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.
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Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, being a f*****g subscription.
Pop up ads that don't permit you to "x" out for like ten seconds. I've left many sites for that reason.
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.
Influencers
Hate them all you want, they wouldn't exist if there wasn't demand. Don't blame them, blame our lousy society
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.
Then, a lot of them like to make it next to impossible to cancel that "free" trial.
Spinning the iPad around asking for a tip when all you did was take/pull up my order
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.
Old politicians. Let’s start fresh. Pretty sure they’re past their expiration date anyways.
Some old, out of touch, rich mummified white guy shouldn't be deciding for us poor, hardworking, struggling Americans
Everybody needs to get out and vote, this includes all you young voters. Quit sitting on the sidelines whining about the outcome of each election cycle. As added measure, term limits wouldn't hurt.
Load More Replies...Finally, someone else took up the chorus! Barack Obama began an entire movement that washed him into the White House and the folks that do all the bit¢hing need to emulate it. For starters, put down the phone, tablet, etc and go vote!! Get involved in the things you feel that need changing. That gets your fingers in the pie, when you belong to an organization that answers back to those in power and holds their feet to the fire, folks remember who you are. That's how you get started, but count on it pretty much eating up your personal life because that's how it works.
Load More Replies...Lots of terrible young politicians out there too. How about just tired of idiots that are only there for self promotion instead of doing their jobs properly.
The leader of my country’s worst party is our youngest party leader. If you think young people can’t be far right pieces of shīt, come to my neighbourhood.
Load More Replies...There is an age minimum. Why ffs is there not a mandatory retirement age? Term limits and for God's sake why does the courts not have age limits and term maximums as well? This country is doomed to swim in it's s**t if we don't change the narrative. We'll never change the narrative unless we change the players. Possibly my biggest gripe with so called democracy.
Old guys who don't know female anatomy should not even be on the committee to make decisions about our bodies. Better yet you don't get to make them.
Career politicians should be the ones banned, if you think about it you’d hope that people got into politics due to their being a cause they believe in, so let’s just say for arguments sake that cause is help and provision for victims of domestic violence, once they’ve achieved that goal they should leave office as no matter what the next cause is they just aren’t going to care enough/the same about it as the cause that lead them to act.
While we are at it: Force them to have at least some degree of qualification for the field they are responsible for. We in Germany have people in the government that are absolute idiots when it comes to the resort they are supposed to manage
If you're in Germany, just think about lucky you are. Have you seen the UK government in recent years? And there's far worse than what we've currently got.
Load More Replies...I think you should vote for the best person for the job, not focus on age, sex, or race.
But how can anyone tell who'd be best? That's the problem.
Load More Replies...This is going to sound flippant but: come up with better ideas that people will vote for. That really is it. Tell people how you’re going to address issues important to them that won’t cost them their rights or freedoms or livelihoods. I realize that is a lot tougher than it sounds but that’s what it takes.
I was absolutely convinced by that statement a few years ago. Then in France we had Macron elected, 39 years old at the time. Well... it doesnt change anything. He is corrupted and made false promises like the others.
I would, as would most reasonably educated reasonable people. Not that I'd take the job if I were offered it.
Load More Replies...If they're going to pass 5000 page bills without reading them, how about we slip term and age limits in there somewhere?
They are literally going to have to die, because old people who still think things are just peachy keep voting them in, meanwhile the rest of us are suffering without housing.
Disagree with this. At least here in Germany the younger politicians seem to have gone into politics as their last option.
Usually because they couldn't even finish their liberal art studies successfully after 6 years of wasting time at a university
Load More Replies...Age limit same as retirement...if you are past retirement age, nope, you can't do the job. Alot of us will get told this
I think my dad said something about politics having always been a rich man's game. Reading the works of McCullough and others on colonial America pre-and-post Revolution, he wasn't wrong. Expanding voting rights during the 19th and 20th centuries drew in voters who weren't wealthy and we've managed to upset some very old 'apple carts'. Established wealth does NOT tolerate our interference in their game very well and are trying, via lobbyists, to push as many of us out as they can. We can't let them.
Sounds like prejudice to me. Plenty of horrible young politicians, too. Maybe there are better ways to evaluate people...🤔...like content of character, and analyses of actions.
