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Every day, some annoyance begs the question, “How is this still a thing?” From superfluous charges attached to normal transactions to absolutely predatory social media stars, there is a long list of norms that are way beyond their expiration date. So the new year is a good time to sit down and take stock. 

Someone asked the internet “What should die in 2024?” and folks shared all the things that need to remain in the past. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorite examples, and share what you hope is going to finally die out this year in the comments section below. 

#1

Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, being a f*****g subscription.

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    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Pop up ads that don't permit you to "x" out for like ten seconds. I've left many sites for that reason.

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    Aballi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda has been doing this. Has anyone else noticed??

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    #3

    The practice of businesses laying off thousands of employees because the company is "needing to make difficult choices" and "cutting the fat" while giving CEOs millions in bonuses.

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    James016
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My company went the other way and made some senior executives redundant. That way they keep the frontline staff who deal with clients.

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    #4

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Influencers

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hate them all you want, they wouldn't exist if there wasn't demand. Don't blame them, blame our lousy society

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    #5

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Having to put in payment info for a "Free Trial" so it'll just auto-renew and start charging you once your free trial is over.

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    Milady Blue
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then, a lot of them like to make it next to impossible to cancel that "free" trial.

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    #6

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Cancer. F**k you, cancer.

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    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With things like CRSPR we may be getting closer.

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    #7

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Spinning the iPad around asking for a tip when all you did was take/pull up my order

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    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What happened that fast food restaurants now demand tips... tipping at a full service restaurant I'm cool with, if the wait staff deserves it, but fast food is crazy. Honestly surprised retail stores aren't doing this too.

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    #8

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 War

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    Rostit. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Republicans need to get their collective heads out of putins a*****e and pass unfettered funding for defeating Russia. Glory to Ukraine!

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    #10

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Old politicians. Let’s start fresh. Pretty sure they’re past their expiration date anyways.

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    Valerie Valenta
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some old, out of touch, rich mummified white guy shouldn't be deciding for us poor, hardworking, struggling Americans

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    #11

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Telling me your life story when I’m only there for the recipe. Everything becoming a subscription Everyone begging for a tip Lastly: HOAs

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    #12

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Obsolescence being built into things, electronics especially. Rent being so damn high. Groceries being so damn expensive. Having too much month left at the end of my money.

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    Aballi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    $30 iPhone chargers that fall apart after 6 months

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    #13

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 auto-playing videos on websites

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    K Davis
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a mini heart attack anytime I'm in public like on a train etc and on a website that could do this. Being deaf I'm so worried a video will start playing and I won't notice and just subject everyone around me to some random advert, I spend half my time browsing either checking my phone is properly on silent or feeling my speakers for vibration!

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    #14

    Prank YouTube channels that are clearly meant to embarrass or harass people just trying to go about their day

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    Mona Storck
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is disgusting. They should be arrested for every video.

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    #15

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Tipping in America

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    #16

    The teeny tiny X in the corner of ads. Every other mm takes you to the purchase page.

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    Candid Panda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the X that has a timer on it before you can close out of the ad.

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    #17

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Having to constantly tell websites you're OK with cookies

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    #18

    The idea that anything can be labeled “hate speech” simply because it “offends” someone.

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    Jen Samara
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A good speech would usually offend someone because a good speech states the truth...and the truth isn't always unicorns and rainbows. Someone will definitely get offended by this truth...

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    #20

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 High Cost of Healthcare

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    Porribix
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is worse because its third world countries paying aswell.

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    #21

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Private companies investing in single family housing.

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    Alexandra
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Housing should primarily be in the hands of the state, not private companies. Everyone needs to live somewhere and for a society it's better to have it's members live in a home rather than on the streets with all the other problems attached to it. Private companies can play a role in the higher segments of housing, but everyone should be able to live under a roof.

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    #22

    Medical bankruptcy or being unable to access lifesaving care because you aren’t rich enough or are in the wrong country/province/part of the world.

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    Ruivo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How f*ucked up is that the US has put their medical care behind a paywall? Not even Admiral asking to allow ads...

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    #23

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Ticketmaster

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    Milady Blue
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My youngest brother calls them "Ticket Bastards."

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    #24

    People “self-diagnosing” themselves as “autistic” or “neurodivergent.” Just because you’re quirky and have poor social skills Claiming to advocate for other “autistics” while denying the severity of symptoms of those with level 3 autism who don’t have the ability to create a TikTok to advocate for themselves..

