People Share Times When “There Was An Attempt” And Here Are 50 Of The Most Amusing Ones
We all know very well that things in this world tend to backfire. Call it a law of nature, a frequent twist of fate, or destiny. “Look who’s laughing now” is a phenomenon that has happened to virtually every one of us, and no matter what you do, it repeats again and again, and again.
The Reddit community “There Was An Attempt” is dedicated to precisely the comic absurdity of all the attempts in life that went against the plan, or turned in the wrong direction. Created in August 2015, the subreddit now has 1.9m members that are not immune to the funny attempts that “were there.”
“People enjoy the slapstick comedy of it. At the end of the day, everyone is laughing,” the subreddit’s moderator told Bored Panda in the interview that you can read in full below. And now we leave the stage to the ensued hilarity.
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To Make The Special Olympics Look Bad
To Complain About A Child Selling Hot Dogs
To Clean Up After Himself
Bored Panda spoke to redditor u/F4T4-M0RG4N4, the moderator of the r/ThereWasAnAttempt subreddit, who said that the community has evolved a lot since it was created 5 years ago.
“When I first joined the team, it was mostly a screenshot sub. A few months back, there was some drama about how there were only three mods who ran the subreddit (which at the time had around a million members).” As a result, they invited more people to join the moderator team and removed the screenshot posts.
To Get Drinks
To Make Speaking 2 Languages Sophisticated
To Sound Literate
For those who’re wondering what, precisely, “there was an attempt” refers to, u/F4T4-M0RG4N4 explained that it’s basically about “someone attempting something but ultimately failing.”
Conceptually, it’s similar to “if someone tried jumping off a trampoline into a pool but when they tried to jump, the trampoline tore. In that case, you could say, 'Well... there was an attempt, at least' and that’s where our subreddit comes into play.”
The posts are mainly about “some people having a dumb idea, trying out that idea, and failing.” This misery is what makes it so funny.
To Prevent The Homeless From Sleeping Here
To Start Cat Racing
To Prove That Patton Oswalt Is A Failed Comedian
I love him! He is the narrator on the Goldberg's.
Today, the moderator team only allows video submissions and cross-posts, “which are posts that were in one subreddit but were reposted to another (kind of like retweeting.” This format works better for r/ThereWasAnAttempt, since screenshots can more easily become reposts, for one.
Especially when there’s one similar subreddit that’s specifically for social media clapbacks and comebacks, but its content mainly features screenshots.When it comes to their 1.9 million member count, the moderator said that “I don’t think we have the exact same post frequency as, say, a meme subreddit.”
Partly, it’s because it isn’t easy to repost something from r/ThereWasAnAttempt. “I could probably look at the new section for r/memes and see quite a few frequent reposts.”
...to Photograph Birds
To Be Responsible And Uber Home
To Scare Your Boyfriend
At Going Outside
To Shame Atheists And Take Away Their Holidays
I Mean... You Tried..?
'Having Voldemort trying to kill him at every opportunity finally took its toll on Harry Potter'
To Be An Animal Activist
To Arrest A “Drug Dealer
To Make Fun Of A Bird
To Shame Men
To Sound Intellectual
To Take A Cute Picture
To Convince People To Be Pro-Life
To Defend God
Or when he flooded the earth, you know the whole Ark thing.
.... To Find Buried Treasure
To Be Racist
Am proudly a Muslim just like a Christian proudly a Christian and also like an atheist who is proudly an atheist!!!!!!! It's our believe when people think about freedom of speech, they forget about hurting other people's religion, but when we stand for our rights we are themed as paranoid. Just leave us alone, stop looking for trouble which you wouldn't get and exercise Human Rights fairly not partially degrading other people's religion. I quote everyone is different yet you try to make everyone the same religion, race, tribe all " Differences matters, yet that makes us who we are, denying our differences is denying the truth " I am A PROUD MUSLIM, it's me not you allow me to practice my religion in peace and stop popnosing on my affairs, everyone deserves right to religion just as u think!
To Suggest A New Idea
To Glorify The President
To Eat A Mozzarella Stick
To Motivate
To Betray Coca Cola
In 2020 Pepsi would have bought the secrets and marketed the drink as Popa-Pola.
