Not every idea that seems absolutely genius at 2AM is equally brilliant when it comes to life. The truth is, most of our "eureka!" moments turn out to be pretty crappy designs and yet nobody takes a lesson from it. Check out our previous compilations, aka homage to "what de heck they were thinkin'," with designs gone wrong here, here, and here.
But the coronavirus has brought a new source of inspiration, a fresh gust of wind, and some food for thought for all the great minds out there. In turn, they paved the way for the second wave of crappy designs. And this time, as you can guess, it’s all things corona. From nonsensical posters showing people holding hands to fight the pandemic, to very questionable virus infographics, these designs do little good. So get your popcorn ready and tune in for Bored Panda’s crappy design compilation: the corona edition.
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"Join Hands" To Make Hospitals "Infection Free"
That's why the "infection free" is in quotation marks (when we say "infection free" we mean infections should be free to spread as they want)
I think that this wasn't their intent, unfortunately...
Load More Replies...Member Of The Ukrainian Parliament Wearing Her Crotchet Mask
Is it a job requirement to be an MP that you can't have any common sense? Politicians around the world recently have shown themselves to be the stupidest people on the planet.
Lol I saw a women a lot like this, but had hole in her mask, (the normal ones) ON THE NOSE AND THE MOUTh so she can breathe!! Seriously what are these people thinking
Did you see it on TikTok? The video I saw a gas station owner filmed her talking about the hole in her mask. Then there was a 2nd video she comes in with an appropriate mask, no hole pissed off cuz she saw the 1st video. It was priceless. He just said "guess the video worked huh"
Load More Replies...Yeah...if you can eat without taking off your mask, it's not a good mask.
it could have been a decent mask if she put cloth on the inside of the net
Not The Best Way To Be Inspirational
If it's one guy hands, so what's the point of this? And the «we»?
Load More Replies...i think that are two football players holding hands not sure tho
Load More Replies...I hear my brothers trumpet going waaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
Because human contact is so last decade. Get with the times people. Other people are dirty; never again will we go back to our foolish ways of yesteryear.
Crappy corona designs that may spread misinformation and cause false impressions about the virus are not the only thing to worry about. In fact, many Americans are also worried about how crappily their government is dealing with reopening after the lockdown. USA Today reports that according to this survey, almost 3 in 4 Americans, which makes up 71%, said they’re concerned about lifting social distancing restrictions too quickly.
Robert Griffin, the research director for the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, believes that such data suggests that Americans are likely not to engage in leisure activities even if they reopen right now. “You can reopen a lot of things, the bars and restaurants can come back, you can try to reopen schools and send kids back to them, you can try to have larger events occurring ... for more than 10 people, but this really doesn't mean that people are going to necessarily engage in them," he said.
This Book That Explains Covid-19 To Kids Has People Wearing Their Masks Incorrectly
Plot twist: he’s her dad and she’s his girlfriend and the dogs are their sons and their cheeks are bloody and he doesn’t have a hairline
Now is it 1 m between their finger tips? In which case maybe that qualifies as the reccomended 2 m distance.
A meter is a little over 3 feet so yeah it's under 6 six feet.
Load More Replies...Governor Of Georgia Arranged Covid-19 Not In Chronological Order To Make Appear That The Cases Are Decreasing (Look At The Dates)
Put a higher rez photo up if you want us to be able to read it. I'm on a laptop and still can't read it.
from left to right: 28april; 27april; 29april; 01may; 30april; 06may; 04may; 05may; 25april; 02may; 07may; 26april; 03may; xxmay (i guess 08) and 09may..
Load More Replies...If you have to LIE and mislead in order to open your state up, your state is FAR from ready to open!
Governor [sic] Kemp, who stole the election with voter suppression, has botched Georgia's response to COVID-19. I wear my mask everywhere, and reluctantly cancelled a get-together.
Worst response of any governor. This is the guy who also "didn't know it could be transmitted asymptotically....on April 2.
Corrupt and stupid is a potent combination. They didn't think anyone would notice the dates?????
Yes, but only if someone who is not a government agent does it... then it's 'FALSE NEWS'.
Load More Replies...Apparently Nothing Anymore
Meanwhile, Bankrate's Opening the Economy survey, done on May 5-6, showed that Americans aren't comfortable visiting businesses right away. To the questions “If businesses opened in your area on or before Memorial Day with added safety measures, how long do you think it will be before you are comfortable visiting them?”, only 22% said “within one week,” 19% said “one month to less than three months,” and 13% said they’ll wait until the vaccine.
