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Alarming_Serve2303 , Marcus Aurelius 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!

Final score:

359points

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YakFactory 9 months ago

And often the options they give don't match up with what you actually want to ask about. So you have to select something that you know is incorrect, and hope that the company will transfer you to the correct department.

160points

#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

Final score:

316points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

The coffee I buy proudly says you don't need scissors! You can just lift the top and peel open! I have never, not once, not one single time, opened it without scissors. Damned dirty liars.

137points

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

Final score:

313points

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

I've got this theory that headlamp bulbs are in short supply and people have been advised that the nearest substitute is a lighthouse bulb. Yes you ba57ard in the Peugeot van yesterday morning I do mean you!

118points

rockstoneshellbone , Miguel Ausejo Report

#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.

Final score:

303points

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zububonsai 9 months ago

Umm, what? 🫨Legitimately asking as a German (feeling incredibly spoiled by mandatory and full covering health insurance here).

63points

#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

Final score:

295points

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

Especially when it's a present for someone

95points

"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."

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.

anon , anon Report

Final score:

287points

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Kylie 9 months ago

Online apps that refuse to accept a non domestic (looking at you USA) zip/postcode for previous experience/education etc.

95points

#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

Final score:

285points

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poison Ivy 9 months ago

My daughter bought me some headphones the other day, it took all my might, scissors and a knife to open the package.

60points

#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

Final score:

278points

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Multa Nocte 9 months ago

POCKETS!!!!!! Hey ladies, what do we want? WE WANT POCKETS! When do we want them? WE WANT THEM NOW!!!!!!!

259points

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

Final score:

265points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

Arizona doesn't use DST, we tried it for one year and said F That and went back to permanent standard time and no one misses it or wants it.

108points

#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

Final score:

253points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

A good browser like Brave eliminates most of that and the ads that overwhelm articles your trying to read.

42points

#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

Final score:

233points

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Multa Nocte 9 months ago

It's ironic to me that something as tiny as a tag can cause such misery. And you often don't notice it until you're out and about and there's not much chance of fixing it without shredding your clothes. I admit that I then sometimes gets over-enthusiastic about removing the tag. I always have my sewing kit near at hand on the good chance that I'll "negatively impact" the seam.

45points

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

Final score:

226points

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kissmychakram 9 months ago

Shouldn't be on the list. Attempted crime isn't an everyday "inconvenience" that can be "fixed"

55points

CriticalElk6102 , Christine Sandu Report

#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.

Final score:

226points

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Kylie 9 months ago

Same when you start a new box of tissues.

93points

shortysasquatch , Nataliya Vaitkevich 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.

Final score:

215points

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Cole 9 months ago

In the long run, I don’t even have a problem with letting the government use my money for part of the year. But they know how much to refund me. At the end of every January they should just send out a statement saying this is what you owe or this is your refund. Check our math. You just check it. Make sure everything looks good. Then send it back and Get your refund or pay what you also owe. It really shouldn’t be left up to us to figure out how much we owe or get refunded. And if we’re wrong, we get audited and then fined with penalties.

90points

#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.

truthcopy , Matt Hoffman Report

Final score:

187points

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Kylie 9 months ago

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

42points

#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!

Chancetobelieve , elindseyfan Report

Final score:

181points

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Robert T 9 months ago

Cheap plastic clip. You can buy them in packs. Problem solved.

62points

ImCaffeinated_Chris , Kelsey Todd Report

#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.

Final score:

174points

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Paula G 9 months ago

Ha! Just like when Steve Martin’s character looses it in the supermarket in Father of the Bride.

44points

neogreenlantern , Matilda Wormwood 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.

Final score:

173points

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YakFactory 9 months ago

My glasses need a location button sometimes.

102points

#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.

K_Ver , Torsten Dettlaff Report

Final score:

169points

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Shark Lady 9 months ago

I sort the mail for my building and all junk mail goes straight into the recycling bin. It's so wasteful, no one wants to receive it and most people don't even read it.

