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KellyCTargaryen , Lisa L Wiedmeier Report

#2

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Puppy mill puppies. Sorry to compare them to a product, but that’s how they’re treated. No one should purchase a puppy from a pet store, EVER. This now extends to online brokerage websites like greenfield and puppyspot. They’re like Amazon, a few clicks and a puppy will be sent to your door, and these puppies are coming from the exact same place as the pet store puppies. Because of people’s need for instant gratification, these facilities with hundreds to thousands of breeding animals persist. They are the best cash crop you could hope for.

Never believe a store who claims they only sell puppies from responsible breeders. No, not even if the owner has visited the breeders and “know” they’re good! By definition a responsible breeder would NEVER send their puppies to a pet store. Even pet stores that claim to only have rescues need to be scrutinized because some mills will use a shell rescue to “puppy launder”. “Licensed and certified breeders” should be a red flag - depending on the state, a breeder only needs to be licensed if they have a large number of dogs, are selling to brokers to go to pet stores, or to people “sight unseen” (online). YMMV depending on the state.

People sometimes justify their purchases as “saving” puppies from a pet store. But that is still investing in the industry and funding their operations by giving them profit. Legislation hasn’t stemmed the tide. Only a loss of profit will make mills move on to another hustle.

So please educate yourself and anyone you know who loves dogs and might ever be tempted to purchase a puppy from a pet store or online. Either adopt from a responsible rescue, or purchase from a responsible breeder.

Final score:

391points

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NsG 3 years ago

You can check with stores though - my local pet store works WITH the local rescue centre to as a sort of halfway point for adoption. Store =/= bad automatically. It very much depends on location.

101points

#3

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Women’s pants/trousers which STILL have tiny pockets.

Mike-Drop , SoulRider.222 Report

Final score:

385points

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Cooper Schultz 3 years ago

This is so horrible! I heard they do this to market the purse industry

50points

Kalika Burgau 3 years ago

And also to *slim and shape* the body *eye roll* we use the pants to be practical. If they aren't, why wear them at all

18points

John Topper 3 years ago

If any. I never knew this was a problem until my fiance pointed it out and now I see it absolutely everywhere. Men have enough pocket space for a phone, wallet, keys, change of clothes, bag of diapers and a small car. Women get almost enough for a credit card.

13points

Zophra 3 years ago

"...and a small car." Made me laugh. The lack of pockets does not make me laugh....

12points

Kalika Burgau 3 years ago

I am so glad you listened to them and became aware. Thank you

1point

Flavia Slag 3 years ago

Bahahaha...right on!

0points

Demongrrrrl 3 years ago

Or pockets on the fronts of women's shirts. Why would I need a pocket over each boob? What do the manufacturers think I'm going to put in them?

8points

Al Emond 3 years ago

Lol. That would be weird. Pack of smokes maybe? 😂 Now that’s CLASS 🤣 🤷🏻‍♂️ but anyway, beats me!

1point

Burs 3 years ago

That’s why I only buy jeans in the men’s section. The woman’s section usually has only tight jeans and with tiny pockets. I want comfort, thank you. Sadly then all my jeans are too long for me because I am a f*****g hobbit

8points

Anon822209 3 years ago

Not to mention, men's jeans are sized by actual inches, e.g. 32x34. Not whatever size that particular brand wants to call an 8 or a 12.

3points

Heather March 3 years ago

Or fake pockets!🤬

6points

Flavia Slag 3 years ago

Grrrr

1point

PenitentEyeball 3 years ago

#StopFakePockets

5points

Anna Chase 3 years ago

Exactly!! Tiny and fake pockets are INFURIATING!!!

4points

Wumpus 3 years ago

Or no pockets at all...

2points

TheAnimalLady 3 years ago

Seriously, how long has it been since anyone has seen a pocket watch anyway 🙄

2points

lara 3 years ago

My husband and our son use a pocket watch.

2points

lara 3 years ago

Actually, I use those "tiny" pockets. I put my keys in them, I use them for shopping lists, anything I need to get to without having to "dig" my way through my purse.

