As we journey through life, we often ponder on the things we desire to accomplish before our time is up. These musings take shape in what is commonly referred to as a "bucket list."
While many of us may not cross off everything from ours, the process of jotting down our aspirations helps us identify our priorities and can be a source of inspiration when reflecting on all that we've achieved.
On the flip side, there are certain activities that leave such a sour taste in our minds that we vow never to attempt them. So when Reddit user Phlux asked other people on the platform to share their top "anti-bucket list" of things, many happily obliged.
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Caving. F**k. That. Google the nutty putty cave, and read all about John Jones for nightmares.
Spelunking lol. Only thing I cave to is a gallon of cookie dough ice cream
Already been in a cave before but it was a toured cave. I'm okay with toured caves. I'm okay with caves as long as I know someone went in there an came out alive. And I ant crawling through dangerous places where you can get stuck.
This is horrifying. Also, makes me think of the (awesome) horror flick, "The Descent."
Yes - I tell people that is why I would never spelunk. Not that I’m sure I would panic and get stuck. The underground troll people excuse is much better.
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I've been spelunking! Twice! The first was scarier because it was just me, my mom, and our guide in the middle of nowhere. The second time was a sixth grade class trip, and it kinda sucked because someone decided we should all sleep in the cave. Underground caves are some of the only places in the world where there is complete and total darkness. They're also freezing at night, in case anyone needed to know. I'd go caving again, but I refuse to sleep in one ever again.
I love it! Underground is beautiful. Abseiling down an underground waterfall in the dark is even more fun!!
I went spelunking in ape caves while mt st Helens was smoking. Its the youngest volcano in the chain so it's the most active.
The Ape Caves are very spacious, and only a few sections require a small climb up onto a chest high incline. It's more of an indoor hike than it is caving.
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Check out the Floyd Collins story while you're at it. Not for the claustrophobic.
I learned that I am claustrophobic from a "squeeze" section in a cave. Big galleries? Sure, love to. Squinch up, unable to move my arms, surrounded by rock? Hell No.
I would suggest you don’t Google it. I did and nearly had a panic attack reading and looking at some of the photos. Let’s just say he died in a horrible way exploring a cave.
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I think there's a cave where there's a bunch of bioluminescent creatures, that's the only cave I wanna go to and even then I wouldn't want to do anything serious.
A friend told me about that after returning from a trip to New Zealand. Before you get to the bioluminescent part, there's a somewhat tight squeeze through a section filled with cave spiders... so bear that in mind.
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Or google Floyd Collins in Mammoth Cave, 1925. Shudder! I close my eyes if something like that appears on the tv.
I read about that. That is pure nightmare fuel. I can't imagine what that poor guy must've been thinking and feeling.
I just watched The Last Descent. It's a movie about John Jones. It was amazing - just don't watch it without tissues close by.
OMG I just read about John Jones. It made my skin crawl. What a terrible way to die
Only way I will be going caving is if it's a cave that I can walk through standing straight up at 6 ft 1 in and still have clearance above me and beside me.
Forreal. Never freaking happening, nope nope nope. Just looking at drawings of that incident makes me feel like I can't breath.
Whatever you do, don't talk to an avid caver and call their passion "spelunking." You will get a very negative correction which will make the rest of your inquiry somewhat tense...
Nope. I ready about the nutty putty incident. Took me days to get it out of my head. Makes me want to hyperventilate just thinking about it.
I love caving but never heard the story about the caver who got stuck, and died, in the Nutty Putty cave.
I googled it. Tragic and terrifying. I am never going spelunking or anything like it. And never watching the movie that was made about it. It probably give me a panic attack.
Gee thanks for mentioning it again! My skin is crawling as we speak, poor guy :,(
Story is so sad The nutty putty cave incident bought me to tears as I read about it. That's why if I ever go into a cave it's going to be wide enough and tall enough I can walk through it at 6'1 without touching anything.
Having my own kids. I'm at that age where all my friends either have kids or are planning too but I just can't imagine changing my entire life to become a parent
I'll never leave the solar system on a multi-generational colony ship headed for another star. There's just no way, bro.
Is anybody going to casually ask the aliens if they want us there? Just showing up there seems a bit disrespectful
Becoming famous
I’ve thought about it and decided it’s not good.
I feel like I’ve done a pretty good job of avoiding it, for which I’m proud of myself.
Flying a plane. I am colorblind thus I cannot get a pilots license.
I personally find it ironic since people with my specific brand of color blindness were roped into the Air Force in WW2 because they could distinguish German camouflage from the skies.
