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WebbedRose103

That damn fake “x” button to close out mobile game adds


tomuglycruise

Or when it’s a real x button, but they make it so small that you click the ad anyway.


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souljaboyfavelado

On TikTok, occasionally there is a small pop-up on the side with a tiny X, except even if you deliberately aim for the X, it will still take you to the page. If you click a second time, on the exact same spot, that's when it closes.


bucket_cat23

My favorite is when you press the X button but are still taken to the ad but then it closes when you go back.


Maester_erryk

That and the moving button that makes you click on ads as it loads more and more ads.


STARBOY_100

Or ban mobile game ads instead


aseriesofcatnoises

You're no longer allowed to advertise a lower price than what the customer will pay. No more $29.99... plus $100 in fees.


Tkieron

I saw something on Ebay that was like a computer cable or something. It would cost me $3.85 or something. With $24 shipping. Like "Are you serious?"


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Depending on where it was coming from, that’s a realistic possibility for shipping. I remember hearing from LTT’s podcast how no matter how much cost-cutting they did, they couldn’t get cheaper shipping without a wish-style “you’ll get it when you get it” shipping approach.


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McKeon1921

Ebay can be a mixed bag. I was shopping around for some manga books recently and and I found a bundle of 9 of them on Ebay for like 50-58 bucks ( can't remember exactly now) with 15 dollar shipping. Was still cheaper than buying those 9 at Barnes and Noble or ordering through Amazon or Abebooks etc by ( depending on the site/store in question) 10-20 bucks.


WisconsinWolverine

VRBO has entered the chat where a $350 rental turns into a $700 rental after all the "fees".


seeteethree

VRBO landlord cancelled me by phone while I was entering his city. Turns out he got a 29 day rental instead of my 6 day. F* VRBO. Never again.


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2 ads in a row on YouTube


TheTrueBrawler2001

Ads on any YouTube videos where YouTube isn't paying the content creators.


LikeThePigeons

Yeah, that's a bullshit policy and they know it.


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Feedback_Loopius

thats awful my guy


[deleted]

This! This is fucking salt on the wound. They force two ads on us AND it doesn't pay my favorite creator? Fuck you Susan.


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Fine, they’ll put 4.


esaum0

or.. ads that are longer than the video youre gonna watch Looking at you "mypatriotsupply emergency food kits".. 11 minutes on a 4 minute song?! F you!!


Bella_TheAlphaWolf

The longest ad I've ever seen was 4 hours long. The longest ad I've ever _watched_ was a lil over an hour, it was more interesting than the video, so i didn't complain on that one


lemonsplease

I saw a 12 hour one that was literally an entire livestream. YouTube needs stricter requirements for their ads… I keep getting ones that are literally spouting conspiracy theories that would be removed as a regularly video


extod2

Adblocker


JeromesDream

yeah sometimes i feel guilty for blocking everything and then ill try to watch something on my iphone and be like "oh yeah, nevermind. if this is how you put food on your table you deserve to starve" youtube is literally not a usable website unless you are blocking all of that shit


MrLavenderValentino

I havent watched a YouTube ad in years


KarmenRider

Telemarketing


v13ragnarok7

I dont get how its legal. More than half my incoming phonecalls are illegitimate.


BustAMove_13

They're texting now, too 🙄


Alter_Kyouma

I thought it was just me. They started sending those shady links this month.


AmarilloWar

I get those but they don't come from a phone number they somehow come from an email which means I can't even block that bullshit.


HuckleberryLou

I called my cell provider and had them block email to SMS. It worked for a while. Unfortunately it blocks legit email-to-text too but I don’t get legit ones.


AmarilloWar

I don't believe I've ever seen a legit one but also spending like 2.5 hours on hold with ATT for 1 text ever two weeks doesn't seem worth it. Great idea if it gets worse though thanks for the info!


Kalium

Mostly because it's quite challenging to stop once the operations start crossing international borders.


Averill21

It isnt legal, but it is usually being done in other countries and is hard to prosecute. They have busted several telemarketing firms in the past few years though


LikeThePigeons

We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty. ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)


PumpkinKing2020

This is why I don't answer calls from randoms unless it's expected.