2points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

Dress with pockets too, pleaseeeee

1point

Theresa Walker 3 years ago

This is only one of the many reasons I buy my pants from the men's department, not to mention that women's sizes are impossible to decipher. In the men's department, your measurement IS your size.

0points

Barb Braun 3 years ago

Or false pockets! That one really annoys me.

0points

Billy Maguire 3 years ago

They don't make pockets big enough to hold the contents of most of the purses I've seen...

0points

backatya 3 years ago (edited)

it'll look stupid to big large pockets like for men on small women's pants. Hello it's got to be proportionate to the product

0points

Flavia Slag 3 years ago

Hate that esp since I need to carry asthma medication with me.

0points

PixxelDust 3 years ago

or JEANS WITH FAKE POCKETS. SO GODDAMN ANNOYING!!

0points

MIA J RODRIGUEZ 3 years ago

or the fake pockets D:

0points

Gina Babe 3 years ago

For real though

0points

Soyexfox 3 years ago

IF YOUR TALKING ABOUT THE SAME POCKETS I THINK YOUR TALKING ABOUT THEY WERE NEVER MEANT FOR WOMENS TROUSES BECAUSE THERE CONDOM POCKETS

0points

WiTchY_WoMaN 3 years ago

Yeah I hate this...and I don't want to use a purse cause all I have to carry is my phone and wallet. Plus a purse is just another thing to carry....I want pockets so I DON'T have to carry anything

0points

Sarah Grape 3 years ago

OH MY GOSH. WHY is this still a thing? they had bigger pockets in the 1700s! (really they did. it was tied around the waist and all the layers that went on top had holes for accessing them)

0points

ShadowShini Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 3 years ago

The trousers of my work uniform has such a small pocket even a handkerchief doesn't fit in properly

0points

Surya Amriza 3 years ago

Why? If I guessed, my 1st guess would be to keep it looks slimmer. My 2nd guess would the jeans makers still think women prefer to put all their stuff in their purses.

0points

Kathleen van der Gryp 3 years ago

I guess I am the only woman in the world who prefers a purse to pant pockets.

0points

Kay blue 3 years ago

I bought a new pair recently, it wasn't until I got home that I discovered the pockets are fake.

0points

yellowphantom 3 years ago

Are ALL of you seriously claiming that you would be caught dead in loose fitting jeans with pockets full of whatever is in your purse? Almost every young woman I see is wearing skin tight pants. If you put a key in that tiny pocket, you could make a copy from the outline. Or shorts so short that the pockets they do have hang out below the hem. There are PLENTY of full pocket pants for women. They are just usually found in stores or ads aimed at older women. When you have purchased pants from an ad in parade magazine and they don't have pockets, then you can complain.

0points

Al Emond 3 years ago

HA! 🤣 TRUTH!

0points

June 3 years ago

2 weeks ago I've found a jean with pockets. I mean pockets where my phone fits (and my phone is not so smol)... I was sooo amazed! Felt like "omg they hear us!!" 😂

0points

Treessimontrees 3 years ago

And yet people keep buying them??

0points

Janice Blaufox 3 years ago

I always bought boy's/men's jeans and adjusted the waists. Great price, great fit.

0points

Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago

I remember looking at some jeans I was buying to make sure they had pockets. Saw them, though "cool." Went home, went to put my hands them...annnnd FAKE. Fake pockets which are as bad as tiny, useless ones. Why are these still being designed?!

0points

Nannerdog 3 years ago

The bar was so low with fake pockets that this is considered a shallow victory, lol!

0points

Markus Holstein 3 years ago

Uhm, probably a stupid question, but why don't women simply buy "mens'" trousers? Last time I checked, women had two legs and one but, just like guys do. It's not like girls are mermaids and dudes are centaurs or something

-2points

Miss Cris 3 years ago (edited)

Said a privileged man. Shapes are different. Why you men don't wear any woman thing? We have the right of having our clothes shaped to us (in different shapes!) and well designed or just as we want.

