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Jimmy Fallon Asks People To Name A Funny Or Weird Problem That Needs A Solution, 30 People Deliver
We live in a world where the things we do, go to, experience are somewhat taken for granted. Even when these do us little favor. Think of annoying daily problems, like magically increased volume when you watch commercials, double-headed sinks, uncleanable oven windows that collect grease, the dodgy ways airlines charge for luggage… The list is endless. So why don’t they get talked about enough?
Well, it’s finally time to change that and take our time to really reflect on some of the weirdest, funniest, and most frustrating little (and not that little!) nuisances that are proper problems in disguise. “It's Hashtags time!” tweeted Jimmy Fallon, and you know it’s going to be good.
“Tell us a weird or funny problem that needs a solution, then tag it with #TheyNeedToFix,” he announced, adding that “they need to fix movie theater tickets so there are two start times: one for the actual movie and one for the 30 minutes of trailers.”
Below are some more of the spot-on answers that should be submitted to whoever’s in charge of making our lives less miserable and more enjoyable. Psst! After you're done, be sure to check out our previous posts on Fallon's hashtag challenges on #BadLuck moments, #MyWeirdRoommate, #WeddingFail and #WhyImSingle.
Image credits: jimmyfallon
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#1
Josy Bannon 4 years ago
I once lost a brandnew shiny spotless 2€ coin to a lazy vending machine, they are a trap
Don't Look 4 years ago
that should tell you that there is a significant difference between the money that went into those vending machines money scanner and the camera on your phone.
Aliquid 4 years ago
Funny how Americans still have dollar bills. Canadians, Australians, Kiwis, they all switched to a coin for the dollar (and two dollars). Europeans similarly have coins for currency of that value... but Americans seem to have a problem with change. There is no challenge with putting a one dollar coin into a vending machine.
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago
Dollar coins do exist, they're just very rare. Why I don't know.
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
Or more importantly: the ratio of volume of actors' speech to car chase scene volume. Every hollywood movie is like this: "mumble mumble pshpsh psh mumble rhubarb mumble. SCREEEEEECH CRASH VRRRRRR VRRRRRR SCREEECH mumble mumble"
David Higginbotham 4 years ago
I have a TV volume regulator between my TV and audio system that fixes this. it is old and discontinued because TVs have this feature built in to them now. The problem is that the built in feature doesn't work at all and the Volume Regulator used old RCA cables that newer TVs do not have.
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Dirk Daring 4 years ago
In the US, there was a law passed for this very issue. But I don't think this counts for streaming services like Hulu. LIBERTY LIBERTY LIBERTY... LIIIIBERTY
Moneythink 4 years ago
Enforcement of that law is nonexistent. Screaming, visual blitzkreig commercials taking up a third of the time became too much. I just stopped watching cable TV (or OTA, for that matter).
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
YES! For a short while they send some kind of digital signal when the commercials started and TV's could pick up on that and turn the volume down. It was wonderful. They quickly abolished the whole system, because obviously commercials work less well when they're not blasting your eardrums :(
Snorkeldorf 4 years ago
Sometimes there are so many commercials I forget what I was watching and change the channel. Although, I have found I enjoy some of the commercials more than the program I tuned into.
Robert T 4 years ago
Polish television is terrible for this. My gf watches a soap most days, and we get about 15 mins of the programme, followed by an ad break, followed by ads for upcoming programmes, followed by more ads, then about 10 mins more of the programme. More than 50% of the programme time is adverts!
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BoredHuman 4 years ago
Remember when in the 70s there were only 3 commercial breaks. The beginning, the middle and at the end.
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Sky Render 4 years ago
I would be much happier if they didn't show commercials at all. Or at least showed stuff as wacky as most Japanese commercials!
Eileen Barnett 4 years ago
I think they need to change the amount of commercial time they allow for each show. I've looked up time vrs real time of movies, and my god, 45 min of commercial time? Plus, the same damn movie programed for weeks on end, hell..im sure there are many who think " We are the Millers" is a weekly show now!! And this stupid medicare commercials...don't get me started!! Morons running the programming...Total Morons!!
#3
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago (edited)
Nope. Imagine how annoying it would be to have a door open into the theater all the time, bright lights on within and hearing flushing and taps running. If this was a thing, people would use it a lot more than they use the bathrooms in the public areas. Screens in those would work, though.
Meif’wa Fan 4 years ago
How would they know what movie you where watching? Did I miss something?
BasedWang 4 years ago (edited)
thats why this person suggests them in each theater and not the lobby
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You don’t need to be a big fan of The Tonight Show to know about Fallon’s famously hilarious weekly hashtag challenge. As Jimmy frequently announces before he reads his favorite comments, each hashtag would usually become a trending topic on Twitter in the United States within a few minutes after its posting.
Although hashtags have become a pivotal point of our online presence, their origins date back way before Twitter days. In 1988, the first hash symbol was used on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to label groups and topics that were available across the entire network. Originally, the hash symbols were used for grouping similar messages and content so that users could easily find the information they were looking for.
#4
lazy panda 4 years ago
My husband will throw out EVERYTHING if it's even one day past the "sell by" date. It pisses me off to no end.
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Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago (edited)
In Norway, a lot of products are marked 'best before, often good after' as a way to show that the expiry date is most often bullshit.
KatHat 4 years ago
Most things are edible far longer than that. Especially in the US, where pasteurization of products is pretty extreme. We have eaten yogurt and cheese and even cream weeks after the date, sometimes even a couple of months, and it's FINE. Unless you can see mold growing, you're good (and sometimes it's fine even then - a chemist friend told me that the vast majority of mold that grows on cheeses just tastes bad and isn't dangerous, but I'm not going to go there). Shelf-stable products can be eaten for YEARS after the date, for the most part. Some have oils that go rancid but your nose will tell you that instantly.
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Fun fact! "Expiry dates" are non-existent for most products (exceptions being meat and dairy, and even then, the dates are usually still "best before" and your nose should be your guide). Food does not "expire", for the most part. It is IN THE MANUFACTURER'S BEST INTEREST to make you think your food isn't good and you should throw it away, because then you'll buy more. But none of those dates are regulated, so they can put whatever they want. Most of the dates refer to when there will be some loss of freshness or even just less visual appeal (though remaining perfectly safe and delicious). Americans throw away almost one-third of the food that is purchased, more than 130 billion pounds a year, worth roughly $160 billion. Most of that food is perfectly edible.
lazy panda 4 years ago
One of my past employees tried this once. He knew the eggs he had were old, but he was not expecting black goop to fall out when he cracked it open. Poor kid said his apartment stunk for 2 days after that.
Load More Replies... The swede. 4 years ago
In Sweden, it says "often good after" under the expiration date on all dairy product. Pretty good :)
ZombieGirl 4 years ago
Last night, I cooked a box of au gratin potatoes that expired in June of 2020. lol....I've been ordering my groceries online to be picked up at the store, and this was the 6th item now that came super expired. (I apparently never learn my lesson and keep forgetting to check first) The potatoes tasted just fine though :)
Molly Cule 4 years ago
We have those 3 in the UK but they're called sell by; best before; use by.
#5
Josy Bannon 4 years ago
And not pockets where you can only rest your fingertips or put a third of your phone but where you can shove in a purse, your keys, your phone and they wont stick out or fall out.
