However, many people manage to literally ruin not only their own lives, but also other people's lives in just a couple of minutes. ADVERTISEMENTA few weeks ago, a thread appeared on AskReddit, the author of which, the user u/Away_Bell_8795, asked people the question: "Do you know someone who ruined their life in just a matter of minutes? One day he lost $225,000 in a matter of minutes. Interestingly, history knows many situations when a person ruined his own life with a completely spontaneous and ill-considered decision. It was more like observing someone ruin their life in a matter of seconds rather than minutes.