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...and it worked.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Nerrad@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

Just claim you're a bounty hunter and you can do whatever you want.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

(for context, see the original thread on lemmygrad)

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Glitch McConnell bricks himself.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KrisND@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

Transcription:

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[Video Closed Captions]: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Original video:

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KrisND@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

Compilation of failed attempts.

Piped link: People Who Tried to Show Off and Failed

EDIT: Set YT as primary link.

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Squirrel attempts to fake injury/death with a broom. Failed as it was caught on video, nice try.

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Honestly, I don't believe its fair to say "all you can eat" unless its true. Otherwise, you should put some type of detailed limit.

But attempts must have been made and probably continue.

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An attempt was made to get people to come, I believe there was some miscommunication.

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Elon Musk has tried to re-brand PayPal as "X" years ago and was shot down due to focus groups stating it reminded them of adult websites.

Thiel and PayPal co-founder Max Levchin plotted a coup against Musk while he was on his first vacation in years. The board fired Musk as CEO in September 2000 and replaced him with Thiel. Thiel formally changed the name of the combined company to PayPal in 2001.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KrisND@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

1527: A 600-man Spanish expedition tried to colonize Florida, loses its ships, finds no gold, and gets routed by natives. Four survivors are left wandering naked.

Full information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narv%C3%A1ez_expeditionl

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KrisND@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

Interesting but potentially dangerous tactic, ultimately failed the attempt.

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This did not help the situation, imo I don't believe they would actually be considered "less scary". But if they worked, they worked?

Actual article for more details here: Did you know Walt Disney designed the world’s weirdest gas mask?

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Seriously, what's the error rate on these things anyways. It's pretty outrageous these days.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KrisND@lemmy.world to c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died. I'm questioning if it was attempted though, it kinda seems like you'd have to try to kill all three...

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Last year, University of Maryland surgeons made history by transplanting a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man who was out of other options. He survived only two months before the organ failed for reasons that aren't fully understood but that offer lessons for future attempts. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow some small but rigorous studies of pig heart or kidney transplants in volunteer patients.

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For years now Verizon has been locking bootloaders preventing custom ROMs from being used, most commonly the Google Pixel where if purchased from Google it's unlocked but from a carrier (Verizon especially) it's been labeled impossible. Over 3yrs later and the attempt is still a failure.

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It's hard to remember all the technology that just didn't make it, it's kind of a great flash back.

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An oil change was attempted, if it wasn't for the coolant reservoir being yellow (Which is, of course, the universal color for oil)...

Careful out there, read the manual and the labels.

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The insurrection is over.

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Totally unbiased poll about who would win in a fight gone awry

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To rob a bank. (www.youtube.com)
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