42points

#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

Final score:

158points

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JayWantsACat 9 months ago

My fan only oscillates by remote, which I lost. Luckily I can still control the power and strength otherwise I'd be S.O.L.

22points

#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

Final score:

153points

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JayWantsACat 9 months ago

Just use a password manager. You only have to remember one password (or use biometric login, like I do), it can generate passwords for you (based on parameters you choose), and when you're logged into the manager it'll auto-populate or give you the option to have it enter your login and password for you. And you can have the same manager on multiple devices and it'll stay updated with your passwords across all devices. Obviously, like with literally everything, there is some risk having all your passwords located in one location but that's why you make sure you use safe practices and setup all the security you should have.

18points

#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?

Granuaile , Visual Karsa Report

Final score:

150points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

Actually the audio quality is quite good, they've hired Charlie Browns teacher to work the drive thru speaker. Waaa, wa waaaa waa wawa waaaaa.

125points

#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

Final score:

146points

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troufaki13 9 months ago

Also the tipping culture that's getting out of hand

135points

#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

Final score:

144points

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Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 9 months ago

They're also too small

61points

#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.

Korvun Report

Final score:

144points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

One guy solved the problem in his area, he'd spray paint a large penis around the pothole. It would be fixed in short order because the city doesn't like to look at that filthy stuff. 🤣

130points

#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.

Brucine Report

Final score:

138points

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David Paterson 9 months ago

"My health record" from digitalhealth.gov.au does that. People who worry about invasion of privacy are free to opt out.

38points

#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.”

LOERMaster , Andrew Neel Report

Final score:

130points

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Corvus 9 months ago

Never happened to me. Updates can ask for a restart, but cannot force you to do it right now.

43points

Honest_Report_8515 , soundbyte_mantra Report

#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.

Final score:

130points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

These exist! I just clip my nails outside so it doesn't matter where the clippings go.

49points

#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!!

X-Aceris-X , Natracare Report

Final score:

127points

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S. Scott-Richardson 9 months ago

If it were a man's issue it would be "fixed" by now.

157points

#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)

Ruffffian Report

Final score:

118points

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Pieter LeGrande 9 months ago

Also side cams.

32points

Party_Butterfly_6110 , Graphic Wanderings Report

#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.

Final score:

115points

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Reenzy Bennington 9 months ago

Saw a hack somewhere that if you freeze the plastic wrap, it doesn't get stuck to itself and will roll off more easily. Yet to be tested in my kitchen, we don't use plastic wraps often.

24points

#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.

8agel8ite Report

Final score:

114points

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Marie Clear 9 months ago

I agree (stupid sun).

46points

#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.

mermaidsteve8 , Speedy7755 Report

Final score:

111points

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Holly D. 9 months ago

Best thing I EVER started doing was baking the entire package and put it in the fridge in a ziploc...then take out how ever many pieces i need and zap for 30 seconds!! Works like a charm. Cooking bacon on the stove in a pan is archaic.

74points

#35

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

Janicegirlbomb2 Report

Final score:

109points

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Donna Peluda 9 months ago

In my days real me didn't complain about pain, they whole world is going woke ;-) I use to walk 20 miles up hill to go to school and 25 up hill back with 50kg of books on my back. we didn't complain

27points

#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.

Ddude147 Report

Final score:

106points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

Have you not had to deal with ketchup water?

37points

#37

A better way to type on TV remotes.

rae3605 Report

Final score:

100points

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Shark Lady 9 months ago

There used to be remotes that opened in half to reveal a keyboard, we need them again.

53points

#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.

darkspark_pcn Report

Final score:

99points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

Poor Bing. it's so hopeful! "Do you wanna search the int.. oh you left.. okay..."

72points

#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.

Frankjc3rd , Gaurav Baya Report

Final score:

99points

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Ace 9 months ago

Never seen it anywhere - seen the odd 'life-hack' suggesting ways to do so but none that actually work.

