Regrettable and Rewarding Things People Did Out of FOMO

Fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, can manifest itself as a sort of modified peer pressure or loss/risk assessment and make us do things we normally wouldn't want to. Sometimes that's for the better, like making us step out of our comfort zones and go skydiving or something. Other times it can end in eating a whole bunch of ants.

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