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** When called out by Redcloak for being a bad liar, O-Chul says he was a Fighter for over a decade before he became a Paladin. Making charisma (which grants boosts to lie checks) his DumpStat seemed like a perfectly valid decision at the time.
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* Creator/{{Sega}} of America had scheduled the Usefulnotes/SegaSaturn launch in North America for September 1995, until the Japanese headquarters ordered an early release to get an advantage over the Usefulnotes/PlayStation. So, during the first E3 in May Sega made the surprise announcement that 30,000 Saturns were already available. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030615201046/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index21.shtml And then all the shortcomings piled up]]: the retailers left out of this release scheme were upset, some dropping Sega altogether; only six games were readily available for the console, with just two more titles in the following months; and the simple announcement that the [=PlayStation=] would be $100 cheaper than the Saturn made people more eager to wait and purchase Sony's console instead.

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* Creator/{{Sega}} of America had scheduled the Usefulnotes/SegaSaturn Platform/SegaSaturn launch in North America for September 1995, until the Japanese headquarters ordered an early release to get an advantage over the Usefulnotes/PlayStation.Platform/PlayStation. So, during the first E3 in May Sega made the surprise announcement that 30,000 Saturns were already available. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030615201046/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index21.shtml And then all the shortcomings piled up]]: the retailers left out of this release scheme were upset, some dropping Sega altogether; only six games were readily available for the console, with just two more titles in the following months; and the simple announcement that the [=PlayStation=] would be $100 cheaper than the Saturn made people more eager to wait and purchase Sony's console instead.
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* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Crowley describes ''gravity'' this way, when he is asked why it exists.
-->'''Crowley:''' Ah... Honestly, um, I don't remember. Seemed like a good idea when we were all talking about it. So things would stay where you put them, not just drift off?
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr Thomas Midgely]]. A one-man environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions, he was the inventor of leaded gasoline and freon (among other [=CFCs=], which were also used in the production of styrofoam). Presented with chemical engineering challenges - stop 'knocking' in internal combustion engines, come up with a better coolant for refridgerators - he proceeded to come up with solutions that worked, were adopted on a grand scale, and which had (and continue to have) lasting environmental and even ''societal'' impacts - there is strong statistical support for the idea that leaded petrol caused ''crime rates'' to spike, due to lead's impact on brain development in children. When countries switch over to unleaded fuel, it is pretty common to see their crime rates start to drop about two decades later, as the cohort that didn't grow up breathing in leaded fumes reach their late teens and early twenties, the prime age bracket for first involvement in serious criminal activity, and far more of them simply don't get involved than was the case for earlier cohorts. While a direct causal link is basically impossible to prove, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis Lead-Crime Hypothesis]] has its share of supporters.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr Thomas Midgely]]. A one-man environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions, he was the inventor of leaded gasoline and freon (among other [=CFCs=], which were also used in the production of styrofoam). Presented with chemical engineering challenges - stop 'knocking' in internal combustion engines, come up with a better coolant for refridgerators refrigerators - he proceeded to come up with solutions that worked, were adopted on a grand scale, and which had (and continue to have) lasting environmental and even ''societal'' impacts - there is strong statistical support for the idea that leaded petrol caused ''crime rates'' to spike, due to lead's impact on brain development in children. When countries switch over to unleaded fuel, it is pretty common to see their crime rates start to drop about two decades later, as the cohort that didn't grow up breathing in leaded fumes reach their late teens and early twenties, the prime age bracket for first involvement in serious criminal activity, and far more of them simply don't get involved than was the case for earlier cohorts. While a direct causal link is basically impossible to prove, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis Lead-Crime Hypothesis]] has its share of supporters.
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* ''Series/{{Mayday}}'': The root cause of some of the disasters caused by pilot error. "Kid in the Cockpit" concerned a famous Russian case where a senior airline pilot allowed his teenage son to take the controls of a brand new Airbus A310. The teen inadvertently disabled the plane's autopilot and the flight crew, unfamiliar with the state-of-the-art aircraft, failed to bring it back under control. [[HilarityEnsues Tragic hilarity ensued]]. An especially needless tragedy given that the investigators found that everything would have been fine if [[ForWantOfANail they had just let go of the control column]].

