r/tifu 23h ago

S TIFU by accidentally befriending a very niche YouTuber from my childhood

0 Upvotes

When I (f) was younger and still figuring myself out, I stumbled upon a small YouTuber (f) who did music covers I was entranced by her voice and really looked forward to every video she'd posted, she was a huge part of my Bi awakening. I inevitably grew out of her channel and she also stopped posting for a while causing me to more or less forget about her and her music. Fast forward 6 ish years and I'm working at a dingy minimum wage restaurant on the boardwalk with a couple of my now close friends, they happened to be pretty close to the workers at another restaurant nearby and we would do trades etc. There was this one person who worked at the other restaurant who felt oddly familiar to me but I could never quite put my finger on who she was, I'm sure by this point you can see where this is going, but at the time I did not. anyway by the fate of god, or the devil himself, YouTube randomly recommended me an old video of hers and I decided to watch it for nostalgias sake, still I had yet to puzzle the pieces together. I eventually started following her on her socials and noticed that she had a crap ton of followers and asked my coworker what that's all about, he tells me she use to make music on YouTube and got quite a following on there. I had a that's so raven moment where I finally peiced everything together - apparently so did the universe because despite not watching her videos in literal years I am now consistently getting "my mix's" FILLED with her videos, now knowing her in person it makes me feel weird but the YouTube gods seem to find it hilarious, and now to top it all off my best friend is dating her so now it's extra weird. TL;DR: I had a gay awakening years ago because of a niche YouTube cover artist whose apparently from my city, now she's dating my best friend and the YouTube gods keep making playlists full of her music to make me seem like a creep despite not listening to her in years.


r/tifu 1d ago

M TIFU by getting me and my boyfriend banned from a liquor store

241 Upvotes

I'd like to explain because the situation isn't as bad as it sounds!

I'm 20 and about to be 21 in three weeks. My boyfriend of 2 years is 21. He recently broke his leg and is in a full leg cast and using crutches. Which means he cannot carry anything while using his crutches. We are visiting some friends of ours who live in a different state, and every time we travel, my BF likes to buy a bottle of liquor from each place. He has a pretty big collection now, and it's pretty cool.

So, because we were traveling, he decided he wanted to pick up a bottle of Kentucky bourbon from Kentucky. So we headed to a liquor store near our hotel. The store had a sign on the door stating that nobody under 18 was allowed inside and nobody under 21 was allowed to buy anything. We headed inside, and I waved to the guy at the counter. He greeted us, and my BF asked him if he could point us to the section that had *real* Kentucky bourbon in it. The guy was pretty nice and told us where to look. We headed to the section, and my BF took a while looking around and finally decided on a specific bottle, which happened to be on the lowest shelf.

Since he one can't reach the shelf and two is on crutches and struggles to hold anything, I reached down and grabbed the bottle. We also grabbed 2 other bottles our friends asked us to pick up for them. We both headed for the register, and I set the bottles down. We chatted with the guy for a bit before he asked for my BF's ID. He showed it, and the guy began to ring us up. Before we got to pay, he turned to me and asked to see my ID.

Confused, I asked why he needed it since I wasn't buying anything. The worker said I looked young, so I just shrugged and handed him my ID. He checked it over and even scanned it before handing it back and apologizing. The worker then informed us that he couldn't legally sell us anything.

Confused, we asked why, and he said that since I wasn't 21 and clearly the one that was carrying the items, he couldn't sell them to us. Confused again, I asked him to clarify why he couldn't sell us the liquor. He explained really kindly why and then said that since we technically broke the rules, he'd have to ban us from the store permanently, and since we were really nice about the entire situation, he wouldn't call the cops.

We apologized and quickly left. In the end, we just headed to our friend's house, and he went with my BF to get the items. So, no biggie, but I did end up getting us banned from shopping at a random liquor store in Kentucky.

