Ads and packaging make stuff look like it's gonna be fantastic. I mean, sure it's the job of a commercial to make a burger look like the be-all-end-all of burgerdom. But when what you get is so different from what was advertised, you can't help but feel like you've been had. Here are some times when reality got the best of people's expectations.
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Companies that use bait-and-switch tactics, ridiculous hidden fees and stupid fine print seem like something of the norm these days. These ones are some of the most unfair and stupid of the bunch. For more deceptive and unfair products, check out these misleading and awful products designed by monsters
Here we have another fine example of a delusional choosing beggar pitching a good old-fashioned hissy fit when someone wouldn't perform the requested services for free. It'd be nice if more shit in life was free, but it'd be even nicer if aggressive choosing beggars didn't do the things they do. Like don't even bother asking someone what the price is for something if you're only ready to offer NOTHING.
If you had any doubts as to whether you were good at your job or not, then have no fear. These failures are examples of someone else's amazing mistakes. So be glad you aren't the dude who put some stairs in upside down or made your storefront inexplicably filthy. People do this a lot.
Obvious Plant produces tons of parody products like toys, costumes and snacks. So reap the rewards of their fantastical weirdness and tremendous sentence fragments! Here are a few more Obvious Plant products that planted laughter in our lives.
Dad got fired up for this email after his daughter told him she might spend her after-tax income on a bike that's another way of saying you have too much money to blow. His brutal response has since gone viral, and people are all about praising him for his work.
If you need a refresh course in what makes this flashy bike so ridiculous, check out that comedian's viral Twitter thread that breaks down all of its absurdity here!
Women on twitter are poking holes in the consent condom. The logic for this product isn't exactly airtight. There were a range of criticisms, from the more theoretical to the pragmatic, to the more ridiculous. We don't think this product will become commonplace.
The people who make bathtub trays seem to be under the impression that the people who buy them are in search of a lifestyle of elegance. Sharon Su investigates this incredible phenomenon in the thread below. Also, it looks like they used the blue drink twice. Huh.
What happens when people don't review their work? Misplaced toilets, stairs to nowhere and advertisements that look like living nightmares. Some of this stuff was planned, but still turned out to be crap anyway! And boy are we glad it happens.
The truth is, this stuff is child's play. Here's some darker and dirtier design fails to really get your motor running.
