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If you're a regular Bored Panda reader, you've probably seen a post or two that we did on the subreddit r/OddlySatisfying, a place where every perfectionist comes to remind themselves that there's still order in this world.
But today, let's try something else. Created back in December 2013, there's a subreddit with a name that differs by just a few letters yet has the complete opposite content. r/OddlyUnsatisfying and its 20.3K members are devoted to crooked lines, messed up patterns, and, as their introduction section says, all the other disgusting, annoying things that make your day inexplicably worse.
So continue scrolling to check your nerves and see how far down the list you can go!
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#1
This Fork That Was Never Cut
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#2
We All Scream For Ice Cream
As you probably can see, whether it's in architecture or someone's garden, asymmetry can feel really off.
In fact, we're so used to clean and orderly patterns that a quick scan of Instagram will reveal accounts dedicated entirely to symmetrical images.
These accounts range from Symmetry Breakfast, an Instagram account with 677,000 followers that posts images of matching breakfasts, to Geometry Club, an account with 33,000 followers that shares photos of buildings shot from the street up, two sides converging on the apex in what looks like the perfect triangle.
#3
The Peas Are Upside Down
#4
Screams In Comic Sans
#5
Oddly Unsatisfying
And this is not something new. We've long been bathing in these aesthetic symmetrical delights.
In the 20th century, numerous abstract artists adopted it, from Sol LeWitt and Josef Albers in the US to Robyn Denny in the UK.
As did Aleksandr Rodchenko, some of whose photos of Moscow's buildings after the Russian revolution wouldn't look out of place on Geometry Club even now.
#6
It Triggers My Ocd Every Time I Walk By It In The Park
GirlFriday 2 years ago
I would upvote this comment 10,000 times if I could. Thank you!!
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PaisleyDaisyDoo 2 years ago
I hate when people say, "triggers my ocd". If you really had ocd, you wouldn't make light of it.
BlueFire 2 years ago
It is NOT triggering your OCD. It is triggering your perfectionism. OCD is a debilitating disorder and should not be used to describe feeling annoyed if something isn't perfect. I live with OCD and it is no joke. I'm sick of this term being bandied about so flippantly.
irissii (she/them) 2 years ago
yeah, but do you actually have ocd? if not, just stop using it like this.
Anonymouse 2 years ago
Maybe there's an ant colony underneath that desperately wants to eat someone's picnic lunch
Maggie Mae 2 years ago
So Stand in the Planter & walk ever Further Outwards until You are freed at a Side Arm Path?
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
uh i'd choose a different park, that thing is making my eye twitch.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
My college had something like this. The planter was moved after they built a new 5th building around the old quad to house the expanded business school. Business majors (the only ones required to take ethics for a reason) were walking through the flower bed between the old and new building. They moved the planter and the problem ended.
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
No, no, no, It's not a mistake. The parks people move the planter around the circle every so often, just to see if anyone notices.
Grant Melville 2 years ago
The aftermath of a very tidy but slightly absent-minded earthquake.
#7
This Really Wound Me Up
#8
If Sadness Was A Cookie
Before these folks, there were generations of Islamic artists who thought symmetry reflected the harmony of heaven, and whose work duly aimed to bring artist and viewer closer to God.
Mosques all over the world from Mecca to Manchester all bear a nod to the tradition of geometric patterns, with one of the most famous being the stucco and tile work inside the Alhambra palace in Granada.
#10
My Wife Said She Was Cleaning Out Her Email Inbox And It Was Taking A Long Time… 😲
#11
Every Sink In This Bathroom Has A Different Faucet
#12
Whoever Made This Clearly Shouldn't Have
#13
The Way That All The Other Fanta Bottles Are Filled Evenly And Then The Blue Bottle
According to the American scientist Alan Lightman, human brains actually strive to see things symmetrically.
"The reason must be partly psychological," he said. "Symmetry represents order, and we crave order in this strange universe we find ourselves in... [It] helps us make sense of the world around us."
And when the order is disturbed... It reminds us of chaos. The loss of control.
#14
Really?
