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“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Meeeee! I was so f*****g in love with this man, but I have a drinking problem (I don’t get sloppy, or mean, most people can’t even tell, but it affects my health)

He told me if he found another hidden bottle squirreled away, we were done.

But… we were going up to visit his family for a month. I REALLY wanted his family to love me, and I’m MUCH more bubbly and personable when I drink.

So…. Naturally, he found a hidden bottle, while we were on the trip. Promptly dumped me.

I wanted his family to love me SO BAD, because I wanted to be part of that family forever…. And instead, I lost it all.

Alcohol is the devil, kids.

nicekona , Orkhan Farmanli Report

Final score:

188points

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Sergy Yeltsen 7 months ago

I can guarantee you are NOT "much more bubbly and personable" when you drink. Oh, and trust me - people can tell when you have been drinking.

213points

SweetCheesySpaghetti 7 months ago

I read this comment and immediately thought of a friend of mine. She thinks she's a much more fun and outgoing person when she drinks, but really she's obnoxious and embarrassing. And we can always tell. We've tried telling her she should try to get some help. She yells that she doesn't have a problem. When she gets REALLY drunk, she'll flip out saying "everyone knows I'm an alcoholic but no one will get me any help." It's exhausting.

28points

Paul Brown 7 months ago

Bubbly and personable translated means loud and obnoxious.

11points

Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 7 months ago

Your comment is very broad and uneducated. Depending on the amount of consumption and if its a physical or psychological addiction her story could be accurate and no they wouldn't have known

1point

CaptainSlapNTickle 7 months ago

Way to kick her while she's down.

0points

Tamra 7 months ago

"Most people can't even tell"...yes they can. They really, really can.

32points

Fat Harry 7 months ago

" I’m MUCH more bubbly and personable when I drink." - I guarantee you're not.

24points

neytjie 7 months ago

Well, I guess he could tell. Or he wouldn't have gone looking for that bottle

23points

Kyra Heiker 7 months ago

You are an alcoholic and in some serious denial. No you're not better when you drink, yes we can tell you're an alcoholic, he stated his boundary very clearly and you violated it. Stop blaming alcohol and look at yourself.

18points

oddly_informed_raven 7 months ago

what part of "drinking problem" and "alcohol is the devil" did you not get? they're aware.

5points

SkippityBoppityBoo 7 months ago (edited)

If you're hiding alcohol? That's a big huge sign of alcoholism right there, if it wasn't a problem? You wouldn't have to hide your alcohol ... And as others have said? Yes, people can tell. Even if you brush your teeth, use mouthwash, have a full on shower and use half a bottle of perfume? They can still smell the alcohol coming from you. If you want to get sober from alcohol? You MUST talk to medical professionals about it all because sudden alcohol withdrawal is very dangerous and can kill you. There's medication that you can take to help you to gradually come off it but you've GOT to be completely open and honest about your alcohol intake, how much, what % of alcohol, what type, everything with the medical professionals.

12points

Vix Spiderthrust 7 months ago

Alcohol is not the devil. Many, many people have perfectly healthy relationships with alcohol. Blaming the substance for your behaviour will not help you on the road to recovery. Trust me, I've seen it before.

11points

Sue User 7 months ago

This. I drink occosionally. Like one drink every three months. Yet twice i have had people lecture me on the dangers of alcohol when i decribe my drinking habits as " social drinking". Thats how it starts , they say. Yes, and for me, thats how it ends. I sympathise with their struggles but they are not my struggles.

12points

KimB 7 months ago

I come from a very long line of hereditary alcoholics. I have a very high tolerance for alcohol and I can feel what it does to me and I quite frankly don't enjoy it if I have more than one or two drinks. I enjoy a good wine with certain foods or an occasional ice cold beer on a hot summer evening, but to get up every morning and have to gag down a drink to stop the shakes just never appealed to me. You can break the cycle if you come from this environment. You can take it or leave it. Just leave it. :)

10points

SkippityBoppityBoo 7 months ago (edited)

Sorry for another reply but not all alcoholics are falling down drunk all the time and/or violent... It's called being - A Functional Alcoholic. It's in no way excusing it btw. It's... They work full time, attend appointments etc, can be generally relied upon to turn up on time... Which unfortunately makes it harder for them to think, "Do I need help? I'm doing okay..." but you're not really doing okay and do need help, support.

8points

jean48thompson 7 months ago

The tragedy is that you are enough, without the prop up of drink. But the sadness is, you need to realise this and you are not there yet. Keep going. The future''s not written for you yet. Love and good luck.

6points

debbie Quinn 7 months ago

Alcoholism is a cruel and evil bed partner

6points

Ephemera Image 7 months ago

Yeah, definitely not more personable when you drink. That's jsut delusional.Try recording yourself when drunk. Your guy dodged a bullet. Why would he want to inflict a drunk on his family as well?

3points

Gwyn 7 months ago

You are fooling yourself if you think most people can't tell

2points

CaptainSlapNTickle 7 months ago

Well, the devil isn't real, but alcohol and it's side effects are. Tough lesson there.