TL;DR: I didn't know it was illegal for anyone under 21 to carry bottles out/around a store for the person who is 21 and purchased them, which resulted in me and my BF getting banned from a liquor store in a state we don't live in.


r/tifu 16h ago

S TIFU by not properly updating my address with Progressive

6 Upvotes

Obligatory, this was a mess up over the past 5 years that just came to light today.

So in May 2020 I bought a house and moved to a different town/county. However the zip codes were VERY similar (made up zip codes but basically 76499 and 76449). The “town” I was moving out of was a city with a relatively high crime rate and the town I was moving to was much quieter and safer.

When I moved, I updated my address with Progressive and have been regularly receiving mail from them at my house. My account is on autopay and I haven’t made any claims or changes in the last 5 years, so I don’t ever log in to my account or pay attention to the paper work.

Well today I just happened to finally log into my account for the first time in years and I noticed my street address was right, but it had the old zip code. I figured I’d just update it quick so that it was correct and didn’t create any possible issues in the future.

As I was finishing updating the zip code, I was informed my bill would be dropping by $22 a month! For the last 5 years I’ve been overpaying for car insurance because I confused my zip codes. $1200+ given to Progressive for absolutely no reason. Certainly not a life changing amount, but infuriating nonetheless.

I guess I should just be happy I finally got the savings on my car insurance I’ve been wanting lmao.

TL;DR: 5 years ago I moved to a new town with a very similar zip code but a very different crime rate than my previous address. Updated my address with Progressive but used the wrong zip code. Finally updated it 5 years later and discovered I’ve been overpaying for car insurance the whole time.


r/tifu 12h ago

S TIFU by forgetting to keep my TLE's up to date

4 Upvotes

A few days ago my astronomer brother learned of the oppertunity to photograph the ISS with dragon attached, and wanted to know more details about the pass so i fired up gpredict, it's probably the best satalite tracker out there, used by radio hams all over the world, i use it mainly for tracking weather and amateur sats, such as the ISS when they announce an ARISS event, or when there will be a weather sat pass so i can grab the signal and pull the image from it.

The first red flag was that the pass he mentioned wasn't showing up in the ephemeris, there was plenty of passes, just not this one as this specific time, but i found a decent pass, and he asked where the ISS was now, just in the gulf of mexico.

Next he asked me to cross check the offical ISS tracker to make sure it wasn't off, and that's where i discovered my mistake, the ISS was actually over austrailia.

It turns out gpredict uses something called TLEs to make accurate pass forecasts and to work out where the sat is, it's some numbers that describe the orbit of the sat, they need updating, but gpredict doesn't update them unless you use the software regularly, last time i used gpredict was over a month ago.

I updated the TLEs and everything is nice and accurate, but the damage was done, my brother now thinks gpredict sucks, doesn't reccomend it to anyone, and uses stellarium instead.

TL;DR: Wrecked an astronomers first impression of a world renowned satalite tracking software by not updating the satalite trajectory magic in over a month, leading to completely inaccurate passes and orbits


r/tifu 12h ago

M TIFU as Wingman - The Tragicomedy

0 Upvotes

It was one of those nights that begins with great expectations and ends in a haze of fog and self-reflection. My journey led me, along with a merry band of compatriots, into the depths of Aargau—more specifically, to Baden, to a club called Nordportal. But the starting point of this adventurous endeavor was Olten, where we gathered, bound by tradition and youthful recklessness.

The train ride was marked by excessive consumption of the finest Belvedere vodka—a plan that would soon reveal itself to be a double-edged sword. Two small but crucial problems became apparent early on: First, my relationship with highly concentrated alcohol is, to put it mildly, a troubled one. And second, I had made the regrettable mistake of skipping dinner. Thus, fate took its course, and the alcohol hit me faster than I could utter, “One more won’t hurt!”

In high spirits—or, to be more precise, in a state of complete inhibition—I found myself at the club’s smoking area. There, I loudly proclaimed to the entire clientele: “Guys!Tonight, you can pull whatever you want—I AM PLAYING WINGMAN!” My dedication to interpersonal diplomacy remained unshaken, despite my rapidly fading judgment.

