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[–] MarchKick 113 points 2 hours ago
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[–] A_Teezie 8 points 3 hours ago
I always mute the voice. I feel embarrassed by its volume as if I'm the one doing it lol
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[–] professor_max_hammer 41 points 2 hours ago across on Reddit?
Why do you continue to use self checkout?

[–] disappearforever 145 points 2 hours ago
I like to avoid human interaction at all cost

[–] I_work_hard_I_swear 43 points 2 hours ago
The awkward social interaction at a normal checkout is way better than the potential self-checkout gone
wrong.
[–] ItsaPuppet [score hidden] an hour ago
How are you today? Good, thanks. Yourself?

Do you have a points card? I don't.
Would you like to sign up for a points card? I would not.
Would you like to donate to this charity? Not today, thanks.
Do you need any bags? Nope, I'm fine with this backpack I've already placed my items in to.
How would you like to pay today? With this credit card I'm holding please.
Thanks, have a great day. You too.
Every single interaction at my local store. It's not an awful conversation by any means but I'd much rather
deal with the minor frustrations of a self checkout.
[–] Voratus 6 points an hour ago
But I can usually walk straight to the self-checkout, whereas waiting in a normal line I'll be stuck behind at
least 4 people, thereby increasing time spent and chance for a random encounter.


[–] Elaquore 8 points 2 hours ago
If I'm asked if I'd like to use it, I reply 'no thank you, I don't work here' across on Reddit?
[–] Xertious 106 points 4 hours ago
Or spend five minutes taking something light off and on until it registers it.
"Unexpected item in bagging area" is the bane of the first world.
[–] tragicworldrecord 65 points 4 hours ago
"unexpected item in bagging area" "I FUCKING KNOW ALRIGHT!"

[–] admiralfilgbo 23 points 4 hours ago
I bought a mylar balloon for someone's birthday one, and the machine flipped out because I wasn't able to add the
item to the conveyor belt.
[–] doggrimoire 37 points 4 hours ago
Ive made the change to the order online and pick up and its been a total game changer. The only thing i will go in for
is if i want like deli meat or something else i want to pick out in the meat department. I will run in and my wife will
have them bring the stuff out and then im back by the time their done.
[–] theycallmeponcho 14 points 3 hours ago
Here in Mexico most stores developed this method and built a counter to receive your purchases. The best part is that
while it's in an adoption process, they pick you the best fruits, good looking cans, leanest meat, and all.
Once the products turn to normal quality I will drop it out.
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[–] Thijm0 37 points 4 hours ago
In my country u have hand scanners instead of those weight things and sometimes they do a check to see if u have
scanned most items. If u missed scanning an item accidentally, you have to go to a normal checkout and load
everything of your cart onto the conveyor-belt and back into your cart and that can be very annoying.
[–] shitz_brickz 30 points 4 hours ago
For me, my first world problem is being behind someone who doesn't know that the bagging areas of self checkouts
are scales. You cant put your purse on it, you cant lean on it, you cant let your kids sit on it.
[–] Yeemo 2010 points 5 hours ago
When your earbuds get caught in something and gets yanked out of your ears. Bonus points if it makes you drop your
phone.
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[–] gordito_delgado 217 points an hour ago
Today while running a brach smacked the bluetooth earbud out my ear. I was cursing the lack of wires (since it fell
into a ditch and i had to go get it.)
[–] mini6ulrich66 744 points 4 hours ago
1st world
earbuds still have cords
Pick one
[–] CommanderXeo 353 points 2 hours ago
You're just mad you can't afford the wires...

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[–] my_future_wife 1121 points 5 hours ago
Clam shell plastic packaging.

