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Hilarious Moments When An Attempt Was Made, But It Didn’t Go As Expected (50 New Pics)
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again… though in some cases it’s best to stop, take a deep breath, and have a good long think about what you’re actually trying to accomplish. It takes a lot of guts to admit that, hey, maybe you were the supervillain here or that maybe it’s best to cut your losses and move on.
Some of the most hilarious and groan-worthy fails end up being shared on the majorly popular ‘There Was An Attempt’ subreddit. A community that unites over 3.25 million redditors, r/therewasanattempt is a celebration of bad luck, incompetence, and plain old attempts at mustache-twirling villainy. We’ve collected their best and freshest viral posts to share with you, Pandas, so scroll down, enjoy, and upvote your fave pics.
When you’re done, drop by the comments and tell us about the biggest ‘There Was An Attempt’ style fails you’ve ever seen. If you love the subreddit and what it stands for (aka all the humor), then go give them a follow and check out Bored Panda’s previous articles about them here: Part 1 and Part 2. And remember, Pandas, don’t ever give up on your dreams… but only if what you’re doing is objectively good.
Redditor u/F4T4-M0RG4N4, one of the moderators helping run the entire r/therewasanattempt subreddit, was kind enough to answer our questions. Check out what they told Bored Panda below.
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#1
To Help
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#2
To Be A Smart Cop
Cecilia Herrera 4 years ago
So everyone's cover was blown, and no valid arrests were made. I pity the people that had to document how this mess occurred.
#3
To Give The Dog A Pool
Bored Retsuko 4 years ago
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#4
To Look Dangerous
#5
To Scare Away A Prankster
#6
To Make Sure Everyone Knew They Were Religious
#8
To Find A Good Excuse
#10
To Stop Allie From Sitting On The Cake
Paula Pattison 4 years ago
Maybe the cat is not Allie, maybe Allie is a weird cake sitting co-worker
#11
To Use A Pickup Truck
#12
To Draw A Front Facing Horse
#13
To Be Prepared For Parenting
#15
To Make Things Complicated
#16
To Cook Smiley Buns
#17
To Stop Thieves
#18
To Remain Anonymous
#19
To Ban This Image
#20
To Not Pay The Painter
#21
To Make A Holy And Pure Stained Glass
#22
To Inspire Graduate Students
#23
To Hack A Smartphone
#24
To Make A Sign
#25
To Make A Cute Panorama Picture
Chocolate llama 4 years ago
A cat's perception of the self when scheduled feeding times happens 0.01 seconds late
#26
To Spell The Word ' Trust '
#27
To Send A Text
#28
To Talk To Teenagers
River Webb 4 years ago
omg this is sooo sus/cringe. TBH this soo needs to be banned or IDK, like actually no teen speaks like this, everrr. bye bye fam, Slay queens!!!!!
#29
To Hatch Some Eggs
#30
To Sound A Little Fancy
#31
To Support The “Canada First” Rally
#32
At Wholesome Positivity
#33
To Be Healthy
#34
To Produce Tears During The Act Of "Crying"
#35
To Create A Children's Game
#36
To Be Inspirational
#37
To Find A Roommate With Benefits
#39
To Translate A Business Sign
#40
To Prevent Employees From Discussing Wages
#42
To Appreciate Your Employees
#43
To Look Tall
#44
To Get Dressed
#45
To Support Embryos
#46
To Reduce The Amount Of Homeless People
#47
To Beat A Breath Test
#48
To Score A Goal
#49
To Help Wheelchair Users
#50
To Be Very Very Human
General Anaesthesia 4 years ago
A failed attempt to be human. Metastasis or Fecesbook, Mark Zuckerberg is a sociopathic cancer.
