Everyone makes mistakes from time to time. We have all gotten a little too confident and sent something, only to immediately regret it seconds later. Risky messages, sketchy pictures, controversial comments… Everyone has done it before. It's even worse when those things are met with rejection or backlash. What no one should do, though, is backpedal on those messages and try to play them off as being total accidents. It makes the whole situation so much worse because it's so obvious that your little brother or second cousin did not send that message.

Reddit's /r/OopsDidntMeanTo is a subreddit where people can share their worst experiences with people trying to play their risky messages and photos off as being accidents. It's a subreddit full of cringe and regret, but it's oddly entertaining to scroll through. So here are 25 awkward moments of people trying to backpedal their way out of a sticky situation.