Years ago there was a really big game coming up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washing Redskins. It was to determine a great many things, and EVERYONE [this was back in the 70's was really awaiting this game. [Maybe it was the San Francisco 49'er's] regardless, it was gonna be intense and some one stole the "9"er's playbook and Coach Landry a man of honor and integrity Immediately called the opposing team's coach and had the playbook messengered to the other team. That is what professionals USED to do.
Has something like that happened recently where the people involved didn’t act morally? Inquiring redskins fan wants to know.
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It's not just standards, Pepsi also isn't stupid. If they had received illegal trade secrets and possibly used it, they'd be up a creek without a paddle doing major damage to their PR.
Why would Pepsi even want their drink to taste like coke? Then there’d be no distinction and therefore no reason to buy Pepsi.
Yeah! I'll be blunt here: Pepsi tastes better than Coke.
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Pepsi probably already knows the secret formula for Coke. But how do you market that? New Pepsi? How well did that go for Coke...or for that matter, Crystal Pepsi? You have consumers who grab which ever is on Sale. Then you have your loyal customers who actually do prefer your brand over the other. So now what do you do? Spend a ton of money on a marketing plan stating New Pepsi is just like Coke? Basically admitting your flagship is a weaker product? Yeah, I don't think so.
I am that person that grabs anything that's on sale. F**k brand loyalty it's not doing anything for me.
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Many to most companies that compete with each other are not bitter rivals. They often belong to the same trade organization, attend the same trade shows, form strategic alliances, have agreements not to poach employees, ect. Most of the rivalies that has been depicted between businesses are more marketing and urban legend than reality.
Pepsi is a soft-drinks giant all on its own. Why would they want Coke secrets? Some of us prefer Pepsi!
Actually PepsiCo is massively more than a soft-drink giant. They own Frito-Lays, Quaker Oats, Aunt Jamima, Rold Gold, Nut Harvest, Grandma's Cookies, Sabra Hummus, and other brands.
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I think it's hilarious when you consider their thinking: - guy want to sell us coca cola's formula - yeah, what for, Pepsi is way better than Coca Cola - good point let's report him to Coca Cola
Right? It's almost like that's addressed within the meme you just looked at.
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They should have called China, instead of Pepsi. China loves corporate secrets.
Because Pepsi and Coca-cola has their own recipe. Why would they want each other's? People like them because of that unique flavor. They could successfully sell the recipe to a NoName cola brand company tho... But not to someone, who already made big with its own
More than one person has part of the formula, it isn't given to only one person.
I just read the other day on an article about food facts that the only difference between coke & pepsi is that pepsi has citric acid in it & coke does not.
These food products with ‘secret recipes’: how do they get past the FDA?
I remember this. Even though I am a TOTAL Coca-Cola fanatic (my favorite is Mexican Coca-Cola, which has the original cane sugar--best beverage in the universe), I gave props to Pepsi for being advocates of honesty!
That's BS. No one employee lower than Board level knows all the secrets of how a coke is made.
Trivia: A teen had a soccer meet just before choir practice at the church. He had no time to change. Clad in shorts and a T-Shirt with the Pepsi-Cola logo, he joined the choir and stood in his place in the front row. Through the entire practice, the priest kept staring at him. The teen became self-conscious, wishing he had brought a change of clothing with him. When choir practice ended, the priest sought him out. "Oh, boy, now I'm in trouble," he thought. The priest said, "Did you know that if you unscramble the letters in Pepsi-Cola, it spells 'episcopal'?"
It's not about standards; it's about not wishing a long, claustrophobic vacation with horrible food and questionable companions, all courtesy of the government.
This makes me so happy lol! I used to love Coca Cola years ago but now I love Pepsi! I have no idea why I changed. Maybe it's because I used to drink Vodka and Coca Cola and now I don't drink so maybe Coca Cola reminds me of that. I don't know, whatever it is I'm a Pepsi person now lol
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Pepsi proved that there is still integrity in business.
because of course Pepsi felt that their own recipe was already superior.
