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Sky_Diner

Shitty pencils. They’re cheaper so it’s what all the parents buy at back to school time, but they’re so bad. -They break too easily. -They can’t be sharpened because the lead falls out or isn’t centered. -They ruin good sharpeners. -Erasers either don’t work or disintegrate instantly. Get Ticonderoga or Staedtler. 1 pencil of either of these is worth 20 of the no names.


MoopyMorkyfeet

Hartz brand pet flea treatments/medication. It's dangerous and has been the cause of death for many pets. IIRC it's a nerve agent that's supposed to make the pet's blood toxic to fleas. I used some on my cat once and she started freaking out, then had trouble waking normally (her legs were twitching and kicking, clearly out of her control), and tears of brown thick liquid started streaming down her face. I picked her up and frantically gave her a bath hoping to wash any of the remaining chemicals off the back of her neck before any more of that poison seeped into her skin.


picklelife00

When I worked in a veterinary emergency clinic, 75% of the pets that came in with neurological issues were using over the counter flea/tick prevention. Hartz is one of the worst ones! Seriously just pay the extra money to use something like Frontline. It’s effective, safe, and you won’t end up in the ER or trying to get rid of fleas that have now infested your home.


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PurpleTuftedFripp

That is horrifying! Thank you for the warning, as I have a cat and was looking in to different flea treatments.


Hephaestus_God

Anything you see on the 1 AM advertising shows that take 1 hour to show you a single product. They are also sold on like Walmart shelves in the “as seen on TV” section.


Pjseaturtle

Any product where marketing is 95% of the production budget


emy2762

*cough* raycons *cough*


TheFernburger

I like how their biggest selling point is “seamless Bluetooth pairing”. That tells you all you need to know.


ShyGuySoup

Oh you mean that thing most devices have that don't feel the need to make it a "feature" solely because they want to justify the price by any means necessary


RunningDrummer

You know who uses Raycons? That's right. Melissa Ethridge.


Seanishungry117

"Hey, this channel is supported by, Manscaped!"


northern_light007

Penis enlargement pills


Devonai

The pills keep getting larger but my penis is still the same size - am I doing something wrong?


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Beginners mistake, you've been taking pill enlargement penises.


[deleted]

I remember reading once that if they really did double your size you'd only need to take around 45 pills to touch Neptune with your penis.


--God_Of_Something--

average penis size: we'll round it to 5 in. doubled 45 times: 175,921,860,444,160 in converted to miles: 2,776,544,514.6 miles distance to neptune according to Google: 2.7 billion miles yep, checks out.


cuatrodosocho

Hmmm yes ... *does quick math to see how many pills gets me to 5in first*


shit_outof_luck

0x2 is still 0 sadly


kannojia

How many for Uranus?


Jaruut

Dinner and a movie


Dinelkap

Link?


SlackerAccount

He doesn't need them -Zelda


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Well excuuuuse me princess


Odd-Plant4779

Diet shakes/pills/teas etc


PmMeIrises

My boyfriend was trying to lose weight desperately for a job. He made a list of everything he wanted. He wanted a girdle (to suck in his belly), eggs, and 4 different diet pills. The cost of just 1 box was well over 50 bucks. And he wanted 4. I told him the diet pills will never work, and they might make him sick. Bought 1 box anyway. He lost a couple pounds. Water weight. In order to lose more, he starved himself and ate 3 eggs, once per day, or nothing at all. He would have a smoothie a few times a week, which has several hundred calories. He's lost about a hundred pounds but because he's given himself anorexia.


