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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
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
The ends of the tines would be perfect for hard ice cream.
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#2
We All Scream For Ice Cream
Mohamed Zayan 2 years ago
the quest for the fourth bowl practically feels like a movie plot point.
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
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Mobius strip at the psychiatrist: "What's the problem?" "Where do I even begin?"
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Wow. There is an uncanny valley for food, too. (No reference intended to any can of peas.)
#4
Screams In Comic Sans
Robert T 2 years ago
To quote Milton Jones: I hate Italians with their slanty eyes.... Italics.... I hate italics!
#5
Oddly Unsatisfying
Nicely 2 years ago
Agreed. It is Alexander Hamilwrong. I said it's Alexander Hamilwrong. There's an important thing they haven't done, but just you wait, just you wait...
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
I'm told someone built a secret compartment under the flooring. I wonder where it might be.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
This photo makes me break out in a cold sweat. Is this a waiting area? So I know what I would do if I were sitting there. Seriously folks, this is like a car crash on the oncoming ban - you just can't stop staring.
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
#7
This Really Wound Me Up
Marcellus II 2 years ago
Hm... I'd say it's PEBCAK ("problem exists between chair and keyboard" = idiot typing).
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Salad choices -- More toppings -- A+ quality produce -- Regionally grown -- Truly healthy
Renegade 2 years ago
It's the guy that made this sign, right? Please tell me it's the guy that made this sign.
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Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
Three of those lines don't even contain the letter they are supposed to represent.
#8
If Sadness Was A Cookie
The Bearded Viking 2 years ago
Ahh...but if it were from a bunch of cookies which were all PLAIN and cream filled, then it might think of itself as the bees knees of cookies because it was 'The Chosen One'. It's alllll about perspective 😊
Patricia the Grey 2 years ago
My m-i-l became convinced chocolate was evil. She would cut down so much on the chips in chocolate chip cookies that some were just dough. (WHY make CC cookies?, you might ask. Good question.) We all ribbed her until she finally changed it up a bit and proudly declared that each cookie now had at least one chip. Sigh.
#9
Oh Well
Dak Janiels 2 years ago
The biggest problem here is that you're holding it instead of smashing it on the floor.
David 2 years ago
Designs on ceramics like this are often a decal wrap (based on some making videos I've seen). Whoever lined it up - didn't.
Marek Čtrnáct 2 years ago
The cup is not exactly cylindrical, so its surface is non-Euclidean; yet this is an Euclidean pattern, so it won't fit without distortion. Then again, it could be distorted without breaking.
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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… 😲
Rosie 2 years ago
I've been getting soooo many spam emails about people being "fortunate" to acquire millions and want to share it with me under God's graces, or so some blah blah blah.
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Liz Siemens 2 years ago
But only 1 text?! Lol surprisingly tidy in the message inbox
Load More Replies... Delta Dawn 2 years ago
finally, someone whose phone notifications are in worse shape than mine
Amy Smith-Kriege 2 years ago
I had about 1000 or more emails and I finally deleted therm all. It felt so good.
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Sarah Berkner 1 year ago
The owner at my work who is retired now, had one gigabyte of junk email (automatically saved on her computer) that I cleared out. I think it was that many emails.
#11
Every Sink In This Bathroom Has A Different Faucet
Bryan W. 2 years ago (edited)
It most certainly is. The fixtures are closer so you can reach from a wheel chair.
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Maggie Mae 2 years ago
First Two are Different from the others But the Last Two are the Same just Placed in Different Spots on the Sinks!
#12
Whoever Made This Clearly Shouldn't Have
Artpanda_5sos 2 years ago
The numbers are annoying but what about the different colors of the A and B?
Stephen Hutchison 2 years ago
You know that this is one of those foam cushion things that can be taken apart and reassembled? That green-backed purple 2 and the blue-backed red 1 can be swapped. This will create a completely different mental whiplash.
John Truglio 2 years ago
It's the new math. 2 does come before 1. Example: 2 people fall in love and become 1.
#13
The Way That All The Other Fanta Bottles Are Filled Evenly And Then The Blue Bottle
John Truglio 2 years ago
It's like Tequila, but instead of a worm there's a Smurf on the bottom.
Maggie Mae 2 years ago
Can't Stand Fanta!! My Favourite was Always Orange Crush in the Brown Glass Bottles!! Pops today Claim No Sugars but Are Sickly Sweet Like Syrup!!
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
Shull GaRett 2 years ago
Id bet peanuts over chestnuts that the manhole was first. And even before that there were some pipes. The paint came last. And it failed ;)
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The Bearded Viking 2 years ago
Does anyone have a brown paper bag?!!.....anyone??...please??!!!
#16
Just... Why?
