Studies suggest that people who engage in new experiences are more likely to be happy. This is because each time we take a leap of faith, we're training our brain to remember the positive rewards associated with it.

The adrenaline rush, the endorphins, the sense of pride—they're all stored in our memory banks.

But being open to the world also means you might run into something that's not entirely up your alley. So Reddit user Best-Palpitation-915 asked everyone on the platform to share what they tried once that they instantly knew wasn't for them. Here are the replies that received the most attention!

#1

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Living with roommates. Cannot stand it. I'm fine living with a partner, family, or by myself. But a stranger, no thank you.

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#2

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Manual labor.

My grandfather did construction. One summer he hired me on one of the roofing teams. All it took was one summer running shingles up and down a ladder to convince me to stay in school.

My dainty little IT hands thank you Pop. well played.

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#3

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Sales. I don't like convincing people they need things, they can decide themselves lol. Don't want a phone? Thats cool with me.

My boss once questioned why I didn't try to push an iPhone 14 onto an old man who came in asking for advice on how to use his flip phone, always loved that one.

The only time I ever had good performance was when I got a lucky streak and the customers came in wanting something already.

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#4

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Public speaking.

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#5

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Gambling. I gambled for the first time against my cousins when I was around 13, I lost 100 bucks, that was a lot for me. Never gambled again since lol.

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#6

Nightclubs. Happy for the people who like it, but i do NOT understand the appeal
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#7

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Tinder (actually online dating in general).

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#8

Beer. Hated the taste. Was told I had to get used to it. Why do I have to get used to something that taste gross?

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#9

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I once tried to be a morning person. We both agreed it wasn't going to work out.

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#10

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I was shocked at how much I hate weighted blankets. People say so many good things about them! I put it over me, boom, instant claustrophobia. I don't even have claustrophobia. Except with weighted blankets.

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#11

Partying at clubs lots of way to drunk people, loud noises and crowded.

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#12

Pregnancy. I have one perfect daughter and I'm never ever going through that s**t again!

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#13

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Telemarketing.

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#14

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Getting into management…no thank you.

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#15

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I put on roller blades, stood up, sat down and took them off. Was going to break my damn neck.

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#16

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again IPA beers. I tried more than I should. Can not get into them. Every now and then someone will say, but you are going to like this one because...
I just say, nope, never met an IPA that I like.

It seems like all the IPAs are taking over most the taps places. Can that many people really like them? Or is everyone scared to be the 1st to say they suck, so they just keep buying them.

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I like them if I'm in the mood. But a nice rich English ale is also good

#17

REAL camping with no creature comforts of home. Not for me!

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#18

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Brazilian wax.

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#19

Coconut water. I love just about anything coconut but a coconut water sample almost made me vomit in the middle of Costco.

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#20

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Waitressing. I knew instantly I was objectively terrible at it. Quit same day I started.

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#21

Party with a group of people where I only know one.

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#22

Sex. Tried it once 25 years ago. Stopped before it progressed (lovely understanding bloke).

Hello asexuality.

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#23

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I tried learning Python, programming is incredibly abstract and difficult. My brain just couldn’t proceed, wish I was smarter.

Update: Giving Python another go because the good people of Reddit provided awesome advice/guidance and resources! You guys are a wholesome bunch, thank you!

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#24

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I tried scubaa diving once and instantly knew it wasn't for me too claustrophobic and not enough air!

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#25

Boxing. It turns out that getting punched in the face sucks.

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#26

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Working in retail. No thank you.

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#27

Dentistry. Knew my first week of school i did not like touching patients. Went to med school and am now a psychiatrist.

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#28

Sex without emotional feelings involved.

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#29

Teaching middle school. I taught high school for 19 years, moved states and had to take a middle school position for a year.

I instantly realized it was not for me. I thought, "they're just a few grades lower, how different can they be?"

Completely opposite, exactly. I dragged myself into that school so exhausted and irritable every day. I quickly realized that one middle schooler with bad behavior = 5 high schoolers with bad behavior. My humor went right over their heads. The misbehavior itself was a type of misbehavior I'm not used to. Also, high schoolers sleep. Middle schoolers scream. High schoolers will sometimes be apathetic. Middle schoolers throw things. High schoolers are developing the capacity to think before they speak. Middle schoolers shout whatever comes to mind. High schoolers bully each other online. Middle schoolers bully each other in person in front of a teacher's face.

I have never gotten so many rude comments as I did when I taught middle school.

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#30

Black licorice.

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#31

Cigarettes. Yuck.

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#32

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I tried ballroom dancing once and realized my two left feet have a secret pact to avoid any rhythm. I’m better off sticking to dancing like nobody’s watching—because nobody should be.

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#33

Contacts.

I'd had glasses since the third grade, and in middle school tried contacts. The nice lady at the optometrist kept poking me in the eye getting them in.

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#34

Office jobs, lord please never again .

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#35

Psychedelics. I was with a bunch of friends when we tried them. Everyone else was enjoying it and losing their minds, while I literally felt nothing. Ended up leaving early and driving home since I literally felt completely sober.

Tried some others another time, and same thing happened. I figured I must be immune to hallucinations or something and never tried them again.

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#36

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Edibles. Didn't enjoy having my memory wiped every few minutes.

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#37

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Horses. They’re beautiful, I rode a very gentle one for a week. But after that week I knew it wasn’t for me. They’re scary.

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#38

Yoga... thought it’d be all relaxing and zen, but i spent the whole time feeling like a tangled pretzel and realized pretty fast it wasn’t my vibe.

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#39

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again I had to try it twice. Marriage. There will be no #3.

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#40

VR. Turns out even a little bit of it gives me motion sickness 😭.

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#41

The violin. I practiced by force and at my mother's request for 3 months, I never liked the results.

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#42

A one night stand.

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#43

Bell peppers. You have 4 flavors and all of them suck?! HOW?!

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#44

Working out in the morning, hard no for me.

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#45

Living in western Pennsylvania.

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#46

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again Sex with another woman. It was a good time but I realized I am indeed straight.

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#47

Polyamory and threesomes.

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#48

55 ‘Anti-Bucket List’ Things People Swear They Will Never Do Again What grinds my gears is when i tried something once instantly knew it's not for me and later came back to it and now it's the best thing.

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#49

Sports. I like to watch it, but playing it seems pointless to me to be behind a ball haha.

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#50

Matcha and mint chocolate. Idk matcha really taste like grass and mint chocolate, have no words.

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#51

Dark Souls and any soul-like game, for that matter. No thanks.

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#52

Pilates. It felt like torture and I didn't understand why people did it.

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#53

LARPing. I'm more comfortable sitting at a table and rolling dice than being at some park with a bunch of dressed up people.

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#54

Getting stabbed.

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#55

Kissing dudes. I was in a play where I had to kiss another guy. I think everyone has an "uh-oh, what if I end up liking this..." feeling beforehand but the moment I did it it was like "oh, ok, cool, this does nothing for me. Good to know.".

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