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Did you know that frisbees were originally just pie containers? Or that Play-Doh was intended to be a wallpaper cleaner? Sometimes, customers find a better use for products than what they were originally marketed as, so companies decide to pivot. But there are also plenty of cases of companies being in denial about what their products are used for, regardless of how many people purchase them for different reasons.

Redditors have recently been discussing some of the most commonly misused items people buy, so we’ve gathered their thoughts down below. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the products you’re guilty of using for different purposes too!

#1

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Back in the days before digital cameras, 35mm film came in plastic bottles that everyone used to store their weed in.

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

We use the plastic yellow egg things the toys from Kinder eggs come in now

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Treadmills. Intended for exercise, but globally recognized as the best clothes racks you never knew you needed.

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

It still counts as running.... away from your housework

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Former GF gave me a model Death Star. Looks like pewter but I'm not sure. A bit smaller than a tennis ball. It looks pretty cool, but she was so excited when she explained "Look! It opens up! It's a grinder for dried spices when you cook!"
Didn't want to hurt her feelings by explaining that she had given me a weed grinder. I was dying inside holding in the laughter.

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

To be fair, you can also use it to bring herbs if you want to do that. Is even quite practical. I have one that looks like a fat round cat, and I don't even drink, let alone smoke anything.

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To find out more about how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user EVERYTHING_WAS_TAKEN who posed the question, "What is an item that everyone misuses but the makers pretend they don't know?"

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She shared that Q-tips/cotton swabs inspired her to ask this question. "I was looking at the pack in my bathroom and started wondering if there was other stuff out there like it," the OP told Bored Panda. "Everyone puts them in the ear, and the manufacturers definitely know that. I think I've learned a whole new world of how deep exactly some people put them from this Reddit post, though. Don't damage your ears, kids! Swab responsibly."

#4

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Ozempic for weight loss which leads to shortages for people with diabetes.

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Sexual Harassment Panda
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 76 yr old mother with diabetes relys on Ozempic and will some times have to go without for a week or two because the pharmacy is out. Very concerning just for someone else's vanity.

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#5

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Flat head screwdriver - scraper, pry bar. chisel, weapon, stake, etc...

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#6

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose The 'Terms and Conditions' booklet. It's the world's most popular unread bestseller.

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Roxy222uk
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We live in a world now where one app can require reading hundreds of pages of Ts&Cs. It's ridiculous and needs to be sorted out. It is not the fault of the consumer.

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"I'm an artist, so I frequently misuse objects and repurpose them," the OP continued. "But this post was meant to find out about physical things that are misused in the same way by the majority of users, and is common knowledge."

And as far as why companies pretend that they don't know people are misusing their products, EVERYTHING_WAS_TAKEN supposes that it's for several reasons. "They would have to redesign something that already works properly for its intended purpose, so that just means extra cost on their side when they're not technically liable for misuse," she noted.

#7

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose The drawer beneath your oven. It's for keeping baked goods warm, not for storing pans.

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

My entire oven is storage for extra pots and pans. I have a small convection oven and a Ninja Foodi that cooks faster and is more economical for cooking just for myself.

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

I haven’t seen an oven with that kind of drawer for years. These days there’s just a setting on the oven itself for keeping stuff warm.

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

In the 80s or 90s i remember a switch to heat up this drawer. But now it's made from plastic on ghe current one.. Anyway, never used it for intended purpose anyway..

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

So which one of you fearless souls is going to tell my mom that? It sure as hell won't be me.

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

This is only true for some ovens. I've had one where the broiler was located there, one that was a warmer, and currently, one that is a storage drawer.

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

I just knew this would be on the list. NO! It depends on your oven. Down vote this one!

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

Some of them were actually for keeping things warm. Some were just a storage drawer, and some were a broiler.

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

This is simply not true with my oven. The drawer does not get hot enough to keep anything warm. This may mislead people.

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

Used to be where the broiler was located...before it was a warming tray/pan storage

Diane Phillips-Herman
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had only one stove that actually had a k**b to turn the "warming drawer" on. Other than than, it's just for storage!

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

It works great! I saw this on something a short while ago. Cleared out the baking pans and started using the drawer for yeast rolls. It works so well.

