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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 hereBored 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!

#1

What The Actual Mother ******* **** Is This *******

What The Actual Mother ******* **** Is This *******

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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."

"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."

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#4

This Neighborhood I Saw On Google Maps Really Hits Me Hard

This Neighborhood I Saw On Google Maps Really Hits Me Hard

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#5

Well You're Not Wrong

Well You're Not Wrong

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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."

#7

It’s Like They Want Me To Have An Aneurysm

It’s Like They Want Me To Have An Aneurysm

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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!

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#8

This Chandelier At A Restaurant I Ate At Bothers Me So Much

This Chandelier At A Restaurant I Ate At Bothers Me So Much

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#9

This Stove

This Stove

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#11

Someone Thought It Would Be Funny To Do This At The Corner Of Every Page Of This Notebook

Someone Thought It Would Be Funny To Do This At The Corner Of Every Page Of This Notebook

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#12

This Teacher Doesn’t Erase The Board Fully And Continues To Use It

This Teacher Doesn’t Erase The Board Fully And Continues To Use It

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

Always annoys me! Especially when there is that single mark and you are sitting so close but...

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#14

Just Re-Pave The Damn Road At This Point

Just Re-Pave The Damn Road At This Point

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#15

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

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

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

Reminds me of those little old ladies who leave plastic covers on all the furniture.

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#17

Meanwhile In Supermarket

Meanwhile In Supermarket

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#18

The Way This Pizza Has Been Cut

The Way This Pizza Has Been Cut

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#20

My Friend's New Front Door

My Friend's New Front Door

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Shawn Murphy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even worse the new door and the sidewalk don't line up. You would step wrong every time use went through the door.

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#21

911 - I'd Like To Report A Crime

911 - I'd Like To Report A Crime

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Daniela-Iulia Balaciu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#22

At My Closest Train Station. I Think I Need To Move

At My Closest Train Station. I Think I Need To Move

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#24

I Was High In The Road And Was Not Sure If It Was The Weed Or Not So I Took A Picture For Later

I Was High In The Road And Was Not Sure If It Was The Weed Or Not So I Took A Picture For Later

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#27

Looked Down During My Shower Today. Can’t Unsee It Now

Looked Down During My Shower Today. Can’t Unsee It Now

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#28

I'm Literally Screaming Inside

I'm Literally Screaming Inside

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#29

Finished Laying The Bricks, Boss

Finished Laying The Bricks, Boss

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#30

Not Only Is The First Light Different, The Last Light's Fixture Is Upside Down

Not Only Is The First Light Different, The Last Light's Fixture Is Upside Down

lepric Report

#31

Why Write The ‘S’ Like That? The More I Read It, The More It Mildly Infuriates Me

Why Write The ‘S’ Like That? The More I Read It, The More It Mildly Infuriates Me

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#32

The Way My Mom Watches TV With Things Obscuring The Screen

The Way My Mom Watches TV With Things Obscuring The Screen

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#34

Askew Angles

Askew Angles

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

This would bother me so much that I couldn’t live in that house.

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#36

I Am Forced To Look At This Every Time I Get Up

I Am Forced To Look At This Every Time I Get Up

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#37

I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss

I Put The Manhole Cover Back, Boss

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Daria B
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you turn it around to match the pattern, it opens a secret chamber full of coins and useless rare equipment. ♥

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#39

Found This In Louisiana

Found This In Louisiana

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Just Carmen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't suprise me. I lived in LA for a year and people there are not very bright.

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#40

Why Not "Intense Raspberry"?

Why Not "Intense Raspberry"?

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Nicolas Schirvel
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#41

This Apartment Building

This Apartment Building

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#42

If I Could Not See Them At The Same Time I Would Not Care

If I Could Not See Them At The Same Time I Would Not Care

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#45

This Stripe On My Friend's Car

This Stripe On My Friend's Car

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#47

Well Done

Well Done

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John Montgomery
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this is a manhole cover like the other one, can't it just be pulled back up and put down correctly?

