Posted 54 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownPeople Are Sharing The Worst "This Person Totally Ruined Their Life" Stories They've Ever Heard, And Some Of These Are Heartbreaking"Gone forever in a flash..."by haein_jungBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink Accidents and bad decisions can happen in an instant. In a recent r/AskReddit thread, when someone asked, "Who ruined their own life the fastest?" it was a list of poor decisions gone awry. Here's what people had to say: 1. "Matt Lauer. He once was the face of NBC and the Olympics. He had sexual misconduct accusations at work. Gone forever in a flash." Drew Angerer / Getty Images, Nbc / Getty Images -INXS2022 2. "Oscar Pistorius." Ian Macnicol / Getty Images, Charlie Shoemaker / Getty Images -DisabledDinosaur 3. "Slobodan Janković, a professional basketball player, paralyzed himself by banging his head against the hoop backboard in a fit of rage." -PckMan 4. "The pilot who allowed his children to play around with the cockpit, and it crashed in just three minutes, killing all 75 passengers onboard Aeroflot flight 593." -R_122"Also, Aeroflot flight 6502, where the pilot bet the copilot that he could do an instrument-only landing, i.e., he purposefully closed the curtains in the cockpit so he couldn't see the ground, and then ignored the proximity sensor telling him he was going to crash. He then crashed and killed most of the people on the plane, although he and some of the passengers survived."-SlackerPop90 5. "Jussie Smollett." Paras Griffin / Getty Images, Kamil Krzaczynski / Getty Images -novatom1960 6. "The Oceangate CEO did it pretty fast." -Victal87"Nah, this was years and months of ignoring his peers and hired experts. Sure, the implosion was in an instant, but the rot took years to set in before the inevitable conclusion."-RedHerringxx 7. "Adam Osborne, founder of Osborne Computer Corporation, created the first successful portable computer. He made announcements about a new line of computers that were still in the prototype stage. People then stopped buying their existing product, which affected sales, and they eventually closed up shop by 1985. They became a footnote in computer history. But they did name The Osborne Effect after this blunder." -CalagaxT 8. "Azealia Banks. She released a song that was played on near repeat in every club in 2012. Talked about how big she would become. Then she started posting on social media and destroyed some of her following." Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images -AnywhereNo1240 9. "Justine Sacco's tweet ruined her life so fast, she was the last person to know." -Kabufu 10. "Will Smith was 45 minutes away from accepting an Oscar and then it happened." Myung Chun / Getty Images -camy205"Best and worst night of his life."-fartingbeagle 11. "Chris Benoit. The guy was a highly respected legend of his industry to his entire name being wiped from the sport overnight." George Napolitano / Getty Images -penciltrash 12. "OJ Simpson. Dude was IT as an NFL player. He had a successful career as an actor (Naked Gun, TV ads, etc.) Money never would've been a problem. The dude had a gravy train life set up for him, and he fumbled it all." -Arclight03 13. "That Andy Byron CEO guy. Coldplay's 'Kiss Cam' simultaneously brought him fame and possibly ruined his life." -Burr32 14. "Jonathan Majors. He had a golden ticket to be the new Thanos, but then allegations came to light." Alberto Rodriguez / Getty Images -Nosce97 15. "Aaron Hernandez went from NFL star with a $40 million contract to convicted murderer serving life in prison in about three years." -DoubleLightsaber 16. "Rudy Giuliani. He could have cruised into a wealthy retirement, known fondly as 'America's Mayor,' who cleaned up New York City." Nbc / Getty Images, Alex Wong / Getty Images -Ignatiussancho1729 17. And lastly, "That Australian kid who ate a slug." -ThrillHoeVanHouten"And the kid who injected a butterfly."--Release-The-Bats- I need a moment of silence. Any other life-altering "bad decision" stories to share? Share them in the comments. Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.