17 times life just didn't work out

 By 
Brian Koerber
 on 
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Despite how hard we try, sometimes things just don't go like you expected.

Fortunately, some sick part of our brain can occasionally turn someone's bad day into a mood booster, because Schadenfreude is real and seeing people fall is funny sometimes.

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So the next time you trip on the stairs or accidentally punch yourself in the face in public, pick yourself up and try to remember that any witnesses secretly enjoyed your suffering.

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