1point

Lilybdcsa 7 months ago

My daughter has an alcohol problem. No matter how many times she's tried to get dry, she can't stop. Or won't . It's like she has a terminal disease.

1point

ManuelQue 7 months ago

It is a terminal disease. If she is alcoholic and doesn't stop, she will die. There's no nice way to say this, I'm sorry.

2points

ShellO 7 months ago

Can anyone help me please? I can't see the whole posts on here anymore, I just get the first sentence and the photo?

1point

KimB 7 months ago

Click the link on the bottom right it takes you to the Reddit post where you can read the full comment :) (it took me a hot minute to figure it out too)

0points

Rebecca Joan 7 months ago

You’re only fooling yourself, and you ruined what could’ve been a very good relationship from what it sounds, get yourself some help.

1point

OnlyMe 7 months ago

Alcohol caused my father's oesophageal cancer. This is a cancer you really don't want to get. Stop drinking.

0points

Danish Susanne 7 months ago

It is not really the fault of the alcohol, but the fault of your not realising that the bubbly and personable you are there with or without the alcohol.

0points

Amanda Hunter 7 months ago

Yes I agree.

0points

SilverSkyCloud 7 months ago (edited)

bubbly personality= you're annoying AF but people are too polite to be honest....ps alcohol isnt "the devil" it doesnt force itself down your throat, thats all on you and the least you can do is be honest about it

0points

censorshipsucks 7 months ago

yep my SO is an alcoholic and I f*****g hate it. Please if you must drink to be sociable stick to something mild and have only one or two, not a whole 2 L

0points

Bill Kubeck 7 months ago

You THINK you are more bubbly and personable, but that's YOUR image of drunk you. The rest of the world sees you very differently. I have also lost three relatives to drink and myself fight against it all the time. Just don't. It's hard, but just don't.

0points

Lee Henderson 7 months ago

Maybe you should contact me...

0points

MoMcB 7 months ago

I was the partner. My ex couldn't stay sober, got him counselling, a place at a unit specialising in drying people out, etc. He used to say the same thing over and over when he'd been drinking, stinking of mints to cover the smell. It gets old very quickly.

0points

Kathrin Pukowsky 7 months ago (edited)

Every single time alcoholism comes up pretty much anywhere, you can have a countdown to when some random person will come out and tell you how alcohol isn't bad, their drinking habits aren't problematic, and the people who told them they might be are over-bearing, annoying, and don't know what they're talking about. It's like they feel the urge to justify their drinking although it's completely unproblematic, according to them. Makes me wonder why.

0points

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Ace 7 months ago (edited)

No. This is easily disproved, why would you share such misinformation? https://www.addictiongroup.org/blog/most-addictive-d***s/ https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/02/health/most-addictive-substances-partner/index.html EDIT: Link doesn't work cos BP censorship, but google is your friend.

9points

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My best friend and hetro-lifemate. Early 30s w/ wife. kids. great job and lots of friends. He was always looking for inventive ways to party. He figured out that you could order dried poppy pods online, grind them up and make poppy tea. This stuff is STRONG. 4/6 ounces will have you floating on a cloud for 24 hrs. Dosages kept going up over the next 10 yrs. until he couldn't physically drink enough fluid to maintain his habit. Lost his wife, kids and then his 3rd generation family business job.

Then he switch to h****n. Living in a half million dollar home with no power or water. Junkies everywhere. When he OD'ed, they stuffed his body in a closet for 3 days so they could burn through his credit and debit cards before reporting it to the police. Now his family is fighting squatters who have destroyed his home. I miss him everyday/.

its0matt , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

175points

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Tamra 7 months ago

This is horrible and so sad.

111points

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I have a friend, I’ll call him Jay, smart as heck but maybe a little on the spectrum so clueless as to social things. But he made great money in tech. One day he’s at a friends house and the friend said something to the effect of “nobody could bug my house without me knowing”, so Jay thought it would be funny to put a spare webcam he happened to have in his backpack in his friend’s entertainment center, plugged into his Xbox, just to see how long it took him to notice. Well the friend didn’t notice, but his friend’s girlfriend did, and thought the friend had been recording them having sex, so she called the cops. The cops arrested the friend. Jay hears about it and goes in to explain. He didn’t think he needed a lawyer, he figured the cops would be able to see it was just a dumb misunderstanding.

Thing is, in my state, placing a recording device in someone’s home without their consent is voyeurism, which is a sex crime. And Jay just admitted, to the cops, on the record, that he had done so. Also in my state, it’s a law that all sex crimes MUST be prosecuted, so even tho Jay’s friend and his friends girlfriend didn’t want to press charges, Jay still got prosecuted.

The prosecutor and judge were as gentle as they could be but he was still convicted. Now as a registered sex offender (for life) he has trouble finding and keeping work, gets harassed by neighbors, can’t go to most of his kids sports events, etc. All over one seemingly harmless prank.

Old-Pin-7839 , Ernest Ojeh Report

Final score:

161points

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Lexekon 7 months ago

CONTEXT DETAIL: He plugged the camera into his friend's Xbox, not a PC, or other storage / transmission device. At most, this would have caused an LED to light up, no actual recording or transmission took place. The camera just had the same power you get if you plugged it in to a phone charger. It was literally a non-functional prop, which should not have been prosecuted except for poorly worded legal terms.