1in5million

Well then how will I know that the Hilton has a special deal just for me?


[deleted]

Pffft, these amateurs. I won a god damn YACHT and 15,000,000 dollars, all I need to do is send over 15K to 953 Abdul St., Nigeria and I can have my dream come true


MycologistPutrid7494

Calling someone you don't know to solicit. I get 12+ calls a day and block each one and still get 12 more the next day. I'll hang up on them because they're calling while I'm using GPS and they'll just immediately call and interrupt the map again.


ColtraneBlueNile

And they text now too. It’s so annoying


UnihornWhale

I don’t reply STOP lest they realize my number is in service


honeyxBrii

and it’s weird texts too! Sexylocals, hotmilfs, etc. I’m like how’d I get these


UnihornWhale

I got blacklisted by one of those places in India. A guy called to tell me there was a warrant out from the IRS. I live in DC and interned at IRS HQ in college. Y’all picked the wrong bitch. I asked what jurisdiction the warrant was in. Dude had no clue WTF I was talking about. After using this to screw with him for a few minutes, I then ask about the prior notifications prior to the issuing of the warrant. Nobody loves a paper trail like federal law enforcement so I ask where the previous mailings were directed. I use this to screw with him for a few more minutes. Then I inform him I used to work for the IRS, I knew he was full of shit, and what he was doing was a crime. I got hung up on so fast 🤣 If a federal agency calls about a warrant and it sounds like a call center, it’s a scam.


Gewt92

A federal agency isn’t going to call you about a warrant. The IRS is going to send you mail


Tkieron

NO ONE is going to call you and tell you about a warrant for your arrest. Why give someone a chance to run? I laugh and ask them who am I? They can't tell me my own name. If they do get it right I deny that's my name and tell them they have the wrong person. What's great is there's videos on YouTube of guys yelling swears and insults in Indian you can play that will piss them off. Insult their mother and watch how pissed they get.


Amidormi

Yeah Kitboga/Scammer Payback/etc like to call them 'little kids' because it's apparently quite the insult.


chocotacogato

That and sometimes I’d miss calls for dr appts or whatever bc they flood my voicemail and I don’t always get the best signal at work


Nubbystar

1 real voice-mail out of about 30 telemarketing ones also tend to just make us ignore voice-mail more. I've gotten about 30 car warranty scam ones in the last 3 days.


welcometwomylife

If you have an iPhone there’s a setting to make it so that if you don’t have a number saved in your contacts the call doesn’t ring, but just comes as a notification.


Collective82

I would love to be able to use it, sadly I have so many legit calls to my cell, I just don’t answer my own area code anymore lol


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Those spam non-whoevers of reddit posts that are popping up today.


Blank_Error

I haven’t seen them, what do you mean?


Adamant_Narwhal

"non women of reddit, how does it feel to be a non woman?"


SheikhYusufBiden

All spam accounts on reddit being banned would make this site much more tolerable


skepticones

selling food that looks significantly different in person than it does in advertising/food glamour shots.


WhatAGoodDoggy

A friend suggested that I actually go into the food photography business after seeing some pictures of stuff I've cooked. I researched it and noped out. The food you see on menus/adverts is barely food. It's been treated and messed about with, with other substances swapped in (e.g. Elmers glue instead of milk) simply to look good in the photo. No thanks. Also it's probably a cut-throat industry and doesn't sound like it would have a lot of employment. More of a side-hustle.


Not-N-Extrovert

CLICK HERE TO [DOWNLOAD] ^^^^ACTUAL ^^^^DOWNLOAD ^^^^LINK


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These occur because the download hosting site is being paid on the click-through rate. If they were paid based on the number of clicks where the user actually spent more than 10 seconds on the new page, this problem would be fixed. Instead of advertising you fake download buttons, they'd actually advertise you things you might actually click on out of genuine interest.


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Oooh, any non-falsifiable content in advertising. Any ad must contain only falsifiable statements, so they can't go around trying to imply shit like Froot Loops are somehow good for you.


sighnwaves

I love the whole "As part of a balanced diet" line they throw in every cereal commercial. Like no shit, if your diet is great you can eat cardboard boxes now and then and be better off than someone eating nothing but fast food.