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* ''Series/{{Mayday}}'': The root cause of some of the disasters caused by pilot error. "Kid in the Cockpit" concerned a famous Russian case where a senior airline pilot allowed his teenage son to take the controls of a brand new Airbus A310. The teen inadvertently disabled the plane's autopilot and the flight crew, unfamiliar with the state-of-the-art aircraft, failed to bring it back under control. [[HilarityEnsues Tragic hilarity ensued]]. An especially needless tragedy given that the investigators found that everything would have been fine if [[ForWantOfANail they had just let go of the control column]].column.
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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse [[VideoGame/HotelMario Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames IPs]], and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation with the CD video game technology they now had to hand. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.

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* Another real life example. Back in 1988 Nintendo wanted to develop a CD peripheral for the SNES. They first partnered with Sony, but after discovering the deal gave Sony unprecedented control over the games on it, they bailed and partnered with Philips. This made Sony none too happy at the betrayal. The SNES never got a CD add-on, Philips got temporary rights to misuse [[VideoGame/HotelMario Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames IPs]], and Sony got busy preparing for the formal announcement of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation with the CD video game technology they now had to hand. NiceJobBreakingItHero indeed.
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** The StockPhrase is also used in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior The Way of the Warrior]]," when Sisko is rather surprised to find Dukat on the side of the Cardassian Civilian Government instead of Cardassian Military. Facing a revolution, Dukat had to consider what was best for... well, Dukat. (He tries to play it off as [[MyCountryRightOrWrong being an apolitical servant of the state and the people]], but he's fooling nobody and he knows it.)

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** The StockPhrase is also used in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior The Way of the Warrior]]," when Sisko is rather surprised to find Dukat [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Dukat]] on the side of the Cardassian Civilian Government instead of Cardassian Military. Facing a revolution, Dukat had to consider [[ItsAllAboutMe what was best for... well, Dukat. Dukat]]. (He tries to play it off as [[MyCountryRightOrWrong being an apolitical servant of the state and the people]], but [[NotInThisForYourRevolution he's fooling nobody and he knows it.it]].)

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* Also said word for word in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'':

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* Also said word for word in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'':''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', when the team are dimension-hopping through CrapsackWorld after Crapsack World:



* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' extradited her enemy Reactron to ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' illegally so he got trialed and punished for his crimes (something Earth justice courts seemed unwilling to do). Nonetheless, ComicBook/LexLuthor had turned him into a ticking human bomb which blew the planet and the Kryptonian race up. In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' storyline, Kara is still blaming herself for it, stating: "I thought I was doing the right thing."

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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} extradited her enemy Reactron to ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' illegally so he got trialed and punished for his crimes (something Earth justice Earth's courts seemed unwilling to do). Nonetheless, ComicBook/LexLuthor had turned him into a ticking human bomb which blew the planet and the Kryptonian race up. In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' storyline, ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', Kara is still blaming herself for it, stating: "I thought I was doing the right thing."


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* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:'' A radio show revolving entirely around guessing the weight of cats starts running into problems, such as trying to make it more exciting for the audience by hiding the cats from sight. The host keeps breaking off to lament that the show sounded really ''great'' at the pitch meeting, before gamely trying to soldier on.
* [[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook That Mitchell and Webb Sound]]:'' The host of "Norm-ill or Met-ill", a show revolving entirely around the premise of stating whether something is metal or not, falters when the format runs into a problem, such as the two panellists pointing out some things can be both. He mutters that it had seemed like such a great idea to begin with, and tries pressing on.
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** In Season 4's "The Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs is having sleeping troubles because his mattress is old and lumpy, so [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward buy him a new one and toss the old one out. But then Mr. Krabs reveals not long after that his old mattress has ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough all his money in it]]'', and he winds up falling into a coma where only his money can revive him. Worse still, since Squidward took all the credit, the police threaten to send him to jail unless Mr. Krabs gets his mattress back.

