May we enter these memes into the evidence, your honor?

Sometimes in life, you give something your best shot, and sometimes that's still not enough. And that's just the way it goes. You're not going to be good at everything you try, and—heck, who is good at something on the first try anyway? Being good at something isn't always what it's about, which is something that we tend to forget in this era of side hustling and generally monitoring and capitalizing on everything we do. 

As Kurt Vonnegut was (supposedly)  told, by his (supposed) own account, when he was 15 years old, "I don't think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you've got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them."

And those are some words to live by. Of course, there are times when being good at something is important; those times tend to occur when safety is of concern… especially when you're endangering other people's safety along with your own. Yeah, doing and trying different things makes you an interesting person, but like the people in the collection of posts below, it might not be for the reasons you're expecting. These posts were gathered (mostly) from a popular online community in which users share various different hacks, bodges, and other DIY monstrosities they've seen online and in real life that are "mint" as long as you "squint."

That job let you go, so it's time you did the same about that job and move on… To memes!

A little bit of fandom-inspired baby naming has caused a rift in this friend group. 

In the past, some parents would test out potential baby names by yelling them out the front door a few times. (Parents used to call their kids home for dinner while the kids were out in the neighborhood playing with friends). If you felt weird shouting the name out the door, you'd know that wasn't the right moniker for your baby. 

The modern-day equivalent might include a few more stop-gaps. You should absolutely Google your baby's new name, just in case that name has already been taken by someone unsavory. And you could also consider what happens when you type your kiddo's name. As this person shared, their friend wants to name their kid after a Pokemon… and the name autocorrects to "respiratory." Whoops! 

Some commenters noted that even if you're a diehard Pokemon fan, there are humans in the show that you could name your kid after! Ash, Jesse, Brock, or May are all pretty normal names for kids. Even though your kids Pokemon name might sound cute while they're a little baby, by the time they're old enough to explain their name to other kids, they'll be known as the "Pokemon kid" everywhere they go. Then, they'll grow up and start dating, going to job interviews, and just living life as a 30-year-old named after a Pokemon. Well-meaning as it might be, you just know these two kiddos are going to change their names to something inconspicuous, like Zach and Rita, after a lifetime of Pokemon jokes. 

Next up, feast your eyes on these perilous pickup trucks and messed up Mustangs that should not really be on the road. 

Life is full of surprises, changes, and unintentionally hilarious signs. People often say if you look carefully enough, there is beauty and levity everywhere. That may be true depending on your perspective and mentality, but one could also amend that statement to say that if you look carefully enough, you will find joy in humanity. Today when we say humanity, we specifically are referring to man's capacity for human error. Nowhere is that more obvious than man-made signs.

These signs could be found on a highway, outside a store, on a menu, or even a post-it note in your office. Regardless of whatever type of sign you're dealing with, if a human made it, there is a chance you will come across a laughable mistake or some kind of dramatic irony. The humor we experience when we come across these errors reminds us that even the signs we make that are intended to enforce rules can be unintentionally hilarious. 

Keep scrolling below for this week's top funny signs. For more content like this, check out this week's top Karens.

How does one photograph a mirror? It's not hard if you use your imagination, like these folks did.

Maybe you're thinking to yourself, "Ha! How hard could it be to photograph a mirror? Just point your phone or camera and snap away. Duh." Mmm okay sure, in theory, that can work. But go ahead and try to photograph the nearest mirror to you, and see how well you do at the task. Chances are, you are in the photo. The room around you and all the clutter it contains are caught in the picture as well. The only way to get yourself out of the photo is to find just the right angle… and that doesn't really show off the actual mirror very well. So then, seller, how do you proceed?

Check out all of the options below. Some people try to camouflage themselves with blankets. Others grab a nearby friend for a helping hand. And we even have one repeat seller who brings their pug along for each picture! It's a delightful look at the funny and sweet nature of people who are just trying to sell things online, even if they're not 100% sure how to do it. 

Next up, this entitled woman demanded that her tattoo artist ink her right now, and she decided to throw a fit until she got her way. 

