#1 Karma, The Non-Reddit Kind
#2 My Submission For Dumbest Way To Injure Yourself
#3 Have Cats They Said, It’ll Be Fun They Said (No Cats Were Harmed And No Plants Were Seriously Injured)
Truly, it seems luck wasn’t on these people’s side. Whatever you want to call it—getting the short end of the stick, waking up on the wrong side of the bed, having a dark cloud hanging over your head—these folks managed to experience it all in one go. After everything they went through, the universe really does owe them a good day.
#5 Came Home Late From Work, Drop My Open Sandwhich In The Parking Lot
Luck, in general, is a fascinating concept. It seems to be something that every culture, across every corner of the world, has some kind of relationship with. We have lucky charms, lucky numbers, lucky days. Some people even believe that luck is simply a trait, something certain people are just born with more of.
#7 I've Heard Of "Painting Yourself Into A Corner" But My Wife Took It A Step Further. I Don't Even Know
#8 Came Home To A Car In My Pool
Driver was a man in maybe his 30s-ish?
There are apartments across the alley. We think he was parked in front of the apartments, and then tried to peel out, but backed up way too hard and way too fast.
The pool is being drained. It’s full of glass and car chemicals so I assume it will need to be professionally cleaned.
The tow truck driver went on top of the car and had to break the side windows to hook up the cables through the sunroof and side windows. The pool is COLD. I made him some tea.
The driver was able to climb out the sunroof before it fully went under.
I really don’t know any specifics as to why/how this happened. Doesn’t sound like any drugs or alcohol were involved but really, only the cops know.
Car went in around 9:30pm, the whole process of towing it out went until about 3:30am.
#9 Yesterday My Pen Exploded In My Dryer. Today, This When I Get Home After Another 13 Hour Work Day
We also have no shortage of superstitions to keep bad luck at bay. Knocking on wood is one of the most well-known, but some cultures take it even further. In China, for example, the number 4 is considered so unlucky that many buildings skip the fourth floor entirely, labelling it 3A instead.
On the flip side, the number 8 is considered deeply fortunate—so much so that eighth-floor apartments in China have been known to fetch a noticeably higher price on the market.
#10 Got Home From Work Today
#11 At A Family Birthday Party, I Thought I Would Do The Fatherly Thing And Play A Little Soccer With My Daughter
As comforting as it is to believe in some cosmic force called luck, scientists tend to see it differently. “Luck is a really interesting aspect of risk and chance,” Cambridge University psychologist Dr Mike Aitken told the BBC.
“We can all remember days when good things happened to us, and days when less-good things happened, and we attribute the difference to a lucky day and an unlucky day. You could argue that luck exists in that sense.”
Where it gets more complicated is when people believe luck can actually influence outcomes. “That’s a much harder belief to justify, because there’s no way the day you buy your lottery ticket can influence the likelihood that you’re going to win,” said Aitken.
#14 Mowing The Lawn For The First Time This Season And The Mower Picked Up A Rock And Shot It Through My Front Door
#15 Found At 7am Monday Morning
But what about those people who just seem to have all the luck? We all know at least one—someone for whom everything appears to work out almost effortlessly, no matter the circumstances. How does science even begin to explain that kind of magic?
As it turns out, there may actually be a practical reason behind their good fortune, and it’s one you can apply to your own life too.
#16 My Mom Forgot That She Was Making Syrup. She Left It At Medium Heat For 2 Hours
#18 I Just Spent Over An Hour In Traffic On My Way To Work. Only Then I Looked Down
Richard Wiseman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, has spent decades studying what separates lucky people from unlucky ones. According to his research, lucky people tend to follow four key principles.
The first is maximising chance opportunities. Lucky people are naturally skilled at creating and noticing opportunities, whether through networking, staying open to new experiences, or simply approaching life with a more relaxed attitude.
As the saying goes, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”—and this principle is pretty much exactly that.