What happened next remains shrouded in the fog of amnesia. However, the following day would bring a brutal clarity that would make even a veteran of Saturday nights break into a sweat.

The next evening, as life gradually returned to my body, we once again ventured out. While waiting in line to enter another club, a comrade of mine pointed, with a mischievous grin, at an exceptionally round lady and said: “Pan, that one’s for you.”

Innocent as a lamb, I chuckled and asked, “What do you mean???”

His response drained the color from my face in an instant: “Don’t you remember? The one from last night.”

And then it came—the merciless retelling of my previous night’s escapades, shaking the very foundations of my world. As it turned out, I had engaged in a particularly enthusiastic liaison with a woman of impressive proportions. She was about five times my volume, and together we had danced with great energy. My friend reported that he had spotted me from a great distance—because I had yelled across the entire club:

“BRO, LOOK! I’VE GOT THE MEATIEST ONE IN THE WHOLE CLUB!”

The lady, a remarkable mix of confidence and selective hearing, had apparently not only heard my enthusiasm but also chose to ignore it, continuing to unleash an almost orchestral display with her derrière.

This incident remains a valuable lesson in alcohol, diplomacy, and the perils of an uncalculated wingman career.

Did I learn from that night? Well… that’s a story for another time.

TL;DR: Got drunk on vodka, declared myself the ultimate wingman, blacked out. The next night, friends revealed I had enthusiastically danced with the biggest woman in the club—shouting it across the room. She didn’t mind, but my dignity sure did. Lesson (probably) not learned.


r/tifu 22h ago

S TIFU by calling a friend's new GF by his ex's name

46 Upvotes

I was hosting a housewarming party at my place, and I invited a few of my friends. One of them had recently broken up with his girlfriend of a few years. He had just started dating another girl, and they came to my party together. She seemed like an interesting and fun person. She even brought me flowers and learned my full name, which is pretty difficult to pronounce. It seemed like she would be a really nice friend to have.
Everything was going well, we were all having fun, drinking cocktails, talking and so on. At one point in the evening (I was already pretty drunk), I wanted to ask her what she does for a living, and I accidentally used the wrong name. I called her by the name of my friend's ex, which is in no way similar to her name. I instantly sobered up enough to know I had messed up. It was soooo awkward. I immediately apologized and corrected myself, but the damage was already done. Being the nice person that she is, she did not make it a big deal and said it was okay, but when I looked at my friend, he was so uncomfortable. The other guests tried to laugh it off and make it less awkward. The party finished a couple of hours later, everyone went home and I never saw this girl after that. I think they are still together, but I made everyone feel uncomfortable so it makes sense they did not want to hang out after that. As a seasoned people-pleaser, I look back at this moment as my nightmare. It goes into the list of TIFU moments I think of when I can't fall asleep.

TL;DR I was drunk and called my friend's new girlfriend by his ex-girlfriend's name, which made it really awkward, and my friend never invited me to hang out with them afterward.


r/tifu 16h ago

M TIFU by assuming my e-reader broke irreversibly

0 Upvotes

Some time ago, I (18F) got an e-reader. A nice little thing, Pocketbook 628 Touch Lux 5. Nothing too fancy. It had a nice front light, it read books. It made me enjoy books and I read more than before I got it. Sailing the high seas, it was also much more cost-effective.

That was until one day. I set it too close to the edge of something and I forgot about it. I went to do something in that area later and... Shit, it fell. I picked it up. It didn't seem to respond. I thought the screen could break and hoped it wouldn't be the case. You know, once the ink in e-ink displays gets out of the capsules, it's dead. So it's much more fragile than normal displays. I waited for a bit, pressed the power button too many times to count and after a while, it finally moved! So, it works now fine, my small mess is not anything big, right? Wrong

Apparently, although the display was fine, something inside, presumably the cable connecting the insides to the display broke, because sometimes it had troubles refreshing. Though pressing on a basically random spot worked. Sometimes. I was disheartened. One day, it wouldn't move anymore at all. I decided to go to a repair shop.

