10 Appropriate Reactions When You Drop Your Phone (As Explained in 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air' GIFs)

We've all been there.

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If it hasn't happened to you, it's going to when you least expect it. Maybe when you're walking to work in the early morning, and you mistime a step while you're coming off the curb, and your phone flies from your hand and lands on the hard asphalt. Or perhaps you're in the mall, liking the cute girl's photos on Instagram that you added the night before, and you bump into the other Joe who's texting his girlfriend—and both of your phones fall onto the dirty tiles on the ground. Our phones are expensive devices that we place in relative danger almost every single day. Well, unless we're spending some bucks on bulky protection that totally ruins the slim designs of the phones. 

Chances are, before you paid for those phone protectors, you probably dropped your phone a few times in order to convince yourself that it was time to buy it. When your phone is naked, though, it's a harrowing experience. Here are 10 Appropriate Reactions When You Drop Your Phone, (As Explained in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air GIFs).

At first your face does this...

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... then you do this.

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When everyone around you yells "Ohhh!" as they see it hit the ground.

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The feeling when you go to pick up your phone after it BOUNCES across the floor.

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When you inspect the damage—and it's way worse than you expected.

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When the phone you dropped wasn't yours and you try explaining what happened...

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When all it got was a little scratch. (But how often does that happen?)

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When the screen is safe—but it won't turn on.

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When damage is beyond repair and you realize it's time to move on.

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When you watch someone else drop their phone and you hold yours ever more tightly.

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