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(Don’t) mess around and find out. Life is chock-full of important lessons that we have to learn, both large and small. It’s usually best to save your time, energy, health, and nerves by learning from the blunders your friends, family, and peers have made. However, there will inevitably be moments where you massively mess up yourself.
Well, some of the members of the r/AskReddit community wanted to pass on their wisdom to others. In a viral online thread, they spilled the tea about the times they messed around with something, only to find out that their actions had very negative consequences. Scroll down for their top life advice and safety concerns.

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#1

Alcohol. I f****d around and found out the really f*****g hard way! The anxiety, depression, weight gain, apathy..horrendous cycle of living hell. Sober 69 days today (: woo.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Just because you climbed up something doesn't mean you can climb down.

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HR, Human Resources. I'll never trust them again.

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Research shows that fear and anxiety reduce our likelihood of taking risks. However, the exact strength of this relationship is in question. One meta-analytic review from 2020 noticed that scientific studies with clinically anxious samples showed greater risk aversion on average. Furthermore, studies using tangible rewards also showed greater effects of fear on risk aversion. Aside from those, fear seems to have a small to moderate average effect on the willingness to take risks.

Inc. magazine points out that risks can help us grow stronger and become better by challenging us. However, these risks should be calculated, not reckless ones. First, you should try to evaluate the actual risk you’re facing and consider how you’d handle things if they didn’t go as planned. You should also take whatever steps you can to increase your chances of success.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Do not attach two very active dogs to the handle of a Razor scooter because you want to see if they'd be good sled dogs. .

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Driving through standing water. Just because the car in front of you makes it through doesn’t mean you will.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This car is also driving way too fast. If the driver slowed down to a crawl, they might — MIGHT — just make it.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Don't work full time and go to school full time.

I was like meh. I can do whatever I put my mind to. It broke my brain. I repressed my stress but my brain and body didn't care. Started waking up in middle night with panic attacks thinking I was dying. Got agoraphobia. Places like airports and malls I would get vertigo. Dizzy and lightheaded and feel like I was floating which would trigger what is wrong with me panic attack. Rinse repeat.

I went to dr and he was like you are doing way too much. Stop doing that. And he was right.

So you actually can do too much. And even if you can brute force it, your brain and body will eventually rebel against you.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually important. There's a lot you can do in 12 hours, a whole lot. But if you never take a day off it causes actual physical and psychological damage. Some groups bank on this outcome as a way to break people, so they are tok tired to even consider alternatives.

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As with most things in life, there’s a balance to be found when it comes to your personal safety. On the one hand, your survival is paramount. You want to make sure that you’re as healthy and capable as you can be in order to get the most out of life. In short, you don’t want to be reckless.

On the other hand, you don’t want to go overboard with safety concerns to the point that you’re constantly anxious, hiding in your metaphorical comfort zone, scared to take the opportunities that life keeps throwing at you.
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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Hiking alone in Iceland being a confident hiker. Paraphrasing: the most dangerous hiker is a confident hiker.
I got lost, didnt pack enough food and got caught on the side of a mountain. 20 people had to rescue me. Never again.

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Motorcycles.

It does not matter how good of a driver you are, there are other cars on the road and some of those cars are driven by idiots.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“ watch out for the idiots on the road” is a common expression. Personally, I watch out for everyone. We are human and as humans we all make mistakes.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Regular check ups and screenings. Get the damn colonoscopy on schedule, get the skin check yearly. Get your prostate exam or pap smear. If you smoked or are high risk get scans for lung cancer regularly. Talk to your doctor, find out what you should get and when and follow the schedule. I have lung cancer, one of the 20% of people with lung cancer that never smoked, and the difference between the outcomes from stage 1 to stage 4 is literally life and death. Do not wait for symptoms, do not put off getting that weird mole checked.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems like as soon as I hit 50, I was invited to all sorts of examinations. Took each and every one seriously and so far, so good. Found out I am diabetic type 2, high blood pressure and slightly high cholesterol...got my meds and have reduced my numbers by half. Was one hell of a wake-up call. Please make sure you get screenings as you age, it may just save your life.

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Many of us know the basics of staying safe and healthy. Look both ways before crossing the street. Know what to do in case of a fire. Don’t eat food that smells like it’s gone off. Don’t interact with random wild animals that might have God only knows what illnesses. Don’t speed when you’re behind the wheel of a car. Exercise, eat well, get plenty of sleep, have an active social life, and avoid nicotine, alcohol, and chronic stress. The list goes on and on.

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The fact of the matter is that there’s only so much we can do to prevent getting hurt. We can prepare to avoid the most common risks. However, we can’t see the future. We can’t predict random accidents that might end up with us getting hurt. But this shouldn’t be a reason to lock yourself away from the world. If anything, it’s a reminder to take care of yourself while also trying to live life to the fullest. With courage and conviction.
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Don’t fry bacon when you’re naked.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions First responder here. Garage door springs. Let a pro fix them.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Garage doors can become dangerous, do not try to tension them unless you know what you're doing

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Not wearing hearing-protection when necessary. Tinnitus sucks.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not having a 90db sound playing directly into your ears helps too.

