“That Looked Expensive”: People Share 35 Fails And Accidents That Cost A Small Fortune (New Pics)
From a crunching sound when we drop our phones on accident, to the screeching of tires and a crash, there are sounds that induce a physiological feeling of dread. But when it dissipates, and if it's not our items that are damaged, our curiosity often gets the better of us and we want to see just what sort of destruction happened.
The “That Looked Expensive” online group gathers examples from all over the world where failures, misfortune, and accidents befell costly-looking items. So regardless of whether you are cringing or experiencing a deep degree of schadenfreude, be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own stories below.
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A London Pub That Was Demolished And Recreated
Here We See A Wild Transport Vessel Showing Off His Tail To Attract A Female Vessel
Maybe You're Having A Bad Day, But I'm Pretty Sure You're Not Having A "Tell Your Boss You Set Off The Fire Suppression System At The Minnesota National Guard Hangar And Foamed All 10 Aircraft." Kinda Bad Day...
Seeing someone else's misfortune can be a mixed bag. Yes, we are sympathetic creatures as humans, blessed (or cursed) with the ability to empathize with others. But deep down, sometimes another struggle is just funny. After all, America's Funniest Home Videos wouldn’t be running since 1989 if we didn’t enjoy seeing another’s accidents. The Germans, as always, have a word for this, schadenfreude, or the feeling of joy (freude) at seeing someone fail/be harmed (schaden).
Unfortunately, scientists are here to ruin the fun. People with low self-esteem are more likely to experience schadenfreude, as they feel it brings others down to their level. Similarly, people with high degrees of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy are more likely to feel it as well, as they tend to “struggle” with feeling empathy towards others. This is not to say that looking at these fails makes you a bad person, rather, that the impulse might just not be that benign at heart.
The Poor Little Thing Just Wanted A Belly Rub
April 28, 1988: The Roof Of An Aloha Airlines Jet Ripped Off In Mid-Air At 24,000 Feet, But The Plane Still Managed To Land Safely. One Stewardess Was Sucked Out Of The Plane. Her Body Was Never Found
Low On Magenta. Again
One doesn’t have to look far to find other, ample examples of content based on “fails.” As far back as 2008, internet pages were building and finding content revolving around misfortune, accidents, slips of the tongue, and other mistakes. While sometimes the content does seem cruel, examples like “That Looked Expensive” have mass appeal because the victims tend to be wealthy. A crashed sports car sucks, but if one can afford it, it might not feel as bad.
I Humbly Request This Picture To Be Used As The Subreddit Image. The Montparnasse Derailment - 1895
The M Stands For Magnetic
Just A Little Kiss
There is also a degree of curiosity in seeing expensive things break. Most of us are not around supercars, yachts, and construction equipment, so seeing what it looks like broken down or on fire has a sort of novel appeal. This is an impulse older than internet memes. For example, US soldiers in World War Two sometimes expressed a fascination with destruction. They would enjoy exploring the burnt-our wrecks of vehicles and bombed cities.
Sorry I Won't Make It In To Work Today Boss, My Train Missed My Station
Audis Can't Pole Vault
Neighbor Having Dead Tree Cut Down... Contractor Made A Little Mistake
In the modern day and age, this manifests as our curiosity whenever there is a traffic accident. It’s almost cliche to say things like “I couldn’t look away,” when we recall driving or walking past a car crash, but it does reflect a deep-seated inquisitiveness we have toward destruction. Many people will slow down, partially due to safety concerns, as one crash might be an indicator of risk factors in the area.
Oven Fell On A Red Hot Ferrari
Yes Sir, I Can Confirm That Your Package Is Currently En-Route On A Container Ship
Well, Not One But Two
Our brains are somewhat helpful in this regard. Relationally, a car crash, for example, or any other less common disaster is a bad thing. But our minds are clever enough to know that there might be important data, so they will want us to look. Our brains are more engaged when there is a negative emotion present, allowing us to quickly analyze the situation and learn whatever lessons there are to be learned. It seems that “smart people learn from others' mistakes,” is a core feature of our psyche.
