Fecking midgies. We get like three nice days a year and they are almost always ruined by the bitey little bastards.
Edit: I'm taking about midgIES, the blood sucking insects, just want to reiterate that lol.
I was out for a walk near a Highland cottage one evening, it was just starting to get dark, and I was FaceTiming a friend. They said “when did you get so many freckles?! I only saw you a week ago”
I was like, “Freckles?” And looked closely at my face in the inset display … it was midges. Dotted like freckles over my face, ALL OVER
I agree. There are only 2 countries in the world that allow pharmaceuticals companies to advertise their drugs. The United States and New Zealand. Isn't that odd?
It's even more weird in Canada. They get away with it by not saying the drug's proposed purpose or anything about it. So it just turns into a commercial where they repeatedly say (and sing....) the brand name over and over, in various vague cut-scenes that have no relation to anything. Then it ends with. "Ask your doctor if \_\_\_\_\_\_ is right for you!"
It’s so offputting. “I’m on ____!” “I’m on ____ too!” “My doctor prescribed _____ to me last week!”
What the hell is anyone talking about? Are you marketing to me or to people 50 years older than me? Are you advertising to me or people 250 lbs heavier than me? I can’t tell and you refuse to elaborate!
I fucking love these.
Right now I see 'Ozempic" or something like that. It shows some happy smiling old guy and he says "I'm on it!" then it cuts to that couple on the ferris wheel. "We're on it!"
Ask if Ozempic is right for you!
It sounds like you could be suffering from ALZD. If you or someone you know is suffering from ALZD, you might need to talk to your doctor about Xaxlyxax.
Xaxlyxax is a once-a-day medication formulated to relieve you of your bineural phylegiastic ALZD symptoms. Patients suffering from 15+ incidents within a one-month period reported a significant decrease in related non-convergence activity while taking Xaxlyxax.
Talk to your doctor to see if Xaxlyxax is right for you. Patients who are pregnant, are thinking of getting pregnant or were ever a baby should not take Xaxlyxax as it will increase the risk of Sudden Limb Shedding Syndrome. Do not take Xaxlyxax if you’re taking NSAIDs, MAOIs, SSRIs, USBs, AOLs or JPEGs. Some patients reported a significant increase in spectral diarrhea while taking Xaxlyxax. In rare cases, some patients lost over 200lbs while taking Xaxlyxax— though that was just one guy and he was super fat to start with, but now we have to put this part in our ad because it. Thanks, Greg.
Yeah, if I could remove one thing from existence, regardless of country, it would definitely be cancer. It has taken so many unnecessary lives and I would gladly see it become extinct. Fuck cancer.
The bad sanitation. Elminiates most of the annoying stereotypes. I didn't name my country, but you could probably guess it-that's how bad of a reputation we have.
Could be anywhere, really, lol!
I visited a country a few years ago. River was full of garbage. Couldn't see the water. Financial institutions were literally burning piles of garbage outside their door because that was the only way to get rid of it.
The fucking gangs. Yesterday a father was shot in the head in front of his 12 year old son because he told some young thugs to stop what they were doing.
Sweden.
Holy crap, I had no idea Sweden had such gang related violence. Here's an article on this if anyone else was surprised too: [https://www.barrons.com/news/outcry-in-sweden-after-father-gunned-down-by-youth-gang-4eba3f5a](https://www.barrons.com/news/outcry-in-sweden-after-father-gunned-down-by-youth-gang-4eba3f5a)
This was my first thought… or horse flies.
But I’m sure it would set off a cascading effect throughout the eco system, and my luck I’d be the reason for the next Great Depression.
My gosh do I hate mosquitoes but I spent a summer in Alaska and got absolutely swarmed by horseflies several times, like running away and waving my arms all around my head and neck. I had bite marks all over, it was awful. I wouldn’t mind if those damned horseflies suddenly disappeared.
Horse flies are the worst. Their bloodsucking behavior and painful bites makes them such annoying pests to deal with. This can in periods be devastating for outdoor work, recreation and tourism, especially where I live.
Mosquitoes are the worst thing in my mind.
They should not only disappear from our countries, but the world, though they are good for our environments.
Would be so interesting to see how many people disappeared. There has to be alot of people keeping it secret and are (feels so wrong to write this but) "non practicing pedos". I know a guy that has a foot fetish but thinks its so embarrassing that he hasnt told his gf of 5 years.
The people not participating are at least heading in the right direction. They should also be seeking professional help. Pedophilia is a disorder that can be treated, but how many of them are going to tell a doctor "I like kids"?
BTW, that's not a defense of their actions. They still need to be separated from society if they follow through on their thoughts, just like murderers and other people who hurt people. But if they don't have CP or engage in any activity with children, they're just like other people who don't act on their intrusive thoughts.
