Our brains just love symmetry! So much so that when we see a fine example of things just falling nicely into place just as they should, it satisfies us deep within our souls.
Of course, when we encounter the opposite - the wonky, the askew, the lop-sided - it triggers a vague feeling of discomfort. This reaction is stronger in some than in others, but even those of us who would consider themselves chill about imperfections can get fixated on certain mistakes.
Can't understand what I mean? Well, as a follow up to previous efforts here and here, Bored Panda has collected another list of things that aren't quite right and are sure to set the alarm bells ringing. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and let us know how they made you feel in the comments!
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What The Actual Mother ******* **** Is This *******
Thats what it looked like when Peter Parker got powers!
Load More Replies...How about this "less decorative" maybe less decor would have been enough. This person was really trying way too hard.
Load More Replies...A really freakin ugly a*s floor and I can see the mistake right off the bat. Wow! I guess they thought a good eye wouldn't even notice it. hahaha!
So what lies behind this fascination with all things symmetrical? Well, according to an article in HowStuffWorks, it comes from the fact that most objects in the real world are symmetrical. "This is particularly true of nature: the radial symmetry of starfish or flower petals, the symmetrical efficiency of a hexagonal honeycomb, or the uniquely symmetrical crystal patterns of a snowflake," they write. "In fact asymmetry is often a sign of illness or danger in the natural world."
People Whose Desktops Look Like This
How do they find anything when it's like this?! (and this is my Mom, but she's 84 so she gets a pass)
That's probably why there are 6 thumbnails for VLC Player
Load More Replies...And the misshapen one just southeast of the ESDC
Load More Replies...They don't own bookshelves, they just let everything pile up on the floor...
I know teachers who do this, and I really don't get why! Every file they create, they save to the desktop! I keep a folder on my desktop, with all the files pertaining to my current classes. Once I'm finished with this semester or the project, and move those folders off the desktop!
Preth Any Button
"And, of course, human beings are symmetrical, at least on the outside (some internal organs like the heart and liver are off-center). Decades of research into sexual attraction have proven that both men and women find symmetrical faces sexier than asymmetrical ones. The leading explanation is that physical symmetry is an outward sign of good health, although large-scale studies have shown no significant health differences in people with symmetrical or asymmetrical faces."
"The simple explanation for our attraction to symmetry is that it's familiar. Symmetrical objects and images play by the rules that our brains are programmed to recognize easily."
This Neighborhood I Saw On Google Maps Really Hits Me Hard
Really.... Starbucks.... OK then.......That is weird
Load More Replies...Sometimes grid-aligned cities do things like that on purpose in heavily residential areas next to major thoroughfares to keep traffic from treating the streets one block over as they would the thoroughfare (in other words, the misalignment keeps cars off the narrower streets where more pedestrians are).
Thank you for explaining this, I was about to give up on life.
Load More Replies...That is why SimCity doesn't allow you to rotate road at any angle.
And that is why you play city skylines instead!
Load More Replies...My town is like that, part of the town was oriented north/south, and part was oriented with the railroad tracks, it was ok until the town grew enough for the sections to merge
It's a matte of picking which neurotic planner to listen to. The one who says the streets must be on a north-south grid, and the one who says (in the case of this picture) to align the rest of the town grid with the shoreline.
Load More Replies...My first time in London was me lost pretty much all of the time. I loved it!
Load More Replies...jacksonville beach, florida. i lived in that awkwardly placed neighborhood.
The houses in the square are newer because they developed a pasture, forest or old factory site
I was going to guess that the houses in the square are older. They built them on an old farm, then the rest of the city expanded around it.
Load More Replies...May I suggest an antidote in the form of Missoula, Montana? missoula-5...4a4274.jpg
Jacksonville has a block for people with OCD, and Missoula has a block for people that don't like to "fit in".
Load More Replies...Well You're Not Wrong
I would, too. It would remind me that there is someone somewhere in the world who is more stupid than me.
Load More Replies...In an essay called The Symmetrical Universe, Alan Lightman, American physicist, writer, and author of The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, writes:
"Symmetry leads to economy, and nature, like human beings, seem to prefer economy. If we think of nature as a vast ongoing experiment, constantly trying out different possibilities of design, then those designs that cost the least energy or that require the fewest different parts to come together at the right time will take precedence, just as the principle of natural selection says that organisms with the best ability to survive will dominate over time."
How The **** Does This Happen?
They were laying square vinyl tiles, cut to shape. To put in a tiny white triangle there would have been pretty impossible and it would almost certainly have come out before long. Of course if they'd cut the white ones corner to corner in the first place this would not have happened.
And, to conclude this story, I never went near that again. EVER
It’s Like They Want Me To Have An Aneurysm
Maybe, volume 2 is a bootleg from China (or from somewhere else), even though all 6 of them were purchased legitimately from Amazon.