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
You know why our clothes don't have pockets? Bc fashion industry thinks it makes us look fat. I really wanna be a guy in my next life.
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Vicky Zar 4 years ago
I'm starting to think this is no joke anymore. What I need a handbag for, my husband can easily fit into his pockets. It's frustrating
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Julie Harden 4 years ago
Yesssss! And for the love of God - start adding pockets back to cardigans. A pockletless cardigan does me no good at work. Where am I supposed to put my lip balm when I'm in meetings all day, and away from my desk.
Terry Tobias 4 years ago
I have allergies and dry lips. I can't go anywhere without my tissues and lip stuff. Pockets are essential!!!
BoredHuman 4 years ago (edited)
But then woman would actually use the pockets to carry stuff and that would ruin society's vision of what a womans body should look like. Completely smooth with no unsightly bumps.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
It is the fascist fashion industry working to make sure you buy a $90 purse to go with those supa dupa on sale $60 casual wear pedal pushers....with the cool torn fabric across the thighs.
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
I have a pair of work trousers that have a pocket with a zip no less, that I could probably fit half a pencil in if I was lying down so it didn't fall out while I was doing the zip up
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
I have a Winter Coat with these BIG baggy pockets, with cover flaps? What do you call these .... "lids" for pockets? Anyway: those pockets are just decoration of course. Instead there are tiny pockets facing sideways where my phone barely fits and always falls out because of the angle of said "pockets". There are zippers on the upper part of the coat as well. The zippers work, but there is nothing behind them. Just fabric. No pockets. Just why?
Paula Marowsky 4 years ago
So you have no other choice than to buy a very brand expensive handbag! You really think fashion or clothes, or really any other industry really cares about people?? They only care about filling their own "pockets"
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to Wisconsin-based artist Bree Sweet, who goes by the handle @breesweetack, who shared a funny tweet in response to Fallon’s challenge. “Technology can read my face to open my phone, but the vending machine can’t recognize a dollar bill with a crease in it #TheyNeedToFix.”
Bree said it did air on the show but “they reworded it for some reason, as it wasn't word for word of what I wrote, but it was cool to have it on air.” The woman laughed that she “got her 15 seconds of fame, I guess” and added “I would have hoped it would be for something else.”
In reference to her hilarious observation, Bree had some great news which proved that the problem was indeed fixed after the #TheyNeedToFix challenge. “Thankfully the vending machines at my work recently updated to accept iPay, so the dollar bill issue is no longer a problem.”
“I had it down to a fine art of how to flatten a dollar bill in order for it to get accepted. It was a 3-minute process, but addicting like playing the lottery. I can't describe the feeling of sweet satisfaction when the machine wouldn't spit the dollar back, I always knew it was going to be a good day that day,” Bree said humorously.
#6
Uisgea Beatha 4 years ago
Can't resist: Q: What did the maxi pad say to the fart? A: You are the wind beneath my wings.
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Well yeah of course they don't stay in place, what do you think wings are used for? Flying away.
DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
I remember seeing this as a kid in adverts "with wings" and being woefully ignorant...was like "wow...with wings" Lol
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Yeah that was a disappointment too! I thought it would give me some super powers! Didn't even turn my blood blue as shown in ads🙄
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Ausrine Ciapaite 4 years ago
Guys, I will give out a lady secret here. Women on period that goes to swim uses a tampon or a cup. Women that don't swim and wear revealing bikini might use a wingless pad but likely it's again a tampon/cup. If she uses more covering bikini/swimsuit or wears shorts-like bottom then she might be wearing panties underneath with a winged pad.
lazy panda 4 years ago
I have never in my life had a period where I was able to use tampons without a pad. That's the dream for me.
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Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
Idk, my hubby laughed at this, compared it too a bandage on his inner thigh. I'd say he gets it.
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#7
Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
And why does it insist I'm typing "thabks"? I promise you Auto-Co-Wrecks, I MEANT "thanks" when i typed "thanks". I have NEVER meant "thabks"
ZAPanda 4 years ago
it's because you tpyed it onec and now it has memorzided it.
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Auntriarch 4 years ago
And the difference between a ducking stool and a f*****g stool is rather important
Aiyanna Clements 4 years ago
My phone has autocorrected to ducking so many times a forgot it was an actual word
#8
September Meadows 4 years ago
I won't listen to songs that use cell phone sounds or police sirens, for the same reason. I actually pulled over to the side of a highway because a song started playing with sirens in it. smh
Jonathan 4 years ago
Those sound effects aren't allowed on radio adverts in my country for that very reason.
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River Daski 4 years ago
This is why whenever i get a new phone i immediately change the sounds to non-default ones. Even the other ones that came loaded onto the phone will do, as long as it's not the basic one!
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Not A Panda 4 years ago
Mine hates visitors and has figured out that doorbell = visitors. If looks could kill, I'd have a pile of dead bodies just outside my door.
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The use of hashtags on social media was first proposed by American blogger, product consultant and speaker Chris Messina 14 years ago. In August 2007, Chris tweeted: “how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?” Today, he’s widely acknowledged as the inventor of the hashtag.
To everyone’s surprise, Chris didn’t patent the hashtag concept. A patent could have given him ownership of hashtags as an HTML-activated device that allows Twitter users to sort their feeds by topic. People believe that hypothetically, he could have licensed hashtags to Twitter and made some pretty good cash off it.
#9
Beta 4 years ago
And then you go buy more scissors to open the first pack. How did they get the very first scissor pack open?
Duncan 4 years ago
I hate those packs that need to be destroyed to open them. What if I need to return the product?
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Sorry is this a nice product? Don't know open and check! Hey i checked and want to return it! Oh can't do that you have opened it🙄
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V Martinez 4 years ago
Sometimes they use the mini zip-ties to keep the scissors closed for safety and attached to the cardboard "wrapping". I need a knife or scissors to cut them off too!
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
This should be higher but I use a knife in the back where it's cardboard.
Harry Gondalf 8 months ago
Whoever wrote this doesn't know how to open plastic packages that contain something sharp (e.g., screwdrivers, nail file...). Simply bend the package and push the sharp end through the back of the package.
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
which came first? Scissors or the frustration getting them?
John Otruba 4 years ago
Just use your nail clippers or nail file to start a tear...no extra scissor needed
#10
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
It's not the name. If the consequences of COVID-19 would be the falling off of male genitalia there wouldn't be a single unvaccinated man no matter what the name of the disease is.
KatHat 4 years ago
Ehhh, it kind of is. Plenty of reports of erectile disfunction and other issues with covid, since it's a vascular disease after all.
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Mark Fuller 4 years ago
I kinda get the sentiment. But still worry there will be anti-vaxers. Even if we called it, "certain, imminent, catastrophically agonising death-absolute syndrome." CICADAS for short (that stroke of genius actually happened by accident) there would still be a frightening number of idiots out there. I'm sure of it. And that scares me more than any pandemic.
Ren Karlej 4 years ago
Love that you came up with that acronym!! 👍👍👍 Think you are also right, sadly. Booster jab for me tomorrow!! Yay!
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yellowphantom 4 years ago
I don't understand why the possibility of never really tasting food again is not enough. Half of taste is smell. Hey let's risk getting a disease that will make everything taste like rice cakes for the rest of your life.