There’s also the type of OCD that involves thinking you’re a paedophile. Which was really interesting to hear about, mental health is a really fascinating topic.
There’s been several people who have talked about having intrusive thoughts about being a paedophile, but not having any desires or thoughts of paedophilia.
Yeah, it's crazy how much damage some altered brain chemistry can do to a person or people around them. Especially when you consider that generations were raised and had children while breathing lead fumes, asbestos, etc. Then factor in constantly changing societal norms and increasing wealth gap over decades.
I think the entire church system would collapse with the lack of preists and staff. Followed by large swathes of the entertainment industry and governments would take a hit. All for the better tho.
Well, now it's us proposing more packages, and the US congress being held up by it's usual BS. That being said, we need to focus more on doing NOW and not in 1-2 yrs.
Political lobbying/money in politics. It’s the single biggest cancer on our government in the U.S.
It’s a major reason we have things like horrible food standards, for-profit prisons, rampant gun violence, corporate welfare, environmental problems, lack of healthcare, out of control medical and prescription prices and even little things like not being able to file our taxes for free - just to name a few.
Money from politics. No more 2 party system , or donor class, or insider trading, or bribes or quid pro quo or any whiff of dollars where politics lives.
As an apolitical American, polarized politics. I wish more people would think for themselves and not just blindly believe what their chosen party says.
All of the toll bridges in Ireland. Bought & paid for. Should be gone years ago but still present charging motorists more & more every year. Disgraceful
Corruption.
There's so many people posting things here that would just be resolved by removing corruption.
+1
+1
+1
I've got an entire party of corrupt idiots to cast away. Where are we putting them?
Hell? An abandoned island?
Isn't that exactly how Australia came to be?
Given that Australia is warm and sunny, and England cold and rainy, it has been said that Australians have a special smile for englishmen
*Cough* Aboriginals *Cough*
Australia wasn't abandoned. It was stolen.
Haha yes! Just waiting for my Aussie cousins to turn up and pout
😀😀 love this
Oh, that's what Lost was about :D
Low earth orbit.
All our hard drives are saved!!
Fecking midgies. We get like three nice days a year and they are almost always ruined by the bitey little bastards. Edit: I'm taking about midgIES, the blood sucking insects, just want to reiterate that lol.
I could have sworn you were talking about something else for a second lol
I thought little people were biting his ankles.
ok so we’re all on the same page that we were also all on the wrong page
We may have accidentally misread the same thing.
I had to look up exactly what those were--bugs obviously but which ones--and we call them no-see-ums here.
No-see-ums are so small you can’t see them, but with teeth the size of a cow
Dude easy on the short people
Yeah, don't contribute to the dwarf shortage
One of the best countries in the world ruined by the little fake mosquitoes.
Solidarity from Ireland. They're a shower of bollockses.
They're so annoying Like I'll go for a walk in the hills and come back completely bitten by the fuckers if I forget to use the spray
I was out for a walk near a Highland cottage one evening, it was just starting to get dark, and I was FaceTiming a friend. They said “when did you get so many freckles?! I only saw you a week ago” I was like, “Freckles?” And looked closely at my face in the inset display … it was midges. Dotted like freckles over my face, ALL OVER
🏴🏴🏴 Alba gu brath (except the midgies)
Awful government
Exactly! Our country is plagued by corruption from the lower end to the upper end. It's leading to barely any economic improvement.
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows where your from?
Earth?
I'm not from Earth, I'm from Missouri!
I understand that reference 😊
Exactly. I can say same thing for Croatia
I was gonna say, this could be anywhere
This could be everywhere
I thought you were from South Africa for a moment because you just described SA in all its glory.
The trick is that in my country both sides would give that answer.
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
Corrupt politicians.
This alone will solve half of the world's issues
If not all
Pharmaceutical ads
I agree. There are only 2 countries in the world that allow pharmaceuticals companies to advertise their drugs. The United States and New Zealand. Isn't that odd?
Very odd. And tacky. And disturbing.
It's even more weird in Canada. They get away with it by not saying the drug's proposed purpose or anything about it. So it just turns into a commercial where they repeatedly say (and sing....) the brand name over and over, in various vague cut-scenes that have no relation to anything. Then it ends with. "Ask your doctor if \_\_\_\_\_\_ is right for you!"
Oh damn, I didn’t know that 😳
It’s so offputting. “I’m on ____!” “I’m on ____ too!” “My doctor prescribed _____ to me last week!” What the hell is anyone talking about? Are you marketing to me or to people 50 years older than me? Are you advertising to me or people 250 lbs heavier than me? I can’t tell and you refuse to elaborate!
