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Don't let temporary emotions have permanent ramifications.
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Plot twist: he forgot his boss was on his Facebook friends list.
Double plot twist: while his boss was reading this post, Raj was literally in the background of his friend's Instagram story doing backflips on a trampoline at a birthday party, neck brace nowhere to be seen.
He went from "injured employee" to "unemployed comedian" in about 20 minutes. The firing happened faster than his fake injury supposedly healed.
A few weeks ago, a thread appeared on AskReddit, the author of which, the user u/Away_Bell_8795, asked people the question: "Do you know someone who ruined their life in just a matter of minutes? If so, what happened?"
As of today, the thread has only a couple hundred comments, but this is probably for good. After all, even a couple dozen stories - like in this selection from Bored Panda - actually means a couple dozen ruined lives...
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Interestingly, history knows many situations when a person ruined his own life with a completely spontaneous and ill-considered decision. And then people, even decades later, ask themselves: "What would have happened if things had gone differently?"
A classic example is the story of Len Bias. In 1986, he, a college basketball star, was selected with the second overall pick by the reigning NBA champions, the Boston Celtics.
The ‘green‘ fans were already rubbing their hands, anticipating what would happen when one of the strongest teams in basketball history would add a rising star, comparable in potential to Michael Jordan - but their hopes were destined to live for only three days...
Three days after the draft, Bias suffered a seizure and collapsed after using substances with his college friends. All attempts by emergency doctors to revive him, to restart his heart were, alas, unsuccessful. Bias passed away at the age of 23, leaving behind one of the biggest "What ifs" in the history of sports.
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Was gonna go to the tank to sober up but not after all that.
She worked for DHS and had like 6 foster kids at home.
Of course, the stories told in this selection of ours are not as famous and socially significant as the story of Len Bias, but a small tragedy by social standards is still a tragedy on the scale of one person or one family.
People who believe that by breaking any rules or recklessly following their own whims and desires, they will not face any consequences - well, such people often become the characters of these stories.
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Edit: My bad, he was cheating in a card game and got shot.
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[Took a child's life].
Wife divorced him.
Doesn't know his own kids now.
He was sued for over a million dollars.
Father had to come out of retirement to run his shop.
And of course he lost his freedom.
"In fact, many people, when they break any rules - not to mention laws, have a strong belief in their heads that nothing bad will happen to them," says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and certified NLP specialist, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment here. "And even if you give such a person some disappointing data, they most likely won’t believe you."
"If they have done this before - and remained completely unpunished, the euphoria from this acts incredibly strongly. A person can feel completely invulnerable, strong, agile - depending on what they actually do. But this confidence ends immediately when a person is faced with a reality check."
"That is why it is so important to follow even the smallest, even the most stupid-looking rules. Just to develop a habit, to leave it at the subconscious level - that no rule can be broken. Because very often it all starts with crossing the street in the wrong place, and ends - alas, with one of these sad stories," Irina summarizes.
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Went to jail for two years after being convicted of reckless driving causing death.
Twenty plus years later everyone in town still remembers.
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We sincerely hope that neither you, nor your friends or loved ones have had to or will have to face anything from what is described here. So, please just read this selection of stories simply so that they serve as a warning to you or someone else. Well, and if we, thanks to this list, manage to save at least one person - then our efforts were definitely not in vain.
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Lesson? Heed your friends' warnings, especially those that are wise/have your best interest at heart. At least heavily consider, they'll help you (potentially) prevent a catastrophe for yourself.
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One night, while working at the front door of the bar, he denied someone entry for being belligerent. The person began arguing, a scuffle broke out and my friend punched this person in the head. They fell down, banged their head off the sidewalk and died. My friend was charged with manslaughter, found guilty and went to jail (In Canada, you can go to jail for Manslaughter).
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