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** In Season 4's "The Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs is having sleeping troubles because his mattress is old and lumpy, so [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward buy him a new one and toss the old one out. But then Mr. Krabs reveals not long after that his old mattress has ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough all his money in it]]'', and he winds up falling into a coma where only his money can revive him. Worse still, [[StolenCreditBackfire since Squidward took all the credit, credit]], the police threaten to send him to jail unless Mr. Krabs gets his mattress back.
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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the Wizard's staff to prevent Sivanna from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staff, Billy ended up inadvertently releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].

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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': ''Film/Shazam2019'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the Wizard's staff to prevent Sivanna from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staff, Billy ended up inadvertently releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].
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* Lampshaded in an episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' after another screw-up by [[ThoseTwoGuys Lewis and Oswald]]:

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* Lampshaded {{Lampshaded}} in an episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' after another screw-up by [[ThoseTwoGuys Lewis and Oswald]]:
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. Thomas Midgely]]. A one-man environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions, he was the inventor of leaded gasoline and freon (among other [=CFCs=], which were also used in the production of styrofoam). Presented with chemical engineering challenges - stop 'knocking' in internal combustion engines, come up with a better coolant for refridgerators - he proceeded to come up with solutions that worked, were adopted on a grand scale, and which had (and continue to have) lasting environmental and even ''societal'' impacts - there is strong statistical support for the idea that leaded petrol caused ''crime rates'' to spike, due to lead's impact on brain development in children. When countries switch over to unleaded fuel, it is pretty common to see their crime rates start to drop about two decades later, as the cohort that didn't grow up breathing in leaded fumes reach their late teens and early twenties, the prime age bracket for first involvement in serious criminal activity, and far more of them simply don't get involved than was the case for earlier cohorts. While a direct causal link is basically impossible to prove, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis Lead-Crime Hypothesis]] has its share of supporters.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr Thomas Midgely]]. A one-man environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions, he was the inventor of leaded gasoline and freon (among other [=CFCs=], which were also used in the production of styrofoam). Presented with chemical engineering challenges - stop 'knocking' in internal combustion engines, come up with a better coolant for refridgerators - he proceeded to come up with solutions that worked, were adopted on a grand scale, and which had (and continue to have) lasting environmental and even ''societal'' impacts - there is strong statistical support for the idea that leaded petrol caused ''crime rates'' to spike, due to lead's impact on brain development in children. When countries switch over to unleaded fuel, it is pretty common to see their crime rates start to drop about two decades later, as the cohort that didn't grow up breathing in leaded fumes reach their late teens and early twenties, the prime age bracket for first involvement in serious criminal activity, and far more of them simply don't get involved than was the case for earlier cohorts. While a direct causal link is basically impossible to prove, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis Lead-Crime Hypothesis]] has its share of supporters.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. Thomas Midgely]]. A one-man environmental disaster of unprecedented proportions, he was the inventor of leaded gasoline and freon (among other [=CFCs=], which were also used in the production of styrofoam). Presented with chemical engineering challenges - stop 'knocking' in internal combustion engines, come up with a better coolant for refridgerators - he proceeded to come up with solutions that worked, were adopted on a grand scale, and which had (and continue to have) lasting environmental and even ''societal'' impacts - there is strong statistical support for the idea that leaded petrol caused ''crime rates'' to spike, due to lead's impact on brain development in children. When countries switch over to unleaded fuel, it is pretty common to see their crime rates start to drop about two decades later, as the cohort that didn't grow up breathing in leaded fumes reach their late teens and early twenties, the prime age bracket for first involvement in serious criminal activity, and far more of them simply don't get involved than was the case for earlier cohorts. While a direct causal link is basically impossible to prove, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis Lead-Crime Hypothesis]] has its share of supporters.
** Popping over to the Roman Empire for a moment, the same hypothesis has been suggested as part of the cause of the fall of Rome; Lead was the plastic of the age, a material that was pliable enough to be shaped into water and wine jugs, and corrosion-proof so that it could be used to line aqueducts and water pipes to get clear, fresh water straight to your home! The current scientific conclusion is that there is ''no'' level of lead contamination that can be considered "safe" for humans, so the notion that the Romans slowly poisoned themselves into decline ''in pursuit of a public good'' has a deeply tragic resonance, for all that is is (as with the Lead-Crime Hypothesis) impossible to actually ''prove''.
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** Hitler declaring war on the United States even before the United States officially declared war on Japan. It may have been a case of HonorBeforeReason, as Japan and Germany were allies. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S.
** Everyone knows about the [[NukeEm atomic bomb droppings]] on Hiroshima and Nagaski, but there were some other individual air raids almost as bad, like the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945, killing 100,000 people, which ''may have been worse than the atomic bomb droppings individually''. Japan '''really''' shouldn't have messed around.