#15
It's Literally Outlined Where It Should Go
#17
This Baseball Park
We even notice symmetry in people's faces. The dominant scientific explanation for the attractiveness of facial symmetry is sometimes called 'Evolutionary Advantage Theory.' If the grand choreography of developmental gene expression is perfectly executed, the result is perfect symmetry.
Therefore, anything less than perfect symmetry indicates some kind of dysfunction, however small.
#18
Not Sure How I Didn't Notice This Earlier
#19
Whoever Designed This- I Just Wanna Talk
David 2 years ago
There is a trend to try to make big box buildings not look like big boxes. In some places I think local code requires it. I think this is an attempt at that. Locally I've seen examples where it was fairly well done and others that were - not. I think this is a 'not'. Two other things you see in this building - making a section stick out farther and painting it a different color - are also things I see locally.
#20
Smooth Bernie Sanders
#21
What The Hec Is This Supposed To Be?
Interestingly, the preference for symmetrical faces is not limited to sexual attraction and mate selection. Facial symmetry appears to influence how we pursue friends and allies too.
However, nothing in this world is perfect. And r/OddlyUnsatisfying is the perfect reminder of that. Maybe if we accept this fact, stuff like misplaced tiles won't bother us anymore? When you think about it, life would be easier that way. After all, there are plenty of more important things going on.
#22
At This Point My Mom Just Doesn’t Deserve To Be French Anymore
#24
This Doesn’t Line Up
#25
Come On
#26
Local Playground Glitch
#27
The Color Pencils Aren't Lined Up With The Box Image Ones
#28
After Taking The Metal Film Off This Toothpaste, There Was Still A Clear Plastic Film On The Head With No Tab For Me To Take It Off With
#30
This Makes Me So Uncomfortable
Must Be Bored Again 2 years ago
A little five o'clock shadow, weird fuzzy lips, weird fuzzy split tongue, gold teeth, fish hook in upper lip and yucky black heads in nose!!! Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope!
#31
The Antibiotics I Have To Take
#32
Get Me The Hell Out Of This Parking Garage
#33
These Fridges Door Handles Are Both Out Of Place With Each Other.. Idk It’s Unsatisfying To Me Anyways
#34
The Variation In Blacks Used In T-Shirts
#35
This Bother Me More Than It Should
#36
Get This Mans A Raise, Amazing Job
#38
The Decal On My Balalaika Is Slightly Off Centre, Literally Unplayable
#39
Should Just Make A Smoothie Now
Penguin Panda Pop 2 years ago
When I was a student I ran out of milk, but I had lots of beer. Cornflakes and beer is NOT a good combination in case you were wondering.
#40
This Doesn't Require An Explanation
#41
The Sizes Of The Spins And Text Placement Are All Different
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Kaisa Koo 2 years ago
Turns out I don't have OCD. I can tolerate imperfections and kind of like these abnormalities sometimes.
Psychosaint 2 years ago
There were a few where I thought "I'd do this..... and my mother would HATE it"
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justmemorticia 2 years ago
I very much regret going into this spiral, thank you. My OCD gremlin is no longer talking to me after the first few pictures.
Shadow the Dragon King 1 year ago
I watched Rekrap’s every Armor Trim video and when he pointed out that the stands were off center I screamed and it haunts me to this day
Toaster Teostra 2 years ago
Our Brains are coded to recognize and use patterns. If something is breaking out of a pattern, we instantly notice. People with OCDs get more upset about these like your regular human, but we all prefer neatly sorted stuff.
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Kaisa Koo 2 years ago
Turns out I don't have OCD. I can tolerate imperfections and kind of like these abnormalities sometimes.
Psychosaint 2 years ago
There were a few where I thought "I'd do this..... and my mother would HATE it"
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I very much regret going into this spiral, thank you. My OCD gremlin is no longer talking to me after the first few pictures.
Shadow the Dragon King 1 year ago
I watched Rekrap’s every Armor Trim video and when he pointed out that the stands were off center I screamed and it haunts me to this day
Toaster Teostra 2 years ago
Our Brains are coded to recognize and use patterns. If something is breaking out of a pattern, we instantly notice. People with OCDs get more upset about these like your regular human, but we all prefer neatly sorted stuff.
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