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Sometimes there are those little straws that just break the camels back. You chip your favorite cup or your favorite grocery store has decided to suddenly move an item you get all the time to some random, unknown corner. The truth is, it actually doesn’t nearly take as much as some folks think to create stress and discomfort.
We’ve gathered some prime and often hilarious examples of little irritations in life that aren’t that big a deal in the grand scheme of things, but can still cause headaches. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples in the comments below.
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#1
I Hate These Stupid Plastic Tabs You Find On Clothing. All Of This From One Pack Of Socks
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#2
I Feel Like This Happens To Me More Often Than It Should
#3
I Just Hate When This Happens
Life is never as simple as one might want it to be. Even though most of us have a decent grasp of physics, as far as our own bodies are concerned, the universe still finds ways to remind us that even the most tiny little things can end up causing a lot of pain. Take, for example, the simple papercut.
The word alone is normally enough for most folks to have a visceral reaction. Some might shudder, others cringe at the idea of running a finger along the edge of a sheet of paper. For those who have never had to go through this, congrats. Simply put, the edges of paper, while fragile, are quite sharp and, as it turns out, we tend to have to manipulate paper with our hands.
#4
How Did We Go From Paper Cups And Plastic Straws To Plastic Cups And Paper Straws?
Foxes forever! 4 weeks ago
I agree there are much bigger things to fix then making ourselves miserable with paper straws
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Brazen 4 weeks ago
We went from paper to plastic to "save the trees", and now we're back to using paper to "keep plastic out of the ocean and our bodies." It's baffling to me how we just can't figure out the right thing to do for this planet.
Lotekguy 4 weeks ago
The only answer, I fear, is to leave it. We seem to be heading that way... and I don't mean via space flight.
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ZuriLovesYou 4 weeks ago
What's the point of paper straws? They're just gonna get mushy the second you pit them in your drink.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 4 weeks ago
They’re really not that bad, though. They only get mushy if you leave them in your drink for, what, more than an hour? I think most of us finish a drink sooner than that. It’s a net positive that the straws we only use for a few minutes break down more easily afterwards, so it doesn’t pollute the planet long-term like plastic straws.
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Donna Crowe 4 weeks ago
People complain about the paper straws today. They should have to deal with the ones I grew up with.
Linda Johnson 3 weeks ago
Idiots making the rules.....or trying to "fix" what isn't broken.....
Riley Quinn 4 weeks ago
I wonder if the plastic straws are making us forget about the six-pack rings that should be cut before disposing.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 weeks ago
Hm, so here (Germany) we also don't have plastic-cups anymore. Certainly not for coke, possibly (but not sure since it's been a while since my last) for iced-coffee-kind of drinks
#5
Stickers Like This Are Maybe A Bit More Than Mildly Infuriating
#6
Every Damn Time! Why, Why Can't They Make A Packet That Just Opens
One might ask, why do papercuts hurt that much? After all, there is nothing “mild” about one. Most would see it as the main tragedy of the day. In short, it’s a case where our own bodies work against us. Papercuts, mercifully, are often very shallow. The downside is that this means the finger’s pain receptors are exposed to the air without blood to help limit the pain.
#7
These Damn Things
I've yet to hear or see an explanation for how these are formed. And why the hell do hurt so damn much? Mildly infuriating for sure.
#8
When A Pencil "Eraser" Does This
#9
Every Single Time. Why Do We Still Use These?
Robert Trebor 4 weeks ago
I buy shredded cheese, and they all say "tear here". When I do, it invariably rips through the resealing strip. So now, monster that I am, I just grab my scissors and cut the packet open just above the reseal.
Not to mention, your fingers tend to have a lot of sensory receptors, after all, we can obtain a huge amount of information from just touch. In general, this is a good thing most days. However, when cut with a piece of paper, all those helpful little receptors are screaming at our brain that, actually, there is a major issue going on here.
#10
This Garbage "Leather" Coating That Eventually Flakes Off And Gets Everywhere
I love these headphones (Anker Soundcore Life Q20), they have great sound quality and noise cancelation for their price. But my GOD can manufacturers stop trying to make imitation leather with this garbage? Every time I use them, my hands and ears get covered in little black flakes.
#11
My Copy Of The Scarlet Letter Becomes A Different Book After Page 176
So I bought this copy years ago and finally decided to read it, got to page 176, from there on out, it becomes Treasure Island.
#12
I Hate When This Happens
To add more insult to injury, most commercial paper is treated with chemicals such as bleach. One doesn’t have to be a medical expert to realize just how uncomfortable, say, bleach can be if it gets in a wound. At the very least, the humble papercut serves as a reminder that even the smallest things can find a way to inflict a lot of discomfort.
