Sometimes, a single decision can alter everything. These 15 tales show the damaging effects of making the wrong one.
These 15 decisions made online forum readers’ lives rather bleak. Don’t follow suit!
Ring Woes
“Bought a ring for my privates. The first (and only) time I used it, I set the ring size too small – it choked my private from lack of circulating blood.
It turns out that I caused ischemia, burst a few blood vessels, and basically destroyed its ability to work for the rest of my life. I am only in my 20’s.”
Dental Disaster
“Trusting a sketchy dentist because he was in the neighborhood and took Medicaid.”
“For every filling he gave us [user and their mom], he drilled out too much healthy tooth and gave each one a root canal. The tooth that had root canal treatment completely broke off to the gum, and all the teeth that he filled ended up breaking.”
Tinnitus Bites
“Playing in a band without earplugs. Tinnitus is a nightmare.”
“Metallica, Wembley Stadium London 2007. Awesome gig. Still paying for it sixteen years later, though…”
Parkour Panic
“I decided to try and be a parkour expert. One evening, I was at a local park and decided to do a massive wall jump that failed epically.”
I fell on top of a jabbed surface and tore my intestines. Due to this injury, I now have a permanent colostomy at the ripe age of 16. Mistakes, man, they suck.”
Ear Today…
“Stretching my ears. One of them is stuck with a 10mm hole that I have to have a plug-in permanently, or else it looks like a cat’s behind.”
Think Before You Ink
“Tattoo with my wife’s name. She got mine, too. Married six years at the time, blissfully in love. Lasted another 8. Now I just wanna chop my arm off. Thank God for laser…”
Birthmark Blues
“I have a large birthmark on one side of my face, and when I was eight years old, my mother asked if I wanted to have the birthmark removed. I said no because it ‘Gave me character.’
As it turns out, that ‘Character’ is a socially awkward hermit who, and I’ve had a couple of women tell me this, makes me look like a questionable person.”
Med School Melodrama
“Going to med school because it was the next logical step. I didn’t take it seriously. Now I’m $300+k in debt, waiting tables, horribly over-educated and under-skilled/licensed for everything, living with my parents, and trying to figure out what’s next.”
Mount Doom
“I tried to climb the highest mountain in my country. The problem is that I have sickle-cell anemia, and due to the low oxygen, I just couldn’t go further, but I did anyway. My spleen and appendix almost burst, and I had to wait for 24 hours in agonizing pain before a helicopter rescued me. Had to get my spleen and appendix removed.TL;DR Tried to climb the highest mountain in my country. Lost two organs.”
Irene Bru
“Marrying’ a Scottish person. She was here illegally. In a nutshell, we actually did look into getting her citizenship and status pending, and then eventually legal, green card, and all.
I’ve spoken to three different lawyers about addressing the need for a divorce and have quickly received three other explanations as to whether I AM or AM NOT actually married.”
Fight Club
“I decided to break up a fight. It was a success at first, but then some guy came from behind and tackled me. He put my leg in some type of jiu-jitsu hold and tore my ACL. Ten years later, I still cannot play any sports, and I have to be extremely cautious in the snow. I have to be extremely careful when walking on an icy sidewalk. If I slipped and had to regain my balance, my knee would fail me.”
Dental Denial
“I didn’t take brushing or flossing seriously, and now a bunch of my teeth are in pretty bad shape.”
“Just had my first root canal yesterday. Years of neglect will now cost me months of work/money.”
Inhaling Smoke is No Joke
“I have done irreversible damage to my body. For no reason other than to get a nicotine fix for a problem I created for myself.”
“Quit two years ago, and I still think I want to smoke on a weekly basis, but I know better.”
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
“Volunteering to go to war. I didn’t even have to go, could have finished my contract and never have gone. I feel like it cost me my sanity and happiness most of the time. Definitely took more out of me than I ever expected it to.”
Love Hurts
“Breaking up with that awesome girl in college because I wasn’t ready to settle down. Been trying to find a girl that awesome ever since (or remotely close).”
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A lot has changed since the turn of the century – just ask this nostalgic lot!
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