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#48

I'm Just Gonna Leave That Here

I'm Just Gonna Leave That Here

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#49

Do I Even Have To Say Anything

Do I Even Have To Say Anything

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Adam T S
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#50

Horrible Cut-Out

Horrible Cut-Out

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#52

The Screen On My Calculator Is Slightly Tilted

The Screen On My Calculator Is Slightly Tilted

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#53

Grandma's Basket Lid's Knob Was Off-Centered

Grandma's Basket Lid's Knob Was Off-Centered

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#54

Filled Up The Smoke Generator For The Patrouille De France, Boss

Filled Up The Smoke Generator For The Patrouille De France, Boss

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#55

It’s Now An Icybelc Lane I Guess

It’s Now An Icybelc Lane I Guess

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#56

The Battery On This Notebook

The Battery On This Notebook

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#57

This Font Hurts Me

This Font Hurts Me

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#58

Noticed These Baseball Fields On A Flight Into Phoenix

Noticed These Baseball Fields On A Flight Into Phoenix

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#59

The Two Ends Of The Red Line

The Two Ends Of The Red Line

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#60

This Clear Window Amongst The Tinted Ones

This Clear Window Amongst The Tinted Ones

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#61

The Man On The Bathroom Sign Has One Armpit That Is Higher Than The Other

The Man On The Bathroom Sign Has One Armpit That Is Higher Than The Other

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#63

My Friend Just Finished A Kitchen Remodel

My Friend Just Finished A Kitchen Remodel

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#64

I Just Noticed Neither The Mirror, Nor The Lighting Fixture, Are Centered With The Sink Faucet In This Hotel Room

I Just Noticed Neither The Mirror, Nor The Lighting Fixture, Are Centered With The Sink Faucet In This Hotel Room

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#67

Silver Car Ruining Everything

Silver Car Ruining Everything

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

The guy parked across the street is really pissed. That is THEIR parking spot.

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#68

This Building's Towers

This Building's Towers

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#70

The Way These Dice Are Packed Really Annoys Me

The Way These Dice Are Packed Really Annoys Me

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Kevin Donegan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#71

My Fellow Office Workers

My Fellow Office Workers

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

One member of my team does this on purpose because she knows it makes me sick!

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#72

My Son’s New Dish Set

My Son’s New Dish Set

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#73

This Football Field

This Football Field

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Red Wyvern Emperor
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!!!

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#74

Ended Up Putting Pepper In My Pasta. Why Is The Pepper White And The Salt Black?!

Ended Up Putting Pepper In My Pasta. Why Is The Pepper White And The Salt Black?!

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#75

Iowa Has 99 Counties. It Could Have An Even 100 If Not For This Monstrosity

Iowa Has 99 Counties. It Could Have An Even 100 If Not For This Monstrosity

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#76

I Really Can’t Wrap My Head Around This

I Really Can’t Wrap My Head Around This

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#78

Why Would You Go Out Of Your Way To Do This? Why?

Why Would You Go Out Of Your Way To Do This? Why?

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

The answer is simple: first they damaged two tiles and since they had only one tile left, they decided to screw up four of them in order to avoid buying another box.

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#80

When The Robo Vacuum Ruins Its Perfect Track Lines Retuning To Base

When The Robo Vacuum Ruins Its Perfect Track Lines Retuning To Base

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#82

Why? Just Why?

Why? Just Why?

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#83

The Way My Grandmother Eats Pizza

The Way My Grandmother Eats Pizza

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#84

How Can Someone Screw Up Like This?

How Can Someone Screw Up Like This?

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#86

These Christmas Kit Kats. The Design Doesn't Let You Break Them, I Had To Eat Them Like A Neanderthal

These Christmas Kit Kats. The Design Doesn't Let You Break Them, I Had To Eat Them Like A Neanderthal

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#87

This Out Of Place M&M At The Store In Times Square

This Out Of Place M&M At The Store In Times Square

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#88

My Sister Cut A Cake And I’m About To Kill Her

My Sister Cut A Cake And I’m About To Kill Her

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

I can just see the arguments. “Her piece is bigger than mine”, “it’s not fair, why does he get a big piece?”

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#89

My Window Isn't Centered On My Ceiling

My Window Isn't Centered On My Ceiling

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Just Carmen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That ceiling is more annoying than the window will ever be!

