25 Times People Embarrassed Themselves While Trying to Embarrass Others

Revenge isn’t always sweet. Sometimes, it’s a little spicy. 

One Redditor recalled the time their little brother got tastebud-related vengeance on an elementary school bully. “When my brother was in elementary school he was picked on and pretty badly bullied every day,” they recalled, noting that the tormentor would often pluck the cookies from their sibling’s lunch. After some time, their brother finally ‘fessed up to their lunchtime woes, prompting their mother to spring to action — and turn up the heat. “My mom made him cookies for the next day spiked with a ton of hot sauce,” the Redditor continued. “The bully stole the cookies as usual, choked and spat them out — face going red from the heat — and never took a cookie from my brother again.”

This isn’t the only time a bully ended up red-faced — though it’s possibly the most literal instance. Other Redditors have remembered the times attempts at humiliation went wrong, with the most egregious involving broken ribs, Adam Sandler jabs and TV news crews.