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** Hitler declaring war on the United States even before the United States officially declared war on Japan. It may have been a case of HonorBeforeReason, as Japan and Germany were allies. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S.
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** Everyone knows about the [[NukeEm atomic bomb droppings]] on Hiroshima and Nagaski, Nagasaki, but there were some other individual air raids almost as bad, like the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945, killing 100,000 people, which ''may have been worse than the atomic bomb droppings individually''. Japan '''really''' shouldn't have messed around.around.
* Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. At the time, the Soviet military was in disarray following Stalin's purges and its costly war against Finland, making it seem weakened enough to be invaded. However, the German military lacked the proper logistics[[note]]Germany had a shortage of spare parts and mechanized transports, forcing the infantry to travel on foot and relying on horse carts to carry supplies.[[/note]], intelligence[[note]]German intelligence got the size of the Soviet forces on the border more or less correct but remained in the dark about the millions of trained reservists who were available to replace losses.[[/note]] and strategy to execute the invasion. Subsequently, the Germans failed to crush the Soviets before they could reorganize into a proper fighting unity, resulting in Germany getting bogged in a war of attrition that lead to the nation's downfall.
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* In the ''Series/HellsKitchen'' "Rookies vs. Veterans" season, after a couple of embarrassing losses, one of the veterans says that returning to the show was this.
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'''Ricky:''' Look Julian, I was baked out of my mind, it seemed like a good idea at the time alright?