20points

#40

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

thugasaurusrex0 Report

Final score:

92points

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Nurichwersonst 9 months ago (edited)

The car-bermuda-triangle? 😄 I recently found a 5€-bill down there so its not that bad. 🤭 Edit: spelling

60points

#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.

Cosmicginger Report

Final score:

89points

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S. Scott-Richardson 9 months ago

Airfry soft shells

31points

#42

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

teacher1000 Report

Final score:

88points

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Hans Georg 9 months ago

I only buy Barilla pasta in cardboard boxes. No plastic.

73points

#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!

Ceecee_0416 Report

Final score:

87points

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Multa Nocte 9 months ago

The Jetsons!

37points

#44

Ads on internet.

HolyAty Report

Final score:

81points

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Pieter LeGrande 9 months ago

Ads on BP that interfere with typing this comment

85points

#45

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

Ill_Employer_1665 Report

Final score:

73points

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Egodeist 9 months ago

How is it 2024 and you're still using cheques? The banks in NZ stopped using them a few years back and I don't think anyone noticed.

47points

#46

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

El_Peregrine Report

Final score:

72points

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Hans Georg 9 months ago (edited)

Mine works, but it was a pain in the a**e to get the printer connect to the WIFI.

17points

#47

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

icrackracquets Report

Final score:

68points

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poison Ivy 9 months ago

I'm allergic to my dogs and cats. I suffer for them!

53points

#48

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

RogerIsRighteous Report

Final score:

65points

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Jason 9 months ago

Our pharmacy here is 9 to 4 m-f. Just take a day off work to stop by. 4:01 and you are out of luck. Don't get sick on the weekend

37points

#49

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

Ok-Medicine4684 , Hassan OUAJBIR Report

Final score:

63points

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keyboardtek 9 months ago

Nothing like a Smartphone that sucks as a phone.

24points

#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!

BeachBound1 Report

Final score:

62points

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Milady Blue 9 months ago

I once told a male gynecologist that he could talk to me in 20 years about the "quality of life" when he went through this every month - when someone would break into his house every month to tie his junk in a knot, then inject him with hormones that would cause crazy mood swings, water retention and cramps that felt like someone was beating him relentlessly with a two by four across his lower back and abdomen. This guy was the living epitome of "A male gynecologist is like a mechanic who never owned a car."

88points

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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?

treecatks Report

Final score:

34points

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

Speaking as someone whose driving position involves the steering wheel digging into my belly, it's a rare vehicle that can safely and comfortably accommodate my lack of length

10points

#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.

ChristianUniMom Report

Final score:

32points

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Toby 9 months ago

In the UK I haven't written a cheque in about 15 years, and even my 83 year old mother in law has now made the move to bank transfers.

10points

#53

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

Noninvasive_ Report

Final score:

31points

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Nichole Harris 9 months ago

Eat garlic the night or morning before!!! It's healthy and ticks and mosquitoes hate it!!!

7points

#54

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

Cheftard Report

Final score:

30points

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Shark Lady 9 months ago

Fold them over the top of your boots.

8points

#55

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

MellowMover Report

Final score:

30points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

Steam 2FA is too keen. I can browse the whole site, see my library, my wishlist, my friends, the forums, all of it. Soon as I want to buy something it's all "Who ARE you?"

10points

#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.

rtgurley Report

Final score:

29points

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User# 6 9 months ago

Automatic headlights have been an option on cars for almost 30 years now.

17points

#57

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

iamjester Report

Final score:

28points

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Jason 9 months ago

Or motorcycles not tripping the car sensors

16points

#58

Valet parking for an emergency room.

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

_space_pumpkin_ Report

Final score:

28points

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AtMostTheFabulist Premium 9 months ago

One of out health systems in town has this for hospitals and other medical facilities

3points

#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.

kimwim43 Report

Final score:

28points

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Patsy Robins 9 months ago

We have cardboard tabs now in Australia!