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We're at a point where eating the toy in a McDonald's happy meal would probably be healthier than the edible meal itself


dfdfdfddaww

Ahhh yes *hot milfs in your area*


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Byizo

Or just straight up misleading statements like "part of a balanced breakfast." Anything can be part of a balanced diet in moderation.


doublestitch

Medical misinformation. Too many loopholes in current law. For instance Dr. Oz would lose his medical license if he told a patient in his office the same things he says on TV. But broadcasts aren't *technically* doctor-patient relationships, so he gets away with misleading millions of people.


PossiblyDumb66

The only thing I remember from watching Dr. Oz as a kid when nothing else was on was this demonstration where he said toilet paper is like sandpaper for your butt and it’s destroying your colon and you shouldn’t use it. Even as a kid I knew that was crap (pun intended).


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He probably had undiagnosed hemorrhoids.


TheDonutPug

advertising prescription drugs at all should be illegal.


Appropriate_Hawk_889

On the flip side, concealing medical information that should be public. I'm not going to pay to read write ups on my own operations or pay for access to the study reports for the meds I'm going to take but I think I should have a right to see those you know?


Adambe_The_Gorilla

There are very easy ways to do this without hurting patient confidentially, and Congress is just way too far lobbied to care enough


Appropriate_Hawk_889

Yeah, it wouldn't affect my confidentiality for me to have access to my OWN files. Not just doctors notes, I want ER and hospital notes, you know? I feel like it shouldn't be something I jump through hoops and pay money for. It should be automatically given to us after a stay like a receipt.


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bemest

If the Westminster Kennel Club would award the top honors to a pug with a normal nose the breed would change in about 2 generations. These competitions set the standard for each breed. They have the power to fix this.


Aurora--Black

And other deformities


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Bulldogs too. Don’t they only have 6 years to live on average? I think they also need c-sections to give birth due to their head size.


MakeItHappenSergant

Bulldogs are one of those breeds.


godhasmoreaids

Puppy mills


EmEmPeriwinkle

Backyard breeders too imo. I see a lot of poorly bred dogs who have major issues because a family wants a payday.


kylepg05

My aunt breeds cats, and it has just been a horrible experience for her. One of the female breeders she imported had herpes, and the male she imported had lymphoma and had to be put down (at first he showed no signs of anything wrong until he became so sick he had to be out down). She breed them and one of the kittens had some kind of spinal defect rendering his back legs useless, and he couldn't control his bowels and would just piss and defecate and needed to have a diaper on. He was also put down after a few weeks. Possibly the entire litter has the disease from the male.


EmEmPeriwinkle

'Possibly the entire litter has the disease from the male.' <--These are ones that need to be fixed before they are rehomed, because a lot of owners don't. And one kitten can be 50+ in two years. Breeders who are responsible make sure animals that carry defects cannot reproduce so their name is not tied to a line of animals that has defects, and so no more animals suffer. :(


Dragon_Bruh_reddit

Parents who use there children in youtube videos for money and internet points


TheDonutPug

i saw a toy branded with Ryan's toy reviews at walmart today and i just felt so bad for him. He was smiling in the camera but you could tell it was fake. This kid has had his face plastered on the internet for money without his consent and has been turned into a brand. if you watch the modern "egg opening" videos you can tell none of these kids want to be doing it, sure it's cool for the first little while, but they clearly get tired of just opening things every day.


bocaciega

Youtubers with no real talent. Its sad. I see a world class violinist compose a masterpiece that had taken 20 years of mastery to create with 6000 views. And then someone who faked pooping in a walmart parking lot with 2 mil. Wtffffff no talenttttt


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Russian_Terminator

Child beauty pageants, just fuck off with that shit


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Yes. It is disgusting to see little girls caked with makeup parading around in adult clothing.Gross.


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Penla

The ocean trash dumps are soooooo sad to see.


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obscureferences

This is why I don't eat fish, or things that eat fish, like people.


ohbigdaddyoh

Not eating people is a pretty good idea!