Paint Spill In A Maserati
Honey, I'm Home!
Lamborghini Wrecked In Crash Just 20 Minutes After Purchase
Our consciousness is also somewhat assisted by the knowledge that there are solutions. We live in a materially rich world, cars can be fixed or replaced, and buildings repaired. Many people have insurance. This knowledge helps us rationalize these disasters and turn them into a bit of entertainment. Yes, it probably wouldn’t feel great to walk outside after a storm, see your own ruined property and think “That looks expensive,” but even bad luck has its own sort of charm.
The Gaziantep Castle In Turkey Collapsed After The Recent Earthquake
I'm Sorry Sir, But That Spot Is Normally Reserved For The Boss's Corvette Stingray
Someone Forgot To Drip The Faucet
Okay Joe we've got nearly 2 hours before the game. If we just work together . . .
In fact, if a person can laugh at themselves, and by extension, their own misfortune, that is a sign of better emotional well-being. Plus, if you can afford something that is expensive to fix, you might already be in a better position than most. So finding humor in downright bad luck is a good way for the brain to rationalize what is happening and release a little joy in an otherwise unfortunate situation. So, if you want to explore others’ misfortune a bit more, Bored Panda has got you covered, check out our pieces here, here, and here.
73-Year Old Woman Confuses Accelerator With The Brakes In Australia
In 2005, A U.S. Navy Submarine Ran Into A Mountain And Made It Back On Its Own
3/14/23 Miller Hill Mall (Duluth, Mn) Roof Collapse Due To Snow
This Is What's Left Of The Building I Used To Live In Until Last Friday. Lille, France
Singapore Airlines Sq368 On Fire After Emergency Landing
Instant Infinity Pool
There's a lot of this on the west coast of the US, it's just vanity draining into the ocean.
I'm On The Roof!
Roro Ferry Plows Into Anchored Cargo Vessel. Officer On Duty "Swears" He Wasn't Asleep At The Wheel
Aftermath Of A Trash Truck Falling Onto Train Tracks And Getting Sideswiped By An Ice High Speed Train At Lambrecht, Germany (17th Of August 2010)
Just Got A Brand New Grove At Work! Annnnnnndd It’s Gone. Can’t Believe This Guy Has A License!
Someone Left A Grill On In The Parking Lot At The Dolphins-Patriots Game
Vet On Fire. Seen In Dallas Today 8/17/2022
That's A Big Explosion
How Fast Do You Have To Go For That To Happen
Henceforth This Jack Will Be Known As 'Vlad'
Driving Into A Multistory? No Problemo
The Gas Leaks On The Nord Stream 1 And 2 Gas Pipelines In The Baltic Sea
At Least It Didn't Derail
Dinner Cruise In Paris Collides Into A Bridge While Passengers Aboard Are Dining
Great-Grandfather Was An Airmail Pilot, Found These Photos With His Stuff
Meaning we have always scrambled to document our fellow human's failures with gleeful aplomb.
NYC Parking Garage Collapses. Drivers Trapped
A Second Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Ohio, Just A Month After The East Palestine Derailment
Tank Barrel Miss Fire
We Got Our First Real Snow In Denver Last Night
Someone Didn't Properly Tighten Their Lugs
Click the source link to watch the video on this one if you want to gain an entirely new fear. Also everyone walked away with just minor injuries so maybe look into what the victim was driving if you need a new car!
Don't Taxi Your F-16 Behind A B-1 Doing A Full Power Engine Test
A Tram And Its Heavy-Duty Transporter Fell Into A Ditch In Germany. Estimated Loss Is Around 2.5 Million
The City Started Work On Our Neighborhood Pond…
Typo. I think you mean : "The city started work IN our neighborhood pond."
That Will Buff Out
Truck Lifted Too High To See The Porsche In Front Of Him
Saw This Ferrari With A Parking Ticket On My Lunch Break, By 5:00 Someone Had Smashed In The Windscreen
$1.5 Million Floating Home Prototype Sinks Into The Water Just As It’s Unveiled
Quick change the release to a new underwater home for discriminating tenants
Ferrari Enzo ($2.5 Million) Crashed By Delivery Driver Enroute To New Owner!
