Tuesday, May 26, 2020

People's Dumbest "High Risk Low Reward" Moments


People will do some incredibly dumb stuff and take some pretty big risks for almost no reason. We've all had those moments where we've thrown the odds to the wind for some trivial purpose, like free-climbing up the side of a building just to retrieve a Frisbee. A lot of times we frankly don't get paid enough o put ourselves in as much danger as we do. What's for sure is that some people just don't give a heck.

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Text - somebitchsthrowaway 42.5k points · 3 days ago EN I once followed a young homeless man I just met because he wanted to show me where he was staying. It was nighttime and he invited me down into a dip in the trees. We walked through a dark section of forest then he showed me some rocks and small caves with a couple beds set up. Then we left. I literally followed a stranger into the dark woods because...curiosity? Suicidality?

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Text - Basic_W1te_boy 39.1k points 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F I once climbed an old truss bridge to get some neat pictures of myself, i climbed under it and sat on the beams beneath the bridge, i climbed the the very top, i hung off the edge of the bridge above several rocks. Once i got done and showed the pictures to my friends and they said they sucked.

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Text - ngl6 34.9k points · 3 days ago· edited 2 days ago & 10 More Walking into my house as a confident 15 year old with a cigarette in my mouth telling my dad things where gonna change around here.

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Text - Knowing_ghost 30.7k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F 3 Taking a year in a program I wasn't interested in to try and get a girl, who turned me down instantly. Edit: I wasn't horny, I was lonely... and we were good friends prior, not so much afterwards as shit got awkward; it was also my second year, so I did get a useless degree I never claimed for my trouble (social science)

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Text - CheekyBlind 29.0k points · 3 days ago 9 3 Climbing up a water tower when drunk to find a friend. Turns out said friend was not even lost. He was yelling at me from the base of the tower

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Text - Happyvibe5 21.9k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F Balanced on the top rung of a six meter ladder to change a light bulb at work.

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Text - bndboo 18.5k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago Sent my boss a glitter bomb, never told anyone who sent it. The whole organization, thousands of people, know it happened, boss flipped out when glitter went everywhere. I'll never tell anyone.

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Text - ProfethorThnape 16.9k points · 3 days ago I was in band in high school, I had a friend from middle school that was also involved in athletics at the time and the two of us were outcasts among the greater band nerd population and often got talked down to, which even our instructor would join in on from time to time. At the time flipping backpacks was popular (taking things out of the backpack, flipping the backpack inside-out, returning the items to the bag and zipping the bag back up). On

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Text - If we got caught and reported the instructor 100% would have suspended us, so we were on extra edge and right as we were wrapping up the substitute locked eyes with us from across the room and realized what was going on and decided to pretend nothing happened and we completed the mission right on time. The class was very pissed as the lights flicked on and they saw what had unfolded. The substitute came back for a class later that year and talked to us saying he had to actively try not to

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Text - Stauen 16.3k points · 3 days ago I stole every wheel off the chairs in my high school's computer lab as a joke during a 20-minute break. I still have one of them. Probably could've gotten expelled just for a slightly funny joke and a useless chair wheel.

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Text - JimmyReagan 15.2k points · 3 days ago I skipped class after a standardized test. Literally the afternoon teachers were showing movies and doing nothing and I decided it was smart to get in school suspension to sit behind a warehouse and nap with with my dumbass "friend"...

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Text - PapaOoMaoMao 15.1k points · 3 days ago Whilst building a house, the second floor had an I beam that extended our into nowhere that needed to be painted with rust protection paint. The floor had not been installed yet and the joists were still going in. To save time, I shimmied out to the end of the beam and started painting. Every breath of wind made the whole thing sway. Just my movements made it wiggle a fair bit. Nearly took a six meter swan dive to a concrete floor about 12 times. I c

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Text - SugoiBakaMatt 12.9k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago I used to dive in ponds at golf courses to collect the lost balls and clean/sort them to sell back to the courses. It's unbelievable just how many snakes, alligators, and leeches live in those things. I made less than minimum wage (around 6ish at the time) and had countless close calls with critters. However, the most dangerous creatures on golf courses are old people. They do not give a fuck if you're working, they will absolute

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Text - Churonna 12.5k points · 3 days ago My friends and I used to target and steal those signs that said "If you are caught stealing you will be prosecuted". Many illegal things were done and many hundreds of thousands of dollars of stuff was ignored to steal increasingly difficult to obtain paper signs.

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Text - mingk 409 points · 3 days ago Licked raw chicken to prove not all chicken had Salmonella.

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Text - Cow-Brown 7.1k points · 3 days ago I swam in the Zambezi when I was drunk on a tiger fishing trip. Still can't believe I was that stupid. For those that don't know, its infested with hippos and crocs, known for taking people.

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Text - starvalentinobeatz 6.7k points · 3 days ago Had a major gambling addiction at 19. Saved $1600 so that me and my family could put a deposit down on a rental home. We were getting evicted out of our apartment the next day. Had the move all set up and ready to go in the morning. Just had to pay the deposit and we would finally have a nicer place to live. At about 2am on the night before the big move, I decided to go to the casino. Completely fucking stupid move. Ended up losing my 40 dollars

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Text - I did this 15 fucking times. I have less than 100 in my checking account. It's now 6am. I am completely fucked. My entire family is going to be homeless because of ME. So I figured fuck it, if my entire life is ruined, I have no use for the last bit of money in my account. What's another spin on the slots gonna do? Well, when I sat down for the final time at the machine, I win 800 dollars on the first spin. A couple spins later, I win another 800 dollar jackpot. I won back all of my 1600

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Text - Smeggywulff 5.1k points · 3 days ago Told this story before but it's been a while. My friends and I used to break into expensive looking houses and use their showers. This was in the late 90s when ridiculous showers were in vogue and we wanted to know if they were actually any good (for the most part they were not). We never stole anything (well, except water). We brought our own towels and toiletries. We were very careful about who we "hit" and made sure they had set schedules and no chi

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Text - T3st03 2.4k points · 3 days ago Wasting 2000+ hours for playing competitive multiplayer game. At the end, nothing i got other than hurting my eyes, brain, and my emotion.

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Text - IngloriousCavatappi 2.1k points · 3 days ago During an all-nighter study session with my college roommate we decided we wanted to get some McDonald's. It was around 1am, so we left all of our stuff in a common study room (laptops and all- wtf) and got in my car. It was pitch black, super foggy with my lights on, and raining to top it all off. I couldn't see more than a foot in front of my car so we were driving 10mph down the highway on no sleep. After less than 5 terrifying minutes we de

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Text - Black_kalla 1.3k points · 3 days ago I was a free intern for a flower shop. One day there was a shady person walking in the store basement. Somebody said he stole something from the shop and fled to the basement. The shop was in an apartment building, street level and the basement led to all over the building. So they said to me a 16 y/o girl to go to the basement and check the situation out. Well I was young and dumb and went. Thank god I found no one.

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Text - PurpleEnterpriseNX01 1.2k points · 3 days ago Jumping onto a bus that was pulling away from the bus stop without closing its doors. The bus is every 10 minutes.

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Text - Brendo200122 746 points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago Slept in a tent at an abandoned asbestos mine. Was able to see some of the asbestos all over the ground. View wasn't bad in the morning though.

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