#90

This Tile Has Been Installed Wrong

This Tile Has Been Installed Wrong

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#93

Loose Brick Replaced By A Different Colour, While The Original Is Right There At The Bottom

Loose Brick Replaced By A Different Colour, While The Original Is Right There At The Bottom

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Martti Laurson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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#94

Replaced The Missing Tile Good As New

Replaced The Missing Tile Good As New

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#95

Sidewalk's Done

Sidewalk's Done

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#97

How My Step Dad Decided To Close A Box Of Cereal After Eating Edibles Last Night

How My Step Dad Decided To Close A Box Of Cereal After Eating Edibles Last Night

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#98

All Three Of My Purple Sharpies Have Completely Different Colors

All Three Of My Purple Sharpies Have Completely Different Colors

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Indi Mutidianti
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that the AP symbol doesn't appear on the left one bothers me more than their colors

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#99

Eenie, Meenie, Miney... No

Eenie, Meenie, Miney... No

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#100

Why Must You Do This To Me?

Why Must You Do This To Me?

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#101

Looks Like It Fits

Looks Like It Fits

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#102

"Aren't These Suppose To Be All Caps Jim?" Nah

"Aren't These Suppose To Be All Caps Jim?" Nah

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#103

All Of The Lights Are Off

All Of The Lights Are Off

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

Take off the frame and turn the buttons in the right way. STOP! Switch off the master-switch first.

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#104

The Way That The Lights Are Placed On My Ceiling

The Way That The Lights Are Placed On My Ceiling

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#105

Put That Sign In Windows, Boss

Put That Sign In Windows, Boss

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#106

Asked For 3” Off She Cut Off 5”. Come Home To Find Out It Isn’t Even Straight Or Even

Asked For 3” Off She Cut Off 5”. Come Home To Find Out It Isn’t Even Straight Or Even

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#107

This Map's Color Palette

This Map's Color Palette

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

A stretch even if you take possible future global warming outcomes into account

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#109

This Hotel Kills Me Uuugggh

This Hotel Kills Me Uuugggh

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#110

The Tiles In My Hotel Bathroom

The Tiles In My Hotel Bathroom

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Martti Laurson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is a signature thing. The person who laid the tiles is the same one from the other bathroom with hexagons.

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#111

I Thought This Baseball Wall Art Was Cool Until I Noticed

I Thought This Baseball Wall Art Was Cool Until I Noticed

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Martti Laurson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now the question is whether there are two extra blue balls or two extra red balls

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#113

I Have Clearly Married A Monster

I Have Clearly Married A Monster

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Mark Wilson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#114

Screw This One Locker In Particular

Screw This One Locker In Particular

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#115

New Acoustic Foam Just Put Up In My School

New Acoustic Foam Just Put Up In My School

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#117

Universal Orlando In The Main Entrance. Gets Me Every Time

Universal Orlando In The Main Entrance. Gets Me Every Time

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#118

Why Choc-O-Gator When It Could Be Choc-O-Dile?!

Why Choc-O-Gator When It Could Be Choc-O-Dile?!

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#119

Great Work

Great Work

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

Either it wasn’t laid properly or there has been a lot of ground movement.

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#120

Just Why? Isn't This More Work To Install?

Just Why? Isn't This More Work To Install?

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

Must have been pissed. (Slang for drunk, not angry). - Edited for typo.

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#121

A Soccer Field I Spotted While Flying My Drone Around

A Soccer Field I Spotted While Flying My Drone Around

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#122

An Otherwise Perfect Australian Cricket Team Photo Ruined By A Pair Of Black Shoes

An Otherwise Perfect Australian Cricket Team Photo Ruined By A Pair Of Black Shoes

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Nami Tantrum
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

didn't see the shoes at first.. was more confused by the different lenghs of the sleves and that it doesn't add up

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#123

This Scrabble Wrapping Paper

This Scrabble Wrapping Paper

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#125

They Presharpened The Wrong End Of My Red Pencil

They Presharpened The Wrong End Of My Red Pencil

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#126

When You Order A Pizza During Finals Week In A College Town

When You Order A Pizza During Finals Week In A College Town

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#127

Why Don’t They Just Cut Off The Little Corners?!

Why Don’t They Just Cut Off The Little Corners?!

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#128

This Is Where The Tile Meets The Carpet In My Apartment's Clubhouse

This Is Where The Tile Meets The Carpet In My Apartment's Clubhouse

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Indi Mutidianti
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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