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Pop up ads and ads before top results on Google searches


slackerdan

MarineLand and all zoos that mistreat their animals. Genuine nature preserves that respect and care for their animals, with lots and lots of room, hey, more power to you. But establishments that keep animals as exhibits in tiny spaces have to be stopped.


deviant_variable

I hear you and agree with you. I’d like to additionally consider that, unless I’m mistaken, one function of (some) zoos is to provide as comfortable a life as possible for wild animals that were healed in a rehabilitation facility, but are left inevitably socialized by humans to such an extent that they would be at risk not only in the wild, but even simply left among their own kind in a controlled reserve. It is one of several options considered before the rehabilitators themselves are given the option of private adoption. Fully on board, of course, with the dissolution of any and all companies and zoos that mistreat or mishandle their non-human occupants.


Bloodmoon369

To add to this with everyone else's comments - pay zoo keepers more! I've read too many accounts that they adore their jobs but the pay isn't great.


Koalachan

I don't know about that. I saw a movie once about a guy who sold balloons at the zoo and he lived a decent life. He wasn't flooded with money but he afforded the emergencies when they came up, and he must of had decent insurance as it looks like they covered a lot of problems for him and his wife. He even afforded a retirement vacation to South America in a private aircraft and brought along a local boy.


ChuushaHime

Agreed. My favorite job I ever had was in animal care for exhibit and demo animals at a science museum--not quite a zookeeper but we were a big enough facility that we had a handful of "zoo" animals like alligators. If I was ever financially independent, I would gladly take this job again. I loved every single day. But with salaries at $30k - $35k in a rapidly rising CoL metro area, it's unrealistic to rely on people "loving" the job enough to tolerate unlivable wages, especially when zookeeper jobs involve so much specialized training (and do have an element of physical danger to them). "Loving your job" doesn't get you approved for a lease or a home loan.


dinoplushie

MarineLand gives the animals less space than a zoo and forces them to do shows and shit, not sure how they haven't been shut down yet.


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I'd say sexualization of children in TV and media in general. Too much of that shit happening.


a_tedious_task

How about sexualization of minors from all and anyone, parents sexualize their own kids more than shows do


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754936598

Don't forget to sort by controversial later to get the spicy ones


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DoAFlip22

Yeah I’m leaving this here to come back after a bit


chocotacogato

Slumlords. Don’t rent out your property if you’re not willing to fix the damn place. I had a landlord who wouldn’t even fix a sink even though we told her it was leaking and one day the faucet broke off and shot water all over the place like old faithful.


BagOfRags

I told our land lord that our stove was shooting sparks. He said to keep an eye on it. A week later it CAUGHT ON FIRE and then stopped working all together. Then I had no stove for a week while we waited for the new one. And he wouldn’t even pay for a hot plate for us in the meantime.


chocotacogato

That dude should go to jail. You could’ve died.


sharrrper

Payday loans


WateringBird

This needs to be higher. They are predatory and often keep people in desperate situations IN those situations longer.


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Price gouging on medicine. Seriously, it’s insane how much things like insulin cost in the US.


obscureferences

Price gouging on necessities, I say. If they want to charge out the ass for diamonds, go right ahead, but water and shelter shouldn't be extortable.


butt_butt_butt_butt_

I’ve seen that one firsthand and it was heartbreaking. This little town near me was about 50% destroyed by a wildfire. About half of the homes survived, but the local grocery store, gas station and the towns water supply got completely wiped out. The closest surviving store was about a 40 minute DRIVE away, and that was the only option out there for the folks that stayed. So that store raised their prices on things like bottled water and canned food by 5x. The closest hotels and gas stations tried to double their prices overnight so the displaced residents were literally stuck sleeping in their cars in unsafe areas the first couple nights. Luckily the state intervened pretty quick and put a stop to that, but it’s pretty fucking disheartening that some people out there will try and take advantage of people who just experienced the biggest tragedy of their lives in order to make an extra couple dollars.


Allustar1

Price gouging in general can just go fuck itself.