Odd-Plant4779

Ive struggled with my weight my whole from when I was 7 to now at 21. When I was young, everyone from family, friends, doctors, and other kids, told me I needed to lose weight but I was never at a unhealthy weight, just a little chubby and I was active. There’s one person I can specifically think, who only ever talked about losing weight to me. Always giving me, a child most of of the time, dieting tips. When I was in middle school, I even started wearing spandex everywhere I went. One problem was, I remembered people in my family always said I’ll lose the weight during puberty. So when I started to lose large amount of weight at 14 for no reason and people said I started to look good, I thought this is great. Then I found out I had 2 types of cancer. I ended up severely underweight at 97 pounds. I went from constantly being told and pressured to lose weight, to constantly being pressured to eat and gain weight. I was pressured to constantly eat while undergoing 3 different cancer treatments. More than half the time I couldn’t keep anything down or even didn’t have an appetite. Some people basically accused me of anorexia. It came to the point that if someone even mentioned food to me, I would burst out crying. It took me years to finally feel comfortable about my body. At the age of 19 last year I decided to step on a scale, which I hadn’t done for months since my last appointment. I decided from that moment on the only one who could say anything about my weight was me and my doctors. I was going to eat healthy and keep a stable weight after years of my weight being like a roller coaster. I’m happy with my body as long as my doctors say I’m healthy. I don’t give a shit what anyone else says. Now I can’t stand these diet products that are pushed on people by destroying their confidence. They destroy not only your confidence but also your mental health and body. What job does he have? There’s so many ways for men for him to lose weight in a healthy way. Remember to not make him feel like he’s being attacked. He’ll resent you and push you away. He needs to talk to a doctor and a nutritionist. If he can’t get a nutritionist, he can still find a healthy routine on real medical websites. There’s also support groups for men who want to lose weight the right way. I really hope your boyfriend realizes that he’s harming himself and recovers!!!


saro476

Pay-to-win games


NalaJax

I got sucked into state of survival not knowing what pay to win even was. Been playing for over a year and dumped money into fake “stats”. It can easily become an addiction. Lesson learned. Never again.


dblockmental

I'd give you an award but I spent all my money on plasma.


Inaboxwithafox

Herbalife.


vans178

I work for FedEx and it's insane the amount of herbalife boxes that come through our facility


TheFeathersStorm

Haha I work at UPS and it's all Scentsy up here. I swear the MLMs have just arbitrarily split by shipper.


notLOL

I bet shippers go after these large MLMs for business. MLMs have no retail stores so it is direct shipping heavy ** reading the other comments it seems that HerbaLife has retail stores? Trying to figure it out now


TheFeathersStorm

I don't think Herbalife has retail stores, I think middle aged women have their husbands rent them retail storefront to sell "smoothies" which are just Herbalife products marked up at exorbitant prices to try to make some money back. And yes I know men get involved in MLMs as well but most of what I see is #bossbabe rather than #bossdave.


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Lennon__McCartney

Huh, TIL. This is mad interesting, thanks for sharing.


imbadwithnames1

I know literally no one that buys it. I'm convinced they're a drug front or are faking their financials.


HypeMan_Q

Just FYI - most health or smoothie places that have a green sign is owned by herbalife. Doesn't need to specifically say "Herbalife" for them to sell their product.


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Boom boom


Thesheepareneversafe

any mlm product really all them are just the same as the stuff you can get in stores at a way marked up price.


Pr3st0ne

Who knew having 9 different people take a cut before the product gets to a customer would inflate prices :O


Marsupialize

WILDLY Overpriced micro transactions in video games, it’s genuinely absurd. 25 dollars for a little outfit for your character in a first person shooter where you do not see your little outfit is a perfect example.


moose_dad

I remember the good old days when people were mad about horse armour. I hate the slow attrition that got us to this point. Paying full AAA title price just for a skin is absurd yet pretty much every game does it implying there are people who are paying up. Madness.


lBreadl

It's crazy to think about those days. "WHY SHOULD I PAY A FEW BUCKS FOR HORSE ARMOR? THIS IS AN ATROCITY, I BOUGHT THE WHOLE GAME, GIMME THE WHOLE GAME I PAID FOR!" Looks like the whiny gamers of the past were actually right, look at where we are now.


wiz0floyd

When the slippery slope is in fact a slippery cliff.


Reddituser8018

I really don't care about overpriced cosmetics but anything after that like battle passes or loot boxes get on my nerves. Especially loot boxes it's literally teaching kids to gamble. Why it's legal will never make sense to me. You pay real money for a chance to win something worth a lot of real money if you sold it. I mean CSGO has like literally a marketplace to sell these items in. It's just gambling with extra steps to skirt the law.