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'''Ricky:''' Look Julian, I was baked out of my mind, it seemed like a good idea at the time time, alright?
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* Emperor Tiberius was a paranoid tyrant and possible pedophile who arranged the deaths of his political enemies and more popular members of his own immediate family, alienating himself from anyone with power and influence in Ancient Rome. So reviled was he that when he finally succumbed to a fatal case of being smothered in his sleep by his abused nephews there was reportedly dancing in the streets of Rome. In an act of revenge the Senate decided to completely ignore his last will and testament regarding his succession, and appointed one of these abused nephews to the office of Emperor. This nephew, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, soon became synonymous with the decadence and insanity associated with the Caesars, and is better remembered by his nickname: UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The colonization of New England. Whereas most of Britain's New World colonies were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops, New England was Britain's dumping ground for weirdos. Social misfits, religious crackpots, political dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of radical politics and spiritual weirdness for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...
* The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan was several years into its occupation of most of East and South-East Asia but was running low on oil and other vital supplies. America gradually stopped selling Japan things due to outrage over Japan's conduct in the Sino-Japanese war, which drove Japan into even more desperate straits as they tried to invade and secure oil-producing regions in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the American-held Philippines were between Japan and said oil producers. The raid on Pearl Harbor was meant to scare the Americans away from total war with Japan at best, and at least cripple their fleet while Japan quickly nabbed the needed territory. It ''partially'' worked in that Japan was able to stall the Americans long enough to conquer the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, but it also meant that when the Americans ''did'' recover, they were out for blood and would never accept any negotiated settlement, ensuring that Japan did not hold those territories (or a functional military) for long.
** The guy who planned the raid, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, rather famously had a dim view of Japan's prospects for success; while [[BeamMeUpScotty he never actually said]] the '[[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant Sleeping Giant]]' line, he ''did'' say that Japan shouldn't commit to war with the United States unless they thought that they could dictate peace terms in the White House (never going to happen and nobody thought it would), and warned his superiors that the Pearl Harbor attack would only buy them 6 months, after which he couldn't guarantee anything. The problem was, the Japanese high command were dead set on not having to lose face by withdrawing from wars with China and various small Southeast Asian countries due to a lack of resources, and thus didn't listen to him.
** Hitler declaring war on the United States even before the United States officially declared war on Japan. It may have been a case of HonorBeforeReason, as Japan and Germany were allies. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S.

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* Emperor Tiberius was a paranoid tyrant and possible pedophile who arranged the deaths of his political enemies and more popular members of his own immediate family, alienating himself from anyone with power and influence in Ancient Rome. So reviled was he that that, when he finally succumbed to a fatal case of being smothered in his sleep by his abused nephews nephews, there was reportedly dancing in the streets of Rome. In an act of revenge revenge, the Senate decided to completely ignore his last will and testament regarding his succession, and appointed one of these abused nephews to the office of Emperor. This nephew, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, soon became synonymous with the decadence and insanity associated with the Caesars, and is better remembered by his nickname: UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}.
* The colonization of New England. Whereas most of Britain's New World colonies were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops, New England was Britain's dumping ground for weirdos. Social misfits, religious crackpots, political dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of radical politics and spiritual weirdness for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...
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* The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan was several years into its occupation of most of East and South-East Asia but was running low on oil and other vital supplies. America gradually stopped selling Japan things due to outrage over Japan's conduct in the Sino-Japanese war, which drove Japan into even more desperate straits as they tried to invade and secure oil-producing regions in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the American-held Philippines were between Japan and said oil producers. The raid on Pearl Harbor was meant to scare the Americans away from total war with Japan at best, and at least cripple their fleet while Japan quickly nabbed the needed territory. It ''partially'' worked in that Japan was able to stall the Americans long enough to conquer the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, but it also meant that that, when the Americans ''did'' recover, they were out for blood and would never accept any negotiated settlement, ensuring that Japan did not hold those territories (or a functional military) for long.
** The guy who planned the raid, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, rather famously had a dim view of Japan's prospects for success; while [[BeamMeUpScotty he never actually said]] the '[[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant Sleeping Giant]]' line, he ''did'' say that Japan shouldn't commit to war with the United States unless they thought that they could dictate peace terms in the White House (never going to happen and nobody thought it would), and warned his superiors that the Pearl Harbor attack would only buy them 6 months, after which he couldn't guarantee anything. The problem was, the Japanese high command were dead set on not having to lose face by withdrawing from wars with China and various small Southeast Asian countries due to a lack of resources, and thus didn't listen to him.
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** Hitler declaring war on the United States even before the United States officially declared war on Japan. It may have been a case of HonorBeforeReason, as Japan and Germany were allies. Hitler wanted to be able to sink the American ships which were bringing much-needed supplies to England... but he didn't stop to think that the only reason that the United States wasn't doing more than providing supplies was because there was no state of war between Germany and the U.S.



--> "Like many happenings at a very successful party it seemed like a good idea at the time."