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What are the hardest life lessons you’ve learned due to sheer bad luck, dear Pandas? What advice would you give everyone to help keep them safe(r) every day?

Feel free to share your opinions and experiences in the comments at the bottom of this post.
#13

Alcohol, 22 years drunk, 18 months sober.

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Considering coworkers true friends lmao.... whenever money or power is involved, human beings are two-faced.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Customs officers. They have no sense of humor, don't ask me how I know.

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Depression, it f***s you hard.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you "mess around" with depression? Skip the pills?

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Texting and driving. I was around 27, driving out of my neighborhood around 3pm and remembered I forgot to text a friend about an assignment for grad school. I looked down and within 5-10 seconds, ran up onto the sidewalk. I was so mortified that I could have killed someone, kids, a woman with a stroller, etc. Never did it again.

It’s been a few years and I still think about that stupid choice that could have ended horribly.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You learned from your mistake and no one was hurt x

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USE your right to remain silent. Don’t be an idiot and yap.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I invoke my right to a lawyer, I invoke my right to remain silent", then keep your trap shut. Engage with nothing, not even if the conversation sounds casual, it's not.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions I was in the ocean with my then wife. We'd gotten out to the sand bar, and were just chilling... she was on a beach raft sunning and I was just gently pushing us around. I had my back to the shore, and I saw something go by. it was sofa-sized, and it went by pretty fast. I had this immediate understanding of what was going on... I'm standing in chest deep water in prime shark attack territory. I said, "Hey, let's go in," and started pushing towards shore. it went by between us and the shore. then there were two of them. then three. we still had to cross the ditch, and I was realizing that we really might not make it.


but it turned out to be dolphins, not sharks.


I'm quite a bit more cautious in the ocean now.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People don't seem to understand that this their domain, not ours. I got news for you, the sharks have no problem with shallow water, that is a myth. Have a look at some aerial photos of some beaches some time, and you will see in some places where sharks are swimming right in between the beach goers, and they have no clue.

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Private student loans. No Ivy is worth it. Take the spot that offers you the most funding. Undergrad, grad and professional.

The interest should be illegal and the terms are insane.

For some, even death doesn’t release you from the obligation. Permanent disability? They don’t care.

Just don’t do it….

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Well, I knew not to f**k around with it, but Covid kicked my a*s so hard I went from climbing and 6 mile hikes with a kid on my back to walking with a cane. Additionally I have cognitive problems, ended up with a stent for kidney stones for 2(!) months so now I might have some internal scarring, made my asthma SO much worse and because of exercise intolerance I developed type 2 diabetes.

Good news is, I'm a mother fracking cockroach so after 3 years I'm slowly kicking it's a*s.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good lord, I hope you are nearly recovered now. I have got covid for the fourth time just now (most people with little kids have had it at least twice; my husband has still yet to get it!). So far, it's been fine. But I totally understand that I am one of the lucky ones, as my sister was hospitalised with it and other friends have been hit with long Covid. It's a trickster.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions In ground yellow jackets.
Pay the dude with the bee suit and the right s**t to kill them safely.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions It's a lot easier to get lost in the woods than you think. I wandered away from our campsite a little tipsy because I love looking for mushrooms. I kept going in just a little further until one time when I looked back I couldn't see my wife and friend back at the site. A few big steps to the left to reorient myself, wait... maybe a few steps over in this direction… Oh s**t.     

I yelled for help but the sound doesn't carry. The sun was just setting when I went in but it gets dark a lot faster in the thick of the forest. I panicked. I ran. I cursed at myself. I yelled for help over and over. I tried to stay calm but also decided to keep moving because it was getting dark and cold and I knew I was in very deep s**t if I didn't get out before nightfall. I spent about an hour and a half totally lost, the longest 90 minutes of my life. Finally, I heard a truck rumbling in the distance and sprinted towards it. I almost cried when I saw the clearing and popped out on a gravel road 3 km west of our campsite. Looking at a map after, had I gone any other direction it was just forest with no end in sight. My wife and friend said they went in to the forest yelling my name, of course I was probably too far at that point and heard nothing. I don't know what would've happened if that truck hadn't been going for a late evening drive along the service road. I thought I was going to die.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's pretty hard to stay put in such circumstances, but I understand why it's advised, especially in very big foresty regions. In germany it's likley to find civilisation in every direction... US not so much. x.x A very true horrostory to get lost in the woods.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Inverted Storm Surge.

This happens as a hurricane approaches a coastline. If you search, you'll find pictures of people walking around in shallow, empty stretches of beach. The storm gets close enough and the low pressure within the eye basically sucks up millions of gallons, pulling it away from shore. It can go for miles sometimes, depending on the strength.

Anyway, that water comes back. With prejudice.