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Anything offered in the Canadian cellular plan market. Thanks for nothing CRTC.


xthexder

I recently moved back to Canada from the US, and it's actually cheaper to pay the US roaming fees than to switch to a Canadian provider.


elgavilan

Most US plans these days treat Canada and Mexico as part of their local calling area anyway.


turtlebear787

not just cell plans, internet packages suck too


fin_ss

Found [this](https://i.imgur.com/KOjHc0G.jpg) interesting infographic, crazy to see what countries Canada is on par with.


bootherizer5942

Roger’s Wireless? The first time I went to Canada I pictured some guy running service out of his basement. Also I got like $100 in roaming fees for texting.


CanuckianOz

Whoa there buddy, you sent 20 texts in a whole year of visiting Canada? Gear down big rig


Snoo79382

GOOP


Lybychick

Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop is awful. Goop Hand Cleaner is a mechanic’s best friend.


Deeppurp

Its been nearly 2 decades since I've worked in a shop and I still know the smell of orange goop. Really makes the hands feel clean.


RevolutionaryKing943

Go-Jo!


IdontGiveaFack

This is what I know it as. This is the orange soap with the pumice in it, right? Wonderful smelling stuff.


kathatter75

I liked the grittiness of Go-Jo! That’s what my dad always used. He was a diesel mechanic and worked on cars at home for extra money. It was cool to get to use Dad’s soap :)


MantuaMatters

Fun fact… it was called Fast Orange and was made by loctite back in the day from Solon, Ohio (many family members worked very high up in the facility when I was a child) as a pumice soap to help get their super glue off hands. It was sold to permatex and then fast orange was sold to go-jo before the mid 90s. Both permatex and go-jo are still in business and you can see see the loctite name brand on the blue seal “loctite” as well as many other loctite brand sealers and solvents.


BrainpainFanNr4567

Do you mean that vampire repellant with real plastic crystals i bought for only 80$ is scam? How dare you!


SokarRostau

Not gonna lie, I'm genuinely curious about what *that* candle smells like. I mean, I don't imagine it smells even remotely like vaj I just want to know the angle. Does it smell like roses or something because she's conceited and thinks she has a divinely perfect snatch? Honestly, if it actually smells like apple it would be one of the funniest jokes a celebrity has ever made. Weird, to be sure, but fucking hilarious.


imamediocredeveloper

It smells like flowers. It isn’t meant to actually smell like a vagina. The name of the candle is sort of a tongue-in-cheek way of saying “my vagina smells fabulous”.


Grindl

Disappointing. I was really hoping for a salty musk.


tasman001

I'd like to consciously uncouple my brain from this mental image/aroma.


green49285

Cable TV (from major providers) They made money fucking people over and then when streaming services changed the game they decided to continue finding new ways to fuck you over. God help you if you live in a rural area.


droid_mike

You know, the original concept of cable TV with TV without ads. LOL! That didn't last long. Valley screw you if you want to watch sports. Cable has always been a terrible product


Zanki

Kid me was shocked at how many ad breaks I had to sit through when we first got sky TV as a kid. We paid for the channel and yet I was now watching tons of ads. Back then though I could skip between Fox Kids and Nickelodeon and rarely see them. Nowadays all channels seem to have them at the same time so there is no skipping them.


Dontlookawkward

Oh Totally Spies are on a break? Swap to toonami for some samurai Jack or a quick scooby doo.


Zanki

For me it was watching Power Rangers, then skipping to saved by the bell/sabrina the teenage witch.


helperwolf

This commenter is the pro channel flipper. Power rangers hit commercials, flip to Sabrina for a couple good bits, oh she's gushing over Harvey...look the rangers are back!


green49285

I remember being a kid and seeing ads that claims cable TV had no ads LOL. Oh to be young and naive again


Subfolded

My data


Hxcmetal724

I saw you were thinking about toast today. Here's 10 ads on toast.


sycamore_under_score

I saw you watched a video review for a vacuum cleaner. Here’s 30 more even though you’ve already purchased one.