If that's the case volume 2 should read "漫威夜魔侠" which would've been funnier.
Load More Replies...This might just be me - but I read the one in the larger type as DARED EVIL instead of DAREDEVIL.
They had a substitute graphic designer for #2, then the regular one returned to his job.
I have that same set...it's not bootleg...marvel is evil 😂 ituas driven me crazy for years on my bookshelf
So try to relax whilst perusing this list - your sense of discomfort or even anger at the asymmetry of things is fully justified, and is an appropriate human reaction to these design outrages. Good symmetry is good organization and our brains are hardwired to appreciate that!
This Chandelier At A Restaurant I Ate At Bothers Me So Much
Probably no support beam behind the decorations.
Load More Replies...Should have gone to specsavers! (Pretty sure only aussies get that)
If they couldn’t put the chandelier in the ceiling tray, they should have just gone with one or the other. Clearly you can’t have both.
it is most likely because they didn't prepare strong structure to hang the chandelier in the middle of the decorated ceiling.
This is just so wrong. And weird. What restaurant would even allow this?
This Stove
this would drive me nuts. would end up only cooking half of my food...
and burning my hand when i try to grab the pothandle
Load More Replies...The stove looks fairly new. Maybe this is the first time they turned on the stove and took a picture.
Load More Replies...The ATM at the bank that I use, has one very crooked screen and for some reason I will always end up at that one.
looks like someone bought a replacement glass top -- the WRONG glass top.
That. One. Pole.
it is to keep a ghost from passing it either going up the stairs or coming down... we see it in the south a lot
Honestly, this is in every single house I've ever been in. Why does this keep happening.
Someone Thought It Would Be Funny To Do This At The Corner Of Every Page Of This Notebook
Not if you're trying to make a graph using the graph paper!
Load More Replies...This Teacher Doesn’t Erase The Board Fully And Continues To Use It
Always annoys me! Especially when there is that single mark and you are sitting so close but...
I feel like so many teachers do this because they don't want to waste time rubbing out the board that then takes away learning time for the students.
But that doesn’t take long to wipe it all off at all. There is absolutely nothing to “waste” at all by taking a little bit more time to clean the damn board.
Load More Replies...These Lights
Way more than is needed. LED PAR (spots) are available now.
Load More Replies...Just Re-Pave The Damn Road At This Point
a symbol for the futile attempts to fill up and close the cracks in a modern western society ......... or something like that
Load More Replies...Aaaaagggghhhh! I HATE this stuff. I ride a motorcycle and this is lethal when it is wet. It gives as much grip as greased ice.
Even just walking on it in bad weather is risking limbs... and yep, poor grip and anything moving is a bad combo. Considering the amount of times they'd have to fix this and how badly it holds up it's probably also massively more expensive than just repaving it in the end.
Load More Replies...I wish they would do this in Michigan...our roads would last longer instead of being full of potholes!
They do do this in Michigan. They totally redid a road by my house (grinding it to the dirt) then a few months later they came through and cut the road up and slathered it with this stuff. Maybe for better expansion?
Load More Replies...My Grandfather Doesn’t Peel The Plastic Off Of Anything And Won’t Let Me Peel It Off. I’m About To Have A Heart Attack
Reminds me of those little old ladies who leave plastic covers on all the furniture.
They actually have to BUY those covers, which is even weirder. They aren't cheap, either.
Load More Replies...Getting that @#$%&!! shrinkwrap off the @#$%&!! stainless refrigerator is impossible. They have it @#$%&!! sealed inside the welds and door frame gasket. 3 yrs later and Im still tearing it off millimeter by @#$%&!! millimeter 🤬🤬🤬
Lol when my dad bought his SUV he refused to take the plastic off the seats. We had to sit that way for about 2 months. He was like a little boy with his new toy it was so cute :)
I have a family member like that, even the car seats were covered with that plastic wrap c**p. You sure couldn't sneak a seat in her house! Drove me nuts........glad that phase went bye-bye!
When You Play The Sims But Forget To Rotate
nah, the short ones who never get close enough to not pee on the floor ;)
Load More Replies...When I was a kid, I played sims and I built a whole house before figuring out how to rotate... dident look good......
For those of us that struggle to pee in public ... not gonna happen.
Meanwhile In Supermarket
Either that or they have had the foresight to prepare for one, after which all the lines will be straight.
Load More Replies...Yes, same! I couldn’t articulate it but it is a bit comforting or something.
Load More Replies...Maybe the real plan for this floor is to look like an optical illusion. Unfortunately. They failed.
the problem with that being, I see this and immediately think of 'tunnel' and then start running faster and faster, while trying to avoid touching the walls.
Load More Replies...The Way This Pizza Has Been Cut
Whatever it is, they know nothing about centers. :/
Load More Replies...What bothers me more than the way the pizza is cut, is that someone got paid money to design this advertisement and other people apparently approved it.