[–] liamemsa 264 points 3 hours ago
And it's around a knife that you bought to make it easier to open said packaging.
[–] RockitDanger 22 points an hour ago
My theory is they do this on purpose so you have to do it the crappy way one last time so you can fully appreciate
what you are opening
[–] CatsAndFacts 104 points 2 hours ago
Fun fact, if you use a can opener not only does it easily open but you can also reseal it. Had to return an item once in
the original packaging, they probably thought that was impossible until they got mine back.
[–] Quickerier 137 points 2 hours ago
This is a bullshit lie the internet has been telling me for years. It never works and I always get gnarly rough edge
plastic cuts. Lies!
[–] CatsAndFacts 354 points 2 hours ago
Are you sure you're using a can opener and not a can't opener?
[–] Quickerier 244 points 2 hours ago
Instructions did not include a sunny fucking disposition.

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[–] Jantra 9 points 2 hours ago
I can't get a can opener to do this. Everyone talks about it, but the few times I tried, it doesn't open shit. Maybe it's
the design of my can opener. :(
[–] hello-this-is-gary 7 points 2 hours ago
I'm beginning to think this problem isn't so much a first world as it is a specifically American problem.
Case in point when I was taking a vacation to South Korea and Japan a few years back I noticed that while they still
put products in the hard clam shell packaging they just tape or soft glue the two halves shut. Just a single good pull
was all it ever took to open anything.
Unlike in the States where it takes a pair of bolt cutters and an iron-will.
[–] Ellsworth_Chewie 1988 points 5 hours ago
100+ games in your Steam library, but nothing interesting to play

[–] Copious-GTea 678 points 4 hours ago
My friend calls this Netflix syndrome; you spend an hour browsing the queue just scrolling expecting maybe to
eventually find a hidden gem only to settle back on reruns of the office.
[–] biglollol 314 points 1 hour ago
I mean, Netflix has the issue that it only shows a handful of series and movies when they have a huge ass library.
Their browsing system is biased as fuck. It's annoying as hell.
Not at all the problem with Steam.

[–] mike_d85 140 points 1 hour ago
And they got rid of and/or buried the goddamn genre classifications. They had43.1k
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absolute gold. Now I just see ads for the same 4 Netflix Original shows that Netflix "thinks you would like" when I
across on Reddit?
haven't expressed any interest in your fucking Riverdale Sabrina bullshit.
I mind less because they had completely fucked the genre system by cross-filing everything so you'd see Seventh
Seal listed as a Rom-Com because someone talks about missing their wife in it.
[–] FenrisFrost [score hidden] 58 minutes ago
That genre system made the Babadook a gay rights icon, pretty funny story.
[–] Militant_Monk 39 points 1 hour ago
I stayed at a friend's house while on vacation and it felt like I was using an entirely different service. Their Netflix
recommendations were amazing and things that never show up for me so I didn't know existed. I found so many
new shows on someone else's account because Netflix's algorithm pigeon-holed me long ago.
[–] tophermeyer 12 points 1 hour ago
Their browsing system keeps feeding me shows that it thinks I want to watch. My wife and I have objectively
different experiences. I wish I could shut that recommendation system off.
The very reason I'm browsing is to find something I didn't know I wanted. If I wanted to keep rewatching Stargate
SG-1 I wouldn't need anyone to recommend it to me.
[–] ShawnisMaximus 206 points 4 hours ago
No doubt. I used to save up all my cash to buy playstation magazine just to have some demos to play. That kid would
be so disappointed to see how little of my current game library I've actually played.
On the other hand, I go outside a lot more these days. across on Reddit?
[–] poopellar 80 points 3 hours ago
How is the graphics in this 'outside'?

[–] galax-zs 117 points 3 hours ago
7/10 too much water

[–] hipewdss 40 points 2 hours ago
Oh just remove the "Seasons" expansion pack you'll be good to go!

[–] SonicMaster12 24 points 2 hours ago
Omg this. The change in scenery is nice but the winter section is too harsh.
[–] SovietEla 10 points 2 hours ago
Yeah I thoroughly enjoyed the HIV expansion pack

[–] wrugoin 8 points 2 hours ago
Moved to Phoenix, all the puddles removed, false advertising

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[–] zangor 71 points 4 hours ago
I have never shut down my computer with more purpose than I do these days.
I know for a fact that my clinical depression will not allow me to play the games that I will attempt to. Just shut that
bad boy down and lay down on the bed to ruminate with the laptop.
[–] 1n1billionAZNsay 38 points 4 hours ago
I wish you the best of luck in your journey. Remember to be kind to yourself. Give yourself a break and be mindful in
the moment, try to see what it is you really need.
[–] Batmaners 85 points 4 hours ago
Stop buying games you don't want to play.

