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Jimmy Fallon Asks People To Name A Funny Or Weird Problem That Needs A Solution, 30 People Deliver
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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#1
Josy Bannon 4 years ago
I once lost a brandnew shiny spotless 2€ coin to a lazy vending machine, they are a trap
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Josy Bannon 4 years ago
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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Uisgea Beatha 4 years ago
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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September Meadows 4 years ago
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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chi-wei shen 4 years ago
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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MonsterMum 4 years ago
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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chi-wei shen 4 years ago
I've only seen these sinks in the UK. Does anyone know other countries where this is common?
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Heather Williams 4 years ago
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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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
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
#24
Deborah B 4 years ago
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?"
#25
Dirk Daring 4 years ago
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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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
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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chi-wei shen 4 years ago (edited)
Technically speaking, this is a problem with the container, not the microwave.
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
A smoothie through a paperstraw. Just eat the paper straight up and save your time.
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Heather Williams 4 years ago
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.
#37
Angela Robinson 4 years ago
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.
#42
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Lay out the slices individually on a wax paper covered cookie sheet and freeze. Store in zip top bags in freezer. Only pull out what you need.
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Uisgea Beatha 4 years ago
The original real estate scam. Vikings called it "Iceland" to keep everyone away, and "Greenland" in hopes everyone would go there instead.
#48
MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
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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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
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.
#59
Cyd Charisse 4 years ago
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!!!
#61
Carol Emory 4 years ago
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.
#63
Beto River 4 years ago
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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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
I'd just be happy if people would learn how to use an apostrophe!
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
Isn't that how the war between humans and machines started in "terminator"?
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Heather Williams 4 years ago
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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SBW71 4 years ago
They need to fix the sounds between movie/TV show and the commercials. Have the volume all the way up to hear the show since it's like they whisper now and then a commercial and your deaf!
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
The commercials are louder because they know that is when you go to the toilet or go to make a cup of tea/coffee. They want to ensure the commercial can be heard wherever you are in the house.
Load More Replies... Deborah B 4 years ago
We need an English language gender neutral honorific/title and pronouns to be used for everyone regardless of age, marital status, gender presentation social ranking, etc. Some way to be polite to everyone without the social work of having to avoid giving offence by calling a feminist Mrs, a married woman Ms, a too-young woman ma'am, a gender-ambiguous person MX or nothing at all, a trans-woman sir, a trans-man Ms/Mrs/Miss/Ma'am. Can't we just have something equal and the same for everyone? We're all human, and there are a lot of contexts where our gender expression and congruance shouldn't matter. It would avoid that internal grammatic dissonance of using they/their for a singular and known individual.
SBW71 4 years ago
They need to fix the sounds between movie/TV show and the commercials. Have the volume all the way up to hear the show since it's like they whisper now and then a commercial and your deaf!
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
The commercials are louder because they know that is when you go to the toilet or go to make a cup of tea/coffee. They want to ensure the commercial can be heard wherever you are in the house.
Load More Replies... Deborah B 4 years ago
We need an English language gender neutral honorific/title and pronouns to be used for everyone regardless of age, marital status, gender presentation social ranking, etc. Some way to be polite to everyone without the social work of having to avoid giving offence by calling a feminist Mrs, a married woman Ms, a too-young woman ma'am, a gender-ambiguous person MX or nothing at all, a trans-woman sir, a trans-man Ms/Mrs/Miss/Ma'am. Can't we just have something equal and the same for everyone? We're all human, and there are a lot of contexts where our gender expression and congruance shouldn't matter. It would avoid that internal grammatic dissonance of using they/their for a singular and known individual.
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