I Don't Know Why, But People Won't Stop Sharing The Times That Common Sense Went Out The Window, And I Can Totally Relate

"Of course, I stuck my finger into it. I charred my finger so badly that I didn’t have fingerprints for a long time."

We've all been there when we've done something without much (or any) thought of the consequences.

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Well, these can often end in regret and embarrassment, but at least we can look back and laugh at ourselves now!

So, here are 23 people who did something real stupid and instantly regretted it.

This post contains descriptions of injury detail. 

1. "I thought I'd go down my little kiddie slide like a roller coaster standing up on my roller skates."

Network 10

"That ended in tears. I found out years later that my grandpa had been watching from the window the whole time thinking, 'welp, let's see how this one turns out' and chuckling to himself."

—gotlifedpa

2. "I thought I could make a swing by tying yarn to either end of a stick and tying the yarn to a tree branch."

Netflix

"I'm not sure what actually gave out first – the branch, the yarn, or the stick, or if it was all just one big structural collapse. The ride lasted about five seconds, and I'm surprised I didn't break my tailbone."

—gotlifedpa

3. "My dumb ass ran an electric lint remover over my lips when I was about seven."

NBC

"I had a bunch of tiny little holes in my skin from it. Literally right after my mom told me to be careful with it."

—shanham84

4. "One time while we were in remote Canada fishing, my husband had a filet knife that had just been sharpened and was filleting fish."

MTV

"He laid it on the shelf next to his hand with the blade pointing out (without realising it). 

He went to clean up and swung his hand sideways into the blade. It went through two fingers and was stuck. We couldn’t go anywhere, so he had to wrap his fingers up like a tourniquet. He had surgery when we finally got back and he still has no feeling in the fingers."

—mkyfan_sem

5. "When I was six we moved into a new house. I previously lived in an apartment with no stairs to a basement."

Fox

"I figured out the stairs would be perfect to cartwheel down. Cartwheel I did, but my hands nor feet landed as planned, just head, arms, legs, head, shoulder, butt. Luckily they were padded and covered in shag carpet. Pretty sure I bounced."

—ggmommy2002

6. "I was 11 and took a big slug of vodka, just like I saw people do in the movies with shots."

Showtime

"I was a dumb kid and didn't know that it was actually water, juice, or iced tea, depending on the colour of the 'liquor' the characters were supposed to be drinking. I was sick for the whole rest of the day. I don't think my parents ever knew. At least, they never talked to me about it."

—dalee40ce1e50d

7. "When I was five, I thought the electrical outlet would fit my chain of keys really well. The last thing I saw was my father's hand coming to smack me away. He probably saved my life."

Fox

—jwpta1

8. "I was recently doing my nails and went to put another clear coat on top after the first layer dried."

NBC

"I went to shake the bottle out of habit without realising that I hadn't screwed the lid on after the first time I used it, and clear nail polish got in my eye, all over my face, and in my hair.

I had to sit with a cup of water up to my eye for 20 minutes to make sure it all got out and then spent an hour in the shower using nail polish remover to get it out of my hair and let me tell you, it BURNS when that stuff touches your scalp. This was all the night before a wedding too."

—ghetti

9. "When my mom worked for Mcdonald's she was helping with a lunch rush by scooping fries."

NBC

"One of the fry boxes slipped and fell in the fryer oil and she went to grab it barehanded from the oil. It took her about three or four seconds before she realised that the painful feeling in her hand was, in fact, fryer oil."

—shirayuridenu_kun

10. "One winter we had so much snow the drifts were only a foot or so under the eaves of single-story houses."

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

"My friend's bedroom was right over their back porch and we decided to go sledging from their window down the porch roof and have a small jump at the end into the backyard.

What we didn't account for was the fact that it was mostly light fluffy snow that wouldn't stay nicely piled up to the roof once our weight was on it – especially since she only had one sledge so we went down together. 

Instead of gloriously coasting through the whole backyard we dropped straight down into the snow and got stuck. Her dad had to dig us out and we got a huge lecture."

