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Remember when things made sense? Ye, neither can we. Luckily, this constant exposure to the absurd has given us a keen eye for finding humor in the worst of it. From bathroom doors that offer zero privacy to staircases leading directly into walls, these head-scratching design disasters make you wonder if anyone bothered to test them before unleashing them on the unsuspecting public.
Some of these fails are merely annoying—like power outlets installed in the middle of the floor or faucets too short for the sink they serve. This collection showcases 61 moments when designers apparently forgot that actual humans would need to use their creations. Next time you find yourself puzzling over an incomprehensible gadget or nonsensical public space, take comfort in knowing you're not alone—the world is full of design choices that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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#1
This Deeply Satisfied My Inner 13-Year-Old Not Gonna Lie
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#2
Spoiler!
PunchinelloTX 8 months ago
This sort of thing wasn’t a fail in art. It was symbolic of what was ahead for the little tyke. Since art was a storytelling device for an audience who was unlikely to be able to read, this was a way of saying… “hey, that fella we encourage you to worship… cute baby there in the manger, right? Well, GUESS WHAT!”
#3
I Still Read It That Way
#4
Putting This On Arthritis Cream Is Such A Cruel Joke
#5
This Amazing Pregnancy Test
#6
Being Gay Was A Sin They Said
wayne whitson 8 months ago
They Didn't Go Because They Were Afraid Of Becoming Seasick.
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Fellfromthemoon 8 months ago
This is what I never understood in Disney's Robin Hood: John Lackland has no mane. Then I was told about Disney villain queer-coding and I think now it makes sense.
#7
I Didn’t Qualify For This Paid Survey After Selecting “No”
#8
A Scene From An Indian TV Show
Fellfromthemoon 8 months ago
If one still can suspend their disbelief, they attempted the defibrillation through the clothing.
This panda says ur worth it 8 months ago
Lol yeah that don't work. No experience lol just classes with a practice and a dummy.
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#9
That Metal Gate Is Foolproof, No Fools Can Get Through Or Around It
#10
Are You 25 Feet Tall, Own A Multimillion Dollar Yacht And Want To Hand Wash Your Yacht Fully Clothed While Out To Sea? We Have An Inflatable Dock For You!
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
The photoshopped man is as tall as the hull of the ship. 25ft is about right.
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Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Coitus”
#12
A Graphic Design Fail? This Bus
#13
This Captain Of The Submarine In My English Book
DowntownStevieB 8 months ago
I think this is like a drop-bottom boat. The yellow is above the waterline.
Yourlocalsnipergal 8 months ago
Not to mention that it looks more like a theme park ride than a submarine
#14
Nightmare Fuel
#15
Love Handles
#16
Sports Bra Inserts. Why Do These Inserts Exist? Either Sew Them In, Delete Them, Or Add An Extra Layer Of Thick Cloth
Dawn Davison Clements 8 months ago
I always immediately remove them and put them straight into the garbage.
Jet Barnett 8 months ago
They make really good disposable scrubbers for countertops and baseboards. I'm not kidding, I don't why I used one to begin with but I've been using them as cleaning supplies for over a decade now. They're good for one use maybe 2; before that I was throwing them out too.
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#17
My Classroom Has These Floor Outlets. Basically The Toe Subber 5000
Rich Black 8 months ago
Required by code, so small water spills won't seep in and electrocute someone.
Random Jackass 8 months ago
Do they make gimp outfits in toe sizes? I'd look it up, but I don't want to F-up the algorithms and start getting weird adds.
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The Fact That This Was Approved...
#19
So Close
Myopic chahuahua 7 months ago
likely done on purpose so that it isn't an actual flag and doesn't have to be treated as one IDK though
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Ezra Gharabaghi 6 months ago
When the school bus driver had one too many beers and goes spiraling off a mountain at 20mph with 47 kids in the back!!1 😆
#20
A Bag Of Apples With A Character On It That Got Poisoned By An Apple
#21
Why Would You Do This?
#22
To Be In The Christmas Spirit
Ezra Gharabaghi 6 months ago
when the bus driver had one too many beers and went spiraling off a mountain at 67 mph with 40 kids in the back 😆😆😆😆😆
#23
Yellow As A Container Color For Gallons Of Drinking Water
Lee Gilliland 8 months ago
Did you know H*tler liked golden showers? The things you learn on the internet.
Load More Replies... Ezra Gharabaghi 6 months ago
the bus driver after molesting 20 kids before having one too many beers and spiraling off a mountain ❤️
#24
Callme Kelvins
#25
Nice Everyday Motivation
ZombieMommy 7 months ago (edited)
Oh look the work week....Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.....I give up
#26
Never Get High On Your Own Supply
Hoi-Polloi 8 months ago
Clearly they sold all their sliding doors, and bravely soldiered on with the old-school model for their own office.
#27
A Pop Up In My Car Telling Me The Dangers Of Taking My Eyes Off The Road, Causes Me To Take My Eyes Off The Road
Highfalutin Heron 8 months ago
Truly terrible idea: Pop-Ups from the Duolingo bird on your car dashboard
#28
Off Brand Toy With An Interesting Name
#29
From What Level Of Hell Was This Retrieved?
#30
When Your Security Gate Is A Ladder
#31
We Cut Kids
The Commentator 8 months ago
Do they cut those really annoying packages? I broke my scissors trying to open them.
#32
This Playground Is Built In A Hole And Fills With Water When It Rains
Cristian A. 8 months ago
If too many do what you say, it could become that too, unfortunately.