I didn't know that! I'm partially colorblind. I'm scared of planes anyways tho lol
deep sea diving. i have extreme thalassophobia. no thanks
Is it called that because it's "thalass" thing you'd ever do? Seems logical...
Ride a moose.
But imagine just how majestic you'd look.
I'll probably never be president. Statistically it's unlikely, and regardless of how you feel about the current one, it's a pretty stressful job, so I'm not sure I'd want to even if I had the option.
I'm an arachnophobe, so both Brazil and Australia are definitely on my anti-bucket list.
I don't think I'm going to find "the one".
remember, sometimes love comes at unexpected times, bad times even. I believe you don't need love to be happy! <3
Throwing a fragmentation grenade.
I know I could do it, but too often I've thrown things somewhere and accidentally hit something not supposed to hit. I'd have too much fear that I'd just yeet that thing 3m in front of me instead of far away.
There is a special technique when throwing a hand grenade. It's not actually thrown like a base ball or tossed as seen in movies. You use your arm more like a trebuchet. If you just so happen to be left-handed, like myself, you hold the grenade upside-down. The standard M67 grenade weights about one pound. It may not seem like much, but it does not take long to tire your arm after throwing a few. Throwing one is not that exciting, once again as seen on t.v. For one, there is no dramatic fireball. Secondly, you don't see it explode for obvious reasons (shrapnel to the face).
Being able to retire (having enough money to retire). Living to retirement age.
I will not write a bestselling novel or paint a picture that sells for over $10,000. Doesn't take the fun out of it tho.
I've both owned a Harley-Davidson and served in the Navy without getting any tattoos. Nope. The ink ain't gonna happen.
I wanted a stamp on my passport before I turned 30.
...I hope I have a stamp on my passport before I turn 40.
I always wanted to ride a bull. You know, the whole 8 seconds out of the chute, hanging on for dear life.
And there’s a time I definitely could have done it. I had hands like a pair of vice grips, and my bones seemed to be indestructible. Not so much anymore. Suddenly, since about 34 years old, I can sneeze the wrong way and feel it in my back for a week. And now there’s a kiddo on the way? Nah. I can’t go smashing myself to bits on a bull. I’ll stick to a bicycle.
Boy, this list would be huge. But #1 is being crazy rich. You know, soccer players level of richness. Even if I managed to get this amount of money, I feel like living in high society must be so tiring, I don't want to experience this lol
Ride a bike. I just turned 30 47 minutes ago and feel way to embarrassed to try and learn now.
I taught an adult to ride a bike a few years ago. Took the pedals off, lowered the seat so that she could put both feet on the ground, had her push off and just glide in an empty parking lot. When she felt confident gliding longer distances after a few weeks, we raised the seat a little, put the pedals back on and she added pedalling into the mix.
I wanted to be a fighter jet pilot for almost my entire life. I work on fighter jets as ground crew on the exact platform I grew up wanting to fly. Some days it really gets me down, but I've mostly accepted my life wouldn't be where it is had I had completed going that route. I'm really happy where I'm at so it's bittersweet some days.
I won't have a romantic night out on the town with Emma Watson.
Become a father. It's heartwrenching if I sit & think about it, so I try not to.
It sounds like this is something OP really wanted. There are a lot of ways to be a father that don’t involve the traditional way. Fostering, adopting, stepchildren. Or there are a ton of ways to make a difference in children’s lives. Coaching sports, mentor programs, volunteer work. Hugs to OP.
Playing a professional sport. It sucks cause it was a big part of my life in high school and college but I never had any delusions I'd go pro.
I will never eat frogs legs or snails. Even tho I live in 🇫🇷.
I ate frog legs before. They were actually good. Then I thought about it about a week later. So if you do eat them just don't think about it.
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Stuff to not do, now that I'm a bit over 70: Climb till exhausted. Walk on hot coals or lava. Play LADY OF SPAIN on accordion. Go flat broke. Support political reactionaries. Sing falsetto. Tame a wild predatory animal. Whittle.
I have bungy jumping, free climbing & riding roller coasters on my anti-bucket list
I will also never go free climbing, or bungy jumping. I love roller coasters though.
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I think some people misunderstood what a " bucket list" is, it's stuff you want to do before you die. So an "anti bucket list" is stuff you have no interest in trying. No interest in skydiving? Yes. Not making a million dollars? That counts more as what you won't be able to do, not what you have no interest in. Who doesn't want at least a little more money?
Going to university. Nearly 40 and still can't write an essay or anything like that to save my life. I got through high school by acing the short answer questions in exams.
