You can try and try and try, but that doesn't always mean you will succeed in trying. Expectations and reality don't always meet. Unfortunately, some things in life will never go the way you want them to, an attempt to do anything can end up being a huge fail, and it's embarrassing and unsatisfying, but sometimes, that's just the way it is.

Sometimes we will see the failed attempts of people's actions in the wild. Other times, they will leave behind some kind of evidence of a failed endeavour for the world to see and shake their heads at.

Maybe it's a job done poorly, maybe it's an insult gone wrong, or a claim that got debunked. Whatever it may be, it is sure to be found on Reddit's /r/therewasanattempt. This subreddit is full of moments where someone certainly tried something, but it didn't go quite as planned.

Here are 23 people who tried to do something only for it to end up being a huge fail.