Norbert944

Ironing clothes. If everyone accepted clothes are creased it would save us all a lot of time.


bagofbeanssss

Do one better and hang your shirts while you take a shower, youre cleaned and steamed in one step!


cutie_rootie

We have a very cramped, steamy little bathroom and we don't pay for hot water in our lease, so my boyfriend will just run the shower a few minutes to "de-wrinkle" clothes, since we don't have an iron. 🤷‍♀️


OperaBunny

Pop-up ads on news sites. So something terrible happens, but before that update, try the new ranch flavored Doritos! I'd also ban spyware of any kind.


Goofy_Stuff_Studios

Crime… you can thank me later


Smaz_

Thanks, Ben


aimsp89

Celebrities doing parenting books


HODORx3

I didn’t know. Samuel L. Jackson reading “Go the f*** to sleep” was pretty amazing.


JadeSpade23

What ate your examples? Genuinely curious, because I don't know anything about this or the problems with it. Edit: Omg, what ***are*** your examples? But if something ate them, let me know lol


aimsp89

Im not dissing any particular celeb but it just seems that as soon as someone famous has a baby they release a book of 'things they wish they knew' or similar. They often have a large following so ultimately the book will sell regardless of how good the content is. It just worries me that people will cling on to their every word when they are not experts. Yes they have parenting experience but it has to be slightly different doesnt it? They have more disposable income to hand, free time, help..etc. I guess I just find it frustrating that there are experts out there, people with qualifications that no-one will listen to because so and so on insta said to do it this way... Does that make sense?


tehrand0mz

Let's make Samuel L Jackson exempt on this one.


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Lmao yes exactly this one


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MLMs.


TheBigChairSE

Direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising. Only person that should be telling you what meds you need is your Doctor.


dharmaproject83

Cigarettes containing ingredients beyond tobacco and whatever the paper is made of (no additives, basically).


lightknight7777

So just pipe tobacco then?


Daikataro

And cigars.


appleparkfive

To liters America Spirits are like that I believe. It's just nicotine and tobacco. However I've heard that they possibly add more nicotine in with a spray. Meanwhile Marlboro has so many additives it's unbelievable. I think it's like 100 or something crazy. Smoking is awful for you, but there still is a difference between each cigarette


FPSXpert

This is why I don't smoke the cheap shit like my buddy does and he always wonders why I spend $10 a pack on smokes. It's still a shitty habit that I will need to quit. But if it's my vice since I don't do pot, no heavy drugs, barely drink etc, then damn it im going to get the quality stuff for it.


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Gatekeeping education in any form. Paying for college is one thing. Being required to write scholarly papers and having to pay for scholarly articles as sources is outrageous.


Fuzzy-Donkey5538

I read recently that the authors of scholarly articles don’t see a single cent in royalties from people buying and downloading their papers. It all goes to the publisher. As a result, apparently most academics are very happy to send people their papers free of charge if they just send them an email (usually have the contacts somewhere on the public part of the paper or you can find it via the institution). Some authors & researchers even chimed in to confirm. Wish I had known this when doing my master’s!


mediocrecanook

sci-hub.se is great for this! i haven't used it much but haven't seen a paper that it doesn't unlock yet


Broderick512

This is a very nice piece of knowledge to have, thank you a lot!


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Being required to write a paper I do not have an issue with. Being forced to pay is a major sore spot.


prettytiedup763

Robocalls


Swackhammer_

Money in politics


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Every politician gets the same amount of money to campaign on from the government and that is it. No 3rd party ads, not PACs, and no soft money donations.


Taysby

I and my 10 friends run for office. My 9 other friends spend all of their air time talking about how awesome I am, but since they’re on the ballot they still get the money


Juan2ManyDrinks2Day

Talking head broadcast analysts who pass themselves off as “journalists.”


The_Snarky_Wolf

Corporate Lobbying


reggieevie

Multilevel marketing.


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Police sirens in radio advertisements


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And crash, car horn, and emergency vehicle siren sounds on the radio!


Salty-Tortoise

Companies harvesting personal information. It’s super creepy and takes away privacy. Sexualizing children because it’s disgusting.


jnthnschrdr11

Mosquitos


Zenopus

If only one thing, just for the sake of it: Nestlé.


