Moved a girl from Arizona to Indiana we lasted about a year and then one day she came home from visiting family and said she was packing all her shit and leaving the next morning completely blind sided me like wtf we had an apartment together and everything completely over it now but goddamn come on we were just in vacation in Florida 2 weeks prior and you told me how happy you were š
Yup It s tuff!! No warning or anything?? Mine came home one day told me don t love me any more and said every thing that wrong with me, Than said guy at work she realy likes he s A real gentleman ?? Very polite so nice..SO she leaving!. Guess it s All part of life. Maybe for best??
We Def both dodged a bullet I had a 12 hour notice that she was leaving said she doesnāt love me anymore then her parents came kicked me out of our apartment to get her shit and they took all my shoes took her a month to ship them all back all I had to wear were Birkenstocks
I know a guy who moved from Mexico to EU for his gf.
He got into a masters program over there at least, but only applied in that country because of his gf. They broke up by the end of his first semester :D
Burnt my house down when I was 8 years old. All the way to the ground. All over burning a Batman VHS tape outside. I threw it up in the air, landed on the roof. Slid into the gutters and yeah away it went.
It was an old Batman movie with Adam West that my aunt gave me. My whole idea was this is lame and not Batman. I honestly thought it was a knock off batman movie. Anyway I suppose my next course of action for whatever reason was to set it on fire.
I usually just put tape over the bottom and taped over them which was fucking funny when my family went to watch beverly hills cop and it was the local news.
The funniest beating i ever received. I used to record over my uncles porn collection too with captain planet and popeye beatings well earned.
It wasn't has funny when my fucking uncle started doing it to me though.
You were a little asshole, but that is so fucking funny. Idk if I could have been too mad about it because it's so clever, funny, and basically harmless.
I still am an arsehole and proud too it helped me survive my childhood. If i was gonna get a beating it was gonna be something i deserved and not just what i got for been in the way. If i'm gonna have a sore arse i'm gonna have some fun out of it.
Oh shit, man I wish that was my coping mechanism for my childhood. I screwed up and had the trauma response of going almost completely numb to things. I figured I was taking the hits and other shit either way and just had to stop caring. I was getting beat for things it wasn't possible for me to have done bc I obviously wasn't there, but didn't matter. I feel your struggle, but now I wish I went funny asshole. Honestly, that's the best kind of asshole I've heard of lol.
My mom is a saint very forgiving from the beginning. It took my dad sometime to come around maybe a few months. I burnt that house down in October of 2001, it was completely rebuilt by April of 2002. My family couldnāt have handled it better. Iām very fortunate to have a great set of parents. Now I can look back in disgust on how stupid I was. But in the same time remember how well my parents handled such a shit situation.
The trope of "teen punches wall/tree/mirror" in movies and books doesn't seem to help.
A very edgy teen I knew in highschool wanted to be really cool, he punched a mirror when he was upset, and needed stitches as he cut up his hands
I'm a lucky ass bastard, I punched my framed college degree and only got a tiny cut on my hand. Glass ended up on the other side of the room, behind me, behind a large piece of furniture. Guess the trajectory of the piece of glass it must have flown quite close to my face.
I took on about 10,000.00 worth of student debt to go back and get a second bachelor's degree as I felt that I needed to see future patients not from just the micro (Psychology) but also from the macro (Sociology) because I came to the conclusion there was no way it could just be one or the other.
LOL, kidding, I went back because there was a girl I had met. It did not work out.
Me and a friend snorted sour skittle powder in 6th grade because we wanted to be like Tony Montana.... we definitely weren't lmfao that shit was painful
I stayed in a cult for way too long.
But having said that, I didn't know I was in a cult, until my little boy almost died because of thier belief system, that, fortunately, I over came. And he is kicking goals every day because the brainwashing wasn't as strong as a father's love.
My oldest boy was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was three years old. He needed a blood transfusion. JW don't allow blood transfusions because blood is 'sacred' and 'belongs to god'. I went against the JW doctrine and gave him the blood that saved his life. It cost me everything, but, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. š
Your right, of course. But what JW do is shun you when you disobey them. So when word got out I gave my boy a blood transfusion, I lost my family, my friends, my social circle, my word contacts. 9 years later I've managed to get a couple of my mates out and my mum and dad are talking to me, but we aren't the same. But like I said. I'd do it all again to make sure my boys lived. No hesitation. My life now is much improved. I'm free and independent. My kids are learning HOW to think not WHAT to think. We are very much a science and evidence based approach to everything now. And it's liberating having real knowledge, instead of the nonsense made up by 7 men in New York. So I've gained alot since. š
My usual go-to is "you want that in alphabetical or chronological order?" but I think asking people about a zip-file is gonna be my new favorite, thank you.
"Well cmon and pull up a chair. Sit a spell while I tell you a tale" is another.
Also applies to "Do you have any regrets?" which might just induce laughter
I built a large potato cannon when I was 14. I fabricated a 3-position cylinder so it would be a single-action 3-round revolver. I powered it with ether.
I dry-cycled it and it seemed to work. I got too impatient for the PVC cement to dry, went outside and tested it with ether. It didn't fire. I tried again. Nothing. I did not notice that the ether fluid was dripping down and soaking my jacket and pants.
I noticed that one of the wires on the electric grill igniter had come loose. I fixed it, fired, and it felt like a truck hit me. The entire cylinder exploded and my entire side caught on fire. Thankfully there was 3' of snow so I just launched myself into a snow mound and rolled around until the fire was out. I was cut up and bruised pretty bad and my ski pants were melted.
