/r/Whatcouldgowrong

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The best place to learn what not to do.

What Could Go Wrong?

Welcome to /r/whatcouldgowrong, the home of stupid ideas and their consequences. Grab a chair and popcorn, sit back, and you're all set.

Banner Art Creds: u/j0eg0d, u/Peanutbuttered, u/donutsfritos

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RULES

NOTE We've switched to New Reddit. View us on New Reddit for the most up-to-date Rules.

1) Golden Rule: Links must contain a stupid idea and something going wrong.

2) Direct links to gifs/videos/pics only. (Gfycat.com is great for gifs). No compilation videos are allowed. Also, posting a pic of text describing the event is not acceptable.

3) Tag your material with NSFW if it is NSFW. Any posts involving severe injury needs to include NSFL in the title. Overly NSFW material will be removed.

4) No death posts, no young children getting injured.

5) Mods can remove obscene material, racism, sexism, and re-re-reposts at their discretion, and banning may ensue.

6) No straight up fighting posts

7) No videos from Tiktok or videos that promote individual content creators

NOTABLE SUBS

/r/nononono

/r/holdmybeer

/r/idiotsfightingthings

/r/ANormalDayInRussia

/r/PlayingWithFire

/r/vastlystupid

/r/instant_regret

/r/hadtohurt

/r/onlyintheory

/r/CatastrophicFailure

/r/RubeGoldbergFails

/r/bzzzzzzt


Created by /u/Peanutbuttered

/r/Whatcouldgowrong

7,514,115 Subscribers

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Wasn’t expecting that

8 Comments
2024/04/05
02:11 UTC

3,940

Stealing from a jwellery shop.

Such a pathetic attempt.

165 Comments
2024/04/04
17:52 UTC

5,147

Not wearing gloves

Mike Hall tells his son, Connor, to put on gloves while using a torch. Connor doesn’t listen.

Clipped from Rust Valley Restorers.

171 Comments
2024/04/04
02:02 UTC

3,110

Dancing on a pontoon for a video

70 Comments
2024/04/03
03:51 UTC

3,644

I Scream

129 Comments
2024/04/03
00:51 UTC

7,125

with trying to key someone's car while driving

233 Comments
2024/04/02
16:51 UTC

10,123

No helmet on public road

549 Comments
2024/04/02
14:42 UTC

3,428

Run out frustration

134 Comments
2024/04/02
11:34 UTC

26,123

Doing wheelies on a busy road

3112 Comments
2024/04/02
01:31 UTC

6,089

WCGW by texting while driving when entering a gateway.

266 Comments
2024/04/01
23:25 UTC

1,928

WCGW messing with the throttle on your bike

26 Comments
2024/04/01
13:00 UTC

6,260

Recoding a video on roadside

104 Comments
2024/03/31
11:15 UTC

4,853

Doing a so called stunt not thinking if the plastic stool is good enough

54 Comments
2024/03/31
01:59 UTC

15,670

WCGW playing with your gun while on duty

1026 Comments
2024/03/30
23:49 UTC

2,021

Miscalculating rotation

Mistakes were made

69 Comments
2024/03/30
23:20 UTC

2,022

WCGW driving 30 mph faster than everyone else?

110 Comments
2024/03/30
17:04 UTC

2,099

Juming on a Bus...

160 Comments
2024/03/30
16:06 UTC

919

A little too close for comfort

13 Comments
2024/03/30
14:51 UTC

26,007

when you make miscalculations during your boat launch

1611 Comments
2024/03/30
11:09 UTC

2,622

WCGW rolling on the floor forgetting your on the second floor.

101 Comments
2024/03/29
23:03 UTC

14,947

when you engage with a person who has Road Rage

773 Comments
2024/03/29
19:19 UTC

3,207

Testing the strength of the ice

125 Comments
2024/03/29
04:56 UTC

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