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27 No Good Horrible Very Bad Ideas People Actually Had

November 24, 2022

It's pretty common to have ideas throughout the day: When to wake up, what to wear, what to scarf down for breakfast, what to listen to on the drive to work-- Our brain is constantly making little decisions about what we're going to do over the next handful of seconds, minutes, hours, days, or years. Unfortunately, not all of those ideas are going to be good ones… Some of them, get this, might even be pretty freaking bad. Hopefully the decisions we make aren't as bad as some of the decisions below.

Being a celebrity and posting your complete banking information? A bad idea! Creating a Ferris Bueller sitcom without Matthew Broderick? Everyone would agree that was a bad idea! Releasing the movie ‘Space Camp’ only weeks after the Challenger explosion? LITERALLY HOW DID YOU THINK THAT WAS GOING TO PLAY, HOLLYWOOD?

Hopefully it's encouraging that no matter what bad ideas we have through the day, it's hard to be THIS bad.

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Whale Carcass as Medicine?

Curing rheumatism by climbing into a whale carcass AUSTRALIA CRACKED.COM In 1896, health experts suggested patients climb into beached whales for up to 30 hours, despite no scientific evidence. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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A Tall Tower at a Mental Health Facility

A mental health facility added a tall tower BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT CRACKED.COM Brattleboro Retreat in 1887 added a tall tower to aid patients' health with a nice view. Several patients fell to their death. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

25

Ferris Bueller: The Sitcom

CRACKED.COM In 1990, NBC broadcast a TV series based on Femis Bueler's Day Off, with the setting moved to California and Charlie Schlatter (of 18 Again! non-fame) replacing Matthew Broderick. John Hughes had no involvement with the TV show. The first episode featured Schlatter taking a chainsaw to a life-sized cutout of Broderick Even with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a lead-in, the show was cancelled after half a season. Yes, that's youngJennifer Anniston as Jeannie Bueller. — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

24

Monorail!

Before Detroit built ils MONORAIL! People Mover monorail, experts warned that the MONORAIL! project was doomed to lose money and do almost MONORAIL! nothing to revitalize downtown. The city pressed ahead anyway, and it started operating in 1987. originally estimated to carry 70,000 people a day, in 2006 daily ridership was just over 6,300 - and that was unusually high, because Detroit hosted the super Bowl that year. ... .. - - - - .. - CRACKED COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

23

Jeremy Clarkson's Bank Account

CRACKED.COM Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson printed his bank account details in his Sunday Times column to prove that public worry over identity theft is unfounded. Не changed his tune when someone created a €500 direct debit payable from his account to the British Diabetic Association. — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

22

The iTunes Phone

CRACKED.COM The iPhone you almost had Two years before the launch of the iPhone, Apple launched an abortive iTunes phone produced by Motorola and called the ROKR (after the glitchy RAZR, get it?) cingular 2 6 5 WINNS It had a 100-song limit, it couldn't buy music over the internet, it was hated by carriers, and its candybar shape looked like yo momma's phone. It almost killed any future phone plans for Apple — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

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Apple’s Game Console

Before the iPhone, Apple had tried its hand in the game business by teaming up with Bandai to create the Pippin, a disc-based console with a trackball in the controller. aTMORK STRAKK. PewerPC The combination of a $600 price tag, barely any software support, and terrible management during Apple's years without Steve Jobs caused the Pippin to die within two years. GRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

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At least they got a cool hole

Archeologists Dig for Gold, Dig Some Dirt and One Fine Hole This happened in the village town of Sangrampur, located in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India. A local seer who goes by the name Swami Shobhan Sarkar, dreams of 1000 tons of gold treasure buried under an old fort built by a small time 19th century king. So he writes the to Indian Government about it, requesting them to consider an excavation search. Owing to the swami's reputation and certain amount of sheer blind faith, the Indian government actually commenced the excavation work on October 18, 2013. After — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

19

Deadliest Game of All Time?

Two rival gangs decided to have a friendly soccer match MEXICO 100 ESTATAL - PRECIA ESTATION POL POLICIA CRACKED.COM On New Years Day, 2020, the prison game resulted in 16 deaths and 5 injuries. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

18

Radioactive Toothpaste

Radioactive toothpaste GERMANY Doramad Radioorative Zohncreme Sackers CRACKED.COM Produced in 1940 to 1945, Doramad toothpaste contained small amounts of thorium. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

17

Nuking the Moon

The U.S. once considered nuking the moon UNITED STATES CRACKED.COM During the Cold War, the U.S. considered detonating a nuclear bomb in a crater to show off its nuclear power and study its effects. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

16

Goldfish Challenges

Goldfish-gulping challenges HARVARD GRAGKED. COM In 1920s, Ivy League frat boys would swallow live golfish for attention. This was a whole trend, started by one guy's $10 dare. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

15

Snails

Problem: In Hawaiiin the 1950s, the invasive giant African snail MAR destroying both agriculture and the ecosystems of the native snails. Solution: In 1955, the Hawaiian Department ofAgriculture introduced ANOTHER invasive species-the carnivorous rosy wolf snail-to eat the giantAfrican snail. Highly Predictable Result: Instead ofattacking the giant African snails, the rosy wolfsnail opted to eat the smaller, defenseless native snails. Since 1955, the rosy wolf snail has caused the extinction of 20 species of native Hawaiian snails. BURP CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

