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30 Times Premature Celebrators Ended Up Embarrassing Themselves In Public (New Pics)
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Please, for the love of God, don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Please, please, PLEASE! …oh, well, see, now you’ve done it—you counted ‘em. We hope you’re proud.
You may or may not believe in things like Fate and Karma, but you can’t deny that the Universe has a sly sense of humor. It likes irony. And it loves bringing arrogant people down a peg or two, as well as proving folks wrong just for the heck of it. Usually, in an overly-dramatic fashion.
The r/Prematurecelebration online community documents epic examples of people celebrating things prematurely, only to fail or be wrong. In a very public manner, no less. Scroll down for the most embarrassing cases and remember to upvote the posts that you enjoyed, dear Pandas. Bored Panda also got in touch with the friendly moderator team running the whole online community. They were kind enough to answer our questions.
If you enjoyed this post and would looove to see more people being wrong, check out Bored Panda’s previous feature about the ‘Premature Celebration’ subreddit right over here.
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#1
Prematurely Celebrating A Legend’s Anniversary Of Passing
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#2
Celebrating That Natural Immunity Just A Bit Too Soon
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
There is ALWAYS a price for being stupid. Unfortunately, it is often someone else who gets the bill.
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Dan Bexell 2 years ago
Sorry lady, if you're lookin for sympathy you can find it in the dictionary between sh*t and syphillis.
Valaun 2 years ago
My sympathy is for the people around her and anyone that she has authority over. Hubris has its price
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Bored_NorWeirdian 2 years ago
Am I being a horrible person for saying that I don’t feel bad for her at all?
GoGoPDX 2 years ago
Nope. I am a nurse and my brother is a respiratory therapist and we encountered this same scenario every day at work. We always reminded them why they were there in the first place and it could have been prevented any time they would try to get sympathy or play the poor me card.
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John L 2 years ago
Yep, funny how they always seem to forget on who's watch it went pandemic....
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Randolph Croft 2 years ago
I looked this imbecile up on TwittElon, she's still an anti-vax nutjob.
Prince of Darkness 2 years ago
it really is a goddamned shame how many of these people have survived covid
René Sauer 2 years ago
I had corona once, from Wednesday to Wednesday. Wasn´t any worse than a simple cold. Was vaxxed two times though.
RoanTheMad 2 years ago
exactly, people misunderstand though. the vaccine does not completely stop you from getting it, but in 99.9% of cases it WILL lessen the effects and thus make it far, far less lethal.
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CPooh 2 years ago
Pisses me off that these people get equal access to the ventilators when there’s a limited number of them available. Go to the end of the line, antivaxers!
Hey! 2 years ago
I never thought about that but it's a good point. I don't think they'll ever do it though.
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Bella Sennei 2 years ago
I wouldn't p*ss on you if you were on fire. Not an ounce of sympathy for this lady.
Naomi Williams 2 years ago
Eh, I wound up in the hospital for getting jabbed, no I'm not stupid it really did happen.
Naomi Williams 2 years ago
But at the same time I'm super sensitive to any shot soooooo
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Hollie Marie 2 years ago
I was double vaxxed and had it for three days. I'm now triple vaxxed and counting myself lucky it wasn't worse for me. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
You get what you deserve when you chuck science out the window for cult of personality.
Jan Bregulla 2 years ago
dumb af. I stopped praying for idiots. To hell with all those evolution-brakes
R1MV4Superleggera 2 years ago
Well deserved for being a blithering fool! You've got NO sympathy from me at all!
Bryn 2 years ago
I'm not sure how I feel about people like this. On the one hand, I don't like to see anyone suffer like this. Not only for them but for their families and friends. On the other, karma's a b***h. Are they taking the bed from someone who vacvanatied and did everything they could to avoid it?
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I wouldn't waste prayers on someone who mocked the opportunity to avoid the situation they're in. I'm going to pray for the person who you might have infected while doing so. We shouldn't even waste the hospital space or resources on them. Sorry but lets say someone got sick from a vaccination, they would be the first ones to put out hateful and horrible comments about how they deserved it. I don't feel for this person. At. All.
Jessica Massie 2 years ago
If we know this person was a denier, then fine. Yes, there is a price. I get that this falls under premature celebration - and I don't see where this person was celebrating. If this person did celebrate - then man, you were so stupid.
ButFirstCoffee 2 years ago (edited)
Ha ha ha ha ha! So many people die of sheer stupidity! You got natural immunity? This is nature's natural way to tell you buh-bye! However, she's still alive and well, looked her up on twitter, still spewing stupidities.