If you want to write an essay it's simple, come up with a topic, 3 points to support your topic, let's say you wanna write about why you should get a dog, point 1: they are fun, point 2: they are cute, point 3: they are fluffy. There you have your essay planned, your going to have a total of 5 paragraphs of this essay, start your introduction simply by introducing your topic by saying "Dogs are something everyone should have for several reasons" then introduce your points so say something like "One of these reasons is dogs are fun and this is beneficial for people" I don't remember what my point was so if that wasn't it forgive me, then then introduce your second point, "Another reason is..." then the third point, restate your topic now "there are many reasons why people should have dogs" there is your introduction and layout for your conclusion. For the conclusion paragraph for the first and last sentence in the conclusion use words like "therefore" and "in conclusion" because
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Some of these really miss the whole concept. It is not about what you would want, but can't...
I'll never own an iPhone, go cave diving or watch a Hallmark channel movie. Nope. Never.
Eating sushi frogs or snails. I had food poisoning from raw meat once so I will never ever ever eat sushi.
This is a stupid list. Most are things that nobody will do or is even possible. Step foot on another planet! Wtf. Win a gold medal! So dumb
My anti bucket list: mountain climb. Have a kid. Get a Twitter account. Take all honors like i (an idiot) did in middle school. Stay in this country at legal adulthood if I have the funds to move out.
Another fun BP post. Honestly, I mean it. A lot of things to think about. Most of these things make me feel like I've failed at life, somehow.
Why there are such an unreasonable unrealistic options? Like living on another planet or leaving solar system on some hyperspace colony thingy? The first is not going to happen in 10-20 years, the latter probably in 100 years.
Honestly I think it'd be cool to do all those things sadly I probably will never have a chance but I'd love too
Load More Replies... I do have an anti bucket list but I call it my to f*ck with it list.
I will never eat frogs legs or snails. Even tho I live in 🇫🇷.
I ate frog legs before. They were actually good. Then I thought about it about a week later. So if you do eat them just don't think about it.
Load More Replies... Stuff to not do, now that I'm a bit over 70: Climb till exhausted. Walk on hot coals or lava. Play LADY OF SPAIN on accordion. Go flat broke. Support political reactionaries. Sing falsetto. Tame a wild predatory animal. Whittle.
I have bungy jumping, free climbing & riding roller coasters on my anti-bucket list
I will also never go free climbing, or bungy jumping. I love roller coasters though.
Load More Replies... I think some people misunderstood what a " bucket list" is, it's stuff you want to do before you die. So an "anti bucket list" is stuff you have no interest in trying. No interest in skydiving? Yes. Not making a million dollars? That counts more as what you won't be able to do, not what you have no interest in. Who doesn't want at least a little more money?
Going to university. Nearly 40 and still can't write an essay or anything like that to save my life. I got through high school by acing the short answer questions in exams.
If you want to write an essay it's simple, come up with a topic, 3 points to support your topic, let's say you wanna write about why you should get a dog, point 1: they are fun, point 2: they are cute, point 3: they are fluffy. There you have your essay planned, your going to have a total of 5 paragraphs of this essay, start your introduction simply by introducing your topic by saying "Dogs are something everyone should have for several reasons" then introduce your points so say something like "One of these reasons is dogs are fun and this is beneficial for people" I don't remember what my point was so if that wasn't it forgive me, then then introduce your second point, "Another reason is..." then the third point, restate your topic now "there are many reasons why people should have dogs" there is your introduction and layout for your conclusion. For the conclusion paragraph for the first and last sentence in the conclusion use words like "therefore" and "in conclusion" because
Load More Replies... Some of these really miss the whole concept. It is not about what you would want, but can't...
I'll never own an iPhone, go cave diving or watch a Hallmark channel movie. Nope. Never.
Eating sushi frogs or snails. I had food poisoning from raw meat once so I will never ever ever eat sushi.
This is a stupid list. Most are things that nobody will do or is even possible. Step foot on another planet! Wtf. Win a gold medal! So dumb
My anti bucket list: mountain climb. Have a kid. Get a Twitter account. Take all honors like i (an idiot) did in middle school. Stay in this country at legal adulthood if I have the funds to move out.
Another fun BP post. Honestly, I mean it. A lot of things to think about. Most of these things make me feel like I've failed at life, somehow.
Why there are such an unreasonable unrealistic options? Like living on another planet or leaving solar system on some hyperspace colony thingy? The first is not going to happen in 10-20 years, the latter probably in 100 years.
Honestly I think it'd be cool to do all those things sadly I probably will never have a chance but I'd love too
Load More Replies... I do have an anti bucket list but I call it my to f*ck with it list.
