24 Inventions and Ideas That Met Their Untimely Demise

RustyBuckler Published 11/28/2021 in facepalm

Success is no easy task, but sometimes things are set up to fail. Over at r/AskReddit we found some of the things that nobody was surprised when it failed.

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When the guy in Florida (I think that's where it was) tried to walk across the ocean in his home made floating hamster ball and was marooned at sea. -u/RKT0710
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Didn't Soulja boy try to create his own video game system? -u/pbirdman
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Taco Bell in Mexico. -u/the_brain_gamer
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Anyone remember Amazon's "Fire Phone"? -u/EmbraceableYew
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The movie, CATS. With every trailer, everyone commented how much a trainwreck it looked like it was going to be. Sure, some people thought it would be in the "so bad it's good" fun stage. But, nope. It's just bad. -u/inksmudgedhands
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Any time a friend, coworker, or family member invites you to their mlm party. -u/aJMCrown
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Prohibition. -u/Fantastic-Spinach263
8.
Tanacon. Was anyone really surprised? Basically Fyre fest for C list Youtubers. -u/BigBootyomoletlover
9.
That time the state of Oregon tried to blow up a beached whale with dynamite. Happened back in 1970. And fortunately we had video cameras back then. Don’t try this at home, kids. -u/jayworden
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The guy who built a home-made rocket in order to go to space and prove the Earth was flat. -u/No_Significance4311
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Hooters airlines. Just imagine if that was launched today. -u/Tha_no2_QuiNit
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Juicero -u/cakeday173
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The Treaty of Versailles -u/Yhuri82
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That guy who tried to travel to the North Sentinel Islands in the hopes of converting its inhabitants to Christianity. For context, the inhabitants of North Sentinel Islands kill anyone who tries to approach with bows and arrows, and nothing is off limits, even aircrafts. -u/I_Consume_Shampoo
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When the hitchhiker bot went coast to coast across Canada, through Germany and the Netherlands successfully and was then beheaded in Philadelphia after being in the States for two weeks. -u/TeamLarge7729
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MoviePass -u/mywifemademegetthis
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Target Canada. This will be a business case study for centuries. It was the Titanic of new ventures: pretty much everything that could go wrong did, much of it out of misplaced hubris. To save money, Target outsourced warehouse to store delivery. In practice that meant trucks arriving with skids of missing product and more skids of broken product and no ownership of the issues. Rather than recruit people with big box experience, they relied heavily on MBAs, meaning management was even further out of touch with the events on the ground than they could have been. It was just a horror show all around, and a mercy when it finally died. -u/SadBumblebee9
18.
Zune. I loved mine, but there was no way it was going to become the iPod killer it was trying to be. -u/BigBadZord
19.
The War On Drugs. Spoiler alert: drugs won. -u/SpaceCowboy58
20.
Removing the Dislike button…-u/GladRuin6
21.
New Coke. Quite possibly the dumbest move in business history. -u/rf8350
22.
Q Anon waiting for JFK Jr to rise from the dead. -u/greenpinnochio

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When the guy in Florida (I think that's where it was) tried to walk across the ocean in his home made floating hamster ball and was marooned at sea. -u/RKT0710
2.
Didn't Soulja boy try to create his own video game system? -u/pbirdman
3.
Taco Bell in Mexico. -u/the_brain_gamer
4.
Anyone remember Amazon's "Fire Phone"? -u/EmbraceableYew
5.
The movie, CATS. With every trailer, everyone commented how much a trainwreck it looked like it was going to be. Sure, some people thought it would be in the "so bad it's good" fun stage. But, nope. It's just bad. -u/inksmudgedhands
6.
Any time a friend, coworker, or family member invites you to their mlm party. -u/aJMCrown
7.
Prohibition. -u/Fantastic-Spinach263
8.
Tanacon. Was anyone really surprised? Basically Fyre fest for C list Youtubers. -u/BigBootyomoletlover
9.
That time the state of Oregon tried to blow up a beached whale with dynamite. Happened back in 1970. And fortunately we had video cameras back then. Don’t try this at home, kids. -u/jayworden
10.
The guy who built a home-made rocket in order to go to space and prove the Earth was flat. -u/No_Significance4311
11.
Hooters airlines. Just imagine if that was launched today. -u/Tha_no2_QuiNit
12.
Juicero -u/cakeday173
13.
The Treaty of Versailles -u/Yhuri82
14.
That guy who tried to travel to the North Sentinel Islands in the hopes of converting its inhabitants to Christianity. For context, the inhabitants of North Sentinel Islands kill anyone who tries to approach with bows and arrows, and nothing is off limits, even aircrafts. -u/I_Consume_Shampoo
15.
When the hitchhiker bot went coast to coast across Canada, through Germany and the Netherlands successfully and was then beheaded in Philadelphia after being in the States for two weeks. -u/TeamLarge7729
16.
MoviePass -u/mywifemademegetthis
17.
Target Canada. This will be a business case study for centuries. It was the Titanic of new ventures: pretty much everything that could go wrong did, much of it out of misplaced hubris. To save money, Target outsourced warehouse to store delivery. In practice that meant trucks arriving with skids of missing product and more skids of broken product and no ownership of the issues. Rather than recruit people with big box experience, they relied heavily on MBAs, meaning management was even further out of touch with the events on the ground than they could have been. It was just a horror show all around, and a mercy when it finally died. -u/SadBumblebee9
18.
Zune. I loved mine, but there was no way it was going to become the iPod killer it was trying to be. -u/BigBadZord
19.
The War On Drugs. Spoiler alert: drugs won. -u/SpaceCowboy58
20.
Removing the Dislike button…-u/GladRuin6
21.
New Coke. Quite possibly the dumbest move in business history. -u/rf8350
22.
Q Anon waiting for JFK Jr to rise from the dead. -u/greenpinnochio

