Spelling Bees, Bucket Lists, and the Art of Almost Getting It Right

The internet has blessed us once again with photographic evidence that humanity's relationship with basic competence is, shall we say, complicated. Whether it's life goals or political messaging, some things get lost in translation between brain and execution. And lucky for us, someone's always there with a camera to capture these beautiful disasters for posterity.

When Your Bucket List Needs Proofreading

We all have bucket lists—those aspirational collections of things we want to do before we kick said bucket. Skydiving, visiting Machu Picchu, learning Italian, the usual suspects. But sometimes ambition outpaces attention to detail, resulting in bucket list blunders that make you wonder if autocorrect has finally achieved sentience and chosen chaos. This bucket list goal though demonstrates this perfectly, showcasing a goal so hilariously mangled that you have to admire the confidence it took to publish it. It's the kind of thing that makes you think maybe we should all have our life goals peer-reviewed before committing them to permanent ink or pixels.

Political Messaging Gets Expensive

Politicians spend millions on campaign messaging, focus groups, and branding consultants. They obsess over every word, every color choice, every font. Which makes it even more delicious when someone totally biffs the execution. Romney's creative spelling of money captures a moment when the Romney campaign apparently decided that spelling was more of a suggestion than a requirement. When you're trying to project fiscal responsibility but can't spell the thing you're supposedly good at managing, it sends a certain message—just not the one you intended. It's the kind of fail that makes you wonder if anyone actually looked at the thing before it went public.

The beautiful thing about these fails is they remind us that no matter how important we think we are or how carefully we plan, sometimes the universe just has other ideas. And those ideas usually involve making us look ridiculous on the internet.