If you look hard enough, you’ll see examples of human innovation all around you. And yet, for every example of genius , there seem to be about six examples of dumbness .
We’re not sure if seeing more things that will make you question the state of humanity is a good thing. In any event, here are some pics.
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Remember, if you’re questioning the state of the world, at least you’re not alone.
“This $10 salad I paid for at a restaurant.”
Side salads can truly go either way. You might get a lush bed of mixed greens, paired with the perfect dressing. On the flip side, you might get something that’s only technically lettuce.
“Apparently this gym has a sauna-peeing problem…”
I understand the gym’s frustrations here (I mean, c’mon, who pees in a sauna?). At the same time, this is just going to lead to a procession of peeping Toms looking into the shower area in an effort to catch the culprit.
“So I haven’t had internet all day (Comcast, no surprise). Turns out the neighbors had internet installed this morning, and the technician just. unplugged mine.”
Sometimes, the internet technician does some next-level stuff to bring broadband into your house. Other times, they just unplug one person’s internet and plug in another’s.
“When you get crypto ads in your fortune cookies instead of a fortune.”
I’ve always seen myself as someone who barely cares about the contents of fortune cookies. But after seeing these gross crypto ads, I now consider myself to be a fortune cookie purist.
“Found this abomination to disability.”
Sometimes you see something that isn’t particularly accessible, but at least it’s trying to be accessible. In this case, it almost looks like the towel dispenser was placed there as a challenge to anyone in a wheelchair.
“At least the load was secure for when the truck bed complete detaches.”
Aren’t pickup truck beds supposed to be, y’know, firmly attached to the rest of the truck? I wonder what possibly could have happened to the drivetrain to cause this.
“Padlocked fire exit during office renovation.”
The whole point of those big, glowing EXIT signs is to direct people to an unlocked exit in the event of an emergency. The point of padlocks is to keep people from using a door. You can see how these two things might be at odds.
“Fixing an AC compressor on a level 28 ledge.”
There’s plenty of room to maneuver on this ledge, but I’m still nervous. Obviously, that guy could fall off and die. But that AC unit could also fall off and hit someone on the ground.
“Take a ride on the death swing.”
This is the perfect tree to mount a swing on. It would even be the perfect tree to mount three swings on. But there’s a better way to do this (and thicker gauge of rope to boot).
“Weird sink.”
This is actually kind of a cool aesthetic, and might even work well in a situation where lots of people are sharing the same sink. But in this case, it’s just taking space away from the rest of the kitchen island.
“This castle extension on top of a regular suburban home.”
I think my favorite part of this is the fact that the castle doesn’t blend in to the house at all. Like, it almost looks like it isn’t securely fastened to the house.
“Louis Vuitton fire extinguishers.”
Did you know that you should have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen at all times? It’s a good safety tip — in fact, it wouldn’t hurt to have a backup. And if you’re Kanye West, I’ve got the perfect fire extinguishers for you.
“Love me some human flesh with my cheese.”
Speaking as a big fan of both skeleton aesthetics and cheese plates, I’m going to have to condemn this thing. The skeleton is out of place, but hanging thinly-sliced meat off of it just makes things that much grosser.
“Our new oven is 1/4” too big for the existing spot.”
This is a common problem with newer appliances, and I can’t believe more people don’t talk about it. How did humanity come to decide on standard sizes for things, then just kind of give up on the whole concept?
“Movers packed my truck like this and when I told them they should make better use of space in the truck they quit.”
It’s honestly baffling that the people who packed this truck are apparently professional movers. They don’t have to be packing things in Tetris-style, but surely they could do a little better than this.
“Someone tried to ruin the Mona Lisa.”
If there’s a weird hill to die on, it’s the hill of the person who decided to smear cake on the glass protecting the Mona Lisa. Political statements can be powerful, but what did the Mona Lisa ever do that has relevance to our modern world?
“Having to clean this up after a movie.”
On one hand, theater employees should expect to have some popcorn to clean up after a movie. On the other hand, this is more than just ‘some’ popcorn. It looks like a whole popcorn bomb went off.
“Darn.”
Have you ever found yourself in a paradox? Ever found yourself unable to move forward, whichever option you might choose? This machine has the logos of five payment services, but is apparently unable to accept any one of them.
“Staying at a nice hotel and had to pay $60 for overnight valet parking. Walking to dinner we found our car parked in a tow-away zone a block away from the hotel.”
Here’s the thing about valets: they’re not driving their own cars, so they’re not particularly invested in keeping the car safe. If there’s a silver lining here, it’s that the car didn’t get towed.
“Get away from me you creep!”
This could very well be an example of a parking lot clearing out, leaving just these two cars behind. But I like to think that they came together because they were lonely in that big, empty parking garage.