Okay What The Hell
It's a baby pillar. If you water it and take good care of it, it will grow up to the ceiling.
My mum has this in her dining room that used to be her kitchen. It's where the stopcock for the mains water is. They couldn't move it, so boxed it in instead
But what if they needed to get to the stopcock in an emergency to shut off the water, like if there was a leak for example? Does it have a way of opening?
Load More Replies...These were very common in Victorian houses. The little box opens up allowing you to discretely dispose of the Brussels Sprouts so as not to embarrass her ladyship.
My Friend's New Front Door
Even worse the new door and the sidewalk don't line up. You would step wrong every time use went through the door.
Definitely. Look at that huge slope on the left hand side of the door.
Load More Replies...The door opens left handed? That's odd. Everything about this picture is ALL WRONG!! 😂
As a lefty, I'd have to say THAT part is just fine.
Load More Replies...Who would buy this? I would be irritated coming home to this every night
I would totally lose my mind. The walkway clearly leads to where the door SHOULD be. Who the f*ck created this nightmare?
If I was the wife, everything would have to change. I couldn’t live with that disturbance
911 - I'd Like To Report A Crime
that's a clue, in a find the treasure game. You can imagine that was more effort to insert that piece in that position than to place it perfectly
It took effort to make this happen so in my opinion it's technically a work of art.
At My Closest Train Station. I Think I Need To Move
But if you didn't buy the exact right shade, then *that* would drive you crazy.
Load More Replies...They do this on purpose because apparently they think perfection brings bad luck.
ON Is Red, OFF Is Green
why not one button for both? Where is the zero? What is FN? It gets worse the more you look at it!
My on is red and off is white. I had to hide it in the drawer and not use it. Ever.
I Was High In The Road And Was Not Sure If It Was The Weed Or Not So I Took A Picture For Later
You Had One Job
The black spots on dice are called pips. This? This is a pyp. He yells at cats and lives under the freeway. We don't talk about pyp.
This Building Where Nothing Lines Up
The architecture there is on purpose. The church that stood there before was blasted by the regime of the GDR in 1968 although the building survived WWII without any damages. The design of the new building by Van Eggerat is referring to this history. If you see the whole picture it seems as if the building is sliding apart. It's located in Leipzig and part of a university campus.
To be more precise, it resembles a state of the explosion that was kept on photograph at this very moment.
Load More Replies...Well, it is actually the facade of the church of the University of Leipzig - which is on the same spot where the old church stood before it was bombed in WWII and then later demolished by the Soviet occupants. The outlines of the new church mirrors the outlines of the old church and it is purposely miss-aligned to visualise the 'disruption' caused by its absence until it was rebuilt.... you can read more about its history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinerkirche,_Leipzig
It wasn't bombed nor demolished by the occupants. ;-) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinerkirche,_Leipzig
Load More Replies...Looked Down During My Shower Today. Can’t Unsee It Now
Who else had to come to the comments to find what was wrong with this one?
ME!! I don't see it and I usually DO! HELP!!
Load More Replies...I have so many spots in front of my eyes, it's hard to see anything.....
I'm Literally Screaming Inside
which one bothers you? That the 2 boxes are not lined up, or the fact that there are two number two apartments?
Wait - there's two 2s? Yeah, I'm sure one used to be a twelve - but can't someone fix it? I'm thinking the 3/4 was offset to allow a shelf above the 4.
Finished Laying The Bricks, Boss
Did they literally just throw it on the wall and see what stick.
This was a common style of laying bricks in the arts & crafts movement. Google "clinker bricks" and look at images, you'll find many examples.
This happens when bricks used, were already used in another building. Some of them were no properly separated from one another, so they put the as the fit. This was very common before.
Nah, you missed the point. It's just a climbing wall so that you (and athletic burglars) can enter by the window when you forget your keys...
This is a common style of brick laying ... I've seen it in many different places.
Not Only Is The First Light Different, The Last Light's Fixture Is Upside Down
The fact that two are the same is what really bothers me at this point.
wanna bet they all have different colors of light bulbs. (Like the xmas bulbs with red and green. throw in blow and maybe green or orange.)
Load More Replies...because... they are different. they're different by being the same.
Load More Replies...Why Write The ‘S’ Like That? The More I Read It, The More It Mildly Infuriates Me
If you can read this forward to your friends!! 🤣🤣
Load More Replies...today is ir barirtar birthday, rhe doer not know that we have put thr rign
But remember you said almost. so it doesn't count
Load More Replies...The Way My Mom Watches TV With Things Obscuring The Screen
The cat would knock everything off and then sit there and wash its private parts in front of the screen.
Load More Replies...You will reminisce about this when Mom is gone. Think on her kindly now. Mine does the same thing with the dash board of her car. It is always 2" deep with papers and various random things. They reflect up onto the windshield and make driving a night mare.
one day a cop is going to pull her over and cite her for that
Load More Replies...I don't like the smallest knick-knack in front of the screen, I wouldn't be able to handle this!