—jdaly389

11. "Every morning, after waking up, my mom would turn off and unplug my fan."

Paramount Pictures

"I was around four or five when I did this... I woke up before anyone else and wanted to complete this task. I pulled on the plug, but it was a tight fit and wouldn’t come out of the wall.

I got a fork from the kitchen and jammed that between the plug and the wall. My mom had woken up and rounded the corner to me with a fork in the outlet and sparks flying. She obviously freaked out."

—ekeehbauch

12. "As a teen, my friend had a dildo and brought it to school to show us."

ABC

"I thought I'd be funny and put the suction cup end on my forehead (YES I realise how gross that was now) and then run around like an idiot saying I was a dickhead with this big floppy dildo flailing about on my forehead.

Long story short, did you guys know if you put a suction cup on your forehead, it leaves a big purple bruise-looking circle for a week or so? Because I sure didn't. I told my mom someone hit me with a volleyball and bless her Catholic heart she believed me."

—funkmistress

13. "The red light was still on the stovetop. I started checking which ring was still warm by tapping them with my palms."

NBC

"I figured out which one it was as soon as my palm stuck to it and caused second-degree burns. I couldn't even bend my palm, much less make a first for the next two weeks."

—himalayall

14. "I opened a can of olives and dropped the lid inside the can."

NBC

"Instead of using something to pry the lid out, dumb-dumb me reached in and fished it out with my hands. I sliced the skin between my forefinger and thumb, spent 10 hours in the ER, and got eight stitches."

—baddaughter

15. "I was living in this crappy apartment while in college. Only two burners worked on the stove."

Universal Pictures

"I put a pot on one of the burners I thought worked and about 15 minutes later it still hadn't boiled so I touched it and it was stone cold. To figure out which burners actually worked I turned them all to the highest setting. None of them glowed red. I put my hand above the first one and felt no heat so I touched it and it was cold. Did the same for the second and third, so careful. 

For the fourth one I was just mad as hell and figured all the burners were now broken so I slammed my hand on it. It was the one that worked and I ended up with circular burns on the palm of my hand and fingers."

—joanne3482

16. "In chemistry class, we were burning something. Can't remember what, but it was HOT."

Sony Pictures Releasing

"There was a metal thing on top of the flame so naturally, it got hot too. we put the flame out, and I was putting the metal stuff (still incredibly hot but there was a spot safe to grab) back into its place when I suddenly drop it. Instinctively, I caught it, and burnt all my fingers on my left hand and even got a nice stripe on my palm. I still have scars and loss of sensation from the burns."

—catgoesmoo

17. "Once I guess I forgot that I had literally just removed my contact lens and I thought it was stuck somewhere behind my eye."

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

"Cue me messing with my eye for a half hour or more trying to find the missing lens. I ended up scratching my cornea and got an eye infection that left me in glasses for a month."

—elisabethefergusone

18. "I jumped into my sister’s pool, forgetting it was only five feet deep. I broke my big toe and scraped my foot up. Looked pretty gnarly for a while."

NBC

—zozothecat

19. "When I was around 11, I discovered the cigarette lighter in my dad’s car. It lit up bright red and was so pretty!"

Fox

"So of course, I stuck my finger into it. I charred my finger so badly that I didn’t have fingerprints for a long time."

—ashleyadams1

20. "I decided to cut roses with a giant dull kitchen knife."

NBC

"It did not cut the roses, but sure was sharp enough to bounce right off the stem and cut me so deep I needed stitches. My fault entirely."

—areyoukidding

21. "I was in the kitchenette in my old office building, when a bird flew into one of the huge plate glass windows."

CBS

"I chuckled 'stupid bird,' then looked to see where it landed and smacked my head against the glass."

—google_105419362496916314857

22. "I was curling my hair with a curling wand and dropped it."

New Line Cinema

"Out of pure instinct, I caught it as it fell and burn the palm of my hand so badly! To add insult to injury I was curling my hair for my band concert and had to spend the next three hours curling my freshly burnt hand around a flute. The pain!"

—lalalace1640

Note: Some submissions have been edited for length/clarity.

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