New Year’s Eve is supposed to be about new beginnings. A blank slate. A fresh start that helps us reprioritize and focus on living a truly good, healthy, and happy life. However, fate—if it exists—seems to have a twisted sense of humor. And bad luck doesn’t care much about what day it is.
Our team here at Bored Panda has collected some of the most painful photos from all around the net of people’s New Year’s celebrations gone wrong. Fires, floods, and dishes gone disastrously wrong are just the tip of the iceberg. Scroll down for a reminder about why it’s important to be grateful for what we all have, even when things go very wrong.
Meanwhile, Bored Panda reached out to therapist Eve Menezes Cunningham, a senior accredited supervisor at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the author of ‘365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Well-Being.’ Read on for her insights about emotional resilience and bouncing back after unfortunate events.
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New Year's Photobomb
What are all those people doing in the good boi's picture?
Load More Replies...Perfect as now everybody has a real smile on their face, it's one of dogs superpowers
Our Sweet 7-Year-Old Dog Has A New Fireworks Phobia Thanks To The Neighbor Who Just Had To Shoot Illegal Fireworks Off Above Our House
I have been petitioning my MP to get fireworks banned in the UK for this very reason. It's despicably cruel to both pets and wildlife and yes, probably a lot of humans as well. It's a stupid tradition that's harmful to the environment as well and needs to stop. Of course, my MP doesn't agree as it's a revenue stream cos they can tax the sale of them and they don't want to upset the groundlings
Our area has started using soundless fireworks in their displays, fine by me I only like the pretties anyway.
Load More Replies...I hate this with all my soul. I live in a city where pyrotechnics are a daily occurrence. Poor furry friends, people with PTSD/Neurodivergent suffer a lot thanks to these selfish douche canoes 🤬 Wish they would be forbidden
First year that no one shot any off in my neighborhood, dogs and veterans alike slept well
My stupid neighbors kept shooting off firecrackers or fireworks until 4:00am this morning. Next time, I'm hunting them down and shooting them off in their face.
Poor we boy. It’s so rough on the animals when idiots shoot off fireworks…or firearms
New Year's Eve Again. Never Forget
The person who took the photo probably helped her once they'd stopped laughing at her 🤣
Load More Replies...A recent Forbes Health/OnePoll survey showed that 48% of adults in the United States aim to improve their level of fitness in 2024. 38% of respondents want to improve their finances, 36% said the same about their mental health, while 34% want to lose weight. Furthermore, 32% of respondents said they want to have a better diet.
On the flip side, some of the least popular resolutions include traveling more (barely 6% of respondents mentioned it), meditating (just 5%), drinking less alcohol (3%), and doing better at work (3%).
Friend Accidentally Bought These Folding Chairs Online For His New Year's Eve Party. Only 5 For $8
The chairs are miniatures. The dime on the seat is to show the size.
Load More Replies...Don't Forget To Wear Your Seatbelts This New Year's Eve
Make up... that's facepaint if it's that much. (I know it isn't, and it's a "normal" amount for many, but not for me)
These women must not sweat or touch their faces at all
Load More Replies...This picture has been used for more topics on BP than I can count. I highly doubt that it has ANYTHING to do with New Year's.
My iHome Is Still Drunk From New Year's Eve Partying
I remember rolling into work one Monday morning and my boss started laying out the work for the week. He made it as far as March 35th before our QA tech said something.
Oh no, its Y2K 24 years later. The machines have tricked us into a false sense of security!
My French teacher once had a peculiar experience. He was on vacation in France, at a public pool. He noticed a big digital clock near a food stand, that showed 8 o'clock when he arrived, but two hours later, it already showed 12 o'clock. He thought it was just broken, but kept glancing at it every now and then. When the clock reached 25, it finally dawned on him that he wasn't looking at a broken clock, but rather a thermometer. He loved that story.
Though 62% of the people who participated in the survey said that they feel pressured to set a resolution for the New Year, a whopping 80% felt confident that they’ll be able to reach their goals. A mere 6% of respondents felt like they lacked the confidence to do so.
Of course, making resolutions is far easier than fulfilling them. What we’re essentially doing is creating new habits. And it can feel like we’ve ‘messed up’ if things do not go as well as we’ve imagined at the start. The important bit here is to stick with it, even when things are hard. Especially when they’re hard.
How I Rang In The New Year
Same, broke up with my boyfriend on December 31st for good reasons
Because I'm Not Buying A New Glass Every Year
Did you know that if you can get a Calendar from 1996 all the days line up exactly with 2024?
Instead Of 2 A's And 2 E's, We Got 4 A's In This Happy New Year Balloon Pack
If anyone sees Happy, please call *insert phone number*.
Load More Replies...We’ve covered on Bored Panda recently that it takes around 3 weeks to develop new behavior patterns when you change your diet. It takes around 3 months in total for this behavior to stick and turn into a lifestyle change.
Meanwhile, it takes an average of 6 months to establish a new exercise routine. So if you’re struggling, you’re not alone. Your body and mind are changing. Slowly.
Celebrating New Year's Eve By Myself
I spend all the holidays by myself. Nobody cares enough to put themselves out for me.
Hubby and I have open house on the holidays for anyone who knows us and would be alone - Eastbourne, UK
No arguments, no vomiting in your aquarium, no mysterious double decker when you visit the restroom... I mean you could but it's just not the New Year surprise when you know what to expect. It's like stuffing your own stocking. Side note, when living alone stuff your stocking for the holidays before you put it away so that by next year you've forgotten what's in there! SURPRISE!
I spent Christmas day and New Year's Eve on my own... By choice. I did have a virtual visit with my brother in Canada last night and went outside to look at some fireworks.
