People who are into sports know that everything can change in the blink of an eye. But unpredictability is a frequent guest in many other areas of life, too. The subreddits r/SecondsBeforeDisaster and r/MomentsBeforeDisaster have plenty of examples to prove it. These two online communities are full of pictures capturing that eerie point separating then and now, in situations that range from lighthearted interactions with animals to serious matters, such as ignoring safety regulations at work or even the start of a war. Scrolling through them feels like balancing on a doorstep between a warm, cozy home and a severe snowstorm.

#1 Footbridge Family Portrait

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#2 Jerk

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#3 Where Did You Say You Are?

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#4 01 Missed Call. IED That Was Defused Before The Detonation Call Was Received

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#5 Oh My God

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#6 We All Know What Happens Next At Your Local IKEA

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#7 Seconds Before Disaster

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#8 A Picture Of Joseph Goebbels Accidentally Capturing The Moment He Found Out His Photographer Was Jewish

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#9 Years Of Therapy To Fix This Damage

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#10 What Was His Master Plan Here?

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#11 Direct By Robert E Weide

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#12 I Don’t Think That’s A Pet, You Shouldn’t Invite It Into Your Car

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#13 Quack

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#14 You Know How This Ends

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#15 Static Electricity Before Lightning Strikes

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#16 Earthly Pleasures

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#17 There Is No Return

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#18 Photo Taken Before Livestream Of Ukraine Border Was Taken Down. This Is The First Image Of Russian Invasion

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#19 Yo Check Out This Little Guy I Found! Isn’t He So Cute!!!! 🥰

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#20 Well, Dang

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#21 That’s A Rip

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#22 I See A Lot Of Damage

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#23 I Discovered Why You Shouldn’t Wear A Full Circle Septum Ring When Around Cats

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#24 The Guy That Mows My Lawn Sends Me Snake Pics When He Finds Them So I Can ID For Him. He Sends Me This Today

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#25 💥

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#26 Woman Taking Selfie Gets Too Close To Bison At Yellowstone

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#27 It’s That Time Of Year Again!

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#28 A World Of Hurt

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#29 That Very Friend At Your Wedding

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#30 The Council Will Decide Your Fate

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#31 Oh Grandma

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#32 Found This Gem Looking Through Old Baby Pictures

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#33 Ooooof

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#34 Whups

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#35 Was It Worth It?

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#36 Watch Your Step

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#37 My Friend Just Sent Me This

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#38 There’s Going To Be A Lot Of Swearing While Cleaning Up Spilled Coffee And Trying To Find Lost Nuts And Bolts

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#39 If You Know, You Know

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#40 For Science

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#41 Was It Worth It?

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#42 Poor Mouse Got Encircled By 5 Cats

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#43 Now It’s Free Right?

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#44 Photo Taken During Disaster

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#45 Me: “I Wanna Get Hammered Tonight” My Friend:

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#46 Man Dives Headfirst Into Shallow Waters

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#47 Me Bailing Out Of A Backflip A Little Too Late

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#48 Oh No

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#49 Heartbreaking

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#50 Cat + Pigeon = ☠️

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#51 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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#52 Well Dang

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#53 A Great White Ready To Chomp On An Unwary Seal

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#54 I Guess She Was Thirsty

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#55 Pull It And See What Happens

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#56 Gg

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#57 Turn Around Man

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#58 Oh Yeah, It’s All Going Down Now

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#59 Dopped My Phone 💀

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#60 Reallife Jenga (Minor Disaster)

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#61 Name This

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#62 We Stacked 28 Chairs

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#63 Target Acquired

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#64 Soda

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#65 Don’t Know What To Put Here

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#66 You Can Imagine

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#67 Thought This Would Fit This Sub Well (Source: @jholtillus)

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#68 Gender Reveal Balloons

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#69 I Just Saved A Cat From Being Eaten By A Fox (UK)

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#70 Wholesome

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#71 Ono

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#72 Short Circuit

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#73 So… We Gonna Drop This?

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#74 I Jokingly Told My Friend To Delete System 32 For More Space As A Joke… I Think I Broke His PC

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#75 That’s Gonna Leave A Mark!

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#76 He Will Never Be Bowlin

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#77 Before It All

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#78 Rip

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#79 The Game-Changer

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#80 Everytime Am I Right

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#81 Frames Before

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#82 My Phones Still Standing

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#83 This Text My Friend Got From His Girl…

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#84 Older Brother Smackdown

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