#13
I Can't Understand The Logic Of Putting The Power Button Right Next To The Delete And Backspace Keys
#14
I'm Sure Someone Said This Already, But Roll Em Around On The Counter, Shell Comes Off Easier That Way
Janissary35680 4 weeks ago (edited)
I've tried all the tricks for cooking and peeling hardboiled eggs and I've come to the conclusion that no one method works every time because every egg seems to be an entity unto itself. My solution is to place the boiled egg on a wooden cutting board, chop it in half with the single stroke of a cleaver, and scoop the two halves out of the shell with a spoon.
#15
When The Keyboard Isn't Qwerty
I don't want it to to be alphabetical I wanted the weird typing configuration.
#16
The Bacon I Saw Through The Plastic vs. The Rest Of The Pack
The first few pieces looked great. Then opened it up to find the rest of it is mostly fat. I like a fatty piece of bacon, but there is a limit and the misrepresentation is mildly infuriating.
#17
When Jeans Seams Make This Move Around Your Leg
#18
My Prize Winning Carrot From This Year’s Harvest
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 4 weeks ago
Aww! What it lacks in volume, it makes up for in cuteness :)
#19
I Hate You Home Depot. How Hard Is It To Get Labels That Don't Disintegrate When You Try And Peel Them?
quentariel 4 weeks ago
Heat the sticker a bit with a hair dryer and it gets off like a dream. Works on every surface.
#20
I Just Peeled A Banana, Then Threw It Into Trash But Kept The Peel In My Hand
#21
70% Of My Essay Is Being Detected As AI, Depite Not Using Any AI
this is due very soon, and i have no idea how im going to make my OWN writting look less ai written.
#22
It Happens Earlier Every Year. It's September, They Have Already Started Taking Down The Halloween Modules
Robert Beveridge 4 weeks ago
Nothing NW. When I worked retail in 1991-92, we started getting holiday merch in mid-August. My refusal to display any of it before Thanksgiving was part of the, ah, mutual decision that I would leave their employ...
#23
Less Than A Foot Of Leg Room And No Window? I Hate What Air Travel Has Become
#24
My Clothes Washer Has Had One Minute Left For The Past 7 Minutes
#25
Every Time My Phone Updates It Downloads A Handful Of These Spammy Games
Title is pretty self explanatory. My phone does a security update and a halful of these games appear when it's done.
#26
Paying Off My Student Loan Counted As "Closing An Account" And My Credit Score Went Down
How am I supposed to build credit if paying off loans hurts me? Also mildly infuriating is that I am now 1 point off of having "good" credit.
#27
When You Wake Up With Your Pillow Sticking Out Of Your Pillow Case
Don't listen to me 4 weeks ago
I was taught to always double layer pillowcases. Put old white cotton ones inside. It keeps pillows a lot cleaner, they last a lot longer
#28
I Feel This Only Happens To People Who Are 5'5" - 5'9"
#29
So This Just Happened…
Just heard a large rumble, rumble, crash upstairs. I can’t understand why this happened. There was only 1000 hangars + 1000 shoes.
Must have been the dust!
#30
Every Time
#31
Everything Is Locked Up
Came for boxer briefs. I had to track someone down just to get these unlocked. I pointed at a 10 pack and said “the 10pack in medium” and they grabbed a 6 pack… of course i didnt check (which adds to my mild infuriation lol) just because i thought they saw and heard. They were both the same price so it only made sense. Didnt realize until i got home. Thought it was fine cause i had to get tums, to find the same thing… and find another associate. Finding someone took about 5mins. The funny thing is they just hand it over right after and let you take it to the front.
#32
Window Seat With No Window???
I’ve never been on a flight where the window seat has no window! If my job wasn’t paying for this I’d be super salty about paying for a non-existent view. But as it is, I’m just mildly infuriated.
#33
I Have One Of Those Toothpick Shake Bottles And It Popped Open When I Was Trying To Get One
Carl Roberts 4 weeks ago
I'm just gonna point out that OP has both an asthma inhaler AND a pack of smokes on the table.
#34
So This New “American” Restaurant Opened In Town And I Can’t Enjoy My Food Because Of This
#35
Every. God. Damn. Time. All Three Tabs, Torn Through
#36
Opened A Fresh Jar Of Marmalade And It Seems To Have Gone Bad
Recently bought a jar of marmalade and I opened it for the first time today to spread on my English muffin, but it looks like it’s moldy. And while I was trying to google of it was maybe just sugar crystallization I burnt the English muffin.
#37
Quizzes Are Hard. I Was Doing An Online Quiz And This Was One Of The Questions... Definitely Mildly Infuriating
Dee Rutherford 4 weeks ago
Well if they did t give it as a choice, what do they expect you to choose???
#39
Orbit - I Hate Your Packaging
Why is it so difficult to remove a piece of gum from their packaging? Why do they insist on using the world’s strongest glue to place every piece?
You didn’t know me 2 mins ago 4 weeks ago (edited)
I’m pretty sure you unfold the bottom and it refolds fairly easily, that’s how I’ve been doing it, at least.