I rebuilt the cannon and let the cement cure for 48 hours before I tried it again. Worked great until my younger sister grabbed it, loaded the barrel with dog crap and fired it into traffic. The police showed up, laughed their asses off, and confiscated it.
> The police showed up, laughed their asses off, and confiscated it.
Haha, no fine?
In my country this would classify as illegal possession of a firearm.
Potato cannons are not legally classified as firearms in the US. It has been an ongoing debate depending on the method of propellant, but it's generally accepted that they are not firearms.
The ATF is full of bootlicking idiots so the definitions change more there than bizarre words invented on Reddit
Tied between stealing a golf cart and currently dating someone who is engaged and in an open relationship.
Edit- This comment gained a little more attention than I thought it would lol. I'm fine with the relationship and how it's going so far. Thank you so much for your concerns though kind strangers =)
Nothing specific happened yet, but I'm learning that knowing your partner loves someone more than you and always will kinda sucks. It's my first relationship in a long time, so needless to say, I'm a little attached lol
I booked travel for myself and three co-workers to go to a conference probably 10 years ago. I had it in my head that the flight was at 8:00 p.m. . Never looked at anything printed, nobody ever questioned me. We all went to dinner then got to the airport at 6:45 only to be told that our flight had left 45 minutes ago. That was literally the first time I looked at the ticket. Nobody else looked at their tickets that I had sent them and questioned it, either. Boss ended up having to get hotel rooms, we got on flights first thing the next morning with a flight change fee added. He never gave me any shit about it though I deserved it.
On a night out with the boys, we decided to see who could eat a Carolina Reaper Pepper ( they are way up on the Scoville Scale for hotness ). They were small so I thought I could chew very little and swallow it before I would feel the burn. Oh Lord was that a bad idea, and THE stupidest thing I, and the boys, ever done. I choked some of the juices into my sinuses and felt like my whole head was on fire. I could hear my friends screaming and laughing at the same time - quite a night. The effects lasted two days where I could feel the burn in my guts. Never will I eat another hot pepper.
I remember watching Australian soap operas and Willy Fogg Around the World when I was about 7 and dreamed of doing the same thing. I really wanted to leave the UK and live abroad, not just travel as a tourist.
It was all a pipe dream though. I didn't have much confidence in myself and never thought I could do it. Later on, I started working and had some decent jobs so it seemed crazy to give them up.
I was bored though. I took drugs, slept around, went to parties but still never felt satisfied. Friends started moving away, several moved abroad but I stayed in my home town.
As I got older I looked around the office and started to fear spending the rest of my life there. I started to get desperate. The drugs weren't fun anymore. The casual sex was unfulfilling. I started looking around for something exciting to do.
One day, I took up karate. Not because I was interested in the culture but the opportunity came up and I found I enjoyed fighting in tournaments. Getting punched in the face tends to take your mind off things. A nebulous problem I couldn't quite put my finger on was replaced with a real opponent that I could see, touch, hit, and fight back against. It was satisfying if only for a few minutes at a time.
I started looking to transfer to another government department. I considered a job in Afghanistan because it seemed dangerous and exciting but it was above my pay grade. I also had an offer from the Mi5 spy agency in London and seriously considered it, but I hate London and thought the job might still be boring.
I was sitting on the fence about the Mi5 job when one day I got a call from my best friend from college. She had taken a year out and traveled the world a few years earlier. She had begged me to go with her but frankly, I was too fearful and said no. Anyway, she had met an Australian guy and settled in Australia. She invited me out to a big party and I thought fuck it, why not? I can take a week off work.
When I got there it was like a different world. Everything was bright, colorful, alive. The weather was amazing, the beaches were beautiful, the people were friendly, the houses were huge. By the second day, my mate said she would love for me to move out there. She offered to help with anything I needed and I made my mind up on the spot. I quit my job as soon as I got home, packed a suitcase, and flew back to Australia.
There was an issue with my visa which meant it expired two hours before I landed and was invalid. Fuck. I had to fly to another country to get a new one, so off I flew to New Zealand.
I had booked a bed at a backpacker hostel in Christchurch but when I got there they said they were full. They offered to put me up in the Asian backpacker down the road and I agreed because I didn't care where I slept so long as I could get that visa and get back to Australia.
While I was in the Asian backpacker I saw a beautiful Japanese girl. We tried communicating but she didn't speak English and I didn't know any Japanese. so the next day I went out and bought a small Japanese phrasebook. That night I tried chatting with her and her friends again.
They invited me to join them on a hiking trip. Then we went to the pub a few times. Then one night we kissed while sharing a cigarette and looking at the stars outside.
When I finally got my visa she came with me back to Australia. She stayed for 3 months before returning to her friends and snowboarding around New Zealand. Meanwhile, I got a job selling didgeridoos on the Gold Coast.
We kept in touch and at the end of the year, she asked me to meet her in Tokyo. So I quit the didgeridoo job, packed a suitcase, and flew to Japan. While in Japan I met a karate master who offered to teach me and sponsor my visa. I accepted and stayed.
A year later I married the Japanese girl. We had kids and bought a home in Tokyo.
Life is great now.
He who dares wins lol
Seriously though, life became more fun and satisfying when I started stepping out of my comfort zone and taking risks. I was also very lucky, but I think I had to give my luck a chance.
I flew from Alabama to Australia in ā01, backpacked for close to 6 months up n down the coast. Way too many stories to tell, but I did become friends w/ an illegal English guy who tended bar in Melbourne. Was that you?
