With the year we’re having, it’s safe to say that a lot of us are expecting 2021 to be far better. However, even if some of us are losing faith in humanity, things aren’t as grim in 2020 as we think. People from all over the world are sharing the times that the results they got exceeded expectations and posting them on the ‘Expectation Vs. Reality’ subreddit.
Scroll down for a wholesome collection that has no place for cynicism and where reality is better (or at least as good) as what’s advertised. Remember to upvote your fave pics, Pandas. When you’re done scrolling through this list and upvoting your fave pics, check out Bored Panda’s previous post about cake fails from the ‘Expectation Vs. Reality’ subreddit.
Bored Panda reached out to Reddit user Zarishka, whose photos of the Doctor Who cupcakes she ordered went viral on the subreddit. According to the redditor, the cupcakes were baked by Alena who lives in Nur-Sultan, in Kazakhstan. “She bakes cupcakes, cakes and cake pops! And can decorate them in any theme the customer wants. Recently she’s been making really cool Halloween themed cupcakes and pops.” Scroll down for the rest of our delicious interview with Zarishka.
#1 Dr. Who Cupcakes. Sent An Independent Baker The First Pic Not Hoping For Much (It Was A Short Notice), Nearly Cried With Joy When Got My Order
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#2 Otterly Impressive Birthday Cake From My Mom
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#3 When Your 3-Year-Old Asks For A Rainbow Dinosaur Donut Party You Comply. I Drew The Design And Had It Made By A Local Baker
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#4 My Wife And I Were Worried Our Daughter Would Have A Hard Time Making Friends In Kindergarten Because Of The Wheelchair. Turns Out I Have A Different Problem On My Hands
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#5 Commissioned Piece Of My Sweet, Late Persephone. The Artist Surpassed Any And All Expectations
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#6 My Daughter Begged Me To Show Her A Planet Through Her Toy Telescope. Expected Failure, But Found Jupiter And All 4 Moons. Mindblown
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#7 I Pointed My Camera Straight Up And Left The Shutter Running For An Hour To See What Would Happen. Didn’t Expect A Flowing River Of Stars
This was taken at Ice House reservoir in Pollock Pines, CA last night. I head out to dark skies on occasion to do astrophotography, but last night I forgot a tracker to compensate for the earth’s motion, so I took some experimental shots without it. Turned out much better than I expected. Star trail shots are challenging to compose, so I got pretty lucky with the way they seemed to flow through the trees.
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#8 Ordered The Blanket From A Sketchy Seeming Website. They Nailed It
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#9 First Time Doing A Photo Restoration Turned Out Better Than Expected (12 Hours Of Work)
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#10 My Wife Asked What Kind Of Cake She Should Make. I Told Her That, Honestly, I’ve Always Wanted To Try Peach’s Thank-You Cake From The End Of Super Mario 64
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#11 Opened The Box To Assemble A New Office Desk & Expected A Big Headache. Was Pleasantly Surprised
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#12 Client’s Sketch For Pendant vs. Finished Pendant. Expectations Surpassed
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#13 I Took A Picture Through My Sunglasses At The Beach With My Phone. It Turned Out Better Than I Expected
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#14 I Think It Turned Out Pretty Well
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#15 Pic Given To Local Baker On The Left. Actual Hungry Unicorn Cake I Received On The Right. I Like My Cake Better
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#16 My Friend’s Wife Wanted Us Groomsmen To Do A Pic Similar To The Bridesmaids Poster. I’d Say It Came Out Better Than I Expected
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#17 The Way We Advertise Our Jack-O-Lantern Pizzas vs. The Way I Like To Make Them For Customers
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#18 Made A Unicorn Cake For My Mom’s Birthday. Considering How Inexperienced I Am With Baking, I Thought It Turned Out Pretty Good
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#19 Reality vs. Better Reality
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#20 That’s Hot
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#21 Shined My Girlfriend’s Favorite Pair Of Boots And They Turned Out Better Than Expected
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#22 Christmas Gift From My Teens Has Proven More Useful Than Expected
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#23 Looks Way Better Than The Box
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#24 My Mom Made An Elsa Cake
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#25 I Ran Out Of Filament During A Print, And As A Royals Fan I Decided To Make The Best Of A Bad Situation. Result Is Even Better Than Expected
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#26 Ordered From Grocery Store. Cupcake ‘Cake’ For My Daughter’s Birthday. Pleasantly Surprised
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#27 My Wife’s McDonald’s Cone In The Drive Through Last Night
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#28 My Wife Loved The Cake Most Ardently
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#29 My Wife Did A Damn Fine Job On These Cupcakes. Delicious Too
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#30 Friend Faceswapped With A Wendy’s Cup. Results Better Than Expected
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#31 Pic I Sent Cookie Maker, And What I Got. 100% Impressed And Would Order From Her Again. Bonus: Cookies Tasted Great
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#32 Pretty Happy With How This Turned Out
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#33 For My Son’s B-Day Pizza Party, We Told Him We Could Only Afford 1 Pizza. Expectations Exceeded
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#34 Dyed Easter Eggs Today When I Messed Up On One. Turns Out It Kinda Looks Like The Universe
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#35 Cat Bed
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#36 Dad’s Cookies Turned Out Just Like The Picture. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies From America’s Test Kitchen
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#37 My Daughter’s Birthday Cake From Last Year
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#38 My Girlfriend’s And Mine First Attempt At Making A Cake From Scratch. Sketch vs. The The Final Product
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#39 1st Time Making A Layered Cake. Expectation On Left, Reality On Right
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#40 I Wasn’t Actually Expecting That
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#41 It’s My Son’s Birthday Today, And He Wanted A Fire-Truck Cake. It Came Out Better Than Expected
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#42 This Chipwich
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#43 From Filter To Reality. Exceeded Expectations
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#44 My Interpretation vs. My Artist’s Interpretation
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#45 In Japan, One Should Expect To Get What One Expects
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#46 I’m Seriously Impressed By This Frozen Pizza
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#47 My First Attempt At Cake Decorating. Nailed It
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#48 Pleasantly Surprised
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#49 American Cherry Pie Frapuccino In Japan
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