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Doug Moyer 8 months ago
One would assume that it actually has at least one drain that clogged. That is, if one prefers to assume that people aren't as stupid as they generally are...
#33
Oven Vents Directly Onto The Knobs, Making Them Discolored And Burning Hot To The Touch
DowntownStevieB 8 months ago
Mine does that too and it's a newer oven. Pro tip: Buy new ones online that don't get hot. That's what I did, but man was it a design fail!
Trophy Husband 8 months ago
Microsoft has one burner which, if used to boil water, we'll make the controls to turn off the oven or lock the oven too hot to touch. So if I make pasta on that burner, I can't lock the oven for about 20 minutes.
#34
Attention
Kiwini Hapa 8 months ago
Make sure there is a guard standing by the door to insure compliance. I suggest Marjorie Taylor Greene 🤦♂️
Random Jackass 8 months ago (edited)
I feel like vampirism is the only way to make this work...
#35
The Shadows Of The Numbers Are In A Different Font Than The Numbers Themselves
Corvus 8 months ago
And then they censored "go on"... because it looks like "g**n"? What's wrong with that word?
8 months ago
It might be because it looks like g o o n e r? I'm not really sure. This website is so bizarre with its censorship.
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Tucker Cahooter 8 months ago
If he was still alive, I am sure Spike Milligan would have a lot to say about the censorship of "g* *n"
Eroe Infinito 8 months ago
Please. No one look up the new slang word "g oo ner" like I just did.
Apatheist Account2 8 months ago (edited)
That's the name for an Arsenal fan, derived from their nickname of The Gunners, as the team was at one point based in the Woolwich Arsenal. G00n was a nickname given to German POW guards in WWII, adopted by Spike Milligan and co to be ridiculed in the G00n Show.
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Taro Obanagi 8 months ago
I don't think that is why pi goons indefinitely does it? It's an irrational number it just cannot be written the way we are trying to write it so it's an approximation we use. Correct me if I am wrong (I think I probably am)
#36
You Don't Matter Give Up
#37
My Watch Has Luminescence On The Hour Markers But Not On The Actual Hands
#38
Car At The Bottom Is Flooded. Car At The Top Has Been Totalled
Due to the flooding, water got into the mechanism and short circuited it. It raised the platform and this was the result.
#40
The Pocket Size In Female vs. Male Levi’s Jeans
The Commentator 8 months ago
About half of my jeans have microscopic pockets, and one even had FAKE POCKETS. WHO MAKES FAKE POCKETS?! (I'm man btw)
Savannah greenleaf 8 months ago
I now just wear my boyfriends jeans. At least I can put my phone and wallet in my pockets. I have a pair of ladies jeans where there are no actual front pockets. Just decorative stitching. Broke my phone trying to put in the front pocket if those once
Rich Black 8 months ago
But to be fair, few women are trying to hide a smith and Wesson .380 in their pocket as they work the corner. . .
#42
The Students At My Course Complained About Not Having Enough Privacy And They Decided To Install Glass Doors To Solve The Issue
#43
LOL
Wang Zhuang 8 months ago
BP has posted this probably a million times, but it never ceases to make me laugh
#44
Don't 'Follow Someone Home'
Doug Moyer 8 months ago
Amazing! You got the joke! Give yourself a pat on the back for us!
Load More Replies... Ezra Gharabaghi 6 months ago
me :) Every day. Day or night. I start a fright. By touching little tykes.
#45
Pretty Sure He's Using It Wrong
#46
Psst
#47
The Glass Globe Of This Light Focused The Sunlight Enough To Burn The Suns Path In The Grass
#48
If You've Ever Thought Kids Getting Hurt One At A Time Isn't Efficient Enough, Here's An Idea!
#49
The Not So Fantastic Four
#50
...and I Suddenly Felt Like A King
Savannah greenleaf 8 months ago
I live in a house with no steps manage to trip and hurt myself. If life becomes too unbearable for me to continue I want to rent this place. It does not look compatible with life.
#51
My Feet Hurt Just Looking At This
#52
Whoever Came Up With This Design Should Be Fired
Trashy Panda 8 months ago
It's an adapter. They need to put the electrical components somewhere.
#53
Well...
#54
This "Hagrid" Doll I Bought 15 Years Ago In A Dollar Store Is Just A Repainted Lion From The Wizard Of Oz. Rocking His Mane, Ears And Medal Of Courage
Ezra Gharabaghi 6 months ago
Me after beating all the six year olds in the little league game after insulting their intelligence and breaking a few spines.
#55
There Are Three Steps Down At The Entrance To This Lobby
Petra brown 8 months ago
Looks familiar ... I know a similar place ... only 8 ssteps down and it is in a hospital.
#56
What In The Holy Hell Am I Looking At??
#57
Our Values
#58
Erm, Yeah. Nope
#59
Couldn’t Figure Out Why I Kept Grabbing The Wrong Size Out Of The Multipack Box… Then Realized All 3 Sizes Come In All 3 Colors!
The Commentator 8 months ago
Isn't it obvious? It's because YOU SHOULD SUFFER. (not actually I hate it too. Whoever made it should be fired)
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New Sports Bra Comes With 20+ Tags Sewn In
Taro Obanagi 8 months ago
Oh my god for what did they attach a whole book on your bra for 😂 XD
#61
Leg Space In A Cricket Stadium
Taro Obanagi 8 months ago
Never been to s stadium. They are so crowded and hot better to stay at home and watch.
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