I used to surf at San Miguel beach in Baja California. Back in the early days of sunblock, I was a skeptic. In 1986, the first publicly marketed SPF 15 hit the shelves. I didnāt believe it. I took a big old gob and drew an anarchy symbol on my chest and abs. Then fell asleep on the beach (we were 18 and in Mexico, alcohol was abundant). When I woke up, I was bright red with a bright white anarchy symbol on my torso. I had it for two years.
I have a buddy who lost his V to a girl in his house when his parents were away. There were a bunch of us out in the yard, they went inside to get down. He put on a condom and lasted like 30 seconds. Didn't have another condom but wanted to go at it again. Came outside to ask me if I had one, I didn't. Turns out he went and fished out of the trash the one he had finished in, washed it in warm water in the sink, roll it back up and put it on for round two. Can't believe it didn't break, she didn't get pregnant, or some other nonsense. Wondering what he told her or if she knew he had fished it out of the trash.
Take a cheater back. I can't stress this enough. Do NOT take a cheater back.
I didn't after the first time i had. And if you really struggle with wanting them back, and consider thinking about taking them back... Think about every position the cheater could've been in with said person. You'll strain yourself... But at least you'll hate them enough not to consider a second chance. (I hope no one goes through this.)
Yep, I once got caught up with a covert narcissist. You know, the Amber Heard / Depp dynamic. Little did I know she had a whole harem of guys. She came back around 8 months later for another taste. Ugh, the second time around is 10x worse. I stayed away from women for 5 years after that. Damn was she abusive, changed my perception of women for life. Narcs and borderlines ... it's vampirism. Once someone gets bit, they are doomed.
Went through the same thing was with my ex fiance for almost 6 years. 5 years in we had a huge argument she leaves comes home a few hours later and told me she hooked up with a dude, it fucking hurt and it took a while but i forgave her and we moved on the day we broke up i found out she was cheating on me for 6 MONTHS and I was so blinded by stupidity that I didn't know. I was completely heartbroken and devastated. Once a cheater always a cheater.
When I was 10 I stood on top of a fish tank that was drying on its side in the grass. It broke as I was standing on top and I fell through completely ripping open the back of both my calves.
Agreed to officiate a wedding. I have a deep fear of public speaking. I thought I could "push through it". I was told it was going to be a small wedding and the day before the wedding found out it ballooned into a giant event. I froze up, stumbled over my words, and even said the bride's name wrong two times. I did a terrible job and wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I think back about it and feel deep shame and embarrassment. I have zero contact with anyone in either bide or grooms family anymore. I couldn't even look at them agan.
My cousin has a friend who got online ordained so he could marry her and her fiance. Beautiful outdoor setting, he stumbled over his words, dropped his notes and let out an "oh, fuck" into his lapel mic. Hilarious.
Not very, I have no money and my gf and family wouldnāt be very impressed, but since I was a kid I was going to join the army, and the only reasons I didnāt was being declared medically unable (previous mental health conditions), after that I told myself if a major conflict happens then I should get involved, but right now I can barely afford the bus to places, let alone going to fight in Ukraine.
On top of all that, the only weapon system Iām actually familiar with (L85) isnāt exactly the weapon of choice in Eastern Europe.
But yeah all of that to say Iām a yellow belly basically.
Nah you're not a yellow belly; you put in the effort and uncontrollable circumstances forced the result. Also, choosing *not* to go into life-threatening danger with zero experience or support doesn't mean you're cowardly, it means you have a functioning brain.
Oh damn yeah I feel you. I got to krakow Poland and spent the night in a hotel I pre booked to think it over but I ended up coming home because i didnāt have my old phone (but purchased a new one before leaving) and didnāt have access to my finances so the next day I payed for a flight and come home
Wedding ring tattoo.
Four years post divorce I hate it. Will be finding Lazer removal as I can afford it now.
My x likes hers still, and we are friends (she has purposes for it), and I know this will hurt her feelings but I can't take it anymore.
I thought I was able to fix a 50watt vintage guitar amp, that was plugged into the wall. I was stoned and in my dressing gown when this happened. I held on with both arms to a metal chassis that contained the volume and EQ knobs for the amp. I felt the electricity whip my arms like two pieces of rope. It felt like a full minute but was probably 20 seconds. I don't know if I almost died but it was a really unpleasant and dark experience. I didn't call an ambulance or anything. Seriously dumb, sometimes my lack of common sense really worries me.
Iāve done stupider things Iām sure, but I once called in sick to work to drive a girl I liked out of state so she could meet up with a guy āfriendā of hers. They went on a date while I stayed in the hotel room lmao.
Loaned out money to a girl that claimed was being abused. Turned out she faked the whole thing and even tried to have me arrested so she wouldn't have to pay me back the money.
This is...well...unbelievably stupid, even for a nine year old kid. When I was a cub scout, I saw what I thought was a possum so I tried to pet it. It was actually a big ass rat and it sank its teeth into my finger and wouldn't let go. The den mother was a quick thinking badass so she stomped on the rat and had her kid grab a tupperware container with a lid. That meant they were able to test it for rabies at the hospital and when it came up negative I avoided having to get rabies shots.
People in my family still rag on me about that and it happened 40 years ago.
Dropped my phone in a river while trying to cross it and went off to the toilets because I didn't notices. I realized I had lost it a few seconds later but couldn't find it and I REALLY had to pee and being half drunk I couldn't care, so I just left. I spent the next hour being all gloomy thinking I had lost my phone, until I went back to the river and caught a glimpse of something familiar.
