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Did you know there's a pickle eyeshadow palette? Or a portable toilet seat that attaches to your car tire? Neither did we. But regardless of their questionable viability, these items exist. And you can find them on the subreddit r/OfCourseThatsAthing.

Named after pretty much the only reaction people have to its content, the sub has grown to a 739K member community, and even though we at Bored Panda have already covered it before, these folks keep unearthing the most creative and weirdest products, so we have to do it again!

Scrolling through the images, it's hard to imagine someone greenlighting these ideas. David Pereira, the Head of Product Management at Virtual Identity, thinks it often happens when development gets too 'dry.'

"Products are built for people. Yet, many people lead product innovation through numbers, which means people become numbers [and] behaviors become data points," Pereira wrote. "Therefore, misunderstanding of the audience is inevitable because of too many false assumptions. Product teams that don't challenge the data become blind and build useless products."

The product manager pointed out that there's nothing wrong with being data-driven, it's just that teams need to understand when to apply numbers and when to stay away from them.

"Data will bring us insight from the past, showing details about customer behavior... However, we should not overlook the power of observation," Pereira said. "Once we observe real people using real products, insights will come to us [naturally], and [we'll be able to] understand how people use the [said] product [way better]."

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When Ya Gotta Go, I Guess

When Ya Gotta Go, I Guess

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Same-Height Parties

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Sum Guy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually cool in a funny way... the party itself seems weird because of the people there.

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Pereira is a big fan of prototyping. "I prefer accepting that [I] don't know enough; at best, [I] have a set of assumptions, which need validation as fast as possible. That's my approach for [all] ideas."

In his opinion, the Lean Startup method created by American entrepreneur Eric Ries is an excellent way of building products that solve real problems.

However, I guess it's either we have less useless stuff or more content on r/OfCourseThatsAthing. How can we possibly make this choice?!

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It's Not Just Lip Service ...

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For Those Who Hate Masks, But Find Looking Like A Crashed Cable Car Cabin Acceptable

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Sum Guy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a walking pod PRO. when you want to professionally walk to the place where they will be laughing at you

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Chernobyl Snow Globe

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#becausewhynot

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Sonja
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ok...is this available in my country? need to check..for a friend, of course. Are those pages waterproof? For watercolours, of course.

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Glass Holder

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Tomáš Houdek
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not stupid at all! I've been many times to a wine festival thats held outside, where you taste 80 samples at 12 stations spread around entire village. They give you similar wine glass holders so you can walk freely enjoying the day. The holder is ussualy woven rattan or fabric.

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A Glitter Keychain Of The Adobe Photoshop Crash Window

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Fine China Toilet

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The poor parrot gets shi*ted in the face all the time, and the lions just laugh.

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Nose Plug Air Filter... Don't Sneeze

Nose Plug Air Filter... Don't Sneeze

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Otter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be prepared to took on the floor for them, each and every time you sneeze!

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Oh My

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Zophra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

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LSR
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Hey manager, what can we do with this meat load that we forgot to get into the freezing chamber?" "I have an idea..."

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Amy Dodds
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked with butchers and they rinsed the slime off the old sausages and flavoured them to cover the rancid taste.

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Hannah Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m angry that an animal died to be treated to this indignity.

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Deson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see this as being used in some form of Breakfast Burger. (Yes, I'm weird.)

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Zaza
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made smurf pancakes once. Just regular pancakes with 2 or 3 drops of blue food coloring added to the batter. All the neighborhood kids absolutely loved it. None of their parents wanted to try a bite, because it looked disgusting to them lol

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Glynna Bowood
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jus' poke some blue berries in 'em and get 'em sold quick!

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Connie Martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What the??? And after we talk about the maple blueberry beef burgers, I have questions about the pineapple-mushroom display.

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3-D Printed Head Urn For Your Loved One’s Ashes

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Yes A Waching Toilet Paper Does Exist

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll pass, thanks. I mean, I love the environment just as much as the next person, but this is too much

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Note: this post originally had 65 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.