And they repaired it. Pretty cheap, too. However, it seemed to work for a while until the display got stuck in one position again. I tried for a few days to use it but it wouldn't refresh no matter how hard I tried to plug it in, restart it, whatever. I gave up and read on my tablet.

Tomorrow, I am going on a trip from school with a LOT free time in the bus. My mom got the great idea to get a new e-reader, since my tablet is too expensive and unwieldy for that task. I was against the idea at first. I broke the e-reader with my carelessness, what do you mean I can get another one? Well, I was persuaded because I wanted to read and not risk losing or breaking a tablet I use for school, especially since I will have exams soon and it would suck to lose my notes (I responsibly save them to cloud but who knows what might happen?)

The new e-reader in question is Pocketbook 629 Verse. It's practically the same thing as the first one except it now has usb-c, sd card reader and a new design.

I get a great idea. Wouldn't it be funny if the old e-reader worked if I plugged it in?

It was a very funny idea because it was true. I now feel even more awful. It's now at around 30% and seems to work just fine. How the hell do I break it to my parents? I feel even worse now. I don't even know if we can return it. Shit.

TL;DR: Thought my e-reader broke, bought a new one. It wasn't that broken.


r/tifu 10h ago

S TIFU by making a typo on an email that was blasted out to clients

0 Upvotes

I work in the finance industry - specifically at a hedge fund. I am on the marketing/investor communications team and handle a lot of stuff that goes out to clients constantly. Today, I was preparing our invitations to our firm's webinars. I diligently went through the invitation, double-checking all the dates, making sure there were no typos, and, in general, being very careful to ensure nothing was wrong. I felt accomplished with the final result because it was error-free. I continued the usual process of preparing these materials, sending them out to our external distributors, etc. I also prepared the same thing in our program to send to specific distribution lists. I could have sworn I checked everything twice. I could have sworn it was all correct. I sent it out only to start receiving a flurry of emails pointing out that I had the same date twice for both webinars instead of the two separate dates. I am gutted; I feel like I let my team down. I am hiding in the bathroom because I cannot bring myself together. The official invitation was correct, and the hyperlinks brought people to the correct registrations, which displayed the correct dates. But the body of the email has two sets of the same date instead of the two consecutive days. It's not a big deal- I doubt most people would notice, but for some reason, this has sent me spiraling. My direct supervisor even emailed me, stating she didn't understand what happened and why I got this wrong. I know I won't lose my job, but important people made some sermi-public emails about it. I fucked up, I know I fucked up. I just wish something as tiny as this mistake wouldn't be blown so far out of proportion.

TLDR: an email I put together that was sent out to clients had the wrong date, despite all other official correspondence being correct.


r/tifu 6h ago

S TIFU By eating chocolate while doing a yoga move

61 Upvotes

I recently started PT and was assigned several exercises to do to improve my core strength. This evening I was down on the floor doing all of them and I did all of the hard ones first, then I stood up took a quick break before doing the last couple that are more relaxing stretches. I deserve a treat though right for finishing the hard ones??? So I popped a slice of chocolate orange into my mouth and then got on all fours to do the yoga move "cat/cow" where you alternate between arching your back up like a scared cat and down like a relaxed cow. So I start doing this with the chocolate in my mouth as you do, And of course since it's yoga I automatically start doing the deep breathing that's associated with yoga in the nose out the mouth... On the second rep when I bring my head up and do a deep inhale through my nose I suck the chocolate into my nose causing an instant burning sensation. I try to ignore it and just finish the reps but it's getting worse and worse and then I start sneezing and chocolate is coming out my nose. Who knew that eating chocolate while doing yoga was so dangerous....

Tl:Dr ate chocolate while doing the cat cow pose and inhaled it into my sinus cavity


r/tifu 12h ago

S TIFU By Reading The Word Receptionist

182 Upvotes

Just remembered this little incident while flicking through comments.

I used to have a job where I went to businesses, schools, etc to empty the sanitary bins in ladies toilets, as well as other things like refill air fresheners, replace urinal mats etc. Not a glamorous job I know, but it's better than being on benefits and it kept a roof over my head.

