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We should never be scared of making mistakes. If you’re learning a foreign language or acquiring a new skill, it’s going to be impossible to improve without experiencing some failures along the way. The good news is that almost every error we make is reversible.
But if you really want to speedrun ruining your life, there are a few things you can do to make things much worse for yourself. Netizens on Reddit have recently been sharing the most efficient ways a person can ruin their life, from marrying a terrible person to committing a heinous crime. We sincerely hope that you’ll see these replies as serious warnings, rather than challenges, pandas. But it’s your life, and if you want to burn it to the ground, well, now you know how!
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#2
Waste too much time wishing for a different past.
StrangeOne 9 hours ago
Can't change the past, but I've spent many years reflecting on my upbringing, the type of person my mom is, how I turned out, etc. There's a lot of things I know my mom could have done better. But it's not too late to get started on her shortcomings. I'm hoping this ADHD test will be a success.
#4
Tweet about getting a NASA internship with lots of swearing.
#5
Self doubt.
#6
So many of these ways are so slow.
Just go outside and fail to do a backflip properly on the concrete. Life instantly ruined.
#7
Ignoring a weird symptom for months because you're scared of what the doctor might say. The not knowing feels safer until it isn't.
#8
Excess. Too much of anything is a bad thing.
#9
Elect billionaires.
#10
Speeding.
Guy I knew was late 20s. Successful professionally, personally and in all factors of his life.
Decided one night he was gonna drive 200km/h on a residential street with his friends and totalled the car in a crash.
Barely survived with lasting injuries. Lost his job and k****d his friend in the passenger seat. Now is looking at possible prison sentence.
Many such stories exist.
Bill The Splut 9 hours ago
I was working in a liquor store alone. The retail zone ended right by a quiet residential street. Suddenly, the street was blocked off. Cops and fire trucks and an ambulance were there. Customers, stuck, asked me what was happening. "No idea, but it must be BAD." A woman came in. Sobbing, near hysterical. A teenager she'd baby-sat when he was a kid decided to challenge another kid--who he'd never seen before--to a motorcycle race. An old lady in her Lincoln pulled out of a blind side street. The kids were going so fast, no one had time to react. I told her "I'll only sell you this bottle if you PROMISE to only drink it while on the phone with somebody who can help." She agreed, still crying. On my way home, I had to go that way. The cops had left a chalk outline of where the motorcycle landed. A dozen feet away from that, where his body had landed. Another 20 feet--where his HEAD landed. Don't drive motorcycles, guys. Unless you realize you're on a 120MPH bicycle.
#11
Show up on the Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert, with a co-worker you're sleeping with (just ask the former Astronomer CEO and their former head of HR).
#12
Gambling.
#14
Cosigning a loan for someone you're dating. Took me about three months to get into that mess and four years to get out.
#18
Dui. Ask me how I know.
A lot of fines, career change, the social stigma, gf left me etc.
Some things changed for the better though! Lost a lot of weight since getting sober, have a much more clear mind and overall just was able to realize how much of a jerk I was when drinking. Got closer with god and my own peace. I’m in a better place but boy were there some DARK moments along the journey ngl.
#19
Marry the wrong person.
#20
Credit card debt. Get in too deep and it’s almost impossible to get out.
#21
Isolating yourself and becoming a recluse... though not many of us do it on purpose.
#22
Not taking your mental health seriously / asking for help when you need it and trying to maintain a strong exterior while being completely broken on the inside.
One thing I've learned is that if you need help, ask. Don't wait until it's too late like I did.
#23
Honesty just saying something without thinking first. You can irreversibly damage relationships between friends, family, work colleagues, and romantic partners in an instant when you blurt out something without fully considering the ramifications of what you’re about to say.
#26
Cheat on your spouse. Drive while under the influence and hurt someone. Hang out with the wrong crowd. There are a million different ways to mess up your life. You have to be ever vigilant to protect your future.
Kristiina Männiste 23 minutes ago
I have a moral question. If I tried to end myself by taking an o******e of my prescription medicine in a forest, lost consciousness and somehow drove home, am I still guilty of driving under influence? After all, the conscious me never intended to leave that forest ever again, even less drive. I did not throw the keys into the creek tho. I should have. Nobody got hurt I think, as my car had no scratches or anything (I have no memory of the drive or the next day). But how guilty should I feel?
#28
Alcohol.
#29
Be convicted of a felony.
marianne eliza 9 hours ago
Or committing a felony. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
#30
Taking advise from people who don’t have the slightest idea of what they’re doing with theirs. People who are everywhere but no where . Being a Lap dog. Just not taking your own life by the reins.
#31
My partner knew someone who was in security that was disarmed at work and dog-walked off site into the hands of police. They received almost a dozen felony charges for CSAM.
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