Lessons You "Learned The Hard Way"

[chuckman1]

Never trust a meth addict.
Learned this after giving my dad second chance after second chance and finally giving up on him at 14.
Oh and don't have a meth lab with kids in the house.
Dozens of cops busting in your house and taking away your dad when you're 3 years old will fuck you up.

 

[M0rp43vs]

Can I just say,"Murphy's law holds true in any situation. Expect it"

 

[daveman247]

Always stretch yourself off properly before and after strenous excercise.

Truly aching muscles are not fun

 

[Easton Dark]

Never tell your girlfriend a fictional character means more to you than she does, even jokingly ;_;

 

[iLazy]

If the stoves on, and the element isn't red, don't touch it. It's on.

I honestly don't know why I did.

Also, there's no such thing as second chances. Yeah, not going to go into that one.

 

[Durgiun]

Always, fucking ALWAYS erase any history you have of visiting any pornsite and of downloading any porn pics/vids if you live with anyone who is your elder.


Jesus Christ, did I ever learn that shit the hard way. Twice.

 

[Screamarie]

Okay here's one that's probably more exclusive to women, but still a good lesson none the less.

If you're going to use fake nails, be careful with the glue. Don't use too much. And if you do, don't pick up a 16 lb. bag of dog food.

Otherwise your thumb nail might get ripped off. No, no I don't mean get broken or bent in the middle. I mean RIPPED the FUCK off! O-F-F! It hurts like a ***** and it's not fun to grow it back either.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

Don't give into the hype ... Duke Nukem Forever ...

and maybe:

The internet is full of people who will hate you for the smallest of things.

 

[Jedoro]

Otherwise your thumb nail might get ripped off. No, no I don't mean get broken or bent in the middle. I mean RIPPED the FUCK off! O-F-F! It hurts like a ***** and it's not fun to grow it back either.

Ouch

OT: Getting hit in the side of the knee by a thick stick hurts like hell.

Captcha: in the doldrums

...I doubt I'd want to be hit there, either.

 

[Averant]

Playing with sharp pointy objects when you're bored is a very bad idea. Why? Because you likely won't be paying attention, and you know what happens when you don't pay attention to sharp pointy things?

Yeah, my hospital visit speaks for itself.

 

[marioandsonic]

Letting my one friend borrow money.

I'm probably never going to get it back now...

 

[TitanAura]

Never fall asleep on the communal couch in a college dorm, drunk or otherwise.

 

[SwimmingRock]

One of the many ways in which movie physics are horseshit is when it comes to breaking glass. You don't just punch through glass and the glass shatters. Your arm and hand get fucked the hell up, with bits of glass stuck in and bleeding all over the place. Took 2 weeks before I could use my hand again. Never got all the blood cleaned up. Some of it just dried into the walls, door and light switch.

Also, a big pile of gunpowder will burn. Herpdy derp, I hear you say, but I was 4. Suffice it to say, if Hell is a real place, it'll look familiar to me.

 

[Combustion Kevin]

That maybe means no.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

Don't test Mago's reactions, he will buss your head.

 

[Captain__Cookies]

If you need to run forwards and backwards quickly to prove a point to someone, for God's sake don't do it between two glass doors.

 

[putowtin]

Never tell your girlfriend a fictional character means more to you than she does, even jokingly ;_;

oh my husband knows I love Garrus!

Don't expect a cat to understand what "wet paint" is

 

[Substitute Troll]

Never put your whole weight on one foot when trying the ice to see if it will hold.

Had to take the 20 min walk home in -15C after the ice decided it didn't like me very much :/

 

[teqrevisited]

I learned that the forces of nature have no qualms in causing hilarious physical maladies to unsuspecting people.

I propped an 8x6ft wooden floor, crossbeams facing my side, against a fence to shield myself from the wind whilst I treated the rest of it. Suddenly it got incredibly dark. As I turned to look up at the sky the floor panel hit me on the head, luckily connecting with a flat plank instead of one of the beams' edges (Each one only inches apart).

 

[bojackx]

I imagine a common one would be "don't wait too long to make your move, or you'll end up in the FriendZone". Definitely learnt that the super hard way, and took an irritating amount of time to recover from mentally.

As for a more obscure one, don't put pencil lead in your ear, it will get stuck and you will need an operation.