100points

JahnnDraegos , RDNE Stock project Report

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I had a very close friend whose wife, out of the blue, suddenly asked to open the marriage. This friend hated the idea but said yes anyway. Result: divorce, messy and angry and messing up all three of their kids.

The point of contention was that he wound up finding a very compatible side-partner himself and his wife apparently was shocked to discover he was swinging just as happily as she was. Apparently her expectation was that he'd never be able to find a girlfriend so she (the wife) would have her side-piece *and* her husband all to herself. Wife was jealous, and angry, and eventually demanded they un-open the marriage because she didn't like him being with other partners while she was with other partners. Thankfully at this point he finally saw things for what they are and they divorced. Wrecked his life for years, though.

Moral of the story: polygamy is complicated and not something to rush into just because you've hit your midlife crisis. Also don't agree to open your damn marriage if you don't really want that.

Final score:

152points

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Roman Spruce 7 months ago

Yep, this only works of both partners are 100% on board and they set clear boundaries.

17points

One of my former friends from college worked as an analyst for a pretty big investment bank. He did NOT handle covid and isolation well and got really into conspiracy theories and became a straight up racist. When he returned to office he refused to work with anyone with dark skin, muslims or women he deemed inferior to his intellect. This did not go well with his boss who was a second generation somali immigrant, and a muslim, and a woman….. he was fired and he still doesnt have found another job in the same League.

Panzerpython Report

Final score:

152points

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The Starsong Princess 7 months ago

He was always like that. Covid and the isolation eroded his social skills so he couldn’t hide it anymore.

14points

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Friend of a friend got caught in one of those "to catch a predator" style stings. Was messaging with what he thought was a 14 year old and tried to meet up to have sex.

Lost his wife, all his friends, his apprenticeship, and spent the next several years in prison.

aspbergerinparadise , Tim Samuel Report

Final score:

151points

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Realistic Optimist 7 months ago

Good.

265points

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Some guy at work was caught red handed stealing airpods from the locker room. When he was sent to pick up his own kit before being sent home he excused himself to go to the toilet, and took a s**t on the floor.

The kicker is that we work on an oil rig. It's impossible to get away with theft, and he was a senior technician making really good money. He didn't need the airpods he was just stealing for the fun of it.

He's now "not required back", and all the companies talk to each other. He sh*t away his career over a pair of airpods.

Elgin-Franklin Report

Final score:

139points

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LandAhoy 7 months ago

Get schwifty!

24points

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My neighbor across the street had 4 kids in 6 years with a boyfriend in an attempt to get him to stick around/pay attention to her. Now she’s single and living with her mom and grandma is raising the kids alone while she goes out and tries to find a new boyfriend. Is having a boyfriend really worth ruining your life?

MangoSalsa89 , Tatiana Syrikova Report

Final score:

121points

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Kobe (she) 7 months ago

You mean, ruining the kids life ?

211points

badgersprite , Karolina Grabowska Report

#10

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Recent example, guy was a doctor and now cannot work because he hit his wife while they were getting divorced

I don’t know the specifics of it but the domestic violence offence on his record is prohibiting him from working in medicine.

Final score:

120points

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The Starsong Princess 7 months ago

Yeah, there’s more going on here than he hit her once, despite what he’s telling you. It takes a lot more than that to lose your medical license. Even first time domestic violence perpetrators usually get diverted to a program, especially if they can pay for it.

15points

#11

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Co-worker was addicted to Starbucks cold coffee drinks that you buy at a convenience store. She drank 4 per day, everyday.
Smoked , too.
Would spend $250.00 on up for store products, and that’s with a 50% discount ( crystal shop)
Got herself dug into a hole and couldn’t make her house payment. I actually watched her deliberate on whether to buy something at work ( retail therapy she called it) or make her house payment.
I added up the cost of Starbucks alone was $500.00 per month - I was trying to help her.
Her house was foreclosed on in December all because she wouldn’t stop the Starbucks and the “retail therapy “ spending.
Now she homeless.

MareShoop63 , Jonathan Cooper Report

Final score:

120points

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clairebear 7 months ago

Shopping can be an addiction same as gambling etc. She needs help.

118points

DistractedHouseWitch , RDNE Stock project Report

#12

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives This is relatively mild, but it's still pretty sad.

My mom is pretty isolated socially. She lives near me and for years her main source of interaction with other humans was me and my kids. She was emotionally abusive when I was a kid and was doing better for a few years, but then was ramping up the abuse again. I went no contact for several months, then had a sit down with her and discussed what abusive behaviors needed to stop for us to continue our relationship. She agreed.

It lasted two years. She started ramping up the abuse again and then she put my kids and my immunocompromised niece at risk during the pandemic. My husband and I told her that she needed to adjust her behavior and acknowledge that her behavior wasn't okay. She used her usual manipulation tactics (a fake "medical emergency" that my husband took her to the hospital for) and when we didn't immediately forget everything that happened, she called the police for a welfare check on my kids.