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    K Davis
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Level 3? There are levels? I'm actually diagnosed autistic and had no idea there were levels? Spent most of my working life working with children with autism too and never come across levels there either?

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    #25

    Unskipable Ads.

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    theincrediblebatcat
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is bad but not nearly as bad as some of these (*unskippable)

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    #26

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Predatory Prank videos

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    Rostit. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collectively we all should lash out against then. Report the videos. Don't share them etc

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    #27

    Fentanyl. I had an 18 year old niece who died from taking a pill she thought was a painkiller, but it was fentanyl and she was gone in 20 minutes. Her "friends" did nothing to help her. Nobody was charged for her death even though they knew who the drug dealer was. Talk to your kids about fentanyl! No family should have to go through this nightmare.

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    Jen Samara
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry for your loss, especially that the "friends" did not even care.

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    #28

    Murder and hate and racism

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    keyboardtek
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hate, racism, and homophobia things are taught by parents. Only a decent education system will conquer that. But the people who promote all that hatred and intolerance happen to rule congress and are doing everything they can to make education against racism to be removed from schools.

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    #29

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 YouTube ads being 2 days long

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    #30

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 ALS. F**k you ALS, you cruel disease

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    #31

    Citizens United and pay to play politcians

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    Tamra
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish this was higher. This has been singularly destructive in our country (US).

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    #32

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 MLMs.

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    Porribix
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thought this said M&Ms and was ready to throw down

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    #33

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Cancel culture

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    Ruivo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cancelling people/stuff is not the problem - I'm all for f**k ups having consequences. The problem is outrage culture, where people find more and more stuff to be outraged about, even (or especially) vicariously (i.e. people offended by stuff that don't even relates to them)

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    #34

    Making movies/shows that check boxes for a message rather than writing a good story

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    Miki
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney, Netflix, we are looking at you in here.

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    #35

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Ads everywhere, paying subscriptions for news services Edit: adding subscription services for things you actually own

    allisongivler replied:
    "I can’t even look at a recipe without 50 ads and a video popping up.

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    Philler Space
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if they absolutely positively must pop up, load everything at once so that the page doesn't jump down just as I tap the screen!

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    #36

    Inflation and high housing costs. A nice dual death.

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    Pittsburgh rare
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The housing problem worldwide needs to be tackled NOW if anything because we're pushing people to situations where they have nothing left to lose, and that is the immediate step before violence (tho this old fart wouldn't mind seeing the streets burning if that instilled a bit of fear and empathy in our governments)

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    #37

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Having to pay a convenience fee to pay rent

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    #38

    Convenience fees

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    #39

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 The insane amount of youtube ads

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    #40

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Unfinished games being released at full price.

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    Porribix
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and then DLC to pay the full cost again to get the rest of the game

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    #42

    COVID-19 and its variants

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    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, cause 40% didn't get the vaccine and a whopping 85% that is EIGHTY FIVE F*****G PERCENT of people don't wash their hands after using a public restroom. These two things alone have cause Covid to be a forever virus. Wash your f*****g hands people.

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    #44

    Federal prohibition of cannabis

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    AngelWingsYT
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing how cannabis is banned cause "omg its super addictive and dangerous" when its not yet prescribed painkillers, tobacco, and alcohol all of which are highly addictive and dangerous are AOK 🤦🏼‍♀️

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    #45

    Reaction videos.

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    AngelWingsYT
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If its done right. The reactor crediting the video (and linking the og video) being genuine reactions (not faked) and not being mean (knowing the difference btwn being critical and just plain rude)

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    #46

    The scam of inflation.

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    iseefractals
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not a scam, the majority of people just don't understand how the economy works.

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    #47

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Booking fees for live shows

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be hard to read a book with all that commotion, plus it would be too dark.

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    #48

    Mosquitoes! Seriously, how have we not hunted those things into extinction yet?! I know I know, some asshat will comment they are a vital part of the food chain and serve a purpose. I’m talking more specifically about the species that bites humans. I have no problem with the other ones!

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    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F**k mosquitos. But I did hear rumors of a malaria vaccine so that's a HUGE f*****g win.

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    #49

    Cyber Panhandling

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    Rostit. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who cares? No one is forcing you to click a GoFundMe

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    #50

    Broccoli hairstyle

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    #51

    Out With The Old: 50 Things That Need To Be Retired In 2024 Subscription to dating apps.

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