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Minor everyday inconveniences plague us all. We've put a man on the Moon and managed to do surgery on a grape, yet we still can't figure out how to make dialogues in movies louder than the background music? And don't even get me started on TV remotes. Why don't they have the "Find Me" function built in?

One Redditor probably had some similar gripes with everyday small things. They decided to ask other netizens "What's a small, everyday inconvenience that you believe should have been solved by now?" People had many qualms, from poor audio quality in drive-thrus to the never-ending mystery of bacon packaging.

Bored Panda also briefly chatted with the Redditor who asked this question. Check out our conversation with u/kabkar1234 below!

#1

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Music volume in movies being much louder than the dialog.

BWPV1105:

And commercials blaring louder than the feature show.

packerr , JESHOOTS.com Report

The author of this thread told Bored Panda that a common daily inconvenience prompted them to ask other Redditors what they find annoying. "My wife and I started talking about finding [the] remote all the time," u/kabkar1234 says. "[We] got talking about how small things like these are still [un]resolved with all the advancement in the world. I thought of asking the public."

The Redditor says that they found lots of answers relatable. Some of them included automated customer care asking to repeat information when a live person comes, why we still don't have zip lock bags for cereal, universal medical records, and, of course, finding the remote. The user says these are probably pretty universal things, "an inconvenience for many."

#2

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved That we need to go back to having humans answer phones at businesses. The automated systems are inefficient, and most times just maddening. Those systems need to GO!

Alarming_Serve2303 , Marcus Aurelius Report

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#3

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved When a food package says "peel here" or "tear here" and it never f-cking works and you need to get scissors or a knife to open the package.

Linux4ever_Leo , nickgiarraputo Report

So, let's delve into some of these problems, shall we? First, the issue of background music being louder than the voices on TV. According to PBS, it's not your TV's fault. Usually, there is a problem with the production of the television show or movie.

They do have some tips on how you can try to solve the problem and lessen the irritation. "Try switching from stereo to mono whenever there is such a problem, or switch off the 'surround sound' or 'enhanced' feature on your television."

Other people in the thread expressed similar exasperation with their TVs when certain scenes seemed too dark. Remember people's reactions to that GoT The Long Night episode? Well, the cinematographer of the show cleared himself of all guilt when he told Wired UK that it's not the show, it's your TV settings.

#4

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved It's a newer thing, but I wish they'd do something about LED headlights. They're just too bright. MY incandescent ones light up the road for me perfectly, and they don't blind everyone who drives past me as well.

williamblair , Eyosias G Report

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#5

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Insurance that doesn’t stop at the neck. My eyes, ears, and teeth are all part of my body, vital to health, and shouldn’t require separate policies. Jeeze.

rockstoneshellbone , Miguel Ausejo Report

#6

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Those stickers on products that leave sticker residue when pulling them off. So now you have sticky goo with paper bits on your cup.

othybear:

I hate it when they do this with book covers: 'Now a major motion picture!'

AFRN , theinkyquills Report

"A lot of the problem is that a lot of people don't know how to tune their TVs properly," cinematographer Fabian Wagner explained. "A lot of people also unfortunately watch it on small iPads, which in no way can do justice to a show like that anyway."

The Verge's TV expert Chris Welch said there are several more factors why a show might be too dark on your TV. Specifically for GoT, it might have been HBO's compression of the episode. The network may have chosen a lower bitrate "to help smooth over the streaming process for millions of viewers with varying connection speeds." 

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Then there are the more simple reasons like the brightness and picture mode settings on your TV. The way your room is lit up can influence the viewing experience, too. If there are nearby lighting sources on the screen, they might reflect on the screen and make it harder to focus.

#7

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Uploading your resume then having to enter everything on the resume on the next screen.

lazarus870:

I hope the person who invented that has a life full of inconveniences.

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#8

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Those huge plastic packages, that are basically impossible to open, yet hold only one small item. C'mon team, think!

relevant__comment:

The inventors of blister packaging should go straight to the seventh circle. They brought pure evil on this earth.