Viva Shaymin 2 years ago
A friend who works in this area told me colleagues do that often for a little touch, little spark More freedom
#17
This Baseball Park
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Took a swing at it and I guess I missed. Should have measured 🤷♂️
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE!!! They just don't care what it looks like by air. They are constrained by a previously developed parcel near the top-center, and by the roads. From the ground, the odd shapes probably actually seem organic and pleasant. (Baseball fans HATE symmetry, by the way.)
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
exactly, they maximized the area of grass they could have for the different sports and classes
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Jill Bussey 2 years ago
There's a little piece of water melon in the bottom left of the picture/pitcher!
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
Grant Melville 2 years ago
This should be upvoted to a more prominent position.
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#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.
Jennifer_Crowley_Luci 2 years ago
It has GOT to have something to do with the layout of the apartments or offices. Still incredibly off-putting :D
Sharon Vaughn 2 years ago
Contemporary styling, totally anti-establishment, non-traditional, chaotic. Take your pick.
Rachelle Byrd 2 years ago
Someone should never be allowed to design again. Who the eff would approve this design?!?!
#20
Smooth Bernie Sanders
axle f 2 years ago (edited)
i love the fact that they're not allowing you to use the man's F*****G NAME!! His goddamn name is D i c k Cheney.
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#21
What The Hec Is This Supposed To Be?
Cal the dragon! (She/they) 2 years ago
The only family member I genuinely hate because she causes me physical pain. 😉
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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
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
I’m hoping not to get downvoted, as I LURVE cheese, and especially Brie! However, I was unaware that there was a specific pattern with which to cut it?
Christel Nellemann 2 years ago
wHY, does it “hurt” some people. This is a completely imaginary problem. So temporary , so not important, so tiny
Patricia the Grey 2 years ago
remember the context--lighthearted entertainment
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#23
Happy 4th
Grant Melville 2 years ago
If that's sweet onion sauce, that arm is in trouble... #saucemakescannibalismjustified
That One Cat 2 years ago
should i be concerned? have you used that hashtag before?
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TheStanleyParableAdventureLine 2 years ago
Is this something i should remember? Is this a cousin? What?????
#24
This Doesn’t Line Up
Keith T 2 years ago
My shower is like this. Turns out there a load near stud directly behind where the faucet should go. When I was remodeling my bathroom the contractor said it would cost A LOT to make it right. So I live with it.
michael Chock 2 years ago
I like it better this way. You can prop your legs up without angling them
the sixthgirl 2 years ago
Honestly, the thing about this pic that bothers me is that I had to see the "m" word on that purple bottle.
#25
Come On
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Who else, besides me, has to go up to the next comfortable increment if you miss stopping it in time? 😏
okpkpkp 2 years ago
When I pumped gas, it was $0.32 for regular and $0.34 for premium, many, many moons ago.
okpkpkp 2 years ago
And we gave away 10Xs Blue Chip Stamps. Sometimes drinking glasses.
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#26
Local Playground Glitch
PjandBolt 2 years ago
I think what's more weird for me is that it's on grass, no bark chips or fun squishy floors
Blackheart 2 years ago
As a Gen Xer I can tell you I would rather fall onto grass than wood chips.
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MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Made it easier for kids to fall off. They knew what they were doing.
Epona 2 years ago
Someone probably already asked this but, which part is upside down? The railing or the bridge?
Bohemiangirl 2 years ago
Pretty sure it's the railing... they were put on the wrong side so they were flipped upside down to fit. If the rails switched sides they would fit the right way up. :)
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Axolotl Girl 2 years ago
I once got pushed over in the first grade onto the asphalt playground off of the play structure and hurt my knee really bad it's a hazard
Debbie 2 years ago
This could very well be part of a wheelchair accessible playground. Yes there are stairs in the back but there could be ramps on the other sides.
thewomaninthestripedshirt 2 years ago
wouldn’t it still make more sense to have the railings the proper way up, though?
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#27
The Color Pencils Aren't Lined Up With The Box Image Ones
David 2 years ago
Out of curiosity I googled pics of pencil boxes. It appears most manufacturers just don't put themselves in this position. Either picture of pencils on box or cut out window to see pencils but not both. Obvious reason is obvious.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
I am creating an aura which will lead to a seizure I am about to evolve
#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
KittyGaming 2 years ago
NOOOOOOOOOOO what i do grab a knife or fork and stab at it and peel it off
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Show it to the sealing machine. This kind of stuff hasn't been done manually in a VERY long time.
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F In Chat
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
Does anyone know this one "problematic roll" of toilet paper? When one of the layers ends halfway down the perforation line and you have to painstakingly unravel that half, single-ply, useless sheet every time after tearing it off...?
Phyzzi 2 years ago
I'm always amazed when packaging uses high strength glue (or blister wrap). Sorry, did you not mean for me to be using your product? I guess I will not be buying it again then. What really gets me, though, is when they glue parts of the packaging that would be individually recyclable or compostable together so that they are not.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
You otta be a manufacturer of said packaging trying to achieve those results. We used to wonder if they were packing wild animals in them to make them adhere that tightly. For the love of God, it's light bulbs not a saw blade.