Load More Replies...BusLady is so right! A cat will thug that stuff off the shelf fast! If it is a good cat it will manage to do it looking all cute so she can't get mad for long
How These Pipes Were Installed
Probably for the same reason why I didn't move the heater to the window from the inner wall. Because I didn't want to remove all the cabinets and counters in my kitchen so they could put the pipes there. The other solution would have been something like this s**t above. ;D I guess there was something standing there the residents didn't want to move and when they moved out, this nonesense was left like this.
Load More Replies...Look close to the photo and clearly shows a shadow where something was placed there
The invisible filing cabinet must have been too heavy to move!
Askew Angles
Me too. In fact I want to fix it myself because it's so bad.
Load More Replies...Cut It Wrong. I Think They
Someone forgot to adjust the conveyer bélt on the automatic wrapping machine.
I Am Forced To Look At This Every Time I Get Up
Right? The ceiling itself is absolutely gorgeous. I could not live there, that would literally make me crazy.
Load More Replies...I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss
Square manhole covers are an accident waiting to happen. Round ones can't fall through, but square ones - off just a bit and down the drain it goes.
Not sure why you were downvoted for saying something similar to Daria, 3 hours before her, whose comment has now been upvoted to the top... Sometimes the bored pandas annoy me more than these posts. :(
Load More Replies...But How?
This is the day job of the pot smoker above who took the picture of the crooked garage.
This I actually know because my first job was painting road lines at a chemical plant when I was 14. You're supposed sweep the area to remove lose dirt, then put the tape down which requires getting on your hands and knees, and then paint the section. Then move to the next section. Later you come back and remove the tape. Taping is 1/2 of the whole job, someone got lazy.
Found This In Louisiana
Doesn't suprise me. I lived in LA for a year and people there are not very bright.
its ok sorry i was in a really bad mood when i posted that i didnt mean to be rude
Load More Replies...I can explain this one- I had this sticker set and they give you the L, the V and the E with all the States outlines. They don't give you an O so they didn't have a choice give em a break!
there is a brand in Florida that does this and people have decals on their cars, as well. It annoys me! local-5d69...505cb2.jpg
This is stretching it. #upsidedownstateofflorida
Load More Replies...Why Not "Intense Raspberry"?
YOu have to know your european chocolate history ^^ The brand "Intense Raspberry" is the property of "Côte d'Or" who is the belgian equivalent of "Lindt" who is Swiss :p Thanks for listening.
But if Lindt had any brains, they'd rename all the others 'Orange Intense' etc.
Load More Replies...Raspberries have low self esteem. Putting them first in the title gives them a little boost.
I don't care what's written on the box. That's expensive branded chocolate. I'd take it with gratitude. ♥
Lindt is a swiss company. they probably used french because a fairly large number of swiss are french-speaking.
Load More Replies...because they want the Raspberry to stand out more? Im not sure thats a popular flavour, it often gets overlooked.
This Apartment Building
Yes, I can easily see getting beaned by falling shingles.
Load More Replies...The windows aren't even centered in their frames.... So much of the pain.
If I Could Not See Them At The Same Time I Would Not Care
Identical one probably fell apart and got replaced ASAP. Nothing is more permanent than temporary solutions.
Every morning they wake up and glare at each other. "Steve..." "....Phil...." Neither remembers which one upset the other first.
Only one of each left at Home Depot. That’ll do. No one will notice.
someone got CHEAP in replacing a handle or the original manufacturer stop making that handle
The Door On This House
Maybe they drift of to the right when drunk so this makes it easier to get in when they're really pissed.
Load More Replies...My guess is this used to be a duplex with two different residences in one house. At some point they were connected into one house and they had to decide which side got the front door.
Yeah, if you look at the window & porch placement, it definitely looks like a duplex (semi-detached). Could still be a duplex but they just changed the location of the left door.
Load More Replies...Ugly asymmetrical - but - that last awkward step to the sidewalk? A certain ankle killer.
Thank you Donna, I wasn't sure if i was imagining that.
Load More Replies...Possible used to be double doors at one point. I still couldn't live here.
Why?
To be fair, electric sockets are installed on wall studs, and trim doesn't not always line up with that. However, I would rather the trim just had a gap where the socket is. That would bother me way less.
Actually although butt-ugly it's better than some doofus moving the electrical and it ending up dangerous.
The outlet was installed before the paneling. It just wasn't planned out correctly.
This looks like a “we-ran-into-a-boo-boo-and-we’ll-fix-it-this-way-but-no-one-will-notice” type of carpentry. #lousycraftsmanship
Carpentry is good, layout is terrible. When the carpenter was laying out the trim he could have easily adjusted it so the outlet would fall in the middle of the opening.
Load More Replies...By the way, why don't we put all our power points ( outlets ) at approximately desk height ?