In Celebration Of New Year, People Like To Shoot Bullets Into The Air In Pakistan. One Managed To Go Through My Window
In addition, the bullets that DON'T hit something on the way up, fall back to earth and can cause damage.
Load More Replies...I live in the South and have always lived in the hood. NYE is the one time of the year that you can hear gunshots and not have to worry that s**t is going down.
One woman died this morning in southern Italy, shot in the head last night by a bullet someone fired outside to celebrate. She was at home, dining with her family
In so many countries across the world, people just treat guns like toys! Madness!
Happens where I live (not gonna say the city because it’s best not to say that online) in America too
Many city police will park under an overpass, or in a parking garage on New Year's so that falling projectiles are far less likely to injure officers.
I think this is universal stupidity as it happens everywhere someone has a weapon handy.
Happy New Year. Watch Your Step On That Ice. Broke In 3 Places. I Live Alone In The Woods
I wish I could live alone in the woods. You are a lucky chap, sad about the leg though, be a bit more careful next time eh x
Alone in the woods?? That Racoon did a mighty fine job with that leg!
Poor thing gives "Snap, Crackle, and Pop" new meaning. I wish for a speedy recovery.
ME! I did that LAST YEAR!!! I too live rurally, with mostly absent neighbors. It was 6:30 in the morning, I was in my nightgown, and one foot reached for the stars, and one stayed glued to the ramp I was on. I went splat. Had to crawl back inside to get to my phone to call 911. Nearly gave my kids a heart attack. I'm all better now, 6 screws and a plate later, and some wonderful scars!
Therapist, author, and BACP member Menezes Cunningham was kind enough to share her thoughts about cultivating emotional resilience when things never seem to be going the way people would want them to.
“Give yourself a break. Allow yourself some time out. Let yourself wallow and grieve but give yourself a timeframe to do so,” the author of ‘365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Well-Being’ told Bored Panda via email.
Happy New Year! What A Great Start To 2022
This happened when we were going back home in a bad snowstorm. My buddy was driving, he was drifting towards the ditch, and when he corrected to straighten out, the tires lost all traction and grip, we slid and rolled. Just happy we didn’t hit anyone and my dog is okay!
One time when heading for a New Year's party I passed the aftermath of a nasty wreck. In the middle of an intersection was a van on its side. I always watch my drinking, and watch out for other drivers!
It was a good start. You experienced the miracle of spared lives under incompatible conditions. Even the dog lived.
How I’m Spending This New Year’s Eve
I have Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). It’s a condition that makes everything feel like it’s spinning and I feel dizzy and nauseous all the time. It worsens with any head movement. I’m currently unable to walk on my own and can hardly even see due to blurred vision. It’s not supposed to be too serious, but it sucks.
There might be some "exercise" one could do, at least if it's same the thing I'm thinking about in Swedish? Like sitt on the bed, and then "fall to the side"? But contact a medic or at least YT. edit:spelling
Load More Replies...I actually had a dr in an emergency room tell me they don’t do that anymore, it’s an old wive’s tail. Went to my ENT the next day, he said rubbish, that it is still valid. Did the maneuver and I did it again at home… good to go!
Load More Replies...Completely understand. It's like being on a roulette wheel. Even trying to move eyes makes you want to puke.
I feel this one. I too suffer from bppv. It's a good day when all I feel is vestibular hypofunction, but no spinning.
THERE'S A VERY QUICK, EASY, AND MEDICINE-FREE SOLUTION!! It's called the Epley Maneuver and all doctors should know it. Ask for it!
Nurse pov that's a lazy iv catheter and the way it is stucked makes me gringe...
Tell us more! I get them at least once a year, and would like to learn why that’s bad.
Load More Replies...Have you tried the exercises? I had projectile vomiting the first time, but i did it again & i was much better!
Got This Gem At About 10 PM Last Night, Hours Before The New Year
It was the current year somewhere. Just adjust your time zone a bit this year. Never be late again
“Emotional and mental pain activates the same parts of the brain as physical pain so it's helpful to do something physical like giving yourself (or getting) a big hug, letting yourself FEEL the disappointment,” the therapist explained to us.
“Maybe putting on a cozy top or grabbing a hot water bottle. Wrap yourself up in cotton wool a little and know that it will pass,” she shared some practical advice on how to deal with difficult situations.
The mental health expert noted that it’s important to set a time limit for how long you allow yourself to indulge these feelings. It’s essential that you don’t get stuck at this stage.
“It might be 30 minutes. It might be a month! Think about the time you might require to process this disappointment or embarrassment,” she said.
The Amount Of Rubbish Left In Times Square After New Year's Eve
It's cleaned up immediately, it's paper, and it's not like this is a pristine habitat being ruined. Save the outrage for where it really matters.
Load More Replies...It's cleaned up immediately. It's part of the event. The cleaners start even before the revelers are gone.
Don't sweat it. New York City plans on mass confetti and "ticker tape parades" for every parade and event, it's cleaned up rapidly and efficiently, and this clean-up is in fact included in the exorbitant price of New Years Eve event tickets for businesses surrounding these events. This isn't a bunch of yahoos partying on a pristine beach then leaving all their trash. This is a heavily regulated urban landscape in the middle of the most expensive real estate in the world. People ARE trashing the world, but this is not a good example of it.
At carnaval here in the south of the Netherlands, the streets look like this in the morning too. There are just not enough trashbins to put it all in there. The city's cleaners do an excellent job in cleaning everything up. They are prepared for it. It's gotten better as glass is not allowed, only plastic cups so less chance of harm.
How is this a problem? It's paper confetti and is always part of the celebration and always cleaned up
The people in Times Square are usually wearing diapers. They can't leave their space or they ma lose it. So the entire NYC ball, etc.. drop, I'm pointing out the likelihood they pooped their pants.
You should see Bourbon Street after Mardi Gras!! The next morning it’s like nothing ever happened.