Not every wedding is a dream come true. In fact, rarely can events that simultaneously cause so much stress and anxiety result in a blissful moment. At the end of the day, much of the reasoning behind this is our own fault. Culturally, we put way too much emphasis on the need to have the perfect time at your wedding while making both parties equally happy. It's an impossible task, so why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

These folks understand all too well that weddings are just as likely to spin out of control as they are to go your way. Unfortunately, those involved discovered this reality after the fact. Some of these fiascos include a kid who refused to attend the wedding in anything other than a lion's outfit, a couple who insisted all guests give gifts over $250, and a guy who arranged for a literal llama to be present at his sister's wedding. Is that not the ultimate revenge?

Keep scrolling below for the full list. For more, check out this compilation of wholesome posts for overworked employees.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So if one messes things up, one is probably going to have to face the consequences, that is simply how the world works, although there aren't many people who actually live by those rules.

Many people in this Reddit story had to face the consequences of their actions, and not all of them did such a great job. First, there was the terrible neighbor who started the whole drama simply by being a terrible neighbor, but also because he ordered a contractor to to work on a property that wasn't his. Then, there was the contractor himself, who even though he knew he was working illegally on private property, still kept going. And lastly, there was the county, who refused to do anything about the illegal work and refused to listen to reason.

All these people got what they deserved, so scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of employees who refused to accept a bonus from their boss.

You are typing away, your keyboard going clickety-clack as your fingers fly across the different buttons. When you look down, you notice that your keyboard is a little bit dusty. Hmmm, that's not right. You guess it's time to deep clean it. How do you go about it? Well, probably not the way this employee did.

One tech support worker took to r/talesfromtechsupport after they got an unusual call regarding a printer. Apparently, the printer wasn't working, but it had been just before. So IT sauntered in, only to find the display completely dark. It was indeed, not working. After a careful evaluation of the situation, it became very clear what had happened. The person who complained about it also happened to be the person who had last seen the printer up and running. Scroll down to read the hilarious series of events and then check out these wholesome posts for overworked employees who are in dire need of a vacation.

These car mods did not turn out as intended. 

Some people get a car and have big ideas in their head about it. So what if the car is 20 years old and barely starts? That's just the starting point, and with the right bells and whistles, soon it becomes a 20-year-old car that's also loud and flashy. 

Lots of car enthusiasts want their cars to be souped up, but they don't have the cash to spend thousands doing it. So some of these people take matters into their own hands. They decide to DIY a car renovation, and the results look… well… you can see them for yourself down below! 

I'm always fascinated by Franken-cars, like the ones at #4, #20, and #22. The more cars smushed into one, the better. I love to see a Franken-vehicle that's a mini-van on the front half, and a truck of some sort in the back. You can tell that the driver needs enough seats to take the kids and their friends to soccer practice, while also carrying some bags of mulch or some 2x4s. They have lots of places to be, and lots of items to bring along. They're thinking big, and not letting either the laws of physics or the aesthetics of the car stop them from achieving their dreams.  

Next up, when a Florida couple was impolite towards this employee, they got to leave the couple stranded. 

In writing, both for entertainment and for technical purposes, it's important that your reader be able to comprehend the meaning of your words. For example, if you happen to be writing a snazzy and engaging introduction to a discussion about a story that someone shared online, it would be foolish to begin using words that your reader is likely not to understand. In fact, it would be perspicacious for the author to eschew using a myriad of archaic verbiage that obfuscates the meaning of what they're trying to portray to their audience. 

Of course, as with everything in life, there's a balance to be struck, and it's easy to go too far in the other direction to a point where your writing begins sounding like one of those books you read in the first grade… The writer writes well. The writer writes good words. People enjoy reading the writer's words. The writer's words are easy to read. Yeah, you get tired of it pretty quickly. Like I said, there's a balance.

Well, when the survival of your company is dependent on a bunch of descriptive words that other people can read and comprehend in order to replicate essential processes or procedures, it's important that the line of simplistic yet descriptive be tread very carefully. 