So that you can hide stuff behind tables & couches and improve aesthetics.
Load More Replies...This Stripe On My Friend's Car
To be fair I've seen racing games have that as a paint option. Even those have it even closer to one side.
Why?
purposely evil! finished the whole building know this would annoy many!
"I'm not going to be just another brick in the... euh... well shoot!
It's the vestigial remains of the building's twin which it absorbed in the womb.
Well Done
If this is a manhole cover like the other one, can't it just be pulled back up and put down correctly?
No, that would unleash the demons sealed in the underground.
Load More Replies...He is probably thinking: "If I had a crowbar I would fix this right now!"
even if it was put in the right direction as a lid, bricks wouldn't line up correctly.
I'm Just Gonna Leave That Here
The only one I can think of an explanation for! Sometimes paving like this is done to show where walls or other architecture used to be... Or at least one can hope.
Do I Even Have To Say Anything
The trick is, have the green locker hop over the red locker into the white pillar, then the red locker over the next green one, and so forth until they alternate.
I don't know what is more irritating, the single red locker after the pillar, or the black space between the 4th and 5th green lockers?!
i wish i'd have that locker... i woulnd't have to remember any number xD
Look! The battery is losing it's charge. There's only 9 green bars left. Better plug in those lockers so they can charge back up again...
The extended space between the doors for the green is just as bad. Also five green on one side of it. Four on the one with one red. Maybe they are done in sets of five, but one of the green ones broke. Only had a red to fix it.
Horrible Cut-Out
I'm french, no one in France wears beret except elderly people who live in the countryside. What a stereoptype ! it's like I thought all Americans are cowboys
Load More Replies...What's on the other side? Looks like something in a fun house or photo shop where someone puts their face in the hole (back side) and gets their pic taken looking like a fat housewife or silly monster.
Just Saw This Monstrosity In My Car
I feel like there's a reason for that dot to be there, but I can't think what
The Screen On My Calculator Is Slightly Tilted
Slightly!? I'd be surprised if the numbers didn't just slide right off the darn thing
And those calculators are CRAZY expensive, which annoys me as much as the tilted screen.
Grandma's Basket Lid's Knob Was Off-Centered
Yes, how dare you use "basket lid k**b" in polite company!
Load More Replies...Filled Up The Smoke Generator For The Patrouille De France, Boss
I can't tell if the red one was supposed to be blue or the blue ones were supposed to be red
It’s Now An Icybelc Lane I Guess
I WALK A LONELY ROAD THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN DONT KNOW WHERE IT GOES BUT ITS ONLY ME AND I WALK ALONE
Load More Replies...They were not a fan of jigsaws when it came time to put the pavers back.
Guess it's their idea of a chalk outline when a biker gets run over
they had to dig out the spot to put in a manhole cover. then they put the bricks back
Load More Replies...The Battery On This Notebook
This Font Hurts Me
It's easy because we read whole words and don't break them down into letters so it's not very difficult.
Load More Replies...This is the result of not asking the dumb question, "is this a good font to use?"
The font isn't that bad. Mixing big and small letters and cutting out parts of letters is the problem.
Noticed These Baseball Fields On A Flight Into Phoenix
This is an MLB spring training camp. I imagine there's a logical reason for that one diamond being reversed.
It is the stadium at Peoria where the Padres and Mariners do their spring training. Over the years it has grown. the original practice fields are the ones with the plate closest to the stadium where a player could go from the facilities to the other fields. As it grew, they realized an advantage to having all home plates near one another, but since it is a spring training facility, there is no value in paying to redo the first fields.
Load More Replies...I would guess at the terrain being just non-flat enough that they've arranged those fields to take best advantage of what they've got.
The Two Ends Of The Red Line
This Clear Window Amongst The Tinted Ones
The Man On The Bathroom Sign Has One Armpit That Is Higher Than The Other
Yup, 10 seconds with a Sharpie and you're good to go! So to speak.
Load More Replies...This Pizza Ad
Forgot how to Pizza. That reminds me, I got a couple of slices the other day at the supermarket, and one of the managers was bagging groceries. I had to stop him from putting them vertically in my grocery bag!
So 199 rubles for the whole pizza and 29 rubles for a slice. I can understand you so well. This is clearly too much.
My Friend Just Finished A Kitchen Remodel
Especially since the kitchen remodel includes laminate counter, linoleum floor, and cheap 1970's cabinets. that's not a remodel so much as a slap of paint & a new oven. I AM envious of the oven, however.
Load More Replies...I first saw the cabinet doors above the suction hood, not perfectly aligned...THEN I saw the hood and the stove...
I Just Noticed Neither The Mirror, Nor The Lighting Fixture, Are Centered With The Sink Faucet In This Hotel Room
Classic vent-pipe fail. The print didn't tell the plumbers where they needed to run the vent for the sink drain, so they ran it straight up from the waste pipe. Naturally, that put it in the way of the electrical box for the light fixture and the connection on the back of the mirror.