It's actually amazing to watch as soon as midnight hits!
Load More Replies...If you ever want to give yourself a phobia for crowds, go to Times Square on NY Eve. BTDT. Now, a crowd is more than 10 people and that's a few too many.
I Work 3rd Shift At A Hotel. For Ten Minutes, The Guy Argued He Was Staying In 227. We Don't Have A 227. He Was At The Wrong Hotel. Happy New Year
Reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode I just watched on Syfy last night
Since when were Jackee and Marla Gibbs on the Twilight Zone?
Load More Replies...Sad to say but I have done something like this. We always stayed at the same hotel in Amsterdam but, one time they were full. After a night out I went there and when my key wouldn't work I started pressing the door bell (it was a very small hotel). I ended up sleeping on a bench,
We've all been there, haven't we - ok, maybe just me and a few other special people. I know that I've woken up in some very random places.
My Friend Got Home After Work Around 2 AM To Find His Neighbor's Son After Too Much Of The New Year's Eve Celebration
I hope he gave that poor kid a bed for the night. Or at least a warm couch.
According to Menezes Cunningham, when we allow ourselves to feel these feelings, from sorrow and shame to mortification, we actually get them out of our systems “far faster than pretending to be fine immediately if you're not.” On top of that, physical movement can help us get out of this funk, too.
“Welcome ALL your feelings and share how you feel with people who you trust to support you,” the BACP senior accredited supervisor suggested to Bored Panda. She also noted that if things seem really bad and if you seem to be stuck in a negative spiral, you may want to consider reaching out to a coach or therapist. There is nothing shameful about asking for help when we need it.
This Is Not Very Comforting
Florida man needs to pay the bills like everyone else
Last time when I ordered taxi from airport driver was bit "off". I thought it might be late hour, but nope. He was totally stoned and keep smoking in car as well... My leather jacket was stinky for a while just from this hour drive.
He was stoned but you stayed in the car the whole drive instead of asking him to let you out as soon as you found out?
Load More Replies...4-Year-Old Girl Hit In The Shoulder With A Falling Bullet While Enjoying Fireworks
Pistol round. What goes up, comes down. Ignorant idiots! First rule of gun safety: never in the air! Hollywood movies notwithstanding.
Load More Replies...Date says July 4th, 2019...on top of that, I recall this was debunked as a fake image. The x-ray was for dislocated shoulder.
They just use random photos as illustrations for Reddit posts without illustrations.
Load More Replies...Meh. Says it was a child. Looks 45 or larger sized. Without a banana for scale.... We'll never know.
Load More Replies...Even when they're not direct targets guns are hurting children. Gun control means using both hands, sure. But self control means not shooting in an unsafe manner. If you don't want to lose it, be responsible with it.
Dropping bullets don't have the mass to hurt you. I'm calling shenanigans on this.
This has been studied. A spinning bullet falls to earth with nearly the same velocity as when it left the firearm. That it because it does not tumble and shed speed in the air. This is the principle used for indirect artillery such as mortars and howitzers. Ask any service member who has seen combat.
Load More Replies...I'd say America needs gun laws...but that'll never gappen because Americans love guns more than kids.
Every New Year I Make Apple Pie From Scratch. 7 Kinds Of Apples, Buttery Crumb Topping. This Year It Promptly Exploded When I Took It Out Of The Oven
New pyrex is just tempered glass and should not be heated (or used at all, it's garbage)...the old Pyrex was actually borosilicate glass and much, much better.
Load More Replies...I learned Pyrex licensed their brand out to other manufacturers. So if it capitalized "Pyrex" it is the really high quality, if it is "pyrex" it might be okay, might not. I was so mad when I learned this! I always thought buying any pyrex meant it was of a certain quality. I had one bust in the oven.
Ditto. I had a Pyrex explode, called Pyrex company, and was told that newer Pyrex is made differently. I was just stunned
Load More Replies...dont put hot pyrex onto cold surfaces. the pic above shows why. just put a folded dish towel or wooden chopping board down where you want to put the pyrex.
That was rather unfortunate... It does look like it would have tasted good (especially with a large scoop of vanilla ice-cream).
TIL Pyrex = REAL Pyrex. "pyrex" (lower case) is not. 1 is likely to explode, 1 is not. P.S. I would personally be eating any bits of this that were "safe". It just looks too good.
Maybe you can sneak a piece of the top in the middle, it looks really yummy
Bored Panda was interested in how people can recover more quickly after suffering a series of unfortunate events or a bout of awful luck. Comedy, according to the therapist, is one powerful but nuanced tool in our arsenal.
“Laughing things off can be brilliant,” Menezes Cunningham said. “But if you're not feeling it, it might compound your pain and embarrassment—don't offer yourself up as a laughing stock if you're feeling vulnerable about it.”
Wanted A Special Mountain Lake New Year's Eve With The Wife, Even Upgraded To A Room With A View
Yeah, this is an incredible view. I would love to have something as healing and profound as this for a view.
Load More Replies...Honestly, this could be the most realistic type of view to expect from nature. Nature DGAF about your plans.
like our ocean trips from either Portland or Bangor Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia - or St. John to Digby. Always fog! All 4 times!
Happy New Year. Shower Screen Shattered At 1 AM First Day Of The Year
Vacuume everything starting with the ceiling. Speaking from experience...
Load More Replies...Fortunately it's tempered glass easier to clean up and less chance of slivers of glass ending up in your foot
To elucidate, tempered glass breaks into rounded particles with very few sharp edges. Originally designed for use in vehicles. Thank science.
Load More Replies...Lol. I don't know why you were downvoted. I'm quietly laughing imagining a bunch of people in the shower doing god knows what.