#51
To Illustrate Someone Walking Down Stairs
#52
To Fix A Pothole In A Tropical Island
#53
To Contain A Goose
River Webb 4 years ago
you need a full SWAT team to get rid of one of those, no wonder they put up a sign
#54
To Draw A Girl On A Car
#55
To Extension
#56
To Recreate A Wholesome Family Photo
MonkeyInTheMiddle 4 years ago
Here is some eye bleach for anyone that immediately needs it (there is more in the page's comments too): eyebleach-...710a4b.png 
#57
To Make An Inclusive Social Distancing Marker
#58
To Keep People From Running Into Each Other
#59
To Protest Abortion
#60
To Shoot Some Sweet Archery Video
#61
To Hide From The Seeker
Down With Agent Hedgehog! 4 years ago
Always. Me. At school my shadow just completely gives me away when I am hiding from mortal enemy.
#62
To Get Uber Eats To Stop Delivering Unordered Food
#63
To Choose A Sexual Orientation...
#64
To Advertise Their Ethical Business
Argle Bargle 4 years ago
I'll have one human trafficking for now please, and poverty and exploitation to go
#65
To Convert People To Christianity
#66
To Be Helpful
#67
To Market The Politician
#68
To Pull Off My 90s Look At Age 40!
#69
To Be Patriotic
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Well, technically Toyota cars for the US market are made in US. It's just that the money goes to Japan.
#70
To Coexist
General Anaesthesia 4 years ago
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” -Mahatma Gandhi
#71
To Teach Kids Some Math
#72
To Promote Anti-Gun Violence
#73
To Do Math (60+22+8+20=110)
#74
To Put A Face Mask On An Infant
#75
To Screen Poops
#76
To Say Thanks In Spanish
#77
To Get Away With Paying Unlivable Wages
General Anaesthesia 4 years ago
How do you tell the world you're American without saying so? I thought the point of the Civil War was to abolish slavery.
#78
To Save The Hostage
#79
To Have A Fancy Dinner At The White House
#80
To Create Camaraderie
#81
...to Install A Faucet
#82
To Be Inclusive
Donkey boi 4 years ago
You can't deny that that bin does look fabulous. Really brightens up the refuse area.
#83
To Be Clever
#84
To Send A Peace Message
#85
To Make Waffles While High
#86
To Pour Some Concrete
#87
To Win Against The Burglar
#89
To Make A Motivational Shirt
#90
To Provide Device Security
#91
To Write A College Essay…
MonkeyInTheMiddle 4 years ago
"crushing turts", "stomp a turty", and "one percenter" were the best things written here
#92
To Spell “Pennies”
#93
To Get Free Gas
#94
To Take A Proper Selfie With Donald Trump
#96
To Stop Me From Downloading "A New Browser"
DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
I got this too when I changed laptops. Microsoft continuously being clingy like "c'mon bro you've got me already, who's chrome? I can do everything chrome can do, are you sure? this is on you if you do it".
#97
To Donate Without Any Personal Benefits
#98
To Make Pesto
#99
To Be Uplifting
MonkeyInTheMiddle 4 years ago
"Do" is pronounced the same way as "du", which is "you" in German, so technically, this still works...
#100
To Catch A Bug Stuck In Ice Cream
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I wonder if they tried thawing it out? A lot of frogs and toads can survive being frozen.
#101
To Grill Some Ribs
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Dave the crematorium employee temporarily forgets he isn't at work.
#102
To Predict The Rapture
#103
To Beat A Man V Food Challenge
#104
To Prevent Shoplifting
#105
To Have A Loving Wife
#106
To Encourage Buying 2
#107
To Simply Display The Mall Hours
Panda in the Fake South 4 years ago
This one is reasonable. Hours at places have been changing frequently and replacing the lettering everytime would be expensive and time consuming.
#108
To Make A Joe Rogan Cake
#109
To Be (Or Not Be) A Grandmaster Without A King!!
#110
To Add An Egyptian Hiroglyphic Mural (Photo Taken At New Public Park In Egypt)
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Dilly Millandry 4 years ago
What I have found annoying is the 'new' threads and suddenly you notice the comments are over a year old (or more!) and then... you find your own old comment!!
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Dilly Millandry 4 years ago
What I have found annoying is the 'new' threads and suddenly you notice the comments are over a year old (or more!) and then... you find your own old comment!!
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