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When you think about how we all live in 2021, it’s just hard to wrap your head around it. The age of advanced technology, social and gender equality, creative economies, possibilities, you name it. So how on earth does it have a place for things like telemarketing and unpaid overtime?!

When someone asked “What has no reason to exist in 2021 and yet it does?” on r/AskReddit, the answers started rolling in and each was more eye-opening than the previous one.

I mean, people are not saying 2021 is totally overestimated, but in many ways, it kinda is. Let’s see some of the most thought-inducing responses right below and be sure to add a thing or two to this list in the comment section for everyone to see!

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#1

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Child beauty pageants

-eDgAR- , Carlos Ebert Report

#3

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Taking 3-5 days to put money back into my account after you took it instantly.

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to test drive a car recently and the dealership wanted a £500 deposit. It was for the insurance (rather than pay it in event of a crash) but they said it could go towards the car if I liked it. I asked them if I don't like it how long would it be before I got the money back. They told me at least 7 working days. Politely declined and walked out.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do The fact that some people still don't have access to fresh water.

Artistic_Jackalope , Joe Cheng Report

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

Or to close water : having to walk daily more than 10 km to get water from a well

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#6

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Homophobia. Seriously.

SunflowerSky22 , Ted Eytan Report

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

New Zealand is currently working on a bill to make 'conversion therapy' a criminal offence. Hopefully other countries will do so as well.

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#7

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Why insulin is so expensive

Magnaverde , Alan Levine Report

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

It is not. It is cheap or free in every country but one. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-insulin-by-country

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#9

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having to call to cancel a subscription you signed up for online

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

Netherlands: You must be able to cancel a subscription in the same way you started it and cancelling must be just as simple as starting. So 1 click to start, means 1 click to cancel.

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#10

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Single use plastic

Financial-Mammoth333 , zeevveez Report

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

Once upon a time, a lot of items came packaged in glass, paper, or metal containers. Many of the glass containers were collected, washed, and refilled by the manufacturers. People found uses for containers that could not be returned or recycled. Then there were concerns about the environment...yes the environment. Plastic bags were a response to cutting trees for paper. As plastic was light, disposable, and cost less to ship (no return or deposit), manufacturers switched to these for cost and convenience. The idea was it saved trees, fuel costs of shipping, and emissions. The extent of the damage the overuse of plastic causes was not known. Now we are back where we started with environmental impact.

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#11

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Paying $4.99 delivery fee to the pizza place, and they say DELIVERY FEE IS NOT A TIP FOR THE DRIVER. The drivers use their own cars and pay for their own gas, and they sure as hell aren't getting any of that $5.

TrogdorLLC , Matthew Paul Argall Report

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

We have nothing like this thankfully. Food delivery people get proper salary, no need for tips.

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#12

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do School lunch debt. Feed the kids already!

BlondieeAggiee , cattan2011 Report

#13

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Poverty and homelessness

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

At least in California, a lot of homelessness is caused by drug addiction that caused a downward spiral in these peoples lives to the point of where the addiction was so strong, they lost everything to get their fixes. Need more drug rehab programs among many, many other programs to help curve homelessness.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Fax machine. Some doctors won't accept email only mail or fax. Some govt related stuff too

ztreHdrahciR , kalleboo Report

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

Good grief, most of ours is online. We can book online, even have online appointments (face to face), renew prescriptions etc. All in a portal called My Health connected to your own medical centre.

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#15

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do TELEMARKETING

I don’t even get any other type of call, yet I still get this s**t daily

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

I don't answer calls from numbers I don't know for this reason, and now there's been a wave of scam phone calls in the last few years.

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#16

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Convenience fees being applied when you pay a bill online.

Byzantium42 , Karolina Grabowska Report

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

Seriously? We used to get a discount for doing this until someone decided it wasn't fair on those people who can't do things online.

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#18

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having no idea how much you'll pay for a minor medical procedure

dreemkiller , Presidencia de la Repúblic Report

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do 40+ hour work weeks. The technological improvements should have made it so we could have a more leisurely society where we could dedicate less of our lives to pointless work, not so they could increase profits indefinitely for the business owners while we spend all our waking hours on labor that doesn’t even need doing at this point.

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst are middle managers who expect you to give 100% of your time to your job.

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#20

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Commercials for prescription medicine

Dollar_Llama , Open Grid Scheduler Report

#21

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Low quality surveillance footage

Kittykitty76543210 , Jonathan McIntosh Report

#22

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do E-ticket processing fees. Seriously, do these have any function other than making money for some middle man?

Stillwater215 , Kindel Media Report

#23

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Junk mail, just filling up the mailbox with [stuff].

maarrtee , Torsten Dettlaff Report

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

For some reason my hotmail account I've had since 2006 is now very bad at filtering spam, it's annoying since I still use the account regularly

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#24

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Your race on forms. I'm so mixed I just check them all.

lettersfrommeme , Alex Green Report

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

Most ethnicity forms here don't have me as any option aside from "Other". Sometimes not even that and then make it required. Ew. Why do you need to know that I am Malay, company not allowed to discriminate based on ethnicity?