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* The mega-popular image hosting site Imgur instituted paid advertisements in June 2015. The first company to attempt it was Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, whose reputation dropped to almost -60,000 reputation in less than a week. They made three whole posts before the account was reset due to this intense negative reception. This was mere days after the forced removal of NSFW comments (which in no way was related to the incoming advertisers, trust us), that sparked a mini-revolt by the community at large. Imgur reinstated NSFW comments as an option that was off by default.
* Creator/{{Sega}} of America had scheduled the Usefulnotes/SegaSaturn launch in North America for September 1995, until the Japanese headquarters ordered an early release to get an advantage over the Usefulnotes/PlayStation. So, during the first E3 in May Sega made the surprise announcement that 30,000 Saturns were already available. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030615201046/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index21.shtml And then all the shortcomings piled up]]: the retailers left out of this release scheme were upset, some dropping Sega altogether; only six games were readily available for the console, with just two more titles in the following months; and the simple announcement that the [=PlayStation=] would be $100 cheaper than the Saturn made people more eager to wait and purchase Sony's console instead.

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* The mega-popular image hosting site Imgur instituted paid advertisements in June 2015. The first company to attempt it was Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, whose reputation dropped to almost -60,000 reputation in less than a week. They made three whole posts before the account was reset due to this intense negative reception. This was mere days after the forced removal of NSFW comments (which in no way was related to the incoming advertisers, trust us), us) that sparked a mini-revolt by the community at large. Imgur reinstated NSFW comments as an option that was off by default.
* Creator/{{Sega}} of America had scheduled the Usefulnotes/SegaSaturn launch in North America for September 1995, until the Japanese headquarters ordered an early release to get an advantage over the Usefulnotes/PlayStation. So, during the first E3 in May Sega made the surprise announcement that 30,000 Saturns were already available. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030615201046/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index21.shtml And then all the shortcomings piled up]]: the retailers left out of this release scheme were upset, some dropping Sega altogether; only six games were readily available for the console, with just two more titles in the following months; and the simple announcement that the [=PlayStation=] would be $100 cheaper than the Saturn made people more eager to wait and purchase Sony's console instead.



* {{UsefulNotes/Venezuela}}’s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntofijo_Pact Puntofijo Pact]]. The Puntofijo Pact was formed after Marcos Perez Jimenez, a dictator of Venezuela, was overthrown. The pact would be a power sharing agreement that excluded Venezuelan Communist Party, and would secure democracy for 40 years. However, this agreement degenerated into oligarchy, and eventually, resulted in the rise of UsefulNotes/HugoChavez.

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* {{UsefulNotes/Venezuela}}’s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntofijo_Pact Puntofijo Pact]]. The Puntofijo Pact was formed after Marcos Perez Jimenez, a dictator of Venezuela, was overthrown. The pact would be a power sharing agreement that excluded the Venezuelan Communist Party, and would secure democracy for 40 years. However, this agreement degenerated into oligarchy, and eventually, resulted in the rise of UsefulNotes/HugoChavez.
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* Eating large quantities of food, e.g. as part of a contest, may seem like a fun thing to do... until the food coma and wooziness kick in less than an hour later.
** Drinking too (not alcohol necessarily). When going on a road trip, you might bring a lot to drink in the first hour or so to stay hydrated, but if you're bad with directions, you better hope you can find a place to stop...



* [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim Fashion trends can sometimes be this, when you look back and realize how dumb you looked.]]



* Learned the hard way by [[HeartbrokenBadass spurned lovers]] who join the military, especially the Foreign Legion, to mend their broken heart. While a once-popular trope in fiction, reality is quite different; most military forces require at least a few years of service. Like the quote above suggests, a broken heart doesn't take that long to mend and these recruits may quickly regret their decision, especially since they can't simply quit like a normal job.
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** In Season 13's "Frendiversary", [=SpongeBob=] is celebrating the anniversary of his friendship with Squidward, which is only one-sided as Squidward tries in vain to avoid the occasion as possible. As a last resort, he erases every memory of him from SpongeBob's memory book and from his brain, giving the sponge amnesia and unable to remember him, finally giving Squidward peace. But then Mr. Krabs reveals this also erased [=SpongeBob's=] memory of the combination to the Krusty Krab safe which contains the secret formula, because he attached it to one of his memories with Squidward to begin with; because Squidward was responsible for causing [=SpongeBob=] to forget the combination, Mr. Krabs forces him to spend time with him to help him regain his memory.