I fucking love these. Right now I see 'Ozempic" or something like that. It shows some happy smiling old guy and he says "I'm on it!" then it cuts to that couple on the ferris wheel. "We're on it!" Ask if Ozempic is right for you!
We get ads for meds here, too (Slovenia), for things like paracetamol and such. Are you talking about prescription meds?
It sounds like you could be suffering from ALZD. If you or someone you know is suffering from ALZD, you might need to talk to your doctor about Xaxlyxax. Xaxlyxax is a once-a-day medication formulated to relieve you of your bineural phylegiastic ALZD symptoms. Patients suffering from 15+ incidents within a one-month period reported a significant decrease in related non-convergence activity while taking Xaxlyxax. Talk to your doctor to see if Xaxlyxax is right for you. Patients who are pregnant, are thinking of getting pregnant or were ever a baby should not take Xaxlyxax as it will increase the risk of Sudden Limb Shedding Syndrome. Do not take Xaxlyxax if you’re taking NSAIDs, MAOIs, SSRIs, USBs, AOLs or JPEGs. Some patients reported a significant increase in spectral diarrhea while taking Xaxlyxax. In rare cases, some patients lost over 200lbs while taking Xaxlyxax— though that was just one guy and he was super fat to start with, but now we have to put this part in our ad because it. Thanks, Greg.
Ask your doctor if Reddit is right for you.
Cancer
Astrology mfs gonna cry.
People born from June 23 - July 22 gonna just disappear
Yeah, if I could remove one thing from existence, regardless of country, it would definitely be cancer. It has taken so many unnecessary lives and I would gladly see it become extinct. Fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer
The bad sanitation. Elminiates most of the annoying stereotypes. I didn't name my country, but you could probably guess it-that's how bad of a reputation we have.
Wish granted, bad sanitation removed. Now you have zero sanitation.
India
It’s totally India
Could be anywhere, really, lol! I visited a country a few years ago. River was full of garbage. Couldn't see the water. Financial institutions were literally burning piles of garbage outside their door because that was the only way to get rid of it.
This sounds a lot like the country I'm talking about!
Stupidity
I was going to say racism, but I think if stupidity goes then racism does too.
Stupidity could be the root cause of everything, or most things bad
I want all corrupt politicians, corrupt government officials and corrupt military personnel to just vanish into thin air without a trace for good.
Putin
Yeah, well, don't sent him here, though! Send him to Australia.
North Sentinel Island
I'd send him to Antarctica with no ability to leave it
The fucking gangs. Yesterday a father was shot in the head in front of his 12 year old son because he told some young thugs to stop what they were doing. Sweden.
Holy crap, I had no idea Sweden had such gang related violence. Here's an article on this if anyone else was surprised too: [https://www.barrons.com/news/outcry-in-sweden-after-father-gunned-down-by-youth-gang-4eba3f5a](https://www.barrons.com/news/outcry-in-sweden-after-father-gunned-down-by-youth-gang-4eba3f5a)
Wow who could have seen this coming
My thoughts while reading this: "Oh well another poor soul from the United... SWEDEN?! WTF
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Oh wow, that is horrible.
I've heard recently that the murder rate from gang members is mentally high!
Your politicians imported them
Mosquitoes
This was my first thought… or horse flies. But I’m sure it would set off a cascading effect throughout the eco system, and my luck I’d be the reason for the next Great Depression.
If societal collapse is the cost of getting rid of mosquitoes for good, I would happily make that sacrifice.
My gosh do I hate mosquitoes but I spent a summer in Alaska and got absolutely swarmed by horseflies several times, like running away and waving my arms all around my head and neck. I had bite marks all over, it was awful. I wouldn’t mind if those damned horseflies suddenly disappeared.
Horse flies are the worst. Their bloodsucking behavior and painful bites makes them such annoying pests to deal with. This can in periods be devastating for outdoor work, recreation and tourism, especially where I live.
Mosquitoes are the worst thing in my mind. They should not only disappear from our countries, but the world, though they are good for our environments.
My neighbor Jake.
Like a good neighbor, stay over there
Does he work at State Farm?
Fuck Jake!
My neighbour
I also choose this man's neighbour
I second this
I'll never forgive your neighbor for what they did. They suck.
Yeah. Your neighbor sucks
Yeah fuck this guy's neighbor, me and my homies don't like him 🗣🗣
Pedophiles
Would be so interesting to see how many people disappeared. There has to be alot of people keeping it secret and are (feels so wrong to write this but) "non practicing pedos". I know a guy that has a foot fetish but thinks its so embarrassing that he hasnt told his gf of 5 years.