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
When they feel the realization kick in and are scared is when I pity them
Justin Smith 2 years ago
She deserves norhing but what she got. She didnt just kot wear a mask but refused to get vaccinated as well as spreading a bunch of b******t.
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Ye🌏
Bored Panda got in touch with the team of redditors that runs r/Prematurecelebration with a few follow-up questions for them. One of the moderators was happy to answer them.
We were curious as to what has changed since our last article about the online community.
"We have been working towards being more receptive and open-minded about the definition of premature celebration, as to be less bogged down by obvious examples of the genre," they told us.
#4
The Newspapers Were Hoping
#5
A "Victorious" Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Returns From Germany And Declares "Peace For Our Time" After Hitler Agrees Not To Invade Any More Territories In Europe, 1938
#6
We Are Going To Win …. Never Mind, Damm Youngsters
"We spend a few hours every week debating these posts and working on the definition of the words, shaping the future of the sub," they shared a bit about the work that they and their other moderator colleagues do.
Bored Panda was interested to get the r/Prematurecelebration team's opinion as to why so many people find it hard to admit that they've made a mistake. According to the, the widespread use of the internet and especially social media has a lot to do with it.
"This era of online presence allows people to pull in and out," they explained.
#7
Greatest Tweet Of All Time
#8
People Magazine Prematurely Celebrates Betty White's 100th Birthday
#9
Chechen Mercenaries Release An "I'm Coming For You Ukraine!" Video. Less Than An Hour After It Was Posted (On The Sub), The Column Was Wiped Out And The General Killed
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
The video included the metadata of where it was shot. Its easy to target artillery and position troops when your enemy gives you their latitude and longitude.
"A lot of people manipulate this to walk away from their mistakes," the mod pointed out that on the internet, it's quite easy to avoid taking responsibility for one's actions.
Finally, we wanted to get their take on the right balance to have between confidence and humility. However, they quipped that "being too humble makes for bad premature celebration!"
In short, if everyone was well-balanced and mature, the subreddit wouldn't need to exist.
#10
This Whole Operation Is Noting But Premature Celebration
#11
Possibly The Biggest Premature Celebration Of All Time?
#12
Tattoo Soon
The r/Prematurecelebration subreddit is a fantastic corner of the internet that shames anyone who’s arrogant enough to fly too close to the sun, only to have their wax wings melt.
The online community was created to document all those intensely embarrassing moments when people celebrate something (“usually in sports”) before actually accomplishing it. The result? They end up failing in the process. The irony is immeasurable but incredibly entertaining.
#13
Does This Fit?
Shannon Ansley 2 years ago
Haaaaa I grew up there. Singapore doesn't give a F where you're from if you break the rules.
#14
Russian State News Accidentally Publishes Article Saying Russia Has Defeated Ukraine And Restored Its 'Historical Borders'
François Carré 2 years ago
"Accidentally", really ? Old habits of propaganda and fake news from the Soviet era can go a long way...
#15
So Much For Sweden’s First Female Prime Minister
Jrog 2 years ago
She was elected on a technicality, lacking an actual majority since there were too many absentees in the election vote. Her administration proposed a fiscal budget, who was rejected and instead the opposition's budget was voted, once again due to absentees on the government party's side. The winning coalition split, and she resigned to avoid being in charge of a government without political support and bound to a budget written by the extreme right wing opposition. She was reelected a few days after by a narrow margin, only two votes. Her tenure was quite uneventful, with just some minor controversies sprinkled in. She was replaced last October, in favor of a right-wing coalition despite winning the popular vote by a 10% margin.
Created all the way back in mid-June of 2013, the ‘Premature Celebration’ sub has since grown to house nearly 710k members. The last time that Bored Panda wrote about the subreddit, it had 525k members.
Clearly, the subreddit’s mix of schadenfreude and forced humility appeals to a lot of people. (And, really, we’d be lying if we said that it isn’t satisfying to see someone be wrong on a massive, massive scale.)
#16
Why Worry, We're On An Unsinkable Ship
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
We don't need the appropriate number of life boats because they'll never ever be needed! We'll just put up a few for show
#17
Guilty
For those who don’t know him, he is Josh Duggar (aka Pedo). He m*lested 4of his sisters when he was ~14. The youngest sister was 2. Last year, he was found guilty of possession of CSAM. This year, he was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison.
Funny thing is she posted this like a month before his arrest.
Random K-pop Stan 2 years ago
The next 33 years? Is she planning to divorce him after 33 years? What?
