Many years ago, the great Dutch philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote his famous treatise called "The Praise of Stupidity". A lot of time has passed since then, and people continue to do incredibly stupid things and, moreover, willingly talk about how they did them, and how they felt doing them.
On the other hand, if a person realizes that what they once did was really stupid, this means at least they have realized their own mistake and will try not to make it in the future. Well, or at least they will do new silly things... But then, many years later, there will be something to remember and tell friends and relatives about!
There is an incredible thread in the AskReddit community whose topic starter asked just one question many years ago: "What is the stupidest thing you've done?" The result was around 17.2K upvotes, over 16.3K different comments - and such deposits of human stupidity of various levels that Erasmus of Rotterdam, if he had read this thread, would have continued his treatise in at least three more new books.
But the great philosopher died in 1536, and we at Bored Panda are here, alive and well, and have collected for you a selection of the best comments from this epic thread. So now feel free to scroll to the very end, enjoy these amazing examples of stupid deeds - and please solemnly swear not to do them like the authors!
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#21 Smashing One's Nose In An Attempt To Seduce A Boyfriend
After a night of drinking, we went back to my then-boyfriend's place to chill. He turned on the tv, but I had other ideas. I pulled the rolling chair away from his computer desk, placing myself between him & the tv. I turned the chair backward threw my leg over in what I thought was going to be a seductive manner, whipping my hair a little. Ended up putting my foot down on the edge of the wheelie part on the other side, rolled my ankle, and my momentum carried me all the way over to the floor. I hit the ground, the chair back smashed my face, and my nose started bleeding. Not my brightest moment.
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113points
#22 Searching For A Backpack, Eventually Realizing It Was On Their Back
Missed the school bus and potential rides to school one morning because I couldn't find my backpack, eventually realized it was on my back.
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112points
#23 Not Recalling Right And Left Off The Top Of One's Head
I like to think I am not stupid, but I have one memory gap that leads people to believe I am dumb as soup.
I cant f*****g recall right and left off the top of my head!
It is so f*****g frustrating!
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110points
#24 Mishearing One's Friend In A Very Stupid Way
Last weekend my friend asked for a ride across town since he left his phone at a bar the previous night. Somehow I heard "car" instead of "phone" so dropped him off and drove home. I don't answer calls while I'm driving since I'm a bad driver too, so didn't realize I missed three of his calls til I got home. I'm sure there's others but my memories going pretty fast as well.
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109points
#25 Mistakenly Thinking That That "Eth" Is A Letter
In a spelling bee I spelled the word python:
"pee" "why" "eth" "oh" "en"
I was quickly reminded that "eth" is not a letter, though to this day I think that maybe it should be.
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103points
#26 Trying To Catch A Falling Phone With One Finger
I asked my wife who was upstairs to drop my phone down to me. As it was falling I thought it would be cool to catch a phone with one finger. It wasn't.
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99points
#27 Constantly Thinking "I Can Probably Make This Jump"
"I can probably make this jump". Every. Single. Time.
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95points
#28 Offending One's Girlfriend With Some Misplaced Wit
When my girlfriend asked why I am always late when going to her place, my response was "Im only late for things that aren't important".
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94points
#29 Wrongly Turning To Two One-Way Streets In Sequence
I turned left onto a one way street (where I should've went right), not SO bad until I panicked and then did U-Turn around the median onto yet another one way street... still going the wrong way.
Enter my first (and only) car accident.
Enter my first (and only) car accident.
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81points
#30 Drilling Into The Side Of One's Thigh With A 10mm Drill Bit While Drilling Holes In A Flower Pot
I drilled into the side of my thigh with a 10mm drill bit while drilling holes through the bottom of one of my girlfriends flower pots.
Edit: This was just a few seconds after it happened before it started bleeding. The bruising is from my skin wrapping around the drill and pulling away from my flesh.
http://i.imgur.com/0FlQCAV.jpg
Edit: This was just a few seconds after it happened before it started bleeding. The bruising is from my skin wrapping around the drill and pulling away from my flesh.
http://i.imgur.com/0FlQCAV.jpg
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77points
