Sometimes, we try, but don't succeed. It can be frustrating to make an attempt at something, only to do a miserable job in the end, even if you tried. But if you're not the person completely wiping out, then seeing someone else fail can be pretty entertaining, though. And that's what we're here to show you today, because maybe you'll feel a little less bad about the last time you failed at something after seeing how these things turned out for other people who clearly couldn't pull them off.

Failure sure can be fun, especially when other people are there to point it out to you and shame you for it online. A good place to find such circumstances is the subreddit /r/ThereWasAnAttempt, which captures "all of the attempts in life" that ultimately went wrong. Below is a collection of some of our favorite posts of people trying (maybe not their hardest, but trying), and truly going nowhere.