When this worker was asked to write a technical instruction manual for the role that they were being fired from, the stipulation was that it be written at a level that someone with "zero experience" could understand. They decided to write it at such an insultingly simple level that it probably wouldn't be all that helpful to anyone at all. Hey, at least they tried… Right?

It is crucial that you communicate your expectations to everyone around you. Having said that, as someone who always says what they mean and means what they say, in the event that you were given an order by superiors, would you simply follow it without question or would you make an effort to comprehend the reasoning behind it to prevent future annoyances?

The story below tells the tale of a clever transport officer who, although fully aware that he is setting himself up for failure, opts to follow his lieutenant's commands. The grandfather of the Original Poster (OP) was a transport officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. In order to prepare for an exercise, a lieutenant orders OP's grandfather to level the field that they were on with a bulldozer. Initially, the grandfather attempts to explain to the lieutenant that his training only covers upkeep and not the actual operation of the bulldozer. However, the lieutenant was unreceptive to arguments and was certain that the grandfather should resolve the matter. So, after trying several times to reason with the commander,  the grandfather ultimately decided to follow instructions and pray for the best possible outcome.

Having said that, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning what transpired after OP's grandfather started leveling the field! Additionally, after you've finished reading, don't forget to check out the story about the client who gets even with the contractor who ripped him off for $2000 by sending him job sites that don't exist, costing him $15,000!

There is nothing quite like the pettiness that exists within a college dorm. Sure, people can be petty throughout their lives but there seems to be something especially petty regarding living situations during those four years. Part of this may be due to the obvious absence of parents and the further development of one's adult brain during this time. Part of it is the collision of differing lifestyles and the confrontation with other people's living habits. Part of it is just the nature of college itself.

Who hasn't had a dramatic roommate situation during college? Whether it's the total random roommate situation or the perfectly planned "best friend" roommate dynamic that inevitably falls apart, most people's perception of sharing space becomes forever altered during their college years. Here, we have a student who felt belittled and mocked by her roommate Colleen and their friend Karen (a fitting name). When the Redditor finally found the opportunity to get out of there and move in with another friend, she sought the perfect vengeance by suggesting that Colleen and Karen move in together. After all, they seemed to clearly deserve each other. What could possibly go wrong?

Keep scrolling below for the consequences. For more stories like this, here is one about a Karen interaction on an airplane.

If there is one thing that employers cannot stand, it is their employees speaking up for their own rights. You should be as quiet as possible in the workplace, and never ever even consider raising issues that are related to your work and/or your employers. An employee who does this kind of thing will probably regret it later on.

Much like the employee in this Reddit story, who thought they were doing the right thing, but their employer definitely did not agree. OP (original poster), noticed that all the upper management was taking money out of the tip pool, something they are definitely not allowed to do, so OP reported it to the Department of Labor (DOL). Somehow, the boss found out about it, and started retaliating against OP - cutting their hours, making them do tasks that are not in their job title, etc… OP now wonders if they should, again, report their boss to DOL.

Scroll down to read the rest of the story. When you are done, click here for a story of a worker who quit their job after getting a 50-cent raise.

This class clown kept bothering another student until the kid finally agreed to help out. Unfortunately for the class clown, things didn't work out exactly how he'd planned.

Having a jokester in the class is tons of fun for everyone except one person: the teacher. While the class is giggling at the prankster's antics, the teacher has to try and keep order. This kid was apparently the type to make loud inappropriate noises in the middle of the lesson, a surefire way to get the whole class off track for a few minutes.

Not only does this kid act as a disruption in class, but he kept bugging u/WordWizardX to help with his papers. Before the internet was mainstream, lots of kids struggled with typing, and computer classes were very common. After all, this was considered the tech of the future, and being a good typist was supposedly very important to one's future career. But this kid was fine to slack off and continually bug his classmate to do his work for him. 

Scroll down to check out this fun malicious compliance story from the 1990s. Then, read the story of the entitled customer who started shouting at her tattoo artist for not being available immediately to do her ink. (Risky move!)

