Some people like to believe that there is balance in the universe. If you wrong others, you should face consequences for that. Interestingly, people have a tendency to wish good karma upon themselves and not upon others.
A 2025 study, published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, found that karma is good when it affects our lives, and bad when it happens to others. In the experiment, 69% of the participants wrote about their positive karmic experiences, and only 18% described good karma that happened to someone else.
This time, Bored Panda is focusing on both. We're bringing you stories about both positive and negative karma. We scoured Quora and several subreddits for the juiciest, most interesting experiences that people have had and present them here for your enjoyment!
#61
Friend slapped a friend and instantly slipped on a patch of ice 0.01 seconds later.
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15points
#62
Not me, but my SIL who was a SSV at my location was on window while I was on bar.
Apparently the man at the window had a meltdown because we wouldn't just *take* his card and put it in the chip reader. He shoved his card so hard into the card reader that he snapped it in half.
Apparently the man at the window had a meltdown because we wouldn't just *take* his card and put it in the chip reader. He shoved his card so hard into the card reader that he snapped it in half.
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14points
#63
I was with a narcissistic serial cheater for 15 years. I had self esteem issues and started abusing substances after our daughter was born that first year. It was hell and we went through some big life changes losing a house and cars. He had a “business” that never made enough money so I supported us working 50-100 hours a week at up to 2 jobs, and when his neglect of the kids became apparent I started seeing all the red flags I had ignored for so long. I was never enough but wasn’t strong enough to leave... until I was when I caught him through his own lies. Our oldest now hates him and wants nothing to do with him , I got clean, got a great job, met an amazing man after learning to be happy with myself, and we’ve been married and have a little one now. The ex had a baby with AP and she kicked him out, he met someone with a stronger personality than his own and they got married. The best thing: he’s not my problem anymore!! And they’re in marriage counseling because they butt heads and he doesn’t work. Difficult to summarize the last 19 years in a paragraph so I hope it makes enough sense!
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11points
#64
My second day at starbucks this lady tried to throw her pike at me through the window (at 530am) and it didn’t reach enough so it just splashed back and fell.
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7points
#65
I ordered Chinese food and it was delivered by someone I knew and wound up disliking in undergrad for bad friend-group reasons.
Granted later I had to work retail for a bit. But at the time...
Granted later I had to work retail for a bit. But at the time...
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-13points
