If you ’re afraid of failure … this military post is n’t move to help !

Our culture is big on encouraging people to try things: “Give it a shot!” “Just try it!” But you know what? We need to cut that crap out. Because some people should NOT try. Really.

To show you what I mean, here are 23 people who tried to do things when they really, REALLY shouldn’t have:

1.This police officer tried to go undercover…but couldn’t have been more obvious if he, ahem, tried:

2.And this police officer tried to find a suspect…but was clearly missing the plot:

3.This sign programmer tried to use teen slang…and failed in staggeringly embarrassing fashion:

4.This woman tried to market her oils online…and received exactly zero interest:

5.And this guy tried to make a REALLY scary Halloween display…and took things way too far:

6.This person tried to make a baked potato…and ended up with a thermonuclear spud:

7.This person tried to to make a grilled cheese in an air fryer…and ended up with this pillow-like result:

8.And — oh my — this person tried to make smiley face cheese balls…and ended up with these disturbing horrors:

9.This truck driver tried to make a strong political statement…but ended up with this confusing mess (is it fuck Trump or fuck Biden? Trump 2024 or Biden 2024? Sheesh!):

10.And this guy tried to make a political statement, too…but via this pathetically laughable homemade shirt (also note “lyers,” LOL):

11.This dude tried to shame this bird…then realized the joke was on him:

12.This person tried to steal a joke…and got called out over it by none less than Sunny Delight:

13.And Mike here tried to clown Bernie Sanders…but ended up the one wearing clown shoes:

14.This city tried to let its citizens re-name an elementary school…and really should have just named it themselves:

15.And someone tried to make, well, a can…and failed 100%:

16.This teacher tried to grade a test…and proved their student understands the subject more than they do:

17.And this student tried to write an intro paragraph…and it’s not too strong to say they brought shame upon their entire family:

18.This shoe store tried to pull a fast one by raising the price during a supposed sale…but did it in the most inept way possible:

19.This prospective worker tried to get a job…with a not exactly elaborate résumé:

20.And this ’90s anti-drug campaign tried to scare kids off drugs…while including the text “cool to do drugs” right in the middle of the damn thing:

21.This person tried to shame a restaurant online…only to post this embarrassing self-own:

22.This guy tried to pick up on a girl using puns…that clearly weren’t working:

23.And this person tried to make a smoothie…and, well, it didn’t quite work out:

HT:r/therewasanattempt

"I tried!"

An undercover cop

A man standing on a window ledge

"bucking up is totes yeet yo"

"No 100%"

Two cops looking at what appears to be a body

A ball of fire

Pillow cheese

Cheese coming out of smiling faces

"Fuck Trump Biden 2024"

A man with a paper taped to his shirt

"I thought that only the bag of chips was knitted"

"at least credit them if you're going to steal their joke"

"This is how birthday cakes work when you have friends."

"Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance"

A Diet Coke can with the wrong side up

"This is NOT possible"

A paper with red writing on it

"229.99"

"I receive resumes like this one all the time."

"cool to do drugs"

"I'd redo your math."

"I was just winging it…"

Smoothie all over the walls and counter