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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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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
When It's Your Stop And The Doors Open To This
If you grab hold of the rings and swing hard enough, maybe you can catapult onto the top of the snow to get out.
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.
Oh No
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!no no no no !!!!!!!!sssshhhhhhiiiiiiiiii*****!!!
Guess What Kind Of Animal Nonchalantly Pushed My Mug From The Table
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.”
The Coffee Maker That Saved My Life A Week Ago
Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield
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.”
I Accidentally Ripped Out My Eyelashes An Hour Before I Got Married
Can You All Confirm For My Wife I'm Not Dumb And It Could Have Happened To Anyone?
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.
I Passed Out In The Parking Lot Of The Emergency Room, And They Sent An Ambulance To Take Me 15 Feet
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.
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.”
Received This Today. Kinda Resembles My Mental State
This Is My View From The Bathroom Floor, Looking At The Hole In The Ceiling I Just Fell Through
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.”
This Week Started With A Break Up, Then I Had To Get My Car Towed, Now I Spilled Spaghetti In My Shoe
The Ice Cream Cake I Ordered For Valentine’s Day Said “I Love You” But Some Of The Letters Fell Off During Transit
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.
A Machine Came Thru My Local John Deere For Repairs From The Tornado In Kentucky
Toast It Is
That’s Definitely What An Alpha Male Would Do
I’m Just Trying To Refund Two Tickets
Can You Guess Which Month A Pipe Burst Under My House?
I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom
My Mom Washed My Favorite Sweater… Is This The Lewk?
It’s Been So Cold, I Snapped My Welcome Mat
Guy Parks On The Stripes Thinking He Can Avoid The Freezing Rain Only To Be Under A Leaky Pipe
Ordered A “Rose Apothecary” Sweater From Etsy For My Fiancé. This Came Instead. We’re Both Double Vaxxed And Healthcare Workers
Lost Both Legs In April, Yesterday I Flipped My Wheelchair Off A Sidewalk For The First Time
I Was Billed Over $2M For A Week In The Hospital
Came Home After A Long Shift, Went To Get Some Food, A Mouse Was In It
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
When The Stylist Says "I'm Having A Tough Time With Your Hair Line"
Since Christmas I Been Wearing These Noticing How The Right Ear Sounds Lower Than The Left One But Just Brushing It Off
My Girlfriend Found A Band-Aid In Her Food... Well, In Her Mouth Really
Friend's Dad Made Some Cayenne Rolls From Scratch Tonight. He Thought He Was Using Cinnamon. The Rolls Had No Cinnamon
The View From My Apartment When I Moved In vs. Now
My Shopping Bag Broke At The Top Of The Stairs And The Lettuce Made A Run For It
Joke's On You, Most Pics In That Card Are Yours
FedEx In Alabama Strikes Again. This Time In Jemison, All 20 Packages Were Found In The Woods
Just another reason to shop at a brick-and-mortar store. You get your stuff immediately, don't have to worry about problems during shipping or porch pirates, and what you see is what you get!
Load More Replies...Ummm, porch thieves anyone? I would think that any shipping agency could track which driver those packages went out with, and the fact that none were delivered would show in their system.
Happened several times recently. Driver marks it as delivered and either dumps or steals it. Porch pirates get the blame until the dump site is found. At that point, they get fired if they haven't already been. Charges come down to a misdemeanor basically (misappropriation of cargo, or some such) instead of theft.
Load More Replies...If only this was their only flaw. Im actively scowling at the FedEx Bills in front of me, my company has an account with them - I DETEST them and have presented multiple alternative options but the boss insists on these idiots.
That's what you get when FedEx and UPS merge.
Load More Replies...If you don't want to do your job just quit. There are others out there who want it.
Amazon driver kept checking off my packages as delivered when I wasn't getting them. The first time I complained they told me to wait a few days in case a neighbor had it. That didn't sit well with me, I asked why is it my neighbor's responsibility to deliver my package? They said see if anyone has it. Seriously? How many houses should I check? Next time they told me to check around the perimeter of my house, in the bushes etc. I told them they must be joking. Third time it happened I stopped them mid excuse and said isn't it clear by now your driver is stealing my packages? How long should I put up with this? They asked if he should be replaced and I said it's not fair to put that on me but yes, if they can't hold him accountable and he keeps stealing then yes. To their credit he was replaced, no problems since then.
FedEx sound awful! So many posts are about them. So castaway was based on real life then, wild
What is up with FedEx anyway? I see so many of these stories that I cannot believe they are still in business? No-one should EVER ship by FedEx if this is the result - even once, let alone dozens of times!
Have you no respect for the peace and quiet of the amazon forest? You scared one right up a tree.
Okay, my last name is Jemison could this be any weirder or is someone trying to tell me something😂😂😂😂😂
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
His wife did all that to him to make him put the cat away? I hope he went for a shot.
Not My Teeth But Someone’s Not Eating Solids Today
It Seems I’m The Only One Who Commuted Into The Office Today. Maybe There’s A Memo Out There I Didn’t Receive
I Told My Husband Cutting His Own Hair Is A Bad Idea, This Happened
$80 Christmas Gift Applied Directly To My Driveway
I'm Visually Impaired. I Couldn't Tell The Difference Between A Wireless Charger And A Mug Heater
Today I Screwed Up
A lot of these make the U.S. look like the sort of place I'd be very, very keen to leave.
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...Omg this was hilarious! Brilliant comments and titles, well done author!!!!!
A lot of these make the U.S. look like the sort of place I'd be very, very keen to leave.
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...Omg this was hilarious! Brilliant comments and titles, well done author!!!!!