“Thanks, I Hate It”: 40 Unsettling Things That Nobody Wanted To See, As Shared By This Online Group (New Pics)
With the digital world at our fingertips, we’re bombarded with bizarre visual input twenty-four hours a day. Every time we go online, a slew of different things instantly grace our feeds, from interesting but pretty disturbing pictures to images with way too much stuff going on. But have you ever stumbled upon something so uncomfortable that you didn’t even have the words to describe it?
If you have, the phrase "Thanks, I Hate It" may be just what you’re looking for. If not, well, you’re in for one doozy of a ride. Let us introduce you to one weird and edgy subreddit with the same name, better known as r/TIHI, that is the perfect outlet for sharing horrors nobody ever wanted to see. "Haters Gonna Hate," the moderators write in the community description, and it looks like they have a point.
With over 1.6 million community members, this online group is dedicated to pictures that are unsettling and hatred-inducing, yet entertaining nonetheless. We’ve scoured the group to gather some outright disturbing posts to share with you all, so continue scrolling and upvote the ones you loved to resent most. Keep reading to also find our in-depth interview with communication expert, researcher and lecturer Dr. Paul Reilly about our fascination with uneasy things online.
Psst! If you think you can handle even more madness, check out Parts 1 and 2 with posts from r/TIHI right here and here.
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Thanks, I Hate This Proposition
Thanks, I Hate Eels
Thanks I Hate This Mac N Cheese
The second one looks like straight up sliced cheese on top of cut up straws... 🤮
While the internet is a bottomless pit of weirdness, it’s also an endless source of information. But instead of spending time soaking in interesting knowledge, thousands of people seem to find entertainment in watching the bizarre. The internet culture database Know Your Meme explained that "Thanks, I Hate It" is a slang phrase people use to describe posts they deem unattractive or superfluous. The origin of the phrase is unclear, but its usage saw a spike in the fall of 2017 on Reddit and Tumblr.
Then, in 2019, the r/TIHI subreddit was launched to serve as an archive for unsettling posts and provide space for unreasonably uncomfortable viewing experiences, keeping the meme alive. As the founder of the online group, Markus, told Mashable, "The initial idea came from another moderator of ours (u/scrumbly) on another post on r/ATBGE ['Awful Taste But Great Execution'] three months ago. He posted a comment linking to this sub and as it didn't exist yet, I decided to make it a thing," Markus said. "I wanted to create a place for all the beautiful posts that are both likable and hateable at the same time. But I wasn't all that serious about it, as all subs I managed before were very small as well."
Thanks, I Hate This Tradition
Thanks I Hate Having A Parent As A Teacher
Thanks I Hate Racial Descrimination
The phenomenon of seeking things we dislike or even utterly hate is a baffling one. To learn more about our interest in unsettling things online, we reached out to Dr. Paul Reilly, senior lecturer in communications, media and democracy in the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
"Despite moral panics about people being trapped in online echo chambers, key features of platforms like Twitter are accidental or incidental exposure to things we don’t like or disagree with," the professor told Bored Panda. "Their algorithms often amplify such content in order to encourage social media users to interact with their sites. Every click, like, share or comment is effectively profitable for these companies."
Thanks, I Hate American Girl Dolls
Thanks, I Hate America
My friend who went into anaphylactic shock from a wasp sting before: "Oh no I got stung again twice, I wonder if the allergy is still as bad?"
Thanks, I Hate What's In The Deep Dark Blue Sea
Whether we like it or not, we’re exposed to unpleasant content every single day. Stumbling upon unattractive posts makes most people feel a sense of frustration, as constantly finding themselves at the center of the weirder side of the internet is exhausting. However, some find entertainment in the things they hate. "A minority of people do appear to take pleasure from the act of commenting on things they hate," Dr. Reilly added. "I think this speaks to the affective dimensions of these platforms."
"Even those users who express a desire for greater civility on social media take the opportunity to express negative opinions. However, I don't think hate-watching is as widespread as it is often claimed in the media."
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Thanks, I Hate Corporate Greed
Thanks, I Hate Instant Rain
So let us offer you a warm welcome to the Hate Age. Fed by seemingly endless content we find online, thousands of low-quality shows to watch, and the snide and throat-cutting contest that social media has become, people now regularly revel and find delight in analyzing the awful things they spot. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, hate-watching is an act of looking at certain things and taking pleasure in laughing at or criticizing them. It can be a disliked TV show, movie, or, as you can see in this list, extremely bizarre pictures and posts people find on the internet.
Thanks, I Hate UPS
If you find delivering things to the people who ordered them inconvenient, you need to rethink your job choices. This from someone with significant mobility issues.
