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From the comical mishap of walking straight into a seemingly invisible glass door to the downright perplexing experience of momentarily forgetting the very word 'door' when attempting to recount the incident to a friend, it's an undeniable truth that each of us encounters moments of sheer human fallibility. 

Whether it's a dumb fail that leaves us chuckling at our own expense or a brief lapse in memory that momentarily stumps us, these occurrences remind us of our shared humanity and keep us grounded in the unpredictability of everyday life. For better or worse, nowadays, all these mishaps are all over dumb posts on the internet, and all these blunders are documented for years to come. 

So to make peace with our collective dullness of mind, we at Bored Panda have an ongoing series where we share pictures of the dumbest things ever said on the internet by people. (In case you haven't seen it, I recommend you check it out here and here and catch up.)

We hope this latest collection of dumb social media posts reassures you that nobody's perfect and allows you to look at your failures with a little less embarrassment. Or, at the very least, it provides you with an opportunity to distract yourself and forget about it!

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This Just Made Me Laugh, Thought I'd Share

This Just Made Me Laugh, Thought I'd Share

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We All Fail Sometimes, and Here's How to Deal With It Like a Pro

Psychotherapist Amy Morin, LCSW, who is the Editor-in-Chief of Verywell Mind and the author of the bestselling book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, believes that failure is something we all endure and it's important to know that there are things we can do to feel better about it.

First off, embrace your emotions. Morin highlighted that failure is often accompanied by a variety of emotions, including embarrassment, anxiety, anger, sadness, and shame, just to name a few. Those feelings are uncomfortable, and many people will do anything they can to escape the discomfort they cause but according to research, allowing yourself to feel bad is actually motivating. It can help you work harder to find better solutions so that you'll improve next time, even if we’re talking about the dumbest things ever said on the internet—they can also make you feel very underwhelmed.

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So Silly Though

So Silly Though

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm pretty sure lots of kids books are about pirates, but I have yet to commandeer a ship, entrap a crew, hoist the jolly roger, and take to the seven seas.

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#4

Does Seem Kinda Controversial

Does Seem Kinda Controversial

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#5

Next Level Stupid

Next Level Stupid

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lauren Boebert does not belong in Congress; this level of stupidity is scary.

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Minimizing the Discomfort Won’t Make It Go Away Completely

Next up, we should make an effort to recognize our unhealthy attempts to reduce pain. "You might be tempted to say, 'I didn't actually want that job anyway,' but minimizing your pain won't make it go away," Morin said.

"Distracting yourself or filling the void you feel with food, drugs, or alcohol won't heal your pain either. Those things will only provide you with some temporary relief."

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Not A True Catholic

Not A True Catholic

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess the Pope should take catechism classes from Ashley, as she knows so much about Catholicism.

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Building Healthy Coping Skills is Vital

After that, we can start focusing on healthy coping skills instead. "Calling a friend, practicing deep breathing, taking a bubble bath, going for a walk, or playing with your pet are just a few examples of healthy ways to deal with your pain," the psychotherapist explained. We’d also add that looking up something fun, like the shortcomings of the dumb people on the internet, might also cheer you up. 

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"Not every coping skill works for everyone, however, so it's important to find what does for you."

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You Know... The Other Mariah Carey

You Know... The Other Mariah Carey

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s one thing to lack knowledge, be naive or ignorant. These are merely obstacles. However, needing some warped sense of validation by correcting people you know nothing about, or even worse, mansplaining simply because they’re a woman, is a character flaw at best, a personality disorder most likely.

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A 2016 review published in Clinical Psychology Review that looked at 46 studies examining reactions to failure found that a "more positive attributional style" was a strong factor in how resilient people were to the emotional distress caused by failure.

In other words, they saw failure as a result of something specific and external rather than something internal.

#14

I Can't Stop Laughing At This. I Have No Words

I Can't Stop Laughing At This. I Have No Words

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#15

Was At My Kid’s School For A Costume Parade. One Dad Misunderstood In The Best Way Possible

Was At My Kid’s School For A Costume Parade. One Dad Misunderstood In The Best Way Possible

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Unpopular Opinion: We Should Make Crime Illegal

Unpopular Opinion: We Should Make Crime Illegal

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"When you find yourself thinking that you're a hopeless cause or that there’s no use in trying again, reframe your thoughts," Morin suggested.

