One minute you're deciding what to make for dinner, and the next you're chewing on your bland, overcooked chicken, blaming yourself for not ordering a delivery.
In fact, it's so easy to mess up in the kitchen that every pot and pan should come with a motivational essay to keep your spirits up for whenever the inevitable happens.
Luckily, we have the Bad Food [Pics] subreddit to remind us we're not alone in the struggle—it's a whole gallery of meals so yucky that you can almost smell the regret through the screen.
#1 Chickens Legs Cooked With Red Cabbage: Never Again
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#2 Eel Head Dumplings
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#3 Wife Made Blueberry Protein Eggs😂
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#4 No Way. My Boyfriend Made Chili Tonight
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#5 My Girlfriend Made Hotdogs
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#6 My Grandma's "Lasagna"
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#7 I Had Ordered The Avocado Toast From Panera… This Is What I Got
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#8 Elk Steak And Sweet Potato. $48
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#9 Sweet Potato I Got Halfway Through Eating Before I Looked Down
It was moldy. It was dark so I didn’t see it (turned on light for picture), and I hadn’t had sweet potato in a while, so I thought maybe that’s just how it tastes.
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#10 My Moms Chili With Whole Hot Dogs
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#11 Strawberry Flavored Jello Mixed With Coffee That Resulted In It Looking Like Raw Meat
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#12 I Thought This Looked Good While I Posted It Then I Realized It Does Not
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#13 Coworker Got Creative
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#14 Pizza Place Salads Be Like
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#15 I Genuinely Don’t Know What This Is
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#16 I Believe This Belongs Here
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#17 Does This Qualify? My Friend Ate This And Thinks Its Normal
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#18 Full English Breakfast On British Airways
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#19 The Way My Roommate Cooks... Would You Like Some Vegetables With Your Butter?
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#20 Are These Bananas Still Safe To Use In Banana Bread?
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#21 Would You Accept This Hamburger At A Resturant? Waitress Told Me I Should Have Told Her Beforehand To Get It Well Done
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#22 Will This Steak Make Me Sick
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#23 The School Gravy Is… Questionable To Say The Least
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#24 My Friend Said I Should Start Posting Here
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#25 Little Caesar's New Old World Pizza
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#26 Sandwich Meat Fail
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#27 The Breakfast For The Students At The School I Work At
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#28 My Water Cereal In A Bag
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#29 The Worst $40 I’ve Ever Spent. I Took One Bite And Threw Everything Out. And It’s A Pretty Popular Chain Too — I’ll Never Understand How It’s Stayed Open This Long LOL
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#30 My Girlfriends Lunch
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#31 My Brothers “Carrot Dinner” He Cooked For The Entire Family
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#32 Would You Eat This? Rice, Cheese, Chopped Chicken And Broccoli
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#33 My School Called It Pizza
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#34 My Cousin's School Lunch In Mississippi
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#35 My Friend Made Cookies Today
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#36 Never Letting My Boyfriend Cook Again
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#37 My Brothers “Dinner”
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#38 Rate My Hot Girl Lunch. It’s 3 Pm
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#39 The Portion Size Of This Meal At My Local KFC
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#40 Glad Wrap Covered Bao Buns, Microwaved For 12 Minutes
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#41 Friend Send A Photo Of His Meal
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#42 All Flavors Of Airheads, Microwaved Just Long Enough To Be Moldable, Then Rolled Into A Ball And Eaten Like An Apple
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#43 My Boyfriends High Concoction: Peanut Butter On A Burger
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#44 😈 Bbruhh Said These Was Deviled Eggs 😂😂😂 😭😭
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#45 Found This In The Wild On Facebook
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#46 Served At My Dinner In China. I Didn’t Eat It
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#47 Some Would Call It An Abomination; I Call It Dinner
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#48 Burger From Ramsay’s Restaurant. Supposed To Be Cooked Medium
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#49 This Is How Much Black Pepper I Like On My Fried Egg
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#50 My Buddy's After-Work Snack
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