Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

People Break Down Which Minor Thing Can Absolutely Ruin Their Whole Day

People Break Down Which Minor Thing Can Absolutely Ruin Their Whole Day
File:CAT-B25-Earbuds.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Make us preferred on Google

A popular rumor you have heard is a penny can derail a train if it's on the track. Though all evidence points to this being false, it still bring up an excellent point: how do the smallest things occasionally make the biggest impact, for good or bad. Because this is the internet, after all, we're only going to be discussing the bad today.


Reddit user, u/Vlarko, wanted to hear how things go south when they asked:

What minor thing is an instant day ruiner?

SNAG

homer simpson episode 6 GIFGiphy

When your sleeve gets stuck in a doorknob

masterslope

I've had doorknobs yank out earbuds more times than I can count

Vlarko

That Extra Two Days Makes A Difference

When the package you have been waiting for gets delayed. Even worse if it's from Friday till Monday so you don't have it for the weekend.

Malgaras

All My Parents Out There? Raise Your Hand?

Waking up in a puddle of pee from one of your kids having an accident in your bed.

peoplegrower

A Wafting Aroma Of Beans You'll Never Drink

spilling coffee on your clean clothes first thing in the morning, and not being able to drink your coffee but having to smell it for the rest of the day.

Paddlingmyboat

Offsets The Whole Day

Waking up 5 minutes late and that making you slightly behind for everything else that day

DarnedJt

Imma go 100 mph and get there five minutes early

NastyMeanOldBender

Squish Squish Squish

sad bart simpson GIFGiphy

When I step in a puddle and the socks I'm wearing get wet.

HIPS79

It's The Watching It Tumble That Makes It Tough

Stacking and tidying a lot of something up, wiping your hands and smile as you accomplished it, then turn and accidentally hip check the stack and it all tumbles to the floor, if not breakable, you're basically back to square one in this Sisyphian task.

If breakable, all you can do is watch everything fall in slow-mo as "Hello Darkness My Old Friend" plays in your head.

LemonFlavoredMelon

Friendship: OVER

Seeing friends go out without inviting you

okillfindanewname

Your ex friends

JCasg

This Can Guide A Whole Day

Dropping food you were looking forward to

tollfreecall

I have nightmares of this exact thing

Vlarko

Seriously? Another Food Thing?

Going to eat leftovers you've been looking forward to just to find someone else ate them.

SmoochyBoogins

Ew...

Realizing it was more than just a fart

konficker

...There's Always Tomorrow

homer simpson episode 6 GIFGiphy

Post shower poop

monstertots509

You might as well just go back to bed and start the entire process over because that day is ruined

Djanghost

Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter here.

More from Trending/best-of-reddit

Screenshots from TikToker @user4934997299767's video
@user4934997299767/TikTok

TikToker Confronts Stranger Who Allegedly Stopped His Car To Follow Her—And Women Are Nodding Hard

Though skeptics might argue that women can safely walk around and enjoy life without a care in the world, one woman shared a video of how often that isn't true.

Originally posted on TikToker @user4934997299767's account, the woman recorded herself walking outside on a sidewalk in a wide open area, allegedly right after a man had driven past her and noticed her. He'd then made a U-turn and pulled his car over so that he could get out and follow her.

Keep ReadingShow less
Anne Hathaway
Cindy Ord/SiriusXM/Getty Images

Anne Hathaway Just Revealed That She Was Having A Panic Attack In One Of Her Most Memed Moments—And Fans Are Floored

Anne Hathaway has been involved in a lot of memes throughout her career, from looking disappointedly at an ice cream cone to her transformation as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries becoming one of the most frequently trending sounds on TikTok.

Fortunately, not only is Hathaway aware of many of these mentions, but based on her Esquire interview opposite Star Wars star Ewan McGregor, she finds many of them quite funny.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots from @a_daywillcome's video
@a_daywillcome/Instagram

Woman Who Lives In High-Rise Sparks Debate After Forcing Hispanic Window Cleaner To Get Off Her Balcony in Viral Video

A woman who lives in a high-rise building called out an employee for walking on her balcony to clean her windows, and she did not get the validation she was looking for when she shared the video.

The woman started recording as she walked into her main living space, and an employee was unstrapped from the equipment used to scale the building as he cleaned her balcony windows.

Keep ReadingShow less
Tom Holland & Zendaya; Chrissy Teigen
Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images; MEGA/GC Images

Resurfaced Clip Of Zendaya's Panicked Expression After She Thought Chrissy Teigen Was About To Kiss Tom Holland Has Fans Cackling

By now, pretty much anyone who spends any time on the internet is intimately familiar with Tom Holland's iconic 2017 performance on Lip Sync Battle, emulating Rihanna and doing a barn-storming performance of "Umbrella."

For one, it's just an incredible performance. But what really makes the moment shine is Zendaya's reaction to it as she watches—many believe it's the exact moment she fell for the actor.

Keep ReadingShow less
Sam Altman
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

OpenAI CEO Ripped After Suggesting Tip For Using ChatGPT To Help Parent Your Kids—And It's So Bleak

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is desperate to push his highly unpopular product, going on talk shows to gush about its benefits and making suggestions online for how everyone can use ChatGPT in their daily lives. The tech billionaire tries hard to sell the public on AI, but his recent assertion that parents should use it to avoid speaking with their kids didn't land well.

On Friday, Altman tried to convince parents that his app, ChatGPT Work, was the answer to their parenting needs. But it read more like a cheat code for people who don't know how to interact with other humans, including their own children.

Keep ReadingShow less