"Remind yourself of more realistic thoughts about failure such as: a) failure is a sign that I'm challenging myself to do something difficult; b) I can handle failure; c) I can learn from my failures."

However, you will probably need to repeat a phrase or affirmation more than once in order to ward off negative thoughts or to reinforce to yourself that you can bounce back. But you will bounce back! Even the people from these dumb social media posts did, and that accounts to something.

#22

That's The UK Parliament

That's The UK Parliament

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#24

Gotta Be Prepared To Deal With Any Unwanted Terminator

Gotta Be Prepared To Deal With Any Unwanted Terminator

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#25

30 Years Later I Still Cringe

30 Years Later I Still Cringe

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If you've spent most of your life avoiding failure, it can feel really scary when it finally catches you off-guard. However, facing your fears can really improve your quality of life. Practice stepping outside your comfort zone, and over time, you'll learn that messing up isn't as bad as you thought!

Just take a look at the dumbest things ever said on the internet documented on this list—to some, they might seem like failures, but at most, they’re happy little accidents that, in the end, make us laugh heartily.

#27

The Wrong People Have Money

The Wrong People Have Money

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#28

No Lie, Masks Will Help Out The Listerine Sales

No Lie, Masks Will Help Out The Listerine Sales

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#30

How Anyone In Government Could Be So Clueless

How Anyone In Government Could Be So Clueless

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#32

I Did Not Order A Concrete Driveway Or Any Other Type Of Driveway. When The Person That Laid It Came Back To See If I Was Happy With The Job, He Realized It Was The Wrong Address

I Did Not Order A Concrete Driveway Or Any Other Type Of Driveway. When The Person That Laid It Came Back To See If I Was Happy With The Job, He Realized It Was The Wrong Address

I now have a free concrete driveway.

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#33

My Team Said We Were Dressing As Dominoes

My Team Said We Were Dressing As Dominoes

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#34

My Sister Went To Paris And Saw Sean Connery Taking Pictures With All These People. She Muscled Her Way In And Asked For A Photo, All Pleased

My Sister Went To Paris And Saw Sean Connery Taking Pictures With All These People. She Muscled Her Way In And Asked For A Photo, All Pleased

It wasn't Sean Connery. This man had been taking pictures with his family.

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#35

Next You’re Going To Tell Me Jason Momoa Can’t Breathe Underwater

Next You’re Going To Tell Me Jason Momoa Can’t Breathe Underwater

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but hes aqua man!? Next thing your gonna tell me he cant control fish!

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#38

Kids Got To Learn

Kids Got To Learn

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think "they" can make you do anything if you didn't want to.

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#39

And I Thought Americans Only Knew American Geography

And I Thought Americans Only Knew American Geography

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#40

Plot Twist: He’s The Only One There

Plot Twist: He’s The Only One There

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#41

A Customer Called Asking If We Were Practicing Social Distancing With Her Sandwiches. I Told Her We Are, But To Be Honest Guys I'm Running Out Of Space

A Customer Called Asking If We Were Practicing Social Distancing With Her Sandwiches. I Told Her We Are, But To Be Honest Guys I'm Running Out Of Space

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you're that concerned about social distancing; you shouldn't be ordering sandwiches...

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#42

When Your Friend Cancels Cause She's Having "Lady Problems" But U A Feminist & Know There Are A Lot Of Lady Problems

When Your Friend Cancels Cause She's Having "Lady Problems" But U A Feminist & Know There Are A Lot Of Lady Problems

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#43

Y'all Need Jesus

Y'all Need Jesus

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#44

“I’ve Wasted Days Of My Life Washing Up”. Me Too, Tom, Me Too

“I’ve Wasted Days Of My Life Washing Up”. Me Too, Tom, Me Too

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Marco Hub-Dub
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never once pulled on the handle to determine if fake drawer was indeed fake???

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Aliquid
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have to pull much harder than a regular drawer to open those. So he gave a quick tug on it, and it didn't move... figured it was fake.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really can't comprehend how this would happen but maybe that's just me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad gave me a new oven. It didn't work. I had another small one, so I used that and just used the big thing to cook stuff. Then 7 years later I thought: weird that it doesn't work. Put the plug in and it just worked. Never put the plug in. I thought it was a gas oven???