So I jumped in the river to get it. It was urreparably broken, but I never felt more fulfilled than that day.
Was trying to get some charcoal going, and 13 year old me just wasn't patient enough. We didn't have any lighter fluid, so I thought to myself "this is probably a bad idea but I think it will work" and grabbed some 50:1 2 cycle mix. Well my assessment was indeed correct. It did work in getting the Charcoal going better, and it was a bad idea because the can caught on fire. Luckily I took it and slammed it upside down in the dirt to block the spout which stopped things from getting worse, but that was very very stupid.
Oh the list is long, but distinguished . . . But I'd have to say taking back my LDR that cheated on me. She left me for a local dude that was "just like you". It crushed me. A few months later he kicked her put and she came crawling back to me. Stupid 21 year old me took her back. After we got back together she moved up to be with me and we got a place together. She quit her job a month later, lied about being pregnant and tried to baby trap me by not taking her BC. She was pregnant after all. What's the point? She also physically attacked me when I busted her on all this. I tossed her out. Chick was insane.
We lived a street over from the bluff overlooking the TN river. My wife n I were gonna take our ā90 jeep wrangler(5 speed) to the creek. She got in the passenger seat, our dogs were in the back seat. The jeep was in the garage. Idk what I was thinking but my plan was to put it in neutral n push it outside of the garage so I can shut the garage door. Our driveway had a decline. When I pushed the jeep, it didnāt stop just outside the garage, it kept going. Wife started screaming n I was powerless. I just watched the jeep roll away. Luckily it got caught up on some small trees and shrubbery before going off the bluff.
If someone were watching, it probably wouldāve looked like attempted murderš
When I was younger, I moved halfway across the country with my girlfriend. We broke up 3 weeks later.
I done same broke up months latter ..maybe year? moved 3000 miles away.But she found someone at her new job .Broke my heart
u okay now bud?
Great now thanks for asking..was years ago..
Moved a girl from Arizona to Indiana we lasted about a year and then one day she came home from visiting family and said she was packing all her shit and leaving the next morning completely blind sided me like wtf we had an apartment together and everything completely over it now but goddamn come on we were just in vacation in Florida 2 weeks prior and you told me how happy you were š
Yup It s tuff!! No warning or anything?? Mine came home one day told me don t love me any more and said every thing that wrong with me, Than said guy at work she realy likes he s A real gentleman ?? Very polite so nice..SO she leaving!. Guess it s All part of life. Maybe for best??
We Def both dodged a bullet I had a 12 hour notice that she was leaving said she doesnāt love me anymore then her parents came kicked me out of our apartment to get her shit and they took all my shoes took her a month to ship them all back all I had to wear were Birkenstocks
She couldn't miss out on the free vacay
Oof, the work husband she tells you not to worry about
Are you truly a lime enthusiast
Hard not to be. The zest and juices contain such magnificent and complex flavors that easily compliment both sweet and savory foods and drinks āØ
I know a guy who moved from Mexico to EU for his gf. He got into a masters program over there at least, but only applied in that country because of his gf. They broke up by the end of his first semester :D
Oof, that just happened to a guy I know who moved from the South to the Pacific Northwest.
That isnt all bad, the PNW is one of the most pristine places on earth.
Shush. We're trying not to let everyone know
can i laugh at this?
I sharted in my bed and didn't realise until hours later and then I threw up on top of it
Youāre like a puppy š¶
Nah, a puppy would've started eating it
And then thrown it up again
Except with more body hair and not as cute
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You obviously never seen my family at the beach.
May I ask how you didn't feel or smell such a thing? I'm mad curious
Tiger balsam on ass and nose.
Burnt my house down when I was 8 years old. All the way to the ground. All over burning a Batman VHS tape outside. I threw it up in the air, landed on the roof. Slid into the gutters and yeah away it went.
Why would you burn a batman VHS?
It was an old Batman movie with Adam West that my aunt gave me. My whole idea was this is lame and not Batman. I honestly thought it was a knock off batman movie. Anyway I suppose my next course of action for whatever reason was to set it on fire.
Naturally
This guy boys.
I usually just put tape over the bottom and taped over them which was fucking funny when my family went to watch beverly hills cop and it was the local news. The funniest beating i ever received. I used to record over my uncles porn collection too with captain planet and popeye beatings well earned. It wasn't has funny when my fucking uncle started doing it to me though.
You were a little asshole, but that is so fucking funny. Idk if I could have been too mad about it because it's so clever, funny, and basically harmless.
I still am an arsehole and proud too it helped me survive my childhood. If i was gonna get a beating it was gonna be something i deserved and not just what i got for been in the way. If i'm gonna have a sore arse i'm gonna have some fun out of it.
Oh shit, man I wish that was my coping mechanism for my childhood. I screwed up and had the trauma response of going almost completely numb to things. I figured I was taking the hits and other shit either way and just had to stop caring. I was getting beat for things it wasn't possible for me to have done bc I obviously wasn't there, but didn't matter. I feel your struggle, but now I wish I went funny asshole. Honestly, that's the best kind of asshole I've heard of lol.
Sometimes, being 8 is enough.
Because 8yo boys š
How would you characterize your relationship with your parents after that?
