Sometimes the dumbest mistakes have the gravest, most life-ruining consequences. You never know when one seemingly small (although bad) choice might land you in prison for thirty years, or totally bankrupt, or worse—dead. One redditor asked the internet, "what is the fastest way you have seen someone ruin their life?" and the resulting thread is full of cautionary fails that all of you should keep in the back of your minds the next time you're tempted to take a high-risk, low-reward shortcut in life.
"I can understand this. so tempting, so easy to do and yet disastrous consequences." said u/Objective_Number2519
"Any money you plan to gamble should be money you already consider spent and gone." said u/travis373.
"Holy shit, he bet on Costa?!? That somehow makes it even worse." said u/Nubsondubs.
"I knew a guy just like that. Had a really well paying job. Didn't do anything all day at said job. Always talked about how he was hot shit in high school, but he's now over 30 with a wife and 2 kids. Then there was this new hire at the job. A younger woman in her very early twenties. They had some extra marital encounters, but turned out he was a giant asshole (who would've thought from a guy that peaked in high school). They got into a spat at work, and she ran to the HR department and showed everyone the disturbing messages he has been leaving on her phone alongside some dick pics. Last I heard was he got fired, but still came back the next day and chilled in the lunch room all day. When the boss heard of this weird development, he called the police, but the guy was long gone before the police got there." said u/gnottydevil.