Load More Replies...I broke a wine gIass 30 MINUTES after the year started and my parents said it's good Iuck, so now other bad stuff won't happen?
Had Two Stray Bullets Hit My House Just After Midnight On New Year's Eve. Through A Shower And Garage
Jess Christ what is it with idiots and their need to fire guns like this??????
I used to teach gun safety. Absolute worst thing to do with a gun is to fire it up in the air. That bullet will come to earth with much the same velocity as when it left the firearm. The least these idjits could do is buy blank cartridges, but no...
Load More Replies...Again, these people should be arrested and charged with attempted murder.
I don't think any sane person would disagree, but the difficulty is finding them. They are likely very far away from where the bullet came down.
Load More Replies...As I said in a comment above, a woman died today in southern Italy after being shot by a stray bullet while dining at home with her family last night
Like active shooter drills in schools, a gun culture just accepts it as a part of daily life. But for me, an Aussie ... YIKES!!!!
I just said to my mum 'I'm so glad we live in Australia where this isn't common'! To be going about your business and suddenly have a bullet coming for you must be terrifying!
Load More Replies...At this point, I would start considering myself as a possible target, and not stray bullets.
Why is there so many posts with guns being fired, what has happened to people, don't they have any sense anymore!
Journaling can also help you process your feelings. The therapist also suggested looking into embodied journaling: “Record yourself talking about the event so you can watch back and see more about your body language and tone of voice. Are you aware of extra tension? Fighting back tears? Don't attempt to fast forward through your feelings but GIVE yourself some space to feel it all. Learn from it.”
According to the BACP member, when you feel ready, ask yourself how the moment or event has shaped you. “This is NOT to attempt to fast forward natural feelings or brightside/toxic positivity yourself.” The therapist pointed out that at some point, we might recognize that as painful as the series of events was, it did make us stronger and perhaps something else, too.
On New Year's Eve, After People Started Going Home From The Party, A Friend Of Mine Passed Out. We Decided To Have Some Fun By Stacking 12 Cans On His Head
How is this a painfully unfortunate thing? I feel sorry for the drunk friend though
It's going to be painful when he wakes up! If not with the cans, with the hangover!
Load More Replies...He’s a demon. That’s how he can stack all those cans without them falling over. Symmetrical can stacking. No human being could do that.
Load More Replies...The hangover is going to be real. But how is this having a worse time? Looks like he had the best time of all
At least you didn't draw on him! We always had the rule that if the party was winding down and you took your shoes off you were safe, but if it was early or you passed out with shoes on it was game on!
The big question is.... were they empty? Or full? That determines the "impressive" factor
Sounds Like We Come From The Same Kind Of Family
Boy does he not know what's going on in the world right now. I feel like a psychology degree is currently one of the most valuable ones to get!
I'd like to see his face when he sees how much therapists can make per hour.
Family Has Covid, House Hasn't Had Power For 8+ Hours, And Fridge Is Spoiled. Happy New Year
Fridge won't be spoiled in 8 hours. Takes WAYYYYYY longer than that for bactreia the food to get to temp and bacteria to reproduce to dangerous levels.
If it's an over/under fridge with the freezer on top, then you have more like 24 hours because the entire freezer has to thaw out before the fridge even touches +5C. That's why they were designed that way. The side by sides are stylish but they are not efficient.
Load More Replies...If you live in Chicago as per the sign in the background, take the food out of the fridge, put it in bags and hang it out of your window. I'm sure it's cold enough there at this time of year to keep it fresh.
On Christmas of 2022 a neighbor's house caught fire. Thankfully, everybody got out OK, and less than a year later their house was fully rebuilt. Just a couple days ago another house on my street caught fire; fortunately, a woman was already on the horn to 911, and the fire department got there quickly.
Load More Replies...We didn't get covid at my house, but everyone (somehow not me) got the same horrible flu illness that is going around right now. Fevers, cough and vomiting....so fun
Something else that can help you bounce back after failure is connecting with a future version of yourself. “Imagine yourself a week, month, year, decade in the future. What are you likely to remember from this event then? It's possible that these events helped you make some beneficial changes,” the therapist told Bored Panda that there’s usually a silver lining in these situations.
Even a bout of bad luck might have helped you find friendlier friends. Or it might have been a wake-up call that helped you set your priorities right.
Stepped Into The Ocean And Straight Onto A Fish Hook Stuck In The Rocks, On New Year's Day, In A Small Town, With No Doctor On Duty
This is the hook after a doctor in a nearby town removed it. 1 week later, it's healed and I'm fine.
Reminded me of the time I stepped on a nail. Went through a couple of difficult weeks.
Chipped My Teeth 30 Minutes Into The New Year. Still Smiling Tho. Unfortunate Thing Is No Dentist Till The 2nd
That makes me so anxious! Teeth, another failure in design brought to you by the folks who thought tender vittles on the outside was a good idea!
I broke that same front tooth when I was 15....40years later the fake bit is still holding on thanks to our family's dentist...
New Year's Eve Accident In Somerset, Kentucky
"Here we see a young limo coming out of the woods to the river for a much needed drink of water...."
"Let's rent a limo on NYE so that we can all drink"! Driver- "Sounds good to me"!
Somehow the picture looks old... If so, then forever is underway!
Load More Replies...Happy New Year, Pandas! How did you ring in 2024? Did everything go according to plan? What resolutions did you come up with this time? Have you ever had New Year’s celebrations go as wrong as in the photos featured in this list? We’d love to hear from you, so feel free to drop by the comment section to share your thoughts and experiences.
Stuck In Walmart During A New Year's Tornado Warning
It would be an opportunity to meet new people. Woud have been if there weren't smarthphones, then people would talk to eachother. Great start for a movie ;)
I was thinking this when I saw the photo. "Get your faces out of your phones, and talk to people."