We haven't spoken to her in nearly three years and they have been the happiest years of my life. She now has no one locally. My brother had already distanced himself (he lives several hours away) and she's not even getting attention when she goes to the hospital, because my SIL is now helping her manage everything and will only talk to the doctors about her health issues, not my mom. I hope being abusive and selfish was worth her loneliness now.

Final score:

111points

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Ephemera Image 7 months ago

Family is not always worth keeping.

13points

Big_Yogurtcloset6443 , Abstral Official Report

#13

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives It’s really sad but my cousin had a stillborn when she was young and got into hard d***s to cope. Now she has 6 kids that she has no custody over, has been imprisoned multiple times, has fines she can’t pay, and can’t get a job above minimum wage.

I’m the only one in the family who doesn’t blame her for relapsing time and time again because I can’t imagine the horror of sobering up and realizing you threw your entire life away before 35 and had no chance of ever getting it back. The rest of the family doesn’t understand that being an adult and working two full time jobs at minimum wage to barely make ends meet isn’t a life worth living sober, especially knowing all your kids are out there in someone else’s care and seeing them in bad situations too.

Idk which would hurt worse tbh, knowing that most of them hate you, or knowing that some of them look up to you even though you’ve royally f****d up both your own life and all the kids.

Final score:

105points

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Tamra 7 months ago

This is a truly awful situation, but I disagree with the sentiment "... isn't a life worth living sober". No matter how hard it is to face, no matter how hard it gets, using/drinking will 100% make things worse. I totally get the desire to numb the pain, guilt, shame, and frustration, but using doesn't solve any of those existing problems. It just makes more.

94points

#14

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My husbands friend. Had a beautiful wife, gorgeous house, 2 lovely boys, a job he loved and lots of great friends who loved him. Then he decided at the age of 35 to get into hard d***s. He has been in and out of prison for violent crimes, transportation of large volumes of h****n, attempted m****r, burglary and stalking...

He is homeless again as he burned down his flat on purpose to get a move. No one will ever talk to him again. He's now 55 and has nothing, his wife divorced him after giving him far too many chances, his sons hate him, his real friends gone for ever. All for nothing.

Scotsburd , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

101points

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Josephine Blogs 7 months ago

When I read "hard d***s" I thought it was something else. Well you might get some of that in prison. 🍆

128points

BeyondXpression , MART PRODUCTION Report

#15

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives This kid I went to college with was in the Army Reserves making really good grades, and his parents were really well off. The kid's life was set. Got an allowance every month from his parents, had a nice brand new car for school, lived in a nice apartment right off campus and he had so much going for him. He didn't even have to work, just do his monthly reserve days which were like 3 days a month. So set for life.

To shorten the story a bit, he got caught at a random UA (d**g test) for c*****e. He got lucky and the Army gave him a second chance. Not even 5 months later he got caught AGAIN for c*****e and weed. He somehow got lucky, again, and they just kicked him out in an "Other than Honorable" discharge. Parents pulled his funding and he had to get a minimum wage job at a sandwich shop.

Never saw him again until he randomly popped up on my Facebook about a year later. I hit him up to see how he was. Up and moved halfway across the U.S. with this girl he got pregnant and they were both working at Walmart barely affording rent. He sold his BMW to pocket the move up there. He also looked....rough, to say the least in a lot of his pictures.

Final score:

99points

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Fat Harry 7 months ago

A dang test for chipotle? If only they made these censored words clearer...

103points

CraptasticDruid369 , Nataliya Vaitkevich Report

#16

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Watching someone you love not take care of their diabetes. It’s torture.

Final score:

99points

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Connie Hirsch 7 months ago

Been there, done that.

24points

#17

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I used to work at a wedding reception place

One wedding the groom and a bridesmaid (I think it was the bride's cousin) got "drunk" and snuck out the back for a quickie. I didn't realise they'd done this and (as I did) threw a bag of rubbish off the upstairs kitchen balcony into the bin - which scared the s**t out of them enough that the bridesmaid has bitten down on the grooms d**k . Lots of blood.

Then when the ambulance has shown up the guys tried to start a fight with one of the ambulance drivers for some reason and we ended up having to call the cops as well and the guys gotten arrested.

Guys boss (fairly high paying lawyer job by the sounds of it) was at the wedding and was definitely planning on sacking the guy after what happened

So the d******d lost both his fiancé/wife and job on his wedding day. And I never found out just how bad the injury to his d**k was but it didn't look good

Dazzling-Panda8082 , Mikita Yo Report

Final score:

98points

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Donald 7 months ago

Lawyers have a track record of being scumbags, no surprise here.

20points

#18

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My buddy Steve was the poster child for 'has it all.' Good career, amazing wife, cute house. Then, the model trains happened. Not little setups...this guy took over the whole basement, then the garage. His wife went from amused to livid. Arguments turned into screaming matches. She eventually left, and Steve, in his model train bliss, barely noticed. The twist? He inherited a ton of money…and spent it all on antique train sets. Eventually though, he noticed....and no model could cure the blues of losing his incredible wife.

