There are times when you look at something and you can identify exactly where the pivotal bad decision was made that sent the thing careening down a hill of misfortune. Other times, well, you can’t!
This list is full of designs so strange and baffling that you won’t be able to tell where exactly it all went wrong.
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“This path leading into a student accommodation.”
Even for a winding path this seems hugely excessive, and clearly that hill isn’t steep enough to stop people from just walking forward, so what’s even the point?
“This 1×1 pixel mother’s day cookie.”
The fact that this happened at all is more funny than anything, and if nothing else, makes for some pretty unique cookies. I bet they taste just as good as full resolution ones, too!
“[The] worst bathroom I have ever seen (in a hotel).”
Are they just hoping that whoever stays here has no legs? That’s a big bet to place for a small portion of the population, but if that’s their dream for their hotel’s demographic, who am I to argue?
“[The] queen mug.”
Wow, how cute! Too bad it’s entirely unusable and would sooner jab someone in the eye than it would deliver their beverage of choice to their mouth. Are we just making decoration mugs now? Is that it?
“Go ahead I dare you. Bike lane ends in oncoming traffic.”
That’s not the bike lane ending, that’s you switching from ‘normal’ to ‘hard’ mode in this game that we call life. While I certainly won’t advise you to take it on, they definitely make it easy to up that difficulty!
“Ever wanted to hit your head every time you take a shower? Me too!”
If you’re not quite sure what you’re seeing here, because I wasn’t at first either, the white chunk at the top is a cabinet that juts out right in front of that shower door, ensuring a head-on collision every time you wash up.
“[View] from the last row of my local theater.”
Not only is this a terrible bit of design work, but someone pointed out how bright the lights are, then the uploader said that the sound was really weak too. 0/10 would not return!
“This product’s plastic case is molded so that it can stand upright on its own but it makes it near impossible to scan the barcode.”
This might be the only time you could make the ‘if it doesn’t scan, does that make it free’ joke to a cashier and they wouldn’t immediately hate you for it. That’s just frustrating!
“You better not drop your card when you withdraw cash.”
No, why’d you have to say that? Now I’m going to be even more nervous, my hands will get all sweaty and shaky, and that’ll just make me more likely to drop it!
“I keep trying to click one of the links in this printed magazine, but it doesn’t seem to be working!”
I’ll be honest, I don’t really have a joke for this one. It’s just kind of shocking that this made it to print. How many people are involved with making a magazine? Did they all just think this was cool, or?
“The arrangement of images for this beauty salon.”
Hey, it’s hard to find places that know how to properly service nose-less cyclopses when it comes to beauty. This place advertising it upfront makes it much easier for them.
“Rug size chart is in metric. Rugs are sized in Imperial.”
Ikea decided wait, this game is a lot more fun if we just leave you to guess. If you get it wrong, you’ll have to come back for an exchange and spend more time here, maybe you’ll pick up a little something else. It’s genius!
“This fried ‘chicken’ restaurant at Banc Stadium California is really burying the lead.”
You’d think they would want to advertise that they’re vegan a lot more considering how hard it is to find vegan meals at a place like a stadium. I don’t know, I’m not vegan, maybe I’m way off base here.
“I Don’t Think I Qualify For This Job.”
Hey, don’t say that about yourself! It seems intimidating, but they offer fried turkey training at a lot of places now, and the worst thing that’ll happen if you apply is that they won’t get back to you!
“This wheelchair ‘accessible’ ramp.”
I can’t tell which element of this is worse. How steep it is, the gap between the two sides, the fact that the sides are uneven, or that the left side leaks smack dab into a giant pillar. Poor wheelchair users.
Just to let you know!
“We realize our parking shades will drop huge chunks of snow and ice on you and car, but instead of fixing it will put up this unique and esoteric sign.”
“Ah yes, popular condiments Salt & Eppe.”
Fun fact, the word ‘sword’ in French épée, which was the only thing I could think about when I saw Eppe, and now I have the image of someone seasoning their fries with full-sized, giant swords.
“These Signs On A No Parking Sign.”
Remember, no parking to the right of this sign! No parking at any time on either side, or we’ll tow your car! We’ll tow your car! We’ll tow your car! We’ll tow your car!
“Take stairs to take an elevator.”
“What, you can’t take the stairs? That’s why you needed the elevator, to avoid the stairs? I dunno, sounds like a you problem honestly, it’s either stairs or bust here.”
“SOUP soup Break SOUP.”
Sometimes, namely when I’m very tired, this is exactly how my own thought process works. Nothing coherent, just a few words on loop conveying my desires in that moment, and yes, sometimes that desire is soup.
Last Updated on March 12, 2022 by Daniel Mitchell-Benoit