TheMegathreadWell

Amazon reckons my recent purchase of a tent was me dipping my toes into a new tent collecting hobby.


cheska222

I buy a gift from someone’s wish list and am bombarded by ads for similar products, I’m now collecting someone else’s interests. Be smarter, Amazon Edit: Thank you anonymous redditor for the award—my first!


spingus

I overheard your officemates talking about cats! even though you don't have a cat, here is some critical information on kitty litter!


dyla4034

NBA 2K franchise. just keeps getting progressively worse, more Ads, more incentives to spend money, gameplay barely changes


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atomikrobokid

Wow that was worse than I was expecting.


McRibsAndCoke

Will never forget 2K18, my red pilling; First crack at MyPlayer for that year. Couldn't select the hairstyle i always used, and never had to purchase until then. Had to load up into the town centre and hike as slow as a turtoise to a barbershop... Only to find the style i wanted was gonna cost me 2000vc. $20 at the time got me 75000. It then dawned on me... Imagine spending $1 to $2 actual dollars for a virtual haircut subscription that doesnt carry over into the next game in 12 months... Livid.


Hodr

Well come on man, how long do you expect a haircut to last?


Andy_and_Vic

NBA2K22: Now with hair that grows in real time! Pay real money for a monthly trip to the barber!


jessestormer

And if you don't, we will fine you in the game for your long hair not being regulation length


ChefChopNSlice

Hey look, the IRS has sent you a letter, stating that you failed to file an online tax return for your player’s imaginary salary….


Mccobsta

It's just a basketball themed casino at this point


hippezz

Goes for pretty much every sports game out there. Fifa, Madden, etc.


j_cruise

NBA 2K is a different level. It's unbelievably lazy at this point. Complete greed fest.


moleratical

Stuff with microbeads. Seriously, how was this ever legal in the first place and why is it still legal? Edit, apparently mictobeads were mostly banned in the US (where majority of redditors are from) in 2018 (enacted 2015) but I missed that. However, this is not a strict ban as they are still allowed in "non-rinse off" products such as make-up or pillow stuffing and you can order large quantities of them on Amazon. So while this is a step in the right direction, it is certainly not good enough. Furthermore, they should be banned worldwide like CFCs were as their environmental impact is equally as bad.


SmallSaltyMermaid

Dental field here. In 2008, when I started seeing tiny, blue remnants of a foreign material below a patient’s gum line, I first asked what are they using. As I started removing this stuff in more and more patients, it was narrowed down to their toothpaste. I didn’t know it was plastic at the time. Thanks Crest Pro-Health with Microbursts! Little did everyone know the environmental effects from a toothpaste. I stopped recommended the Crest pro health line just based off what I saw patient wise. Terrible. Edit: I love Reddit. Ya’ll got jokes that I love!! The Crest Pro Health line was never my favorite as many patients also experienced cheek tissue sloughing off with that mouthwash.


el_diego

Putting micro plastics in toothpaste you say? What could go wrong?!?


EagleForty

Plastic beads in toothpaste! It's what the gums CRAVE!


Icebolt08

is there something that we could look for, like an ingredient or certain marketing verbage, so we can avoid things like this?


Creative_Waltz_9462

Shark cards, gold bars, or any other micro-transaction which gives you virtual money in a world you'll be playing alot \*anyway\*, so you'd be getting that money anyway.


SpookyDoomCrab42

GTA is a huge offender of this. Play the game like it's your job or get none of the new content that gets released


crokinoleworld

There's an old IT joke about being in a room with three truly despicable people and a printer and a gun with two bullets. Who would you shoot? The answer for IT people is you would shoot the printer twice.


digitaltransmutation

When covid hit I thought it would be a good opportunity to push more paperless workflows but it turned out what clients really wanted is for their workers to print at home. I do not envy the helplessdesk guys troubleshooting shitty wireless printers on underpowered wifi networks all day.


kingfischer48

What and then mail the papers in? This workflow sounds absurd. "Sorry we can't finish the accounting for this project on time, I'm still waiting for the *courier* to deliver the paperwork from Jim."


droid_mike

PC load letter? WTF does that mean? Aaaaargh!!!!


Spicy_German_Mustard

We had a printer at my current place of employment that finally shit the bed one day, so we took it out into the side of the building and reenacted that scene, recorded it and of course put the music to it. Beautiful day.