Ew, why ruin a good Pepsi by using Coke's over sweet recipe? No thanks!
There Was An Attempt To Run For Mayor
To Replace I'm Sorry With Thank You
But actually this is a technique I used in customer service. For example when you put a customer on hold to go get more info, you ask them if they’re happy to wait. When you get back you thank them for waiting. If you say “sorry for the wait” it suggests you did something wrong, when really you were just doing your job. It leaves a different impression on the customer and genuinely impacts satisfaction.
To Prove How Unfashionable These Jeans Were
To Be Neighborly
To Provide Front, Side, And Rear Photos For The Car Insurance Rep
To Virtue Signal...
To Get A Cardi B Tattoo
I never realized that there is a level of messed up that someone would want to get an Anne Frank tattoo on your damn FACE
To Be Deep
To Display Plus Size Clothes Without Causing Offence
Considering that there are no plus sized mannequins, I think its good improv. (I'm on the larger size myself, and I'm nowhere near offended)
To Stand Up For The Joker
To Get A Heartwarming Tattoo
To Fuck The Police
To Keep A Streak Going
To Befriend A Porcupine
To Pass Security
To Sound Tougher
To Criticize A Garbage Man
To Be A Professional Company
All that's gonna do is make more people drive drunk. If Uber is so concerned about people throwing up in their cars or being violent (which is understandable) they should charge a deposit and/or allow the drivers to have pepper spray or something to defend themselves if necessary (not guns!).
To Create 3 Mexican Countries
To Hide
To Compliment Her Tattoos
To Explain Who Barack Obama Is
To Blame Homosexuality
To Karma Whore On Reddit
Also the astronaut program announced its first group of astronauts in 1959, she would have been 12.
To Make An Infographic
To Bash A Girl With Acne
I hate when adults hate on teens and kids on the internet. Grow tf up.
To Take A Panoramic Photo Which Included Their Dog
To Be Pro Lgbt
To Amputate
2,5 min, not 25 sec Apparently he also took of a guy's testicles by accident when amputating his leg.
To Cut In Line
Most likely the lady who cut the line went berserk : "If I hadn't cut the line I would have been eighteenth, GIVE IT TO ME!!!"
To Be A Good Person
To Ambush British Vessels
To Cook Smiley Buns
To Escape Prison
To Identify A Threat
And what was the problem even if he was writing in a foreign language?
To Draw A Horse
To Champion "Straight Pride"
To Say That Boomer Is A Racial Slur
If when comparing the badness of two words, you don't actually say one of them, that is the worse word!
To Ask Twitter
To Make A Serious Ad Campaign
This man's face has become a famous meme called "Hide the Pain Harold". He is actually a european model for stock photos so it makes sense he would appear in ads.
To Raise Self-Esteem
There Was An Attempt To "Shame" Someone Who Was Suicidal
To Stop Suicide
To Understand A Joke
Whoosh, BANG!!! (Joke flying over his head and breaking the sound barrier.)
To Be Patriotic
Liberia is connected to America because that was a country established for freed slaves, so the flag is likely a derivation of the US flag. But yeah the homophobe is also an idiot, which shouldn't be surprising.
To Play Hard To Get
To Be Inclusive
Every once in a while, straight people should know what it feels like to be erased. (Note, I'm straight.)
To Spread Anarchy
To Be Offended For Another Group Of People
That’s something I never understood... Don’t include different ethnicities: “You‘re only using white people, you‘re racist!” Include different ethnicities: “You‘re contributing to stereotypes, you‘re racist!” I mean... as long as you don’t portray a culture as inferior or ridiculous, how is including it wrong? Would they prefer Mario to wear a suit and a tophat and play the piano in this scene?
To Be Non-Binary
To Dress Up Like A Matrix Character....
To Have A Smart Shower Thought
To Be Anti-Government
To Run From A Flying Predator
To Avoid Death
By Google To Identify A Cat.
To Be Deep
To Get Into The Library
To Understand A Girl
Yeah, that's a good litmus test for they won't be keeping up with you.
To Blame Hispanics...