It's perhaps the understatement of the century to say that learning to live with your significant other can present itself with challenges. We all form habits, some of which date back to how we were raised, and it's not until you share space with a partner that all those habits reveal themselves. Suddenly, you wonder if how you do the dishes or get ready for bed makes you incredibly bizarre. Or perhaps you start wondering how you managed to fall for somebody who sleepwalks. Perhaps you're rethinking the entire relationship or perhaps you're paranoid that your partner is going to break up with you over your strange habits.

At the end of the day, we don't always know that the ways in which we live our lives are uniquely weird until we're confronted with that revelation. Therefore, a considerable amount of patience and acceptance is necessary when you're learning to cohabitate with your partner. Keep scrolling below to take a look at these adorable and surprisingly wholesome tales of Redditors who learned just how weird their partners actually were. For more stories like this, here is a compilation of petty ways people got back at their exes.

On the list of people you wouldn't want to annoy, your tattoo artist should rank pretty high. You would start snapping at your hairdresser while they're in the middle of cutting your hair, right? If you annoy them, they could easily give you a bad hairdo that'll take months to grow out. Tattoo artists create art on your body that lasts forever, and if they mess up, there's no easy fix. It's not as easy as letting your hair grow out! That mistake will be a permanent reminder of what you shouldn't have done. 

This tattoo artist shared a story to r/entitledpeople about a customer who just couldn't understand why she couldn't get her tattoo. She wanted a specific artist to tattoo her, but she also wanted that tattoo immediately. You can't always have both. With something as permanent and expensive as a tattoo, why rush it? Just use the phone, call up and make an appointment like everyone else, and then rest assured your skin's artwork won't end with disappointment. 

After you check out this story, read about the locals who want tourists to stop their bad habits, like the person who suggested, "Stop trying to hike up a mountain in flip-flops." 

Maturity and growth seem to be inconceivable concepts to the Karens of the world. These strange birds lack the self-awareness and the learning skills for serious self-improvement. Instead, they walk among us looking to project their frustrations and their entitlement onto their surroundings. This unfortunately means that the sane people among us are often on the receiving end of this unnecessary wrath. 

This week, we've got Karens throwing tantrums in the office, at a Gamestop, at a cosmetics store, and at a McDonald's. In other words, the full range of the human experience is reflected in these stories. Occasionally, the entitled folks represented in these frustrating tales got their comeuppance, but in other instances, they went about their day without any proper retaliation. Hopefully, karma will come back and haunt them eventually. 

Keep scrolling below for this brand new collection of Karen stories. For more, check out this post about crazy customer service fiascos.

A quick message to any employer who might be reading this–if you want to make your employees feel appreciated, rewarding them by making them work more is never the right answer. Never. Don't even try to think about it.

Instead, try and reward them with the only thing that is actually considered a reward for any working adult… money (shocking, I know). Simply give them a nice bonus or holiday treat or whatever you want to call it, because trust me when I say that the only way your hardworking employees would feel appreciated and motivated is by giving them something that would legitimately help them.

If there is one employer who needs to read this message, it is the boss of the employee who wrote this Reddit post. OP's (original poster) boss announced that OP's entire team will be getting a $300 bonus for all their hard work… But only if they work 12 hours a day and be on-call 24/7. So yeah, that is not what we call a bonus here, bossman.

Scroll down to read the full story. When you are done, click here for a story of an employee being 'quietly fired' for standing up to upper management.

Each and every action has consequences. Because of this, you should think twice before intentionally betraying someone else because you never know when or how it can come back to haunt you.

The story that follows is the account of a petty client. The story is relayed by the Original Poster (OP), who provides readers with a detailed explanation of his motivations for starting the years-long payback plan. To put things in perspective, OP hired a contractor a few years ago in order to finish some construction work. However, rather than performing his job honestly, the contractor decided to scam OP out of a couple thousand bucks. As a result, OP was determined to jump at every opportunity to settle the score. So, together with his closest friends, he devised a devious plan to trick the dodgy contractor into thinking he had clients waiting for him all across the city.

That being said, check out the story below to learn more about what transpired and whether the contractor realized that OP had been the one tricking him the entire time! After you're done reading, don't forget to check out the account of the senior employee who was fired for showing up late just once!