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) is now estimating that the US will reach 135,000 deaths by August 1 due to several states easing their lockdowns. It has almost doubled since the last prediction with an estimate of 60,308 deaths.
A Pie Chart Out Of 178%
The math is bad, the graph is bad... It's trying to tell the reader we are actually worried about more than one thing: I am worried about getting Covid, I'm also worried about my family getting it, I'm also worried about the economy. This should have been an overlapping color display to show multiple states/sets of worry
Load More Replies...Exactly... should have used an overlapping color wheel
Load More Replies...Seriously though--"getting it"?! And we wonder WHY no one believes let alone understands science anymore?!?? *eyeroll*
I Don't Think That's How Nail Polish Works
When you start putting nail polish on the tips of your gloves, you've been alone too long.
Who knew that in 2020 the crazy future fashion would be gloves and painting them.
huh....... Thats a way to do ur nails, without the pain of having it get on your finger/skin!
This Hand Sanitizer Bottle That Looks More Like A Drink
You wouldn't be a moron. The moron was the company that designed this bottle. It's a basic safety rule for dangerous stuff: never pack or bottle it in a container that makes it look like food/drink.
Load More Replies...If i recall correctly, some bottlers have switched part of the production to hand sanitizer. Guess they just use the same bottles they had.
Some booze companies have done that in Canada but they make sure they're clearly labeled and used totally different labels so people could see the difference.
Load More Replies...Maybe they just ran out of bottles? Or they had a whole warehouse of these and thought "These will do".
I actually have this at home and every time I pass it on the counter, I'm like what's this drink? LOL
Is there a shop that sells this with the can of turbo radiator coolant?
Isn't there some laws to protect children ? about poisons must Not go in food containers ??
It's just ethanol. Does your vodka come with childproof caps?
Load More Replies...Look how wrinkly the label is. Someone clearly took it off a different bottle and slapped it onto this one.
A Face Mask With Holes, What Could Go Wrong
put this over your normal mask to make you sweat more but look more fabulous at the same time. LOL
the pattern actually calls for cloth to line the inside (I have the pattern and make them). The crocheted outside is just for decoration, really. It's good for those "ugly" fabrics nobody wants to wear, and great during the colder seasons
Load More Replies...In all fairness some of those crocheted masks have filters (or whatever you call them) in there.
I bet these masks are the side business of that Ukrainian parliament member xD
I've seen some that have a cloth liner inside & some that have a pocket to place & replace filters.
That's what I referred to in my massively downvoted comment XD depends which pandas are online when u post I guess
Load More Replies...All you need to add is a coffee filter... the triangular/conical kind.
Do coffee filters actually filter out Covid? They sure let loads of water through them.
Load More Replies...Just Stick Your Hand In The Trash For A Little Sanitizer. At A Hospital No Less
This is actually a great idea. There have been plenty of times I wanted to clean my hands after throwing something away. I've usually had to look for the nearest restroom.
Why Does Blue Represent 2 Things
Why is it so hard for the U.S. to inform people properly? Is it stupidity or are they just trying to feed people B.S?!?
Why is it so hard for other countries not to be racist?
Load More Replies...This one actually isn't totally stupid. It is May, so states that had stay at home orders expiring in May now have no stay at home orders.
No end day? YIKES! Lol, the blue twice. I love it when they act super professional, then they realized what they've done and can't go back...
She was naughty yesterday and may not have another crayon for three days.
Moldova Is Feeling Very Thankful For All The Help Received From China In Battling The Coronavirus
For those not getting it: the country circled on the left is actually the outline of the US instead of the PRC.
Wait a minute. Is that VPOTUS on the left (next to the Communist States of Chinamerica map-ish thing)?
Great Way To Stop Spreading Germs
How To Kill Your Customers 101 - Liquido, Vape Shop In My City, Is Adding Tiny, 10 Ml Hand Sanitizer To Every Purchase (72% Ethanol)
The problem is that the bottle looks just like normal vape liquid bottle, so some sloppy customer can pour ethanol to his vape instead of liquid.
I was at first thinking how it would be hard to get those mixed up. Then I realized I had them mixed up...
well anyone who was already vaping was dying so this just speeds everything up
Well, least that will cut down on people looking stupid vaping and lower infection rates at the same time.
That's because that's what they can use in terms of packaging with their existing machines. Or were you expecting them to sink a few million euros to get new machines just so they can make the bottle different for how long they're going to also make sanitzer?
This Legend Is Far From Legendary
Awww. They took away the rest of her crayons. Don't bother trying to interpret this chart.
This just makes it easier for people to inturperate it according to party lines.
In school, did anyone else get that one teacher who put graphs and maps that had a color key on the black and white assignment?