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1. When the guy in Florida (I think that's where it was) tried to walk across the ocean in his home made floating hamster ball and was marooned at sea. -u/RKT0710

2. Didn't Soulja boy try to create his own video game system? -u/pbirdman

3. Taco Bell in Mexico. -u/the_brain_gamer

4. Anyone remember Amazon's "Fire Phone"? -u/EmbraceableYew

5. The movie, CATS. With every trailer, everyone commented how much a trainwreck it looked like it was going to be. Sure, some people thought it would be in the "so bad it's good" fun stage. But, nope. It's just bad. -u/inksmudgedhands

6. Any time a friend, coworker, or family member invites you to their mlm party. -u/aJMCrown

7. Prohibition. -u/Fantastic-Spinach263

8. Tanacon. Was anyone really surprised? Basically Fyre fest for C list Youtubers. -u/BigBootyomoletlover

9. That time the state of Oregon tried to blow up a beached whale with dynamite. Happened back in 1970. And fortunately we had video cameras back then. Don’t try this at home, kids. -u/jayworden

10. The guy who built a home-made rocket in order to go to space and prove the Earth was flat. -u/No_Significance4311

11. Hooters airlines. Just imagine if that was launched today. -u/Tha_no2_QuiNit

12. Juicero -u/cakeday173

13. The Treaty of Versailles -u/Yhuri82

14. That guy who tried to travel to the North Sentinel Islands in the hopes of converting its inhabitants to Christianity. For context, the inhabitants of North Sentinel Islands kill anyone who tries to approach with bows and arrows, and nothing is off limits, even aircrafts. -u/I_Consume_Shampoo

15. When the hitchhiker bot went coast to coast across Canada, through Germany and the Netherlands successfully and was then beheaded in Philadelphia after being in the States for two weeks. -u/TeamLarge7729

16. MoviePass -u/mywifemademegetthis

18. Zune. I loved mine, but there was no way it was going to become the iPod killer it was trying to be. -u/BigBadZord

19. The War On Drugs. Spoiler alert: drugs won. -u/SpaceCowboy58

20. Removing the Dislike button…-u/GladRuin6

21. New Coke. Quite possibly the dumbest move in business history. -u/rf8350

22. Q Anon waiting for JFK Jr to rise from the dead. -u/greenpinnochio

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1.
When the guy in Florida (I think that's where it was) tried to walk across the ocean in his home made floating hamster ball and was marooned at sea. -u/RKT0710

2.
Didn't Soulja boy try to create his own video game system? -u/pbirdman

3.
Taco Bell in Mexico. -u/the_brain_gamer

4.
Anyone remember Amazon's "Fire Phone"? -u/EmbraceableYew

5.
The movie, CATS. With every trailer, everyone commented how much a trainwreck it looked like it was going to be. Sure, some people thought it would be in the "so bad it's good" fun stage. But, nope. It's just bad. -u/inksmudgedhands

6.
Any time a friend, coworker, or family member invites you to their mlm party. -u/aJMCrown

7.
Prohibition. -u/Fantastic-Spinach263

8.
Tanacon. Was anyone really surprised? Basically Fyre fest for C list Youtubers. -u/BigBootyomoletlover

9.
That time the state of Oregon tried to blow up a beached whale with dynamite. Happened back in 1970. And fortunately we had video cameras back then. Don’t try this at home, kids. -u/jayworden

10.
The guy who built a home-made rocket in order to go to space and prove the Earth was flat. -u/No_Significance4311

11.
Hooters airlines. Just imagine if that was launched today. -u/Tha_no2_QuiNit

12.
Juicero -u/cakeday173

13.
The Treaty of Versailles -u/Yhuri82

14.
That guy who tried to travel to the North Sentinel Islands in the hopes of converting its inhabitants to Christianity. For context, the inhabitants of North Sentinel Islands kill anyone who tries to approach with bows and arrows, and nothing is off limits, even aircrafts. -u/I_Consume_Shampoo

15.
When the hitchhiker bot went coast to coast across Canada, through Germany and the Netherlands successfully and was then beheaded in Philadelphia after being in the States for two weeks. -u/TeamLarge7729

16.
MoviePass -u/mywifemademegetthis

18.
Zune. I loved mine, but there was no way it was going to become the iPod killer it was trying to be. -u/BigBadZord

19.
The War On Drugs. Spoiler alert: drugs won. -u/SpaceCowboy58

20.
Removing the Dislike button…-u/GladRuin6

21.
New Coke. Quite possibly the dumbest move in business history. -u/rf8350

22.
Q Anon waiting for JFK Jr to rise from the dead. -u/greenpinnochio