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There are a crap ton of things to buy out there, but very few of them are actually worth buying. Here are some people who regret their purchases because the product was deceptive or horrible, or they didn't realize the implications of their purchase, or they just wanted it so bad for no explainable reason. Sometimes purchases will lead to massive regret.

Magnets, how do they work? All the time, and very powerfully. Here are some very expensive mistakes that resulted in people and things getting magnet-ed all up in there. For some more misfortune, failures, mistakes and messes, here are unfortunate moments of failure and chaos.

It's annoying being told that you are default a bad parent or are always insensitive, among other things. Thanks to the oversimplification of gender roles in our culture, both men and women have to deal with this kind of stuff all the time. Here are some generalizations particular to men that they're tired hearing about. Sometimes men even have to get away from dangerous dates. And here are some ridiculous moments that go to show that men are complex creatures.

Sure, it's the thought that counts, but sometimes all your great aunt can think of is a way to get rid of all her old mousetraps. Some gifts are strange but heartfelt, some are an excuse to re-gift some crap, some are a huge burden from an estranged family member. People get a lot of strange, inappropriate and WTF gifts.

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share their biggest HR nightmare cases. These people are generally off their rocker! Sometimes an employee throws an HR employee such a curveball, that they really don't know what to do with it. 

It doesn't matter if things are going well, it's just a matter of time until life hits you with unfortunate moments of failure and chaos. It's best to be able to just deal with setbacks as they come and move on from the productively, but that doesn't mean that chaos can derail people's lives for a little while. No matter how hard you try, the spectacular unfortunate moments will never end.

Money doesn't necessarily make a person intolerable to be around, but it can definitely give their kids a psychopathically ignorant sense of entitlement. Here are some more times the real world hit a spoiled rich kid. Nothing makes regular people angry quite like the antics of spoiled rich kid syndrome.

For most people, we have a bed against a wall or two, usually to conserve bedroom space. This Tumblr thread gets into how much of bed placement is actually rooted in fear. Also, it seems like Thomas Jefferson was a weird dude. Tumblr can get down some unique rabbit holes, like the semantics of updog, or these varied Tumblr gems.

Andy Richter was inspired to address a particularly ignorant tweet sent out by someone, who said that depression was a choice. Thank you for your time, Andy! Don't think we'll be hearing from this Twitter user again anytime soon. 

When you consider what proportion of the things in our world are edible, it's kind of a miracle that we can find anything to eat at all. And these doors, landscapes and random objects are an extra wrench thrown into the gears of what looks good to eat. There are just a lot of objects out there that look like tasty food but are totally not.

There's so many references, basic information, and shorthand floating around in general discourse that if you miss one thing, or hear something wrong one time, you're bound to make a stupid mistake for years and years. Plus, people think it's pretty funny if you consistently use a word wrong and are inclined to not tell you. There's a lot of basic information out there that ashamed people realize way too late.

If you half-ass some oversized luggage into an overhead bin, bully a flight attendant and then remain totally noncompliant while they try to solve your issue, don't be surprised if they pull a power move on you. Most customers have a some decent idea of how not to be a bad person, but horrible customers will lie to scam companies out of washing machines, and even mistake bystanders for employees. For those having to deal with the customer service life, here are some too-relatable customer service memes.

From what we know about relationships, this would be more acceptable on the third day. Anyway, an equipment failure led to this construction worker having a very intimate first day with his new boss. For a more heroic construction story, here's one about an incompetent owner who mistakenly fired a special contractor and then came crawling back.