#11
Not A Panda 4 years ago
And they're all US based, some of this stuff I actually have to look up because I have no idea if this is the US idea of a zebra crossing or not, and if those lights on the side there count as traffic lights or are they ambient lights.
advice5cents 4 years ago
The gall of a having to prove my humanity to a machine is made worse by how often I fail the test
Burs 4 years ago
By now I am convinced that I am a robot and was never told
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Uisgea Beatha 4 years ago
You know what the "I am not a robot" check box does? It runs a quick scan of your browser history and uses an algorithm to determine whether it's something a human would do. That's what I was told by a credible source, and it sounds Big Brotherish enough to be true.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
the explanation that I saw was that it checks HOW you click, like the amount of time it takes. I have tested this informally. I've noted that if you click slowly and deliberately on the "i am not a robot" checkbox, it seems to accept you, but if you lash it instantly, it is all like, nahhhh...that's sus.
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
As a robot, I like this. It's so hard to have to cheat the system EVERY time!
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
They always say boats......some of those damn pictures are of ships you donk machina.
Immortal Emperor Paradox 4 years ago
Nope. Even an average web developer will never trust the client. That's why the CAPTCHA.
Eileen Barnett 4 years ago
Besides, dont they make robots that can check off "i am not a robot" by now?
It turned out that one of the reasons was that Twitter itself first rejected the idea. Chris told the Wall Street Journal: “[Twitter] told me flat out, ‘These things are for nerds. They’re never going to catch on.’” Paradoxically, today, Twitter would probably be of little use if not for its linked hashtags.
In response to the question posted on Quora, Chris explained further about his decision not to patent the hashtag. “Claiming a government-granted monopoly on the use of hashtags would have likely inhibited their adoption, which was the antithesis of what I was hoping for, which was broad-based adoption and support—across networks and mediums,” he said.
#12
BorPand8 4 years ago
I wear stuff like that around the house too. They're comfy. :) Mine have pockets though.
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Limey Cheesehead 4 years ago
I thought I was looking at the costume rack for Little House on the Prairie
Vicky Z 4 years ago
If i have to wear this i better have a lot of grass to run around
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Sky Render 4 years ago
And they never have pockets! If you're gonna look plain, at least have it be functional!
Julie Harden 4 years ago
Same with Old Navy. At first, I gave them a pass because I assumed manufacturing was shut down last year. But, come on. It's the end of 2021 and all their clothes are nothing but sweatpants, sweatshirts, t-shirts, baggy, shapeless, messes. I really need them to bring back clothes I can leave my house in.
#13
NsG 4 years ago
Unless apocryphal, it was Henry Ford who invented the weekend, by giving his workers an extra day off. Prior to that it was a 6-dau working week
Shelby P 4 years ago
OK, so now let's go for 4 days. And not 4 ten hour days, 4 regular 8 hour days...
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
I think 4 days...8 hours each should be fine with a three day weekend. That can work wonders.
Burs 4 years ago
Four days are a great combination. Then you get one day off to do chores and two to actually relax. I loved it when i worked like that. I also did three but i felt that i had too much free time. But i was abroad and didnt have a big social life so probably is that
Load More Replies... Don't Look 4 years ago
The five day work week is not everywhere. In the Middle East it’s actually a 6 day work week.
Craig Prins 4 years ago
I believe the World Council is working on a 4 day week at the moment, running tests in some countries as we speak
Edika Wilson 4 years ago
Only 5 days? You're spoiled! I get 2 days off in a 7-day schedule if I have doctor's appointments scheduled for those days or else it's 1 day a week. Sometimes there's 11 days in a row but it's over 14 days so it's separate weeks.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I could not afford to work less days all the time, and there ain't no way I'm pulling in 10 to 12 hour shifts for 4 days. I'd go insane and miss my family.
Kay blue 4 years ago
But you'd have a whole extra day to spend with your family. Quality over quantity.
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Anthony Ross 4 years ago
Yes, by all means, let's go back to the 1800s and work seven days a week. (Although I am rooting for the 4 day work week.)
#14
MonsterMum 4 years ago
Buy a packet of bag clips. Seals on packaging use more plastic which is more waste. Bag clips can be used again and again.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Hey, it said family size, and I'm a family of one.
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Lynn H 4 years ago
We use the black paper binder clips that hold big stacks of paper. We have some dedicated to hold the trash bag in our trashcan in place. They also can help hold your headphones in place or other wires through the silver part. They are amazing! We use them for everything. And don't break as easy as chip clips.
Russ Kincade 4 years ago
Better to be honest than packaging it with a fake ziplock that only works once then self destructs.
Sheila Stamey 4 years ago
I use hairpins. They're cheap adjustable and if you have a cat and one goes flying they love to chase. The big hairpins.
Random Anon 4 years ago
This is how they make you finish the entire bag. And hopefully buy multiple bags.
Another reason, according to Chris, is that he himself had no interest in making money (directly) off hashtags. “They are born of the internet, and should be owned by no one. The value and satisfaction I derive from seeing my funny little hack used as widely as it is today is valuable enough for me to be relieved that I had the foresight not to try to lock down this stupidly simple but effective idea.”
#15
Heather Williams 4 years ago
There are ways you can do this yourself: https://www.instructables.com/No-TV-unless-you-exercise/
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
The bikes. treadmills, ellipticals, etc.. at Planet Fitness are like this. Audio is powered from equipment.
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 4 years ago
They all end the same way. One person is always really stupid. Right Jenny.
#16
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
My mom just expects 30 -40 mins of commercials, so she doesn't bother going at the ticket start times. She says she's never missed the beginning of the movie since.
Dirk Daring 4 years ago
I don't like this one. There are already enough people who show up 5 minutes into the start of the movie, and then they are wandering all around trying to find four seats together. (Yes, assigned seats are more of a thing now, but late people still can't work that out)
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
they do NOT need to fix this, previews are the best, and if you disagree we can't be friends.
Vasana Phong 4 years ago
I actually love the trailers, it’s legit and not clickbait from YouTube
Jerry Mathers 4 years ago
How about they get rid commercials. I just shelled out a pile of cash to see this film and another pile for snacks and drinks. They don't need to squeeze every red cent out of this event.
#17
Ally R 4 years ago
This really freaked me out the first time I went to the US. Is there a reason for such large gaps?
Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
Mostly, the gaps are there so anyone can check to make sure you have enough guns with you on the toilet... /s
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
apparently this is an american thing. I assume it is so when you are an active shooter and someone's hiding in the stalls, you don't have to open every door to see if they are there, you can see them and blow them away. Convnience, that is what we're all about. Convenience.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
The gap has been there way longer than we've been concerned about active shooters.
Load More Replies... advice5cents 4 years ago
At least women get stalls by default. Communal peeing is truly savage :)
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
My first trip to Israel I was so pleasantly surprised that I actually had privacy in a public washroom. Agree. Why can't Canada/US have these?,
#18
Beta 4 years ago
Yeah same with burgers it’s like “here are four buns to eat your 10 patties with”
Tee Witt 4 years ago
Well you have to buy 3 packets and have 2 spare, that is the idea.