Yeah it's on sale and buying a new game gives you that dopamine high... but that's nothing if you don't play the
game. I have 500+ hours on Borderlands 2, TF2, GTA V, Binding of Isaac and a few others. Those games mean a lot
more to me than the 200+ more I own that don't mean shit to me (in my defense, humble bundle gives you 10 games
when you just want 1, otherwise I'd have around 75 games)
[–] pliskin42 38 points 3 hours ago
I think most people, myself included, don't buy games we have 0 interest in on their own.
Most people with tons of games get them as part of a bundle. Like both you and me. Relatedly, we also tend to catch
them on other sales. "Hey that looked interesting. I wanted to play it. Oh and its cheap right now too!" Is mainly how
I have bought games in the past. And then they never get back to them.
[–] _darzy 598 points 4 hours ago < > discussions in r/AskReddit X
Having a refrigerator full of food but not wanting any of it to eat. So you grab the $500 smart phone and place a $20
order for pizza, soda, and wings. The pizza arrives and you tip the pizza guy a few bucks butthe
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watchable. So you power on your expensive gaming device load up twitch and watch people play a game you already
own. Slice after slice until the pizza that could feed a family of 4 you don't even eat the crust you just throw it away.
You aren't even watching the tv. You're on your phone on reddit talking about the worst first world problems.
what heathen doesn't eat the crust?!

[–] sekazi 26 points 1 hour ago
They probably buy a side of bread sticks and throw away the free ones that come attached to the pizza.
[–] MarchKick 8 points 2 hours ago
That is best part!

[–] hanshotfirst6912 13 points 1 hour ago
I feel personally attacked.

[–] sriracha_no_big_deal 12 points 1 hour ago
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

[–] PhillipLlerenas 1558 points 5 hours ago
- when only one of your earphones work

- when your wallet is too fat with cash and you have to take it out of your back pocket to sit down
- when you run out of episodes of a TV show after binging 50 of the previous season's <in >thediscussions
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- when the video description says MILF but the girl looks like she's 20 across on Reddit?
[–] metalflygon08 641 points 4 hours ago
when the video description says MILF but the girl looks like she's 20
Teen pregnancy bro.
Just because her kid is 14 months doesn't mean she's not a mother.
[–] Angel_Hunter_D 272 points 3 hours ago
Proof of bad decisions and perky tits are a weakness of mine.

[–] xThrillhoVanHoutenx 42 points 1 hour ago
There really is something to the doubling down of bad life choices. First the kid at a young age and now the
"scene" we get to watch to help her pay for it.
[–] UrbanCobra 79 points 3 hours ago
This description weirds me out. Like...people just want to fuck a girl who had a kid? Even if she looks like any other 20
year old girl? The fact she had a kid is arousing? The fuck kinda shit is that? For me, “milf” will always mean a woman
old enough to be your mother, up to 55 years old. After that it’s a gilf.
[–] mini6ulrich66 71 points 4 hours ago
when your wallet is too fat with cash and you have to take it out of your back pocket to sit down
When you develop a curve in your spine from sitting on fat stacks.
[–] epicpotato69 23 points 2 hours ago
Doctor said I had a disability... yeah. dis ability to get bread 😎 What’s the creepiest thing you’ve come
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[–] deadpuppet137 90 points 4 hours ago
Cash? That's a second world problem. Too many gift cards in your wallet. Now that's a problem.
[–] RevRaven 48 points 4 hours ago
Hey, some of us still buy weed with cash in illegal states.