I know not everybody likes him but this is why I'm glad to have Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada, he isn't super young but he isn't 81 years old like Joe Biden who can barely put a sentence together without fumbling the words.
If you're over 65 you need to step aside and let those whose lives will be impacted by your actions be the ones running the ship. You also shouldn't be dictating what medical care I can and can't have because you believe you control my body. This is especially true for politicians that know absolutely nothing about women's bodies, don't believe in maternity leave, nor medical care, childcare, or the ability to feed or house all those unwanted babies, yet approve of legislation that allows those same babies to be graphically executed via a firing squad of one once they reach school age.
I would have voted for Bugs Bunny if he was the only other option back then. Any process that serves up DT as a presidential candidate need a complete overhaul.
I'm not American and I cannot believe that the best that country can come up with in the next run to the most powerful job on the planet is two old men, one of who made a complete disaster of his last time in the Oval Office and who demonstrates, every time he opens his mouth, how unqualified he is for *any* political office. Seriously, America? Is that all you have?
No Federal level politicians should be allowed on the ballot past 55yrs old. NONE!!
The system is set up for the privileged. Think about it -- Politicians have a locked in job for 2-4yrs and can't be fired!! What normal business would keep an employee who made the company look bad to the whole world? 🤨
This is easy to say but experience comes with years and should be discounted. Let's work at ending ageism.
The problem isn't ageism. Plenty of old people are doing very well and getting lots of respect. The problem is that almost all of them are getting lots of respect because they're rich. It's all about rich vs. poor.
Load More Replies...I laugh like crazy when conservatives say Biden is too old to be president. Hey, he's younger than many of the dinosaurs in Congress saying that.
Vote. Run for office. Be active on campaigns. I'm old; we need new ideas, new candidates getting experience so they can run for more roles..
My MAGA sister cries bcuz she doesn't have health ins. She works 45+ hours a week.
STOP VOTING FOR OLD PEOPLE! (This comment was written by a genuine Boomer).
If your over 65 you should not be able to hold office. If I can't trust you to remember what you said at a meeting a week ago you should not be in a position of power. If someone else has to sort your medications you are a dependent that would not survive without competant supervision and have no place telling anyone to do anything just like a 10 year child. We literally have politicians that need more supervision then kids, these people should be written off as ineligible.
If it's Biden & Trump I won't vote for the first time in my life and I was in the group that were the first 18 yo to get to vote
Telling me your life story when I’m only there for the recipe.
Everything becoming a subscription
Everyone begging for a tip
Lastly: HOAs
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.
auto-playing videos on websites
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!
Prank YouTube channels that are clearly meant to embarrass or harass people just trying to go about their day
Tipping in America
The teeny tiny X in the corner of ads. Every other mm takes you to the purchase page.
Having to constantly tell websites you're OK with cookies
They don't have a place to click molasses or chocolate chip.
The idea that anything can be labeled “hate speech” simply because it “offends” someone.
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...
Private companies investing in single family housing.
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.
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.
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..
Unskipable Ads.
This is bad but not nearly as bad as some of these (*unskippable)
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.
I'm sorry for your loss, especially that the "friends" did not even care.
Murder and hate and racism
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.
YouTube ads being 2 days long
ALS. F**k you ALS, you cruel disease
Cancel culture
Making movies/shows that check boxes for a message rather than writing a good story
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.
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!
Inflation and high housing costs. A nice dual death.
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)
Convenience fees
The insane amount of youtube ads
COVID-19 and its variants
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.
Housing crisis
Federal prohibition of cannabis
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 🤦🏼♀️
Reaction videos.
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)
The scam of inflation.
It's not a scam, the majority of people just don't understand how the economy works.
Booking fees for live shows
It would be hard to read a book with all that commotion, plus it would be too dark.
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!
F**k mosquitos. But I did hear rumors of a malaria vaccine so that's a HUGE f*****g win.
Broccoli hairstyle
I have never tried to style my broccoli's hair before.
BP is on this list for me in 2024. I have loved it for some years, but 2023 has been close to depressing reading the comments section. It used to reliably be a beautiful, supportive community that encouraged diverse views while not tolerating hate. There's happier places to be. Wishing you all well.