Load More Replies...I'm Pretty Sure 72 Hours Is Less Than 5 Days.
My sister watches the LaBrant family and they are so fricking annoying lmao
Disgusting that they use their children for popularity. Also, this is parenting, get used to taking care of your kids for once
Ha! I'm quarantined with four, and no offense, but this family looks like they have a decent amount of money, so really the only thing on their agenda is the kids. My friends family doesn't have a lot of $, so they are pretty worried about bills...
I'm quarantined with my four younger sisters, I'm glad Australia's quarantine is practically over, I don't think I could last that long
Load More Replies...Your comment wins lol. Of all pics for a thumbnail he picked that one smh.
Load More Replies...Don’t Let A Pandemic Stop You From Telling People About Your Foot Fetish
This is prime material for one of those "guy running from floating shadowy figure" memes.
Yes, that's what it's supposed to mean. But with the way the words are separated it looks like it says "feet f*cker" on the right side.
Load More Replies...Lightest To Darkest Shade Except For The Maximum Where It’s The Lightest. Makes Sense To Me!
so there is no state with 15'001-34'999 cases? the longer i look at this the more confused i am
I don’t think so.... because New York has the most by far. But it is still strange.
Load More Replies...In normal situations, the red is usually reserved for the worst case scenario... but this situation is far from usual and it's melted people's brains.
They just keep getting worse. Fire the chartmakers and bring in some school children. They will do a better job.
who is making these graphics? this would never have escaped in my agency and we're a small shop. yeash.
Being a big news corporation, I'd say it was designed like this on purpose, to manipulate the numbers somehow. I don't think it was accidental. This kind of "mistake" teaches people not to analise the data and to accept the rates without thinking.
Because Of Covid, The Buttons On This Lift Have Been Replaced With Pedals. People In Wheelchairs Have Issues Operating The Lift Now
When you think you have a good solution, try to think of all the consequences. This is why you need someone to play devil's advocate.
Ugh elevators are for people with disabilities, and now they are like escalators.
I am sure 2 people standing on those marks would be much worse then touching the same buttons.
I try to never touch elevator buttons, I use my elbow (not always possible, but a lot less abilist than this)
And I always use my own pen to fill out forms... community pens are gross!
Load More Replies...You're Telling Me No One Involved In Making This Looked At It And Said "Darn We Can't Use That It Looks Horrific"
I'm very glad I am not the only one who thought that
Load More Replies...If your mask makes it look like you were coughing up blood, it helps other people to keep their distance.
Gross but effective... no way is anyone going near you with a bloody muzzle.
Looks like something you used during the great toilet paper depression during "that time of the month" 😱
Im assuming this was aimed to look like bacon?? The missed so hard, they went through their neighbors house!
Snapchat Filter Describing Tips To Not Get The Coronavirus Depicts Someone Coughing Into Their Hands (Not A Good Idea)
I tend to cough and sneeze into my elbows. You can cover your mouth and nose quite effectively if you use both elbows! Sometimes I still forget and use my hand instead (as I was originally taught to do) but feel really uncomfortable until I can wash it. Feels so contaminated...
Now my elbow looks like a grilled cheese sandwich. Thanks alot.
Load More Replies...Well it's better to cough into your hands then wash them than to cough all over the people around you
I always cough or sneeze down my shirt- it's practical and acts as a filter. Just hold the neck of your shirt over your nose and mouth and sneeze. Voila!
When I worked in food service I was always really concerned about sneezes, until I figured out that if I tucked my knees together and fully doubled over I could sneeze on my knees without getting anything on my hands and arms. It worked really well for me, and then I switched to a different job and got VERY concerned looks the first time I just doubled over while working to sneeze. I'm not sure my spine could do that as effectively anymore, but it worked well for a long while for me.
Yes but there was that guy who tore his throat and died because he stifled his sneeze... you can't always prevent a cough when out in public either. Obviously do your best but let's keep things realistic.
Load More Replies...The Y-Axis On This Fox News Graph Of Coronavirus Cases
That is a clear example of manipulation. If you change the numbers in the y-axis it looks as if the number of cases is not rising so quickly
No, this is just plain incompetence and stupidity. You could always use logarithmic scale to flatten the look of exponential growth in visualizations if wanted to do so and that would still considered as a totally legitime thing to do.
Load More Replies...That would have been a 'FAIL' in my grade 9 math exam. Not the time to 'add a little personality' in the mix.
The Discrepancy
Again - 'Murica! Pretty sure false representation like this would be illegal in other countries
Depends on the country. The gvt. lying is common in countries with totalitarian regimes...And, umm...The US...