[–] volvbro 23 points 3 hours ago
YMMV but most dispensaries in legal states only take cash too.
[–] UristImiknorris 27 points 3 hours ago
when you run out of episodes of a TV show after binging 50 of the previous season's in the last 3 days
This but for webcomics.
[–] Lt_Rooney 19 points 2 hours ago
When you get to the last page of a really good webcomic, only to discover that it went on permanent hiatus two years
ago.
[–] liamemsa 16 points 3 hours ago
when the video description says MILF but the girl looks like she's 20
when she's in that weird nebulous no-man's land where with make-up and pigtails she looks 18 but with glasses and
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[–] C-TAP 470 points 5 hours ago
Watching a new TV Show that's amazing, but knowing that it's extremely unlikely you will ever be able to find a TV
Show similar to said one that invokes feelings just as great.
[–] PlayThatFunkyMusic69 133 points 4 hours ago
Or watching the first and maybe even a second season of a great new series on Netflix or whatever only to find that
there won't be any more seasons.
[–] duelingdelbene 40 points 4 hours ago
Everything Sucks pls come back

[–] DesparateLurker 7 points 2 hours ago
I wanted Daredevil Season 4, but they just had to kick a guy in the bits and pieces didn't they. Could have just gave
us a Peter Parker cameo for pitted sake.
[–] kmmontandon [score hidden] 50 minutes ago
It's amazing how they cancelled Daredevil, but keep churning out so much complete shit.
[–] Eternity_Incarnate 19 points 3 hours ago
RIP Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency


[–] Halloween_Cake 44 points 5 hours ago 43.1k · 15812 comments

Like Futurama? What’s the creepiest thing you’ve come
across on Reddit?
[–] jaimange 29 points 4 hours ago
I’m still upset that it’s been cancelled

[–] pete1901 21 points 3 hours ago
Again?!
[–] beefstewforyou 12 points 1 hour ago
Better canceled than pulling a Simpsons.

[–] Lerk409 82 points 4 hours ago
watches The Office for the 20th time

[–] slider728 455 points 5 hours ago
Someone put a Pepperoni Pizza Hot Pocket in my box of Meatball Hot Pockets.
Cooked a "Meatball" Hot Pocket and got Pepperoni Pizza.
[–] kaldarash 145 points 3 hours ago
I almost downvoted you because I'm so appalled.


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[–] SyntaxRex 419 points 4 hours ago
Having so much food in your fridge and pantries that you become exhausted at the possibilities of cooking it, so you
just eat out.
[–] TheFucke5tUppe5t 24 points 1 hour ago
Saw pantries, read panties. I was like...yeah. Me too.

[–] IrianJaya 181 points 4 hours ago
Having at your disposal 150 cable TV channels, On Demand, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, etc. as well as 500 DVDs on the shelf,
but there's still nothing good on.
[–] kittycatdude 25 points 3 hours ago
I hear ya. I got a decent amount of cable channels, a whole cabinet full of DVDs and Blu-ray and Netflix and Hulu but
I’m not the type of person who can sit in front of a TV all damn day when I’m bored. Especially watching a random
episode of some old TV show in the middle of the afternoon. I have to do something.
This only feels good if it’s after a long work day or a busy morning full of errands.
[–] PoseidonsHairyNipple 291 points 4 hours ago
Hot dogs being sold in packages of 10.

Hot dog buns being sold in packages of 8.
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[–] basicxenocide 41 points 2 hours ago
Or if you buy some sort of artisan brat, it comes it a package of 5 and you have 3 leftover buns but if you buy 2 packs
then you still need 2 packs of buns and eventually you need to buy 40 brats and who can eat that many
[–] II_Confused 8 points 1 hour ago
who can eat that many?

Just give me a chance coach
[–] Leifur311 27 points 2 hours ago
I have seen this in so many threads on here

[–] Nozed1ve 690 points 4 hours ago
Planned obsolescence
[–] unggnu 94 points 2 hours ago
That is a all World problem because it puts a strain on our resources.

[–] zaranya 11 points 2 hours ago
Yep. This is it. I'm always angry whenever I remember it.