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
That's capitalism. Same reason why there are rarely even numbers of items in a package, or dividable by 5 or 7. They want 1 to be left over when you're with 2 people, so you buy an extra package. They want you to have 1 too few or too many when you use 1 every weekday or every day, so you buy more. It's all about the money.
Sky Render 4 years ago
You do get equal numbers with the high-end Polish sausages and fancy buns!
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
As my mom used to say, “you’ll find out when you die and go to heaven”.
Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
The people who manufacture buns have no idea what the hotdog people are doing and vice versa.
#19
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
I've only seen these sinks in the UK. Does anyone know other countries where this is common?
Jo Davies 4 years ago
South Africa. Mixers are only found in some houses here
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Pamda Panda 4 years ago
Yep! I wouldn't call them super common, but definitely see them. I feel like they're mostly at rest stops on highways and the like
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LakeMonster 4 years ago
This is a UK thing. When it comes to water temps the rest of the world is not insane.
Ren Karlej 4 years ago
More was than is. New houses for a long time now have had mixers fitted as standard. People are replacing their non mixer taps when putting in new bathrooms etc. I work in construction, honestly dying out.
Load More Replies... NoneYa41 4 years ago
they're just too cheap to install a mixer and a new sink that has only one. My flat in Singapore had a similar issue...master bathroom miraculously had both a shower and a bathtub - the tub had one of those super fancy temp selection faucets on it - but they decided hot water in the tub wasn't important even though it was in the sink and shower.
James Heartney 4 years ago
The idea is that you fill the basin with water at a temperature you like, and use that. Not very efficient, admittedly.
#20
Heather Williams 4 years ago
Depends on the airline as to how they charge for it and what they allow as carry on. Also the plane has a weight limit before it cannot take off or needs to use too much fuel so an interesting issue to solve.
Phill Healey 4 years ago
Fuel for every flight is calculated before take off. There is no standard limit. It's literally calculated every flight.
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Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
And instead of putting your bag in the little wire basket to see if it fits you should have to lift it UP to the height of the overhead lockers to see if you actually can lift it without holding the plane up for an hour while you struggle or look hopefully at the strongest guy you can find to lift it for you.
tuzdayschild 4 years ago (edited)
I love that you think this would fix the crazy. Bless your heart.
Om 4 years ago (edited)
when I went to Vegas, the problem wasn't the paying as much, but that the plane that carried the luggage landed almost an hour and a half later than my flight. I almost miss my Britney Spears concert because of this, because it made me lose the bus that I had paid to take me to my hotel, I missed the chek-in at the hotel so I had to wait forever, and so on every problem just kept producing a new one.
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
My fave is "Your bag is too heavy, can you move things to your carry on?" Me: "So you want me to take stuff out of here and put it here *points to carry on..." "Yes" Me: "and the suitcase and my carry on are going on the same plane...." Ohhhh kaaayyyy
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
No, how about they charge really fat people more when they weigh more than me plus my luggage, but somehow in paying an "extra baggage fee"... Where's their extra baggage fee???
Weasel Wise 4 years ago
Awful idea! So if I don't want my valuables stolen by the baggage handler, I have to pay extra to store them over my head? Tight!
LJ Harwood 4 years ago
I say this every time I'm boarding a plane and the stewards say you have to write the airline.
#21
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
Also never being able to find the same pair of jeans again. I will get attached to one specific pair of jeans that has just the right fit, pocket space, fabric feel, etc. but then once that pair wears out, you’re done for. You’ll never find that pair again
ZAPanda 4 years ago
always buy two or three if you like something. I've done this practice for years.
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Tonya Wallace 4 years ago (edited)
And unless your ass is pancake flat, they never fit right. If they fit in the waist, the seat and hips are too tight. If the fit in the hips and bottom, the waist is too big.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Yeah i can never fit in men's! Bigger hips and small waist make it impossible
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Bobby 4 years ago
I've never understood why womens pants aren't sized in the same way as mens. Give a waist size and inseam length for everyone
Tim 4 years ago
I've always found it odd that women, who have more measurements to worry about (hips, waist, length, at least) have to choose pants that have just a size (like these pants are size 18... just 18... 18 what? 18, that's right), while men get to pick the waist and length of their pants.
Julian McCallum 3 years ago
My grandmother wears mens jeans because she is tall and women's jeans don't fit her.
Jane Zimmerman 4 years ago
I'm late replying BUT this is STILL good info: I've been buying the SAME jeans at Old Navy for the last 8 years whenever they go on sale! They always fit the same; I order online (maybe different colors) and I LOVE them! I get email notifications of their sales. So happy always!
Theresa Walker 4 years ago
This is also much of the reason why I DO go to the men's department for all my pants.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
If you are thin and not above 5'5" or so, the girls department can work too. They often have these buttoned elastic things in the waistband so you can make the waist fit and are always much cheaper.
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Robert T 4 years ago
Airports are usually pretty good. Railway stations on the other hand can be imitated by holding your nose whilst you speak.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
surely by now they know who should be boarding what flight, you filled in an online ticket. Just ask for your cellno on the ticket sale, and send whatsapps or whatever to the phone to say BTW you are late, idiot. And maybe even a spyware app to geolocate you and say NO IDIOT OTHER CORRIDOR
buttonpusher 4 years ago
Intercoms everywhere in my experience. All you hear is "Wahwahwahwahwaaaah!" and you might catch the odd word if you're lucky.
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
I have never had a problem with this one IRL, only in the cartoons.
Cynthia Carter 4 years ago
SFO and most larger airports dropped announcements decades ago and went with those huge leader boards, but I remember when they had them, the sound was fine. Did sound exotic especially spoken in foreign languages at London Airport (now Heathrow) in 1963!
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Leodavinci 4 years ago
Some emojis are obvious, but most are just meaningless hieroglyphs. All devices need to come with a builtin "Rosetta Stone" guide/app to define emojis so people know what they sending.
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
Several "conspiracy theories" have been proven or admitted as fact, and many more probably will be in the future
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago
Especially true for atypical brains that need a little help interpreting emotions.
Emmie Jensen 4 years ago
Sad thing is that anything requiring the s**t emoji would be marked with the check.
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Deborah B 4 years ago
Having serving sizes be illogical eg 30g serving size when the pack is 50g. Having products that look like single serve and giving the nutritional information for a smaller serving- eg, 300ml bottle of juice, but the 'serving size' is 100ml. Serving size should be based on use "Will the average consumer eat the whole pack at once; or eat half the pack?"
Theblackdeath757 4 years ago (edited)
will I eat one Oreo or the entire pack??
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
The worst offender is Campbell's. I occasionally buy the tomato soup because nostalgia. One can provides two and a third servings. Like you're going to leave the third of a serving for later.
Ashley Conover 4 years ago
Being diabetic I count them so I take the correct amount of insulin.
Lena Flising 4 years ago
A serving of Tic-Tac is one piece. As it's so small, it's seen as sugar-free, even though the first ingredient on the list is Sugar.
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
I found a can of flavored whipped cream in the dairy section that advertised that it makes 7 coffees. There was 20 servings per container.
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Dirk Daring 4 years ago
I just wish they would stop auto-playing the movie when I'm still reading the description to decide if I want to watch it or not.