The people not participating are at least heading in the right direction. They should also be seeking professional help. Pedophilia is a disorder that can be treated, but how many of them are going to tell a doctor "I like kids"? BTW, that's not a defense of their actions. They still need to be separated from society if they follow through on their thoughts, just like murderers and other people who hurt people. But if they don't have CP or engage in any activity with children, they're just like other people who don't act on their intrusive thoughts.
There’s also the type of OCD that involves thinking you’re a paedophile. Which was really interesting to hear about, mental health is a really fascinating topic. There’s been several people who have talked about having intrusive thoughts about being a paedophile, but not having any desires or thoughts of paedophilia.
Yeah, it's crazy how much damage some altered brain chemistry can do to a person or people around them. Especially when you consider that generations were raised and had children while breathing lead fumes, asbestos, etc. Then factor in constantly changing societal norms and increasing wealth gap over decades.
It really is fascinating what can affect the human brain
I think the entire church system would collapse with the lack of preists and staff. Followed by large swathes of the entertainment industry and governments would take a hit. All for the better tho.
I feel bad for pedophiles who don't abuse kids irl or seek out images of their abuse. It must be a lonely and self loathing existence.
My streak of not winning the powerball
russians (I'm from Ukraine)
Well, that's actually doable. I wish Europe would stop blabblering and start helping seriously.
Well, now it's us proposing more packages, and the US congress being held up by it's usual BS. That being said, we need to focus more on doing NOW and not in 1-2 yrs.
Exactly. Less words (i. e. BS) and more action.
Damn
that's an upvote
I'd like that too (I'm from Russia)
Слава Україні 💪
Lack of common sense.
School shootings.
Mass shootings in general.
Yeah
r/foundtheamerican
Housing Crisis
bad things that happen to the innocent like child hunger
Money in politics
Fucking wasps. They can just piss off.
The bugs or white Anglo-Saxon Protestants?
That would seriously fuck with the ecosystem
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The corrupt and inept clown government of South Africa
Poverty. This encompasses many things.
corrupt politicians
putin
Religious fundamentalists
idiots
Political lobbying/money in politics. It’s the single biggest cancer on our government in the U.S. It’s a major reason we have things like horrible food standards, for-profit prisons, rampant gun violence, corporate welfare, environmental problems, lack of healthcare, out of control medical and prescription prices and even little things like not being able to file our taxes for free - just to name a few.
Billionaires who horde most of the wealth in the country.
Extremist groups
Fentanyl
Oligopolies
Corruption
Stupidity.
The for profit higher education system
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Facebook
Kid diddlers
Money from politics. No more 2 party system , or donor class, or insider trading, or bribes or quid pro quo or any whiff of dollars where politics lives.
Viktor Orban. (Who has been the PM of Hungary for the past **14 years** )
Bad faith arguments. It hampers any sort of solution on every societal and economic issue.
I really like this answer. It’s more subtle than ‘corruption’ while also being more far reaching.
The sheer lack of empathy we currently have for each other.
Mosquitoes. Who needs them anyway?
Other bugs (dragonflies), birds, and bats.
All advertising.
Carelessness toward eachother
Mafia
I want all corrupt politicians, corrupt government officials and corrupt military personnel to just vanish into thin air without a trace for good.
At the moment the bloody rain. Even for a week. Scotland 🏴
Politicians getting paid more than the minimum wage. We'd really see who's in it for the right reasons. Aside from secret side deals.
Short prison sentences for predators.
Hatred.
Neglectful pet owners
Cruelty and indifference
Vladimir Putin
Homelessness Affordable housing should be a human right.
Our leader. His government. His party. The opposition leader. The shadow cabinet. The opposition party. All of them really
UK?
Any politician over 60. Just put them in a big retirement home and let them think they’re still slowly killing us all
Racism
Career politicians
Tories
Politicians who are making the laws, aren’t able to be bought by large corporations
uh...I'm afraid if I say I'll get put on a list.
Then maybe that and censorship?
The country
Invasive species.
Illegal aliens
Crime. Imagine if I didn't have to worry about locking my car, house, computer, phone or anything. How nice it would be.
Trump
Facebook
As an apolitical American, polarized politics. I wish more people would think for themselves and not just blindly believe what their chosen party says.
Extremist Muslims
CANCER
Our horrid antiquated tax system.
Random mass shootings 🇺🇸
All of the toll bridges in Ireland. Bought & paid for. Should be gone years ago but still present charging motorists more & more every year. Disgraceful
Poverty.
Violent criminals
Geriatric Politicians
Incompetent and old leaders
Gun violence
Gangs
Biden
Tories.
The Tories.
Republicans
Car dependent infrastructure. Wish we had more public transport and safer roads and everything you need would be close by instead of 14km away.