30 Classic Fail Images to Tickle Your Pickle

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

May 29, 2022 12:00 PM EDT

It's always best to think things through before attempting them. Seldom does a bullish attempt to do something on the fly go the way you think it's going to. The moment you get frustrated and think to yourself, "We'll do it live! F--k it!" you already know what the result is going to be. As Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

But, failure isn't always a bad thing, it's better to have tried and failed than to not have attempted at all. As Thomas Edison (although problematic) famously put it, "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work."

Scroll on and enjoy this collection of people who are in the midst of finding "Ways that don't work."

This dump of classic fail images was originally posted as a "dump" to Imgur by user Iamjustherefornothingclearly, where it has earned 18k upvotes to date.

What's your favorite image in this dump? Be sure to let us know in the comments.