r/therewasanattempt • u/MightEmotional • 4h ago

To not sound genocidal while openly calling for Gaza’s Palestinians to be removed or killed.

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4.0k Upvotes

"Carpet bomb them all": A young Israeli woman, interviewed by The Guardian, said Palestinians should be forcibly displaced from Gaza and killed if they cannot be removed. (Video via Middle East Eye)

429 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/jonnismizzle • 7h ago

To not glitch during a debate

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4.9k Upvotes

203 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/ReprieveNagrand • 15h ago

...to get the daal right in the middle of the rice

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9.7k Upvotes

479 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 9h ago

By Bolsanaro to acti like Trump after losing Brasil election by 4 million votes

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1.7k Upvotes

163 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/elmo444555 • 3h ago

To dress up for Halloween

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497 Upvotes

The level of stupidity is not surprising…

31 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 16h ago

To compare books

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6.2k Upvotes

421 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Hopeful-Big6843 • 1h ago

To casually justify annexation through carpet bombing and displacement of PaIestinians to any other Arab countries, except Lebanon, Jordan and Syria..because those belong to lsrael

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• Upvotes

30 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Cultural-Gas2246 • 4h ago

to beat back protesters

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267 Upvotes

41 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/BloodiStag • 12h ago

To use an old timey dryer thing

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1.1k Upvotes

93 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/narcomo • 8h ago

To do a harmless joke

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405 Upvotes

66 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Prime-Paradox • 17h ago

To order “curry” and “naan” in India.

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2.2k Upvotes

196 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/yellowcasiowatch • 11h ago

to get medical aid without experiencing police brutality

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559 Upvotes

(runner up: to not live in russia 2.0)

24 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 18h ago

To get in on the conversation

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1.2k Upvotes

49 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Ill-Cartographer7351 • 13m ago

To win the nobel peace prize

• Upvotes

9 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/MeasurementBubbly350 • 2h ago

To stop a speeding motorcycle with a kick

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61 Upvotes

14 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/__globalcitizen__ • 6h ago

To cushion from a fall from height

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128 Upvotes

68 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/send420nudes • 7h ago

to remain anonymous

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131 Upvotes

3 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Honest-Pressure-1483 • 1d ago

To block a motorcycle

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4.6k Upvotes

380 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/jonnismizzle • 1d ago

To not ask another dumb question

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6.5k Upvotes

217 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Prime-Paradox • 1d ago

To shame a Somali migrant.

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2.8k Upvotes

Tommy Robinson (UK Far right) approaches a random Somali migrant then gets fact checked.

69 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/BLACK-N-PROUD • 2h ago

to wear Iranian monarchist symbols while attending a far-right anti-immigration rally in Denmark.

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30 Upvotes

6 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/trainw09 • 22h ago

To get approval from a guru that’s been dead for over 30 years

1.2k Upvotes

40 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/MoreMotivation • 22h ago

To cue your audience in to clap for you as soon as your sentence ended

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961 Upvotes

91 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Hopeful-Big6843 • 20h ago

To give a warning as the “most moral army in the world”

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444 Upvotes

10 comments

r/therewasanattempt • u/Il_Vinci • 13h ago

To overtake on the right side of the road

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129 Upvotes

52 comments

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