Load More Replies...And you want to know how we did make it to the top 3 ? Yeah, correct, a revoluctionary manager decided to reopen a small province hospital ER after it was closed due to first two positives as per protocol, because "we can’t close every hospital for two cases", and yes he got positive as well.
It is a strange way to show the information. More concerning to me is that we rarely get this info on a per capita basis. The population differences between these countries are huge!
CDC's "None" Is A Darker Shade Than The 11-20 & 21-50 Case Colors
I don't like this kind of graduated colour scheme... makes it really difficult to differentiate. And yes, someone did c**k it up.
Don't think this might be intentional? It's a good way to keep US citizens confused believing the virus isn't all that bad.
Load More Replies...So you're not worried about "51 to 100" missing? [And no: It's not even ordered alphabetically.]
This is the worst one yet. And why list the territories if they are not represented on the chart?
A Peculiar Image Choice For Their Covid-19 Email Newsletter
Inventors Developed A Coronavirus Mask That Lets You Eat Without Taking It Off. Squeeze A Lever And It Opens A Slot So You Can Go At It Like Pac-Man
Let's say that the mask has done it's job and there's actually Covid-19 on the outside of it. He's now passing his food through a small, germ infested ring, into the void that is his head. Brilliant!
How's about waiting for a proper break in a safe place and removing the mask? (Like others have said the outside of the mask is most likely contaminated)
I'm so uncoordinated that I would probably mis-time the opening.
Lovely, so you can ingest all the virus on the outside of your mask, as your fork/food touch the edges and bring it in.
Reporter: Wow and you made this so you could eat and not catch Covid19! Man: Co-what?
They went to a lot of trouble to scrap the effectiveness of the mask. Perhaps he could remove the mask while he eats instead of using a Pac-man gimmick.
Please Mask Wear
there's a reason the font color of mask is different. But then if you love to ridicule just ignore that.
Using A Virus To Promote Your Game
Fun Fact: Plague Inc. ,a mobile and pc game from 2012 which objective is kill the world population with a custom made disease, was a top seller during the first 5 weeks of the pandemic and the players liked naming their virtual disease Covid 19 a lot. Humanity surely has a dark sense of humor.
did you know that if you had a 32 version one, and did one move a second, it would still take you a century?
yeah... any games that try and use the pandemic to sell their games- not getting them. I know games are probably more in demand now because of lockdown, but sometimes there are certain advertising methods that are just downright despicable.
What Happened To France?
In the french translation i don't see any mistake apart from the accent, "poussière" is correct but it's a common mistake even for frenchies. But i love my new flag!
Load More Replies...Apparently the European face masks (Europese stofmaskers: FFP2 en FFP3) are tested to a more stringent standard... just learnt something. ("Het belangrijkste verschil met het Europees stofmasker is dat N95-maskers niet worden onderworpen aan de inwaartse lektest. Enkel de doorlaatbaarheid van het filtermateriaal wordt bepaald."... please Google Translate it yourself if you're interested and don't read Dutch).
So The Vaccine Is A Burger? I'm In!
Welp that’s one way to get a vaccine. And a way to trick anti vaxers
Load More Replies...I tried a meatless burger a while back... I did not enjoy it. It tasted metallic... Will give them another try when they've been around longer and recipes have improved. I don't need my veggie/vegan burger to bleed like meat...
Mask On Person's Face Doesn't Cover The Nose. The City Billboard
Wearing a mask without covering your nose is like wearing a condom with a big hole in it.
Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine... but he's a mouthbreather.
No It’s Not A Bra - These Are The “CU Masks” Distributed Freely By HK Goverment Which Costed HKD$ 8 Billion For 8 Million Masks. Looking Like Underwear & Is Probably Toxic
Isn't it just a joke for a photo as they seem to just be held together with a paperclip?
Exactly, it's just the bra mask pun turned the other way around.
Load More Replies...These are washable reusable masks, and it cost 320 million HKD ($41 million US) to produce, not 8 billion. Look it up.
What seems to be the problem, except for the past tense of "cost", of course?
When Drying Your Hands, You Need Two Right Hands
IMO that's just nitpicking. It's a nice graphic that likely does its job.
Leaving the water on while you wash your hands.
Load More Replies...That other day I had an epiphany why so many people wear their masks without covering their noses - probably because they cannot stand their own breath :D
Oh dear, our vegan troll thinks this post is "crapy" ouch ooh so wounded
That other day I had an epiphany why so many people wear their masks without covering their noses - probably because they cannot stand their own breath :D
Oh dear, our vegan troll thinks this post is "crapy" ouch ooh so wounded