14

Blues Brothers 2000

Released 18 years after the original, and16 years after John Belushi's death. BLUES BROTHERS 2000 BLUES BROTHERS 2000 Filmed in Toronto instead of Chicago. Features annoying kid sidekick. GRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

13

Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos

Many TV shows have been cancelled after one episode. But Australia 's Naughtiest Home AUSTRALIA'S Videos - the name says it all - was cancelled in the middle of its naughtiest first episode. After the first 34 minutes HOME VIDEOS included a child touching a kangaroo's private parts and people running into the ocean With Dow with burning toilet paper rolls shoved where the sun don't shine, Channel 9 owner Kerry Packer called his TV network and told them, Get this s**t off the air. The show was abruptly replaced with a Cheers rerun. No word on whether anyone involved got a booting. CRACKED — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

12

Oldsmobile Diesel

In response to the fuel crises and stricter emissions laws of the 1970s, GM rushed diesel-powered Oldsmobiles into production. Unfortunately, the new diesel engines were based on standard gasoline-powered units already produced by the company, and many of the shared parts= especially the cylinder heads-were completely inadequate for diesel. Engine failures were so common that angry owners launched a class-action lawsuit against GM, and the experience soured American car buyers on diesel engines for decades afterward. Oldsmobile Diesel CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

11

NASA

NASA forgot to convert units from English to metric. HOUSTON, TEXAS CRACKED.COM The avoidable mistake meant Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in space, costing NASA $125 million in 1999. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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Groupon rejected Google's $6 billion takeover offer CHICAGO GROUPON CRACKED.COM I'm all in support of not selling out to a tech monopoly, but they turned down 6 billion for a discount website? — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

9

Pepsi Warships

Pepsi once owned 17 submarines and 3 warships SOVIET UNION .pe SUS.O KBD n will adidas is YORK WT VII V WT VII VEU IT 785 - - hhep ПЕПСИ-КОЛ ПЕПСИ ПЕПСИ-КОЛА اسم ПЕПСИ-КОЛА - Schweppes Natural مصر RANBER ТОВАРНЫЙ JHAR ПРЯНО - - / in g 11 ЖУРАВЛИНИ - - 31.18 LA LE НАПИ БЕЗАЛКОГОЛЬНОЙ Ireal - ИРР 13 17 If 21 16 CRACKED.COM In a trade deal with the Soviet Union, Pepsi briefly owned a notable navy, which they sold for scrap. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

8

The Emu War

The Australian Army started the Emu War AUSTRALIA CRACKED.COM In 1932, the Australian Army, armed with machine guns, unsuccessfully attempted an operation to rid a district of Western Australian of emus. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

7

Blast Radius = Firing Range?

Handb - Davy Crockett was an American portable nuclear warhead launching system designed for easy use in the field. Introduced during the Cold War, an immediately apparent flaw was the blast radius being nearly the same as the weapon's firing range. However, it was decommissioned within a decade for a different reason: the Pentagon brass didn't want G.I. Joe Blow in charge of GRAGKED.COM nuclear weapons. — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

6

All of Action Park

ACTION PARK'S GRACKED.COM LOOPING WATER SLIDE Built at the infamous Action Park in New Jersey, this looping water slide was only open to the public for one month before it was shut down by The Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety. According to employee accounts, the looping slide resulted in several bloody noses and back problems during the time it was open with at least one person actually geting stuck in the loop. Employees were offered $100 to test the slide. According to legend, it actually dismembered some crash test dummies. — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

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"Go ahead. Meme me."

In November 2014, amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Bill Cosby tweeted the invitation Go ahead. Meme me! with a link to a graphic generator on his website. The unforgiving public obliged. REMEMBER WHEN I ATE CAKE? MORE THAN @ DOZEN WOMEN M LET'S REMEMBER THE CAKETIMES MY TWO FAVORITE INSTEAD OF THE RAPE - STUFF Bill Cosby @BillCosby JELLO PUDDING & RAPE BY 13 DIFFERENT WOMEN #COSAYMERI Go ahead. Meme me! http://t.co/uM3KSji8or #CosbyMeme GRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

4

Space Camp's Unfortunately Release Timing

This film tells the story of five kids accidentally launched into space. SPACE CAMP It was released June 6, 1986, five months after the Challenger Shuttle Disaster. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

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WAS the photo cool?

Navy pilots damaged helicopters taking a Facebook photo LAKE ТАНОЕ CRACKED.COM Two pilots caused half a million dollars in damage trying to take a cool photo in 2010. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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The Challenger Explosion

NASA didn't listen to their engineers before the Challenger explosion. HOUSTON, TEXAS CRACKED.COM Two engineers warned rubber seals would explode in the cold, but NASA went ahead with the launch anyway. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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The Emergency Push Door

A variety show told an audience of 1000 children that they had free toys. SUNDERLANND, UK CRACKED.COM 183 children died in the stampede that followed, resulting in the invention of the emergency push door. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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