Sometimes it's the little things that make the biggest impact.
It's a domino effect- one tiny thing leads to another tiny thing, then another, then another...until it becomes a complete mess.
What are these minor mistakes?
These Redditors will tell you.
Redditor: cobaltbpt asked:
"What's a minor mistake that can't be undone?"
Definitely not minor.
"Putting a sticker slightly off center on your LEGO."
swiggityswaygreenday
"OP said "minor"."
gaprats
An "accident".
Giphy"When you send a text or an e-mail to the wrong person..."
ToonlinkFTW890
"And they're definitely not going to believe you when you tell them it was an accident."
NedTal
TRUTH
"Accidentally liking someone's photo while looking at their profile... things like a minefield."
Nuclear_Soup
"Worse when you're 3 years deep in their photos too."
Kookadoodle
Be honest.
"When someone asks "what do you really think" and you are honest and it's not what they wanted to hear."
"The cat can never be put back in the bag and it will always be out there."
scott60561
"Whose fault is that? I feel like people shouldn't ask for an opinion if they don't want the truth. I won't be mean, but if someone asks how they look in a dress, I will be honest. I'll say something along the lines of "I'm not a fan of that dress. What if you try this one? The color will bring out your eyes.""
i_am_a_goat_baa
Good plan.
Giphy"Calling an SO your ex's name."
SleepyySnorlaxx
"That's why you find a common name when you start dating, only date people with that name."
golden_fli
Um, ew.
"Overcooking pasta."
drj0e
"If you overcook it, just mash it. Same as overcooking potatoes, only way forward is to mash it. Mashing solves problems!"
Philosofried
That's comforting.
"Typos on your resume/CV. It's already too late, you look unprofessional."
ProstituteEggz
"Honestly they aren't always that big of a deal. I see 7-10 a day and a typo is the least of the issues."
fdxrobot
"I wanted to shape my eyebrows when I was 11 and my mom wouldn't let me get them done. So, I just took a regular razor and just tried to trim around the edges. Of course I took the entire tail end of my eyebrow off. Only recently did it start growing in normally again. I'd say I went a solid ten years without my eyebrow tail growing back in with more than a few hairs."
NotThatSerious26
Good cover.
"Calling a teacher mom."
XxpandamanxX
"I was about five or six when I did this in school, but luckily for me I didn't say it with enough confidence that someone would hear me and the teacher was speaking to someone else so she didn't notice."
"However, me being the awkward kid that I was, I started singing a song I made up called "Mommy" so I could pretend that I was just singing at the time. What. The f*ck."
NotThatSerious26
A fair argument.
"Accidentally stepping on your dog's tail or paw. The instant look of hurt and betrayal on their face always stays with me."
ifearbears
"I have a black cat, and the last place I lived had dark hardwood floors. That sonovab*tch got kicked so many times, and every time he'd squall about it. I'd just remind him that it's his dumb a** who can see in the dark."
Snatch_Pastry
Add Ons
"Adding too much seasoning to a recipe."
JohnDough39
"Apparently if you put too much salt into a soup/broth/other liquid, you can put a couple whole (peeled) potatoes in and cook it for 10-15min, and they will absorb some of the excess salt."
CyanPhoenix42
"Nah you can always save food, you can use yogurt, butter or lemon juice to save something you've made too spicy, starch to remove salt, cornstarch to remove liquid, or simply add more of everything else in the recipe."
SuicidalPelican
Stay Put
"Accidentally closing the door hard when you were just in an argument with your mom."
Goldninjan
"When I was a teenager I had a row with my mum, stormed out of the room but spun around to give her 'and another thing!'"
"I went to push the door open with my palm but wasn't quick enough, the latch had engaged. I put my whole force onto a glass door which exploded into a million pieces, and my momentum carried me through. To mum, it looked like I just walked through the closed glass door, kool aid style, whilst shouting at her."
JimmerUK
Back Up
Tiffany Mitchell Idk GIF by Indiana FeverGiphy"Accidentally crossing a personal boundary that has to do with another person's family member."
Andrew_Korenchkin
Just Wait
"Pushing the 'walk button' at a busy intersection. Then deciding not to cross as traffic just sits there, waiting for the light to change."
Back2Bach
"Some crosswalks have a button you need to press for the light to turn green. And sometimes you press the button and then decide you don't want to cross so the button stays pressed and you stop the entire traffic for no reason."
FrostyVampy
"Not sure if they mean the same thing as my experience but I have social anxiety and I've hit the button to cross and got so preoccupied with how everybody saw me push the button that I didn't notice the light go green for me to cross until it was too late to cross and had to wait again. I could have disintegrated I cringed so hard for myself."
FlaccidWeenus
X
"Misspelling someone's name on their birth certificate."
zealousearthkat
"I have a friend who’s middle name is legally ‘X’ because his parents filled out the form with the intention of not giving him a middle name, so they wrote an X as in N/A. Yeah, they f**ked up."
KryptGMD
Secured
"Not properly securing a lap bar or restraint when riding on a coaster or thrill ride."
No1UpvotesLikeGaston
"You rarely have the choice to NOT secure it. They come and check and can see if it isn't secured. I think they have warning lights in the booth for who isn't locked in correctly, too."
elebrin
"Unless you're at one of those pop-up carnivals. Carnies generally don't care if you're secured well enough or not."
the-magnifi*unt
Excess...
"Drinking a few too many drinks, bedspins are a *itch."
RandersTheLonely
"If the beds not too high you can plant one of your feet down solid on the ground and it should help a bit with the spins. Enough to get you to sleep without puking from them."
