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re: What are some of the worst mistakes in history?

Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:51 pm to
Posted by SaintLSUnAtl
THE REAL MJ
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:51 pm to
I think Will Smith is doing just fine without The Matrix. What a horrible example
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20006 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:53 pm to
New Coke
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
12656 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:53 pm to
There are a million people in NWA who claim they or their father or their grandfather were approached about investing in a local discount store that ended up becoming Walmart and passed on the opportunity.

Who knows how many are telling the truth, but I'd hazard a guess that those who are kick themselves every chance they get.
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Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
150504 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:54 pm to
IBM letting Gates keep the rights to the DOS operating system instead of buying it outright from the actual inventor, which Gates did for $40K
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:54 pm to
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This really happened???


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Will Smith turned down the role of Neo to make Wild Wild West, because of skepticism over the film's ambitious bullet time special effects.[16] He later stated he was "not mature enough as an actor" at that time,[16] and that if given the role, he "would have messed it up".[17][18] Nicolas Cage also turned down the part because of "family obligations".[19] Warner Bros. sought Brad Pitt or Val Kilmer for the role. When both declined, the studio pushed for Reeves, who won the role over Johnny Depp, the Wachowskis' first choice.[20]


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Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
49907 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:55 pm to
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I think Will Smith is doing just fine without The Matrix. What a horrible example



Have you seen The Wild, Wild West???
Posted by ItNeverRains
Offugeaux
Member since Oct 2007
28166 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:55 pm to
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quote: Without them, we probably wouldn't have the culture of violence, hate (both sides) or race cards.

So you want an America without blacks, got it


This might be the quickest a poster has ever proven a point on TD about someone playing the race card based on preconceived ideals.

Posted by CaptainBrannigan
Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee
Member since Jan 2010
21644 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:56 pm to
George W Bush. two wars, a recession, 9/11. thank god we had President Obama to clean up his mess.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
150504 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:56 pm to
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Sam Bowie
Every expert at the time agreed it was the right pick

As I've written before, Frank DeFord went on CNN sports and said the Bulls shouldn't be complaining about picking #3, since Michael Jordan might turn out to be pretty good himself.
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
4044 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:57 pm to
Hitler not listening to his field marshals. Kind of a good mistake for us.
Posted by Jefferson Davis
Plank Road
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:58 pm to
Hitler's decisions regarding supporting the Italians in Greece and invading Russia.
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37775 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:58 pm to
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George W Bush. two wars, a recession, 9/11. thank god we had President Obama to clean up his mess


If you think Obama inherited a mess, just wait to see what is left when your messiah leaves office.
Posted by Amazing Moves
Member since Jan 2014
6141 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:01 pm to
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The third founder of Apple who sold his share of the company for $800.


Ouch
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32261 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:05 pm to
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Bringing slaves to the country.

Without them, we probably wouldn't have the culture of violence, hate (both sides) or race cards.


Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:06 pm to
Invading Russia


changed the world
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11740 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:07 pm to
Allowing A&M into the SEC
Posted by Sellecks Moustache
NC
Member since Jun 2014
5994 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:09 pm to
NC soldiers shooting Stonewall Jackson. To be fair, he looked like a Yankee.
Posted by bradwieser
Cornell Fan
Member since May 2008
10555 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:09 pm to
19th amendment
Posted by Amazing Moves
Member since Jan 2014
6141 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:10 pm to
Yep. That didn't raise the Television contract or anything.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79164 posts
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:13 pm to
Another one that is a bit more domestic, George McClellan's instistance on not pressing General Lee's outnumbered forces after the Battle of Antietam which most likely would have ended the Civil War two and a half years early.
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