[–] poopellar 105 points 3 hours ago
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buy a new Iphone every fucking year, and same for the Android market as well. across on Reddit?
I remember when people bought a Nokia or any other cell phone for that matter with the idea of using it for years.
Granted the tide might be changing with people holding onto smartphones for longer.
[–] Nyxelestia 54 points 2 hours ago
I'm still on my first smartphone, which I got four years ago. If/when I get another smartphone, my biggest criteria will
be, "how much bloatware will I have to put up with?" and "how long will this phone last me?"
[–] PlNKERTON 61 points 1 hour ago
1 rule: don't buy a phone directly from a carrier.
People act like there's no other way to get a phone for a good price. Look online. The market for unlocked phones
is huge.
[–] Poop_Tube 21 points 2 hours ago
Last phone I bought was an iPhone 6 when it just came out. I've had it now for 52 months, replaced the battery once.
It ain't amazing, but it gets the job done.
[–] micron429 73 points 4 hours ago
People that don't know that a traffic light works like a four way stop when a traffic light goes out. It's like driving
through a demolition derby.
[–] riot2156 529 points 5 hours ago across on Reddit?
Being too tired to eat
[–] Revolutionary_Dingo [ ] 227 points 5 hours ago
Because all the eating you’ve already done made you tired
[–] maddox210 84 points 5 hours ago
Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Happy cake day there buddy
[–] Revolutionary_Dingo [ ] 39 points 2 hours ago
Thanks
[–] BeemerWT 30 points 3 hours ago
Not having easy-to-make food to eat when you're bored.

[–] yeahsureYnot 26 points 4 hours ago
I've never experienced this. Hunger always beats fatigue.

[–] VeggieKitty 26 points 2 hours ago
Yeah it's more like being too tired to cook something proper so you just shove whatever junk food you find first into
your mouth

[–] HacksawJimDGN 15 points 5 hours ago
Being too bloated to eat across on Reddit?
[–] themanyfaceasian 62 points 4 hours ago
Getting pissed at my phone for hanging onto the one last bar of wifi when I can switch over to data
[–] Impertnents 198 points 5 hours ago
Going Overseas, falling in love with Ketchup Pringles, coming back home, realizing that they don't sell Ketchup
Pringles in your country.
Fucking devastated.
[–] Halos42 83 points 4 hours ago
You know what else. Salt and Malt Vinegar is not a traditional way to dress fries in the United States. Fuckin figure it
out.
[–] Luckrider 24 points 3 hours ago
It depends on where you are. That is boardwalk style and can be found at any fry place at the North East boardwalks.
5 Guys Burgers Fries has Heinz Malt Vinegar at all locations as well.
[–] Davadam27 16 points 3 hours ago
I appreciate your /r/Letterkenny reference even though no one else has seemed to so far
[–] Halos42 13 points 3 hours ago
Yous take notice of people's, that's what I 'ppreciates about yous u/Davadam27

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[–] Worst_Name_NA 11 points 3 hours ago
I depends on where you're at. In Southern PA, around the Gettysburg/York area, that's the main way I've seen them
have fries. It's the only area I know of, but there is a place where Malt Vinegar is the default, and I was looked at
weird for using Ketchup.
[–] uniquecannon 9 points 4 hours ago
I mean, buying stuff online is a very 1st world solution to that problem.
[–] QuarterOztoFreedom 501 points 5 hours ago*
When your friends are suicidal from the depression caused by day-to-day modern life
[–] Togethernotapart 232 points 2 hours ago
The Boomer Legacy - Sky high expectation, zero fucking support.

[–] rayhartsfield 9 points 1 hour ago
It seems like the modern experience is one that is secure yet so utterly unengaging that is brings us to madness. For
thousands of years, humankind toiled in fields to scrape by, but the connection with nature and the physical exertion
helped us in certain ways. Now, many white collar workers have food on the table and stable housing, but the
mundane nature of modern office life is killing them inside. We're in no man's land when it comes to existential
fulfillment -- safe, but lacking all meaning.
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[–] FruitdudeID 24 points 4 hours ago
Feel ya
[–] Mwiththreehumps 44 points 3 hours ago
Feeling sad because you're human and humans feel that way sometimes, but then looking at every wonderful privilege
you have around you and feeling bad for feeling sad....
also tangled earphones....screw those knotty fuckers!