#18
The World Cup Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving For Premature Celebrations
Members of the sub have to abide by a few rules. One of the main ones is to keep the content focused on premature celebrations. That is the point of the entire community after all. So you’ve got to show some sort of evidence that the person in question has been celebrating before it was appropriate to do so.
What’s more, redditors ought to avoid reposting the “top 50 of all time or the current hot 25.” In other words, try to keep the content fresh! Do a bit of research on what’s already been posted, don’t just share random screenshots and photos randomly. And, of course, be a kind and decent person: “No namecalling, direct personal attacks, or bigotry.”
#19
Elon Welcoming Kanye Back To Twitter
#20
Cyclist At The Tour De France Fails To See Actual Winner Finishing 8 Seconds Before Him
#21
A Bit Late, But Here A Nice Collage
TGHW 2 years ago
The standard Scottish response to this every 4 years: EbCnGIoWAA...34fbeb.jpg 
Previously, a colleague of mine got in touch with the team running the entire r/Prematurecelebration subreddit. Moderator u/N8theGr8 had explained to Bored Panda that the community had no moderators at one point, so there was a transfer of power to the current redditors.
According to the mod, the sub is focused on “kind of a niche topic”, so that might impact how busy it is. “But we have half a million subscribers and it stays relatively active,” they said back in February 2021.
Redditor u/N8theGr8 noted that the entire point of the sub revolved the idea of people “ celebrating some kind of win or victory before you really should.”
They gave a couple of examples: “Like a guy who runs a race and then slows down right at the end to do a victory jump and throw his arms in the air, only to be passed by the 2nd-place guy who then wins the race. Or the 'Dewey Defeats Truman' newspaper held up by President Truman.”
#23
A Premature Celebration In Premature Celebration
#24
A Confident Scam Artist
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
Of all the Ponzi schemes ever Ponzi-ed, these people are the weirdest. At least the Enron collapse and Bernie Maddoff were business men and looked the part. Why people entrusted their life savings to a man who looks like the weirdo living in their moms basement, and was having orgies in the Bahamas on their dime, is beyond me.
Judging others feels good. You really can’t deny it. And it’s actually a part of what makes us human. During a previous interview, Bored Panda had reached out to psychologist and wellbeing consultant Lee Chambers.
"Judging others is something that we as humans do, both consciously and automatically, and there are a number of reasons why we do it. Comically, we are often told as children not to judge others and have stories shared about how judging others can mean we upset them or lose opportunities to see what really lies behind our perception," he told us earlier.
#25
Commitment
#26
Me, Today. Could Go In Sadcringe Too :(
#27
Time Magazine Cover, December 2001
Akshara Panduga 2 years ago (edited)
I HEARD THE MFS JUST BANNED WOMEN FROM UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION GO TO HELLLL U BEACHES❌❌❌😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬 edit:sorry for all the ummm anger but like I really hate that women aren’t getting education they deserve
"Sometimes, we judge others to feel superior ourselves, finding faults in others, highlighting them, and feeling better about ourselves in the process. Sometimes, we use it to work out where we fit in, recognizing how we want to be, where our aspirations lie, and how we don't want to become," the psychologist explained to Bored Panda before.
"Sometimes, it's in response to our own flaws, and we attack others for what we don't like or don't see into ourselves. And on other occasions, it's to fit into a wider group who judge something or someone, and we conform and perform with the same judgment,” the psychologist said.
#28
Close But No Cigar
the shy platypus from nextdoor 2 years ago
Should I know him? Who is that? Why has he so many views?
#29
Tattoo Of England Coach
#30
Hallelujah
Used mindfully, however, being judgmental actually does have some benefits.
“It can help us to set goals, find alignment with our values, it can help us to build the self-awareness of others and it can boost our self-esteem," Lee told us earlier. "Add to that it can also help us to make positive social choices, and it's understanding how and why we judge that gives us the ability to use it for our benefits instead of escaping our flaws or pulling others down."
Do you have any tales about premature celebration, dear Pandas? Have you ever been knocked down a peg the moment you thought you were victorious? Which of these posts made you laugh the most? Do you enjoy judging others when they’re acting way too arrogant? Share your thoughts in the comments.
#31
Woman Who Bragged She Wouldn't Go To Jail Becomes 10th Jan. 6 Capitol Rioter To Get Prison
#32
Dutch Rider Celebrating Olympic Gold Without Knowing Someone Else Beat Her To The Line From The Group Ahead
#33
Spacex Starship Sn10 Successfully Lands, Then Explodes A Few Minutes Later
#34
Taking A Gamble Here
François Carré 2 years ago (edited)
I'm so glad France lost, honestly. Nothing against the game in itself, and that team is pretty good. But this time I didn't watch anything of it, the whole thing in Qatar was way too controversial. And the French president so obviously tried to capitalize on it politically, that was getting indecent and embarrassing. That cup is better off in Argentina, where football is culturally important for the people on a completely different level.