Same experience with UPS, different country though. Received TXT my package is on the way and it will be delivered within certain time frame. So during this time friend of mine actually dropped by and we talked OUTSIDEof the house for like 45 mins. All of sudden TXT from UPS that my package was undelivered as nobody was at home. I was outside on the street, haven't seen any truck or car driving by. Had to go to depo and made hell of a day for them.
I did the same thing when I got my notification. I watched the UPS driver drive right past my house. I called UPS to tell them I got a notification that no one was home, but I was sitting outside when he drove past. They asked me if my package was a necessity (that surprised me). I told them it was my replacement phone and with my MIL in the hospital, it was most certainly a necessity, but it shouldn't matter what it is. UPS driver pulled up to my house not even 5 minutes later. He didn't give an excuse or an apology, just got my signature and handed me my package.
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It's so strange when I see on videos and in movies that the delivery guy just drops the parcel on front of your house, door, etc. This practice doesn't exists here in the EU (at least not in Hungary). Here they call you to arrange the time of delivery or leave a notice when will they try again (with a phone number in case the given date/time is not good for you). If it was delivered by the Post, you can pick it up at the post office in the next 5-10 days.
Same in Germany. If they can't deliver it, they leave a note, which you can take to the post office to get your parcel.
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If I was having to rely on UPS delivery for health-critical, multi-thousand dollar chemo drugs, I would arrange for them to deliver to the UPS store or a PO box so they can't play these games.
I've done that because of similar situation. Problem this person may be too ill to drive & may not have means for Uber. The companies need to do better!
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I dont doubt this, but having worked in field repair the number of people that would call us saying they were home and I must not have knocked or rang the bell is pretty high. I would knock, ring the bell, call the number on file, leave a message, wait 10 min, then move on to the next call. It's one of those things that made me leave because I was getting jaded and feeling like everyone was just a liar
I'm so tired of not being able to get deliveries to my door. If you don't own a home, you have to use the power of prayer or something in order to make sure you get everything you buy because you don't know if it will be stolen or just not delivered to the right apartment. I would be willing to pay a little more to get the delivery TO MY DOOR if it meant just that. There are times I don't even make an order because I'm too scared I won't get it before it's stolen because they leave it literally outside where anyone could come and grab it or in the mail 'area' because it doesn't fit in my tiny little mailbox at my condo. I try to follow tracking info but sometimes it's not accurate. Not to mention i can't carry that much so I always have to look at how heavy things are before ordering. There used to be an option to sign for your delivery but you just can't get that anymore with most retailers.
Do you not have the option to rent a post box where you are?
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Messed up they don't have the decency to knock on the door to let know your parcel is there or to verify if you're not home. I've had parcels stolen because I didn't know it was outside my door & I was home all day. Thankfully where I live there are cameras & my landlord recorded & I filled a report against the driver & charges against a neighbor.
This is happening more and more often in Australia (since Covid). They really need to hire more people, have reasonable time frames and expand.
Makes me sad people BEGGING for their parcels with medication they need for their lifes!
I have to disagree with this one. Our UPS man is awesome! Last year we had a deep snowfall and had not cleared our driveway. We live on a farm with 300m (900 feet) driveway to the road. The UPS man hiked up the drive through 1m (3 feet) of snow to deliver our parcel. I was impressed and called the tell the company how great he was.
I can sit at home where I can see out of my front door and have my door open, and still get a card in the letter box to say, my parcel was not delivered because I was NOT at home.
Was looking out the window two days ago, see the UPS drive by. 3 minutes later, I get a text message "we couldn't deliver your package."
Don't blame UPS. Blame stupid driver. Happened to me too. Ordered a couch from Costco. Took a whole day off from work, left my front door open, and waited all day for "delivery between 2 and 4 PM. At 1:45 Costco called and said because I wasn't home I wouldn't get my delivery because the truck is no longer in my neighborhood. "But it's not 2 o'clock yet and I've been home all day!" Idiots went to wrong address and at wrong time. My angry ranting went all the way to corporate before they turned that truck around. Delivery team was pissed at ME for having to come back and fix their mistake!
I kinda think a note on the door isn't going to get a fast response...
This is awful. Do your damn jobs people or quit accepting a paycheck. Lett someone who gives a s**t do the job.
So sad sad. My daughter used to deliver chemotherapy medicine, call before she come. Some people still act like they never heard her knocking on the door or calling front the drive way.
There’s a reason why UPS trucks and uniforms are brown. Do I need to say it?
Though not chemo drugs, this happens to me all the time. I don't live directly in front of my mailbox, I'm down the hill from it... and my stupid small probably corrupt town doesn't have a legit street sign for most of my street, so we made our own. Big letters at the top of our driveway saying where we are. UPS, FedEx, and sometimes even USPS say they can't find our house or nobody was home. Somebody's always home, you just didn't try to deliver it. They used to put it in a bag and tie it to the mailbox but now they just keep saying they'll redeliver. The worst part is that there was one time after a couple tries, UPS took the package back to their headquarters at the airport almost 40 minutes away and we had to go pick it up there despite it being about 100 feet from our doorway multiple times.
