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50 Unfortunate Souls Who Are Already Having A Worse 2024 Than You
Today, on January 20th, 5.46% of 2024 will have passed. However, some people have already run out of luck this year.
So in order to remind you that we always have to expect the unexpected, we put together a collection of unfortunate pictures, depicting folks' struggles with the weather, technology, cars, and pretty much every other facet of the modern world.
I guess it's true what they say: life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
Continue scrolling to check out the images and don't miss the chat we had with Manhattan psychotherapist and performance coach Jonathan Alpert — you'll find it in between the mishaps.
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#1
Got Off Work To No Road Home
3 Otters 🦦 2 years ago
There’s a hit country song in this. No road home. This is worse than a lot of the ones that came before.
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#2
Worked 12 Hours Cleaning Toilets And Can’t Take A Shower Because Our Water Smells Like Feces
#3
Five Days Into The Year And I'm Already Done
#4
We Don't Consider You Luggage 'Lost', We Like To Think It's Off On An Adventure
#5
See The Blue Light? Yeah Thats My House
#6
My Week In 3 Pictures
#7
So I’m Watching My Brothers Dog For The Week And He Went After A Tin Of Chocolate Up High On The Sneaker Shelf
#8
Passing A Kidneystone On My First Day Of Work In The Bathroom Before Our Safety Meeting Where I Had To Meet Everyone. 4mm Stone Passed After 5 Weeks From First Sign
#9
Starting The New Year With A Collapsed Lung. At Least It Should All Be Uphill From Here
#10
Happy New Year Indeed
#11
My Car Window Was Broken Into, Im Completely Broke And There Was Nothing To Steal From My Car
#12
Update From Yesterday, We Are Definitely Not Getting Out For A Few Days
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
That is quite a bit a snow. I hope all stay safe and warm. I'm in the north east US and we are currently enduring sub zero temperatures, for the next couple days. Stay safe and warm.
#13
Just Got To Our Hotel… At Least They Left The Lug Nuts
#14
Got Bitten By A Bat And Spent The First Day Of 2024 Getting Rabies Shots
#15
Reckless Driver Crashes Into A House
#16
Owch
#17
Did This Annoyingly Difficult Prize Puzzle Just To Find Out After That It Was Used And The Code Had Already Been Redeemed
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago (edited)
Anyone in the factory or store could have scanned the picture on the package, which the manufacturer should have blanked out or used a fake image. I'd say they owe you a new, unscanned one.
#18
Somebody Rummaged Through Nearly All The Packages In My Apartment Mail Room On New Years Day
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Oh come on, not the styrofoam one at least! Could be someone's meds that have to stay cold!
#19
Our 60+ Year Old Birch Fell On Our House
#20
Dental Crown Popped Off At 10:30p New Years Eve. Yay
#21
Good Friend Of Two Years Ends Friendship
#22
While Trying To Open Some Tuna, I Accidentally Dropped The Can
#23
My Mom’s Ceiling Collapsed On New Year’s Eve
#24
My Wife And I Rented A Cabin. We Arrived To Find A Trash Bag For A Window, And Wine Service For One
#25
I Have A Meeting At Congress And No One Showed Up
#26
Brand New iPad Already Logged In
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I once picked up a brand new computer with a hard drive full of someone's financial records.
#27
It's My Daughter's Birthday And I've Made Her A Cake. It's Been Cooling Down In The Fridge. Let Me Just Check On It Real Quick
#28
$1,199 iPhone 15 Left In The Snow While I’m At Work All Day Unable To Retrieve It
#29
Worked Up The Courage To Go To A Bar To Try And Socialize. Even The Bar Tender Stepped Out For A Smoke
#30
Car Broken Into Before A Snow Storm
#31
Walked Outside This Morning To Find My Car Keyed. What A Great Start To The New Year
#32
Stuck In A Smallest Elevator On The First Day Of The Year
#33
I Bought A Ton Of Food For Tonight So That I Can Host Nye For Us, My Parents, And My Brother’s Family. I Also Spent All Day Yesterday Making Cupcakes, Each Filled With Lemon Curd I Made The Day Before. My Mom Now Has Food Poisoning And Can’t Come, And My Daughter Caught The Flu 🥲
#34
Way To Start My Morning…
#35
Got Zapped By Static Electricity From A Conveyer At Work
#36
Came Home To My House Broken Into And Loads Of Stuff Nicked. Great Start To The Year
setsuriseikou 2 years ago
Why would people have glass doors in a place accessible from outside? Are there countries where it's safe to have them?
#38
Crashed My Brand New Car Under 40k Miles Last Week 😕
#39
The Weather Where I Live
#40
Dominos Not At It’s Finest
#41
Someone Forgot To Lock Their Frame
Betta Fish 2 years ago
In mountain biking, I learned how to take off a bike tire in 10 seconds if I ever found myself in a situation that I can't get out of, so I could get untangled or something. Please, fellow pandas, never lock only your tires.
#42
New Couch Has Cushion Velcro On The Wrong Side
#43
Went To Goodwill Yesterday. Got A Discount At The Register, Thought It Was Because Of Tag Color. Looked At My Receipt Today And Saw This
#44
Happy Neh Year! From The Discount Store🥲
#45
As I Took A Picture To Show My Husband What I Was Going To Buy From Goodwill, A Lady Took The Price Tag Off To Buy It
#46
Guess Who Forgot Their Exit Plan After Staining The Stairs. Send Help
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
You live and you learn. Either wait it out, for it to dry, or figure out your exit plan and redo whatever work gets messed up in said plan.
