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25 Things That Have No Excuse to Exist in 2024 But Somehow Still Do<\/span><\/h3>\n

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It\u2019s the year 2024, and 2025 is fast approaching. The human race has advanced to the highest peaks imaginable (well, in some ways), and we\u2019re all living in the future, right? Well, sometimes it doesn\u2019t quite feel like it. There are a whole lot of phenomena that should\u2019ve been extinct by now, but for some reason seem to keep sticking around. Here are some of the most annoying things that somehow still exist, shared by Internet users. What would you add to this list?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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#1: Inconvenience Fees<\/h3>\n

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Pretty much everything we do today is online. We\u2019ve constructed entire worlds that exist only on the internet and many of us exist exclusively in those ones. So it\u2019s a mystery why some companies think it\u2019s still legitimate to charge extra for online services. It\u2019s like providing air but charging you an extra fee for breathing it in.<\/p>\n

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#2: Paid Ads<\/h3>\n

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It\u2019s a sign of how desperate streaming services are that they still need to push ads in our faces to turn a profit. That being said, if your business model isn\u2019t working, maybe you should figure out how to provide better quality content and attract more consumers rather than punishing those who are subscribed.<\/p>\n

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#3: \u201cThis will cost you $1, not including $100 in extra fees\u201d<\/h3>\n

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This might be a relatively new phenomenon but it\u2019s one that certainly belongs in the dark ages. Surely we\u2019re not living in a time where corporations can rely on us consumers being stupid and ignorant. Please just give us all the information. We\u2019ll find out in the end anyway and then we\u2019ll just be extra mad.<\/p>\n

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#4: Vicarious Pursuits for Moms<\/h3>\n

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I think you might be onto something here. Maybe this should be the measure for assessing whether any behavior should be permitted today \u2013 asking whether it could be successfully pitched as a new idea. And as for the example you\u2019ve given, no need to say more. Child pageants should\u2019ve died out at least twenty years ago.<\/p>\n

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#5: Emergency Charges<\/h3>\n

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Paying to park in any public place should be disallowed as far as I\u2019m concerned, but putting that aside for a moment, even in the given circumstances, hospitals should be an exception. It\u2019s crazy to force sick people and their loved ones into the absurd situation of worrying about not getting a ticket while undergoing an operation.<\/p>\n

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#6: Please Hold<\/h3>\n

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You may have thought that by the year 2024, people would\u2019ve figured out a more sophisticated way to deal with routine things like telephone customer service, but somehow, we find ourselves using the same primitive systems year after year. In other words, everyone in every customer service department is permanently \u201cexperiencing longer than normal wait times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#7: Seedy Sports<\/h3>\n

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I think these phenomena are fairly marginal, at least where I\u2019m from. For the most part, in order to find some sort of animal fight, you either have to fly to a country far away, search the dark web, or hang around some dark alleyway late at night. Personally I\u2019ve never managed through any of the methods.<\/p>\n

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#8: Obscuring Ads<\/h3>\n

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It\u2019s a shame that the people who want to sell us stuff don\u2019t care whether we care about what they\u2019re selling or not. Otherwise, I\u2019m sure they\u2019d be very happy to cooperate with our request to stop interrupting our viewing habits with their ads. For now, we can only hope that they find some other, less annoying method.<\/p>\n

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#9: Knock Knock. Who\u2019s There?<\/h3>\n

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It might be about the neighborhood I live in, but I don\u2019t get door-to-door salesmen, and I kind of wish that I did. If anything it\u2019s an outdated phenomenon that I wish could somehow continue. They\u2019re a symbol of the unexpected. You could be sitting at home on the couch, and suddenly, you\u2019re having a conversation with a total stranger.<\/p>\n

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#10: An Itchy Problem<\/h3>\n

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It seems like no matter how advanced we become as a race, nature will always have a few advantages over us and mosquitos might just be some of the best evidence. I mean how have we not yet developed some sort of pill or elixir that makes us totally immune? I guess scientists must have other priorities.<\/p>\n

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#11: Reckless on the Road<\/h3>\n

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While I completely agree with the sentiment, I do think the author has a somewhat naive perspective on human nature. As far as I\u2019m concerned, the only way to totally eliminate drunk driving would be to eliminate alcohol, eliminate cars, or eliminate human beings. It doesn\u2019t seem like any of those is going to happen any time soon.<\/p>\n

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#12: I\u2019d Like to See a Physical Men, Please<\/h3>\n

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Although it was only invented a few years ago, the idea should have been dropped as soon as it was proposed. I\u2019m all for the environment and conservation and nice things like that, but I also like when a waiter gives me a menu, and I look at it and order food from it. Like a normal person in a normal restaurant.<\/p>\n