[–] mageakeem 235 points 5 hours ago
Batteries are causing impossible to open devices to die WAY quicker than they would with a removable battery.
I made my Samsung s4 mini last for 5 years by just buying new batteries, until I had to replace it earlier this year.
Was fucking livid to find the new model didn't allow me access to the battery. Dickheads building in obsolescence on
purpose can go fuck themselves.
[–] FlameFrenzy 77 points 4 hours ago
I would rather have a thicker phone so I can remove the battery!

I also would just like a thicker phone in general so I can hold it better. It's one of the reasons I get a chunky case. I
always feel like i'm going to drop someone's phone when it doesn't have a case on, but my chunky case gives me a
good grip

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[–] giraffecause 38 points 2 hours ago
You know the recurring ask reddit, what will look criminal when looking back in 30 years? This is it. "So, you destroyed
the planet so you could sell phones forcing people to dispose of good ones?"
IMHO, that should be judged as a crime agains humanity.
[–] KiraOsteo 14 points 2 hours ago
I just take mine to third-party shops that replace batteries if the battery is hard to access. I've done this multiple
times for iPhones.
[–] kaanbha 13 points 3 hours ago
Samsung Galaxy S5 neo owner here. Still going strong after several years. When a battery is on its way out, I recycle
and buy a new one. Plus there is the convenience of being able to take spare batteries out with you.
Absolutely ridiculous that removal batteries are no longer a thing in modern phones, when there is definitely a market
for them. I guess they just want us to keep buying new phones.
[–] Scrappy_Larue 152 points 5 hours ago
The three attempts it takes to plug in a USB cable.

[–] thePotatoRises 48 points 4 hours ago

nothing compares to trying to plug in a VGA cable in the back of a monitor without looking
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[–] muddyGolem 16 points 4 hours ago
I put a little piece of tape on the cord, up next to the connector. The tape is folded over to form a tag, and the tag
sticks out on the right-hand side when the connector is oriented properly. Now I can get it in, first time every time.
[–] NyrkJac 16 points 4 hours ago
Thats why I look forward to USB-C 😄 HDMI/Display port can be even more confusing sometimes
[–] inb4_banned 22 points 4 hours ago
my phone is dead cause the damn usb-c doesnt stay plugged in after a couple hunderds in and outs... waking up to a
phone with 16% makes you yearn for the good ol day where micro usb had the little hooks
[–] GigaCharstoise 143 points 5 hours ago
when the wifi goes down. chaos

bonus answer: trying to setup multiple monitors.
[–] Sircipher 65 points 5 hours ago
Everything being connected to the Internet and relying on it. I couldn't do my washing this morning because the
Internet was down where I live.

I couldn't do my washing this morning because the Internet was down where I live.
what
[–] randyboozer 22 points 3 hours ago
I too require an explanation.

[–] jmlinden7 24 points 2 hours ago
WiFi controlled washer

[–] TheDragonLake 25 points 1 hour ago
Who tf whould buy that?

[–] InternMan [score hidden] 25 minutes ago
In my apartment building the laundry room has an app. You load up money on the app (like paypal kinda),
select your washer or scan the code, then press go and it debits your account. Its actually pretty slick as it
will also send you a push notification when your clothes are done. Now our washers have a coin slot
backup if your phone dies or the system goes down. However, I was in a dorm situation during a summer
one time and those washers either needed the app or the credit card. If internet goes down there, it can't
authorize anything.
[–] MerryWalrus 8 points 1 hour ago
That's a thing? Why would anyone do that?

[–] aohige_rd 23 points 5 hours ago

We're quickly getting to the point where we regard Internet connections as vital to our lives as water and electricity.
I'm in my mid 40s and nowadays I shrug and wonder how the hell did we ever live without this.