23points

#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.

loveydove05 Report

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28points

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Antonia 9 months ago

UGH THIS ANNOYS ME EVERY FRIGGIN TIME!

7points

#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.

Smeghead333 Report

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27points

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Mavis 9 months ago

But this is a safety feature in case of a crash. Yes its inconvenient but might save your life one day.

13points

#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.

RunnyBabbit22 Report

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27points

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Nichole Harris 9 months ago

That's one of many reasons I quit carrying a purse 😆

5points

Greedy_Swordfish_619 Report

#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.

Final score:

26points

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S. Scott-Richardson 9 months ago

They should also be able to wirelessly charge your key fob while you're car is running. My keyless entry and push button start should never have a dead battery

10points

Alwayswithyoumypet Report

#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

Final score:

26points

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

They are precisely designed to make me look like an utter numpty by tapping the wrong spot.

11points

#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.” 😱

walshc001 Report

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25points

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Jason 9 months ago

Listen carefully the menu options may have changed -recorded in 1975

20points

#66

Why do my pockets always catch the door knob?

EstroJen Report

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25points

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

Only when I'm in a hurry

12points

#67

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

fridayj1 Report

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24points

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Stacy Carroll 9 months ago

Our vending machines will not take currency, only debit or credit cards.

6points

#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.

Wookie-fish806 Report

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23points

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Kylie 9 months ago

Cut it open.

19points

#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.

West_Guarantee284 Report

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22points

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Toby 9 months ago

My Ford Fiesta has a heated windscreen which solves this problem. But I believe it's only on Fords because they have a patent on the idea.

5points

#70

Storm drains that get clogged up by leaves.

douggold11 Report

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22points

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Michael Largey 9 months ago

There are screened storm drains and gutters that let in the rain and keep out the leaves available.

0points

#71

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

circe5823 Report

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22points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

There is a tool and it's me.

19points

#72

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

auroraborealismn Report

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20points

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WhyBother? 9 months ago (edited)

Physics left the chat

5points

Traditional_Pair3292 Report

#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.

Final score:

20points

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Margaret Weaver 9 months ago

Google the service in question, with the word "extension". Tiny programs that make your browser do things for you. Absolute godsend.

0points

#74

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

Bigstar976 Report

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20points

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Corvus 9 months ago

Oh, I had an extreme case of thise once - it was almost gushing out of the can for a while...

4points

#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.

Mel_zel , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

19points

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Multa Nocte 9 months ago

My spousal unit has long hair. I love to glare at him when it's my turn to do the vacuuming, as I spend a lot of it cleaning out his hair (mine is short). At least he has to endure the same issue when HE'S doing the vacuuming. :-)

10points

#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.

DarthEcho Report

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18points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

Turn the duvet cover inside out, grab the top corners from inside, and then grab the top corners of your duvet. Shake it like it owes you money. The cover will turn the right side out and slip down the duvet, done and done.

17points

#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.

faith6274 , Diana Polekhina Report

Final score:

17points

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Marie Clear 9 months ago

How about Isaac Asimov's sci fi "shower" that you step into and it simply cleans you without water or you having to do anything. It also removes any hair you want it to remove. As someone with ADD, I have to listen to audiobooks while I spend 30 minutes doing the same boring routine in the same boring order every single day - shower, shave my legs, brush my teeth. Ugh. And if I do it in the wrong order, I'm likely to forget a step. So when I first listened to Asmiov's book (I think one of the Foundation books - it was years ago now), I couldn't wait for someone to come up with this amazing bathing device. But now, both my bathing device AND my flying car are LATE. I'm not getting any younger, so they better get moving on these things! (And yes, it's a combo of mostly boredom but still a little laziness, to be precise, Daria, lol.)

18points

#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?

FormalChicken Report

Final score:

17points

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Little Wonder 9 months ago

You'd die at a pap smear my lad.