Why?!
Why not! Also turn your toilet paper holder on its end rest it is vertical instead of horizontal and no more over under complaints
This Bench Is Truly Amazing
Silver Car Ruining Everything
okay that's all well and good but can we give a shout out to the Clampetts there in front of everyone
that might be the manager's car, the rest of the cars are of his employees, and on that position should be the entrance of the office
This Building's Towers
My OCD Capsules
This is a simple random placement ... I bet if you look at most tablet packs you'll see a similar placement.
The Way These Dice Are Packed Really Annoys Me
This is how someone rebels when trapped in a mindless job. Just think about the people that have to manually align these dice prior to packaging. Ugh.
This is annoying in more ways than one. It's quite obvious that they aren't in numerical order but also doesn't follow correct order of the color spectrum.
My Fellow Office Workers
One member of my team does this on purpose because she knows it makes me sick!
Easy. Just smile when she does it and she'll quickly get bored and do it normally.
Load More Replies...Or when the corners near the staple seem to be aligned but are actually slightly off so that the corners on the opposite side of the staple are even more... off? That probably made no sense.
So when the angle of the papers is slightly off, the opposite end has gotten farther apart.
Load More Replies...We once had a judge call the office herself to yell at us for submitting documents to the court like that.
My boss used to love making fun of how annoyed I get when I see something like this...until it was grant preparation time, then guess who she had putting together all the proposals...moi!
My Son’s New Dish Set
Why am I picturing the end of Terminator 2 when the T1000 (Robert Patrick) melts and shuts down? Talking about the pink one
This Football Field
My guess is that the field is fine, but there is a slope, so it looks like this from air. However... THERE IS A SLOPE!!!
Ended Up Putting Pepper In My Pasta. Why Is The Pepper White And The Salt Black?!
I don't get why anyone would buy ground pepper. A pepper mill is cheap and whole pepper is cheaper than ground pepper so you'll save money in the long run while getting so much more flavour.
Load More Replies...The pepper IS black and the salt IS white. You just need to see the color of the font, not the container. Perspective is relative, baby.
Iowa Has 99 Counties. It Could Have An Even 100 If Not For This Monstrosity
Then let's make it North Kossuth and South Kossuth. :)
Load More Replies...After Iowa had already formed as a state in 1846, Iowa formed 51 counties, which covered the entire state, in the year 1851. One of those counties was named Bancroft County, it was located north of Kossuth County, to the Minnesota State line. Bancroft County had one major drawback, it was mainly covered with wetlands and sloughs, not suitable for settlers to farm and make a living there. Nearby Algona leaders petitioned the Iowa Legislature to rescind that county, and make it part of Kossuth County, where Algona was located. Because it was covered from wetlands, and would never be productive farmland. Officials decided to make the northern part into a wildlife refuge.
Maybe you don't want an even number to keep votes from being tied?
WOW, is this why Iowa is such a huge state during elections? What a stupid way to divide your state.
I Really Can’t Wrap My Head Around This
I have been clinically diagonsed with OCD and honestly the absolute amount of crud in this disgusting keyboard bothers me more than the arrows positioning.
Didn't want to make you reach far for the shift key, but this isn't any better
On typewriters, of the manual variety, you swung an arm to "enter" at the end of the line, bringing the roller with the paper into position "down and back" for the next line.
We know, the issue is the odd arrangement of the arrow keys. That really doesn't matter as they're probably never used on a cash register.
Load More Replies...Do I Need To Say Why
How many times does this happen? Then all the dashed papers fall out, get torn etc!!!
Why does this happen? WHYYYY??? The bane of my school-age existence!!!!
Well this one is easily fixed. Not like redoing a full bathroom floor.
Why Would You Go Out Of Your Way To Do This? Why?
I actually kind of like it - it's like the rug weavers who purposely add a flaw for religious reasons.
This Shirt
When The Robo Vacuum Ruins Its Perfect Track Lines Retuning To Base
Lolol!!! Great name for it! I f*****g hated our roomba p.o.s.!
Load More Replies...Robo vacuum?! So you have to take everything out of the room just to do a 5 minute clean?! Society has lost its way.
All the different brands of robot vacuum cleaners easily handle furniture, throw rugs, etc. This person just happens to have an empty room for some reason.
Load More Replies...The Placement Of Her Fork
She probably never ate it. Looks like an "influencer" who takes a pic with the food, and then tosses it in the trash.
I can bet some pervert says everything on this picture looks yummy
Why? Just Why?
Yes, why? It will be so much trouble to get to the books at lower left side.
These books are rarely used anymore. All the information is much more easily referenced online. You see them almost exclusively as the backgrounds for TV interviews.