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[–] superLtchalmers 10 points 3 hours ago
It will become a human right eventually. We will become so reliant on it that it will also become a major target if we
ever enter a cold war with state actors who have offensive cyber capabilities
[–] purple-haze99999 100 points 5 hours ago
Forgetting your laundry in the dryer and your clothes getting wrinkled
or worse, forgetting it's in the washing machine for several hours until it's mildewy and has to be rewashed
[–] pete1901 22 points 3 hours ago
You rewash the whole load if it's sat for a few hours?! Madness!
a few hours is an exaggeration, but overnight? yeah

[–] suggardaddiesmom 147 points 5 hours ago
When your fucking iPhone charger doesn’t work

[–] melangalade 116 points 4 hours ago

or it malfunctions and set the Notre Dame on fire
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[–] Captcha_Imagination 31 points 4 hours ago
Losing/breaking the wires for any electronic device.

Pulled out a pair of $300+ wireless headphones that were store for a while and the power cable just kind of
disintegrated so I have to go buy another one.
It's even worse when you don't even know what type of wire/cable to buy because it's not indicated on the device. Or
you know what you need but it's just not available online anymore.
And women wonder why men all have a giant plastic tub full of wires in the basement. This is why.
[–] HacksawJimDGN 116 points 5 hours ago
Complaining about the quality of the food brought directly to your lap while you lay back, watching movies, drinking
wine and flying majestically though the sky like a 21st century fat slobby unicorn.
[–] SleepyLabrador 47 points 4 hours ago
Not having food in the fridge, only ingredients to make food. But you're too tired and hungry to cook it.
[–] lugiislife 21 points 4 hours ago
Obesity
[–] _darzy 17 points 4 hours ago < > discussions in r/AskReddit X

A rise in chronic autoimmune diseases. There are a few theories, my fave being the hygiene hypothesis (we're much
cleaner now, the immune system doesn't know how to handle it, freaks out). I have lupus sothe
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[–] Prasiatko 36 points 3 hours ago
Not having a job so you have to live off the money the government gives you. Having a job but it pays a tiny wage
barely enough for food and rent and bills but still more than 90% of the world earns.
[–] Rudytrip 382 points 5 hours ago*
Anti vaxxers and flat earthers

Edit : Thank you u/HawkeyeG_ for the gold and everyone for the updoots
This, and any anti-science crowd in general.

[–] Eoiny 56 points 4 hours ago
Anti-science isn't exclusively a first world problem. There are fortune tellers and witch doctors on every street in
Africa.
[–] roofied_elephant 47 points 4 hours ago
I’m more lenient towards the people in Africa who believe in bullshit than people in the US who believe the earth is
flat. People in most African countries don’t have the same access to education as people in the US. There’s no
excuse to being a fool in the US.
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[–] OurLadyOfTheChickens 6 points 3 hours ago
There’s psychics and tarot readers here too. It’s just that most people either use it as entertainment or
confirmation bias and not...actual life advice.
I suppose in other places they might have religious/cultural significance though.
[–] spaaaaaghetaboutit 35 points 5 hours ago
Anti-intellectualism in general. Idiots being proud of their ignorance and refusing to budge even after shown validated
facts is sooo frustratingly 2019.
[–] RumAndGames 18 points 5 hours ago
That's been an issue in democracy forever. The "know nothing" movement. Our politicians have been proudly
advertising their lack of intellectual credentials as long as we've had them. Fuck, Thomas Jefferson was revering
the noble farmer vs the greedy industrialist back before the USA was founded.
[–] chel8 13 points 4 hours ago
Having an entire American city with no decent Mexican food.

[–] BlurryName 15 points 3 hours ago
Happened to me earlier today. Game crashed half way through a quest it took forever to do over.

