25 Great Ideas That Were Executed So Horribly That They Are Making Us Howl We all have encountered ideas that were executed so poorly that they have been categorized as epic fails.
In general, what distinguishes a good design from a bad design is that a good design serves its purpose while being pleasant—or even enjoyable—to look at. Bad designs, on the other hand, are confusing, distracting, and hard to use. What if a design with the potential to make a positive impact was executed so terribly that the end result became a laughing stock? On the subreddit called Good Taste But Awful Execution (aka GTBAE), people share their encounters with ideas that were so poorly executed that they have to be categorized as epic fails.
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Here are the 25 times when people absolutely lost it while making their "masterpieces":
1. "It took me way too long to see the dog." Image Source: Reddit | u/jweeby
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2. "This JFK memorial." Image Source: Reddit/u/kalitarios 3. That SpongeBob looks odd! Image Source: Reddit | u/RoyMartini
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4. "The yellow 'for' gets lost among the big red letters." Image Source: Reddit | u/be_there_on_q 5. "Yoda cake." Image Source: Reddit | u/lientubay
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6. "The ugliest thing I've ever made. I love it." Image Source: Reddit |u/averyoddfishindeed
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7. "Good intentioned but the placing could’ve been better." Image Source: Reddit/u/Zoh41b 8. "Try not to put these sections together." Image Source: Reddit/u/ComicPandaa
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9. "My wife's message in the shower." Image Source: Reddit | u/respectively288 10. "WWII Mickey Mouse gas mask, attempting to make the mask less scary to children." Image Source: Reddit | u/nitid_name
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11. "People concerned about Africans not having clean water." Image Source: Reddit | u/karateflame2
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12. This book makes no sense. Image Source: Reddit | u/moose_cahoots 13. "The one and only 'Vanny Devito.'" Image Source: Reddit | u/jackrobson253
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14. "A 6-year-old drew their family snorkeling." Image Source: Reddit | u/Moreofkikuro 15. "Behold the 'Potato Head Of Palencia' - Another botched art restoration in Spain." Image Source: Reddit | u/Northwest-Passage
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16. "It's self-explanatory..." Image Source: Reddit/u/EpicAditya
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17. "Pooh Bear took a wrong turn in life." Image Source: Reddit |u/KieranUltruse 18. This pointless bin. Image Source: Reddit | u/yeahnahl0l5
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19. "My mom said it was supposed to be The Joker." Image Source: Reddit | u/Bredbear36 20. "TRON stairs." Image Source: Reddit | u/honeypup
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21. "This cake I found in a photo album from my third birthday." Image Source: Reddit | u/TheMightyBiz
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22. "Happy Thanksgiving!" Image Source: Reddit | u/UnixUnderpants 23. "Accident waiting to happen." Image Source: Reddit | u/tdomer80
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24. "Elsa, let it go." Image Source: Reddit | u/Lavellan03 25. "A family portrait for a couple who suffered a miscarriage with the artist's logo KILLED in the corner" Image Source: Reddit | u/[deleted]
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