Bobby 4 years ago
My understanding of it is netflix started doing that because of people who would fall asleep while watching things. This would cause overage charges on internet bills for people who internet wasn't unlimited
Lady Vader 4 years ago
Mine is if I'm 64 episodes deep and I have skipped the recap and intro on the previous 63, STOP ASKING. Just go straight to the dang show.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
This feature is nice for when you want to fall asleep watching tv
Eileen Barnett 4 years ago
Worse yet, Stupid Spectrum asks me that 5 seconds after i turn on the tv?!
Moneythink 4 years ago
My Roku box also does this. I got really annoyed, but I'd rather have it tell me that I need to get a life and stop binge-watching, than to keep pointlessly cluttering up the internet with streaming that's not getting watched.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
Yeah, it's so irritating to wake up and see that on your TV! Wait, what? /just kidding...
#26
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Let's take those beers and play some beer roulette, eh? No - I'm gonna open one, eh. And then you're gonna open one. So like, if I don't get a wethead you will. Beer shampoo. (Sorry, I'm Canadian and Bob and Doug McKenzie are a national treasure, and yes I said sorry because gotta keep up with the stereotypes)
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Printerman 4 years ago
But, when you hear the sirens, do you just pull over, or look to see if there are lights as well?
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
wish there were an update for Xbox 360 to play high res. without weirdly coloured pixelation in the dark parts of the imagery.
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Robyn Jones 4 years ago
The problem that needs to be fixed here is the logic of keeping one slice in a whole empty box 😂. I mean I-
A panda-gineer 4 years ago
I'm confused: if the box were smaller, the original pizza wouldn't fit.
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
My leftover pizza goes into a gallon zip lock bag so that isn't a problem. You can fit a lot of pizza in there.
KatHat 4 years ago
Get some great Tupperware or even glassware and stop using single-use plastic!
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Virginia W 4 years ago
Wrap it in aluminum foil, you can stack a couple pieces together and wrap them together too. Takes up a lot less space in the fridge than the whole pizza box.
Toothless Feline 4 years ago
That's what we do. Sticking the whole box in the fridge for one or two slices makes about as much sense as renting a seven-passenger van for a one-person one-bag road trip.
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago (edited)
Unpopular opinion: The crust is the only good part of the pizza
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago (edited)
I'm with you on that! I love the crust but the centre is too soggy...
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chi-wei shen 4 years ago (edited)
Technically speaking, this is a problem with the container, not the microwave.
Nicholas Kraemer 4 years ago
Tell me you don't know how a microwave works without actually telling me: this post and most comments
Allen Lavine 4 years ago
The best way is to turn down the power about 30% and use more minutes
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
Happened to me but with an oven. No joke, my food was cooking at 350 farenheit for over an hour. It was STILL freezing, but I almost burned my fingers off with the container.
Paweł Duda 4 years ago
You just don't know how to properly use a microwave. It's not just put inside at maximum and set random time
Gini Sarver 4 years ago
if you leave a smallish opening in the center it reheats perfectly and you don’t have the problem above
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
A smoothie through a paperstraw. Just eat the paper straight up and save your time.
Beta 4 years ago
Yeah the paper just goes soggy and then you have to go the old fashioned route and drink it FROM THE GLASS. Shocking right?
Not A Panda 4 years ago
It is an issue for people who cannot drink from glasses and who need straws.
Load More Replies... Jo Davies 4 years ago
Buy metal ones. Keep in bag, car, wherever. Or bamboo ones. The good ones come with a little "bottle" washer to clean.
DuchessDegu 4 years ago
I have sensory issues and paper or wooden stuff (like ice cream little spoons) on lips is a big NO, I was carrying plastic and metal straws on me for decades, there's even a folding metal one (like an aerial), it's brilliant!
Load More Replies... royal_antelope 4 years ago
glass straws or metal straws are wonderful options. dishwasher safe, sustainable, affordable.
Phil Amylon 4 years ago
Breaking News: you are allowed to drink liquids by simply placing your lips on the cup and tipping it towards you.
Cynthia Carter 4 years ago
We were fine with paper straws back in the day. But we didn't walk around with drinks like now.
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Heather Williams 4 years ago
The last two packs of toilet paper I bought in South Africa both told me that I was buying 9 rolls in a pack, 350 sheets per roll and the sheet size. No more guessing. And that seems pretty standard here. None of this mega rolls nonsense. Just have to decide between the lower quality 1 ply or the higher quality 2 ply.
Yeah, you heard 4 years ago
This makes no sense. 9 rolls is 9 rolls. Look how many rolls are in the packet.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
They don't all have the same amount of TP per roll. I used to buy dinky regular length rolls, now I buy mega rolls w 3 times as many sheets.
Load More Replies... Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago
Most brands in Norway state the length, ply and sheet numbers.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
2=6 meaning: 2 Triple Rolls equals 6 Regular rolls -> Bounty Paper Towels 18 Mega=72 Regular -> Charmin a**l tissue And the list goes on. I can see the confusion because even if I look at a Triple Roll or a Mega roll I can't help but think: 'Well geez, how small are the regular rolls then? 30 sheets only?"
ChariotLee 4 years ago
At this point, I suggest that you stop buying toilet paper, sell your house, and go run off to live in the wilderness for the rest of your days, in which you will never have to think about this kind of thing ever again.
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Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
It would be good on dog bags too... that way I don't look like I'm smuggling the park's entire supply of dog bags whenever I try grabbing some.
Bob Stuart 4 years ago
You can estimate the length, and then pull. The perforations will open.
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Dave van Es 4 years ago
Only if it comes with an oops not this floor option by pressing it again
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KatHat 4 years ago
Cheese singles, what a horrible waste of plastic. And then there's the wrapping, too.
Uber Mensch 4 years ago
Actually, I know of at least *one* national (U.S.) company that sells sliced cheese (NOT food/product) that isn't individually wrapped. Slices are alternated offset to make getting _one_ easier.
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Stop buying individually wrapped imitation cheese products. There - I just fixed it
royal_antelope 4 years ago
no. you'd be fixing the wrong problem here. cheese singles should simply not exist.
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Angela Robinson 4 years ago
The stall doors that swing inward are the worst. The stall is usually small so you have to wedge in between the wall and the toilet ( touching the toilet with your clothes) in order to have enough room to swing the door open and escape. For those saying the outward swinging doors could hit someone, a few whacks and people would learn not to hover around a restroom door.
Mrs S 4 years ago
Like those idiots that stand in front of the elevator when it opens so you can't get out. I've started yelling excuse me and pushing .
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Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
If the door opens outwards, you are likely to hit someone standing just outside!
ZAPanda 4 years ago
if the door opens inwards, you;re likely to hit someone walking out the restroom... so there's that.
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actually what you want is to have it swing both ways on a sprung hinge with a kickplate at the bottom so you dont have to touch other people's poopcovidherpes on the handle.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
And not have to step closer towards a splashy, flushing toilet.
Sky Render 4 years ago
Or just don't add an entry door to the restroom and use basic architecture instead to provide the same feature? If it's to keep smells down, you're not cleaning your restroom nearly often enough!
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Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
Home Depot (US) sends you home with a little spout that you attach to the top of the can. Makes pouring the paint much easier and it's an easy clean up!
memyselfandI 4 years ago
Wrap a rubber band so that it stretches across the top of the can to scrape off extra paint. Magic.
memyselfandI 4 years ago
Oh whoops, I thought you were talking about using brushes not pouring.