Load More Replies...See? It could be a communal experience but everybody's got their heads stuck in their phones. Look up people, you're not alone.
I prefer not to have communal experiences at walmart
Load More Replies...At first glance, with everyone's head bowed, I thought they were praying.
Geez! What? Everyone on the phone? This is real life and you can't even talk to each other? At least lie about it as a life-and-death experience in the future. Bet no one even keeps a diary anymore to thrill you later what you did. If this is all you do . . . go stand outside . . .
And everybody using the phone and consuming precious battery power during an emergency...
New Year Party Goes Wrong
and person on right taking a selfie? disaster-girl.jpg
Well, I Guess There Will Be No Pork And Sauerkraut To Start The New Year
This is one of my family's' favorite meals, any time of the year! We prefer it without shards of glass, however.🐽
IDK, the glass adds a nice crunch...
Load More Replies...I'm glad all my Pyrex are hand-me-downs and Corningware was bought before they changed the material. My crockpots are also older. Products are just s**t anymore.
Load More Replies...Right When The New Year's Ball Dropped, My Cat Broke Her Tooth While Playing With My Other Cat. Happy 2023
RIP my wallet. Thankfully she’s eating and drinking just fine and doesn’t seem to be in pain, but she will need it removed on Monday.
Took one of my cats to the vet last month for a dental checkup as it looked as though she had plaque building up around a tooth. Turned out she has the cat-specific genetic illness of tooth resorption. Four teeth had to be removed and probably more in the future. It's going to get expensive...
Load More Replies...NYE 2012, one of my dogs was playing and fighting with a big neighborhood dog. Its lower jaw snapped in half, hanging doen at 90 degrees. The vet was getting ready for a party but agreed to perform a 2 hours long surgery. His assistants were not available, I was his nurse. He drilled the bone and replaced the joint with a metal bar
New Years Eve one year, my cat fell off the ledge on the 2nd floor to the wooden last step on the 1st floor. Ripped the very thin skin on the back of his leg. Rang in the New Year at the emergency vet instead of going out with friends as planned.
Your cat looks to have several bad teeth, including the broken one (discolored and that root canal looks overly wide). Suspect it was tooth accident waiting to happen.
Great Start To The New Year. Stepped On A Sewing Needle Which Broke Off In My Big Toe
I've had that happen..Dad pulled it out with pliers in the garage, then told me to go to bed. Ahhh such a 80's nurturing!
Hello fellow Gen-Xer. Nice to see another one of us.
Load More Replies...Having sewed my own finger, then repeatedly lost the needle tip as I attempted to pull it out, I can confirm it's painful.
I've had that happened to me, but because so many injuries to my right foot from playing a sports and just being dumb when I was a kid, I developed sort of higher pain tolerance, that caused me not knowing what happened to my foot one night I realized it was so swollen and just didn't look right. When to ER and the doctor told me she had found a sewing needle before she showed me the X-Ray and then did a very minor emergency surgery to take the needle out.
OMG why would you post this. It's making me want to run around my house covering my ears and screaming.
Our Apartment Flooded At 12:05 On New Year's Eve
First My Car Gets Rear-Ended On New Year's Day. Now Godzilla Decided To Rip A Hole In My Door
Good thing they have the club. Seriously though, that sucks. How?
Bull bars on the other vehicle? I did something similar in a work van turning into a space. Didn't see a metal post that was on a slight lean. Opened the side of the van like a tin opener. Yeah, that was fun showing the boss....🤣
Load More Replies...My Neighbor's Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S Caught On Fire On New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve At Work A Few Years Back. Was Refilling The Stock On The Bottom Shelf And The Whole Thing Collapsed, Almost Caught My Arm
That’s so f****d up 😭 luckily some of the black fish is salvageable
It's 10 PM And These Party Hearties Are Done
I went to bed around 11. After the blitz at 11.30 with several very large fireworks, I fell asleep. I peed the New Year in sometime in the early hours. LOL.
Fell asleep at 9:30pn NYE. Woke up at 1:30am New Year's Day.. Went to sleep one year and woke up the following year. Kinda like a mini Van Wingle
This is me, except I'm actually in *bed* asleep. Yeah, I live on the edge.
Watched the excellent (but controversial) Curry and Cyanide on Netflix and was in bed with my dog and husband by 11:30, watching our favorite YouTuber
Twice I have gone to New Year's parties that turned out to be duds. Fortunately, I had viable excuses to bug out. Sometimes I wonder why I go to New Year's parties anyway. A public event would be nice, but you'd have to watch out for pickpockets.
When Complaining About Fireworks On New Year's Eve And Someone Decides To Decorate Your Apartment Wall With AK-47. What A Start Of The Year
Disturbing, isn't it? Now I feel like a whiner for disliking the barrage of illegal fireworks in my 'hood. At least it wasn't raining bullets.
Load More Replies...This is ridiculous. Don't these idiot's realize they could kill somebody? Total disregard and disrespect for people living near them.
It seems like there some kind of problem here. What's the recurring theme?
Immature idiots with weapons they shouldn't be trusted with
Load More Replies...New Year's Eve Brings Out The Best In Us All
Not sure how this happened or how it's even possible, but I'm impressed.
I...I...just don't understand how this could of happened. It like defies all explanations.
Looks like it tried to chase a squirrel up the pole. Hound dogs look like that when they have a raccoon treed.
New definition of Car Polling. Bet the car would have made it to the top if it wasn't for the cops.
Neighbors Were Too Lazy To Properly Clean Up After New Year's Eve, So They Just Swept Their Trash Into The Corridor
Collect it up and return it to them at every opportunity. Lob one through the open door. Stick another in the mailbox. Another in their car. With that many you could probably manage a whole year.