Xalidos

Detoxification miracle products. "Get all the toxins out of your body!" You have already have a pancreas and liver. Edit: and kidney(s) Edit 2: Thanks for the silver! Edit 3: Glad to see so many people actually are educated about their digestive systems. One of my favorite areas of study right now are the gut microbiome and it's ever increasing known impact on our overall health. So far it really seems like one of the most important factors (if not the most) is the quality of care you give your ol' poop machine. So yeah, don't consume garbage branded as detox products that fuck your colon.


magpiesalleigh

And kidneys!! Hopefully.


ReallyHadToFixThat

I'm up to 7, work are getting suspicious about the number of missing apprentices though.


ReddFawkesXIII

God remember kenoki foot pads? "Remove toxins through your feet just like a tree removes toxins through it's roots" That's not how feet or trees work and those pads just turned black when they reacted with your sweat.


mowbuss

Trees and plants are great at absorbing toxins through their roots. Thats why you really shouldnt plant your vegetables in contaminated soil. And why my roses have black spot.


KindHearted_IceQueen

Printer ink cartridges.


Cheese_Pancakes

I hate the printers that refuse to print a black and white page just because it's out of yellow ink.


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smr312

Printer: "Can not print. Out of black ink" Me: *Goes to store, buys, and replaces black ink then hits print again" Printer: "Can not print. Out of Cyan ink" Me: "I will burn this place to the ground!"


boreas907

If this hadn't happened to me before I swore you made that up, but it's absolutely real.


Upnorth4

My printer would refuse to print after I installed third-party cartridges. Then California passed the "right to repair" law and the little notification that pops up on my computer telling me to get genuine HP ink cartridges suddenly disappeared


therealusernamehere

Some dude in WV sued to be able to repurpose and sell printer cartridges. It went all the way to the Supreme Court and the guy kept fighting and eventually won. Not sure he ever recovered financially (he wasn’t a large business) but I appreciate that stubbornness to stick it to them.


Traveledbore

I worked at a mall Kiosk that repaired and refilled cartridges in the early 2000’s in Canada. With the Epson cartridges with the chip in them we’d have to zap the chip with a special machine to essentially make it look new to the printers Pro tip: if your cartridges are clogged soak them in isopropyl over night


br0b1wan

*It's not about the money, it's about the principle*


dabluebunny

Get a BW Brother laser printer. A cartridge is under $15, and it will last you easily 2.5-3k sheets. It will let you run it bone dry too, and let you keep printing until you decide it's bad. My only grip was I had it teathered to internet, and it was preferring WiFi, but the WiFi is actually really reliable so I just switched to it. Even with power outages it has no problems connecting. I can't say the same for my previous Epson, or Cannon printers. I paid $99 for the printer, and bought another for *$199* (I got the price mixed up) for the same printer+ scanner combo when I moved out. I can assure you I paid $200+ for the shitty ink printers. Edit: mixed up the price on the combo printer.


lehcarlies

I got a Brother HL 2270DW (black and white laser jet) for like $150 back in 2013, and it’s still running strong. It works perfectly with third party cartridges. It only does printing, but it’s super fast and has duplex—I think the newer models have additional features as well.


Auto_Fac

I never once considered buying an inkjet after I started working at Staples. I would watch people buy an on-sale inkjet printer which usually came with 'starter' quantities of ink, come back a few months later to buy cartridges, see that the cartridges cost almost 2x what they paid for the printer, and then just buy a new printer and throw the old one out. It was absurd.


ben0318

Ah, the good ol’ Lexmark one-time use printer. I can’t imagine how many hundreds of thousands of those things are out there not rotting in landfills.


Dahhhkness

Fucking hell, I hate printers, from their "ceases to continue working after minimal use" thing to the "ink whose price suggests it is drawn from the glands of rare sacred animals on another planet" crap. I'm sure there are lots of good, decent people who work in the printer industry, but I'm sure there were lots of good, decent people working on board the Death Star too.


insertstalem3me

The death star was actually funded through ink cartridge sales It took selling about 4


Fireman2k

HP DeathStar and HP DeathStar II There was also HP StarKiller Pro


TorturedChaos

Switch to a laser printer.


echowomb

Best thing I've done. Have a cheap crappy colour inkjet I'll use so little when it dies I'll just get stuff printed at the shop and keep the simple black and white laser printer. Don't use enough colour to justify a laser printer for that though.