Roxy222uk
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because in the entire world absolutely everyone's oven is exactly the same. Our current oven has no bottom drawer and the last one it literally was open on the bottom, so anything put in there stood directly on the floor. I'm so sick of seeing this 'fact'.

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

Maybe that was the case some time ago. A friend of mine has such a thing and she uses it to keep food warm until everything for the meal is ready. And It is perfect for dough to rest there. But the drawer under my oven isn't getting very warm and it is made from wood. If it would get warm enough to warm anything it would be dry and broken one day.

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

Depends on the oven. Gas oven? It's usually the broiler. Electric? On much older models, before microwaves, it was a warming drawer. On modern ovens, if it's fancy, it might be a proofing drawer for bread, but otherwise, it's a storage drawer.

Jane L
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not keeping ANYTHING warm if the stove is not on.

Benoît Rainville
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell that to my oven, an hour at 350 and I can pickup my pans bare handed, it's not the 50s anymore.

Margaret H
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago, I moved into my first flat. That drawer turned out to be the most perfect rat nursery ever.

Brandon Parisien
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thought it was a foot soaker for all of the cooking your wife will be doing ;)

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

Not all of these panels conceal a drawer. Gas ovens often have an additional gas line that can be used under here. Make sure you know what you have when they install it!

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

My cooker instructions specifically states that the drawer is for pans,but it's so low down and hard to open I put the pans in a cupboard

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

We have large hairy dogs. It doesn’t matter how well you clean, it’s always filthy down there. No thanks.

Catherine Spencer-Mills
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother stored her pans there. My grandmother stored her pans there. I'm 73 and I have been carrying on the family tradition.

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

It warms up tortillas really nice while I'm making taco meat

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

Not if it doesn't heat up and have a rack in it. Sometimes they are just drawers.

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

...and accumulates dirt, grease, and filth like a tiny little landfill.

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

Only for some models. Most are meant for storage

WA2DK
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to my oven's instruction manual, it IS indeed to store pans (plus, it doesn't even get warm).

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

"tHiS iS oNLy TRue foR sOmE oVens/nOt iN mY COUntRy." Yes, obviously. If you don't have this type of oven then this doesn't apply to you. You don't ALWAYS have to comment when something doesn't apply specifically to you, FFS. If a post is about women's clothes and you don't wear women's clothes, you don't need to comment "but I don't wear women's clothes" or whatever.

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

Always though it was a proving draw, apparently not.

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

If you have a gas oven there's a good chance that's the broiler compartment.

2WheelTravlr
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, this one needs to go away. There are SOME ovens which have a warming drawer at the bottom, but most are simply for storage.

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

Unless it's a gas stove (older) That's where the broiler is.

Ozymandias73
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, seriously though....who DOESN'T store their pans there? I know that's not for storing pans but hey, if it fits, it sits.

aubergine10003
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That drawer is actually the broiler in an oven...

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

Nope, it's just a drawer on my stove. I wish it was a food warmer, that would be so helpful.

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

Not all ovens are equipped with the "warming" drawer; it has to specifically made that way. My oven does NOT come with a warming drawer. Read your manual because all stoves are not created equally.

Nagisa11
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't make this model anymore, but the drawer underneath my oven is actually a second oven. You can use it as a warming drawer, or you can just use it as a second oven.

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

Depends on the model of your oven. Mine absolutely does not keep things warm

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

depends on the oven. Its called a "warming drawer" if its intended for keeping things warm and there should be a button or dial on your oven for it. If there is no button/dial its likely a storage drawer.

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

They embraced this reality with my double oven. The drawer beneath the ovens is actually not a part of the oven unit at all and it's significantly bigger than a warming drawer.

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

Who would put food there to keep warm when it is loaded with spiders and cockroaches?

glowworm2
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We just got a new stove/oven. The bottom drawer where the instruction booklets and and other parts needed for it were in? Actually the broiler. Instructions booklet even says that it’s not a storage drawer. My previous oven had a custom cupboard below it for our pots and pans. Had to move them all afterwards.

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

Ovens can all be different. Check your manual to see what yours was intended for. Some are storage so e aren't

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

When you buy a new oven, the baking sheet are in this drawer, so...