Perfect revenge: sweep it into a pile outside their door, then use an electric leaf blower to blast it into their unit the second they try to leave! Or, sweep it into a pile outside their door with some rat-sized glue traps scattered under or near, so that everything sticks to them when they exit the unit.
you are the person to call for situationl like this!!!!!!!! Brilliant
Load More Replies...Happy New Year To Us. Someone Smashed Our Brick Mailbox
Someone posted a similar pic and said it got struck by lightning. I asked, "is 'Lightning' your 'drunk name?'"
The neighbor's mailbox did not survive either. There are no tire tracks, so the damage doesn't appear to have been caused by a vehicle. How the heck did the vandals do this?
I Was Almost Done With Work, Then Someone Made A Mess All Over The Floor. I Had To Stay Late To Clean It On New Year's Eve. I Missed My Reservations For My Date
The war crimes committed in the restrooms at my store would give you nightmares! I don't know why people are so disrespectful of restrooms they don't have to clean. We DON'T have to allow you to use them. A little respect goes a long way.
Been there. It was a 4th of July date and dude rolled into the bar 15m before closing and asked for a menu. The entire staff was like FFFFFFFFFF!
New Year's Eve Parties Always Result In A Casualty. Someone's Idea Of A Good Time Is Pushing Our Grill In The Pool
I would be so pissed at the friend who did that. They better buy you a new one and fish that one out of your pool that will now no doubt need to be cleaned, possibly drained and refill. I am angry on your behalf.
The grill had had enough of the bickering about how “well” or “rare” a steak should be…
If You Start Cooking Beef Wellington At 23:30, Your Pan Will Crack At Exactly Midnight Of The New Year
Yep, the original logo is PYREX, in all caps, and the newer inferior glass is pyrex, all lowercase.
Load More Replies...At least it didn't shatter and your beef wellington is likely still edible! Most of those shatter into a gobillion pieces
New Year’s Shenanigans. Taken In North Philadelphia
Think that's fire damage on the window, not an airbag.
Load More Replies...Welp, that's Philly for ya. Let's not forget this is the same city that threw batteries at Santa at a sports event.
"North Philadelphia" Where I was born and raised. Was the playground where you spent most of your days?
A Great Way To Finish Out The Year. My TV Broke On New Year's Eve
When You Leave The Old Year In Style. This Just About Sums Up 2021
More textiles that are not biodegradable! Thank you for adding to the global pollution problem.
Oh Look What Finally Showed Up On January 4th... Our New Year's Eve Tickets
A Bullet Came Downwards Through My Sister's Window After New Year's Eve
Guns "...being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." This supersedes your right to be safe in your own home.
Most likely isn't the US. A lot of 3rd world countries celebrate by shooting into the air.
Load More Replies...Went To Work On New Year's Eve. Came Home To My Fiance's Stuff Gone. All That Was Left Was A Card, And All The Jewelry I Gave Her In The Past 3 Years. Happy New Year
Without knowing the full story, better then than further down the road
From OP: She also left her phone (that I was paying for), no forwarding address or phone number, and even her dogs tag because it had that number on it.
Load More Replies...Happy New Year To Me! Courtesy Of Last Night's Storm And A Very Generous Tree
Donuts At The Gym. A Great Way To Start New Year's Resolutions
Smart business move. Keep them fat so they keep coming back to the gym.
Fire Department Called At 1:38 AM To Tell Us There Was An Electrical Fire. Starting The New Year With No Car
Some Kids Started A Fire In Dry Grass With A Firework Right After 12 AM On New Year's Eve
Not something that happens in the UK. We only have wet grass at Christmas and New Year. In last night's case, very wet grass.
In Australia this new year we had cyclone damage in one state, extreme flooding in another and I think bushfires in at least one as well :(
Load More Replies...Yet another perfectly illustrated example of why fireworks should be banned globally.
OMG, someone just got in a car accident, ban cars!!!
Load More Replies...Big reason why fireworks are banned in Australia unless you have a licence to use them
One Of My Cats Threw My 1400 Piece LEGO Tank From The Shelf It Was Sitting On, Destroying 9 Hours Of Work On New Year's Eve
And I'll do it again! How dare my soft can-opener play with that instead of with me! Revenge was sweet! *helps OP's cat bat the LEGO under the sofa*
"My soft can opener", bwahahahaha 😂 love it!
Load More Replies...I mean keeping breakable things not behind glass when you have a cat is not not the smartest decision.
Cat, Shelf. You do the math buddy. Cats will knock c**p off the shelf. Accept it as a natural part of life.
Going Up To The Cabin For New Year. Deer Wanted To Party. The First Car Payment Is Tomorrow
If you're making payments, you most likely need comprehensive insurance coverage which should cover the damage.
Doesn't look like the airbags deployed, so probably fixable, but it will never seem like the same car, there will always be some little thing that will annoy you after the fix. BTDT.
Load More Replies...I have dealt with 5 deer strikes in the last 15 years. None were me hitting them, they were all from deer hitting me while driving. One was when I was going to work in town. Two come running out. First one shatters front windshield and wrecks right side front fender. Second one shattered passenger side window and destroyed the door. I am still finding glass shards under the seats. I no longer feel bad seeing dead deer on the side of the road, I feel bad for the drivers. This will be unpopular opinion, but to me, deer are basically rats with hooves. I can't stand them. Beautiful creatures though.
Was this deer a moose? Or I guess that hood is probably soft aluminum nowadays…which is probably good for the deer
New Year's Eve's Aftermath: When You're So Drunk You Lose Your Home Phone
CVS Is Preparing For Easter. It’s New Year’s Eve
Are they still on sale for one a penny, two a penny? I actually had to look up one was 😬.
Load More Replies...Saw this on a Scottish Twitter thread: Two days after the birth, we start celebrating the execution.
