There are certain times in life when things suddenly seem to go wrong. At these critical junctures, it can feel like you're tiptoeing around the edge of an abyss. Or like someone is about to pop a balloon right beside your ear.
人生在世，谁还没经历过几个意外的小差错。情急之时，你觉得自己如临深渊，甚至感受到气球行将胀破的压迫感。
These moments can be scary, leaving you sweating in fear. They can also lead you to despair and helplessness in a blink of an eye.
这些都是可怕的凉凉时刻，让你心惊肉跳到发汗，也能让你顷刻间感受到什么叫灰飞烟灭。
Here are 26 examples of the kinds of awkward moments we're talking about. Do you have some more of your own? Let us know in the comments below, and let's hope that none of us has to endure any of these ever again!
还不理解的话感受下本文的26个惊悚瞬间。欢迎你在留言区继续补充，也希望你人生此后无bug。
► Mistakenly sending your crazy personal photos in a WeChat work group because you were using the app in a web browser.
用网页版微信聊天，不小心把私密生活照发进工作群。
► Trying to take a picture with your cellphone only to realize it's in selfie mode.
准备拍照，打开手机前置镜头的一瞬。
► Getting a late-night phone call from your parents when you're already in bed.
大半夜准备上床睡觉了，突然接到了父母的电话。
► Running into your fitness trainer after buying a bunch of fast food.
买了一堆快餐外卖后撞见健身教练。
► Receiving a terse text from your teacher, telling you "come to my office, now".
忽然收到老师发来的短信：“你来我办公室一趟。”
► Accidentally hitting the "like" button on one of your ex's Weibo posts.
偷偷浏览前任的微博时，手抖，不小心点了赞。
► Standing on a needle that's been dropped on the carpet.
踩上了之前掉在地毯上的一根针。
► Being told a store doesn't accept mobile payment, when all you have is your cellphone.
只带了手机出门，却在付账时听到了“我们不支持移动支付”。
► Snapping your straw as you try to pierce the plastic lid of the milk tea you just bought.
喝奶茶，一次没捅破，吸管尖儿折了。
► Receiving a phone call right in the middle of a King of Glory match.
打王者正酣，屏幕突然跳变来电页面。
► Having a strange WeChat group name pop up on screen as you try to give a presentation in front of the whole class using your own laptop.
用自己电脑在班里展示PPT时，微信提示框蹦出了奇怪的群名。
► Spotting a mother and her noisy child walking down the aisle toward you as you take your seat on a plane.
上飞机刚找到位置坐下，发现有个妈妈领着熊孩子向你旁边的座位走来。
► Being told by your roommate that there's no water, after waiting half an hour for him to finish in the bathroom.
卫生间门口等了舍友半个小时，他出来淡淡地对你说：“停水了。”
► Realizing you've used the wrong address for a food order after the delivery guy calls.
接到外卖骑手的电话才发现，自己选错了收货地址。
► Receiving an "@" notification in a WeChat work group.
工作群提示“有人@你”。
► Discovering you've forgotten to order rice with your Sichuan takeout.
点了川菜外卖，过了很久发现忘了点米饭。
► Getting an "Adobe Photoshop has stopped working" error message right in the middle of your big project.
正在使劲P图，电脑突现“Adobe Photoshop已停止工作”。
► Switching your phone on after your flight lands and receiving a huge pile of unread messages.
飞机落地后打开手机，未读信息数蹭蹭往上涨。
► Sitting down with a friend at a low table in a traditional Japanese-style restaurant and remembering that you haven't changed your socks in two days.
去吃日料，需要脱鞋上榻榻米的那种，忽然想起来袜子两天没换了。
► Walking in on your partner scrolling through your phone after you finish taking a shower.
洗澡出来，正撞见对象在翻你手机。
► Stepping on a weighing scale and waiting for the pointer to stop moving.
站在电子秤上等指针静止。
► Having to sit through an unexpected love scene while watching TV with your parents.
和爸妈一起看电视，画面上忽然出现了亲昵桥段。
► Getting a message from the bank telling you that this month's salary has arrived, followed moments later by an automatic payment notification for your credit card.
收到工资入账的短信，接着几分钟后就收到信用卡自动还款的短信。
► Seeing the eye-watering price tag on a dress you fell in love with while you were out shopping.
逛街时发现一件喜欢的衣服，翻价签时倒吸了口凉气。
► Admiring yourself in the bathroom mirror at work when a colleague suddenly walks in.
卫生间里沉醉于自己的美貌时同事突然走进来，在镜子里和你四目相视。
编辑：焦洁
校对：Greg Fountain
中文参考：GQ实验室
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