35 “There Was An Attempt” Moments That Hilariously Failed Expectations

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Mistakes are an inherent part of being human, and we generally accept them as opportunities for growth. However, some individuals, after making a misstep, try to twist the story to cast themselves in a better light. This kind of hypocrisy is being increasingly called out online, as people are losing patience for such displays.

Everyone—from politicians and artists to everyday individuals—faces scrutiny. The subreddit ‘There Was An Attempt’ highlights cases where influential people tried to hide their real motives, only for their efforts to amusingly backfire. We’ve rounded up a few favourites to share with you in the gallery below.

#1 To Be Taken Seriously As Astronauts

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#2 To Find A Parking Spot

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#3 To Insult Linus Torvalds (Creator Of Linux) By Calling Him “Woke”

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#4 To Have A Free Press

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#5 To Tell Canada What To Do

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#6 To Go To Lunch…

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#7 To Recruit A 17 Year Old For The Us Military

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#8 To Go After Ms. Rachel For Caring About Palestinian Children

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#9 To Lie About Her Son

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#10 To Vandalize An Anti Ice Mural

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#11 To Win A Political Slap Fight With Australia

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#12 To Get A Nobel Peace Prize

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#13 To Attain Justice In The Trump Era

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#14 To Get Trump To Snap

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#15 To Make The X (Elon’s) AI Not A Libtard

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#16 To Say “Is It Wrong To Be More Sexually Attracted To Your Daughter Than Your Wife,” Like It’s Actually A Question

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#17 To Ignore Epstein’s Victims In Hopes They Go Away

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#18 To Have A ‘Bring Your Child To Work Day’ Without An Hr Incident

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#19 To “Smoke” In Peace

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#20 To Follow The Rule Of Law

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#21 To Not Omit Tasmania

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#22 To Troll Newsom – Newsom Won This One

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#23 To Quickly And Quietly Ouster The C.d.c. Director For Rejecting Rjk Jr.’s Stance On Vaccination Policy. She Is Refusing To Leave!

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#24 To Enter Australia

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#25 To Be Against Cancel Culture

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#26 At Censorship

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#27 To Be Gender Neutral

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#28 To Follow Customer’s Anti-Pickle Request

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#29 To Build A C****************p

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#30 To Convince People That This Was Good But The Homeless Are Unacceptable

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#31 By Ibm In 1979 To Stand Against Computers Making Decisions For Humans (From Their 1979 Training Manual)

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#32 To Comply With The Law

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#33 By Will Smith To Pass Off This AI-Generated Crowd As Authentic

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#34 To Rewrite History

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#35 To Enforce The Law

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.