2points

Jess Thompson 3 years ago

Let’s all just start buying men’s jeans.

-2points

Al Emond 3 years ago

Lol

0points

Thomas Sweda 3 years ago

Women carry purses.

-2points

#4

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Diamonds.

Diamonds are fu*king worthless and fuel a gigantic slavery trade business. We should have stopped digging for em.and just using lab made ones.

rocharox , Jared Tarbell Report

Final score:

381points

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Zophra 3 years ago (edited)

I feel like many are moving away from a diamond as an engagement stone.

86points

#5

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Speaking as a European, Hershey bars are absolutely horrendous

UnhandMePriest , Daniel R. Blume Report

Final score:

333points

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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Speaking as an American, about every 2 years, I order an 5kg block of Callebaut dark chocolate from Belgium. (We do have quality artisanal chocolate makers in the US, but Hershey is just disgusting. It's too sweet and the texture is off-putting.)

117points

Flashy-Huckleberry95 , Sue Thompson Report

#6

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group this should go without saying, but coffee pods

Final score:

321points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

Regardless of what it may say on the label, they aren't actually recyclable. The ones that look like a little bag with a plastic ring at the top are just as bad, there's as much plastic in that ring as there is in an entire cup.

51points

#7

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Detoxification miracle products.

"Get all the toxins out of your body!"

You have already have a pancreas and liver.

Edit: and kidney(s)Edit 2: Thanks for the silver!

Edit 2: Glad to see so many people actually are educated about their digestive systems. One of my favorite areas of study right now are the gut microbiome and it's ever increasing known impact on our overall health. So far it really seems like one of the most important factors (if not the most) is the quality of care you give your ol' poop machine. So yeah, don't consume garbage branded as detox products that f**k your colon.

Xalidos , LollyKnit Report

Final score:

320points

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Nannerdog 3 years ago

If I could upvote this a million times... And then there are those 'flat tummy teas' that are really just diuretics

69points

#8

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group GOOP

Snoo79382 , Disney Television Report

Final score:

313points

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Panda Kicki 3 years ago

Never heard of it, had to google. Apparently not working well in Sweden.

45points

#9

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Cigarettes.

DudeFromSaudi , Falko Report

Final score:

311points

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Nannerdog 3 years ago

Big thanks to all the corporate jerkwads who got our grandparents hooked on nicotine several decades ago! (This is sarcastic lol)

59points

baron_von_pancakes , Abdulla Al Muhairi Report

#10

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Plastic water/soda bottles. Environmentally terrible

Final score:

307points

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Blakkur Sverrir 3 years ago

I am not 100% sure about that one. Yes plastic isn't easy to recycle. (Although HDPE (Lids) and PP (bottles) can be recycled quite well. IF you recycle).. but: It is a lot lighter than glass. Less weight means less energy/fuel for transport. And that means less CO2 (for transport). So.... if you look at the facts and add up the numbers (instead of just going: "Plastic is Evil) you might be surprised. Could be that, as enviromental bad as they are, they could still be better than glass

10points

#11

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Any product where marketing is 95% of the production budget

Pjseaturtle , Bill Rice Report

Final score:

302points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Starbucks isn't even good coffee.

124points

#12

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Cheap toilet paper that your finger goes right through unless you fold it over several times.

Back2Bach , Micah Sittig Report

Final score:

293points

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Kalika Burgau 3 years ago

B. I. D. E. T.... I want one so bad

73points

#13

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Homeopathic “remedies” that are so diluted they might contain one molecule of what they purport to hold. And no, shaking them does not “activate” them. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1800-studies-later-scientists-conclude-homeopathy-doesnt-work-180954534/

birdgoil , ilovebutter Report

Final score:

252points

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Blakkur Sverrir 3 years ago

They are facing a problem im the EU now. They cant be labled by what they are working against (because they don't) and they can't be labled by what's suposed to be in it... because there is almost nothing of it left. So soon they will habe to be labled as what they are... sugar

87points

Inaboxwithafox , Eduardo Francisco Vazquez Murillo Report

#14

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Herbalife.