Random fact ... Easter hasn't been on April 1st since 1956 and is on 31 March this year ... so maybe this display is actually very early for 2029?
I was going to say! My birthday is the 31st March and I was going to use it as an excuse for extra chocolate this year!
Load More Replies...Convenience store down the road from me just put those out, doesn't bother me though reeses eggs are are the best
Someone Drilled A Hole In My Gas Tank, Happy New Year
It's possible that they noticed their gas gauge was low, so they went to fill it up, then heard the new gas leaking out.
How did you notice and have time to get a pic? Hopefully the culprit was caught...
This happened to my friend's truck. Like WTF? For what? 3/4 gallon maybe collected? To do what with? Dribble into another vehicle? Huff? Makes no sense. Criminals literally outwit me at every turn.
Happened to me too. Couldn't understand why gas gage was on empty when I filled just 2 days before. Looked under truck, saw wet spot and hole in .y gas tank. Assh***s
It's still running, so either you have seen who did it, or you would need a mirror for seeing who did it, I guess...
Or went to fill up at a petrol station and saw it leaking from under the vehicle..
Load More Replies...Ordered Wings For New Year’s Eve, Got An Empty Box Instead
The Grocery Store Forgot To Take The Security Top Off Of Our Champagne
Made It 3 Years Before A Positive Test. Happy New Year, I Guess
Spent New Year's eve In The Hospital After An ATV Accident. 3 Broken Ribs And A Torn Ligament
Alcohol and motor vehicles don't mix. I'm not saying alcohol had to be involved, but I have a strong suspicion that alcohol was involved.
ATVs provide such great opportunities for folks to seriously injure themselves AND burn climate changing fuels at the same time. All for a bit of "fun". Nicely done! edit. yes sarcasm. also yes I made the assumption that this was not a work related thing.
ATVs are so dangerous I imagine few work places would use them. I see ATV, I think Rik Mayall.
Load More Replies...It's New Year's Eve And My Sister's Extremely Intelligent Friend Just Dropped An Entire Bottle Of Glitter And Confetti Onto My Carpet
to punish that "friend" make them pick up every single piece before leaving the premises. And them block them forever. Hope they rot in hell.
It looks like most of it made it onto the cushion, hopefully it wasn’t as bad as it could get lol
My Wife's Mom Rode My Kids' Hoverboard On New Year's Eve. Her Wrist Is Broken In 3 Places And Dislocated. They Let Us See Her At Midnight For A Minute
Oh I don't know. If she tries it again next year, you can whip out the pic and say "look what happened the last time you tried this".
Load More Replies...And that's why I don't try any new fads. I don't bounce like I used to!! 🤣
18" Of Snow Fell In West Texas New Year's Eve Leaving Motorists Trapped. Local News Is Asking Those Stranded To Pin Their Location On Its FB Page So They Can Be Evacuated Via Helicopter
It's almost like Canada and Texas have wildly different climates 🤨
Load More Replies...Also no white Christmas in Maryland T-T Its been three years and I'm an atheist but god please give us snow.
My Rear Window Got Destroyed Due To Firework On New Year's Eve
Mine And The Wife's New Year Roast Dinner. Happy New Year Everyone
Stolen Tire, No Cinder Block. On New Year's Eve Too
I know like c'mon at least leave a cinderblock jeez! what is wrong with people nowadays
Took A Decently Expensive Whisky To Cheers The New Year With Some Friends And This Managed To Happen To The Bottle On The Way Home. It Was Almost Full
Happy New Year To Me. Got Diagnosed With Covid Today And Get To Celebrate Alone In My Bedroom While My Husband Is Downstairs Eating His Dinner Alone Too
My Expensive $500 New Year's Dinner (I Got Cheated)
No dinner is worth so much. That specific dinner excels at being not worth so much.
this makes the $1 tacos I had last night look so much better. I know the last place in the city that offers $1 tacos and $2 pints in 2024. Personally I usually go for the $3 sloppy joes but dollar tacos in 2024 felt appropriate last night.
Load More Replies...Knowingly spending $500.00 on a dinner??? You must be as loaded as that baked potato, and not as smart.
And that's why my group of friends has a New year eve dinner at someone's house, where everyone brings a different course
The New Year's parties I attend have potlucks. Unfortunately, half the people bring store-bought desserts.
Load More Replies...Someone check on the kitchen 'cause the chef's definitely dealing with something, yikes.
That was hopefully to pay the servers extra, and not to give you a good meal.
Happy New Year Everyone
This Biker Cab Stuck In A Crowd On New Year's Eve
At Midnight On New Year's Eve, We Had The Thickest Fog In Years. My Kids Are In This Picture, Less Than 30 Ft Away
You really shouldn't post pictures of your kids on the Internet without obscuring their faces somehow.
This happened over here as well a few years ago. The fireworks actually made it even worse. You could hear voices everywhere but could not see 5 meters!! I'm not exaggerating. Was quite a experience.
Driving Home From A Red-Eye New Year's Eve Flight And Took A Turn Too Quickly. Fortunately, My Wife And I Are Uninjured
Just Out Of Curiosity, How Many People Have Had This New Year's Eve Fail?
Looks like they put a glass bottle with carbonated drink in the freezer so… I’m hoping not too many people had this fail because I’d hope most people know better. :p
People do this a lot but usually only for a few minutes. The trick is to set a timer on your phone so you don't forget to remove it later.
Load More Replies...I feel like you could just put the ice into a cup and and it melt back into juice, as long a the surface it's on is clean
Also, for cans: just gently roll it in the ice bin. it'll be cold in 30 seconds or so.
Load More Replies...Maybe it was for the kids? Or, god forbid, for people that just don´t drink alcohol, like me?