Load More Replies...Seriously. I mean who uses actual Federal Reporters anymore except set decorators on poorly written legal dramadies? Isn't that why we have Lexis and Westlaw?
The Way My Grandmother Eats Pizza
she knows where the goodies are, and also at the margins the crust might be tougher to be eaten
How Can Someone Screw Up Like This?
First there only was the left part of the street. Probably later the capacity was reached and they added the right part.
Hopefully they will do the same for the left...
Load More Replies...If you look, the road at the left of the dividing line is the actual old road.
Light's Installed Boss
Like when I told my (former) landlord that my hall light was busted on the 3rd floor - handyman came and replaced the one on the 2nd floor. Plumber spent a couple of hours making my repairs in someone else's apartment too.
These Christmas Kit Kats. The Design Doesn't Let You Break Them, I Had To Eat Them Like A Neanderthal
This Out Of Place M&M At The Store In Times Square
You can even get custom initials on them, but the TS store is insanely overpriced for even regular M&M's
Load More Replies...My Sister Cut A Cake And I’m About To Kill Her
I can just see the arguments. “Her piece is bigger than mine”, “it’s not fair, why does he get a big piece?”
My parents solved that by having someone else choose the first piece.
Load More Replies...I agree with this one- the biggest piece for me (of course), smallest ones for the kids (obvious reasons), and divide the rest by how much I like the person I'm giving the cake to. XD
My Window Isn't Centered On My Ceiling
This Tile Has Been Installed Wrong
Why? Why?
Why?
Loose Brick Replaced By A Different Colour, While The Original Is Right There At The Bottom
That one on the bottom is a spare one. You just cannot use the spare. That is there in case something happens and you need a spare :D Dwell on that!
Replaced The Missing Tile Good As New
"Just go ahead and use these, it's not like anyone is going to notice!"
Wow, they even went to the effort of breaking some up just in case people wouldn't notice!
Sidewalk's Done
The Lamps At The Evelyn Hotel Are Infuriating
Because apparently they want an expensive electricity bill!
Load More Replies...How My Step Dad Decided To Close A Box Of Cereal After Eating Edibles Last Night
As I grow older, I should really start picking up these trait to annoy my family.
All Three Of My Purple Sharpies Have Completely Different Colors
The fact that the AP symbol doesn't appear on the left one bothers me more than their colors
I think someone switched the caps for the lulz before they were purchased.
Eenie, Meenie, Miney... No
Why Must You Do This To Me?
Looks Like It Fits
"Aren't These Suppose To Be All Caps Jim?" Nah
Possibly a resident put it up unofficially because the highway department wouldn't? They're sort of dealing with that in my (former) town - asked the state to drop the speed limit after a pedestrian got killed - state said no, so the town did it on their own.
Load More Replies...I feel like someone wanted a stop sign at this intersection and the municipality wouldn't approve one so they just made their own and put it up.
All Of The Lights Are Off
I have lights with more than one switch in my house and It's very important to me that they are all closed properly. Very important.
Load More Replies...My sister has light switches like this. All up and down. Its annoying.
The Way That The Lights Are Placed On My Ceiling
Put That Sign In Windows, Boss
What a s**t slogan anyway. you will be successful if you buy our products. F off!
Asked For 3” Off She Cut Off 5”. Come Home To Find Out It Isn’t Even Straight Or Even
I would have a refund so fast and a manager to fix it. I'd go all karen on her a*s.
This Map's Color Palette
Why Aren’t You Symmetrical
Because symmetry wasn't invented until the Renaissance XD Seriously though, symmetry wasn't a great priority for medieval builders, especially when the building itself spanned several centuries...
This Hotel Kills Me Uuugggh
The Tiles In My Hotel Bathroom
That is a signature thing. The person who laid the tiles is the same one from the other bathroom with hexagons.
You do realize there's more than one tile that's tilted to the side, right?
They couldn't bear so much perfection and they had to put a flaw in it...after all, this job was made by humans...
I Thought This Baseball Wall Art Was Cool Until I Noticed
Now the question is whether there are two extra blue balls or two extra red balls
They couldn't have been trying to get the number of states right. There are 36 white balls that substitute for the stars. Without the extra add on, there'd be 35.
It looks like the artist got rid of a few stars. Missouri and Arkansas - you're not part of MY America! You know why.
Thanks, I Hate It
I Have Clearly Married A Monster
I actually do this, so that the weight of the eggs isn't all at one end. You're more likely to drop an unbalanced carton
But you can take the ones in the edge first..... and moving to the ones in the center...... no?
Load More Replies...My husband takes all the eggs from one side, which annoys me because it makes the carton feel uneven in weight. I prefer to take evenly from each side so that the weight is distributed when you pull the carton out.
Actually, there IS a symmetric pattern here, just not complete yet. Next time he'll pick the egg in the middle of the group of 3.
This person actually has common sense. It is a balance thing. I do it too. It is very annoying when the weight would be on one side. It could drop easily.