Final score:

249points

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Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago

One of the techs at my dialysis unit just started this. She's only in her 20's and has no idea how long it's been around. She was going on and on about it and I just rolled my eyes.

40points

#15

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Fast Fashion clothes

_mochi_1430 , Nurul Balqis Report

Final score:

248points

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lara 3 years ago

Fashion, which is nothing more than a "gotcha."

37points

#16

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Nestle Bottled Water

Phat_Noodle , Paul Downey Report

Final score:

234points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

All Nestle products sadly

119points

#17

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group MLM products.

-eDgAR- , Jeffrey McPheeters Report

Final score:

229points

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All's Gravy 3 years ago

I'm gonna be the one - What is an "MLM" product?

88points

#18

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Beats headphone, speakers etc. The headphones are so cheaply made that they put weights in them to make them feel higher quality

Edit: for those asking, you can't go wrong with JBL - they're invincible, affordable and unbelievably high quality for the price.

Edit 2: not saying weight = quality, I'm saying that people think weight = quality

_foolishgenius , shanejwelty Report

Final score:

223points

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John Topper 3 years ago

Other excellent headphone manufacturers include Sennheiser, Klipsche, Audio Technica, Sony (they have a wide range including some very good stuff) and Bose (overpriced, but better than Beats).

51points

moleratical , Oregon State University Report

#19

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Stuff with microbeads.

Seriously, how was this ever legal in the first place and why is it still legal?

Edit, apparently mictobeads were mostly banned in the US (where majority of redditors are from) in 2018 (enacted 2015) but I missed that. However, this is not a strict ban as they are still allowed in "non-rinse off" products such as make-up or pillow stuffing and you can order large quantities of them on Amazon. So while this is a step in the right direction, it is certainly not good enough. Furthermore, they should be banned worldwide like CFCs were as their environmental impact is equally as bad.

Final score:

217points

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May 3 years ago

I think they're illegal in Europe as well?

31points

KindHearted_IceQueen , CartridgeSave Images Report

#20

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Printer ink cartridges.

Final score:

214points

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James016 3 years ago

It’s a scam up there with razor blades.

60points

#21

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Diet shakes/pills/teas etc

Odd-Plant4779 , Patrik Nygren Report

Final score:

201points

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E R 3 years ago

Aka caffeine and other diuretics.

22points

#22

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group LOL surprise Toys or any such surprise toy , they sell like crazy and the whole idea is to buy them open the wrapper and see what you have got , once opened the toy is never used

Enginecoder , Lizard10979 Report

Final score:

196points

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Kalika Burgau 3 years ago

Say it with me, plastic gambling

82points

#23

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Microtransactions in games.

The cosmetic ones I can understand, they can be fun, but the pay to win ones are terrible and yet they make millions every year.

-eDgAR- , Binary Koala Report

Final score:

183points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

For me ideally there shouldn't be any but i understand the cosmetic ones in free games. But microtransactions in a paid game? Bullshit

33points

#24

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Hartz brand pet flea treatments/medication. It's dangerous and has been the cause of death for many pets. IIRC it's a nerve agent that's supposed to make the pet's blood toxic to fleas.

I used some on my cat once and she started freaking out, then had trouble waking normally (her legs were twitching and kicking, clearly out of her control), and tears of brown thick liquid started streaming down her face. I picked her up and frantically gave her a bath hoping to wash any of the remaining chemicals off the back of her neck before any more of that poison seeped into her skin.

MoopyMorkyfeet , BOMBMAN Report

Final score:

177points

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Kalika Burgau 3 years ago

Thank you so dang much for sharing this

78points

#25

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Fruits that have to be repackaged individually.

kxiongw , Maciej Lewandowski Report

Final score:

170points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Fruit does not “have” to be repackage individually!