CotonDog , dekkers21 Report

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#9

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Not sure if it has been mentioned but the size of pockets on women's jeans. They are significantly smaller than men's requiring women to carry a purse.

twiggie40 , Suspicious_Salad_864 Report

Another minor problem that people seemed to agree with was how almost every website nowadays annoys us with their "Accept Cookies'' pop-ups. What's even more infuriating is that experts say these pop-ups, meant to simplify data protection, actually just make people's lives harder.

"Cookie consent banners are a joke," co-founder and CEO at software development firm PrivacyCloud Sergio Maldonado told Wired UK. "Rather than helping people protect their future choices, cookie consent requirements are extremely annoying and often run counter to accessibility guidelines on mobile devices, making life harder for people with all sorts of disabilities."

#10

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Daylight saving time.

dcunning , Shawn Stutzman Report

#11

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Having to click on the Accept Cookies option for every single bloody website 🤬

fcalda , HelinoFriskino Report

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#12

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved 1. Tags (especially the more plasticy ones) on the side seam of a shirt. If you try to pull the tag out completely, the seam rips. If you try to cut the tag off, you're still left with the pokey ends. Let's go completely tagless. The technology exists.
2. Foil yogurt lids that spray yogurt all over you when you open them.

BrandNewMeow , Gingy-Breadman Report

So, what can you do to make your life a little bit easier? There are browser extensions that automatically fill in your preferences when a popup appears. Some of the more well-known include Consent-O-Matic, Consent Manager, and NinjaCookie. The latter two automatically decline all cookies by default. 

The most popular extension is ‘I don't care about cookies,’ and it differs from the others in that it only gets rid of the cookies. The other three extensions mentioned take extra measures to ensure privacy by not collecting user data. The "I don't care about cookies" creators presume that "users protect themselves by using other tools, extensions, and browser settings."

#13

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Spam and scam calls and emails.

GruntUltra , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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#14

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Wet wipes. Not being able to pull one out and when you finally get hold of one, four come out.

CriticalElk6102 , Christine Sandu Report

#15

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved American here - every year I get so mad about taxes. Not the fact that I have to pay them (though I do wish our government had different priorities, but I digress), but the whole process of it is f$&@ing imbecilic. The government knows how much I owe, why don’t they just take out the correct amount automatically. Noooo instead it’s either I give the government an interest free loan, owe more money (which always feels bad), pay an agency to file my own taxes, and then if I get it wrong they tell me SO THEY KNEW THE AMOUNT THE WHOLE TIME.
I feel a tirade coming on, I need to walk away.

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#16

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Invisible lane markings when roads are wet.

 Aczidraindrop:

Here in PA we have no street lights and the lines become invisible when it rains. It can be legitimately terrifying to drive it when it's like that. It makes absolutely no sense. It's so insanely dangerous.

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Kylie
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always thought it was just lousy paint. And why don't you have those little reflective thingies?

Robin Roper
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be #1. It's not an inconvenience, it's a life and death danger.

frederick clause
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They removed the crushed glass from the paint for environmental reasons and then started painting the lines less thick. The lines used to be painted so thick that you could feel it when crossing them.

sharyn turnicky
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

PA roads in general add a whole new meaning to lousy and scary, am a resident, I drive them and have lived in other states as well

Me. Just Me.
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually have roads between my home and work where the cracks in the pavement ARE the lines. The paint has long since worn off and has never been fixed. Can I sue the state if I get into a wreck because of this?????

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Guess Undheit
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Permanent metal and concrete bollards with reflective lights. It tells you where the centre is, AND if any idiot cuts the corner, they damage their own car. Make it costly not to maintain your lane.

Parmeisan
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9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Snow obscuring lanes is the reason I can't understand why car companies think they can ever make self-driving cars work. In Canada when it snows and 1) you can't see the lines and 2) the ploughs go through and create huge piles of snow on the sides of the road, previously 2-lane roads become 1-lane, or the lanes just shift to accommodate, and the first few drivers through the area pretty much decide which is going to happen because their tracks become the new lanes. Then as the snow melts, those lanes may or may not supercede the drawn lines - you just have to use your judgement, or in busy areas you do whatever everyone else is doing. I asked my brother who works as an engineer at a car company how they're tackling that, and he said "I'd like to know, too!"

