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.
How can you fake paralysis of half of your face? "Look ma, I can't move the right side of my face." "Stop fooling around, you're grounded."
When you live in a place where everyone gets a free drivers license with the purchase of a bottle of Cola.
According to psychologists it only takes seven seconds to make a first impression. He used them well.
I went camping once with a date. When it was time to call it a night, I ducked to get into the tent and busted my lip with my own knee.
It's stupid tailgating vehicles transporting live stock or manure. Always keep a minimum distance of 1 mile. Source: my ex-bosses wife who wrecked a brand new Mercedes driving at short distance behind a tractor pulling a manure cart with a leaky valve. The tractor stopped, she didn't, manure got in the car and the car never stopped stinking.
Apply a generous amount of baby oil, leave on for a minute or two then gently remove with a washcloth and warm water.
I feel you. I have bad back problems, bent down in Best Buy (electronics store) to look at a blue ray, stood up and back went out and couldn't feel my legs for 20 minutes. Ex husband held me up until feeling returned. Went to the ER the next day and found out I was gonna have back surgery #3. Good times.
HIs story is probably about how he now has a $5 million medical bill to settle.
I feel you.... I completely DETACHED My ACL on a trampoline trying to be a good mom..... I now have PTSD with trampolines.
I can't help but feel the shop had more to do with that than the date.
The state of Wisconsin has a history of snowmobile accidents like this. People string electric fences to keep cattle from wondering places they shouldn't go. Its cheaper than a full fence and it still allows easy access if you can duck your head underneath. For instance, underpasses under a road connecting fields. You string a line to keep the cows in one and can easily take it down, move them, and put it back up. When everything is white and the sun is shining, its very easy to not see a thin wire and hit it going 30 mph. It is not a good thing to happen to you or see happen to someone else.
Hit and run is a felony and the penalties are very high in every state of the USA.
Rude. When someone who had a crush on me spelt my name wrong in 4th grade, I just erased it and spelt it correctly. Along with all the other words he spelt wrong.
I was thinking that the story would end with it shutting down the airport and being stuck in the plane for a while.
Paying attention to your surroundings is one of the secrets to survival.
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.
"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.
"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!