I grew up on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Walked down to the beach as a hurricane was approaching. I was in middle school, and had no idea you couldn't "see" a hurricane the same way you can a tornado. Anyway, the beach was drained entirely. Not knowing any better, I walked out to the end of the public fishing pier that would normally be about 8-9 feet deep. A few minutes passed, I was satisfied with this excursion, so I turned around. About 2/3rds of the way back to the shore, I felt the ground rumble, and I instinctively hauled a*s as fast as I could. I'd say I finally got to about 20 feet from a jetty (rocks piled up to mitigate erosion) and got hit from behind by a wall of water. It actually carried me up and onto the very top of the jetty, and slammed me down. I could feel that my sandals left my feet, and by pure luck, they floated up and gently settled right by my hands where I was holding on to the rocks. The water receded slightly, enough for me to get over the jetty and away from the beach. I was so embarrassed that I never told my mom about it, and snuck into my house to get a shower and changed.

Fast forward to 2017 when I was living on the Florida Gulf Coast, a bunch of people walked down into Tampa Bay right as Hurricane Irma was rolling in. I legit got anxiety watching the footage from the local TV station. Needless to say, I've never gone anywhere near the water ahead of a hurricane again.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions If an older man has a "saddle nose deformity" or cauliflower ears, let them be. A saddle nose deformity nose is also called a "boxer's nose".

An old man with training will f*****g kill you. That's how they got to be old.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but why even fight with older men? Or anyone?

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Pitbulls.

My family has always had and loved dogs. Thought the breed was fine and just got a bad rep.

My dad brought a puppy home, we had her for 6 years. Loved her, house trained, no behavior issues, we thought.

Came home one day and she had killed our old boxer, who had been with her everyday that we had her and also was so old she had no teeth, and was chewing on her severed leg like a chicken bone.

Never again. And it makes me want to puke when people have their children crawling around with these dogs.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's been a lot of reports of XL pitbull attacks and deaths of children and elderly people in the UK. I understand that any dog can turn on a dime, but will never get why people would buy breeds that are/were specifically bred for dog fighting.

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Overwork and exhaustion can be a potential killer.
When I was in my late teens I spent a few years working 80-100 hours per week. I found out that at a certain point, your body just... stops.
I woke up in a hospital bed and it took me 6 months before I started to feel semi-normal again.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep, definitely this. I remember in the early 2000's I had two jobs and was working 7 days a week, with only a couple of afternoons as breaks, that I used to do housework/shopping etc. After only six months of this, I was driving my wife to Coles to do some shopping, as they were open late. I remember trying to park and not being able to, as I could no longer see the road, I was just so tired. No one thanks you for working that hard - there is no reward. Just DON'T do it

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As a child i learned, Geese are the crowned prince of a******s of the bird world .

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Up here in the Great White North, we call Canada Geese "Cobra Chickens". Like winged anger on steroids.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Pedestrian safety. Was hit by a car crossing the street. After cpr onsite and coma in hospital had to learn to walk and talk all over again. I triple check both ways. Even when I have the right of way.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the UK 1970s we children were taught by The Green Cross Code Man, to "look right, look left, look right again!" And "stop, look, listen, think!" - by non other than Darth Vader! (David Prose). Edited for wrong way round🤦

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Road rage, I was chased by a guy threatening me to shoot me, that was the last time I yelled at somebody while driving.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I try to avoid clipping people off our telling at other drivers, mainly because I always think they could be the person interviewing me for a job one day or end up being my daughter's teacher or something. Lol.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Don't f**k with the ocean, I got swept away by a wave while stupidly sitting on a rock too close to the water. I thought I was a goner and never to be found again but then it got tired of me and thew me back towards some rocks like a used intimate hygiene tissue.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I won't go any further than my ankles into the ocean. It took one bad experience, courtesy of my brother, never again.

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Shared housing with people you've just met. I did it out of necessity for many years, now that I have my own place I finally feel free.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep, I’m lucky enough to have my own apartment now but I’ve shared before and honestly hated it. There was always tension over something, whether it was dishes or cleanliness or bills. I didn’t have the best roommates I guess. Much happier with me and two cats (although they suck at paying bills and doing dishes too. I forgive them cause they’re cute.)

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Chainsaws.
I don’t even like the sound anymore.

I had an accident with one and cut up my leg.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad almost cut off his thumb with a chainsaw and just casually walked into the bathroom, held it underwater (wrong thing to do, I know) and silently called for my mother. I was still a kid, but to this day I remember how scared he sounded.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Dehydration and overheating. Being covered in ice in an ambulance and pissing black pee will change your perspective.

Edit: one thing I have never really explained to anyone is how big of a personal victory it was for me when I regained the ability to workout hard and push myself. the experience i described below took a huge amount of recovery physically and psychologically and when I got back to a healthy state of going hard, not being afraid of my heart getting up into the cardio zones, etc. was like regrowing a cutoff limb and wining the lottery and coming back from the darkest inner fears and I don't know if I could ever communicate how big a deal it was for me.

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35 People Who Behaved Stupidly And Quickly Faced The Consequences Of Their Own Actions Sleep deprivation.
Damn near died in a car accident (round 1), then went mildly psychotic and paranoid (round 2).

Just dumb. There are better paths to adrenaline-fueled euphoria.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Experienced this during menopause and the doctors wouldn't help me! I was actually hallucinating and vomitting from lack of sleep!

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