22 Failed Attempts at Showing Off

Rarely does an attempt to show off result in actually impressing someone, but many of these failed attempts deserve some kind of award anyway. Like the guy who was so hellbent on impressing a group of girls that he tried to hurtle a bike-parking apparatus, but instead, wound up tripping, hitting his head on the metal, making a squawking sound and collapsing to the ground. Then, as if the story couldn’t get any worse, a group of tourists, having seen the entire display, started taking pictures and laughing. So in a way, he did impress people, just not his target audience. 

Along those lines, Redditors have reluctantly told the stories of times they showboated themselves into humiliation, and some of these tales are so cringey it’s hard to believe they happened to real people.