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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do

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When you think about how we all live in 2021, it’s just hard to wrap your head around it. The age of advanced technology, social and gender equality, creative economies, possibilities, you name it. So how on earth does it have a place for things like telemarketing and unpaid overtime?!

When someone asked “What has no reason to exist in 2021 and yet it does?” on r/AskReddit, the answers started rolling in and each was more eye-opening than the previous one.

I mean, people are not saying 2021 is totally overestimated, but in many ways, it kinda is. Let’s see some of the most thought-inducing responses right below and be sure to add a thing or two to this list in the comment section for everyone to see!

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#1

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Child beauty pageants

-eDgAR- , Carlos Ebert Report

Final score:

502points

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#2

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Bullfighting.

Engel-in-Zivil , Ralf Steinberger Report

Final score:

478points

#3

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Taking 3-5 days to put money back into my account after you took it instantly.

humblepiedd , Pixabay Report

Final score:

475points

#4

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do The fact that some people still don't have access to fresh water.

Artistic_Jackalope , Joe Cheng Report

Final score:

450points

#5

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Unpaid overtime

UrbanStray , Kim Siever Report

Final score:

411points

#6

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Homophobia. Seriously.

SunflowerSky22 , Ted Eytan Report

Final score:

411points

#7

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Why insulin is so expensive

Magnaverde , Alan Levine Report

Final score:

406points

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#8

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Celebrity worship

Yellowpickle23 , Kyle Garrity Report

Final score:

388points

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#9

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having to call to cancel a subscription you signed up for online

Niamho2 , Mario Sánchez Prada Report

Final score:

377points

#10

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Single use plastic

Financial-Mammoth333 , zeevveez Report

Final score:

352points

#11

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Paying $4.99 delivery fee to the pizza place, and they say DELIVERY FEE IS NOT A TIP FOR THE DRIVER. The drivers use their own cars and pay for their own gas, and they sure as hell aren't getting any of that $5.

TrogdorLLC , Matthew Paul Argall Report

Final score:

324points

#12

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do School lunch debt. Feed the kids already!

BlondieeAggiee , cattan2011 Report

Final score:

307points

#13

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Poverty and homelessness

Efficient-Task6577 Report

Final score:

305points

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#14

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Fax machine. Some doctors won't accept email only mail or fax. Some govt related stuff too

ztreHdrahciR , kalleboo Report

Final score:

304points

#15

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do TELEMARKETING

I don’t even get any other type of call, yet I still get this s**t daily

squivo , tima-miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

303points

#16

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Convenience fees being applied when you pay a bill online.

Byzantium42 , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

300points

#17

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do For profit prisons.

NoodlesWithMelons , Steve MaysFollow Report

Final score:

295points

#18

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having no idea how much you'll pay for a minor medical procedure

dreemkiller , Presidencia de la Repúblic Report

Final score:

276points

#19

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do 40+ hour work weeks. The technological improvements should have made it so we could have a more leisurely society where we could dedicate less of our lives to pointless work, not so they could increase profits indefinitely for the business owners while we spend all our waking hours on labor that doesn’t even need doing at this point.

counterboud , 1137303 Report

Final score:

254points

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#20

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Commercials for prescription medicine

Dollar_Llama , Open Grid Scheduler Report

Final score:

253points

#21

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Low quality surveillance footage

Kittykitty76543210 , Jonathan McIntosh Report

Final score:

246points

#22

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do E-ticket processing fees. Seriously, do these have any function other than making money for some middle man?

Stillwater215 , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

241points

#23

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Junk mail, just filling up the mailbox with [stuff].

maarrtee , Torsten Dettlaff Report

Final score:

217points

#24

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Your race on forms. I'm so mixed I just check them all.

lettersfrommeme , Alex Green Report

Final score:

189points

#25

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Door to door sales people. If I want lawn care I’ll google it dammit!

perdhapleybot , MART Report

Final score:

168points

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#26

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do I work for USPS. Went to request a day off and the form required carbon paper to copy.

bigmike2001-snake , Wikimedia.Commons Report

Final score:

162points

#27

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do My adult acne

pm_me_bat_facts , streetwindy Report

Final score:

156points

#28

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Tax software in the US. Seriously should just be a simple form on the internet that takes 5 minutes.

GatorBone69 , Andrés Moreira Report

Final score:

155points

#29

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Gas stations charging 10 more cents per gallon for paying with a debit/credit card.

mattjf22 , Skitterphoto Report

Final score:

124points

#30

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Lousy printers. It's like no one ever tried to build a good one and humanity just agreed they need to be louder than a Lambo for 2 minutes straight before they can print my Amazon return ticket.

BrooklynNeinNein_ , rjp Report

Final score:

103points

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#31

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Gas cans that seem deliberately designed to not work and that spill gasoline everywhere.

Thin_Host , slavicdeath Report

Final score:

94points

#32

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having to call to make bill payments.

Pixey873 , Anete Lusina Report

Final score:

91points

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MargyB 3 years ago

A lot of these are only relevant in the USA, definitely the biggest 3rd world country

36points

Helwin 3 years ago

Came here to say that too. A lot of the problems mentioned here are very USA-centered.

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

ANIMAL CRUELTY AND POACHING. E N D N O W.

27points

Jill Tremblay 3 years ago

ABSOLUTELY !!! But then they would have to probably address the Child Cruelty and sale of women and children (Human Trafficking) that STILL exists and is ignored.

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Grumble O'Pug 3 years ago

They forgot Pay Day Loans. They forgot banks allowed to charge 27% and higher on a consumer credit card. Thank deregulation and your conservative sell outs in congress.

7points

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MargyB 3 years ago

A lot of these are only relevant in the USA, definitely the biggest 3rd world country

36points

Helwin 3 years ago

Came here to say that too. A lot of the problems mentioned here are very USA-centered.

2points

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

ANIMAL CRUELTY AND POACHING. E N D N O W.

27points

Jill Tremblay 3 years ago

ABSOLUTELY !!! But then they would have to probably address the Child Cruelty and sale of women and children (Human Trafficking) that STILL exists and is ignored.

3points

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Grumble O'Pug 3 years ago

They forgot Pay Day Loans. They forgot banks allowed to charge 27% and higher on a consumer credit card. Thank deregulation and your conservative sell outs in congress.

7points

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