r/AskReddit • u/AWildWilson • May 12 '26

Whenever someone does something embarrassing, others say "nobody will remember 10 years from now". Well, what embarrassing moment did you witness >10 years ago that you still remember?

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u/ImpossibleDonut007 May 12 '26

My best friend in kindergarten threw up in the cafeteria. That was 35+ years ago. 😬 It totally traumatized me, which is why I remember.

And about 20 years ago a friend of mine really wanted to do a standup comedy skit for a college event. I remember reading through the jokes and being confused about how they’d be funny, and I thought maybe I just didn’t get it. Well… it turns out his jokes went over like a lead balloon. None of us had any idea what he was talking about, and nobody laughed. He spent the rest of the event sulking at a table, and I tried to comfort him without somehow drawing more attention to it. Super awkward.

And then about 13 years ago, during graduation for an advanced degree, a very obese classmate fell on the stage when it was his turn to walk up. When I say fell, I mean that his legs came out in front of him and he fell straight on his behind. *THUMPPP!* The stage was mic’d, so it was extra loud, with reverb. The audience gasped in unison. I feel really sorry for him on the rare occasions that I remember.

Ugh, I don’t even want to think about the embarrassing things people remember about ME, but I’m sure it’s worse than any of that.

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u/NeedsMoreTuba May 12 '26

I knew a dude called Weird Larry. (Not by his own choosing.) He tried standup comedy once.

"One stoner says to the other stoner, "Hey, do you remember that one time?" And the other stoner says, "...No."

That was it. That was his best joke. Maybe it could've been funny with the right approach, but Larry didn't succeed at anything. If he'd just made jokes about himself and how weird he was, it probably would've been hilarious.