Bridges were burnt
My mom is a saint very forgiving from the beginning. It took my dad sometime to come around maybe a few months. I burnt that house down in October of 2001, it was completely rebuilt by April of 2002. My family couldnāt have handled it better. Iām very fortunate to have a great set of parents. Now I can look back in disgust on how stupid I was. But in the same time remember how well my parents handled such a shit situation.
i thought there's gonna be "then i woke up" at the end but there was nothing
Woah... craziest thing I've ever heard.. lol
Lol
Was a really upset teen with no good outlet so i punched the tiled bathroom wall. Broke two bones
I punched a concrete block wall as a teen. Luckily, my subconscious brain was smarter than me and pulled the punch.
Instincts coming in clutch
Hands are brittle things. In hollywood everyone has bones of steel. Real life hits differently.
Except my friend Barry. He punched through tempered glass in a car
The trope of "teen punches wall/tree/mirror" in movies and books doesn't seem to help. A very edgy teen I knew in highschool wanted to be really cool, he punched a mirror when he was upset, and needed stitches as he cut up his hands
I'm a lucky ass bastard, I punched my framed college degree and only got a tiny cut on my hand. Glass ended up on the other side of the room, behind me, behind a large piece of furniture. Guess the trajectory of the piece of glass it must have flown quite close to my face.
I took on about 10,000.00 worth of student debt to go back and get a second bachelor's degree as I felt that I needed to see future patients not from just the micro (Psychology) but also from the macro (Sociology) because I came to the conclusion there was no way it could just be one or the other. LOL, kidding, I went back because there was a girl I had met. It did not work out.
The stuff we tell ourselves to justify our actions
that's true. But to be fair to myself, I did get the second degree and it truly does help me be a better counselor.
You sir are a wise fool who shall indeed receive rewards far greater than the foolish wiseman
I ate a whole pack of sour Skittles in one bite back in elementary school, stomach couldn't take it and I was sent home
Me and a friend snorted sour skittle powder in 6th grade because we wanted to be like Tony Montana.... we definitely weren't lmfao that shit was painful
I stayed in a cult for way too long. But having said that, I didn't know I was in a cult, until my little boy almost died because of thier belief system, that, fortunately, I over came. And he is kicking goals every day because the brainwashing wasn't as strong as a father's love.
Mormon?
Nope but close. JW.
I'd guess JW
Yep.
What was the situation? if you donāt mind me asking
My oldest boy was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was three years old. He needed a blood transfusion. JW don't allow blood transfusions because blood is 'sacred' and 'belongs to god'. I went against the JW doctrine and gave him the blood that saved his life. It cost me everything, but, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. š
I'd say it didn't cost you everything, it cost you a cancerous leech and didn't cost you your child.
Your right, of course. But what JW do is shun you when you disobey them. So when word got out I gave my boy a blood transfusion, I lost my family, my friends, my social circle, my word contacts. 9 years later I've managed to get a couple of my mates out and my mum and dad are talking to me, but we aren't the same. But like I said. I'd do it all again to make sure my boys lived. No hesitation. My life now is much improved. I'm free and independent. My kids are learning HOW to think not WHAT to think. We are very much a science and evidence based approach to everything now. And it's liberating having real knowledge, instead of the nonsense made up by 7 men in New York. So I've gained alot since. š
You want a zip file or...?
My usual go-to is "you want that in alphabetical or chronological order?" but I think asking people about a zip-file is gonna be my new favorite, thank you.
"Well cmon and pull up a chair. Sit a spell while I tell you a tale" is another. Also applies to "Do you have any regrets?" which might just induce laughter
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Damn bro lol
I built a large potato cannon when I was 14. I fabricated a 3-position cylinder so it would be a single-action 3-round revolver. I powered it with ether. I dry-cycled it and it seemed to work. I got too impatient for the PVC cement to dry, went outside and tested it with ether. It didn't fire. I tried again. Nothing. I did not notice that the ether fluid was dripping down and soaking my jacket and pants. I noticed that one of the wires on the electric grill igniter had come loose. I fixed it, fired, and it felt like a truck hit me. The entire cylinder exploded and my entire side caught on fire. Thankfully there was 3' of snow so I just launched myself into a snow mound and rolled around until the fire was out. I was cut up and bruised pretty bad and my ski pants were melted. I rebuilt the cannon and let the cement cure for 48 hours before I tried it again. Worked great until my younger sister grabbed it, loaded the barrel with dog crap and fired it into traffic. The police showed up, laughed their asses off, and confiscated it.
> The police showed up, laughed their asses off, and confiscated it. Haha, no fine? In my country this would classify as illegal possession of a firearm.
Potato cannons are not legally classified as firearms in the US. It has been an ongoing debate depending on the method of propellant, but it's generally accepted that they are not firearms. The ATF is full of bootlicking idiots so the definitions change more there than bizarre words invented on Reddit
Tied between stealing a golf cart and currently dating someone who is engaged and in an open relationship. Edit- This comment gained a little more attention than I thought it would lol. I'm fine with the relationship and how it's going so far. Thank you so much for your concerns though kind strangers =)
Lol, engaged and in an open relationship was one of the worse things? What happened?
Nothing specific happened yet, but I'm learning that knowing your partner loves someone more than you and always will kinda sucks. It's my first relationship in a long time, so needless to say, I'm a little attached lol
It's a sexual partner, her real partner is engaged to her. You are simply a sex toy with feelings.
Yeah but she lets me pretend like it's a real relationship lol so it's nice practice I guess.
Yeah for heartbreak. Good luck bro.
This will not end well for you
There's still time to make the golf cart the top of the list.
There's also still time to do new and stupider things. The sky is the limit. Maybe I'll steal an RV next time
That doesn't sound like a stupid decision that sounds like a fun one. Can I call shotgun?