#35
2007 Forbes Nokia Cover
Adam Chang 2 years ago
Nokia ceo was literally laughing when asked if they should fear Iphone.
#36
84 Days Before India Posted Highest Single-Day Surge In Coronavirus Cases, Pm Modi Celebrated 'Triumph' Over Covid-19
#37
Xbox’s Ad For The Game Blinx: The Time Sweeper
#38
Context: His Team Won Their Local National League For The Last Time In 1979, This Goal Would've Made Them Champions...he Just Should've Openned His Eyes
#39
Valentine's Day
#40
Whoops
#41
The Cleveland Guardians With A $66 Million Payroll Just Won The Division Over The White Sox With Their $197 Million Payroll. This Tweet At The Beginning Of The Season Didn't Age Well!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
The picture is a still of the last shot of the Fresh Prince of Bel-air. Kind of appropriate to reflect that those with the money disappeared and left the poor nephew of the family standing alone.
#42
Don’t Doubt The Underdogs
setsuriseikou 2 years ago
The very concept of being proud of something that you yourself didn't actively work for is incomprehensible to me.
#43
A Semi-Pro Road Race Recently. Remember: Celebrate After The Line
#44
Kwasi Kwarteng (UK's Chancellor) 13th Oct 12:24 - "I'm Not Going Anywhere", 14th Oct 12:25 - Fired
#45
It Was Not, In Fact, Ball Game
Henry Russell 2 years ago
for those who dont know Buffalo Bills is a American Football team. their versus the vikings they are very confident that their going to win they did not
#46
Saw This One Coming
#47
Chelsea Won The Match A Couple Of Minutes Later
#48
Algerian Football Fans Celebrating Their Team Qualifying For The 2022 World Cup... Until Cameroon Scores A Last Second Goal, Eliminating Algeria
#49
After This Was Posted Lsu Outscored Ole Miss 42 - 3 And Won By 25 Points
Brian Michael 2 years ago
This one doesn't make sense, how can a team win 42-3 when the other team already has 17?
#50
Chile Got Their Bid Denied And Didn't Qualify For The Soccer 2022 World Cup In Qatar
#52
Tough Day For This Seahawks Fan Yesterday
#53
Chucky Chuck…
#54
You Don’t Let Tom Brady Have The Ball Back With Time On The Clock
#55
Not Even Two Hours Later
Emma S 2 years ago (edited)
They certainly handled it better than the UK. Our prime minister missed 5 meetings to discuss and then took the 'wait and see' approach and waited far too long to go into lockdown by which time it was too late. It then came to light nearly two years later that while the country was in lockdown and not allowed to visit dying relatives or go to funerals, our government were having parties and laughing at us. They have still yet to make any sort of apology about this. Now the NHS is on strike because they are being denied a living wage and are buckling under the pressure and the government are gaslighting them and telling the public its the nurses that are messing up the NHS. I recommend watching Jonathon Pie's video about the current strikes in the UK. Hits the nail on the head.
#56
I Think This Belongs Here
#57
Four Years Ago, This Bettor Put This On His Snapchat Story
#58
"This Tweet Is Ageing Well"
Akshara Panduga 2 years ago
I don’t wanna be THAT person but could someone plz explain this to me
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Yeah, okay. 2 years ago
With a side of deluded optimism and a dash of "my gut feeling".
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Why does BP sometimes cut it's page after they've been published? This page was '58 premature celebrators' just a couple of hours ago. I commented on one of the photos, and now I can't see the reply because the photo I commented on has been deleted. I'm genuinely curious as it's a bit frustrating. I've noticed they've done this before?
Almostfoxlike 2 years ago
There's a link at the bottom to see the rest of the posts. If its like my phone, give it a second after clicking the link and it will take you where you left off.
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Yeah, okay. 2 years ago
With a side of deluded optimism and a dash of "my gut feeling".
Load More Replies... Emma S 2 years ago (edited)
Why does BP sometimes cut it's page after they've been published? This page was '58 premature celebrators' just a couple of hours ago. I commented on one of the photos, and now I can't see the reply because the photo I commented on has been deleted. I'm genuinely curious as it's a bit frustrating. I've noticed they've done this before?
Almostfoxlike 2 years ago
There's a link at the bottom to see the rest of the posts. If its like my phone, give it a second after clicking the link and it will take you where you left off.
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