Tim Douglass
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually one of the challenges that the engineers of self-driving cars consider something of a "gold standard". If a system is able to manage in near-whiteout conditions it is considered fully capable.

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Alley Childress
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7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the country so this doesn't bother me, but sometimes when its raining the puddles get so deep that the road looks invisible

Alan West
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lane markings are like that in my part of Australia. Street lights don't help, but they do enable a very indistinct view of the 6 previous painted-over lane markings.

Momica98
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in western Pennsylvania. Last Friday night was a game of "where is the road?" thanks to a sudden snowstorm.

Gypsy Lee
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There exists both paint & reflectors that are visible in rain. I lived in Florida for years.. it exists. Why more places can’t figure it out is beyond me.

Mickie Shea
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are paints that reflect in rain and other dangerous driving conditions.Plus there are reflectors and bumps that help.

Lester the Space Duck
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also living in PA (USA) . Some of the roads don't even have lines, or guardrails. I don't even live in what would be considered a "rural" area.

Wendy McNeil
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We make our own lanes where I live and hope for the best when it rains

Mike Rodrick
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have no street lights? Where in PA are you living? In a forest?

Margaret Weaver
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL?! This is just comical to me, I have to be honest. Street signage is not painted but melted on here, and sticks up above the road surface. On the sides, in fact, the layer is staggered in thickness to alert you, colloquially known as a "rumble strip".

Riley Quinn
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of my rural roots. No street lights. No street markings, period.

A Chrome Bird
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stopped driving at night in Seattle because the freeway is like this in many areas. Constant rain, very low lighting, and fading white paint. Death zone.

gerry.garh
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Discussing the subject of disappearing lane markings when wet, 55 years ago, our physics professor set us straight: when wet, light doesn't reflect from the paint, it reflects from the water film that has an inconvenient refraction angle.

Mint Sauce
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glass beads are added to the road paint used in the UK which makes them highly reflective and easily visible. They've been like that for decades.

Sprouted Tater
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In NW Arkansas, we have the lane markings but they are so faded, the [roblem is the same as yours, can’t see them when it rains.

UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him)
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they would just put a half dozen reflectors in each direction at intersections, it would at least get you started off right.

PattyK
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here in California we DO have street lights and the lines still become invisible when it rains. ‘’Those little reflective thingies” (except the blue ones that indicate a fire hydrant) are generally not used on residential streets but only on major through streets.

Rayne OfSalt
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

New South Wales solved that issue by painting all the road markings in a very striking yellow. It doesn't disappear during rain. One of the only things I'll give the cockroaches credit for.

Jan Owen
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here. Most municipalities too cheap to use dayglo paint.

MushroomHead22
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

im from canada, and it doesn the same thing on some of our roads too

Pferdchen
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This! The highways in my area have gone through a massive expansion lately (think 12+ lanes). During construction, there are all sorts of lane shifts. When construction is over, the "temporary" lane lines are obscured and permanent lines added. When it rains, the permanent lines are obscured but the obsolete temporary lines stand out. They also tend to stand out while driving at night. Cars are drifting out of their lanes left and right. It's a nightmare driving situation, especially when people tend to drive 20+ mph over the posted speed limit. The highways are so dangerous that the state troopers rarely patrol them. The elimination and relaxation of gun laws have made shootings on the highway commonplace. I used to silently scoff at people who don't want to drive when it's raining, at night or on highways. Not any more. Since it may not be obvious to international Pandas, I live in SE Florida, USA. If you're thinking of moving here, don't! It's a cesspool.

Kiss Army
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have relatives that live in PA and have had two die in (separate) accidents on rainy streets in mountainous areas.

TheBlueBitterfly
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have the recessed reflectors (usually accompanied by rumble strips) in PA, but only in more "developed" areas. The rural roads don't even have a yellow line let alone street lights or reflectors.

Regina Holt
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scary. just so damned scary. In america this is a really bad problem, not sure about other countries

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#17

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Cereal bags not having a zipper closure.

FlatBot:

My wife and I rant about this regularly. Not just cereal bags, but basically any non-single-use food product. Why don't any food packages reseal effectively? Ziplock technology exists!