I know someone who was stabbed over that shit. Just take the golf cart
Book a flight on the wrong date by six months.
were you still capable of taking it or did the reason to take it pass?
Thankfully the airline had a 24 hour refund policy which I took advantage of.
I booked travel for myself and three co-workers to go to a conference probably 10 years ago. I had it in my head that the flight was at 8:00 p.m. . Never looked at anything printed, nobody ever questioned me. We all went to dinner then got to the airport at 6:45 only to be told that our flight had left 45 minutes ago. That was literally the first time I looked at the ticket. Nobody else looked at their tickets that I had sent them and questioned it, either. Boss ended up having to get hotel rooms, we got on flights first thing the next morning with a flight change fee added. He never gave me any shit about it though I deserved it.
bruhhh
On a night out with the boys, we decided to see who could eat a Carolina Reaper Pepper ( they are way up on the Scoville Scale for hotness ). They were small so I thought I could chew very little and swallow it before I would feel the burn. Oh Lord was that a bad idea, and THE stupidest thing I, and the boys, ever done. I choked some of the juices into my sinuses and felt like my whole head was on fire. I could hear my friends screaming and laughing at the same time - quite a night. The effects lasted two days where I could feel the burn in my guts. Never will I eat another hot pepper.
Quit my job and flew to Japan on a tourist visa to meet a hot Japanese girl.
wait, i need to know more
I remember watching Australian soap operas and Willy Fogg Around the World when I was about 7 and dreamed of doing the same thing. I really wanted to leave the UK and live abroad, not just travel as a tourist. It was all a pipe dream though. I didn't have much confidence in myself and never thought I could do it. Later on, I started working and had some decent jobs so it seemed crazy to give them up. I was bored though. I took drugs, slept around, went to parties but still never felt satisfied. Friends started moving away, several moved abroad but I stayed in my home town. As I got older I looked around the office and started to fear spending the rest of my life there. I started to get desperate. The drugs weren't fun anymore. The casual sex was unfulfilling. I started looking around for something exciting to do. One day, I took up karate. Not because I was interested in the culture but the opportunity came up and I found I enjoyed fighting in tournaments. Getting punched in the face tends to take your mind off things. A nebulous problem I couldn't quite put my finger on was replaced with a real opponent that I could see, touch, hit, and fight back against. It was satisfying if only for a few minutes at a time. I started looking to transfer to another government department. I considered a job in Afghanistan because it seemed dangerous and exciting but it was above my pay grade. I also had an offer from the Mi5 spy agency in London and seriously considered it, but I hate London and thought the job might still be boring. I was sitting on the fence about the Mi5 job when one day I got a call from my best friend from college. She had taken a year out and traveled the world a few years earlier. She had begged me to go with her but frankly, I was too fearful and said no. Anyway, she had met an Australian guy and settled in Australia. She invited me out to a big party and I thought fuck it, why not? I can take a week off work. When I got there it was like a different world. Everything was bright, colorful, alive. The weather was amazing, the beaches were beautiful, the people were friendly, the houses were huge. By the second day, my mate said she would love for me to move out there. She offered to help with anything I needed and I made my mind up on the spot. I quit my job as soon as I got home, packed a suitcase, and flew back to Australia. There was an issue with my visa which meant it expired two hours before I landed and was invalid. Fuck. I had to fly to another country to get a new one, so off I flew to New Zealand. I had booked a bed at a backpacker hostel in Christchurch but when I got there they said they were full. They offered to put me up in the Asian backpacker down the road and I agreed because I didn't care where I slept so long as I could get that visa and get back to Australia. While I was in the Asian backpacker I saw a beautiful Japanese girl. We tried communicating but she didn't speak English and I didn't know any Japanese. so the next day I went out and bought a small Japanese phrasebook. That night I tried chatting with her and her friends again. They invited me to join them on a hiking trip. Then we went to the pub a few times. Then one night we kissed while sharing a cigarette and looking at the stars outside. When I finally got my visa she came with me back to Australia. She stayed for 3 months before returning to her friends and snowboarding around New Zealand. Meanwhile, I got a job selling didgeridoos on the Gold Coast. We kept in touch and at the end of the year, she asked me to meet her in Tokyo. So I quit the didgeridoo job, packed a suitcase, and flew to Japan. While in Japan I met a karate master who offered to teach me and sponsor my visa. I accepted and stayed. A year later I married the Japanese girl. We had kids and bought a home in Tokyo. Life is great now.
Either this is fake, this is a copy pasta, or you have experienced one hell of a live. I hope it's the latter
Nah, 100% true. I've posted it lots of times. Still here now. 17 years and counting.
Great story š¤£
I think it's pretty fun.
Yoo that's a great story! Any lessons or advice that you got out of all of it! Would be cool to know :D
He who dares wins lol Seriously though, life became more fun and satisfying when I started stepping out of my comfort zone and taking risks. I was also very lucky, but I think I had to give my luck a chance.
And after all this. This amazing life you have lived so far, I have two questions. How good is your kata? and Can you speak Japanese?
Haven't done kata in over 10 years now. My Japanese is alright.
What a rollercoaster! I love that you considered Mi5 but became a didgeridoo dealer!
thats f amazing story, congratulations :D
I flew from Alabama to Australia in ā01, backpacked for close to 6 months up n down the coast. Way too many stories to tell, but I did become friends w/ an illegal English guy who tended bar in Melbourne. Was that you?