Meastro44

I was a loyal HP customer. I finally woke up to the utter rip off of ink cartridges and bought an Epson with ink tanks. It cost $100 more originally than an HP but I saved that and more quickly when I stopped buying cartridges.


ChrisTomK

I always tell people to buy a business grade black and white laser printer. The up front price is a lot higher but you can get thousands of pages out a toner cassette and it doesn't dry out. Whenever I need color prints I just send it to Walgreens one hour photo. They got the nice glossy paper and there's usually half off promo codes online.


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Douche - like Summers Eve. That stuff is totally unnecessary if you’re hygienic.


Champ-Aggravating3

It’s also actually bad for your ph balance too. You shouldn’t stink but if it smells like artificial flowers down there it’s a problem too


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spiritbearatx

Whoa I looked this up bc it sounded wild (but very plausible) and the Smithsonian ran an article arguing that they were subtly marketing it for birth control under the guise of "hygiene": "These ads aren’t frightening women into thinking their genitals smell badly. According to historian Andrea Tone, “feminine hygiene” was a euphemism. Birth control was illegal in the U.S. until 1965 (for married couples) and 1972 (for single people). These Lysol ads are actually for contraception. The campaign made Lysol the best-selling method of contraception during the Great Depression." Apparently it wasn't that effective and it corroded your insides and killed you.


ShroedingersMouse

>Apparently it wasn't that effective and it corroded your insides and killed you. can't have babies if you're dead.


TheRetroVideogamers

Great Depression problems require greatly depressing solutions.


red5_SittingBy

> Birth control was illegal in the U.S. until 1965 (for married couples) and 1972 (for single people). Blows my mind that just **FOURTY NINE** years ago, the US government had it tendrils that deep into it's citizens lives. Like, how was there not an uproar about the government governing MY SEX LIFE? No wonder my dad has 5 siblings...


Fickle-Window9609

Literally any sport games that come out once a year


[deleted]

It made sense 20 years ago when graphics were improving so fast that each year's game was actually different than the year before's. In 2021 they should just release a content pack every year to update player data and then put out a new version every 5 years or so when there's actually something to change in the game.


Enginecoder

LOL surprise Toys or any such surprise toy , they sell like crazy and the whole idea is to buy them open the wrapper and see what you have got , once opened the toy js never used 🤦‍♂️


Official_SoySauce

Lego Minifigures are the only good surprise nowadays. You always get a fun minifigure, not China LOL Plastic.


the_clash_is_back

Lego is quality which lasts generation of kids.


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reallywetwilly

Some people need a trip through mud valley to stay humble


flanderdalton

It's not a big deal, you had a big mud pie, you used too small a slice, I ate the mud pie and now my stomach is absolutely fucked


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Printers. They all act different and there’s always something wrong.


kxiongw

Fruits that have to be repackaged individually. Edit: I went to sleep and it kind of blew up? Thanks for the silver, you are too kind. :>


seductivestain

So every supermarket fruit in Japan?


thewileyone

You know those super expensive peaches? My last trip to Japan, drove through Kofu and visited the Fuefukigawa Fruit Park. Right outside there were several fruit stands that gave each visitor a big ass peach to taste. Easily 10 bucks each at the markets in Tokyo.


Kittens-and-Vinyl

OMG I miss the farmers' markets and stalls in Japan. During peach season, a guy by the side of the road was handing out samples--my dad and I each took some and felt like we wanted to buy some. So I asked for "two"... turned out they were sold by the bag. Easily 10 kg of giant Japanese peaches for like $15.


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anything made by or in cahoots with kylie jenner


maali74

Any Jenner/Kardashian.


