Luck is one hell of a tough nut to crack. You never have enough of it, and when you do, it always betrays you at the most crucial point. So when Jimmy Fallon announced his hashtag challenge, everyone felt it hitting a teeny tiny bit too close to the bone.
“It’s Hashtags time! Share a funny or weird story about a time you had bad luck and tag it with #MyBadLuck,” Fallon tweeted, stirring an avalanche of painfully funny and all too real responses. Scroll down below for some very relatable moments of luck turning its back on people that show how we are all no strangers to it.
After you’re done reading this post, be sure to check out some more funny responses to Fallon’s challenges #MyWeirdRoommate, #WeddingFail and #WhyImSingle.
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“We’ve all been in those situations where we have a run of seemingly bad luck,” Lynn How, the author of “Positive Young Minds” who specializes in supporting parents, teachers, and children navigating through mental health issues, told Bored Panda. “We question what on earth we have done to deserve this?”
Lynn said that when you are in the middle of this misery, it is a challenge to see your way out. “With situations like these, the phrase, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, does hold some weight, there are lessons to be learnt about yourself from a bad situation and you need the shadow to appreciate the light.”
Moreover, “often you don’t appreciate these lessons when you are in the thick of it and it is only in hindsight that you can spot them. You may notice yourself emerge as a stronger person. It is useful to remember this to help get you through and also that any situation is temporary.”
However, Lynn reminds that if your situation is particularly difficult, reaching out for support will help you through. “Don’t suffer on your own,” she said.
When asked whether things we see and read online can have a negative effect on our mental wellbeing, Lynn confirmed that “the media is designed to be full of negativity and scaremongering as this is what people are drawn to and it sells.”
“If you are particularly sensitive to these stories, I would suggest that you limit your exposure to negativity or at least balance it up by seeking out some good news stories,” she said and added: “Also combat the issue by putting the likelihood of a similar situation happening to you into context for example, considering that the probability of you or someone you know being kidnapped in your lifetime is so tiny, it is not worth worrying about.”
So both of them were doing the same stupid thing at the same time. The story would have been funnier if both of them were pulled over by the police.
Ah, the Arab spring. We joke about my parents causing this. They did a mediterranean cruise along the North African coast and shortly afterwards most of those countries had some form of revolution. No idea what sort of propoganda a cruiseship full of grannies (and granddads) were spreading!
And then she gave you a lecture for being drunk, I'll bet.
Is it really bad luck if you escaped getting hit in the temple by a puck unscathed?
What kind of condition were the femurs in, and why?! Stress fractures like that I'd expect from overdoing weight training... or malnutrition.... Yikes....
He had no chance of actually winning the solo recording contract from the show against the most successful contestant ever. I'm all for a person chasing their dreams but no amount of practice was going to beat her pure talent and charisma. There's no shame or bad luck in losing or realizing your limitations. He can continue a life of enjoying singing and it didn't take 13 weeks of travel expenses and no income to discover he had reached his potential. The woman finishing 200th in a marathon should not consider it bad luck to lose to someone who set a new world record. They should be proud of what they did instead.
Dutch people: " Excuse me, could you go sit in the cargo space with the other bagage filled with dirty underwear? "
Much better than winning a lottery. There are calculations that show that the chance of being killed in a car accident on the way to collect your $15 million prize exceeds the chance of winning $15 million.
When I was 17 my BF broke up with me so he didn't have to buy me a present. ON MY BIRTHDAY. Jokes on him though he ended up a drug addicted loser and I am almost retired from my first career with three beautiful children and about to be married to the love of my life..... so yup. #Win.
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A lot of these are not bad luck, they are just someone being stupid / careless / drunk. We've all done it, just admit it's your fault and move on.
Talking about bad luck. Back in the 90s, in a football game, (soccer in US), my teammate got a chance to score and took a shot with everything he got. The ball cannoned off the post onto the keeper's face. He fell clutching his nose. The game is still on and the ball rebounded to another teammate and he too took a whack. The ball came off the crossbar onto the keeper, half kneeling half getting up. Hitting him between his legs, and bobbled into the goal. I have to admit I cannot stop myself from laughing.
I'm sorry...giggled a little
I had to laugh at this. hahaha
"sOuNdS mOrE liKe GoOd LuCk" - yeah every cloud and all that but they're still pretty unfortunate things to have happened in the first place. Also, it's meant to be a funny hashtag, no one is pitying themselves or saying they had the worst luck in the world. Jeez, some people on here are ridiculous!
A lot of these are not bad luck, they are just someone being stupid / careless / drunk. We've all done it, just admit it's your fault and move on.
Talking about bad luck. Back in the 90s, in a football game, (soccer in US), my teammate got a chance to score and took a shot with everything he got. The ball cannoned off the post onto the keeper's face. He fell clutching his nose. The game is still on and the ball rebounded to another teammate and he too took a whack. The ball came off the crossbar onto the keeper, half kneeling half getting up. Hitting him between his legs, and bobbled into the goal. I have to admit I cannot stop myself from laughing.
I'm sorry...giggled a little
I had to laugh at this. hahaha
"sOuNdS mOrE liKe GoOd LuCk" - yeah every cloud and all that but they're still pretty unfortunate things to have happened in the first place. Also, it's meant to be a funny hashtag, no one is pitying themselves or saying they had the worst luck in the world. Jeez, some people on here are ridiculous!