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** In Season 13's "Frendiversary", [=SpongeBob=] is celebrating the anniversary of his friendship with Squidward, which is only one-sided as Squidward tries in vain to avoid the occasion as possible. As a last resort, he erases every memory of him from SpongeBob's [=SpongeBob's=] memory book and from his brain, giving the sponge amnesia and unable to remember him, finally giving Squidward peace. But then Mr. Krabs reveals this also erased [=SpongeBob's=] memory of the combination to the Krusty Krab safe which contains the secret formula, because he attached it to one of his memories with Squidward to begin with; because Squidward was responsible for causing [=SpongeBob=] to forget the combination, Mr. Krabs forces him to spend time with him to help him regain his memory.
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** In Season 13's "Frendiversary", [=SpongeBob=] is celebrating the anniversary of his friendship with Squidward, which is only one-sided as Squidward tries in vain to avoid the occasion as possible. As a last resort, he erases every memory of him from SpongeBob's memory book and from his brain, giving the sponge amnesia and unable to remember him, finally giving Squidward peace. But then Mr. Krabs reveals this also erased [=SpongeBob's=] memory of the combination to the Krusty Krab safe which contains the secret formula, because he attached it to one of his memories with Squidward to begin with; because Squidward was responsible for causing [=SpongeBob=] to forget the combination, Mr. Krabs forces him to spend time with him to help him regain his memory.

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* In ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack'' webseries episode "Snot My Problem," Trash-A-Pillar and Scummy Screen feel this way when it comes to a link.
-->'''Blow Fly:''' What did you do?!\\
'''Trash-A-Pillar:''' Uh, nothing! I just clicked on this little link that said [[TooDumbToLive "Download this virus to win one million dollars"!]]\\
'''Scummy Screen:''' ''[congested and obviously ill-looking]'' It seemed like a good deal at the time...



* In ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack'' webseries episode "Snot My Problem," Trash-A-Pillar and Scummy Screen feel this way when it comes to a link.
-->'''Blow Fly:''' What did you do?!\\
'''Trash-A-Pillar:''' Uh, nothing! I just clicked on this little link that said [[TooDumbToLive "Download this virus to win one million dollars"!]]\\
'''Scummy Screen:''' ''[congested and obviously ill-looking]'' It seemed like a good deal at the time...
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* The colonization of New England. Whereas most Britain's New World colonies were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops, New England, was Britain's dumping ground for weirdos. Social misfits, religious crackpots, political dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of radical politics and spiritual weirdness for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...

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* The colonization of New England. Whereas most of Britain's New World colonies were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops, New England, England was Britain's dumping ground for weirdos. Social misfits, religious crackpots, political dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of radical politics and spiritual weirdness for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...
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* The colonization of New England. Most of the British colonies in North America were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops. New England, on the other hand, was Britain's dumping ground for social misfits and religious dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of political radicals and religious whackjobs for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...