Wait, life saving drugs are delivered by regular couriers? Surely that's not right???
I've seen this pic here before and repeat it: thank you for always assuming the worst (=lazy delivery person). When customers yell at me with white froth on their mouth "I HAVE BEEN AT HOME YESTERDAY!!!!" I always answer: " Shower or hair drier? Hoover or mixer? Cellar or under the roof? Garden or drum session?" People tend to get.veeeery quiet after this. Example: Biiiig heeeeeaaaaavy parcel , the kind you don't give neighbours or take to filiale, you're just glad you made it to her door kind. I heard the customer hoovering, I rang like 5minutes nonstop like a madman. She heard me only at the end of her work.
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I had a similar issue. It seems that they delivered it to the post office instead of my home, the post office was closed. We went without needed pain meds until Monday (3 long days) because they can't knock on the door.
UPS has pulled that trick on me more than once. Can't deliver because of a problem. Funny, the other companies managed their deliveries to me on that selfsame day. I told Amazon not to use UPS for my deliveries. I haven't been getting UPS but I don't know yet if the request is being accepted.
That happened to me with transplant meds. Had to get emergency meds while FedEx got their sh!t together. They said they left it at my front door. They didn't. Days later we found them in a huge stack of FedEx packages that was piled up high cause most tenants, including me, didn't know FedEx was just leaving them next to the Amazon lockers.
This happened to my dad when he was having his dialysis treatment for his kidneys sent to my parents house. The delivery driver lightly tapped on the door waited two seconds and said I don’t have time for this and walked off my dad had to do dialysis every day or his kidneys would not function. Because of this my dad had to have an ambulance come pick him up and transport him to a dialysis clinic before they closed to get his treatment. This is the same clinic that my uncle had went to for years before he started getting treatments at home. The same clinic that my uncle contracted hepatitis from because they did not clean their equipment. So my dad took all his equipment with him so all he had to use was their medicine. Delivery drivers have no ideal if the person inside could die without what’s in that package they also don’t know if it’s it handicap person that takes longer to get to the door. There Hass to be a change when it comes to medicines and medical equipment and stuff like
For years we lived in Brooklyn where our UPS driver would just claim “delivery attempted”. We’d watch out our window with the UPS tracking page on the computer, and literally watch the driver speed past our building without slowing as the status on the tracking page update to “attempted”. More than once I chased the truck to get a package at the corner if the driver was stuck at a red light. The Customer service people were always friendly but located somewhere far away from New York- their solution was always “we’ll have the local depot contact you” meaning a rude and angry New Yorker would maybe call you and offer no help. The Driver was Union protected. Nothing they could do. We always had to ask companies and friends and family to use alternate shipping. Didn’t always work. Took 2 years, a heap of evidence, and working up the ladder to a secret executive level of problem solving at UPS to finally get a new driver assigned to our route. New driver was a delight BTW.
This happened to me twice with packages requiring a signature. I was home all day both times. No knock or ringing the doorbell, just a note saying we weren’t home.
Yeah, I love UPS. I ordered merchandise on line and UPS was the company delivering it. Until I got a text from UPS stating box was “empty” so they threw it away and would contact seller. Yeah, they’re a bunch of thieves too!!!!
Like fighting with a doctor's office. They insisted they called, FIVE TIMES, when I know damn right well they didn't even call once. Finding even a mediocre doctor is like finding ice in hell.
I have a surveillance camera that sees the road and my porch from my living room couch and I have witnessed delivery people come up with a sticker and no package, slap the sticker and just run back to the truck when it would have been just as simple to leave the package. It wasn't even something that needed a signature. I think some of them are just sociopaths. I have also on occasion been notified that a delivery attempt was made when nobody ever showed up at all. I'm watching. I know you weren't even here.
Geez I thought it was just USPS that lied about you not being home or some other c**k and bull story on why they couldn't deliver your packages.
It’s not. It’s in a buzzer for an apartment building. You punch in the apartment you’re going to and they buzz to let you in after speaking to you through the intercom.
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Aint nobody gonna talk about how they yeet your packages to your door or wot?
I ordered ink and Purolator was supposed to deliver. HP overrode my NSR so the delivery man, instead of ringing the door, used my secured parcel box (!) to write his note. I was right on the other side of the window when this happened but I thought it was my mailman; it wasn't. When I went to pick-up my mail I had a notice instead. I called Purolator right away and since the CS manager gave me his direct line, I used it. On the note it said I had to go and pick it up. No way. The manager got the driver to bring it back to my home instead. Too bad it wasn't the same guy; I would have chewed him up (but maybe his boss did).