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

Stupidly enough, that’s where my ovens broiler is, I never use it. I’m not getting on my hands and knees to broil anything

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

I've never used it for anything but pans, oh and swearing at when I stub my toes on it

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

Pro tip: Don't remove a pan from the pan drawer with bare hands while the oven's on.

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

tried putting the turkey in to keep it warm whilst roasting the pork ....

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

Not so fast. My stove, my kitchen, my rules. The pans stay in the drawer.

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

Just because something was created for one purpose doesn't mean it can't have other purposes...

Rinso the Red
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the oven. Older ones I've seen with warming drawer, but just got a new one and it specifically calls it out as storage.

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#8

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Kitchen scales. I bought one on Amazon that had poor reviews because you couldn’t measure out portions of a gram. My stupid a*s asked my husband why the hell someone would care if the measurement of their flour was 1/10 of a gram off.

He just stared at me until I got it lol.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose I'll start : QTips/cotton swabs. Everyone puts them in the canal, but the boxes always pretend like they're made for the outside of the ear.

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

You want clean ear canals, the nurse at the clinic I went to recommended Debrox. It comes as a little kit with the Debrox drops and a little squeeze bulb. Huge game changer for me. Followed the instructions to the letter and my ear wax is gone.

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"Also, tons of people would complain, so customer dissatisfaction," the OP shared. "And people misusing the item would find something else to buy, so customer loss."

"In some cases, you actually can't 'fix' the product to stop a specific misuse because it's being used technically properly but for a different goal," she explained. "So there's nothing they can do. And honestly, some of these misuses are so bizarre it would just be weird for a company to try to address it," she added with a laugh.

#10

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Back in the days of the Prohibition, a lot of grape juice was sold with extremely explicit instructions of all the things you'd need to do to ferment it but with the disclaimer of "here's what's illegal to do".

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the pictured example. Strangely, the brick and the Benzoate of Soda are both shelf stable so they could have easily included it with the brick but they didn't. Hmmmmm....

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Think Johnny Appleseed was planting apple trees for the health benefits of apples? Nope it was to make cider.

Going way back, farming advances and the cultivation of grains was primarily to make beer, going way back to Mesopotamia.

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

Archaeology major. Can confirm: the agricultural revolution happened because beer.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose I caught a friend of mine rubbing one of the antibacterial hand wipes from KFC all over his friends chicken. The little packet said 'a hint of lemon' on it, and he thought that he was meant to flavour the chicken with it...

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EVERYTHING_WAS_TAKEN went on to share that most of the responses to her post were unexpected. "I was thinking cotton swabs, Reddit was thinking drugs and other questionable activities," she said with a laugh. "Yeah, it was definitely interesting how many people answered the same things - I guess the question worked!"

"The funny ones to me were the people who hadn't seen my comment proposing the cotton swab, and started their comments with, 'There's no way this post isn't talking about Q-Tips...'" she added.

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#13

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Cookie dough. We'll keep eating it raw.

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#14

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Back massagers.

ArcTan_Pete:

Especially the famous Hitachi Magic Wand for 'relieving sore muscles and back tension'

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SadieCat17 (she/her)
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THE KINDS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE!!!!!!! I sure love shattering my pelvis. /s

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Up until recently, Pedialyte. Marketed as a drink for babies, but was used as a hangover cure. Recently they started marketing to adults however.

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

As an adult wth bowel issues, electrolyte drinks are a must. Luckily in Japan they sell non-flavored electrolyte drinks. They even come in gel style packs.

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Finally, the OP added that if we could misuse characteristics of animals however we wanted to, she thinks it would be great to misuse an elephant's brain, a lion's heart, a kitten's lovableness, and a T-rex's arms. "What could be better than a chicken with T-rex arms?" she asked. "Good thing humans are still relative blobs and we haven't figured that out yet."

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#16

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Hydroponics kit. To help you grow some really big tomatoes, innit.

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

I've never used my hydroponics kit to grow pot (which is legal where I am). I actually grow veggies. You should try it. Much cheaper than using the grocery store and you get fresh year-round produce.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose The various items that Hospital ERs have to remove from people’s rectums…

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#18

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Recently, I found out the existence of fake urine for "experiments" and "pranks."

