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We live in a world where the things we do, go to, experience are somewhat taken for granted. Even when these do us little favor. Think of annoying daily problems, like magically increased volume when you watch commercials, double-headed sinks, uncleanable oven windows that collect grease, the dodgy ways airlines charge for luggage… The list is endless. So why don’t they get talked about enough?

Well, it’s finally time to change that and take our time to really reflect on some of the weirdest, funniest, and most frustrating little (and not that little!) nuisances that are proper problems in disguise. “It's Hashtags time!” tweeted Jimmy Fallon, and you know it’s going to be good.

“Tell us a weird or funny problem that needs a solution, then tag it with #TheyNeedToFix,” he announced, adding that “they need to fix movie theater tickets so there are two start times: one for the actual movie and one for the 30 minutes of trailers.”

Below are some more of the spot-on answers that should be submitted to whoever’s in charge of making our lives less miserable and more enjoyable. Psst! After you're done, be sure to check out our previous posts on Fallon's hashtag challenges on #BadLuck moments, #MyWeirdRoommate, #WeddingFail and #WhyImSingle.

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

I once lost a brandnew shiny spotless 2€ coin to a lazy vending machine, they are a trap

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

    Or more importantly: the ratio of volume of actors' speech to car chase scene volume. Every hollywood movie is like this: "mumble mumble pshpsh psh mumble rhubarb mumble. SCREEEEEECH CRASH VRRRRRR VRRRRRR SCREEECH mumble mumble"

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    You don’t need to be a big fan of The Tonight Show to know about Fallon’s famously hilarious weekly hashtag challenge. As Jimmy frequently announces before he reads his favorite comments, each hashtag would usually become a trending topic on Twitter in the United States within a few minutes after its posting.

    Although hashtags have become a pivotal point of our online presence, their origins date back way before Twitter days. In 1988, the first hash symbol was used on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to label groups and topics that were available across the entire network. Originally, the hash symbols were used for grouping similar messages and content so that users could easily find the information they were looking for.

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

    And not pockets where you can only rest your fingertips or put a third of your phone but where you can shove in a purse, your keys, your phone and they wont stick out or fall out.

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    Bored Panda reached out to Wisconsin-based artist Bree Sweet, who goes by the handle @breesweetack, who shared a funny tweet in response to Fallon’s challenge. “Technology can read my face to open my phone, but the vending machine can’t recognize a dollar bill with a crease in it #TheyNeedToFix.”

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    Bree said it did air on the show but “they reworded it for some reason, as it wasn't word for word of what I wrote, but it was cool to have it on air.” The woman laughed that she “got her 15 seconds of fame, I guess” and added “I would have hoped it would be for something else.”

    In reference to her hilarious observation, Bree had some great news which proved that the problem was indeed fixed after the #TheyNeedToFix challenge. “Thankfully the vending machines at my work recently updated to accept iPay, so the dollar bill issue is no longer a problem.”

    “I had it down to a fine art of how to flatten a dollar bill in order for it to get accepted. It was a 3-minute process, but addicting like playing the lottery. I can't describe the feeling of sweet satisfaction when the machine wouldn't spit the dollar back, I always knew it was going to be a good day that day,” Bree said humorously.

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

    Can't resist: Q: What did the maxi pad say to the fart? A: You are the wind beneath my wings.

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

    I won't listen to songs that use cell phone sounds or police sirens, for the same reason. I actually pulled over to the side of a highway because a song started playing with sirens in it. smh

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    The use of hashtags on social media was first proposed by American blogger, product consultant and speaker Chris Messina 14 years ago. In August 2007, Chris tweeted: “how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?” Today, he’s widely acknowledged as the inventor of the hashtag.

    To everyone’s surprise, Chris didn’t patent the hashtag concept. A patent could have given him ownership of hashtags as an HTML-activated device that allows Twitter users to sort their feeds by topic. People believe that hypothetically, he could have licensed hashtags to Twitter and made some pretty good cash off it.

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

    And then you go buy more scissors to open the first pack. How did they get the very first scissor pack open?

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

    It's not the name. If the consequences of COVID-19 would be the falling off of male genitalia there wouldn't be a single unvaccinated man no matter what the name of the disease is.

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    It turned out that one of the reasons was that Twitter itself first rejected the idea. Chris told the Wall Street Journal: “[Twitter] told me flat out, ‘These things are for nerds. They’re never going to catch on.’” Paradoxically, today, Twitter would probably be of little use if not for its linked hashtags.

    In response to the question posted on Quora, Chris explained further about his decision not to patent the hashtag. “Claiming a government-granted monopoly on the use of hashtags would have likely inhibited their adoption, which was the antithesis of what I was hoping for, which was broad-based adoption and support—across networks and mediums,” he said.