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#18

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Hot dog buns not being sold in same number as hot dogs.

ImCaffeinated_Chris , Kelsey Todd Report

#19

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved All wireless controller devices should have an easy way to locate them. If I can't find my TV remote, video game controller, etc, I should be able to go over to the device, hit a button, and the device starts beeping.

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#20

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Junk mail, and the idea of unaddressed mail in general. Seriously, it's a huge waste of time and resources, nobody likes it. If people want the coupons or info or whatever, it should be opt-in at whatever store.

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#21

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved My “smart TV” has no f*****g buttons on the actual TV.

Logical_Area_5552 , Erik Mclean Report

#22

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Having hundreds of passwords, you have to change every 90 days, across different devices...

Nicolangela , Mourizal Zativa Report

#23

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved The extremely poor audio quality of fast food drive-thru speakers. How in 2024 can it even sound that bad? HOW?

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#24

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved USA specific - adding sales tax to the label/listed price.

alexburnshred , Michael Burrows Report

#25

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Wireless bra pads staying in place. Why, oh why, are they not just sewn in place??

LeaveHefty8399 , anon Report

#26

Pot holes. F*****g POT HOLES!! When a head of the department of transportation for *any city* says they don't have enough money to fix pot holes, they should immediately be fired. It's literally the *main reason* for their existence, to maintain roads. If they can't budget effectively enough to ensure their primary responsibility is taken care of, they sure has hell can't be trusted to do anything else.

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#27

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Universal medical records. It is insane that you have to fill out a medical history at every doctors office you go to and rely on your own memory or worse, a family member's memory of all of your medications and diagnoses for your entire life.

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#28

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved “Your computer needs to restart right this second to install critical updates f**k what you’re in the middle of.”

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#29

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Nail clippers that catch the clippings instead of the clippings launching across the room.

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#30

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Period products, man! And possibly even healthy period-elimination products!

Like, stop the period cramps and discharge until you're ready to have a baby. Isolate the egg, let that pass through if need be. Or allow all the uterine lining to come out in one swift motion. There has to be *something* that doesn't completely screw up your psyche, and helps with PMS.

Or something better than tampons, which can give you TSS within at least 8 hours. Pads rub against your thighs all day (I've used cloth & disposable), diva cups are difficult and messy for me to put in/take out. Seriously this is 1/4 of our lives people. It should be a better experience by now!!

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#31

Back up cameras are pretty standard now. Why aren’t dash cams? (I know, Tesla has them; asking why they aren’t standard in all makes and models)

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#32

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Plastic wrap that sticks to everything except what you want it to.

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#33

Driving when the sun is at that one terrible spot where it hits your windshield just right and you cannot see a f-cking thing and you are just driving blindly praying to God almighty you don’t crash before you turn or the sun moves and you can see again. Literally almost have a heart attack every time.

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#34

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Bacon packaging.

MisterBarten:

Not everyone eats a whole package of bacon every time, so closing it requires another bag/container.

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#35

The thin metal handles on cans of paint. Is there no better way to carry paint than by a garrote?

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#36

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved The fact that even when you shake the bottle of mustard, once the spout is open, clear liquid still comes out first.

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#37

A better way to type on TV remotes.

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#38

The windows start menu search. I used to work well, now we have gone backwards. Why can't I type VNC and it open the VNC application instead of searching for realvnc on Bing. Come on Microsoft, just let Bing die and move on, stop trying to make it a thing.

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#39

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Being able to unselect elevator buttons for a floor that somebody pressed by accident.


You can do that somewhere in the world but just not the United States.

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#40

That crack between the driver seat and the center console….

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#41

Hard taco shell packaging. It should read “12 shells, 9 after you open them.”

JT3468:

It’s messed up, but I got in the habit a few years back of just buying two things of taco shells even though one should be enough because I never know until I get home whether most of them in one box will be smashed. I also open the plastic like I’m defusing a bomb.

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#42

Why can't they design a pasta bag that doesnt rip all the way down spraying dried pasta all over the counter-top?

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#43

Some kind of pill that fills you up and gives you all your nutrients. Or sell us the stuff astronauts eat. I don’t want to always make dinner!

