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Edvinas Jovaišas

48 Times People Tried To Fix Something And Somehow Made It Worse

Article created by: Simona Kinderytė
We've all heard of DIY—now get ready for FIY—Fix It Yourself. Many household repairs are within the reach of an average person, and choosing to mend our belongings instead of throwing them out allows us to keep the things we formed attachments to for longer, save money
Curious how the king of problem-solving could be outdone? Many such instances await you in the list below, curated by our Bored Panda team. Scroll down to find the most clever and amusing attempts at fixing things, and don’t forget to upvote those you feel tempted to try out yourself.

#1 Too Broke And Lazy To Buy Shower Curtain Rings When I Moved Into My Apartment, So I Present To You My Solution. Zip Ties

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#2 A Duck Tape Masterpiece

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#3 Friends Mom Ran Over Their Mailbox And This Was The Replacement Until They Get It Fixed

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#4 I Fixed My Door Handle

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#5 Fixed The Campsite Shower So It Stays On For More Than 5 Seconds

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#6 Had A Hole In The Wall, Here's My 2-Year-Old Nephews Attempt At "Fixing It"

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#7 Husband Fixed A Problem, I Did Not Even Know We Had

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#8 My Sis In Law Just Posted This. She Told My Brother, “Use Those DIY Books And Fix The Chair!” Done

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#9 A Woman On My Timeline Has A "Remote Stick", Because Her Family Loses The TV Remote So Often

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#10 My Fix To Make My Broken Screen Look Better

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#11 Chandelier Headlights

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#12 How To Fix An Exhaust Rattle For $0.25

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#13 I Was Tired Of My Cord Falling Down All The Time So I Put It Through A Nerf Dart And Taped It Down

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#14 My Dad "Fixed" My Lawnmower

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#15 Because Palm Trees Don’t Grow In Indiana

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#16 That Janky Projector Mount

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#17 Hmmm

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#18 Tried To Hang The Curtain Rod Above My Front Door Yesterday... Didn’t Realize What I Had Done Til I Stepped Back

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#19 This Absolute Monstrosity

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#20 "I Know How To Fix It". DIY Level: God

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#21 Dad's Friend Came Across This. Seems Legit

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#22 Fixing A Toilet Leak. I Took 2 Trips To Home Depot, Worked With A Hernia, Had A Tough Time Putting The Wax Ring And Screws On... Only To Install The Toilet And Forgetting About The Door

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#23 I Didn't Have A Lampshade So I Made One Myself

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#24 My Parents: We Don't Need A Paint Roller

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#25 Needed Some Blinds For Our Dark Room At Work The Guy Came To Measure The Window And Assured Us It Would Be 'Completely Dark' This Is What They Installed

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#26 Who Fixes A Clock Like This?

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#27 My Dad's Razor

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#28 Fixed It

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#29 I’m Basically A Mechanic. Glovebox Won’t Work? $5 And Some Superglue For A Fix

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#30 Didn't Notice Till I Gave It A Tug

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#31 Coworker Said He Couldn’t Get The Breakers To Stop Tripping So He Fixed Them

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#32 Cat Knocked The Fan Over, And It's Over 28°C Inside... I Had No Choice

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#33 My Kids Broke Off The Microwave Door Handle, But I Fixed It

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#34 When You Got To Get Somewhere No Matter What

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#35 Door Replacement

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#36 Cyberpunk 2077

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#37 Our Landlord Hired A Plumber To Fix Our Toilet. He Said He'd Put Some Sealant Behind It To Stop It From Moving. Can You Tell Me What's Wrong With This Picture?

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#38 Interesting Fix

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#39 I’ve Got This

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#40 You've Heard Of Jorts, Are You Ready For Jairs?

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#41 Going Home For Thanksgiving Never Ceases To Amaze Me At What My Father Can Come Up With

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#42 The Way People “Fix” Their Own Cars Just Astonishes Me

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#43 Homemade Spoiler

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#44 Must Be A Dentist’s Car

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#45 These Monstrosities I Found At My School. The Person Wearing Them “Found Them On Youtube”

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#46 There Wasn't Enough Room For My Dads Toes

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#47 Tech Repair Client Did This To ‘Combat Overheating’

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#48 My Frother Broke

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, and reduce waste. However, some people have a more creative or peculiar way of repairing, which even MacGyver would be surprised by. 
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