The real use is to bypass drug tests.

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

Erm, Mr Smith, I have some good news for you: first of all, your drug test came back clear. And also, congratulations, you’re pregnant.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose No one uses Miracle Whip as a salad dressing.

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

Chicken salad, potato salad, macaroni salad.. not "greens and cut veggies" salad! (But it's better if you use real mayo anyway!)

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose In the UK, sales of nitrous oxide cannisters used for whipping cream have skyrocketed in the past 10 years.

Spoiler: This isn't due to the correlation in popularity of 'The Great British Bake Off', it's due to its disassociative psychoactive effects.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

About 15 years ago there was this sketchy bodega around the corner from the house I was living in. Always thought it was weird they carried those keyboard dusting cans. Then my roommate told me people use them to get high. Then he proceeded to demonstrate. We don't live together anymore.

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#21

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Whoever makes the little tiny ziplock baggies to hold 'buttons' or 'jewellery' in.

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

We all know what they are really used for. Well at least i do being a recovering addict. (5 years as of 02/06/24) Edit: I'm not saying it was the only thing they were used for. Shoot when I make jewelry it is normally in a little baggy until it is delivered to the person who ordered it. Also there's some sort of crabby person on here who likes to download people giving encouragement to others. Grow the actual f♡c♡ up!!! Edit 2: Just forget I said anything.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose I have a dry herb vape that from the instructions seems to think that people really want to inhale the essence of rosemary or thyme.

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#23

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Cup ramen in the foam containers… they are not supposed to be microwaved and supposedly only recently are they designing a cup that can be.

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

Some people need to read the instructions on the cup before making it?

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#24

Cough medicine containing dextromethorphan (robocough, robotabs). If taken as prescribed, it's a cough suppressant. If taken in much higher dosages, it's a dissociative anesthetic, like pcp or ketamine. Kids and adults have been abusing the stuff for decades. There's a whole subculture around it.

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

PSA IF YOU ARE JUST LEARNING THIS AND PLAN TO EXPERIMENT PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST The other ingredients in many cough syrups can kill you or your liver in recreational doses So can DXM in high enough doses as the dissociative effects start to affect your autonomic systems (breathing / heart)

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#25

Handheld massaging shower heads.

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#26

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Kmart "Spice grinders" that for some reason are one of the only products in the kitchen aisle to have anti theft devices on them.

Edit: kmart is still really big in Aus

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#27

Had a co-worker order an electric water distiller.

I works just as well for making nearly pure alcohol, although it is marketed specifically for distilling water.

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

If you want one for that purpose try to get one of the ones with adjustable temperature Water vaporizes at just under 212F ethanol at 173 F

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#28

Bobby pins. Groove side faces down towards the scalp to effectively hold the pin in place.

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#29

32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Poppers, "leather cleaner, do not inhale or ingest"

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

For people who don't know what that is, it's occasionally used by gay dudes because it has a muscle relaxing reaction when breathing it in. I doubt I have to explain what muscle has to relax and why. Depending on the country it's illegal to buy. What you learn at the university when studying law is sometimes fascinating ...

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#30

Uncle Ben's rice. It's very popular for cultivating mushrooms of the magic variety.

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SadieCat17 (she/her)
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In all fairness, most people use it for eating rice and not as a sanitary incubation pouch.

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Not exactly misuse, but I've heard that those thin packets of sugar are supposed to be bent in the middle, not torn from the side.

Sounded bizzare, but it actually works. And leaves you with only a single piece of waste too.

_Weyland_ , Trekphiler / wikimedia Report

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

So we really need to learn how to rip up a paper bag? Like, is there a forbidden way?

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32 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even Know Their Original Purpose Travel neck pillows. I’ve only seen about 5 people wearing them correctly (opening in the back, not the front) and I fly at least three times per week so I see them constantly.

Myzyri , Adam Dachis / flickr Report

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

The listings on Amazon for neck pillows all show people using it with the opening in the front. So if the photos on the listings show the intended use, then most people use them as intended, which may or may not be the best way to use them.

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