/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

7,587,246 Subscribers

791

Dropping fireworks into the sewer

90 Comments
2025/01/31
19:22 UTC

2,196

jumping on a roofs edge

326 Comments
2025/01/31
13:19 UTC

0

WCGW when the hammock eats first?

11 Comments
2025/01/31
10:26 UTC

22,522

WCGW if some smarty throw an oxygen cylinder in garbage!!!

867 Comments
2025/01/30
21:25 UTC

2,637

Having fun with that tiny firecracker

29 Comments
2025/01/29
22:28 UTC

1,617

Swimming next to a big fish while looking like one.

147 Comments
2025/01/29
16:55 UTC

11,471

WCGW dropping a lit fire cracker in a plastic bottle placed on a glass surface?

306 Comments
2025/01/29
13:04 UTC

3,800

Using PVC pipes to radiator

149 Comments
2025/01/29
08:18 UTC

18,850

Transporting a table down an escalator

423 Comments
2025/01/26
18:02 UTC

7,067

Jumping onto a burning table

Happy birthday bud.

774 Comments
2025/01/26
01:36 UTC

9,810

Wcgw when you put a candle on your printer

The printer is working fine BTW

355 Comments
2025/01/25
21:24 UTC

6,413

puncture a water-covered tent

115 Comments
2025/01/25
17:03 UTC

10,267

What could go wrong standing on a paint bucket?

274 Comments
2025/01/23
08:02 UTC

7,246

Taking a picture

277 Comments
2025/01/22
23:08 UTC

8,800

How a flaming hot drink went terribly wrong

229 Comments
2025/01/21
06:35 UTC

5,424

Feels like I could do a stunt today

63 Comments
2025/01/20
22:18 UTC

25,423

Take a ladder WCGW

642 Comments
2025/01/20
16:02 UTC

4,075

trying to break a car window

85 Comments
2025/01/19
14:23 UTC

5,981

Showing how to dry your gloves in the rain

123 Comments
2025/01/18
21:51 UTC

6,197

testing the crossbar by jumping up and grabbing it

118 Comments
2025/01/17
15:11 UTC

16,912

WCGW trying to steal a car

469 Comments
2025/01/17
12:01 UTC

6,340

Driving like an idiot

72 Comments
2025/01/16
16:29 UTC

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