#40
The Way This Computer Reverse These Letters Just To Represent Recycling. I Thought There Was An Issue With It. It’s So Annoying
#41
Honda Civic Decided It Doesn't Want To Show Me The Fuel Tank Level Today. One Of The Reason Why I Hate The Move To Digital
René Sauer 4 weeks ago
yeah, completely digital tachos are BS. " Oh, people shouldn´t use their phones while driving. Let us put a huge tablet in the center console of modern cars instead!" - " oh, what´s that? people get distracted by the tablet? Let´s make every single important function of the car digital!" I am just waiting for the time the first manufacturer rolls out the first car with no windows at all, instead using cameras to project the outside view in monitors inside.
#42
One Tip Left From The Dishes And Then This Happened
Was just about to clean the last of the dishes for the day, but suddenly it slipped through a finger. The only lesson I learned is to not wash the dishes when feeling sleepy!
#43
Spent The Last 3 Hours On This Puzzle For This To Happen
I swear I've triple-checked all the other pieces are in the right spot.
Tucker Cahooter 4 weeks ago
If they moved the piece to the right of the second empty spot to the first empty spot then the other two pieces will fit. You can see that the piece doesn't quite fit
#44
Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke
#45
Thanks, Alarm
Robert Trebor 4 weeks ago
I had a message that my alarm on my phone failed to fire. Didn't say why. Fortunately I had three alarms set with each 10 minutes later (was leaving on a 10,500 mile train trip that morning).
#46
It Appears There Was A Spider Egg In My Computer, Any Advice?
#47
I Hate Laffy Taffy Packaging
#48
Beats Studio Pro Constantly Rips My Hair Out
These damn things rip my hair out EVERY time I use them. Switching back to earbuds.
Carl Roberts 4 weeks ago
Beats. So, OP paid some insane price (probably $500), for cheaply made garbage that's probably worth $10.
#49
I Don't Follow Him. I Even Blocked Him. But After A Short Time He's Always Unblocked And I Get Notifications For His Brainded Tweets
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Midoribird Aoi 3 weeks ago
Seems to me that BP is now locking content behind a paywall as part of their "premium" content. Sorry, BP, but you're like everyone else...you've gotten greedy. The massive increase in ads, popup ads, and other shove-in-your-face ad tricks. I stayed whitelisted to support you because I liked your content. Now you are locking away content behind a paywall? That's a trick no different than a mobile app game that starts out wonderful until someone greedy starts increasing prices, flooding with ads, and again, locking away content. Come on. You're better than this.
Rahul Pawa 4 weeks ago
My mildly infuriating is a rectangle of sticky residue on the back window of my car. I bought the car a year ago, and they had taped the temporary paper license "plate" to the back window. A year later that residue is still there and clearly visible. I don't know how to get rid of it, and it annoys me every time I see it.
JP 4 weeks ago (edited)
Goo Gone or acetone and a razor blade. You can use a paper towel, too.
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PFD 4 weeks ago
Well if we're using the comments to nominate more, then those plastic corks on some cheap wines that rip when you try to pull them out with a corkscrew. One bloody job.
B Jones 3 weeks ago
Even real cork when cheaply made or lower density. Some are even like half an inch shorter now and the cork screw goes right through them and drops particles in the wine
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Christopher Crockett 4 weeks ago
The foil tops on Chick Fil-A's nugget sauces are annoying. They almost never come off cleanly. If that's what I have to complain about, I must live a decent life.
Midoribird Aoi 3 weeks ago
Seems to me that BP is now locking content behind a paywall as part of their "premium" content. Sorry, BP, but you're like everyone else...you've gotten greedy. The massive increase in ads, popup ads, and other shove-in-your-face ad tricks. I stayed whitelisted to support you because I liked your content. Now you are locking away content behind a paywall? That's a trick no different than a mobile app game that starts out wonderful until someone greedy starts increasing prices, flooding with ads, and again, locking away content. Come on. You're better than this.
Rahul Pawa 4 weeks ago
My mildly infuriating is a rectangle of sticky residue on the back window of my car. I bought the car a year ago, and they had taped the temporary paper license "plate" to the back window. A year later that residue is still there and clearly visible. I don't know how to get rid of it, and it annoys me every time I see it.
JP 4 weeks ago (edited)
Goo Gone or acetone and a razor blade. You can use a paper towel, too.
Load More Replies... PFD 4 weeks ago
Well if we're using the comments to nominate more, then those plastic corks on some cheap wines that rip when you try to pull them out with a corkscrew. One bloody job.
B Jones 3 weeks ago
Even real cork when cheaply made or lower density. Some are even like half an inch shorter now and the cork screw goes right through them and drops particles in the wine
Load More Replies... Christopher Crockett 4 weeks ago
The foil tops on Chick Fil-A's nugget sauces are annoying. They almost never come off cleanly. If that's what I have to complain about, I must live a decent life.
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