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Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
I read all the HP books out of order. I was forced to watch the movies first and didn't have the patience to wait for the right books.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
" What kind maniac do you think I am?!? " Uh...the "kind" type?
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LuckyL 4 years ago
But you can take off one of the glasses by removing one screw. Im 35 and I just learned this half a year ago ^^
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
Where is this screw? Wait.... oooh. I also learned recently there's a space underneath the oven door to fit a narrow rod and rag to wipe the inside but I think it's a specific tool for oven doors.
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Gin. No tonic 4 years ago
Oven glass doors can be easily disassembled to clean. Just take off the inner glass and clean away!
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NsG 4 years ago
Explain please? Is this a sizing thing, coz if the model is plus-sized, I'm a blue whale
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago (edited)
Yeah, that exactly. It's a shop selling clothes for bigger women and the model is as skinny as they get. No idea how any of these clothes will look on the kind of people that will actually buy them.
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I know the OP meant the "plus" sized model, but I have another issue with this. When did ad folks decide that it was uncool to show the clothes on a model that is simply standing in a normal human position? Everywhere I look, models are leaping through the air, folded in half, crouching, etc. I just want to SEE THE CLOTHES.
Pilot Chick 4 years ago
It would be great if they used plus size models to sell plus sized clothes. The only thing I hate more is putting a thin model in plus sized clothes. Why would I order something that looks like a sack because it’s miles too big on the model?
Lav Oravaf 4 years ago
yes, why "plus" and not "minus" ? it's because it would sound ridiculous but apparently "plus" is normal to brand... F*** this S****
Sky Render 4 years ago
Oh they couldn't do THAT! No no, it's "petite", which sounds cute since it's French. Let's only make the bigger people feel embarrassed about their size, especially the ones who are naturally large even when a healthy weight!
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Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
That's done on purpose so you have to buy more Ziploc bags.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Lay out the slices individually on a wax paper covered cookie sheet and freeze. Store in zip top bags in freezer. Only pull out what you need.
Sky Render 4 years ago
Can't do much about the resealing issue, but a hemostat's a useful investment for this! Grips gently but firmly, doesn't force you to come into contact with anything.
Not A Panda 4 years ago
We have resealable packaging on meats, with a little tray that you can slide in or out without touching the meats.
#43
Yeah, you heard 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure that car chases are because the cops want to catch the bad guys. Squirting their car with paint won't stop them decamping and disappearing.
Leodavinci 4 years ago
Car chases endanger the public. Many innocent people (including kids) have been killed by cops engaged in a car chase. Many jurisdictions have banned them.
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christie lowe 4 years ago (edited)
Or a small laser guided vehicle that can be deployed from the police cruiser and fixed onto the fleeing car that zaps it electrical system to shut the car down
ZAPanda 4 years ago
you probably are right, but i think you got everyone on a "not putting up with grammar nazis" day.
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Uisgea Beatha 4 years ago
The original real estate scam. Vikings called it "Iceland" to keep everyone away, and "Greenland" in hopes everyone would go there instead.
MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
They’re called that because the people who discovered them wanted the nicer island all to themselves
#45
Sky Render 4 years ago
There IS a sign... Unless the port is installed upside-down, you put the side with unobstructed holes in facing up. Also, they usually put the USB emblem only on that side.
Bob Stuart 4 years ago
Tape is your friend. I also use it to reveal the earphone port on a black case.
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Ploploplop 4 years ago
Because people are lazy and selfish. This way, no one can just leave a half full cup of water on or around the water dispenser.
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago (edited)
always makes the water gross. Like, you can taste the fluoride. either that or phantom tastes when my kindergarten class would be given fluoride rinses every day. (A dentist had a daughter in my class and started this program.)
Matthew Squadrito 4 years ago
This is because a cup costs a lot more to make and makes more waste.
Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
Should just be used as intended i.i. in places such as labs where setting it down can be genuinely dangerous.
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
My friend once threw her iPhone 11 across the room. It landed face down and was completely fine. It was carpet but still, new phones are pretty durable.
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago (edited)
Try otterbox covers. Built for the army, they survive water and falls and also, abuse from very enthusiastic toddlers.
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
My neighbour's phone ended up with a terribly cracked screen just from being in her purse with a pill bottle while my daughter's Kidibuzz phone was stuck inside the couch for a month and isn't even scratched (yes, it has a touch screen). It's not like they CANNOT make them more durable, they just want you to spend more money.
Meif’wa Fan 4 years ago
I've dropped my phone so many FLIPPING times and it still looks like I just bought it :)
IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
Maybe something like on sycamore pods to slow its fall and make it land safely? Helicopters use something similar.
memyselfandI 4 years ago
I literally cracked my Otterbox… and I didn’t even drop it very hard or anything. And I was going to get it replaced on warranty but then the world shut down.
Ploploplop 4 years ago
There is a German engineer Philip Frenzel, who is attempting to patent an "active damping" case where curved blades come out when acceleration reaches a certain point. It's like 8 switchblades that pop out of the case allowing the phone to gently bounce.
Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
#TheyNeedToFix phones so dropping them actually helps charge them...and dropping them in the toilet should FULLY charge them right away... /s
Walter Brameld 4 years ago (edited)
Let's say they do this and make it so that the phone detects when it's in free fall and deploys an airbag around itself. What happens when you casually toss your phone onto the bed?
#49
ZAPanda 4 years ago
why on earth would anyone voluntarily let jeff "dr evil" bezos spy on their life 24/7??
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago (edited)
People: the government is spying on us!!!!! Also people: I would pay money to Amazon for them to have surveillance in my house.
Load More Replies... Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
No Alexa for me! 1) I like living alone, 2) if she lives here, she's paying rent.
Leodavinci 4 years ago
Wow! Didn't know Alexa did that. Glad I decided long ago that those devices would never be in my home.
Yeah, you heard 4 years ago
Alexa in November and December says: "You have a shipment arriving today. During major holidays, I won't announce the contents of shipments, to avoid ruining any surprises."
MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago (edited)
Good thing we have Google Homes and not an Alexa! Otherwise my mom would be screaming in rage when it announced that a Christmas present had come LOL
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Leodavinci 4 years ago
Not necessarily. Many stores sell generic brand cereal in plastic bags (no cardboard box) that are resealable.
Load More Replies... Not A Panda 4 years ago
That's why I put mine in a container, I mean, this is very easily fixed without adding more plastic.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
Another Ziploc to the rescue! They have them in giant size too!
#51
Stacy Parker 4 years ago
I always assumed they were named by a man, trying to compensate for something. Stop trying to make fun size happen. It's never going to happen.
Snorkeldorf 4 years ago (edited)
And the required info for calories and nutritional content. Wouldn't it make more sense to indicate 16 fun-size bars equals.......? Or just give the info for eating the entire bag.
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
Ok, then those 2 people can go and stand in a physical line and the rest can do what Gneid said.
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Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
Yeah ‘cause nobody would scan and then bugger off/not be ready when it was their turn or scam the system or muck it up in some other way.
Hugo Raible 4 years ago
They do it here in an amusement part in their app - the "virtual line".
