Some ideas are better left as ideas. Whatever your mom, dear friend, or significant other says, that bag you saw the other day on Etsy that looks like you’re carrying a knife, is bad, a very bad idea.
There’s an online group called Awful Taste But Great Execution dedicated entirely to the gaudy, tacky, tasteless, overdone, plain trashy side of product design. But there’s one but. The execution may be, in fact, pretty alright. “For everything that displays quality craftsmanship in the least elegant way possible,” states the subreddit’s description. And 1.4 million members seem to be totally up for it.
From painful-to-watch objects to questionable designs, these people should have put a break on their brainstorming, or put their efforts into something else. But hey, at least we have something to have a little cringe over! Psst! More daunting stuff awaits in part 1.
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Brasilian Ad For Condoms
Tree-Rex
Ashtray
To find out more about the Awful Taste But Great Execution subreddit, Bored Panda reached out to the moderator team, who told us more about their community.
The representative of the subreddit told us that r/ATBGE was created as a spin-off of another subreddit called Shitty Car Mods. Since r/shitty_car_mods rejected the posts by Awful Taste But Great Execution, the moderator decided to create a whole new subreddit.
“In the beginning, /r/ATBGE focused heavily on automotive-related posts, but we knew doing this would potentially limit our user base. To make /r/ATBGE more appealing to the masses, we opened up the subreddit to include things beyond autos (tattoos, fashion, décor, etc.).” And this is the point where the community really started to grow.
Embroidery Toast
Bath/Toilet Design
Did A Double Take When I Saw This Rock In My Friend’s Yard. She Said It Came From The Tenants Before Her, But I Think It Is The Tenant
“As we grew, moderators were added and subreddit rules were further refined,” the moderator explained. “Now we are here and things are still looking good. We continue to add new subscribers each day, which is a good thing (considering we all do this for free).”
The creator of r/ATBGE said that their favorite post is this creepy-looking coin purse shared about a year ago. They added that the subreddit is essentially documenting things of all kinds that “display quality craftsmanship in the least elegant way possible.”
The stuff is gaudy, tacky, overdone, and otherwise tasteless, but sometimes, when the work is done well, “you won't know whether to love it or hate it," the moderator team explained.
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I Want This Now
Car drivers might almost give you enough space if they think you are a car
The Pattern Gave Him A Booty, So We Gave Him A Thong
If coming up with good ideas was simple, we’d have so many great solutions to existing problems and incredible products. But producing something both efficient, functional, and aesthetically pleasing (often, it should tick even more boxes, e.g. be sustainable) is not a walk in the park.
Think of how many companies are investing their time, effort, and resources, yet coming up with generic, repetitive, and plain bad ideas. It makes you wonder whether it’s the limit of the human mind that isn’t capable of producing something ground-breaking that often, or whether there's something else to blame?
Well, the tricky question becomes even trickier when we try to determine what we call a "good idea" and a "bad" one. At that point, any inventor is dealing with the great inventor’s dilemma, which is that when you’re doing something new, you can’t tell the good ideas from the bad ones beforehand.
Batstache
Bleeding Necklace
It's Stupid, But Kinda Sick Ngl
When you have the desire to make your livingroom look like building site. From the same artist: chairs and dining table made from scaffolding pipe.
In many cases, deciding on some ideas that initially seem great will make you miss truly good ones and opt for the very bad ones.
On the other hand, we know now that a good idea should have some distinct features before turning into a product. For example, it should solve a specific problem and work on a specific opportunity. Coming up with an idea for a reason is a good sign you’re on the right path, but you probably will need many more "ideas" before you can pick up the right ones to work on further.
20 Foot Tall Graffiti Mural Of Kanye Kissing Himself
It Wouldn't Be Complete Without It
Special Effect Artist Creates Mask Of Himself
Does This Mask Belong Here
Was Told To Post My Tramp Stamp For Tuesday
"Get Away From Her You B****!"
This Lamp In My Hotel Room
This Woodwork
A Cat With A Headpiece Made From Its Own Shed Hair
Low Rider Batmobile
My Best Mate Made A [crappy] Cake For My Birthday
If 13 Year Old Me Became An Interior Designer
I'm Curious As To How It Actually Tastes...
Was Told To Post This Here
Hamburger Bed From 1972
This Mural On The Side Of A Restaurant In Lithuania Depicting Donald Trump Kissing Vladimir Putin
This is offensive. Trump would never cheat on Kim Jung Un and if he did he would be kissing Putin's @ss.
Does This Count?
Additional Hair
Painting I Found In A Shop. Should Have Bought It
Onesie
How To Get Killed By Police 101
There is the opposite case as well. A gun which looks like a mobile phone
Yes, This Is A Spoon
Admiral Ackbunny
Someone Was Selling Dead Beetles Dressed Up As Jurassic Park Characters On Etsy
Chandelier Headlights
sia: IMMMM GONNA SWINNGGGG FROM THE CARRRRRRR FROM THE CARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRR
Blobfish Supra
I Guess They’d Rather Mop Than Vacuum
These Coffee Mugs
This Texan Sink
Why Buy Converses When You Can Just Paint Them On
A Sacred Candlestand
My Sister Made "Feet Loaf" For Halloween
This Hair Design
Unsure If Comically Great Or Horrendously Absurd, But They're Mine Now
This Optical Illusion Haircut
Softest Pant
Since Yall Enjoyed My Flea Bag Here's More Work By The Same Artist
A Skeleton Arm Tattoo With The Wrong Anatomy
Cat Butthole Cookie Cutter. Might Taste Good Though
Oh No Nicholas, What Is You Doing??