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#13: Nighttime Needs<\/h3>\n

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Especially now that self-service checkouts have become so normalized, there\u2019s really no excuse for convenience stores to close their doors at all. I should be able to buy my microwave pizza, six-pack of soda and laundry detergent at 3am without driving around looking for the only open branch.<\/p>\n

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#14: A Big Turnoff<\/h3>\n

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It really makes me wonder what is wrong with our education system that people still don\u2019t use their turning signals. Maybe it\u2019s because no one has made a cool enough video campaign where some B-list celebrity or TikTok star explains why it\u2019s important to communicate your intentions to other drivers.<\/p>\n

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#15: Silly Humanity<\/h3>\n

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In all seriousness, more than any of the other things I\u2019ve included in this list it really does stump me that we\u2019ve come so far as a society but still haven\u2019t been able to overcome these challenges. The Earth has enough resources for everyone (at least at the moment), so surely we should be able to all live in relative comfort.<\/p>\n

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#16: In Other Words, Scams<\/h3>\n

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I wish I could share the innocence of many of you folks on the internet. I\u2019ve fallen victim to various subscription scams many times myself, but my standard has been lowered so much that I expect nothing more from the companies and believe it\u2019s all my fault. Hey, is that what it\u2019s like to be gaslit? Maybe I\u2019ve been gaslit.<\/p>\n

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#17: Give Me Some Credit<\/h3>\n

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I could be expressing an unpopular opinion here, but I tend to think the problem lies at the root. In this case, the entire university system probably needs to be abolished. Some of these institutions were founded in the 11th and 12th centuries, so it only makes sense that they\u2019re losing relevance almost 1,000 years later.<\/p>\n

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#18: Stayin\u2019 Alive Is Costly<\/h3>\n

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I don\u2019t want to go too far into politics here because I might get punished by my editors but I don\u2019t understand how this is not the most obvious opinion. Life-saving medication should be available to everyone everywhere at no or limited cost. Also it should all be provided as a vaccine to everyone through a breathable substance in the air.<\/p>\n

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#19: A Sticky Price to Pay<\/h3>\n

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Oh my gosh! I\u2019d never even contemplated the possibility that the sticky residue could be prevented but now that idea is in my mind I\u2019m going to be thinking about it obsessively. It\u2019s especially true seeing as we all know we\u2019re supposed to remove the prices immediately so no one knows that we buy cheap stuff.<\/p>\n

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#20: Charge the Machine<\/h3>\n

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They don\u2019t even really bother giving us an excuse for those fees, do they? What is that fee for? I suppose people will stick a fee on anything if they think that they can. Ugh. It\u2019s almost exhausting to complain about it so much but the frustration never ends. I think I\u2019m ready for the 22nd century \u2013 where everything is perfect.<\/p>\n

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#21: A Tip to Restaurants<\/h3>\n

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And to this, I say something that I don\u2019t tend to say a lot \u2013 why can\u2019t we be like the Europeans? There it\u2019s all clear. If they expect you to tip they\u2019ll tell you. You pay the required amount. End of story. It\u2019s nothing like here, where it\u2019s not mandatory, but if you don\u2019t leave a tip, you might find your tires slashed on the way out.<\/p>\n

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#22: It\u2019s Honestly Garbage<\/h3>\n

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Apologies if any of you find yourself in this category but I really do find it somewhat mystifying that people are still doing this. I mean where do they think the garbage is going? Oh well, at least it keeps fifth-grade garbage patrols in business and provides fifth-grade teachers with potential punishments to dish out.<\/p>\n

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#23: Fax Them Into the Past<\/h3>\n

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As much as fax machines do not deserve a place at the table in 2024, I do find their presence relatively unimposing. At worst, they\u2019re devices that just sit around gathering dust, and at best, they can even be a touching reminder of how we used to live. But yeah, all fax machines should be thrown out the window.<\/p>\n

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#24: It\u2019s a Job, But Upaid<\/h3>\n

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Unpaid internships should really just be known as slave labor for the corporate world. I mean, we all spent our years fetching coffee for Mr. Gleeson, the CEO, and shredding papers, but even then, it seemed like quite an archaic practice. Oh well, I guess if we had to go through then Gen Z can too. Somehow I can\u2019t see it being a resounding success.<\/p>\n

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#25: Where Is the AI When You Need It?<\/h3>\n

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Well yes, I do identify with the pain of this seriously backward practice. I did recently discover that my bank was accepting checks submitted as photos via its app but I tried it out and it didn\u2019t work so I was back to square one. It\u2019s crazy that we have robot waiters but still need to mail checks.<\/p>\n

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