28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

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28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages
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We feel bad. Honestly, we do. But our penchant for laughing hysterically at fails eclipses that sorry feeling we get for these failers. Yes, we know that “failers” isn’t a word, but calling them “failures” seems a little harsh. 

Who knows, maybe these were the first and only times our mistake-makers made mistakes. So, they’re not overall failures, but they are in-the-moment failers. 

See? We do feel for them a little bit. Now let’s push all that guilt and terminology out of the way for these hilarious fails and faceplants, shall we?

 

Hashtag Fails

CRACKED #powergenitalia Powergen (UK's leading gas and electricity company) chose an unfortunate domain name for their Italian subsidiary. Powergen Italia really could've used some capitalisation. POWERGEN

Social Media Fails

CRACKED NEWSWORTHY IDIOCY. As Oregon police investigated a hit and run, Jacob Cox-Brown (18) posted Drivin drunk... classsic;) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P His friends contacted police, and they easily linked him to the crime.

Idiotic Google Searches

Incriminating Google searches a how to kill someone with a baseball bat without being detected Anurag Johri, born in India and studying in the UK, was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in 2005. This case was nicknamed the Google murder, because he had researched how to safely murder someone with a baseball bat. CRACKED

Herbalife’s Overall Fail

An Herbalife insider once admitted on camera that the company was a scam. Lose Weight Now HERBALIFE® Ask Me How! Independent Distributor Investor Bill Ackman claimed Herbalife's nutrition clubs, private settings where Herbalife distributors sell the company's products and recruit new members, amount to a pyramid scheme. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

More Dumb Google Searches

Incriminating Google searches a how to commit murder In 2007, Melanie McGuire was found guilty of murdering her husband and given a life sentence. Prosecutors used as proof her online searches, including how to purchase guns illegally, how to commit murder, and undetectable poisons. CRACKED

Snapchat’s Domestic Abuse Fail

Snapchat lost around $800 million in stock after running an ad on their platform for the mobile game Would You Rather? which mocked Rihanna's abuse. Would You Rather? Impossible Chokes WOULD YOU RATHER! Slap Rihanna Punch Chris Brown Many users deleted the app following her response. CRACKED.COM

Popchips Brownface Fail

CRACKED.COM In 2012 popchips released a commercial starring Ashton Kutcher in brownface. Не played a Bollywood producer named Raj, complete with a mock Indian accent. The ad was quickly pulled after it caused an online outcry.

EA’s Giveaway Fail

In 2009, EA shipped brass knuckles along with their upcoming game, The Godfather II to press members for promotional purposes. They soon learned The that the knuckles Godfatherll are classified as illegal weapons in many states, including California, where EA is based. - LA PLAYSTATION 3 M EA It's against the law to be in possession of them, and it is also illegal to ship them. They had to plead with the recipients to send the knuckles back. The game received abyssmal reviews and prompted EA to let go of the franchise. CRACKED COM

Ford’s Translation Fail

Ford held a promotional campaign in Belgium with the bold promise that each car would come with a free zombie. Ford The ad was meant to say, Every car has a high quality body, but it was carelessly mistranslated into Every car has a high-quality corpse. CRACKED.COM

McDonald’s Japan Fail

M numsten In 2006, McDonald's Japan ran a promotion in which 10,000 mp3 players would be awarded to lucky customers. The players contained a virus which stole data when connected to a computer. McDonald's had to provide the winners with an antivirus program and replace the players. GRACKED.COM

Pepsi Marketing Fail

Pepsi commercializes Black Lives Matter PEPSI CRACKED.COM In the 2017 commercial, millionaire Kendall Jenner walks through a crowd of protestors to give a can of soda to a cop, and everyone cheers as systemic inequality is solved!

Microwave Fails

MeesterPepper 5y ago Every few weeks | catch my roommate trying to put his metal tea strainer in the microwave. This is inspite of the fact that our first week living in this apartment, he destroyed the microwave and had to pay for a new one because he put a metal tea strainer in the microwave. 37K ...