StrykerXion , Brett Sayles Report

Final score:

97points

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Jeremy James 7 months ago

It happens to a lot of train conductors. They get tunnel vision. I guess it really derailed his life.

260points

#19

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I worked on a school bus as a monitor/aid. There was one driver (we'll call him Ed). Ed was always complaining about something, every single day there was some new issue, some problem. He was a bit of a pain. He got into an argument with one of our supervisors over the radio one day and earned himself a 3 day suspension.

His first morning back from his suspension. First route of the day, he gets on the radio and starts back complaining. Dispatch asks him a few simple questions, he responds with hostility and some really unprofessional comments. The director of transportation (our big boss) gets on the radio and asks Ed to meet him in his office after morning routes. Ed responds, "I'll be there if I have time" boss says, "I need you to understand, this is not optional" Ed comes back, "I need YOU to understand, I'll be there if I have time!" Mind you, this is on the radio as we are picking up high school kids, everyone can hear what's happening this entire time. Another dispatcher calls in and tells Ed "when you finish your high school route, park your bus there at the school. We are bringing someone to take your route over, and to bring you back to the lot". Ed did not like this and responded by saying, "Negative. I am finishing my route. Me. If you want someone to drive my route, you get (our boss's boss) and have her come drive this route. Otherwise, I am finishing my route." Dispatch asked for an ETA to the high school, he responded "whenever (our boss's boss) is gonna be there. Otherwise, I get there when I get there". Somewhere around this time he starts talking like, they were targeting him and picking on him and that "it ends today". Again, at this point he has a bus full of high school kids.

Now, I did not see what happened at the high school, but I heard from several other drivers. Apparently the police were waiting for him once he got there and they removed him from his bus. To quote one driver "he acted a fool the entire time". I'm not sure exactly what he was charged with, maybe kidnapping since he acted like he wasn't gonna bring the kids to school unless he got what he wanted? Theft for not bringing the bus back? No clue. But I do know he was arrested and fired. A few days later we get the news that he had a heart attack and died. Most likely from all the stress.

Klown1327 , ArtHouse Studio Report

Final score:

91points

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Gavin Johnson 7 months ago

Can’t help but feel he was dealing with some external stress / mental health pressures and his body / brain were not cooperating. He wasn’t behaving in a rational or logical way, he was dealing with the steady decline and his responses were not measured. The heart attack was the culmination of it all. Sorry for the staff and children who had to witness / cope with it and obviously the tragic end, what a waste.

92points

thisgirlsforreal , charlesdeluvio Report

#20

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I girl I know/used to work with decided to jump on the only fans bandwagon. Went all in doing all sort of things on camera. Well the truth is, only the top 1% of OF creators make alot of money and the average one makes $200 a month. If you don’t start with a big social following it’s an uphill battle.

Anyway some people in her town (not super tiny population 120k) saw the account, someone posted the pics of her on Facebook and basically everyone found out. Including her parents.

So after not making much money and photos that will forever be on the internet, she packed it all in to go back to kindergarten teaching. But being in a country town no one would give her a job and people would stare at her wherever she went.

She had to move to the city, and she has a job now. I just hope her new employer doesn’t google image search her 😬

But yeah she really regrets it, could have made more money doing Uber eats on the weekend.

Final score:

84points

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Realistic Optimist 7 months ago

I genuinely don't understand this kind of mentality. "I explicitly looked for some pornographic pictures of you and found some, so I can't hire you". So hypocritical and sad.

138points

#21

I’m an alcoholic/addict. I’m in recovery but, I can barely leave the the house, I can’t hold a job, I have cut off all but five people in my life…I’m a mess.

Neversleeps99 Report

Final score:

75points

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BewilderedBanana 7 months ago

You're aware you're in a mess and admitting to it. That means you're not in as big of a mess as you think you are... stay strong and keep fighting, one small step at a time.

108points

#22

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Back in the 90s, a classmate of mine was way into computers. He was offered a really well paid job in the US, we were in the UK, straight out of school. Incredible benefits. Invaluable training opportunities. In in the ground floor at the best possible time. Lost it because he used the free airline tickets the company gave him so family could visit, to fly his friends out. Then lied about it. He was a notorious liar all through school. What an opportunity. What a c**t.

iceymoo , Abstral Official Report

Final score:

72points

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Ephemera Image 7 months ago

No, he got what he deserved. He was a grifter, and would have crashed and burned sooner or later with that kind of mindset.

53points

#23

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My uncle was an ambitextrous baseball pitcher in highschool. Absurdly good at it. He could have gotten an athletic scholasrhip, gone to college, maybe gone pro.

His dad died, he got into d***s, and now he's a h****n addict in and out of prison.

Jefffahfffah , MART PRODUCTION Report

Final score:

69points

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Fat Harry 7 months ago

He got into drapes and is not a heptathlon addict?

72points

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#24

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I know plenty of guys who had kids with the wrong person.

I don't think people quite realise the negative impact on your life this can have.

MaximusSydney , Phil Nguyen Report

Final score:

68points

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Ephemera Image 7 months ago

Same for many women.