Hate crimes have surged nearly 20 percent during the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a new FBI report on hate crime statistics. The report also shows that hate-motivated murders, largely committed by white supremacists, spiked to their highest number in 28 years. https://www.newsweek.com/hate-crimes-under-trump-surged-nearly-20-percent-says-fbi-report-1547870
To Criticize The Local News Station
To Help Someone Trapped In An Elevator
To Market Her Oils
I got lectured at the bus stop once for wearing perfume, apparently I should only be using essential oils coz I am going to get cancer from wearing perfume.
To Construct A Tough And Resilient Airplane
The insanity of the idea. Where are you going to fly to when there's a nuclear war going on?
To Be Poetic
To Show China In A Positive Way
Yep, the US response to covid was way better, the best response, so great
To Not Be Racist
To Write A Math Question
There Was An Attempt To Catfish
If he was 23 prior to 2001, he's anywhere north of 42 now, depending on what year this photo was taken. Or it's just not him in the photo.
To Figure Out Trump’s Natural Skin Color
Oldschool Cool
To Have A Selfie With Mona Lisa
To Cure Cancer
To Have Fun With A Halloween Decoration
To Take Away Car Privileges...
There Was A Attempt To Steal A Joke
To Blackmail Jaromir Jagr
So now the world knows that Jaromir Jagr isn't gay and she's a gold digger. Jeez, big news....
To Roast Males
To Scare Someone
To Make A Cute Picture Of A Family Wearing Masks
To Save The Teens
To Infect Someone With A Virus
To Understand A Joke
To Ask About Dirty Toilets...
To Be Edgy And Poetic
"Hurt" is a noun, adjective, and a verb. The first poster is correct on the tenses and used the word as a verb instead of adjective.
To Promote Equal Rights
To Recreate The Spider-Man Meme
To Install A Kitty Door
To Have A Black Friday Week "Sale"
I laughed when I saw Catch of the day advertising on the TV last night. The Black Friday deal prices were pretty much the same prices that they always are.
To Be Sexist
Haha, Notice how womens problems start with Men. Menopause, Menstruation, Mental breakdowns etc lol.
To Make A Selfish Photoshop Request
To Predict A War With Iran
In the meantime, on Nov 18, 2020, Trump wanted to launch a strike on Iran
To Recreate A Wholesome Family Photo
To Help The Blind Read The Sign
To Get An A
To Be Inclusive
Wait, is this for real? Since when did controllers have a gender.
To Correct The Student's Answer
To Protest Homophobia
There Was An Attempt To Protest Racism
To Get Gold
... To Choose A Sexual Orientation
To Have Their Dick Sucked Tomorrow
To Write 7 Rings In Japanese
To Make A Dark Mode Only Meme
To Be Sassy
To Count Words
To Rick Roll On Reddit.
To Make People Stop Making Rape Jokes
To Make His Death Look Like A Suicide
Because the vast number of "coincidences" surrounding his death aren't suspicious at all. Cell mate removed from his cell on the same day he "suicided". Surveillance camera "out of order" on day he "suicided". Guards "forgot" to check on him after an earlier "suicide attempt". He also got off very easy in 2008 with a non-prosecution agreement for state charges in Florida of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.
At Least He Tried
To Sneak A Hot-Dog In The Back Pocket
To Sound Poetic
There Was A Attempt To Steal A Joke
Made my day. More of this please 😊 me and my mom once explored pepper spray. We bought one and guess what-had to to try it.And we did in a single room sprayed smelled... like adult, educated woman and cried for hours... I wonder why 🤔
That's like the don't look reflex: when someone says "don't look" we all look to know what we aren't supposed to be looking at :D
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I once tried to stop a drop of molten sugar from falling on the floor, by using my my hand.
That's an instinctive reaction, when you see something falling to the floor.
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Made my day. More of this please 😊 me and my mom once explored pepper spray. We bought one and guess what-had to to try it.And we did in a single room sprayed smelled... like adult, educated woman and cried for hours... I wonder why 🤔
That's like the don't look reflex: when someone says "don't look" we all look to know what we aren't supposed to be looking at :D
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That's an instinctive reaction, when you see something falling to the floor.
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