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#44

Ads on internet.

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#45

Why the hell do I have to wait until Monday for a check to deposit in 2024?

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#46

WiFi printing that works more than 50% of the time.

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#47

Pet allergies. My wife is allergic to everything and I just want a damn cat.

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#48

Government office hours are 9-5 every day. DMV should be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at this point.

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#49

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Poor sound quality of voice calls.

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#50

Why in 2024 am I still suffering from PMS? I’ve heard of some female gynecologists who continuously take the pill, skipping the week of placebos in order to stop their periods entirely but most doctors won’t allow their patients to do the same because it “isn’t natural.” Eff that!

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#51

Speaking as a vertically defeated adult … why do we have every option imaginable on cars but they can’t design it to be driven safely and comfortably by short people?

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#52

Bills that can't be paid online despite having a website. I get that the processor costs money but instead you're paying someone to sit and open 200 checks a month, write them all down, drive to a bank and physically deposit them. Maybe even bank fees for handling. Its just stubborn at this point.

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#53

If you hike several times a week-like me. A vaccine and cure for Lyme Disease.

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#54

When my socks fall down in my boots and get all floppy around my toes.

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#55

Why do we keep getting logged of apps and sites and need to enter our password again?

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#56

Headlights not automatically coming on, or being on all the time. Why is it so hard for people to remember to turn their headlights on when it is dark. Why don't people turn their lights on when it is raining.

I would love to see car manufacturers set headlight to turn on whenever windshield wipers turn on.

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#57

Waiting at a red light for absolutely no cars coming from any direction.

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#58

Valet parking for an emergency room.

"Talk about the most overlooked thing in our universe." -Brian Regan

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#59

I hate the plastic tabs they put on loaves of bread now. Bring back the paper-coated twisties. The paper would disintegrate, and the metal would rust away, or could be recycled, not leaving a piece of plastic to pollute the earth for the next thousand years.

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#60

If you take something out of its original box, decide you don't want it after all then can't get it back into the box the same way. Such BS.

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#61

You know when you pull on your seatbelt so you can put it on but you tug slightly too hard so it locks up and then you have to feed it back slowly and gently retry and do that 3-5 times just to get your seatbelt on?

F*****G THAT.

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#62

Cars that have nowhere for a woman to put her purse. I once had a Lexus, and my favorite thing about it was that there was a space in between the front seats where you could put your purse. I haven’t seen it on any other car. You can your purse in the passenger seat if it’s empty, but if you have a passenger you either have to put it in the back seat, balance it on the gearshift in the center, or put it at your passenger’s feet. None of those options are that great.

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#63

Cars still self locking themselves with the keys inside it but not the driver. I make SO much money off this, it baffles me. Cars are getting smarter every day, but still dumb about this.

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#64

Tap. PICK A SPOT AND LEAVE IT THERE.
I didn't go shopping to play whack a mole with my card. I'm already fighting self checkout. which is effectively a bathroom scale with delusions of grandeur 

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#65

Being told by an auto attendant to “listen carefully the menu may have changed” and to being told my “call may be recorded for training purposes.” 😱

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#66

Why do my pockets always catch the door knob?

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#67

I should be able to put a dollar bill in a vending machine in any orientation, dammit.

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#68

The remaining lotion that sits at the bottom. There should be a flappable tab so that I don’t have to work so hard banging it to get the lotion out. It’s usually that or buy a new bottle of lotion.

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#69

Car windscreens that fog up inside when it's raining. There has to be a way to stop this instead of turning the fans on full and everyone baking or opening a window and getting wet.

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#70

Storm drains that get clogged up by leaves.

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#71

The struggle of putting a fitted sheet on a mattress. There should be a tool.

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#72

The terrible whooping noise your car makes when you open only one rear window.

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#73

Logging in to websites. Streaming sites in particular. It’s like I login, watch something for ten minutes, log in to something else, switch back, have to log in again, etc. It’s just a nightmare I don’t understand why it can’t just remember my login. 

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#74

Shaving cream that keeps coming out after you stop pushing the button.

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#75

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Hairs getting stuck in vacuum and needing to be cleaned often.

