Our culture is big on encouraging people to try things: “Give it a shot!” “Just try it!” But you know what? We need to cut that crap out. Because some people should NOT try it. Seriously.


To show you what I mean, here are 23 people who tried to do things they REALLY, REALLY shouldn't have done:
1.This cop tried to go undercover… but it couldn't have been more obvious if he, ahem, tried:


2.And this police officer tried to find a suspect…but clearly missed the point:


3.This sign programmer tried to use teenage slang… and failed in a shockingly embarrassing way:


4.This woman tried to sell her oils online…and got no interest at all:


5.And this guy tried to create a REALLY scary Halloween display… and took it way too far:


6.This person tried to make a baked potato… and ended up with a thermonuclear potato:


7.This person tried to make a grilled cheese in an air fryer… and got this pillowy result:


8.And – oh my goodness – this person tried to make smiley cheese balls… and ended up with these disturbing horrors:


9.This truck driver tried to make a strong political statement… but ended up with this confusing mess (is it fuck Trump or fuck Biden? Trump 2024 or Biden 2024? Sheesh!):


10.And this guy also tried to make a political statement… but through this pathetic homemade shirt (note the “liars” too, LOL):


11.This guy tried to embarrass this bird…then he realized the joke was at his expense:


12.This person tried to steal a joke… and was called out on it by none other than Sunny Delight:


13.And Mike tried to make fun of Bernie Sanders…but ended up wearing clown shoes:


14.This town wanted its citizens to change the name of an elementary school…and really, they should have just renamed the school themselves:


15.And someone tried to make a can… and failed 100%:


16.This teacher tried to grade a test… and proved that his student understands the subject better than he does:


17.And this student tried to write an introductory paragraph…and it's no exaggeration to say he brought shame on his entire family:


18.This shoe store tried to pull a trick by raising the price during a so-called sale… but did it in the most clumsy way possible:


19.This potential employee tried to get a job…with a not exactly extensive resume:


20.And this anti-drug campaign from the 90s tried to scare kids away from drug use… while having the “cool to do drugs” slogan right in the middle of the campaign:


21.This person tried to shame a restaurant online… and then posted this embarrassing self-aggrandizement:


22.This guy tried to seduce a girl with puns, but it clearly didn't work:


23.And this person tried to make a smoothie…and, well, it didn't quite work out:


HT: r/therewasanattempt