We’re all guilty of having done something dumb in the past. Things that sometimes keep us awake at night or make us cringe in the middle of the workday. Remember that idiotic thing that you did way back in middle school that made everyone laugh at you? Yeah, let’s spend the next four hours obsessing over it and imagining how things couldn’t have gone worse and how everyone’s probably still laughing at you. However, getting some perspective can set us free.

That’s where the r/TerminallyStupid subreddit, an online community with just over 121k members, comes in. The group documents the times when “terminally stupid” people were “dumb in a way that threatens their safety or someone else’s.” And the things they post are most likely miles worse than anything we’ve ever done.

We’re featuring some of their best pics, so grab yourself some popcorn and get ready to dive deep into the abyss that’s known as human stupidity. We hear that, much like the universe, it’s thought to be infinite.

#1 I See You’re As Intolerant As You Are Stupid

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#2 How Could Someone Even Begin To Think This Is How It Works?

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#3 We Are Always Eating Things We Shouldn’t

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The subreddit is fairly fresh. r/TerminallyStupid was founded in late February of 2019 and will be celebrating its third birthday in less than two months.

If you’re planning on becoming a member of the community, then you should keep the rules the moderators set out in mind. First things first, the content that you post has to match the spirit and direction of the subreddit itself. “Any post that does not have some terminally stupid person in them will be removed. This does not include posts about the subreddit itself,” the moderators explain that things have to be relevant.

#4 We Make Changes That Don’t Need To Happen:

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#5 Excuse Me Ma’am…that’s Not How That Works…

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#6 Jesus….

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Meanwhile, even though at the core of the subreddit lies the desire to poke fun at people who do really dumb stuff, the moderators still care about those people’s privacy. On that note, all names have to be blurred or scratched out so that they’re not readable. The same thing applies to license plates.

The only exceptions are public figures and famous people who we, obviously, know and can comment on their behavior openly as much as we like. However, this doesn’t mean that the focus should be on politics. “Please, No politics. This subreddit is not going to devolve into a fight between the left and right. Users found to be in violation of this rule will be banned,” r/TerminallyStupid’s mods warn.

#7 Grown Adult Doesn’t Understand How Rainbows Work

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#8 Dumba**

“Just sitting here…..eating popcorn….cell phone in hand with 9-1-….already punched in…”

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#9 Just Give It A Snorkel

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Previously, I interviewed Vanessa Bohns, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University. We spoke about embarrassment, knowledge blind spots, and how we should react when we make big blunders.

“We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed,” Vanessa explained to Bored Panda what happens when our perception of how great we think we are doesn’t match reality.

#10 Wow, Just Wow

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#11 Friend Of Mine Started Their Day Off Poorly

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#12 *facepalms*

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“Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, ‘Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,’ which is embarrassing,” the expert said.

It’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to embarrassment. In fact, it can be a very positive force. That is if we react accordingly.

#13 We Confuse Syrup And Sanitizer

#14 We Are A Little Too Eager To Play With Mysterious Substances

“I accidentally broke my thermometer and this liquid came out. It’s so fun to play with !”

#15 Am Does Not Exist In The English Language!

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“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you,” Vanessa said.

“So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react,” Vanessa said that we shouldn’t feel embarrassed about feeling embarrassed. In fact, trying to hide our embarrassment can actually backfire on us.

#16 My Brother Put A Chopping Board Under The Pizza To Catch The Stuff It Drops

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#17 This Guys Asking The Important Questions!

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#18 Wasn’t Paying Attention While Painting And Drinking Tea, Guess Which One I Just Took A Sip Of?

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“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect of embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in,” she said. In short, owning up to having done something downright dumb and incredibly stupid by embracing our embarrassment is the mature, emotionally healthy way to react. Trying to hide the fact that we messed up, however, won’t win us any friends.