86points

#25

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives One of my former co-workers, a smart young man that most everybody liked. It was just a gas station cashiering job, not a hard job at all.
Ben was only 22 and we're not sure if the attitude problem started before or after the d**g use, but he suddenly started calling out sick, a lot!
Whatever the reasons, since he couldn't handle the responsibilities of his job, they had to let him go.
That's when his d**g problem became apparent, as he was still seen around the neighborhood looking disheveled and lost.

His best friend told us that he was found unresponsive, after an OD and that he was in the ICU.

The doctors were saying that the brain damage was irreversible and friends and family should just come say their goodbyes while he was still alive... so to speak.

loCAtek , Emrah Yazıcıoğlu Report

Final score:

67points

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Tamra 7 months ago

This is so sad.

29points

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#26

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My brother was offered a really well-paying job doing something he's excellent at. He thought it would be too easy, so he chose a much more challenging job in a less appealing environment with a boss who is a real jerk. He hoped to impress him. Now, he's really unhappy. I just don't understand why he puts himself through this kind of thing.

Icy-Establishment850 , Timur Weber Report

Final score:

61points

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Ace 7 months ago

Life not destroyed, easy fix available.

57points

#27

A former classmate of mine pursued medicine even though she didn't want it, her parents was a big factor of this decision. She was into music and I'd have to say she was great & really passionate doing it, her parents wasn't just supportive. During college she failed almost every subjects and then eventually dropped out. The last time I heard she left home and is living with her bf now. Its just unfortunate she wasn't able to take the path that she loves. F**k the parents honestly for pressuring her. I think she would've been happier if she pushed through music. I don't blame her though maybe she didn' t have a choice. Sometimes we have to disappoint our parents a little bit to be happy.

airdbelivet Report

Final score:

61points

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Melia Janssen 7 months ago

I knew someone who was pushed into medicine too. He didn't want to do it, but also because of his parents, so he stuck it out. He completed his studies, and then the day of his graduation, he promptly turned to his parents with his diploma, handed it to them and told them that he had done exactly what they wanted him to do, but now he was going to do what he wants to do! He went into advertising and last I checked, he seemed happy.

15points

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#28

Friend who got married because he didn’t want to break it off and thought he would just be better off, he’s dying a slow death.

Addictiveprinces Report

Final score:

54points

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RabidChild 7 months ago

I hate the person I'm dating, let me double down & make it official!

52points

#29

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives One of my buddies actually ditched a six-figure job because he didn't trust his girlfriend not to cheat on him while he was at work. He's a good guy, but when it comes to women, he can be a real dummy sometimes. **It's pretty crazy, right?**.

ScobAgape , Alex Green Report

Final score:

53points

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MrLiesegang 7 months ago

Maybe he should had kept the job and not the girl

7points

#30

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My best friend's ex-wife. He was the most loving husband who doted on her and gave her everything. They wanted to start a family. His family was also very accepting of her. She was a councillor who decided to cheat on him with one of her patients... not once, not twice, but three times. My friend finally saw the light and divorced her.

He's now remarried to a fantastic woman who appreciates him as much as he does her and they just had their first child. I don't know what the ex-wife is doing now but I hope she knows what she threw away one day.

reallyluckysocks , Katie Salerno Report

Final score:

50points

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Anna Chandler 7 months ago

Ah yes, another screwy mental health professional.

17points

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#31

One of my closest childhood friends. We’re all well into adulthood now and he had been sober from alcohol for years, had his own plumbing business, kids, a fiancee. Typical american dream stuff.

During the pandemic he basically snapped, starting drinking again which quickly turned into doing m**h and now he’s a missing person on the streets of Portland somewhere. Just sad and I feel like I’m going to hear he’s OD’d since there’s fentanyl in everything here and there’s nothing any of us can do about it. He’s intensely stubborn and won’t listen to anyone and he doesn’t seem to care.

thespaceageisnow Report

Final score:

21points

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Jinx (she/her) 7 months ago

that's quite a leap from alcoholic to methhead, geez

8points

#32

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives I have an ex- SIL who has been a drunk for years. She was an attractive, fiercely intelligent, really cool, fun person who had mental health issues that were ignored for years. Eventually, she got that part under control, and became a mental health professional. I think she probably is very good at it, but she’s on a downward spiral. Her drinking is worse than ever. She has had two DWIs. I won’t let my kids go anywhere with her anymore because she drives drunk with them, or tries to get them to drive so she can drink. She got pulled over once and handed her weed and vaping pen to my kid and said “Here, take this. I can’t be caught with it.” She cancels her appointments with her clients constantly. I know one person who was seeing her and they believe she was drunk during their sessions. I know somebody else whose mother works with her, and my friend is scared for her mother’s safety as my ex-SIL has a history of being violent and assaulting people (never been to jail for it) and trying to get her to take benzodiazepines that she has. She is single as far as I know, and all her boyfriends have either been dumb guys and losers who don’t deserve her, or abusive bullies that walk all over her. I have cut her off entirely, but I feel terrible for her.