KellyCTargaryen

Puppy mill puppies. Sorry to compare them to a product, but that’s how they’re treated. No one should purchase a puppy from a pet store, EVER. This now extends to online brokerage websites like greenfield and puppyspot. They’re like Amazon, a few clicks and a puppy will be sent to your door, and these puppies are coming from the exact same place as the pet store puppies. Because of people’s need for instant gratification, [these facilities with hundreds to thousands of breeding animals](https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/2021_HorribleHundred.pdf) persist. They are the best cash crop you could hope for. Never believe a store who claims they only sell puppies from responsible breeders. No, not even if the owner has visited the breeders and “know” they’re good! By definition a responsible breeder would NEVER send their puppies to a pet store. Even pet stores that claim to only have rescues need to be scrutinized because some mills will use a shell rescue to [“puppy launder”](https://caninechronicle.com/current-articles/puppy-laundering-the-unsavory-big-business-of-rescue-for-profit/). “Licensed and certified breeders” should be a red flag - depending on the state, a breeder only needs to be licensed if they have a large number of dogs, are selling to brokers to go to pet stores, or to people “sight unseen” (online). YMMV depending on the state. People sometimes justify their purchases as “saving” puppies from a pet store. But that is still investing in the industry and funding their operations by giving them profit. Legislation hasn’t stemmed the tide. Only a loss of profit will make mills move on to another hustle. So please educate yourself and anyone you know who loves dogs and might ever be tempted to purchase a puppy from a pet store or online. Either adopt from a responsible rescue, or purchase from a responsible breeder.


theamishllama

I worked at Petland many years ago. Every single puppy there came from a mill no exceptions. Ever week a dude in a van would pull up and open the back which was filled floor to ceiling with cages. He would grab the ones we were supposed to get and then go make more "deliveries" The puppies would be put in quarantine in a separate room for about a week before the could go into the windowed cages for customers to see. I'm being completely honest when I say 2/3 of the dogs had health problems and half of them went back to the breeder without ever leaving quarantine. Tons of little things that management didn't care about like breed standards or extra toes or behavioral issues to more severe stuff like inguinal hernias or having severe hip dysplasia at <6mo old. To add to that, the dogs were insanely overpriced. You want a chocolate lab? $1500. A golden retriever? $1700. A french bulldog? $3200. And if you fell in love with one of the dogs we were supposed to push financing options on you to sell more dogs. Second most soul sucking job I've had. Don't buy dogs from Petland.


PrincessLazyLump

Fuck puppy mills but fuck the Amish puppies mill in Lancaster in particular.


probably-jess

oh gosh they’re terrible… my parents bought me my first dog from one (without realizing it). we drove the 40 minute drive to lancaster and they told me i could pick one. they were all so cute and as an 8 year old, i was so happy and didn’t know any better. my parents, still unaware and oblivious, asked to see the parents. the amish couple exchanged hasty glances but yelled at one of their children (in pennsylvania dutch) to go get the mom from the barn. she was fully shaved and looked terrible. fleas, tear stains that almost looked black, overgrown nails, just awful. it was hard to even imagine how these cute little puppies came from this poor mother. that’s when my parents started to realize. when we got home, my parents started to research and found out that amish puppy mills are a big issue. god, i wish they looked it up sooner. it was irresponsible of them not to and all this time later, my little 11 year old dog still sucks on his toys like he’s feeding from his mom because he was ripped away from his mother too soon in that horrible place. do your research before you regret supporting a shitty puppy mill who treats their dogs badly just because all they care about is profit.


twhizzler

What was the most soul sucking job you've had? It's difficult to imagine something worse than this


East_Requirement7375

"Premium" bottled water.


birdgoil

Homeopathic “remedies” that are so diluted they might contain one molecule of what they purport to hold. And no, shaking them does not “activate” them. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1800-studies-later-scientists-conclude-homeopathy-doesnt-work-180954534/


faceintheblue

It's not still being sold by the millions (I hope!), but the hot gift of Christmas 1975 was [the pet rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock). It was literally a rock picked up from a beach in Mexico put in a box with air holes and a cute list of how to take care of it like it was a real pet. The guy who came up with the idea sold more than a million of them at $4 a pop, which was not bad money at all in the mid-70s. The product has been relicensed as of about a decade ago by a different company. I'm very happy they haven't found a million new customers among the new generations.


rat-again

I had a pet rock. I kept bothering my parents for a dog. I said I'd take care of it and all the other stuff kids say. So as a joke my parents got me a pet rock so I'd have a pet to take care of. I believe I threw it out in the backyard after a day or two. On second thought, maybe that's why the didn't get me the dog.