82points

#26

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Cable TV (from major providers)

They made money f*****g people over and then when streaming services changed the game they decided to continue finding new ways to f**k you over. God help you if you live in a rural area.

green49285 , hjl Report

Final score:

157points

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John Topper 3 years ago

There is absolutely no reason to have cable anymore. I have Netflix, Disney+, Amazon prime, Hulu and Funimation subscriptions and all of them combined cost a fraction what cable does,. Include limitless on demand content (much of which is better than anything on cable) and without 30% of the air time being commercials. Cable is dead. It died a horrible and well disserved death and it will not be missed.

63points

#27

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group There's an old IT joke about being in a room with three truly despicable people and a printer and a gun with two bullets. Who would you shoot? The answer for IT people is you would shoot the printer twice.

crokinoleworld , rjp Report

Final score:

149points

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NsG 3 years ago

And then hit it with the empty gun

87points

#28

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Pay-to-win games

saro476 , dronepicr Report

Final score:

132points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

And games that cut the ending so you need to buy DLCs. I am looking at you EA...

35points

#29

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Fifa

StormNapoleon27 , steamXO Report

Final score:

132points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Like American football, where is the money going?

33points

#30

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group My data

Subfolded , Brian Evans Report

Final score:

78points

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Moannnaaaa 3 years ago

There's a my t*ts poster in the background

52points

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#31

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Lottery tickets.

Actuaryba , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

31points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

Gambling will always exist. State-run lotteries at least have some small benefit to them. In Wisconsin (where I live), 57% of lottery revenue goes to prize money, 30% has been allocated to reducing property taxes for state residents, 6% to benefit businesses in the state, and only another 6% to operate the whole system. The Illinois lottery gives a chunk of its proceeds to fund public education.

15points

#32

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group WILDLY Overpriced micro transactions in video games, it’s genuinely absurd. 25 dollars for a little outfit for your character in a first person shooter where you do not see your little outfit is a perfect example.

Marsupialize , mache Report

Final score:

30points

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matilda 3 years ago

That looks like a fun party...

6points

#33

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Alienware computers. They used to be genuinely top-of-the-line gaming machines, expensive but well balanced and good bang for your buck. Then Dell bought them and ran the productline into the ground, stuffing them with way too much RAM and way too little everything else but keeping the premium price. The brand still has enough cultural momentum among teenage gamers, however, that they still sell despite the terrible pricepoint.

Notmiefault , aaronmjr Report

Final score:

28points

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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago

It was, however, always cheaper to build the same spec system yourself, without the badge.

2points

#34

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Anything offered in the Canadian cellular plan market. Thanks for nothing CRTC.

Alphacrap , Aaron Yoo Report

Final score:

23points

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Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 3 years ago

In the name of the CRTC: sorry.

1point

#35

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group It's not still being sold by the millions (I hope!), but the hot gift of Christmas 1975 was the pet rock. It was literally a rock picked up from a beach in Mexico put in a box with air holes and a cute list of how to take care of it like it was a real pet. The guy who came up with the idea sold more than a million of them at $4 a pop, which was not bad money at all in the mid-70s. The product has been relicensed as of about a decade ago by a different company. I'm very happy they haven't found a million new customers among the new generations.

faceintheblue , ian munroe Report

Final score:

23points

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Make your own. Great project for kids.

9points

#36

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Literally any sport games that come out once a year

Fickle-Window9609 , dronepicr Report

Final score:

22points

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Michigan Guy 3 years ago

but but but....think of the poor workers. if they actually waited til they had a good reason to release a whole new game...hundreds of workers doing the annual busy work....would be thrust out into the cold cruel world with the rest of us schmoes...

1point

#37

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group NBA 2K franchise. just keeps getting progressively worse, more Ads, more incentives to spend money, gameplay barely changes

dyla4034 , dronepicr Report

Final score:

21points

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Steve Goodman 3 years ago

Hmm, I don't remember reading that EA bought the 2K Franchise but from your description, it sounds like they have.

0points

#38

30 Terrible Products That Are Still Sold By The Millions, As Shared By This Online Group Bottled Air

gambit_- , Santeri Viinamäki Report

Final score:

21points

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Nannerdog 3 years ago

The Lorax movie was making fun of this very concept lol

8points