I started coming here in 2023. The first thing I noticed was how left leaning BP is and how any opposing view is brutally attacked. The second thing I noticed was how blatantly anti-American many of the posts are. The third thing I noticed was the propensity for male bashing. Yet I continue coming here mostly because it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Load More Replies...People using mental health labels maliciously to dismiss someone with a different opinion. Stop and think about how you're reinforcing stigma for genuine sufferers (and it's just bullying). Hate it. Also the Karen thing. Veiled ageist misogyny that's mainly about cancelling menopausal women.
The Karen thing is about behaviour, not demographics.
Load More Replies...I hope BP changes for the better in 2024.The content here used to be diverse. Now almost all that gets posted is AITAs, TikToks rewritten as articles and endless boomer lists of everything that's wrong with this and that. It's getting really tiring... I used to love this site.
Also, tired of the USA trashing by people who don't live and WORK here.
Load More Replies...One thing I've learnt from this is a lot of people need to spend less time online/on their phone and they'd be a lot happier, LOL.
The problem with this is spending time on the internet is usually very cheap and easy compared to other forms of entertainment so to a certain point the worse off you are the more time you spend on it and this just spirals or they are on break at work so already in a negative space.
Load More Replies...The ads on this site that I have to close the whole app to get rid of....
"Note: this post originally had 51 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes." OH COME ON, BP! IT'S ONE MORE THING! STOP CUTTING OFF ONE THING!
Using “equality” incorrectly. Giving everyone a book in English is equal. Doesn’t mean everyone can access it! Give them the book in native tongue. And everyone can access it! Equitably. Acknowledging our differences should not be a crime, nor should honouring them! Disrespecting them is the problem!
tik tok. i have never used the app but am constantly bombarded by tik tok content everywhere. and twitter/musk/X. over it.
What really needs to go is the way we humans are polluting this planet.
where is the 40 hr work week? let's get rid of that and make anything over 30 hrs overtime. let's also raise the minimum wage to $18/hr so people have a chance to, you know... live?
Republicans in USA need to be over and done with, they are destroying a nation, and if they manage to actually overthrow the usa, they are on to the world! They will come for everyone.
BP is on this list for me in 2024. I have loved it for some years, but 2023 has been close to depressing reading the comments section. It used to reliably be a beautiful, supportive community that encouraged diverse views while not tolerating hate. There's happier places to be. Wishing you all well.
I started coming here in 2023. The first thing I noticed was how left leaning BP is and how any opposing view is brutally attacked. The second thing I noticed was how blatantly anti-American many of the posts are. The third thing I noticed was the propensity for male bashing. Yet I continue coming here mostly because it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Load More Replies...People using mental health labels maliciously to dismiss someone with a different opinion. Stop and think about how you're reinforcing stigma for genuine sufferers (and it's just bullying). Hate it. Also the Karen thing. Veiled ageist misogyny that's mainly about cancelling menopausal women.
The Karen thing is about behaviour, not demographics.
Load More Replies...I hope BP changes for the better in 2024.The content here used to be diverse. Now almost all that gets posted is AITAs, TikToks rewritten as articles and endless boomer lists of everything that's wrong with this and that. It's getting really tiring... I used to love this site.
Also, tired of the USA trashing by people who don't live and WORK here.
Load More Replies...One thing I've learnt from this is a lot of people need to spend less time online/on their phone and they'd be a lot happier, LOL.
The problem with this is spending time on the internet is usually very cheap and easy compared to other forms of entertainment so to a certain point the worse off you are the more time you spend on it and this just spirals or they are on break at work so already in a negative space.
Load More Replies...The ads on this site that I have to close the whole app to get rid of....
"Note: this post originally had 51 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes." OH COME ON, BP! IT'S ONE MORE THING! STOP CUTTING OFF ONE THING!
Using “equality” incorrectly. Giving everyone a book in English is equal. Doesn’t mean everyone can access it! Give them the book in native tongue. And everyone can access it! Equitably. Acknowledging our differences should not be a crime, nor should honouring them! Disrespecting them is the problem!
tik tok. i have never used the app but am constantly bombarded by tik tok content everywhere. and twitter/musk/X. over it.
What really needs to go is the way we humans are polluting this planet.
where is the 40 hr work week? let's get rid of that and make anything over 30 hrs overtime. let's also raise the minimum wage to $18/hr so people have a chance to, you know... live?
Republicans in USA need to be over and done with, they are destroying a nation, and if they manage to actually overthrow the usa, they are on to the world! They will come for everyone.