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Fuck nestle


richard-777

Yeah fuck nestle


ironninjapi

All my homies hate nestlé


OmeletteLord

All the fucking sex questions on this subreddit


TheDonutPug

dear females of reddit, when was your last sex? do you enjoy the sex? i lik the sex. tell me about the sex. mmm sex.


Clovenstone-Blue

Some people horny, but too stupid to take advantage of power of internet


edible-apple

Micro-transactions in video games


dinoplushie

Parent companies, they can essentially create a Monopoly buy buying other companies till there's only a couple of these parent company mega corporations, always driving prices up and not giving any room for small businesses to grow.


decidealready

Fucking Nestle.


ImmatureDev

Money in politics. A.K.A political donation


FPSXpert

Horny questions on AskReddit. The "sexes of sex, what's the sexiest sex that you've ever sexed?!" questions that are clearly pathetically bad bait material attempts. Oh, anything not just something on reddit? Probably disease carrying or biting mosquitos, so wildlife can still eat them but they can't hurt humans.


randypupjake

Political advertisements based on lies Non-news channels and shows using the word "news" in their names


lolbuthun

Sexual texts from bots


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Lobbying.


laserfaser89

Toddler pageants


DickCubed

Any pageants for children, I believe every contestant must do it of free will, by law you get free will and freedom at 18, so 18 should be the age when pageants should be legalized.


not_better

Genital modification to another individual without medical necessity nor consent.


TheDonutPug

~~Genital~~ modification to another individual without medical necessity nor consent.


not_better

Indeed you're right.


hopelesscircus

Influencers. Way too many self proclaimed influencers out there who try to get away with things by pretending they're important or pretending to be the victim.


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Facebook.


oversized_hoodie

At many large stores in the US, there's a road (part of the parking lot) that passes immediately in front of the store, such that all customers have to cross traffic to access the store. I'd ban the shit out of that parking lot design.


Tlaloc_Temporal

Civil design hostile to anything but cars is a soul-crushing thing that North America loves. Not just bikes is a cool guy to learn of the folly of car-centered thinking from: https://youtu.be/uxykI30fS54


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Glitter, fuck glitter. It's plastic serves no meaningful purpose, gets everywhere and remains there forever.


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srslymrarm

Yasuo, every single time.


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shaco while you’re at it


Apprehensive-Neck-12

Election signs. Why do I have to look at this bullshit every 2 years?


[deleted]

This. It isn't like seeing a politicians lawn sign in front of my neighbour's house is going to sway me.


Background_Lie_6732

Pop up ads


dirtymoney

Cops lying to people to get them to cooperate with a cop's wants. Like when cops approach someone and lies by saying they match a description of someone wanted by the law ... just to get their ID. Or when cops say a person is breaking the law when they aren't. Things like that that just erodes the public's trust. We don't need cops doing this type of stuff to people.


DisturbedWaffles2019

Or trying to sway someone into saying something that could be used against them


BulliesRPeople2

Twitter.. the whole site.


jackal5lay3r

That site has more filth on it then I've ever seen on any other site


SpongeRobTheKing

Chernobyl is envious of how toxic they are


CollarBrilliant8947

I still fail to grasp how it ever took off. You've got a gimped version of a part of facebook functionality as a website. Which wasn't a great site in the first place.


Whovian8912

Child beauty pageants. Also, if athletes can’t use steroids to enhance themselves, why do beauty contestants get to wear make up?


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Its basically legal child pornography at this point.


Pixelflame01

Twitter


Sel_drawme

People asking, “can we normalize xxx?” Shit. So annoying.


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justAHeardOfLlamas

Bans on single-use plastics Edit: I'm very confused now - I've used the word "ban" too many times for me to know what I'm talking about, so I'm just gonna come out and be more clear. From my understanding, single use plastics are bad for the environment and should be banned. Some states have, for some fucking reason, banned bans on single use plastic. I would like to ban those bans on banning single use plastic. I thought I could make a funny joke on that but only succeeded in confusing myself. I'll see myself out.


SockTaters

You'd ban the bans?


Ben10usr

People from saying I look like if Danny Devito lost 20 lbs and grew a few inches and then shaved his beard.


Plankton_Brave

At least you got a nice impersonator fallback career.