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#25

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Door to door sales people. If I want lawn care I’ll google it dammit!

perdhapleybot , MART Report

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

We used to have them. But that was back in the 1950's and 1960's. And they didn't try to sell idiotic stuff like lawn care.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do I work for USPS. Went to request a day off and the form required carbon paper to copy.

bigmike2001-snake , Wikimedia.Commons Report

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do My adult acne

pm_me_bat_facts , streetwindy Report

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

I have noticed that since wearing masks I am breaking out a lot more, especially around my mouth and chin.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Tax software in the US. Seriously should just be a simple form on the internet that takes 5 minutes.

GatorBone69 , Andrés Moreira Report

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

Netherlands: Log in into a secure site. Check what the government has already filled out. Let the program figure out in which way you get the biggest refund, electronically sign the tax form and submit it. Takes 15 minutes, if you're a slow reader. Wait a few months to get your refund in your bank account. No charges, no fees.

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#29

32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Gas stations charging 10 more cents per gallon for paying with a debit/credit card.

mattjf22 , Skitterphoto Report

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

The credit card companies charge them what amounts to ten cents on each gallon, or 2.5 percent.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Lousy printers. It's like no one ever tried to build a good one and humanity just agreed they need to be louder than a Lambo for 2 minutes straight before they can print my Amazon return ticket.

BrooklynNeinNein_ , rjp Report

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

Again a matter of watching what you're buying. My old laserprinter just makes a humming noise that's barely noticeable while printing .

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

ERROR OUT OF MAGENTA "please i'm not even printing in colour" NEED MAGENTA PATHETIC HUMAN "please" I AM YOUR GOD GIVE ME MAGENTA NOW

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

Like many modern electronic devices, these are made to break over time. They are also designed in such a way that it is almost impossible to have them repaired.

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M O'Connell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've recently experienced the tragic age-related failure of my two favorite printers, and HP LaserJet IIP (1989) and a LaserJet IIIP (1993). The printers themselves work just fine, particularly the IIP, but there are no longer any working toner cartridges left on earth due to the rubber parts having perished. I bought a new one, and it seems SO flimsy and awful. It doesn't even print very well.

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

The patents for the modern printers were filed almost a hundred years ago. But during the last 20-30 years the development of their basic functions seemed to stop. They might have wifi and maybe a little cheaper, but they aren't much faster, or more quiet, or use less expensive or longer lasting toner or ink. Their parts aren't better quality either, they need regular maintenance or they broke relatively quickly. But did you know after Edison started to produce lightbulbs they were too good? They worked so long people didn't buy new ones. There are bulbs still working after a hundred years. So they started to produce them in lower quality so they needed regular change.

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

Mine went in the trash. I'd use it once, then it would sit until the ink dried out. Not worth $30 a printing session. I just go to the library and pay 10 cents/page.

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

I went and bought one which has ink tanks you pour ink into. Cost twice as much to buy the unit but ink is much cheaper than the $60 cartridges my old unit took. Not too noisy, a bit slower but will pay for itself in ink savings.

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

I have an Apple ImageWriter II dot matrix printer I got in 1985. The plastic has yellowed and it is loud, but it still works.

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

And you can go Energizer Bunny with the cartridge and print and print and print and print...

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

And no machine, apart from maybe photocopiers, has so little to do yet fx it up so often. And as for the cost of ink, that's a well known scam

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

More than that, my printer cost me $49, but it is around $50-60 for replacement ink cartridges. Cheaper to just buy another printer. And this is how you create a throw-away society, but money needs to be saved.

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

My inkjet is mostly silent and prints within seconds. I had a laser printer that was instant print and silent. Just look out what your buying.

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

I was really annoyed when my "good" well-built laser printer started to act up. To replace it with anything reasonable meant going to a business level machine that included scanners and a bunch of jazz I didn't need...and home office ones did not suit my purpose. There was no in between. Get something $800 plus with a bunch of features, I don't want...or get something $100 that less than suits my needs.

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

My $50 printer has quietly and quickly printed anything with no jams for the past 6 years

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

ALL the machines now, from Washers and Dryers to All Hardware Office Equipment, cell phones... you get the drift are purposely made to fail after a certain amount of years. Not many years either. THIS SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW !!!! Just adding to the Landfills. Horrible.

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

Surely, that should just read "domestic printers". I haven't used one for several years now. Everything is on my phone or work computer.

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

You pay for the ink in many ..the machines are just there to take it.

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

Beg pardon - The HP Laser II was a champion printer. Standard office equipment.

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

My printer works just fine and it's not loud, not sure what you're talking about.

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M O'Connell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lexmark was notorious for this. Their inkjet printers went through a long, very noisy and rattley start up procedure.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Gas cans that seem deliberately designed to not work and that spill gasoline everywhere.

Thin_Host , slavicdeath Report

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

Yep...most can around here have some kind of vapor lock that makes it near impossible to use without spilling. Kinda defeats the purpose. On a side note, love the picture. I love my Jeep Cherokee.

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32 Things That Have No Reason To Exist In 2021 And Yet They Do Having to call to make bill payments.

Pixey873 , Anete Lusina Report