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T Lee Mac
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pulling it straight wouldn’t work. You have to pull it downwards. Not many people would think that.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normally just doors covering the plumbing underneath the sink. But then, didn't the poster realize that there is no sink on top?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My current apartment is the first place I've lived that has had a dishwasher. Have never used it. I just got in the habit of washing my dishes right away after using them (except for the occasional pot/pan that needs soaking). For the way I do things, the dishwasher seems wasteful -- not to mention that I'd have to wait until I had a whole bunch of dirty dishes before it made sense to run it. I guess it's something I'd make use of if I had a big family, but for now, I'm pretty much the OP. ;-)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother asked me during Covid if I could take my laptop to her place, bacause one of the film archives was releasing old movies for free to watch. I said I wasn't willing to go over to her place each time she wanted to watch something (she doesn't have a smartphone either), so instead I'd just burn the films she wanted to watch on DVD so she could watch it any time she wanted to. "But how do I watch those?" "On your DVD player." "And how do I get one of those?" "You have one." "Do I?" "YES, IT'S UNDER YOUR TV."

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mamafrog
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always open all the drawers and cabinets in a new home, is that not what everyone does?

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Mary Peace
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After I was married I moved back in with my Mum for a while. One day she said the oven didn't work. I went in the kitchen and switched it on at the socket. She said, "Oh, I never touch that."

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Teresa Lewis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lived in my house for 2 years before I realized the two posts on either side of my stove actually pulled out as spice cabinets. tempImagel...d2316e.jpg tempImagel7Kunk-626ec1bd2316e.jpg

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Adrienne Kushner
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first thing I would have done is gone through the entire place cleaning and putting my things away. Also, didn't they mention the amenities when you gave them your first rent?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did the same thing in a holiday flat on the day we left I opened a cupboard for and there was a dishwasher

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Andy Hinds
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But is it really worth all the trouble to use a dishwasher to for just two plates and a cup? It's quicker to wash them up by hand.

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JP Purves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you tell us you don't have a girlfriend w/o telling us you don't have a girlfriend. A woman would have discovered that within two days.

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Adrian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I never put anything in there, so I knew there was nothing to take out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't your lease list all appliances in your place?

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a friend who was amazed when I flipped the little pop out drawer in front of my sink down. She had no idea it opened, and thought it was just one of the fake drawers they use in front of sinks. If you have an expectation of how something is going to open, and you perform that action and nothing happens, I can see how you might just quit there.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And did you think the toilet was a fake until you finally lifted the lid?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh I should try this at my flat I've been living in for 9 years now. You never know.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Washing dishes is wholesome. It is a part of the food process, and not a waste of time.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wouldn't have happened to me, I am far too curious to wait that long to find out

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That doesn't seem too unreasonable actually. I had a fake drawer in several apartments

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Audra Sisler
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I so wish I had a hidden dish washer! Oh wait...... Damn still don't! 😆

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the episode on "King of the Hill" when they all go to Japan...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine that . . . having to hand-wash dishes. What bad luck!

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Evelyn Haskins
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I chucked the dishwasher out when we moved into a house with one, it is DO easy to wash op for two, and doesn't even hurt the back!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dishwashers lock shut. You probably need to slide the handle sideways to unlatch it. If you just pulled on it like a normal drawer it just wouldn't open and you would move on with your life. I'm surprised the realtor or landlord didn't show this off during the walk through.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never seen a dishwasher that locks shut, even at my parents in law's, where the dishwasher projects the remaining time on the floor. You just have to pull a bit harder to open them.

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You Have To Remove The Protective Coating. Please Can Someone Shut Down The Internet

You Have To Remove The Protective Coating. Please Can Someone Shut Down The Internet

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

one time they printed remove label all over the label and people complained about the weird logo . . .

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Diesel In A Prius

Diesel In A Prius

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LMAO. Is this meant to be a public service announcement? Thanks, I guess.

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#48

I Have Been Buying Bay Leaves When There's A Bay Tree Outside My Front Door. I've Lived Here For Over A Year

 I Have Been Buying Bay Leaves When There's A Bay Tree Outside My Front Door. I've Lived Here For Over A Year

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The Cult Will Cult

The Cult Will Cult

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t educate yourselves bc then we won’t be able to control you. Like what?

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