RedDirtWitch , Darina Belonogova Report

Final score:

19points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 7 months ago

Once again, if you have exhausted all avenues, sometimes you just have to let go... for everyone's good hopefully...

15points

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#33

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Probably me when I was younger, I spent my ENTIRE teenage years alone because I gave up easily. Because I was scared of everything.
I didn’t have friends, love, dances etc.
I seriously was absolutely lifeless inside.

August_8_ , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

16points

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Ace 7 months ago

And then what happened?

7points

#34

Me, just living and making wrong decisions all of the f*****g time.

ArtemisAndromeda Report

Final score:

15points

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tuzdayschild 7 months ago

Get some therapy to develop skills to help your decision making. You can do it. I believe in you.

10points

#35

My husband cheated with an ugly, married coworker. I discovered their affair while we were on our FAMILY Vacation to New Orleans. We were there for our family's 4th trip there for the Jazz Festival. It was the 50th Anniversary of the Jazz Fest. Our family had been looking forward to it for 6 months. Then we flew down there, arriving at midnight or so. I was still the unknowing wife.
Next morning, May 1st 2019. I discover the affair because of his distracted ( not really there with us vibe), and his cell phone use. That night I went into the phone and found out everything. I took photos and videos.

We got home, I confronted him, he denied denied denied. I showed our family the proof.

KindCanadianeh Report

Final score:

15points

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BewilderedBanana 7 months ago

not sure including the word "ugly" there added anything to the story :)

23points

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#36

My older sister who is 32 just, refuses to work. She lives with our grandma and is absolutely miserable because she has zero autonomy (grandma rides her a*s when she leaves the house etc, her decorating choices are confined to one single room, etc), yet she refuses to make any moves because “people in other countries live with their family as adults.” We suggest therapy, she’s not interested, says she can be her own therapist. She’s too good for a job in retail or call center (I work retail), but refuses to do any kind of schooling. She makes her own misery. The most she has in regards to disability is depression, which I understand, but she refuses help or to try any changes.

Nolongerlil Report

Final score:

15points

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Anxiousguest 7 months ago

From a multigenerational family here.. we take care of our elders. They give us emotional support and help to raise children. Not vise versa

15points

Environmental-Song16 , Liza Summer Report

#37

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives Our daughter is 25. Every few years she just randomly blows up her life. Tells us not to call/talk to her, cuts off her real friends and makes them hate her. Ends up calling us months later because she's out of options/friends.

She's currently living with us, rent free, no job, but has some plan on moving south with randos from the internet. Can't talk to her without her getting angry. We don't know what to do. It's so unsafe.

She had a good job a year ago. Had a nice 2 bedroom apartment, a great friend who picked her up for work everyday.

Final score:

14points

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Realistic Optimist 7 months ago

This is very likely a symptom of mental illness. Regular personality transitions are a huge indicator that it's time to get a psychiatrist/therapist involved.

56points

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#38

“Ruined His Career Over A Pair Of Airpods”: 30 Of The Stupidest Ways People Ruined Their Lives My ex wife, we had sort of realized that things wasnt going to work out in the long run, but we wanted to solve things as amicably as possible and take the time. The was no real animosity other than things just not working, until ofc I found out she had some boyfriend staying there when I wasnt home. If she told me beforehand, I probably wouldnt even be that pissed, but just expedited the break-up so she could do what she wanted. But ofc when I come home and literally find him, I got pissed and instead of being any sort of humble or try to talk she just screams and shouts that I could just go and she now had a new guy that would take care of her!

I said ok - grabbed my stuff, gave her the bill for the rent and saids it due in 3 days - but your fella will ofc take care of that, goodbye. *He* was the one that got the problem, because then she kind of had to go all in, and he did for a few months and then basically told her that it wasnt really in the deal/plan to literally take over a wife with two kids (not mine) on a random tuesday... And then she had to spend the next 10years working all kinds of things 15 hours a day to be able to keep an apt. and so on. We are "friends" today in that I dont hate her, so we talk once in a while and she says that *that* was the dumbest day in her life. Not just sitting down and discuss for even 5 minutes...

alexdaland , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

10points

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Ephemera Image 7 months ago

Poor kids, again.

4points

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#39

My sister is currently in an abusive relationship with a man twice her age. He tracks her messages and refuses for her to see her friends, accuses her of cheating, convinced her to quit her job so she relies on him for everything. But she can't leave him because she loves him.

Final score:

9points

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Katarzyna Drozd 7 months ago

*she can't leave him because he manipulated her into staying. She needs help asap.

26points

#40

Guy blew all his cash on gambling. Lost family, home, everything. Tragic, man.

Uggzandhorses2 Report

Final score:

8points

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Leigh James 7 months ago

There are free resources available (US) for those with gambling addictions/disorders and their families.

1point

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Pedro Badan 7 months ago (edited)

Does anyone else notice how many of these, when describing a man who supposedly has a great life before ruining it, say stuff like "he had a beautiful/gorgeous wife, beautiful/gorgeous kids, a beautiful/gorgeous house, car, job, etc", as if those things are prizes that successful/happy men are supposed to collect? But none of the ones about women say stuff like that - they're more like "She was healthy, happy, had a job she loved". Our society seems to have very different ways of defining success for men and for women.