#47
Phone vs. Car Door
#48
Neighbors Car E-Brake Failed And Rolled Back And Hit My House
#49
Wife's New Car Well Was New
#50
I Accidentally Spilled Tinga In My New Car
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
That’s your fault, though. You have to seal it with a bungee cord or saran wrap or something. 🤦🏼♀️
#51
Moved In With Partner, And His Cat Chomped My Monitor
#52
Dr Pepper Exploded In Our Mini Fridge And Obliterated The Shelf
#53
My Eye After A Chemical Accident. It Won't Open All The Way. Due To The Holiday I Couldn't Get Treatment For 3 Days
#54
A Ex Of Mine Emptied My Fridge And Left Me With Expired School Milk
#55
Almost Made It All The Way Home Safely
#56
This What's Left Of A Freezer Shelf I Was Washing In The Tub
#57
New Year Hello
#58
Not The Greatest Start To 2024 For Me
#59
Me And My Family Witnessing A Flood
#60
My Coworker Asked Me To Watch Her Dog, I Said Yes Assuming She’s House Trained
#61
Got Into An Accident Earlier This Week
Michelle my Belle. 2 years ago
Wow. It's tough to mess up an old Volvo like that. Hope everyone was ok.
#62
Got In An Accident. I’m At Fault. My Insurance Will Sky Rocket. Hate Black Ice!
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
I have no idea what I'm looking at, what is this a picture of exactly?
#63
This Is How My New Motherboard Arrived Today
#64
Came Back From Vacation To Wine Cooler Glass Being Shattered
the quickening 2 years ago
Goes on vacations, has a wine cooler. Doesn't sound like a difficult life.
#65
Just Moved In To A New House And My Dog Seemed To Be Bored
#66
My Mom Drove Into My Birds Travel Cage ✌️😔 There Was No More Space Anywhere Else In The Garage, I Should've Thought Twice About My Placement So That's On Me
#67
Plate Exploded!!!
#68
I Am Not God’s Strongest Soldier
Flora Porter 2 years ago
Fate's way of telling you to get a dog. A lab would have that clean in about 20 seconds.
#69
Sigh
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Not seen in this photo: a cat looking mightily impressed with themselves. Probably.
#70
Purchased A Sword... With A Broken Handle
Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago
E6000 craft glue. You can find it at pretty much every craft store, Lowe’s, Walmart, and the like
#71
Was So Excited For The First King Cake Of The Year…
#72
The Lid Fell Through Both Dishwasher Racks And Onto The Element
Lily Kramer 2 years ago
Been there. Had a wooden spoon burn on our heating element. Who knew that could happen even while wet?!
#73
Feeling Good For 2024
#74
The Cookie Has No Fortune, I Hope It's Not A Warning
#75
How My Morning Started - Should Be Working For An Hour
#76
I Left A Near Full Pack Of Gum In My Pocket When Washing My Clothes
#77
Not Gonna Wear Beat Cut Jeans In The Snow Again
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
This was a daily occurrence when I was a teenager, there was usually many people whose JNCO jean cuffs were soaking wet 😂
#78
My First Time Wearing These Brand New Socks
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
I hope they weren't expensive, they are poor quality. They have no toe reinforcement at all, its all about the profit.
#79
Missed It By That Much
#80
We Were Supposed To Get Our First Major Snowfall Of 2024 Today… It Rained…
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago (edited)
I nearly flunked both my art exams because of the universe hating me. The quack dermatologist wasted 2 hours of my life with things unrelated to the appointment. A mosquito kept me up till beyond midnight. I walked into the edge of a door while sleepy, I forgot to bring a change of clothes for a school function, the coconut oil at home now has fungus in it. They cut off the gas to our house. All of this started happening after New Years
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 2 years ago
had to put my cat down yesterday. she had seizures and would bleed everywhere. she was a mean cat after the seizures, and we really think that she was suffering. i hope shes at peace now and that she'll wait for me when i arrive.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
So sorry to hear about your cat! A couple years ago my cat succumbed to a mysterious and sudden illness. The vets did their best, but in the end they had to put her down. RIP, Aida.
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Suspicious looking chair 2 years ago (edited)
My 7 month old fridge died. I lost my insurance because they changed the plan and I no longer qualified. Havent had water for two weeks. Cant get to the doctor due to weather. Whole family has the flu. And my stomach issues are pretty severe right now. How's everyone else?
Stardust she/her 2 years ago (edited)
I nearly flunked both my art exams because of the universe hating me. The quack dermatologist wasted 2 hours of my life with things unrelated to the appointment. A mosquito kept me up till beyond midnight. I walked into the edge of a door while sleepy, I forgot to bring a change of clothes for a school function, the coconut oil at home now has fungus in it. They cut off the gas to our house. All of this started happening after New Years
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 2 years ago
had to put my cat down yesterday. she had seizures and would bleed everywhere. she was a mean cat after the seizures, and we really think that she was suffering. i hope shes at peace now and that she'll wait for me when i arrive.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
So sorry to hear about your cat! A couple years ago my cat succumbed to a mysterious and sudden illness. The vets did their best, but in the end they had to put her down. RIP, Aida.
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My 7 month old fridge died. I lost my insurance because they changed the plan and I no longer qualified. Havent had water for two weeks. Cant get to the doctor due to weather. Whole family has the flu. And my stomach issues are pretty severe right now. How's everyone else?
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