16 Pictures That Clearly Show What Bad Luck Means
Curiosities
02/12/2022

There are 2 types of people who believe in luck: the stable and the fleeting. They are people who see everything as lucky or unlucky and people who think there are ups and downs to their luck. No matter where you belong, there are times that we all feel like luck has moved past us. And that’s why we end up with truly unexpected and upsetting situations that we don’t know whether we should laugh or cry about.
Bright Side knows that sometimes life serves up some unlucky moments, but we also remember that they don’t mean the end of the world.
1. “First bite of my fast food burrito and I felt something metallic brush against my tooth. Spat out a screw.”
2. “Looks like my phone won’t be charging today.”
3. “The pizza I ordered...”
4. “My brother’s chicken nugget was hollow.”
5. “I accidentally bumped my new scale into the old scale with my foot, it completely shattered and slightly exploded the old scale.”
6. “Just washed it.”
7. “Got dressed in the dark. Get to work this morning and look down.”
8. “My hotel kitchen... I’m here for 4 months.”
9. “Went to the store to pick up a candle for my daughter’s birthday, guess how old she’s turning?”
10. “This can with no tab”
11. “Blender exploded as I was making a smoothie.”
12. “An 82-year-old crashed into my parked car.”
13. “When zippers get caught on that flap of fabric meant to cover them”
14. “Our shower just spontaneously shattered.”
15. “Brand-new headphones”
16. It won’t really satisfy like this.
What has been the unluckiest moment of your life so far? Was it something completely accidental or something that you were partially to blame for?
Preview photo credit PurelyForLolla / reddit
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