UPS Plane Cuts Corner And Gets Stuck In The Mud At The Birmingham Airport... They Are Still Trying To Get It Out! 😂
To Transport Glass In An Elevator
First Day On The Job?
A Car Belonging To A Chinese Diplomat Rammed The Berlin Fire Department's New Electric Fire Truck
Blowing Up 15 Empty Condos At Once Due To Abandoned Housing Development
Wind Last Night Blew Over The Wood Framing Just Enough For The Bricks To Collapse!
Refuel Mishap With A C-141 Starlifter. (Tanks Overpressurised)
Borderline Abusive
Massive Auqadome In Berlin Cotaining Over 1500 Fish Exploded
Doesn’t Really Get Much Worse Than This…
Crashed F-35c That Fell Off Uss Carl Vinson Flight Deck Into South China Sea
A 4 Lane Highway Almost Completely Stopped Because Of This
House Flooded By Torrential Rain
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2: The Chocolate Comes Home to You
Parking Near An Intersection + Huge Truck + Small Streets
Someone Hit My Pump Today At Work. No Injuries
Something Leaking?
Car Garage Collapse
DHL Boeing 757 Cargo Jet Breaking Into Two After Skidding Off The Runway
2 Lamborghinis Crashed After Street Race, Black One Was On Fire In Front Of Fire Station
Trying To Do A Cool Skid Into The Driveway
Former $45k Sculpture
People actually bid for and bought the shards. The shards sold for more than the advertised price of the original undamaged glass balloon sculpture. I'm seriously considering doing something similar with my wine glass so I can buy a house.
A Station Worker In Finland Made A Mistake By Setting The Fuel Price To 0.014 Euro Per Liter. Dude Immediately Took Advantage Of The Mistake And Filled The Canister With 1000 Liters Of Fuel
This happened where I worked the owner set the mid-grade to 5 cents, when I noticed I blocked the pump called him got permission to fill my tank and changed it back to the correct price
Dayum!!
I've seen a few of these. Wind Generators are crazy long, not conducive to most turns when hauling by truck
Nice Car
The rear bumper ended up coming right off. The driver didn't even notice it. More cash than brains.
I’d Google It, But My Fiber Is Out ATM
Idiot In A Shelby Gets Stuck In Fresh Cement
Okay anybody can get stuck but did you have to leave it there for hours
Executive 747 Scrapped With 29 Flight Hours On It
2 Million Dollar Rimac Nevera Rear Ended By Motorcycle On The Pch About A Week Ago
Protesters Mess With Ferraris In Paris
Truck Illegally Crosses Double Yellow (To A Pullout) And Clips The Front Of A New 992 Gt3, Totaling It
Was It Worth It To Try And Save Yourself 3 Seconds Dumbass?
Guy Films The Delivery Of His New Audi
Unsecured Traffic Light
Hyundai I40 Gets Into Accident With An Expensive Car
I work in insurance, and I have such a love hate relationship with pics like these... On one hand I love the schadenfreude, on the other hand I just hope everyone's properly covered (or even if some of this stuff can even be insured against)
For somethings you can’t get insurance. You have to trust your abilities
Load More Replies...Very long story short, the alarm company for the very, very, very large communications company I worked for really messed up back around 2000. By the end of the week we contracted with another alarm company for the operations of our division, something like 50+ stores and operations centers. Then the rest of the wireless division across the country. Then the wireline operations. How many millions a year did that cost per year?
I work in insurance, and I have such a love hate relationship with pics like these... On one hand I love the schadenfreude, on the other hand I just hope everyone's properly covered (or even if some of this stuff can even be insured against)
For somethings you can’t get insurance. You have to trust your abilities
Load More Replies...Very long story short, the alarm company for the very, very, very large communications company I worked for really messed up back around 2000. By the end of the week we contracted with another alarm company for the operations of our division, something like 50+ stores and operations centers. Then the rest of the wireless division across the country. Then the wireline operations. How many millions a year did that cost per year?