# Original Bad Luck Brian — Meme Lab

Use Original Bad Luck Brian when reasonable preparation or hopeful effort is defeated by a specifically unlucky and embarrassing twist.

- What it expresses: Someone expects an ordinary outcome, but improbable bad luck turns the attempt into a memorable failure.
- Example: I prepared for every section except one, and that single skipped section became the entire test.
- When not to use it: Avoid when the failure was predictable, caused by obvious negligence, or lacks an unlucky reversal.
- Tags: bad-luck, unlucky-twist, effort-backfires, embarrassing-failure, irony, misfortune, studied, exam, test, skipped-topic
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