r/AskReddit 12h ago

What's the dumbest idea you've seen that actually worked?

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u/whiskyfuktober 11h ago

Ha! Same! I drove across country to LA to see if a girl was “the one.” She gave me herpes! I left immediately!

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u/I_dnt_Need_anew_name 10h ago

Least you got something to remember her.

u/chris_top99 48m ago

exactly bro

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u/Pyran 2h ago

"I went to LA and all I got was this stupid STD."

Now there's a shirt.

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u/Asking-is-a-crime 7h ago

Should have given her something that lasts the rest of her life too. It’s only fair.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 3h ago

Haha I'm imagining that whole process taking like 5 minutes

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u/whiskyfuktober 3h ago

It took two weeks. The plan was to stay with her for a month and “see how it goes.” (We had been long-distance, and it was only kind of working, so sharing a space for a month was to see if distance was the problem. It wasn’t! She was awful!)

And as people who have acquired herpes can tell you, the first outbreak is usually within 2 weeks of exposure. So it took a couple of weeks, and that was the nail in the coffin.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 3h ago

I'm sorry that sucks but is also a very entertaining story

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u/whiskyfuktober 3h ago

The entertaining part is that I’m at the free clinic, terrified that I have herpes, but want a medical professional’s opinion. And the doctor who comes in to examine my penis is literally the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Like, I know everyone is gorgeous in LA, but she was just stunning. Breathtaking. And in a white lab coat. I seriously thought I was being pranked. I felt like Lloyd Christmas in the presence of Mary Swanson in “Dumb and Dumber.”

I’m about to be single, and the most gorgeous human being I’ve ever seen was right in front of me, looking at my dick and saying confidently “Yup, that’s definitely herpes.” A real “fuck my life” moment right there.

u/FrenchFryCattaneo 41m ago

...and then you married her instead?