[–] Communism_Destroyer 29 points 4 hours ago
when you hit the "restart" button instead of "shut-down"
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[–] MrPapadapalas 28 points 3 hours ago
CLEAN water from a NICE toilet splashing you in your FRESHLY SHOWERED balls.
[–] Halloween_Cake 13 points 5 hours ago
When you reach over to grab some water on the nightstand and accidentally spill it over your phone, tablet, wallet
and have to wake tf up and dry everything off really fast and you still don’t even get your water.
[–] RaidanRam 14 points 4 hours ago
Being bored on the internet

[–] Fifty4FortyorFight 12 points 4 hours ago
Calling Comcast. Trying to navigate their VRU, finally getting to a person, then finally speaking to "John" or "Sally",
who are entirely unable to help you, eventually being hung up on when they say they need to transfer you to another
department.
[–] zarina261 14 points 1 hour ago
Oh hey I think I have a good story here. Recently I was coming home from work and I was out of my fancy flavored
bubbly water, so I decided to stop at the grocery on my way back. I realized that I had left my wallet at home, no big
deal, "I'll just use my phone to pay" I thought. Nope. Phone was on 3% battery and apparently Samsung Pay does not
work at that level of charge.
Luckily I had my wall charger with me, unluckily I didn't have the usb car charger. I had to walk up and explain my
situation to an employee and then ask them if there were any outlets I could plug my phone into for a few minutes so
that I could buy some raspberry flavored carbonated water.

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confused over what flavor of fro-yo to choose from.
[–] blipsman 12 points 5 hours ago
that's why swirl was invented!

[–] gollygoshdarndang 28 points 3 hours ago*
On the highway: fast lane hogs. People who sit in the overtaking lane, without overtaking, and thereby effectively
making it impossible for everyone/anyone gong faster to pass. Especially if they deliberately match the speed of the
vehicle in the lane next to them.
[–] nakedreader_ga 31 points 5 hours ago
People who are offended when you don't text back within minutes. Put a break on it, Karen. I'm at work and I'll get
around to you when I have a minute.
[–] Batmaners 16 points 4 hours ago
I don't text when I'm at work because I gotta Reddit. I also don't text when I'm at home because I want peace and
quiet. I don't text when I'm driving because I am busy dodging texters. but I do text when I wake up and before I go
to bed so nobody responds right away.
[–] Jiggly_Love 8 points 4 hours ago
The vast selection of flavored waters in the grocery aisle.


[–] bordens 9 points 4 hours ago
Getting upset because you can't decide what food you want delivered at your door.
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[–] EPIC_BOY_CHOLDE 34 points 4 hours ago
When the wifi signals act up again as you sleep and they accidentally transmit classified military information into your
brain. It's violating in and of itself, but what's worse is now every time a cop looks longer than a second at me I get
paranoid because I think he thinks that I'm an agent. Even the cashiers' smiles look kind of insincere and yesterday I
bit on some sort of silicone wafer that was floating in my cereal. What is that about?? It's ridiculous to complain about
I know, but I'm on edge right now
Someone hit me with that old lady, no teeth wat meme.

are you ok buddy?

[–] doomguy888 11 points 3 hours ago
His entire post history is interesting.. To say the least

[–] DudeAtWork55 22 points 5 hours ago
Having so much reddit karma that you can’t tell when you get new karma.
[–] TheCakeWasReal 9 points 4 hours ago
Not being able to use your very nice and very expensive headphones with your iPhone.
[–] NoThanks7721 6 points 4 hours ago
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When my Starbucks order is wrong and I have to again have the internal fight between the social anxiety of asking for
it to be remade and the cheapskate in me that can't stand paying $5 for a beverage I won't really enjoy.
[–] SkyImagination 24 points 5 hours ago
Free WiFi, that doesn't require an email subscription, or a mandatory opt-in to receive ads: Too slow.
[–] thePotatoRises 21 points 4 hours ago
your punctuation startles me

I think, you mean, it startles: you.

[–] snapshotchris 6 points 4 hours ago
Anti Vaxx Parents and Juul epidemic

[–] remotewashboard 5 points 4 hours ago
How absolute dogshit my wifi is. And how I bought a massive ethernet cord to counteract the problem. And now how
the cord is broken and I’ve been forced to use the shit wifi again.


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[–] bigredcar 166 points 5 hours ago

Why do you continue to use self checkout?

[–] disappearforever 145 points 2 hours ago

I like to avoid human interaction at all cost

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You're just mad you can't afford the wires...

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Clam shell plastic packaging.

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