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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.

#1

I Hate These Stupid Plastic Tabs You Find On Clothing. All Of This From One Pack Of Socks

I Hate These Stupid Plastic Tabs You Find On Clothing. All Of This From One Pack Of Socks

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    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.

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    #4

    How Did We Go From Paper Cups And Plastic Straws To Plastic Cups And Paper Straws?

    How Did We Go From Paper Cups And Plastic Straws To Plastic Cups And Paper Straws?

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    #5

    Every Damn Time! Why, Why Can't They Make A Packet That Just Opens

    Every Damn Time! Why, Why Can't They Make A Packet That Just Opens

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    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

    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.

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    #9

    This Garbage "Leather" Coating That Eventually Flakes Off And Gets Everywhere

    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.

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    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

    Every Single Time. Why Do We Still Use These?

    Every Single Time. Why Do We Still Use These?

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    Robert Trebor
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #11

    My Copy Of The Scarlet Letter Becomes A Different Book After Page 176

    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.

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    #12

    I'm Sure Someone Said This Already, But Roll Em Around On The Counter, Shell Comes Off Easier That Way

    I'm Sure Someone Said This Already, But Roll Em Around On The Counter, Shell Comes Off Easier That Way

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    19 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    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.

    #14

    When The Keyboard Isn't Qwerty

    When The Keyboard Isn't Qwerty

    I don't want it to to be alphabetical I wanted the weird typing configuration.

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    #15

    I Can't Understand The Logic Of Putting The Power Button Right Next To The Delete And Backspace Keys

    I Can't Understand The Logic Of Putting The Power Button Right Next To The Delete And Backspace Keys

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    #16

    The Bacon I Saw Through The Plastic vs. The Rest Of The Pack

    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.

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    #18

    I Just Peeled A Banana, Then Threw It Into Trash But Kept The Peel In My Hand

    I Just Peeled A Banana, Then Threw It Into Trash But Kept The Peel In My Hand

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    Heffalump
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    18 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Made a stock once. Guess what stayed in the strainer and what went down the drain.

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    #19

    When Jeans Seams Make This Move Around Your Leg

    When Jeans Seams Make This Move Around Your Leg

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    Brazen
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    21 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I guess I'm going to be the weird one and say that I have one pair of jeans that seems to do this to me, but only on one leg. Not sure how or why it happens.

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    #20

    70% Of My Essay Is Being Detected As AI, Depite Not Using Any AI

    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.

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    #21

    I Hate You Home Depot. How Hard Is It To Get Labels That Don't Disintegrate When You Try And Peel Them?

    I Hate You Home Depot. How Hard Is It To Get Labels That Don't Disintegrate When You Try And Peel Them?

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    quentariel
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heat the sticker a bit with a hair dryer and it gets off like a dream. Works on every surface.

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    #22

    It Happens Earlier Every Year. It's September, They Have Already Started Taking Down The Halloween Modules

    It Happens Earlier Every Year. It's September, They Have Already Started Taking Down The Halloween Modules

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    Robert Beveridge
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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...

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    #23

    Every Time My Phone Updates It Downloads A Handful Of These Spammy Games

    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.

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    Skogsrået
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    17 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strange, this has never ever happend to me with my mobile, it only downloads what i tell it to download. 🤷‍♀️

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    #24

    I Feel This Only Happens To People Who Are 5'5" - 5'9"

    I Feel This Only Happens To People Who Are 5'5" - 5'9"

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    #25

    Less Than A Foot Of Leg Room And No Window? I Hate What Air Travel Has Become

    Less Than A Foot Of Leg Room And No Window? I Hate What Air Travel Has Become

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    #27

    Paying Off My Student Loan Counted As "Closing An Account" And My Credit Score Went Down

    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.

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    #28

    When You Wake Up With Your Pillow Sticking Out Of Your Pillow Case

    When You Wake Up With Your Pillow Sticking Out Of Your Pillow Case

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    Don't listen to me
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    17 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    #29

    I Have One Of Those Toothpick Shake Bottles And It Popped Open When I Was Trying To Get One

    I Have One Of Those Toothpick Shake Bottles And It Popped Open When I Was Trying To Get One

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just gonna point out that OP has both an asthma inhaler AND a pack of smokes on the table.

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    #30

    Everything Is Locked Up

    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.

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s a Walgreens a few miles from my house that doesn’t even let people walk the aisles. They type what they want into a computer and a worker retrieves the items and brings them directly to the register, where the person pays before being given their items.

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    #31

    So This Just Happened…

    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!

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    #32

    Opened A Fresh Jar Of Marmalade And It Seems To Have Gone Bad

    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.

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not crystallization. It looks like someone opened the lid, put their fingers in it for a quick taste, and then put the lid back on and put it back on the shelf.

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    #33

    So This New “American” Restaurant Opened In Town And I Can’t Enjoy My Food Because Of This

    So This New “American” Restaurant Opened In Town And I Can’t Enjoy My Food Because Of This

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    #35

    Window Seat With No Window???

    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.

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    Skogsrået
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    17 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think if you pay extra for a window seat then you should damned well get a window seat.

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    #36

    Every. God. Damn. Time. All Three Tabs, Torn Through

    Every. God. Damn. Time. All Three Tabs, Torn Through

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    #37

    The Way This Computer Reverse These Letters Just To Represent Recycling. I Thought There Was An Issue With It. It’s So Annoying

    The Way This Computer Reverse These Letters Just To Represent Recycling. I Thought There Was An Issue With It. It’s So Annoying

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    #38

    Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke

    Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke

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    #39

    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

    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

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #40

    Quizzes Are Hard. I Was Doing An Online Quiz And This Was One Of The Questions... Definitely Mildly Infuriating

    Quizzes Are Hard. I Was Doing An Online Quiz And This Was One Of The Questions... Definitely Mildly Infuriating

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    Dee Rutherford
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well if they did t give it as a choice, what do they expect you to choose???

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    #41

    Thanks, Alarm

    Thanks, Alarm

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    Robert Trebor
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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).

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    #43

    Orbit - I Hate Your Packaging

    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?

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    You didn’t know me 2 mins ago
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    18 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m pretty sure you unfold the bottom and it refolds fairly easily, that’s how I’ve been doing it, at least.

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    #44

    One Tip Left From The Dishes And Then This Happened

    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!

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    #46

    Spent The Last 3 Hours On This Puzzle For This To Happen

    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.

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    18 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    #47

    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

    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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    #48

    Beats Studio Pro Constantly Rips My Hair Out

    Beats Studio Pro Constantly Rips My Hair Out

    These damn things rip my hair out EVERY time I use them. Switching back to earbuds.

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    Carl Roberts
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beats. So, OP paid some insane price (probably $500), for cheaply made garbage that's probably worth $10.

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    #50

    Vet Prescribed This Insanely Large Pill For My 25 Pound Dog

    Vet Prescribed This Insanely Large Pill For My 25 Pound Dog

    (One of my pills also shown for scale.) To make this even more infuriating, the vet also told me I'm overfeeding my dog and need to cut back on treats... Umm sir? How on earth is having to cut one of these monstrosities into 8(!) slices like a gd pie and then serve them inside individual treats going to cut down, like at all? Did I mention she needs to have one of these things TWICE DAILY??

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