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* The colonization of New England. Most of the British Whereas most Britain's New World colonies in North America were set up either as trading posts or as cash cows for profitable crops. crops, New England, on the other hand, was Britain's dumping ground for social misfits and weirdos. Social misfits, religious crackpots, political dissidents - basically anyone they didn't know what to do with. Massachusetts in particular was a hotbed of political radicals radical politics and religious whackjobs spiritual weirdness for most of the 18th century. Less than a century after its initial colonization, New England became the center of a secessionist movement that would eventually become UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. Maybe putting all the crazy people in one place wasn't such a great idea...
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* ''Fanfic/DimensionalLinks'':
** Mask's opinion of the Garo mask, which disguises him as a Garo ninja and makes [=ReDeads=] dance.
** Din's justification for putting the majority of her power into the Triforce, which then fell into the hands of Ganondorf.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In Season 1's "Boating School," after [=SpongeBob=] fails his boating test for the 38th time, Patrick decides to help him by placing a walkie talkie in his head which he hides under a hat, while he gives him the directions. The technique works, and [=SpongeBob=] makes it through without a hitch... until Mrs. Puff jokingly comments it would be cheating, causing [=SpongeBob=] to realize he cheated and flips out, failing again.

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In Season 1's "Boating School," after [=SpongeBob=] fails his boating test for the 38th time, Patrick decides to help him by placing a walkie talkie in his head which he hides under a hat, while he gives him the directions. The technique works, and [=SpongeBob=] makes it through without a hitch... until Mrs. Puff jokingly comments it would be cheating, causing [=SpongeBob=] to realize he cheated and flips out, failing again.again.
** In Season 4's "The Lost Mattress", Mr. Krabs is having sleeping troubles because his mattress is old and lumpy, so [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward buy him a new one and toss the old one out. But then Mr. Krabs reveals not long after that his old mattress has ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough all his money in it]]'', and he winds up falling into a coma where only his money can revive him. Worse still, since Squidward took all the credit, the police threaten to send him to jail unless Mr. Krabs gets his mattress back.

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'''Homer:''' Well, all the childless drunks at Moe's thought it was a great idea.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''[angrily]'' Let's just get some sleep.



* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Bo-Katan Kryze asks a sheepish Sabine Wren why did she have to name a weapon that killed Mandalorians specifically, after her (Bo-Katan's) sister, [[{{Irony}} a pacifist]]
'''Homer:''' Well, all the childless drunks at Moe's thought it was a great idea.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''[angrily]'' Let's just get some sleep.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Bo-Katan Kryze asks a sheepish Sabine Wren why did she have to name a weapon that killed Mandalorians specifically, after her (Bo-Katan's) sister, [[{{Irony}} a pacifist]]
'''Homer:''' Well, all the childless drunks at Moe's thought it was a great idea.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''[angrily]'' Let's just get some sleep.
pacifist]].
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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the wizard's staff to prevent the BigBad from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staff, Billy ended up inadvertently releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].

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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the wizard's Wizard's staff to prevent the BigBad Sivanna from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staff, Billy ended up inadvertently releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].
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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the wizard's staff to prevent the BigBad from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staf, Billy inadvertently ended up releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].

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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the wizard's staff to prevent the BigBad from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staf, staff, Billy ended up inadvertently ended up releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].
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* ''Film/{{Shazam}}'': In the climax of the first movie, [[spoiler:Shazam broke the wizard's staff to prevent the BigBad from using it against him and his siblings. Unfortunately, [[Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods the second film]] reveals that the staff was a CosmicKeystone, keeping the realm of the Gods sealed off from the human world and striped of magic. By breaking the staf, Billy inadvertently ended up releasing the Daughters of Atlas and restoring their powers]].

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* In what's likely an homage to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (see Live-Action TV), ''Film/StarTrek2009'' has Sarek tell a young Spock, "Marrying your mother was logical." [[note]][[CallBack In a later scene]], Sarek admits to Spock that this wasn't entirely true; while there are logical reasons why the union made sense, he ultimately married Amanda because he loved her.[[/note]]



* In what's likely an homage to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (see Live-Action TV), ''Film/StarTrek2009'' has Sarek tell a young Spock, "Marrying your mother was logical." [[note]][[CallBack In a later scene]], Sarek admits to Spock that this wasn't entirely true; while there are logical reasons why the union made sense, he ultimately married Amanda because he loved her.[[/note]]

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