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#76

Maybe not daily, but why the heck do I, as a short person, have to stuff my duvet into a cotton bag and struggle my a*s off to straighten it when zippers excist and they could just make a three sided duvet cover? Like a suitcase, but for duvets.

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#77

“They Brought Pure Evil On This Earth”: 50 Everyday Inconveniences That Still Haven’t Been Solved Brushing my teeth. I mean I don’t mind doing it, but I just feel as though there should be some pill or something we can chew for perfect dental hygiene.

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#78

We can see billions of light years away, we put these satellites into orbit. Let’s make this clear: We sent out a rocket that had to just pass by a meteor and scrape by, and then come back to earth. Thousands of man hours went into the calculations and planning for that.

But the best way to check a prostate is still by sticking a finger up there?

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#79

Former bartender... the fact that every liquor bottle does not have a standard size opening yet pour spouts are all the same size.

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#80

Traffic congestion. On the whole, we are all driving the same routes every day. Like, it’s not a whole bunch of first-time drivers out there every day. We know where we need to stop, when we need to merge, where the blind curve is, where the school zone is, you name it. And yet, somehow, we end up waiting at the red light for three cycles before we can clear the intersection.

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#81

SO glad you asked.

That nobody's computer talks to anybody else's computer, or for that matter, that their own computers don't talk to each other.

When I go to my dentist, their computer automatically connects to the insurance computer and submits the claim and tells me how much I will be refunded, and it is the *only* place where that gets done.

This is only 20 years late at this point.

When I get pulled over and given a ticket, I cannot pay it for 2 days or more.

It's ridiculous that all this ancient legacy systems are still rattling along and no common means of communication has been enforced yet. One bank site I went to is still using cgi-bin for @#!#! sake.

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#82

I have a list of “I can’t believe we live in 202X and we still haven’t solved:” - Mosquito bites - parking machines reading bills / not taking any other payment - personal ID that’s global rather than local and expiring - medicine for hung over-ness.

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#83

Why haven’t we figured out how to kill cold viruses. I get that they mutate and change but at their core they are all a virus so find the element or whatever that they all have in common and destroy it!

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#84

Laundry, folding, drying, the whole deal needs far too much manual intervention.

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#85

The sticker labels on deli meat bags that rip the bag open when you try to open it for the first time.

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#86

Graying hair, balding, getting wrinkles, tooth decay.

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#87

A device that automatically finds matching socks.

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#88

That little bit of chocolate and peanut butter that gets stuck to the center of most Reese’s peanut butter cup wrappers.

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#89

Deli meat being folded together so you have to rip it apart to get a slice.

I know you can spend more to get easier slices from those yellow Oscar Meyer containers but I still get annoyed.

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#90

If my phone is connected to my car stereo using Bluetooth, I cannot dictate anything coherant to my phone. Why can't I talk to my phone if I'm listening to music through a Bluetooth connection????

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#91

Gluten free food is smaller than regular food and super crumbly. I’m convinced there’s a better way to make it but companies just don’t care because I have to keep buying the tiny, holey, crumbly bread.

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#92

Inkjet printers.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi-12:

They are solved. The solution is called laserjet.

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#93

Microwaves should time rotation to return the cup handle to where it started every 30 seconds.

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#94

Washing machines that automatically move your clothes from the washer to dryer and dry them.

I know they’re are combo machines out there, but they’re still not dependable. Just wish there was a functionality for my wet clothes to move to the dryer and dry automatically, while still remaining separate machines!

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#95

Finish Jet Dry bottles need a more controlled nozzle to squirt into the dispenser. I end up squirting more all over the door than the dispenser. I haven gone so far as to squeeze the bottle while upright and then tilt into the dispenser but the damn thing still burps and spits jet dry everywhere.

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#96

Jury Duty. We don't all need to gather in a big room. The court can record the trial. It can add and strike things from the record before I ever see it. It can edit out mistakes to avoid mistrials. Attorneys can produce defenses and prosecutions at any time and submit them for inclusion. I can watch the trial at a time that doesn't conflict with the rest of my life. I can send the court back my verdict in a reasonable time frame.

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