Drunk Courage Fails

Tostonn 6y ago | was at my friends birthday party in high school and was super drunk. Ran up to a group of people and said Watch this! | then proceeded to run and dive into a bounce house only for the Velcro lined entrance to grab my sweats/boxers and pull them down to my ankles. I'll never forget the looks of horror on their faces while I laid there on my back with my legs in the air showing off all my goodies 2K ...

A Literal Faceplant

KiwiPin0 6y ago | hit face first into a street light lamp post because I was staring (while walking) at a beautiful girl walking towards the direction where I am coming from. It was in front of the main gate of our university. Hundreds of students saw it. My friends laughed hard as hell. 4.3K ...

First Date Fails

Yesnowaitsorry 6y ago Not me, but a mate. Не was out on a first date. According to him, on his first mouthful of food some of it hit the back of his throat and he coughed. A piece of food flew out and landed on his dates food. Apparently she didn't see the funny side. If memory serves correctly she didn't eat any of her food. 1.3K ...

Drug PSA Fails

GRACKED.COM TOO COOL TO DO DRUGS COOL TO DO DRUGS DO DRUGS DRUGS A NYC company had the noble idea to introduce new pencils to schools in the city with the message Too cool to do drugs printed on them. They all had to be recalled when a 10 year old student pointed out that the message became quite different with every sharpening.

Forklift Fails

28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

Tow Truck Fail

28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

World’s Greatest Party Foul

28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

Car Repair Fails

28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

Serious Rigging Fail

28 Fails, Faceplants and Missed-Marks for the Ages

The Burglar Who Got Stuck in a Chimney

A robber got stuck in the chimney. Keith Schultz and his girlfriend tripped the home security alarm when he got stuck in the chimney and she broke into the house to help him. Firefighters had to free him, and his mugshot looks like Zoolander getting the black lung, Pop. CRACKED

Hire Me, the Shoplifter

... TELL US NOW. Keith D. says, I used to work at a mall store and a girl came in for an interview one day. We asked her, Why would you be a good fit here?' and she enthusiastically said 'Oh, I'd be a GREAT fit here! I love this place so much, it's my safe haven! I used to steal from here all the time, but I don't any more!' CRACKED.COM

Job Interview Fails

... TELL US NOW. Jennings M. tells us, I was interviewing someone for a job at my old hotel, when she got a phone call. She answered it without hesitation and said 'Hey girl! No I'm not busy.' I always did interviews in the lobby, so I just up and walked back to my office. She called two weeks later asking if she got the job. CRACKED.COM

New Homeowner Fails

theantpantsdance 5y ago When my friend bought a house a month into home ownership she asked me, very pissed off, when the city was coming to cut her lawn because it's starting to look like weeds. It was awkward when I had to explain that she needs to cut her own lawn or hire someone. 6.9K ...

More Job Interview Fails

... TELL US NOW. Greg В. says, Went in to an interview for the fun of it knowing I already had an offer locked in at an other job. Once the stress of trying to impress was gone I was able to be a little cocky, but not disrespectful. I was able to joke around a little, but I didn't act like a total jerk-off. For those few minutes I gave off a pretty good aura of charm and qualification. The whole thing was perfect except my fly was open the whole time. CRACKED.COM

Robber vs. Bushes

A bank robber tripped multiple times and dropped the money. Some bushes got the best of a bank robber in Shreveport, Louisiana, after he tripped on them 3 times during his getaway. Не made it to his getaway vehicle but those bushes claimed his mask and some of his hard earned cash. CRACKED

Livestreaming Drunk Florida Woman

A Florida woman bragged about drunk driving while drunk driving. Whitney Beall went live on Periscope and told people how she had been drinking before getting in the car. Many viewers called 911, and police found her right away (intoxicated and driving with a flat tire). CRACKED

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