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
Maybe there wouldn't be lines if we all just lived in the Matrix
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
The very fact that you paid That. Much. Money. for a smartphone casts doubt on your smartness.
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
I don't know if it still exists but in Massachusetts back in the day, there was the "bottle bill" where you would get 5cents back on every bottle you returned. That worked.
Stacy Parker 4 years ago
Technically they have that in California, yet good luck finding someplace to take your bottles and get your money back.
Load More Replies... Gin. No tonic 4 years ago
In Lithuania (3million people) drink packaging made of PET plastic, metal or glass is "rented", not sold, and upon return the user gets a receipt for 10 cents per package, which can be used/cashed at the grocery shop. This is a very convenient automatic system, and if some people throw away the bottles, usually homeless people pick it all up and get some extra money for themselves. The bottle/can recycling is above 92% in the country, even though the system started less than 5 yrs ago. They're many similar systems in EU.
Josy Bannon 4 years ago
In Germany every supermarket has a machine where you put in your empty bottles, the machine scans the barcode on the label and you get a receipt. Most plastic bottles are 25 cents, glas Bottles and beercans 15 cents. People bring their old bottles along when crocery shopping. The PET plastic bottles get crushed together and transported to be cleaned, sorted colourwise and shredded into flakes. Then they become foils for example. But can only be recycled 10 times. And some percentage still will be burned or transported to other countries. So its not perfect.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
You might want to take a look at how they do that in The Netherlands. They even have bins for old clothing and they're so neatly stored in a huge metal bin which sits in the ground and all you see is like a triple sized mailbox above ground. You put your stuff in the correct bin and once or twice a week a truck lifts it out of the ground and empties it in a huge (well for The Netherlands "huge" ) garbage truck which has sections in it for the appropriate type of "garbage"
Barbara L Bristow 4 years ago
Yes. Way back when we all used glass bottles for soda, etc. they would add so much to the price and you would get that back when you returned the bottle.
Jo Davies 4 years ago
They do in some towns in South Africa, although not very much. We have guys who go through our garbage bags to look for recycling stuff. It is very very sad. I put my recycling into a separate bag or box for them so they don't have to go through my stuff. Also any items they could possibly use or sell for a bit of money.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago (edited)
It's time we stopped calling it a recycling fee. It's a fine for wasting resources and a convenience fee for wasting resources. And recycling centers are getting hard to find.
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Bobby 4 years ago
I agree, but there needs to be some outlet to educate on available drugs so you can discuss options with your dr
Load More Replies... Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Especially those commercials that repeat the name of the drug 83 times in a one minute commercial but never tell you what it's for, then end with "ask your doctor if xXxX is right for you."
imsouravmitra 4 years ago
This is a good post... but I really need to ask am I the only only who found the word ringtingalitis funny?
DragonflyGreen 4 years ago
I appreciate that the general public becomes aware of drugs for whatever condition and therefore can educate themselves, but I do my own research myself before I go to the doctor - I didn't discover a new, cheaper alternative medication for my asthma from television. My doctor hadn't heard of it, my pharmacy doesn't even stock it, but I saved myself well over $200 a month by finding it. The TV ads need to go. If you are too lazy to do your own research, that is on you.
Leodavinci 4 years ago
I have a strong suspicion that most who are opposed to them have an arrogant and patriarchal attitude and think other people (in general) are stupid. I have no problem with prescription drug ads. 1) You doctor isn't going to automatically know about every new drug that becomes available. There are too many of them and they have to stay abreast of a great many other things vital to their profession. 2) A good doctor isn't simply going to prescribe a new drug because you walk into their office and tell them you want it.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I don't believe they should be advertised. At least not the ones where you should be consulting your doctor.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
Don't worry, I'm sure they have a medicine for the side effects.
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Jo Johannsen 4 years ago (edited)
Stealth packaging and can openers. They can do it for helicopters.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
For some reason, everyone in the theater was upset when I dug into my crinkling bag of chips I snuck in...
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
/sigh.... unwrap the suckers and ziploc them. (geez, another ziploc solution, how many did I post here already?)
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Bobby 4 years ago
took me a moment to realize they meant the screw heads. Thought they were talking about size, thread pitch, etc. All I could think was that would never work
Erik Lawrence 4 years ago
right, because the thread size and pitch would make a difference in the screwdriver used...
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Leodavinci 4 years ago
Some screw heads are/were designed to force one to use (buy) a special screwdriver, or keep you from fixing something yourself because the special driver was unavailable to the general public.
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 4 years ago
It's like this because guys invented them and it became a competition of ego as to who screws better.
Theblackdeath757 4 years ago
it's for like different types of products like building houses and furniture and stuff
Bob Stuart 4 years ago
We might have standardized on the square drive, but car makers find that the Phillips saves seconds on a production line.
#59
Cyd Charisse 4 years ago
Roombas in general!! Mine is always getting stuck, and why, JUST WHY does it need to talk to me. No, SHOUT at me, every time that it gets stuck, and then every five minutes thereafter. Something about opening the app. SHUT UP!!!
Cyd Charisse 4 years ago
But does it talk? We went 120 years without our vacuums talking to us, and this one is right chirpy!! And there's no mute, no way to shut it up. If it talks, then it's a terrible product.
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IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
Pets too. Someone please invent a GPS locator that can't easily be removed by the cat so if they are lost you know where to look. Dogs too.
Snorkeldorf 4 years ago
Completely agree. There was a time that you could just get up and change the channel or turn the sound up or down using a dial or k**b on the front of the TV. Now it's a series of tiny little buttons on the side that are difficult to access. Although the tiny little buttons are labeled, they're labeled in tiny little print that can't be read without a flashlight and a magnifying glass. My elderly mother would lose the remote, neither of us could find it, and she was stuck with one channel until I could get her a new remote.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Just because you haven't doesn't mean that nobody does.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
They also need to take them of snow removal trucks. Nothing better than being woken up at 4am by a snow removal crew clearing a parking lot that no one is going to use because, hey, there's still 3 feet of snow on all the roads leading there.
Bob Stuart 4 years ago
Now that reversing cameras are cheap, the alarms should be used no more than regular warning horns. Noise pollution is also a serious public health hazard, especially when construction needlessly ruins whole nights of sleep.
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Also, beeping noises are useless. White or pink noise allows for a far better directional locating.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
LOL I can relate. I live a block away from a grocery store.
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 4 years ago
I truly hate these backup alarms. If you can't see a big vehical backing up then you deserve to be run over.
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Auntriarch 4 years ago
My mother loves emojis. I asked her who was playing, she didn't know the flag for Turkey, so she sent the picture of the bird 🤣
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Beto River 4 years ago
Could it have a setting where you can also choose to increase the volume is someone is talking? I really don't want it to pause it, just to let the person know that the conversation is not welcome.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
A "friend" got offended when I shushed her during my shows, but I'd warned her it season premieres.
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
But then I wouldn't get to passive-aggressively hit pause on the remote, look at them, and say 'WHAT...!?"
Mark Howell 4 years ago
While they are inventing this, can I request an additional button to mute the kids ;o))
DuchessDegu 4 years ago (edited)
It'd take me 5 hours to watch a 30 min show, my partner yaks all the time. Apart from during commercial breaks, then he's quieter than a church's mouse!
