Eureka! The idea just pops into your mind, and it seriously feels like the best thing that happened today. For a brief moment, you ask yourself what could go wrong, but nobody was born with a degree in risk management.
One doesn’t need a study to state that 99% percent of those ideas are dumb. And that means you are left to deal with the consequences. Luckily, there’s a place to learn what not to do, known as the subreddit r/Whatcouldgowrong.
It teaches you a valuable lesson, which is basically that if there’s any chance the thing can go wrong, it most likely will. Spare yourself from post-What-could-go-wrong misery just like 3.9 million wise members of the group.
#1 What Could Go Wrong If I Complain To Costco
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#2 What Could Go Wrong If I Dump My Boat Illegally
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#3 What Could Go Wrong If You Cuss At Your Boss On Facebook
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We’ve all been there. When things do indeed go wrong, it’s really hard to keep yourself in control. But there are some cognitive emotional skills that anyone can learn to get through those stressful situations better.
Even if some incidents do indeed spark a fight-or-flight reaction, we have to remember to not let ourselves go into panic mode. Controlling your frustration at the boiling point may be extremely difficult, but in reality, you may be overreacting.
Clinical psychologist Alice Boyes, in a piece for Psychology Today, suggests taking a small step back to distinguish between a bump in the road versus the end of the road. For example, a $50 parking ticket on summer vacation when you failed to notice the signs prohibiting parking during a few hours a week may be super annoying.
But in reality, it only increased the cost of the vacation by $50. In the long run, it didn’t ruin the vacation as long as you didn’t allow yourself to overreact.
#4 What Could Go Wrong If I Park In That Space "For The Umpteenth Time"
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#5 What Could Go Wrong If I Threaten To Shoot Up A Supermarket
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#6 What Could Go Wrong If You Park Your Car In A Non-Parking Zone At The Supermarket
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Some of us, perfectionists in particular, hate making mistakes and this may be a good thing. If there are obvious lessons, you may wanna learn from your errors, and don’t forget to double or triple-check to prevent a similar error.
At the same time, Alice urges us to “Recognize that there's a limit to which you should spend your life trying to prevent errors and a point of diminishing returns, since some errors will happen regardless of even extreme efforts to prevent anything going wrong.”
#7 What Could Go Wrong If You Burn 3.3 Tons Of Weed In A Residential Area
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#8 What Could Go Wrong If I Decide To Let My White Dog Out After I Mow My Lawn
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#9 What Could Go Wrong If You Use A Walmart Bag When Bleaching Your Hair
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And lastly, try sharing your stress with people who can genuinely help you out. Not everyone has the skills to be supportive of others, and others can become agitated themselves.
Whatever you do when things go wrong, remember it’s temporary. Yes, the bird stains on your freshly washed car don’t look great, but you may as well live with it until you get to the cleaners. And grab yourself a coffee to go, because this time, at least there isn't much that can go wrong.
#10 What Could Go Wrong If I Just Feed This One Monkey
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#11 What Could Go Wrong If I Put A Heavy Casket In My Trunk Without Securing It
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#12 What Could Go Wrong If I Wear A Click Pen In My Hair
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#13 What Could Go Wrong If You Keep Your Feet On The Dashboard And Get Into A Car Crash
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#14 What Could Go Wrong If You Hoard
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#15 What Could Go Wrong If I Post My Pic With A Full Map Of The Prison Behind Me (2 Days Later, A Terrorist Group Attacked And Freed Everyone There—happened In Nangarhar, Afghanistan)
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#16 What Could Go Wrong If I Don't Strap Down The Boat
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#17 What Could Go Wrong If I Open My Restaurant Against State Orders
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#18 What Could Go Wrong If I Take A Photo To Remember
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#19 What Could Go Wrong If I Hide Things In The Oven
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#20 What Could Go Wrong If My Dumb Neighbor Put Hot Charcoal From His Grill Into A Trashcan
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#21 What Could Go Wrong If I Leave The Car Window Down In Bear Country
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#22 What Could Go Wrong If You Attempt A No-Hand Wakeboard In Your Robes While Drinking Tea
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#23 What Could Go Wrong If I Try To Eat An Octopus Alive
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#24 What Could Go Wrong If You Have A Giant Blood Sticker On The Car
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#25 What Could Go Wrong If You Throw Away Mix With Yeast In It
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#26 What Could Go Wrong If I Carry An Unsecured Cargo
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#27 What Could Go Wrong If I Fly A Drone Inside The House
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#28 What Could Go Wrong If I Have My Bird As An Advisor
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#29 What Could Go Wrong If You Try To Take A Cool Beach Photo
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#30 What Could Go Wrong If I Don’t Check The Height Clearance
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#31 What Could Go Wrong If You Park A Car For Days Illegally Under A Tree Full Of Egrets And Herons
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#32 What Could Go Wrong If You Get Into A Dog's Personal Space
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#33 What Could Go Wrong If I Take A Picture With This Gopher Snake I Found In The Road
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#34 What Could Go Wrong If You Think Playgrounds For Kids Are For Adults As Well
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#35 What Could Go Wrong If I Wear An Eagles Shirt On Photo Day
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#36 What Could Go Wrong If My Neighbor Uses The Longest Possible Drill Out There
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#37 What Could Go Wrong If I Put My Pizza On A Plastic Board And Cook It In The Oven
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#38 What Could Go Wrong If You Use Adhesive Letters On The Outside Of Your Massage Therapist Center
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#39 What Could Go Wrong If You Accidentally Throw An Unsecured Bottle Of Cheese Onto Your Laptop
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#40 What Could Go Wrong If I Forget Sunscreen
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