That lovely German word 'schadenfreude' describes the pleasure that one gets in witnessing another person's misfortune. While we don't necessarily condone this slightly evil feeling, it can be useful in putting one's own struggles and unfortunate events into perspective.
For example, you're not having a good time of things. You didn't get much sleep, the car won't start, and you're late for work. Seems like you're having the worst day ever! It's easy to feel grumpy and full of self-pity; you might even bring the people around you down as well, with your crappy mood.
However, one look at this list, compiled by Bored Panda, will immediately make you realize how much worse things can be. These people are having a really bad day, and it's sure to be worse than yours. Does that make things better? Yes. Should it really? Probably not. But somehow it does, so who are we to argue?
Scroll down below for your daily dose of schadenfreude, whether you need it or not, and feel free to tell us about your own funny accidents in the comments!
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Keys Inside Armored Truck
Today I Learned That I Sleepwalk
Two Brothers Won The Lottery On The Same Day
Oh Well
Probably The Greatest Picture Of Myself That’s Ever Been Taken
Just Married Couple In Front Of Their Burning Car
At least they're okay, and seem to have good sense of humor about the whole thing. It'll make an interesting story to tell the kids years later.(if they choose to have any)
Poor Guy
Well That Sucks
Sucks To Be You, Tom
Spent $11.75 Growing Tomatoes This Year. Here's My Whole Harvest
Scene Outside My Apartment Today
This Girl Was Bleaching Her Hair And Put A Plastic Bag From Walmart Over It To Help The Heat Stay In And It Printed The Ink Onto Her Hair
Not Dead
I Give Up
Their phone is devoutly religious and could no longer allow such behavior.
Lanyard Caught On The Handle And My Keys Swung Inside The Door As I Closed It. Stupidest Way To Lock Yourself Out?
So I Started Work As A Beekeeper Last Week
Control + V
Well, I Guess I'm The Chandelier Now
Someone At Porsche Is Getting Fired Today
It's A Me A-Marioooo ...oh
Rude Awakening
Jonah Hill Dropping His Coffee
I Received This Gift From My Crush
Still Better Than a DUI
The Moment You Realize You Used The Wrong Spray
And realised you now have a perfect reason to turn the boring lawn into an amazing flowerbed.
When You Ignore The Foul Taste Of Morning Tea
Got A New Printer. The Old One Didn’t Go Out Without A Fight
Apparently The Kids Were Too Distracted To Shut The Door
Picked My Car Up From The Mechanic Yesterday After Having A Bunch Of Things Replaced Totalling $2100 Just To Have Burst Into Flames On Me This Morning. I'm Too Poor For This S**t
I remember reading the original Reddit post a few months ago, he posted an update saying he was suing the mechanic or something
OFC! Is not only the overchanging scam, he could have died inside the car...
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It looks like despite his sh*tty situation of his car catching fire there was still a silver lining with his car being at a gas station. That could've gone in an even worse direction.
This almost happened to me while I was driving on the freeway. Had my truck checked the previous day because the engine light was on. Nothing was wrong, all of a sudden, I saw smoke and the power shut down. Fortunately, I was only a block from another garage by the same make. They all ran out with an extinguisher. Turns out the "genius" who worked on my truck, attached the wrong wire to the firewall and crossed some other. I could have been killed. The dealership there did not charge me a penny after repairing it properly. They could not have been nicer. They got the money from the other one, and later found out that they had multiple problems with the mechanic who did the work, but he was related to the regional manager and was considered untouchable. I wrote a letter to Detroit and actually got a phone call back! Eventually they did get rid of him after he almost killed someone else with poor repairs. Must have taken a computer course. I still have my truck! Year 2000!
Insurance companies take this into account when paying the claim. Totaled a car 2 years ago and my insurance company asked me if I had recently replaced anything and I told them tires 6 months ago and a battery that was about 2 months old. All I had to do was provide receipts and they added this to the claim.
Only good insurance companies do that, and only for their customers. Good luck getting this when someone else totals your car that just had $2k+ work done. No, I'm not at all bitter, no it wasn't my dead dad's old classic Mustang.
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Wow right next to the gas pump huh? I bet whoever was working in there was pooping their pants at the time
Just had $2,000 worth of work on car and I just KNOW a huge buck is going to total my car. I feel your pain.
And at a gas station? I'd say that things worked out pretty well, all things considered
Okay, if you're "poor", and you have a Mini, then you REALLY need to rethink your life goals...
I've recently gotten a refresher in how vastly different people's definitions of "poor" can be. I work with a guy who consistently says he's poor- but he takes Lyft to work every shift and orders food every time he works- and not cheap food, we're talking 15-20 dollars every day on lunch in a city where you could eat lunch for less than 5. It's... weird. When I say I'm poor it's because our small amount of savings was all spent fixing things that broke on our car- singular, we share a car- and our house, and we end the week with maybe 20 left in our account. So... poor means different things to different people.
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Imagine Getting Your Name Excluded Like This In A Movie Credit Scene
When You Forget Your Friends
Chinese Man Chops Off His Own Finger After A Snake Bite ‘To Save My Own Life’, But Doctors Say It Was Totally Unnecessary
Took Mac And Cheese To A Different Level
Home Alone Cleaning The Roof And Gutters When I Heard A Loud Bang
A Statue Of Jesus In India Mysteriously Began Dripping Water From Its Toes. Worshippers Started Collecting It And Drinking It Believing It Was Holy. The Source Of The Water Was Later Found To Be Clogged Pipes
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I find it ironic one of the authors of this "some people just have bad luck" post is named "James Caunt".
I often try to see more pressing the know see 80 or so more, and it doesn't work... why is that?
The topic of these is kinda dumb cause people can way worse days than these pics.... Trust me cause I have!
Oh Bored Panda, I needed a laugh so badly and you sure came through with these. Thank you for making my day!
Many of these people posted on their own accord, perhaps to feel better about their situation and share some cheer around too
Load More Replies... I find it ironic one of the authors of this "some people just have bad luck" post is named "James Caunt".
I often try to see more pressing the know see 80 or so more, and it doesn't work... why is that?
The topic of these is kinda dumb cause people can way worse days than these pics.... Trust me cause I have!
Oh Bored Panda, I needed a laugh so badly and you sure came through with these. Thank you for making my day!
Many of these people posted on their own accord, perhaps to feel better about their situation and share some cheer around too
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