61points

Ambitious-Permit-643 Report

#79

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

Final score:

17points

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Robert Millar 9 months ago

And expensive whisky, rum, etc. that drips when you stop pouring.

4points

#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.

stonythefish42069 Report

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16points

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Jason 9 months ago

People slamming on the brakes and gas instead of driving smoothly

10points

#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.

loopywolf Report

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15points

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David Jeffery 9 months ago

The company that handles our WC insurance is still using MS-DOS!! And they're not a small insurance company either

6points

#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.

Arcite9940 Report

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15points

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JayWantsACat 9 months ago

I agree about an actual hangover cure. lmao (Yes, I know there are measures that you can take pre- and post-hangover to help curb it. Obviously not talking about that.)

4points

#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!

BeachBound1 Report

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15points

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Surenu 9 months ago

We technically have that technology. It just kills humans, too.

8points

#84

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

Nuggetsmuggler9 Report

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15points

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Nichole Harris 9 months ago

The Japanese has one machine... It somehow washes, dries AND FOLDS!!!!! I've wanted one for several years now lol

6points

#85

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

AdEntire8787 Report

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14points

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Antonia 9 months ago

UGHHHH SOME FOOD PACKAGES DO THIS TOO!

3points

GrowlingAtTheWorld Report

#86

Graying hair, balding, getting wrinkles, tooth decay.

Final score:

14points

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Pieter LeGrande 9 months ago

Go search for the fountain of youth.

7points

#87

A device that automatically finds matching socks.

tir67dtfu Report

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13points

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Surenu 9 months ago

We'll have fully self-sufficient Mars colonies before that.

11points

#88

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

Big-Cat-3079 Report

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12points

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YTK 9 months ago

Simple solution: lick it

11points

#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.

JeanRalfio Report

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12points

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Regina Holt 9 months ago

Yes, some of them are annoying

0points

#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????

Permtacular Report

Final score:

11points

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Margaret Weaver 9 months ago (edited)

Read that sentence again. Now Imagine explaining what's happening, to a child in Bangladesh. Hahahaha no, just kidding. The reason is that bluetooth has a very limited data transfer capacity. Dictation uses over half of it, while high-quality music does too. You can switch it to go both ways, but the voice sounds like an old tape recording. As a result, the dictation software has a much harder time working out what you're saying. A possible solution would be dual connections, but with the same source and target you'd get interference, so the car would need a second bluetooth receiver, elsewhere in the car.

2points

#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.

dry_cocoa_pebbles Report

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10points

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Patsy Robins 9 months ago

Some brands can do an outstanding job of this, so it’s obviously possible. So then why can’t EVERYONE do it just as well?

6points

#92

Inkjet printers.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi-12:

They are solved. The solution is called laserjet.

ca1ibos Report

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9points

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Jason 9 months ago

Stupid drm toner.

3points

#93

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

ocrohnahan Report

Final score:

9points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

Mine does a full rotation every 10 seconds, so you just set your time accordingly. 30 seconds, 3 full rotations and the cup handle is facing you.

11points

#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!

-avjemini- Report

Final score:

8points

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Kris Tyler 9 months ago

no thanks

6points

#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.

Subpar_Fleshbag Report

Final score:

6points

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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.

decian_falx Report

Final score:

3points

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JayWantsACat 9 months ago

As much as I hate jury duty (I got summoned four times over a three year span and, yes, I was able to get out of one because I had already served within whatever timeframe that I don't recall) there are plenty of reasons why it should be in person. Being physically present doesn't mean that someone is paying attention but if I were on trial there's no way I'd trust my life or whatever on someone sitting at home to actually watch video of my case and make an honest verdict. At least when they're in person they're not literally doing anything. Trusting someone to make a decision that could literally affect someone's life while the TV is on, the kids are screaming, you're smoking a bong, etc. How would every case not win an appeal in that scenario?

31points