Load More Replies... Duncan 2 years ago
Worse are those zip style openers on cardboard boxes and the plastic bags with the nick in the side to 'open' them.
Phyzzi 2 years ago
Love when they are sealed below the nick in the side too.
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#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!
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
Excuse me, I am not an native english speaker so I wanted to ask you what you meant by "yucky black heads in nose". If I would translate it literally, this seems to make no sense to me because I can't see any black heads in these nostrils...🤔
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#31
The Antibiotics I Have To Take
Robert T 2 years ago
They often come with 7 like this, as it 1 sheet per week, but not usually 9.
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Depends on the antibiotic (and the illness) as to how long the course should be.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 2 years ago
This makes no sense. Sometimes they're made in packs of 7 - so one a day.
#32
Get Me The Hell Out Of This Parking Garage
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Thanks, now I've got the intro to "Can't Touch This" playing in my head.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
It really makes you wonder why they felt the need for that sign. Is there a back story? Why not just put a giant left arrow towards the exit (which you can kind of see in the other sign)? Also I'm pretty sure zombies or creatures of the night crawl out of that ugly broken vent looking thing.
Hydro Keychain 2 years ago
Just to the left of it is a helpful exit sign, complete with arrow.
#33
These Fridges Door Handles Are Both Out Of Place With Each Other.. Idk It’s Unsatisfying To Me Anyways
Marco Richter 2 years ago
Looks like the fridge isn't standing plain on the ground. Or the doors aren't correctly adjusted
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
You can see like 6 inches of it and you deem it ugly? XD
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#34
The Variation In Blacks Used In T-Shirts
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
I know what you mean. However, I have noticed that many gazebos and parasols also look bluish, even though they were once originally purchased black. After unpacking, the sun will shine relentlessly on these and after a few weeks/months the black fabric turned into dirty blue. Is this probably the same here?
Load More Replies... Renegade 2 years ago
I didn't know I needed a Monk reference today. Thank you!
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 2 years ago
Depends on how dye fast they are, and how many times they've been washed....
Marcellus II 2 years ago
Same with socks. Start with a dozen pairs, a year later they're hardly matching as they lose colour in a different way.
Jean Thompson 2 years ago
Easily explained - some of the T-shirts have been through the wash more than others.
Catherine Miklavic 2 years ago
I used to work in a clothing screen print shop.... we saw this all the time.... places that produce shirts will take overage of colors and re dye them to make what they need.... for example make red shirts that they have too many of into black shirts..... there were times we had to go through thousands of shirts and separate them by tonal variation because certain inks wouldn't work on certain dye lots....
#35
This Bother Me More Than It Should
Marco Richter 2 years ago
That's allways the case (haha pun!) with every media collection. Cover designers are jerks sometimes. I think Scott the Woz made an entire video about that.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
I used to be a manager at Gamestop, and if you got certain cases second-hand, they would look like this. It always bothered me, because the shorter, thinner ones are for normal blu-ray movies.
#36
Get This Mans A Raise, Amazing Job
Costa Villaras 2 years ago
Should't someone checking the grammar and spelling of these things? Are we promoting a newer version of American English where "everything goes"? Shame!
Grant Melville 2 years ago
When you move an object in Microsoft Word without grouping it with the others:
#37
White
Marco Richter 2 years ago (edited)
Maybe the white one should distract you from the hidden can
#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.
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
Once, as a very young kid, we had no milk so I used a red kool-aid on my Frosted Flakes. The impact is such that I still remember how awful that was... over 50 years later.
#40
This Doesn't Require An Explanation
VonBlade 2 years ago
Unless you're a man, in which case measure twice then tell her a bigger number.
Load More Replies... Milan Chleborád 2 years ago
This requires a lot more than an explanation. Like an essay on why the heck did anybody think it's a good idea.
#41
The Sizes Of The Spins And Text Placement Are All Different
Cat Chat 2 years ago
OCD fan: please change the entire story so each volume matches in size. Is that what we are saying here? Just checking.🤔
James Frail 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, but also no. Judge Dredd, with its short, serialized format, could easily have been split differently. Volumes 3, 4, and 5 could have been just 2 volumes without breaking some of the longer arcs. Or it could have been spread even longer, possibly. It's not until 12 that they get thinner due to becoming full color (controlling for cover price). But the placement of volume number and Dredd's helmet design (the spiky things) could have been uniformly placed, regardless. It's even worse on the US editions, which are all white with the title in black, except v3, which is the reverse. 14 volumes, 1 outlier. And then they quit making them, so to continue you have to import UK editions, which are as pictured here.
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TheDemonicCat 2 years ago
Well the spine thickness is always going to be different, but the weird black spiky things didn't need to be different lengths
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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"
Load More Replies... 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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