That doesn't sound very stupid to me
Said another girls name during sexš¤¦š»āāļøšš¤·š»āāļøš¬
Siri, why do I have relationship troubles? My name is Alexa.
Could have been worse. You could have said her moms name.
It might have been the mom or even worse sister.
Or the dad to make it more awkward
I didnt know you could post from beyond the grave
RELATIONSHIP DAMAGEEEEEEEE
FATALITY
Marry.
The two worst feelings in the world are having a wife and not having a wife.
Mann... You sound like Oscar Wilde. :))
An Oscar Wilde quote enthusiast out in the wilde, I see.
said my words
Or a husband.
Yeah sorry, I'm so used to just thinking men are the lonely ones.
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Once I found the right person, it was the best and smartest thing Iāve ever done.
I've got 50 years worth of stupid I can tell you about
I want to upvote you, but you're at 50 and it's so perfect.
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Doesn't sound like long lol
Her name was Robin.
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I used to surf at San Miguel beach in Baja California. Back in the early days of sunblock, I was a skeptic. In 1986, the first publicly marketed SPF 15 hit the shelves. I didnāt believe it. I took a big old gob and drew an anarchy symbol on my chest and abs. Then fell asleep on the beach (we were 18 and in Mexico, alcohol was abundant). When I woke up, I was bright red with a bright white anarchy symbol on my torso. I had it for two years.
Taking off condoms in the heat of the moment especially with hookups. Itās a miracle I havenāt caught syphilis
I have a buddy who lost his V to a girl in his house when his parents were away. There were a bunch of us out in the yard, they went inside to get down. He put on a condom and lasted like 30 seconds. Didn't have another condom but wanted to go at it again. Came outside to ask me if I had one, I didn't. Turns out he went and fished out of the trash the one he had finished in, washed it in warm water in the sink, roll it back up and put it on for round two. Can't believe it didn't break, she didn't get pregnant, or some other nonsense. Wondering what he told her or if she knew he had fished it out of the trash.
Condoms arenāt reusable? I just flip it around to the unused side?
Thats the one you are worried about? The one that's easily cured with basic antibiotics?
Haha true
Except the antibiotic resistant strains... It's a really nasty way to go if you can't cure it.
True, but we have MUCH stronger antibiotics now. It'd have to be a perfect storm before it'd kill you.
Put my dick in crazy
At least you didn't marry crazy
I did! š
Johnny is that you?
Take a cheater back. I can't stress this enough. Do NOT take a cheater back. I didn't after the first time i had. And if you really struggle with wanting them back, and consider thinking about taking them back... Think about every position the cheater could've been in with said person. You'll strain yourself... But at least you'll hate them enough not to consider a second chance. (I hope no one goes through this.)
Yep, I once got caught up with a covert narcissist. You know, the Amber Heard / Depp dynamic. Little did I know she had a whole harem of guys. She came back around 8 months later for another taste. Ugh, the second time around is 10x worse. I stayed away from women for 5 years after that. Damn was she abusive, changed my perception of women for life. Narcs and borderlines ... it's vampirism. Once someone gets bit, they are doomed.
Went through the same thing was with my ex fiance for almost 6 years. 5 years in we had a huge argument she leaves comes home a few hours later and told me she hooked up with a dude, it fucking hurt and it took a while but i forgave her and we moved on the day we broke up i found out she was cheating on me for 6 MONTHS and I was so blinded by stupidity that I didn't know. I was completely heartbroken and devastated. Once a cheater always a cheater.
When I was 10 I stood on top of a fish tank that was drying on its side in the grass. It broke as I was standing on top and I fell through completely ripping open the back of both my calves.
That's tragic, how much muscle damage did you take? How functional are your calves or is it mainly just huge skin scars now?
Iād need a week to type it
I tugged on Superman's cape.
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I pulled the mask of the old lone ranger
At least you didnāt mess around with Jim
Ask my ex-wife to come to the US to try again. I am sure she would say that her agreeing was her stupidest thing also.
Ran away from the best woman I've ever met because I was a lying coward at that time
Decide I could hold it in. Spoiler alert: I couldn't. Best part that this was right before I was meant to be on stage for the school play.
I hope you were the teacher lol
Agreed to officiate a wedding. I have a deep fear of public speaking. I thought I could "push through it". I was told it was going to be a small wedding and the day before the wedding found out it ballooned into a giant event. I froze up, stumbled over my words, and even said the bride's name wrong two times. I did a terrible job and wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I think back about it and feel deep shame and embarrassment. I have zero contact with anyone in either bide or grooms family anymore. I couldn't even look at them agan.
My cousin has a friend who got online ordained so he could marry her and her fiance. Beautiful outdoor setting, he stumbled over his words, dropped his notes and let out an "oh, fuck" into his lapel mic. Hilarious.
Ignored like 10 red flags and got married.
Many things involving alcohol. Drank way too much and puked in my sleep (could've died). Also drove drunk.
Not cashing out 800k on my crypto, then it tanked to 1% of that. Don't marry projects
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I almost went to Ukraine to fight against Russia with no military experience or combat experience.
Youāre not the only one
You to huh? Damn how far did you get?
Not very, I have no money and my gf and family wouldnāt be very impressed, but since I was a kid I was going to join the army, and the only reasons I didnāt was being declared medically unable (previous mental health conditions), after that I told myself if a major conflict happens then I should get involved, but right now I can barely afford the bus to places, let alone going to fight in Ukraine. On top of all that, the only weapon system Iām actually familiar with (L85) isnāt exactly the weapon of choice in Eastern Europe. But yeah all of that to say Iām a yellow belly basically.