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

    Unless apocryphal, it was Henry Ford who invented the weekend, by giving his workers an extra day off. Prior to that it was a 6-dau working week

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

    Buy a packet of bag clips. Seals on packaging use more plastic which is more waste. Bag clips can be used again and again.

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    Another reason, according to Chris, is that he himself had no interest in making money (directly) off hashtags. “They are born of the internet, and should be owned by no one. The value and satisfaction I derive from seeing my funny little hack used as widely as it is today is valuable enough for me to be relieved that I had the foresight not to try to lock down this stupidly simple but effective idea.”

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

    This really freaked me out the first time I went to the US. Is there a reason for such large gaps?

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

    Yeah same with burgers it’s like “here are four buns to eat your 10 patties with”

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

    I've only seen these sinks in the UK. Does anyone know other countries where this is common?

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

    Depends on the airline as to how they charge for it and what they allow as carry on. Also the plane has a weight limit before it cannot take off or needs to use too much fuel so an interesting issue to solve.

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

    Also never being able to find the same pair of jeans again. I will get attached to one specific pair of jeans that has just the right fit, pocket space, fabric feel, etc. but then once that pair wears out, you’re done for. You’ll never find that pair again

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

    Airports are usually pretty good. Railway stations on the other hand can be imitated by holding your nose whilst you speak.

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

    Having serving sizes be illogical eg 30g serving size when the pack is 50g. Having products that look like single serve and giving the nutritional information for a smaller serving- eg, 300ml bottle of juice, but the 'serving size' is 100ml. Serving size should be based on use "Will the average consumer eat the whole pack at once; or eat half the pack?"

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

    I just wish they would stop auto-playing the movie when I'm still reading the description to decide if I want to watch it or not.

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

    wish there were an update for Xbox 360 to play high res. without weirdly coloured pixelation in the dark parts of the imagery.

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

    Technically speaking, this is a problem with the container, not the microwave.

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

    A smoothie through a paperstraw. Just eat the paper straight up and save your time.

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

    The last two packs of toilet paper I bought in South Africa both told me that I was buying 9 rolls in a pack, 350 sheets per roll and the sheet size. No more guessing. And that seems pretty standard here. None of this mega rolls nonsense. Just have to decide between the lower quality 1 ply or the higher quality 2 ply.

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

    The stall doors that swing inward are the worst. The stall is usually small so you have to wedge in between the wall and the toilet ( touching the toilet with your clothes) in order to have enough room to swing the door open and escape. For those saying the outward swinging doors could hit someone, a few whacks and people would learn not to hover around a restroom door.

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

    There are things that fit in the ring on the top of the can to prevent that.

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

    But you can take off one of the glasses by removing one screw. Im 35 and I just learned this half a year ago ^^

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

    Explain please? Is this a sizing thing, coz if the model is plus-sized, I'm a blue whale

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

    The original real estate scam. Vikings called it "Iceland" to keep everyone away, and "Greenland" in hopes everyone would go there instead.

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

    My friend once threw her iPhone 11 across the room. It landed face down and was completely fine. It was carpet but still, new phones are pretty durable.

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

    The recommendations are so funny. Like one s**tpost from 12 years ago gets 75m views

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

    I don't know if it still exists but in Massachusetts back in the day, there was the "bottle bill" where you would get 5cents back on every bottle you returned. That worked.

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

    its very not that simple.... but im just gonna leave it at that. Had to learn the hard way....... I work in fasteners

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

    Roombas in general!! Mine is always getting stuck, and why, JUST WHY does it need to talk to me. No, SHOUT at me, every time that it gets stuck, and then every five minutes thereafter. Something about opening the app. SHUT UP!!!

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

    They also need to take them of snow removal trucks. Nothing better than being woken up at 4am by a snow removal crew clearing a parking lot that no one is going to use because, hey, there's still 3 feet of snow on all the roads leading there.

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

    Could it have a setting where you can also choose to increase the volume is someone is talking? I really don't want it to pause it, just to let the person know that the conversation is not welcome.

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

    When my daughter trys to say Danke (thank you) it always sounds like Kacke (s**t) ---- I love it

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

    Isn't that how the war between humans and machines started in "terminator"?

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

    depends on origin, cultivar, soil quality, etc. Small ones tend to be richer and more flavourful, but ... smaller. Large ones tend to be blander but bigger. I use the former for sandwiches and the latter for guac.

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

    I trained myself to always put these things down in consistent places. Took a few weeks and now I only occasionally lose them if I get distracted when putting things away.

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

    I don't know how it works elsewhere, but where I am, they've made it quite clear you're not to tie the strings on the garbage bags.

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