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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.
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
Bobby 2 years ago
on a US submarine the coffee pot in the engine room is on the vital bus. This is the bus that has every form of redundant power available to it. Powers everything that needs to stay active to keep the reactor in a safe state. This includes coffee for the people operating the powerplant
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Pisco 2 years ago
Damn. I have always been irrationally afraid of this happening to me each time I open a cabinet. Thanks for the extra trauma xD
CLG 2 years ago
If you've done renovations on your kitchen you can appreciate just how few screws are actually holding your cabinets up, and in turn how much weight they must individually be supporting.
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
Yes, as long as you are using the right kind of screws for both the wall and cabinet. Not all are equal or right for the job.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago
The OP should set the photo to Keurig. They could use it to show how tough their machines are.
Kai David 2 years ago
Our home was on an olde electric grid. Often losing power when it rains and snows. A neighbor gf and I would walk to the 7-11 in our robes, take a small table and run a tab on coffee and fresh donuts while we wake up.
Elizabeth Hendrick 2 years ago
oh man - that's gotta be played into an advertisement somehow... 'Wanna know how strong OUR coffee is?!'
Teresa Groth 2 years ago
This should be a new advertisement for your coffee maker and it’s strength too stand just about anything that hits it!
Student Niceto Ariciaga Clark 2 years ago
I was scrolling and halfway through this picture I was "that could have been worse". 5 milliseconds later: O.o
Wendy Emlinger (ManyTotems) 2 years ago
Looks like her kitchen cabinets were hung by the same idiots who hung mine. Luckily I noticed the top of the cabinet had started to gap away from the wall at the top by about 3" and immediately unloaded it. Then a friend and I ran a stud-detector over the wall, and screwed the cabinet securely to the wall studs. (You could see where they'd inserted screws and most of them had completely missed the dang studs.) 4" screws were more than enough to go through the support frame at the back of the cabinet (at the top in the back) and into the wall studs. Cabinets haven't moved since. Not bad for a pair of middle-aged ladies tackling it ourselves.
Racing Around With Unicorns 2 years ago
I have one just like that in nearly the same kitchen layout! I have a fear of this happening!
Cindy Johnston 2 years ago
Why is the fridge hidden in the corner? Whoever designed this kitchen is as bad as the cabinet guy.
Christina B 2 years ago (edited)
Dum da dum Inspector Gadget.. dum da dum woo hoo...Go 'Coffee Maker Go'!
Sarah da Costa 2 years ago
Even the coffee maker looks like it's pushing up or trying to hold things like some kind of super strong guy and it's like: RUN! RUUUUN!
Pernille Dyre 2 years ago
I have tried this. My bookcase felled of the wall. I was unharmed... everything else wasn't. I sat in the middle and it all crashed around me...
Tassenküchlein168 2 years ago
Probably this happens in a country where you can knock holes in walls with a bare fist.
SamanthaStillNotBoredPanda. 2 years ago
A week ago …. And you still haven’t cleaned up the mess 😳
#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?
#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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