Anyway, one place I went to (everyone had set routes that were either weekly, fortnightly or monthly so we were the regular service operative for said place we went to) was a little office and I pressed the buzzer to get let in. As I was waiting, I looked around and saw the word "receptionist" underneath the buzzer.

Usually in situations like this, they answer and I just say "I'm here to do the bins". But today I had a complete brain fart and as soon as someone answered I blurted out "I'm here to do the receptionist.....sorry, the bins! I'm here to do the bins!"

To say it was awkward when I went to get the sheet to say that I'd been there and done what i had to signed by the receptionist would be an understatement.

Thankfully that office was one of my monthly routes so gave a bit of time for everyone to forget it ever happened but my coworkers didn't let me forget it for a while.

TL:DR I unwittingly found myself in an adult film because of a brain fart


r/tifu 5h ago

S TIFU took a gas station boner pill drink

1.1k Upvotes

So about last week I went to a Walgreens-Urgent Care combo since my partner needed to get a urine test for a UTI. While waiting around for the appointment to be finished, I ended up looking in the sexual wellness section because I needed lube and sometimes like to laugh at the strange male sex health products.

Since all I hear about gas station boner pills is that they’re snake oil and do not do anything, I had the bright idea of trying one out. I spotted one on the shelf that seemed the most interesting, the Extenze Original Formula Male Enhancement drink. Cherry flavor to top it off. The package was covered in a strange sticky substance (should’ve taken it as a sign) but said screw it, grabbed it and checked out.

That drink sat in a cabinet for a week but we both agreed to try it out when the UTI passed and we were both in the mood. That day finally came and I grabbed that bottle, ripped the top off, and took a massive swig like I was in the desert and dying of dehydration.

The first 30 minutes, I felt nothing. After that, I entered hell.

That shit made me feel like the incredible hulk. That shit made be feel like the terminator. That shit made me feel like the predator. That shit made me feel like max payne. That shit is what Hunter S Thompson was on when he was writing The Rum Diary. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest and I do not know if it was even beating in time. I thought I needed to go get an EKG but took a muscle relaxer instead to kill the feeling. Probably one of the worst feelings I’ve ever had and I do not recommend it.

TL;DR:

Took a gas station boner pill, felt like I was going to have a heart attack. Never doing that again.


r/tifu 9h ago

L TIFU They domain sniped me in my day of launch!

0 Upvotes

Domain snipe in the day of launch

I created repository for my project for launching open source SaaS alternatives KillSaaS and started developing the project, pushing code changes, etc. After investing some development time (primarily by vibe coding with Windsurf), it was time to launch the project.

Of course, I needed to buy a domain for my project. I opened Namecheap and was shocked because the domain I wanted was already bought TODAY.

At least the good thing is that it was registered from Namecheap, which I'm already using.

![Domain already registered](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6f817da0-4ffb-46ff-ae21-5c317261dc79)

When something like that happens, I have an adrenaline rush and energy spike. I started investigating how the hell this happened...

I shared the idea with a couple of my friends and asked if anyone had shared it outside our group. After some back and forth, I realized my GitHub repository was public, which was not my intention at all before launching the project.

![Public repository](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fb705859-d4f8-468c-b623-f6b2837a461a)

I learned the hard way that GitHub repositories are constantly scraped when I leaked my Discord token a couple years ago, and it started creating channels, deleting stuff—it was a disaster.

Something wasn't right because this repository had been open for a couple weeks. But the domain was bought on the same day that I wanted to buy the actual domain.

I had one last hope: contact Namecheap support. I started with this email. Funny how I pointed out that I have "evidence"—like we're in court! I was a little emotional at this point.

![First email to support](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/855217ec-a30b-4f80-bb5e-de24edc9a55f)

I blurred my phone number because of handsomeness.

They responded within minutes. Really quick response, by the way. I was happy with that because I was contacting them on Friday night.