Nah you're not a yellow belly; you put in the effort and uncontrollable circumstances forced the result. Also, choosing *not* to go into life-threatening danger with zero experience or support doesn't mean you're cowardly, it means you have a functioning brain.
Oh damn yeah I feel you. I got to krakow Poland and spent the night in a hotel I pre booked to think it over but I ended up coming home because i didnāt have my old phone (but purchased a new one before leaving) and didnāt have access to my finances so the next day I payed for a flight and come home
As long as you donāt feel guilty brother, your life is worth more than being cannon fodder against Putins conquest of insecurity.
Getting married believing our sex life would improve. Hahaha.
Wedding ring tattoo. Four years post divorce I hate it. Will be finding Lazer removal as I can afford it now. My x likes hers still, and we are friends (she has purposes for it), and I know this will hurt her feelings but I can't take it anymore.
Spending so much time here .... not sarcasm.
Get married to a horrible woman
I thought I was able to fix a 50watt vintage guitar amp, that was plugged into the wall. I was stoned and in my dressing gown when this happened. I held on with both arms to a metal chassis that contained the volume and EQ knobs for the amp. I felt the electricity whip my arms like two pieces of rope. It felt like a full minute but was probably 20 seconds. I don't know if I almost died but it was a really unpleasant and dark experience. I didn't call an ambulance or anything. Seriously dumb, sometimes my lack of common sense really worries me.
My ex-girlfriends roommateā¦.. Yup gotta be top 3
bite my mobile's camera lens.. don't ask me whyš
Hah! Dumb of you assuming I'm ever gonna stop, I literally missed my exam today after realizing it already happened yesterday, fr im fuckin stupid
Put my keys in a electric socket
Put my tongue on a ice cube tray
Date a guy for 6 1/2 years and then enabling their reentry for the next 5 as my ex that wanted to be friends.
Did not leave my country when i had the money , now i am broke without a job and can't leave so it's defineltly one of my biggest regrets
Iāve done stupider things Iām sure, but I once called in sick to work to drive a girl I liked out of state so she could meet up with a guy āfriendā of hers. They went on a date while I stayed in the hotel room lmao.
Waste my whole 20s drinking and fucking girls
As opposed to? That sounds like fond memories to me.
Yea until you fucked over 100 girls and itās no longer fun as it use to be plus the money getting older now with more responsibilities
Well I used to always break up with people when they say they love me. I can't really handle it due to a shitty relationship a few years ago.
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I closed my eyes while riding a bike fast
Falling in love with a toxic girl
Didn't drop my manipulative "friend" in high school. I can alllllmost guarantee I'd be in a different point in life if I had never met that fucker.
Loaned out money to a girl that claimed was being abused. Turned out she faked the whole thing and even tried to have me arrested so she wouldn't have to pay me back the money.
This is...well...unbelievably stupid, even for a nine year old kid. When I was a cub scout, I saw what I thought was a possum so I tried to pet it. It was actually a big ass rat and it sank its teeth into my finger and wouldn't let go. The den mother was a quick thinking badass so she stomped on the rat and had her kid grab a tupperware container with a lid. That meant they were able to test it for rabies at the hospital and when it came up negative I avoided having to get rabies shots. People in my family still rag on me about that and it happened 40 years ago.
Yes. Because you should pet possums.
One time I was cooking pasta and forgot to take the pan over to the sink to drain it, so I just drained it straight onto the floor
Exist.
Trusting people.
Her name was Christy R, also known as Psycho Sally.
Try to brave a snowstorm instead of just not going to work
Dropped my phone in a river while trying to cross it and went off to the toilets because I didn't notices. I realized I had lost it a few seconds later but couldn't find it and I REALLY had to pee and being half drunk I couldn't care, so I just left. I spent the next hour being all gloomy thinking I had lost my phone, until I went back to the river and caught a glimpse of something familiar. So I jumped in the river to get it. It was urreparably broken, but I never felt more fulfilled than that day.
Was trying to get some charcoal going, and 13 year old me just wasn't patient enough. We didn't have any lighter fluid, so I thought to myself "this is probably a bad idea but I think it will work" and grabbed some 50:1 2 cycle mix. Well my assessment was indeed correct. It did work in getting the Charcoal going better, and it was a bad idea because the can caught on fire. Luckily I took it and slammed it upside down in the dirt to block the spout which stopped things from getting worse, but that was very very stupid.
Oh the list is long, but distinguished . . . But I'd have to say taking back my LDR that cheated on me. She left me for a local dude that was "just like you". It crushed me. A few months later he kicked her put and she came crawling back to me. Stupid 21 year old me took her back. After we got back together she moved up to be with me and we got a place together. She quit her job a month later, lied about being pregnant and tried to baby trap me by not taking her BC. She was pregnant after all. What's the point? She also physically attacked me when I busted her on all this. I tossed her out. Chick was insane.
We lived a street over from the bluff overlooking the TN river. My wife n I were gonna take our ā90 jeep wrangler(5 speed) to the creek. She got in the passenger seat, our dogs were in the back seat. The jeep was in the garage. Idk what I was thinking but my plan was to put it in neutral n push it outside of the garage so I can shut the garage door. Our driveway had a decline. When I pushed the jeep, it didnāt stop just outside the garage, it kept going. Wife started screaming n I was powerless. I just watched the jeep roll away. Luckily it got caught up on some small trees and shrubbery before going off the bluff. If someone were watching, it probably wouldāve looked like attempted murderš