21 of the Most Hilariously Irrational Things People Have Done

Someone lit their clothes on fire… while wearing them

Though our brains are wired to make sure we think about what we do, it can sometimes feel like there’s a single marble rolling around in there that’s trying its best to keep things running. Unfortunately, when that marble takes over, our dumbest ideas start looking pretty good. How else can you explain why someone jumped off a roof decked out in cardboard “body armor”? You can’t. 

In that vein, Redditors have sounded off on the least rational things they’ve watched people do. A very special thank you goes out to the person who restarted a puddle fire by spraying it with a squirt gun full of gasoline.

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