This Curry Phonecase
Just A Cake Covered In White Chocolate Teeth
Ww2 Mickey Mouse Gas Mask Intended To Make The Mask Look Less Scary For Children
First Year In A New Neighborhood. We’ll See How This Goes
A Lot To Unpack Here
Finally, A Top To Cover Those Distracting Shoulders Of Girls
Looks Better Than A Mask, And It Keeps Your Ears Toasty Too!
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Apartment Hunting When, Pebble River
This Beard/Haircut
Teach A Man To Fish... Then Tattoo His Leg
This Lenin Jesus And Mickey Statue
Great question. It is a play on one Banksy did about capitalism/American nationalism and the Vietnam war https://imgur.com/a/iUneftc. I think the best explanation I've heard is that is shows how capitalism has dragged both religion and revolutionary ideals to strange places.
Load More Replies...Jesus and mickey belong together. Lenin is watching on the sidelines.
This looks like it should be a riddle - what do these 3 figures have in common, something like that lol!
My Wife Saw This And Said It Would Fit Perfectly Here
This Is A Terrible Idea
Mike Wazowski
Got This In The Mail Today
Statistically I’m guessing that someone somewhere thinks he did, but the other 99.99% of humans in the world knows he didn't.
Gamehair
How does she get to places with that hair? You wouldn't fit in a car, buses and subways it'd get crushed.... I guess walking everywhere is your only option.
More Airflow = More Fast
When You’re A [crap] Body Mechanic But An Awesome Roofer
Ice Cold Drip
Nice Paint Job On The Cabinets But Why Purple
Adult Knit Onesie
Strawberry Skull
Three-Legged Table That My Boss Found And Put In My Office
Holy Ppe
Most Depressing Pinata Ever
This Horrible Toilet-Seat...
Doily Hubcaps
Forget Roses...
What A Riggity Riggity Wreck Son!
I Found A Statue Of A Dog Doing Yoga At A Mall
Just Finished Up A Few Custom Wooden Rings Using Dyed Maple Skateboard Veneer
The Leaning Tower Of Cheesa...
It's 2020, Why Not?
New Kitchen Style
This Loooong Furby Someone At My Work Made. It Even Has A "Spine" In It So It Can Sit Up And Stare At You... Always Watching... Waiting...
Apparently I Have Awful Taste Cause I Would Love To Own This
Our Bus Stop
Who Says Crown Molding Is Overdone?
This Is Objectively The Best Tattoo
Remember That One Episode Of Winne The Pooh Where He Gets Stuck In A Hole And Rabbit Turns His Butt Into A Decoration? Well
Rabbit doesn't turn his bum into a decoration, he uses winnie's legs as a towel - rack
For All Those Times You Wanna Wear A Clog But Your Outfit Goes Better With Sandals
Nobody ever wants to wear clogs, so I feel this isn't even a problem XD
Nyet
Kylie Jenner’s Birthday Party For Stormi
But Why Though?
I Wonder What This Would Look Like Without Maintenance
How To Spend Millions To Ruin The London Skyline
This Damn Cake!
This Bathroom Covered In Carpet
This Kraken Hairdo
Dr Phil’s Mansion
So I Have These Two Doloreans...
Pretty Crappy Design For A Slide
Sick Underglow
The Taste Is Not That Awful, But It Fits Here
Doritos Crusted Mountain Dew Cheesecake With Mountain Dew Jello Topping
The Sub Name Says It All
Earrings Made From Raccoon Penis Bones...
These Shoes Make Me Sad
I Feel Like This Belongs Here
Connection Neck Hair To The Beard
Never Get Caught In A Rainstorm Unprepared
This Hyperrealistic, 36-Inch Mcnugget Body Pillow From The Travis Scott X Mcdonald’s Collaboration. Costs USD90
J E E E E P
Too Permanent For My Taste
In 5 years time it's illegal to make fun of the glorious leader emperor Donald Jehova Trump the First.
Surf Rock
Brick Car
Richard Nixon Fighting A Saber Tooth Tiger...
Crocs With Socks Built Into Them
This Impala On Craigslist With A "One Of A Kind Perpetual Paint Job"
This Face Mask Makes Me Extremely Anxious
Sometimes Awful Taste May Taste Great?
Cheese Crocs
This Car That’s Actually A Boat..?
Crocs Campsite Classic Clog, These Were Actually Made
Condom Corsage
The Technical Skill Is There...
Yikes
The Hearsche
This Can Of Boxer Shorts I Found In My Local Gift Shop
This Tattoo
In The Dictionary Next To “Wasted Talent”
This Is How Olivier Is Served In Fashionable Restaurants In The Capital Today
This Is Just Awful
Painting In The Art Commons Commemorating My College’s Bathroom
This Tattoo Of Saweetie On A Fan's Chest
Anti-Bill Gates/Covid Vaccine In Australia. Pretty Good Artwork, Though!
... is this crap removed yet? Something else painted above? Now, if we allow ourselves to be serious for a moment - Bill Gates spent more money on wisely chosen charity than any other person before ... to contribute to actually making this world a better one. I won't say he's perfect or something, but this is to be respected, and all those conspiracy tales are just stupid and evil. People might consider getting over this, and mentally grow up the little bit that an accepting relationship with reality really requires....... And would achieve a smal step in the same direction by doing so.