Load More Replies...Was So Excited For The Whisky I'd Been Saving For New Year
Happy Chinese New Year
Right?! Especially when these red envelopes are used for nothing BUT money.
Load More Replies...Don't know about China, but banks in most countries will accept a bank note if more than half of it is presented. That one would be fine with a bit of sellotape on it.
You and I thought the same thing. I tried to look this up. This is a People's Republic of China People's Bank of China renminbi note. "The damaged renminbi shall be exchangedin accordance with the regulations of the People's Bank of China" What those particular regulations are aren't part of a document I could find.
Load More Replies...Just Opened My New Year's Eve Champagne And Then I Cried
I actually have this tradition. Been sober for over a decade. And the only way I come even close to drinking alcohol is sparkling red grape juice with Christmas dinner (it looks like wine) and either sparkling white grape or apple juice on New Years (looks like champagne). I even have a plastic wine glass and champagne glass to drink them out of.
I was confused and then I read it again. I thought there was something in the glass.
Fireworks Gonna Look Amazing Tonight
Boohoo, I will not see the loud lights in the sky The world would be a better place without fireworks! Pets/Neurodivergent people/ with PTSD have a horrible time thanks to them. Pets even die because from fright 💔
There are soundless fireworks, I hope they become more common
Load More Replies...When I was a kid, we went downtown for the NYE fireworks display. Something floated down, right into my eye. Never go see fireworks again. Don't even care to watch them on TV.
Kids At Mom's, And The Girl I've Been Seeing Ghosted Me After Making New Year's Plans. Now, I Have To Ride My Bike At 5:40 AM In The Pouring Rain To Open The Kitchen At Work
Guessing he decided to play games after being ghosted
Load More Replies...Watermelon We Bought During New Year's Eve. The Seller Said It's Ripe And We Took His Word For It
I did not notice the T for a moment and was very confused.
Load More Replies...“New Year, New Me” Lasted 11 Hours And 37 Minutes. Phone Glass Shattered Beneath The Case After Falling Out Of My Pocket. Can Only Go Up From Here
If the worst thing you can imaging is a broken cell phone screen, trust me, it can go quite a lot DOWN from that point.
at least it's just the back. get a non see through case, and the problem no longer exists.
Decided To Open My Great-Grandfather's 30-Year-Old Champagne For The New Year. Got It From His Estate After His Passing. It Had Been Open And The Smell Nearly Made Us Barf
"Methode Champenoise" refers to the way the fermentation was done, but sparkling wine it's not champagne. Although I almost don't drink, I love learning about wine 😊 Also, not all wines age well and they have to be stored in a particular way to avoid going bad.
Lots of wines don't actually keep. The oldest and most expensive stuff isn't meant to be drunk, it's for bragging rights only.
The oldest "wine" i have ever tried was a bottle of port wine i took from my aunts house when she passed, it was unopened and probably 15 years old kept in a dark and coolish basement root cellar with some other liquor i was a bit worried but it was fine and actually quite delicious
Load More Replies...That was from before "methode Champenoise" was deemed illegal.
I Forgot To Put The Cake In The Fridge And Now We Have To Eat Melted Cake For New Year's Eve
Yeah, it still tastes good, just a little melty.
Load More Replies...New Year, New Me, New Storage Bin That Doesn't Fit
Lift up the edge of the bed, slide box in, let bed down. The edge piece comes further down than the slats underneath.
Or if the bed is too heavy, remove the lid, slide the box under and replaced the lid under the bed.
Load More Replies...Ooo ooo ooo! Get you some of those bed chocks and raise it up a few inches!
Just leave the lid off or lift the edge of the bed to slide it under.... so not the end of the world.
I have one of the "under the bed" containers too. It also doesn't fit. It makes me wonder what the standard is.
Happy new year everyone. Here's to a little peace, love, and happiness in your lives. Especially when it comes from within ourselves.
Indeed,Happy New Year 🎊. This year I'm keeping up with my tradition of contracting a vile virus. I may be ok to go back to work tomorrow. Still it isn't a bullet in my wall so not so bad.
Dutch New Year. These homes got fireworks damage. Fortunetely we don't have a lot of guns so it's just explosives and fires. Midwolda-6...81b989.jpg
Hopefully the idiots damaged their own homes instead of those of other people?
Load More Replies...In the city where I live, assh0les put cars on fire around new year. Other people's cars. It is so scary to see a car on fire in front of your house, the fire gets so big really fast. I always get nervous in december that my car could be next. When you look at how many cars there are in the city, it's actually only a super small chance that your car gets targeted, but just the idea that people are destroying other people's cars for fun, is really scary and infuriating.
Yeesh. My worst New Year's was when my newly pierced ear grew back around the earring backing. Doc cut my lobe with a scalpel and dug the backing out. Without numbing medication. I was ten.
Happy new year everyone. Here's to a little peace, love, and happiness in your lives. Especially when it comes from within ourselves.
Indeed,Happy New Year 🎊. This year I'm keeping up with my tradition of contracting a vile virus. I may be ok to go back to work tomorrow. Still it isn't a bullet in my wall so not so bad.
Dutch New Year. These homes got fireworks damage. Fortunetely we don't have a lot of guns so it's just explosives and fires. Midwolda-6...81b989.jpg
Hopefully the idiots damaged their own homes instead of those of other people?
Load More Replies...In the city where I live, assh0les put cars on fire around new year. Other people's cars. It is so scary to see a car on fire in front of your house, the fire gets so big really fast. I always get nervous in december that my car could be next. When you look at how many cars there are in the city, it's actually only a super small chance that your car gets targeted, but just the idea that people are destroying other people's cars for fun, is really scary and infuriating.
Yeesh. My worst New Year's was when my newly pierced ear grew back around the earring backing. Doc cut my lobe with a scalpel and dug the backing out. Without numbing medication. I was ten.