#19 Free

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#20 Brexit At A Whole New Level

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#21 No Matter How Unsafe It Sounds

#22 Many Of Us Are Still Figuring Out This Whole Reproduction Thing

#23 Well That Sucks

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#24 Oh America

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#25 This Employer

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#26 Hmm…

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#27 Food Can’t Fly

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#28 Locked Out

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#29 Wow. Just Opened Themselves Up For All The Jokes

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#30 Everything Is Food To Us:

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#31 Flat Earth

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#32 I Have No Words

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#33 Kids And Their Cell Phones

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#34 Sandpaper To The Windshield

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#35 When They Make The Power For The Security Camera Exposed…

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#36 A Girl At My School Used Her iPhone To Keep A Door Open

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#37 We Are Powerless To Things That Look Like Chocolate

#38 Just So Wrong In So Many Ways….

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#39 I Love Reptiles, Too…

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#40 Ice Isn’t Real And Snow Is Made Of Chemtrails

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#41 15 Idiots Decided To Park On A Frozen Lake During 45 Degree Weather

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#42 This Guy

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#43 “Let’s Think Of An Argument Against Vaccines.” “Jesus!”

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#44 Grown A** Man Got His Finger Stuck In The Wall At Chipotle

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#45 This Idiot Who Was Going Over 80mph With They’re Dog Not Secured To The Back Of The Truck. I Called The Nhp On Them. It Was Scared To Death. I Was Afraid I Was Going To See A Dog Smear On The Side Of I-80

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#46 We Have No Idea How To Stay Healthy

#47 Mind Blowing

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#48 Just Don’t Buy It?

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#49 We Have Zero Money Management Skills

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#50 Where Is Gordon Ramsey When You Need Him

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#51 Painted Himself In A Corner

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#52 Rip

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#53 My Friend Tried To Take A Bite Of An Apple, He Enjoyed A Mouth Full Of Foam

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#54 Damn Bumbledoofus

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#55 We Take Dumb Risks

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#56 Someone Needs A Chemistry Lesson…

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#57 ‘How Can I Heal This Naturally?’

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#58 I’m An Idiot… Just Painted The Stairs To My Basement Now I’m Trapped

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#59 I Mean, Anything

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#60 We Have No Idea How To Handle Cooking

“I ALMOST BURNT MY HOUSE DOWN”

#61 Dumb Activities

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#62 For Some Reason

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#63 Facepalm

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#64 And They Are Connected How?

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#65 A Friend Sent Me This Picture Today

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#66 Just What Hell

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#67 Lanyard Caught On The Handle And My Keys Swung Inside The Door As I Closed It. Stupidest Way To Lock Yourself Out?

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#68 Anything

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#69 To Destroy A Giant Snowman

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#70 We’re Very, Very Slow To React

#71 If He Wasn’t Before He Is Now

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#72 We’re Always Putting Our Heads Where They Don’t Belong

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#73 Found In The Washington Post

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#74 You F**king What Mate?

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#75 Why Is Snapchat So Stupid

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#76 Cooking With Engine Oil

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#77 When You’re Willing To Risk Your Safety And Life For A Few Likes On Instagram

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#78 “But I Can’t Park In The Handicap Space, I Don’t Have A Placard. That Would Be Illegal”

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#79 Screenshot

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#80 I Wish I Had 64 Subscribers So I Could Drop Out Of College And Quit My Job

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#81 I’m Starting To Think This View Isn’t Worth Golfers Aiming Directly At Our Homes

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#82 Did They Even Go To School??? And How Would This Be Racist

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#83 I Don’t Have The Smartest Friends In The World

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#84 We’ll Get To Those After We Take Down All Churches Because Of The Crusades…

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#85 Underage Guys Show Up Drunk To Bail Out Underage Drunk Friend

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#86 I Realize This Could Be Taken As Political Because Of The Hat, But I’m Not Trying To Be. I’m Mostly Annoyed About The Mask. Like, You’re So Close Man! Just A Little Lower!

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#87 Speakers

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#88 My Brother Ate 3 Slices Of This Bread Before Turning The Lights On To See Why It Tasted Funny

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#89 Men Cause C*****

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#90 Never Bake Cookies In A Crop Top

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#91 Comparing Trying To Keep Possibly Deadly Diseases Spreading Because Of Their Stupidity To Segregation

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#92 I’m Loosing Faith In Humanity By The Day

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#93 A Little Something From R/Mgtow

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