We have a sign, "please use the doorbell, we are heard of hearing and won't hear you knocking". Reader, they never use the doorbell. Never.
Absolutely hate this! Has happened at home and at my job. Delivery attempted ( during times we were open ) SMH
Common UPS practice because their dispach is on them constantly--file a complaint, driver will get reassigned
Thanks, I Hate Measurements
How about a metric system and some diameter? Or even imperial, but still diameter? What will be next? Astetorid with a size like dozen people laying one on another and eating peas?
Thanks I Hate It
When asked why we seem interested in consuming content we hate, communication expert Dr. Reilly explained we often go online to air our frustrations. After all, there’s a social aspect to hate-watching. People usually find someone to have a heated discussion with, or they can enjoy reading mean tweets and posts from like-minded individuals. "We turn to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube not only for entertainment but also for release. There’s often nothing more satisfying than venting anger, letting off steam and interacting with those with whom we disagree."
However, the professor explained that our tendency to find hate-watching enjoyable is also linked to social comparison and notions of self-esteem. "Arguing with fans of a television show you can’t stand can give some people a sense of superiority and affirmation of their identity," he added.
Thanks, I Hate My English Degree Now
James and John were required by an English teacher to describe a man who had suffered from a cold in the past. John writes "The man had a cold", which the teacher marks incorrect, while James writes the correct "The man had had a cold". James, while John had had "had," had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher
Thanks I Hate Poppy Seeds In Teeth
Thanks, I Hate Sneezing Doing A CT Scan
So we hate-watch because we find pleasure in being smug and holier than thou in our tastes. We feel more value in ourselves by believing we are better than this, and we also think that if something was done poorly, we certainly would have made it look way better. Moreover, building our self-confidence by judging others is one reason we hate-follow people on social media.
"Hate-following is deciding to follow someone on social media, even though you know you disagree with what they say, or think they are a terrible person," Jennifer Beckett, a communications lecturer at the University of Melbourne, told ABC Everyday. "It can actually push up your adrenal levels, you get that 'How dare they!' sensation which can lead to a bit of an endorphin rush."
Thanks I Hate Capybaras-Moustache
Thanks I Hate Half Shaved Cat
Thanks, I Hate This Bathroom Sign
In the past couple of years, hate-watching has reached new heights. This phenomenon has only been growing stronger, with people looking for more and more outlets to vent and voice their negative feelings aloud. Finding pleasure in seeing something utterly uncomfortable and judging others for their actions might make us temporarily feel superior, but it can say a lot about who we are as a person as well.
"Negative comments often say more about the person saying them than the target of their abuse," Dr. Reilly told us. "What’s different is that these are often instant reactions that remain online for all to see. In the context of global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is perhaps understandable that people are turning to social media to vent like this."
Thanks I Hate How Sad This Made Me
Thanks, I Hate The Word Jod
Thanks I Hate This Last Wish
Social media is notorious for immortalizing our precious wisdom and bringing it back to bite us in the most unexpected ways. When we’re overwhelmed by emotions, quickly typing a few hateful sentences and pressing "share" may seem like a great idea at the time, but the truth is, they could stay on the internet forever. When more than half of Americans (57 percent) say they have social media regrets, it’s always good to reflect on the choices you make before sharing your thoughts online.
"Think before you post. Words matter and may come back to haunt you. A good rule is to consider whether a relative (grandparent) would approve of what you are saying," Dr. Reilly concluded.
Thanks, I Hate LEGO Tiger Anus
Thanks, I Hate Small Talk
Thanks, I Hate This Cursed Situation
Thanks, I Hate The Person Who Did This
Thanks, I Hate Thicc Chewbacca
Thanks I Hate... Whatever It Is
Thanks, I Hate It
Thanks, I Hate 1940s Textbook Detailed Drawings
Thanks I Hate Pasta Coffee
Thanks, I Hate This Last Moment
Thanks I Hate Yawning Hamsters
Thanks I Hate Dentists
Thanks, I Hate This Chicken.
Thanks, I Hate It
Thanks, I Hate When This Happens
Thanks, I Hate Urine Popsicles
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Hi this is Erin, next time I play with your daughter I'm going to bring some s**t pie....
#24: I'd tell hubs. Sorry that is just too freaky for me. You got two choices: in the ground in a box or ashes on the mantel. I can handle ashes in an urn.
Hi this is Erin, next time I play with your daughter I'm going to bring some s**t pie....
#24: I'd tell hubs. Sorry that is just too freaky for me. You got two choices: in the ground in a box or ashes on the mantel. I can handle ashes in an urn.