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Mark Howell 4 years ago
If you go to Aus, the spiders will put up the decorations for you ;o)
Load More Replies... Beta 4 years ago
Apparently it doesn’t say anywhere in the bible that Jesus was born on the 25 of December
Sky Render 4 years ago (edited)
Correct, December 25th was a winter holiday in at least one Pagan faith. It was "borrowed" and repurposed. Also hilarious: any depiction of the myth of the birth happening in the midst of a massive snowfall. They don't tend to get much snow in December in Israel...
Load More Replies... Heather Williams 4 years ago
Come to the Southern Hemisphere and have a beach party for Christmas instead :)
2022emmam trent 4 years ago
You can't move christmas, it's a religious thing. Just like you can't move Easter
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
Make it April since that's more accurate according to some professionals.
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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
I'd just be happy if people would learn how to use an apostrophe!
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Apo'strophe. Ju'st put one in front of every 'single 's!
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Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
You don’t need to know grammar rules to speak (or write) perfectly, you just need to spend time listening to people use language correctly.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
My roomie needs to identify antecedents - he's constantly using undefined pronouns.
Tim Douglass 4 years ago
Grammar really is a bit of a made-up thing. It's a formalization of how we communicate, not a roadmap for how to do it. The rules change (or should) as speech patterns change.
Cynthia Carter 4 years ago
I zoned out on all that in grammar school with the exception of nouns, verbs and apostrophes. But I've always been an avid reader and learned proper grammar rules just by exposure.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
People just need to give others a break. English is confusing enough. Not everyone knows it as a first, or even second language. If you got the gist of what was meant there should be no issue.
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LuckyL 4 years ago
When my daughter trys to say Danke (thank you) it always sounds like Kacke (s**t) ---- I love it
Tonya Wallace 4 years ago
My husband's grandson had trouble pronouncing the word strawberries. It came out as dog pussies.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
A colleague's little girl loves bread sticks, is always asking for red dix.
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
Isn't that how the war between humans and machines started in "terminator"?
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago (edited)
Are there people that just drop their towels on the ground and forget about them? I honestly don't get how having a drone pick my towel up off the floor and decide whether to bring it too the laundry or hang it up is something that would be helpful instead of annoying.
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Heather Williams 4 years ago
I trained myself to always put these things down in consistent places. Took a few weeks and now I only occasionally lose them if I get distracted when putting things away.
Cynthia Carter 4 years ago
My husband rarely puts things back in the same place so he's always frustrated when trying to find something. Won't change and not my problem.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
"No comment your Honor on the grounds it may insult the poster in question"
Sky Render 4 years ago
Such devices now exist, in the form of little inserts that all connect via Bluetooth to one another. As long as you can find one of your devices, and as long as they're all within range, they can all find each other.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
it's called a device tracker, tile, or airtag, depending on your brand fetish.
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imsouravmitra 4 years ago
What's the point of growing up then if we can't eat candy?
Load More Replies... Tonya Wallace 4 years ago
Nice idea, but why not let kids be kids for as long as they reasonably can? Turning 15 did not stop me from wanting free candy on Halloween. And if you feel that way, what about grown ass parents taking their toothless babies around trick or treating? It makes more sense for teens to trick or treat than babies who don't even know WTF is going on.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I just went trick or treating for the last time on Halloween. Next year I'll be 18.
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Acatin Rose 4 years ago
I don't get why anyone has a problem with older kids trick-or-treating. Let us have fun please!
IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago (edited)
I disagree with this entry. I've gone out for Halloween every year since I was old enough to go, and I've been working on my costume for something like 3 years now. Halloween is for everyone who wants it.
msminnie 4 years ago
I really like older trick or treaters. They seem to know they're pushing the limits a little and they usually have awesome costumes.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I was a modern vampire! I dressed in my most professional-looking outfit with black lipstick and sunglasses. It was nice.
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago (edited)
If you just want to give candy to a certain age group then fine, do that. But older kids generally go out later, after all the smaller kids have done their runs and they get the leftovers. I went out until I was 17. There would be people giving us the bowl cos they had so much candy and couldn't eat it themselves. I went out either on my own or with a small group of friends and we dressed up as something. We were still kids, not adults and wanted to enjoy our youth while it lasted. I let my daughter go out until she didn't want to anymore, which was around the same age I stopped going.
Adam Belaire 4 years ago
Cut out the middle man. All people handing out trick or treats make a special trip to the hospital and give some candy to the sick kids before going back and handing out more for the other kids.
Maureen McDermott 4 years ago
How about teens not coming back two or three times? Of course I recognize older “kids.” They’re in a group and not dressed up. We always think “go have shaving cream fights like we did in the 70’s/80’s” 😆
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SBW71 4 years ago
They need to fix the sounds between movie/TV show and the commercials. Have the volume all the way up to hear the show since it's like they whisper now and then a commercial and your deaf!
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
The commercials are louder because they know that is when you go to the toilet or go to make a cup of tea/coffee. They want to ensure the commercial can be heard wherever you are in the house.
Load More Replies... Deborah B 4 years ago
We need an English language gender neutral honorific/title and pronouns to be used for everyone regardless of age, marital status, gender presentation social ranking, etc. Some way to be polite to everyone without the social work of having to avoid giving offence by calling a feminist Mrs, a married woman Ms, a too-young woman ma'am, a gender-ambiguous person MX or nothing at all, a trans-woman sir, a trans-man Ms/Mrs/Miss/Ma'am. Can't we just have something equal and the same for everyone? We're all human, and there are a lot of contexts where our gender expression and congruance shouldn't matter. It would avoid that internal grammatic dissonance of using they/their for a singular and known individual.
Treessimontrees 4 years ago
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Jo Chrisco 4 years ago
How can we get pictures from Hubble that show dust from 40 billion light years away when I can't get a good cell signal in my backyard?
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Time zones are there since the sun isn't in the same place everywhere in the world, so it isn't the same time. You're just lazy.
Load More Replies... SBW71 4 years ago
They need to fix the sounds between movie/TV show and the commercials. Have the volume all the way up to hear the show since it's like they whisper now and then a commercial and your deaf!
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
The commercials are louder because they know that is when you go to the toilet or go to make a cup of tea/coffee. They want to ensure the commercial can be heard wherever you are in the house.
Load More Replies... Deborah B 4 years ago
We need an English language gender neutral honorific/title and pronouns to be used for everyone regardless of age, marital status, gender presentation social ranking, etc. Some way to be polite to everyone without the social work of having to avoid giving offence by calling a feminist Mrs, a married woman Ms, a too-young woman ma'am, a gender-ambiguous person MX or nothing at all, a trans-woman sir, a trans-man Ms/Mrs/Miss/Ma'am. Can't we just have something equal and the same for everyone? We're all human, and there are a lot of contexts where our gender expression and congruance shouldn't matter. It would avoid that internal grammatic dissonance of using they/their for a singular and known individual.
Treessimontrees 4 years ago
Making a text 'unread' so you can read and reply later with this reminder.
Jo Chrisco 4 years ago
How can we get pictures from Hubble that show dust from 40 billion light years away when I can't get a good cell signal in my backyard?
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Time zones are there since the sun isn't in the same place everywhere in the world, so it isn't the same time. You're just lazy.
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