33points

ZuriLovesYou 7 months ago

Female here, I don't see it like that. I think they're just describing things that make their life great.

3points

Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover 7 months ago

Truth. It's sort of bothering. Why seeming as they deserve more for themselves than anyone else?

3points

Mike F 7 months ago

Sorta like a Talking Heads song?

0points

Sweet Taurus 7 months ago

I can't even read the post. All of them have one sentence at the beginning and that's it. That's how the last 3 posts have been.

11points

WishIWasAFlapperGirl 7 months ago

I'm getting the same!!!

6points

V Martinez 7 months ago

Glad I'm not the only one having this same issue. WTH?!

5points

Silre 7 months ago

Same. Like, I might as well just go read Reddit

4points

Little king trash mouth 7 months ago

Ugh same. Two days this has been happening with random articles when trying to view on the iOS app. Really frustrating! BP's tech support is a joke.

4points

Your Mom 7 months ago

Me too!

1point

Marnie 7 months ago

I always read on my laptop, and am not seeing any issue like that.

0points

Becky Samuel 7 months ago (edited)

Two thirds of these just seem to be people pooping on addicts. Most of the rest are people pooping on people with mental illness.

11points

Lesley Richard 7 months ago

So now we have to open the link to see the whole sentence along with stories that are just ads? Bored panda used to be so good, it's sad and frustrating.

5points

KillerKiwi 7 months ago

Why are there so many that are like, yeah, he started drinking and then it spiraled into hard d***s?!

1point

Becca not Becky 7 months ago

Probably because it's a common, effective way to screw up one's life and it doesn't discriminate.

3points

Olli Hawk 7 months ago

This one is actually pretty tragic but my friends dad unintentionally ruined his whole family. My friends dad was super addicted to substances and ended up dying of an OD, and his mom [unalived] herself, and my friend was grieving so much, he started using hard dr*gs. He lost all his friends and his partner, and his grades plummeted. (We’re still in HS) he started arguing with teachers and skipping classes, and getting frequent detentions. Eventually he had a m3th induced episode, and st@bbed a man, and he’s now getting m*rd3r charges and switching to a colorectal school (basically a prison school) and the worst part is I can’t even help him because until he recovers, I’m not gonna associate myself with him, because he lowkey scares me as much as I hate to admit it

0points

censorshipsucks 7 months ago

I'd drop him and block him. Even if he's a friend, way too dangerous to be friends with that much of a trainwreck.

1point

clairebear 7 months ago

A lot of these are failures in American Healthcare.

0points

WoodenLion 7 months ago

1point

censorshipsucks 7 months ago

Unless you are in portugal which actually helps addicts, this could be anywhere. I mean, we know it's the us from the style of english, but yeah. Not all countries outside us are good to druggies. Not even SA which has an amazing rights-affirming constitution.

0points

Becca not Becky 7 months ago (edited)

Addictions are a problem in Europe, Canada, and Australia too. Even with access to quality, affordable healthcare, it doesn't mean anything if the person isn't willing to actually get help.

0points

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Pedro Badan 7 months ago (edited)

33points

ZuriLovesYou 7 months ago

Female here, I don't see it like that. I think they're just describing things that make their life great.

3points

Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover 7 months ago

Truth. It's sort of bothering. Why seeming as they deserve more for themselves than anyone else?

3points

Mike F 7 months ago

Sorta like a Talking Heads song?

0points

Sweet Taurus 7 months ago

I can't even read the post. All of them have one sentence at the beginning and that's it. That's how the last 3 posts have been.

11points

WishIWasAFlapperGirl 7 months ago

I'm getting the same!!!

6points

V Martinez 7 months ago

Glad I'm not the only one having this same issue. WTH?!

5points

Silre 7 months ago

Same. Like, I might as well just go read Reddit

4points

Little king trash mouth 7 months ago

Ugh same. Two days this has been happening with random articles when trying to view on the iOS app. Really frustrating! BP's tech support is a joke.

4points

Your Mom 7 months ago

Me too!

1point

Marnie 7 months ago

I always read on my laptop, and am not seeing any issue like that.

0points

Becky Samuel 7 months ago (edited)

Two thirds of these just seem to be people pooping on addicts. Most of the rest are people pooping on people with mental illness.

11points

Lesley Richard 7 months ago

So now we have to open the link to see the whole sentence along with stories that are just ads? Bored panda used to be so good, it's sad and frustrating.

5points

KillerKiwi 7 months ago

Why are there so many that are like, yeah, he started drinking and then it spiraled into hard d***s?!

1point

Becca not Becky 7 months ago

Probably because it's a common, effective way to screw up one's life and it doesn't discriminate.

3points

Olli Hawk 7 months ago

0points

censorshipsucks 7 months ago

I'd drop him and block him. Even if he's a friend, way too dangerous to be friends with that much of a trainwreck.

1point

clairebear 7 months ago

A lot of these are failures in American Healthcare.

0points

WoodenLion 7 months ago

1point