Screw This One Locker In Particular
If true, I won't be surprised. That's how things work.
Load More Replies...New Acoustic Foam Just Put Up In My School
This Window And Roof
Universal Orlando In The Main Entrance. Gets Me Every Time
Why Choc-O-Gator When It Could Be Choc-O-Dile?!
And... what's the problem here? It's a chocolate alligator, so what? Did they just want a crocodile or something?
Don't you know? That's the part you eat first. Like a bunny's ears at Easter.
Load More Replies...The same place they sell Croco-ade. Sorry Gator-ade
Load More Replies...Reminds me of when they had the perfect chance to make SMOREOS, but instead made S'mores Oreos...
Great Work
Maybe the worker was exhibiting his or her frustration frustrated because last nite they hadn't been laid properly.
Load More Replies...This looks like a brick-laying machine laid down this street. It could be starting to turn.
"The budget figures are looking pretty tight, so use your creativity."
This looks like it’s been laid with a machine, which didn’t line up correctly.
Just Why? Isn't This More Work To Install?
Must have been pissed. (Slang for drunk, not angry). - Edited for typo.
The idiot (sorry for being blunt, but what other word would you use?) clearly started laying the tiles for the top instead of the bottom, to have a clear line with the wall... but didn't use a level tool. Sigh.
A Soccer Field I Spotted While Flying My Drone Around
Same as above. My guess... there's a slope so it looks like this from air. Someone didn't catch why all fields are even. XD
Or, simpler explanation - they were rubbish at measuring. Because there's no way these angles were made by sloping terrain.
Load More Replies...this is a travesty.......how dare they disrespect a soccer field this way?
An Otherwise Perfect Australian Cricket Team Photo Ruined By A Pair Of Black Shoes
didn't see the shoes at first.. was more confused by the different lenghs of the sleves and that it doesn't add up
It adds up. The guy on the very left and the guy next to him are holding their arms crossed, hand on each other's knee.
Load More Replies...Black shoe guy and the guy next to him both have their hands on the others knee too?
Maybe it's like soccer goalkeepers having gloves: is he maybe the wicket-keeper or something?
I didn't see the shoes either. The thing that drew my eyes is the miss-matched heights of the two center guys.
This Scrabble Wrapping Paper
'Tis the eason to be jolly. Can't wait for Sant-Anta to come visit. Maybe we'll have snowr.
And we'll do Tismas Caroling and see Santacnta Claus' Aindeer.
Load More Replies...Tistmas is my favourite holiday! With Santacntaclaus, the reinreindeer, the snowr, and of course, the ain and een! Every elv out there also deserves a shoutout.
The Scrabble name is on the paper (small print in the lower right quadrant).
Load More Replies...they lost an opportunity to switch s and t in Tistmas and make it more fun
Merry Tistmas everyone! I can't wait to see Santacntaclaus riding his reinreindeer across the snowr! Of course, none of it would be possible without his elv, Sn, Rs, Ain, H, El, Ho, Chr, and Een. It truly is the eason! Three cheers for Santaanta!
Perfect for those annoying relatives who you still have to buy a present for
When Teachers Do This
The volume and duration bar would be displayed there forever because the teacher doesn't know the importance of moving the cursor to make it perfectly full screen as the student (and most of us) wants
Load More Replies...They Presharpened The Wrong End Of My Red Pencil
When You Order A Pizza During Finals Week In A College Town
One for the hungry people and then one for the not-so-hungry people.
Why Don’t They Just Cut Off The Little Corners?!
This Is Where The Tile Meets The Carpet In My Apartment's Clubhouse
First thing came up to my mind when reading the title, "What? 128 pictures?? Don't think i'll make it til the end, just scroll til i get bored". But i ended up here in the end. So yeah. Just talkin.
I actually kinda like this. Creative way to try to blend it together.
Me too! ... or maybe I am just a masochist who likes to view aggravating pictures of stupidity.
Load More Replies...It's an absolute nightmare trying to find replies to comments now as it just sends us down here so it hardly seems worth it to search back through over a hundred posts.
I'm waiting on approval on a post asking BP to fix this. We'll see if it works.
Load More Replies...Most of these construction projects look like they hired me to do them.
Why did they change the title to "slightly annoying"? Those were actually super annoying!
quietly sobs in a corner rocking back and forth, so entirely triggered
Me too! ... or maybe I am just a masochist who likes to view aggravating pictures of stupidity.
Load More Replies...It's an absolute nightmare trying to find replies to comments now as it just sends us down here so it hardly seems worth it to search back through over a hundred posts.
I'm waiting on approval on a post asking BP to fix this. We'll see if it works.
Load More Replies...Most of these construction projects look like they hired me to do them.
Why did they change the title to "slightly annoying"? Those were actually super annoying!
quietly sobs in a corner rocking back and forth, so entirely triggered