FlaccidWeenus
"I still occasionally have a few too many, but I haven't had the spins in many years. Almost forgot they existed."
iWatchCrapTV
The Stench
earth skunk GIF by Lil DickyGiphy"Startling a skunk."'
drdoom
"That is not at all minor. My husband says I would not be allowed in the house for a month if I get skunked. (And he’s probably right, since I would want to use the clothing and furniture in the house after I’ve recovered.)"
easwaran
"Something startled one outside my bedroom window at about 3am yesterday morning. Talk about a rude awakening. I have sleep apnea and wear a CPAP mask. So it was like a skunk was spraying right up my nose. It burned so bad and my eyes watered like crazy. Took about three hours to go away."
kaylaamandaedelmann
There are something you can't undo. Do you have similar experiences? Let us know in the comments below.
Do you ever wonder what it must've been like to experience major events throughout world history when reading about them in text books?
But if you take pause and actually think about it, we're living through many newsworthy current events that succeeding generations will be talking about long after we're gone.
Reading about them online or in newspapers is one thing. But seeing them happen unfold before our eyes is another.
Curious to hear from those who'll have anecdotes to tell in the future, Redditor "What is the most historically significant event you witnessed IN PERSON?"
People recall the natural disaster events they've witnessed.
Tremors
"1964 Good Friday Earthquake 9.2 Richter. Was a boy in Cordova, Alaska at the time."
– KitchenLab2536
"My father was skipper of the USCG cutter stationed there. He was inport, and when the quake struck shortly before 5:30pm, he and my mom gathered me and my three siblings on the front porch. At first, it felt like the house was crumbling at the foundation, but on the porch we could plainly see our whole world was shaking. I remember watching telephone poles swaying, and the wires snapping and crackling in the street. The quake lasted about five minutes initially. My dad got his ship underway to avoid the tidal wave which was sure to come. We had several aftershocks in the coming weeks, some of which were quite strong, though nowhere near as strong or as long as the quake itself. I was seven at the time."
– KitchenLab2536
Collapsing Freeway
"October 17th, 1989. I watched the 880 Nimitz freeway collapse during the San Francisco earthquake. The Honda in front of me had the upper deck crush her front-end engine compartment. The mother and her daughter were shaken up but completely fine."
"I was driving a convertible Triumph Spitfire, which was scratched up slightly from debris. However, I walked away unscathed. Aside from the fact I pissed my pants, which I didn't notice until much later."
– CatDaddyWhisper
Thar She Blows
"I sat on the roof of our house and watched Mt. St. Helens erupt less than 100 miles away."
– stinkykitty71
"This must have been fascinating and terryfing in equal measure. What a thing to witness."
– runrossyrun
"It was amazing! The ash that covered everything like snow was interesting to kid me, but less so to my parents."
– stinkykitty71
People recall seeing major catastrophes as a result of malfunctions or judgement errors.
Bomber Crash
"The b-52 crash that led to changing what large military aircraft are allowed to do for airshows."
"I didn't see the plane, but immediately saw the fireball. It was just a perfect, bright red turning to black mushroom cloud."
"Fairchild is a nuclear air base and there were a few minutes there where I was sure the world was about to end."
"A few years before a KC-135 doing the same thing crashed near the school while we were in class."
– goffstock
Tragic Takeoff
"I was standing on my front porch watching the launch of the Challenger."
– StarChaser_Tyger
"Was riding in my parents car to a basketball game in the next town over in north texas when we saw a shooting star and thought that was neat."
"It was the Columbia..."
– Misdirected_Colors
Demolition Gone Wrong
"The failed implosion of the Zip feed mill in Sioux Falls, SD in 2005."
"They hyped it up, sold tickets to it, had a big 'BOOM' marketing thing, and broadcast it live on TV."
"The explosives took out the main supports on the first floor, and the rest of the building above it just plopped down 10ft or so and came to a rest. It was a massive failure, and was a funny little blurb on news stations around the world that day. Definitely not major news, just the rest of the world taking 20 seconds to laugh at us."
"The building sat like that (the leaning tower of SuFu) for quite a while until they figured out how to safely demolish it."
"Here's a clip of the failed demolition."
– KitchenBandicoots
These well-known historical events were seen by very few who are alive today.
Historical Remnant
"The tumbling of the Wall in Germany… along with people selling bits and pieces of it on tables in lobby in front of commissary and px in the following weeks and months. I had picked up a chunk about the size of an oreo and kept it… has blue spray paint on the flat side. Wonder if anyone is buying them now?"
– SingedPenguin13
Major Upheaval
"I would have to say the LA riots. I lived about two blocks from where it started. I was on my way home from school and saw someone throw a brick through a window. I didn’t even wait. I just started running the whole way home."
– Scarlaymama0721
Day Of Infamy
"9/11, I could SMELL the collapse of the towers."
– go4tli
"A friend of mine was there. One day in the warehouse we worked in together there was an odd electrical burning smell. He stopped in his tracks and went 'this is what 9/11 smelled like.'"
– mantistoboggan287
I didn't physically witness the fall of the World Trade Center but I was living in New York City at the time.
However, I did see the smoke.
I was living up north in Washington Heights at the time and knowing what happened, uncertain of what was to come, and seeing the plumes of smoke from the attack site was the most ominous sight I've ever seen in my life to date.
Have you ever lived through a historic moment or witnessed something sure to be noted in history books? Let us know in the comments below.
People's Wildest 'WTF Is Wrong With You?' Experiences