine said I could give the dog some.
John Baker 2 years ago
Then again, this would likely have been in the pet supplies aisle, which should have been a clue. Unless the stocker didn't read the label either. ;-)
Hannah Edwards 2 years ago
They would be utterly wasted on my dogs. They would scarf it down without even looking at the cute icing and sprinkles, then throw it up. Then eat it again.
Wendy Emlinger (ManyTotems) 2 years ago
Well, they wouldn't hurt you, but they wouldn't be too sweet, either.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Reminds me of the time my ex kept eating snacks from the Doggie Treat Table instead of the human food on multiple tables. Note: ex.
Claudia Espindola 2 years ago
I mean...don't they sell them at the PET section??, you just thought they were there by mistake?
Lorna Fraser 2 years ago
My son (when he was very young) loved to eat milk bones (dog treat). He would find them wherever I hid them.
Leslie Burleson 2 years ago
Ooh sprinkles . This is delicious ... wait , is that beef flavor ?
Pat Tamarin 2 years ago
The ingredients on some of these treats are fairly benign, and don't contain things that would be bad for people. They're just not as sweet as a human cookie would be.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
My mom bought these exact ones and I can confirm they look EXACTLY like cookies for humans. It's only because I'd seen this post that I knew they weren't actual cookies.
Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago
Who frosts and decorates dog treats? Dogs don't care how pretty their food is! Those look like they were carefully set up as a prank, and I'd be yelling at the manufacturer (or possibly the store, if they were displayed alongside the human cookies they really do look like).
Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago
That had to be on purpose. Perhaps the creators thought that people who inadvertently purchased them and didn't have fur babies, could gift those without homes.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
This reminds me of the Saturday Night Live pet chow rat poison commercial.
Elizabeth Hendrick 2 years ago
We have dog 'cookies' at our store that look just like Oreo's - twice the price - but they look very similar.
ZombieGirl 2 years ago
It definitely would have happened to my husband. He never reads labels carefully lol
Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
I used to eat Milk Bones when I was a kid. One for me, one for the dog . . .
Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago
My mother says I was known to snack on the occasional Milk Bone myself. Far as we could tell, didn't do any harm.
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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.
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.”
#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
“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
#27
I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom
#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
#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
#37
Since Christmas I Been Wearing These Noticing How The Right Ear Sounds Lower Than The Left One But Just Brushing It Off
#39
Friend's Dad Made Some Cayenne Rolls From Scratch Tonight. He Thought He Was Using Cinnamon. The Rolls Had No Cinnamon
#41
My Shopping Bag Broke At The Top Of The Stairs And The Lettuce Made A Run For It
#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
#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
#49
I'm Visually Impaired. I Couldn't Tell The Difference Between A Wireless Charger And A Mug Heater
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What do you think ?
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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