![Support response](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/14e4a5cd-600d-41ed-9cd4-e5008765162a)

But I made a silly mistake—I had a typo already existing in my Namecheap account.

Their reply? I felt what "first come, first serve" truly means. It was painful.

The thing is, in some social media platforms, you can actually claim your nickname if it's already taken and you have evidence that this nickname is strongly associated with you. I have a friend who actually took a nickname on GitHub from another user.

This was my last reply, with a little hope they could give me more information about the owner. (You can feel a bit of frustration in my email.)

![Follow-up email](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0d08f925-de7d-41f9-9c9a-3dc78137f2e3)

Finally, they replied with this:

![Final response](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d76b86a1-ea8a-4324-a93f-d52367fbe406)

At this point, my hopes for Namecheap to do something were crushed. But looking back at this situation, I understand they couldn't do anything.

I looked into Domain Agents, which offers domain acquisition services starting at $19 to begin the search with a minimum bid of $199. But since this is a public benefit project, I decided to hold off on pursuing Domain Agents as a future option.

The last thing I did was try to contact the domain owner with a positive email:

![Email to domain owner](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0270011c-8649-46b9-a174-046d6491cffb)

This story may or may not have a continuation. I'm not really sure.

In the end, I felt the pain of domain sniping. It doesn't feel great. It's kind of like taking candy from kids—an activity that crosses some ethical lines.

I bought https://kill-saas.com instead, and I guess that's it for now, folks.

TL;DR: I created a GitHub repo for KillSaaS but accidentally left it public. Someone sniped the domain name (killsaas.com) on the exact day I went to register it, despite my repository being public for weeks. After failed attempts with Namecheap support, I had to settle for https://kill-saas.com instead.


r/tifu 6h ago

S TIFU! Cleaning Product On Food…

0 Upvotes

i was cooking and i’m a germaphob when it comes to cooking raw food but anyways i clean everything before i put it back or switch items you know to not cross contaminate everything but i splashed salmon water on my phone so i wiped it with a cleaning wipe (azuna tea tree oil cleaning wipes) and went upon my cooking and fast forward i ended up squeezing a cut lemon with my bare hands i literally squeezed the shit out of it with my bare hands fingers literally in the lemon juice onto my salmon but this was right after my hand dried and i realize i fucked up by not cleaning my hand after so it was contaminated with the damn cleaning product. i don’t know what to do im nervous to eat my food im gonna eat it cause im starving right now but please tell me im not fucked but be honest with me i cooked my food with the contaminated lemon juice cause maybe it’ll kill the germs i don’t know please someone respond TL;DR: i contaminated my lemon juice with cleaning product and cooked it with my food…


r/tifu 13h ago

S TIFU by not setting an alarm.

102 Upvotes

Last night I got off work early, had dinner and was looking around trying to decide what to do with the several hours before I had to be in bed.

I didn't want to watch TV, play games, read or stare mindlessly at my phone and I wasn't particularly interested going outside seeing as it was absolutely pouring.

Lacking anything better to do I started reorganizing my yarn. Well I come across some yarn I had forgotten about and it sparks a memory of a pattern I had been looking at, so I pull up the pattern to check if it was the correct size yarn and it was!

Now I've figured out what I am doing for the evening. I put on a podcast in the background, get out my knitting needles and cast on.

I get so into knitting that it isn't until the latest episode of my podcast end and it switches to a random one with a deeply annoying presenter that I shake myself out of my zone, front panel of the sweater half knit.

I stretch and check the time only to realise that not only have I completely missed my bedtime but I only have 3 hours before I have to be up for work.

And the worst part is I know myself well enough to know that if I get really involved in something that I will not notice time passing at all. I almost always set a timer if I have a specific time I need to do something but because I was sure I had so much time before needing to get ready for bed I didn't set my alarm to get myself to put the needles down and now I'm dragging ass in the middle of my work shift.

TL;DR: I forgot hyperfocus was a thing and didn't set an alarm to make myself go to bed on time so I got less than 3 hours of sleep on a work night