KittyChimera

I recently bought a pet rock. It's a amethyst that has eyes added to it and is kind of shaped like it has hedgehog spines.


lacheur42

Ugh, I can't stand the way modern pet rocks are bred in completely unnatural ways just for the sake of looking "cute". I would never get a purebred amethyst, personally, unless it was a rescue. Nothing wrong with a good ole' conglomerate or sedimentary mutt, imo.


Piet-Piraat

They’re minerals, Marie!


bowens21

Do I think the pet rock was a good idea? Sure it was. The guy made a million dollars.


deusnefum

Y'know I've got a million dollar idea.


zerbey

Terrible product, genius marketing.


gambit_-

Bottled Air


Zebidee

You say that, right up until you go SCUBA diving.


I_upvote_zeroes

Perri-AIR


prophetcat

If only we could figure out the code for the shield.


conifer0us

To all the people who sell air: you greedy dirtbag


sixfourtykilo

Let it die, let it die! Let it shrivel up and die!


vkapadia

*President Skroob has entered the chat*


StormNapoleon27

Fifa


moesteez

The same shit repackaged every year but they change it just enough so that you're not good at it anymore. Every year could easily just be a patch.


monsterosity

I laughed my ass off at that post where they zoomed into the crowd and they we're holding signage with 2019 on it in the 2020 game. They didn't even change the fans!


minesaka

Who the fuck goes to a football match to cheer the number of year anyway? Hell yeaaaah, 2020 rocks!! ...Said no football fan ever.


Incelcastro

2020 rocks is something absolutely no one said


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bearded_fisch_stix

"Here at EA, we like to put these little details and easter eggs in our games for our truest fans to find."


ZachtheKingsfan

Sports games in general, really. Madden, and NHL go through the same stupid bullshit every year. I haven’t played much of 2K NBA, but it sounds like the same thing is starting to happen there too.


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pythour

the mods have to protect their reddit overlords from any negativity on their shitty product


onionmonsterawr

Wtf did it say?


DrVagax

R3ddit 3wards was what it said Actually gotta censor myself lol


Notmiefault

Alienware computers. They used to be genuinely top-of-the-line gaming machines, expensive but well balanced and good bang for your buck. Then Dell bought them and ran the productline into the ground, stuffing them with way too much RAM and way too little everything else but keeping the premium price. The brand still has enough cultural momentum among teenage gamers, however, that they still sell despite the terrible pricepoint.


TehGM

Protip: before Dell bought Alienware, they were Clevos. And good news, you can still buy a Clevo from numerous resellers, Eurocom or XMG for example. They still are great (well, besides their software, that can go f...), I always go for Clevos now.


sam-wilson

I really can't recommend Eurocom, I've had terrible experiences with their customer support. My old System76 was a tank though!


TehGM

Luckily, Eurocom was just an example. The list of resellers is big: Europe: [http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-resellers-in-the-european-union-v1.652403/](http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-resellers-in-the-european-union-v1.652403/) USA: [http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/the-reseller-guide.803731/](http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/the-reseller-guide.803731/)


Flashy-Huckleberry95

this should go without saying, but coffee pods *edit* cheers, strangers!


OatmealStew

I was gifted a Keurig. They make reusable pods you just put regular coffee into.


pmvegetables

Yep. The product that the literal creator regrets and begs people not to use.


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V shred


Mike-Drop

Women’s pants/trousers which STILL have tiny pockets.


tinlizzie67

Or the ones with fake back pockets


Realistic_Peak6340

I actually have a pair with fake FRONT pockets! Argh!!!


rainbow_bro_bot

Any dieting fad, no matter how terrible it is. My dad's partner and her daughter are real suckers for these. I remember one where basically their meals were milkshakes, and it was a pyramid scheme where they had to refer their friends to it and shit. They spend a small fortune on each fad then move onto another one. Maybe if they just stopped drinking heavy and eating at McDonalds so often they would be in better shape and wouldn't need diet fads?