Oops.

That’s a word I like to say while watching one of my new favorite shows, Discovery Channel’s “Destroyed in Seconds.” The show is pretty much made for people like me; it shows seemingly ordinary situations devolving into spectacular failures of monumental proportions. And any time they can show a gigantic explosion, they make sure to. Therefore, I tune in whenever I can.

But the fun thing is how many of these disasters could have been easily prevented by simple adjustments or minor forethought. That plane crash? They forgot to undo a nylon strap attached to the rudder. That fireworks factory that exploded into glorious flames? An employee forgot to put out their cigarette.

Some of the incidents are definitely random, uncontrollable, or just plain bad luck. But too many moments of mass destruction come from simple human carelessness, and it only makes the show that much more entertaining.

Oh, did I underestimate the power of the explosives I put in that old boat that we were going to blow up and sink as we sat on its deck?

My bad.