Let’s face it, there are some things out there that really grind your gears, but would you ban them if you could? A recent internet survey asked, “What would you ban if you knew you had the final say?” Here are the top 19 answers.
Pop Up advertisements
“Also, false advertising in those ads. They make it look like a puzzle game when it’s not, or something like that.”
“The ones that have a fake x and “close” button that are part of the ad image, but it’s actually on a 30-second timer for the real x to pop up.”
Opinions Presented as News
“News that’s not technically news, so they can say whatever they want and present it as truth. I honestly believe so many of the issues we face today can be traced back to the spin they put on things to obscure objectivity.”
“Back in the day, we used to call these OpEd sections of the news. It was made very clear that this person may be staff at the newspaper, but this is their own opinion.”
Hidden Fees
“Including sales tax, auto gratuity, convenience fees, cleaning fees, credit card fees, All of it. If you want to charge it, you need to include it in the upfront cost.”
“This is a thing in Australia. It is called drip pricing and is prohibited by Australian consumer law as a false or misleading representation[s] with respect to the price of goods or services.”
Scam Adverts on YouTube
“I hate that I can’t report YouTube ads for being scams. I’ve reported the fake Mr. Beast ads at least 20 times already.”
“Can we just ban advertising, period? I want to see the way the dust settles, but we’ll definitely have a better internet.”
Recipes With Long Personal Stories
“Recipe websites that take 16 novels of personal stories and 20 hours of scrolling to get to the ingredients.”
“Why do I need to know where the blueberries were harvested from and if the person harvesting has a farmhouse?”
Congressional Stock Trading
“How about money in politics, period? No Citizens United. No Super PACs. No lobbyists. No career politicians. No grifting. No turning the White House into QVC.”
“I think all politicians should have to live (with no investment, private property, or outside funding to bolster it) on the average salary of the nation/state they serve.”
Content Tuning Algorithms on Social Media
They are all being tuned to force feed rage bait content, and it’s radicalizing people and fracturing our society.”
“This! I can’t even use Google anymore. The search engine ignores half my search terms and gives me a page full of things that are irrelevant to what I’m looking for.”
Medical Bills
“People shouldn’t have their bank accounts held hostage for an injury or life-threatening condition they have no control over.”
“$1200 for some skin glue and medical tape that I applied myself.”
Child Beauty Pageants
“Everyone and anyone who would put a child in that position should go to the worst place imaginable. The kids should go to loving families that know how to raise a child in a trauma-free environment.”
“Don’t forget dance competitions. I went to a show expecting tutus and cute dance routines. Nope, they had them in leotards twirling boas while wearing stripper makeup, twerking, thrusting, and chair dancing.”
Ticketmaster
“Several artists have tried. TM leans hard on the venues in response, and they refuse to host those artists until they capitulate, no matter how big they are.”
“Or just eliminate exclusivity deals TM is somehow legally allowed to have.”
Confusing Street Names
“In Queens, there’s a stretch of Grand Avenue where it intersects with 69th St., 69th Pl., and then 69th Lane, one after the other, within a span of like 500 feet.”
“I am within walking distance to Peachtree St., W. Peachtree St., and Peachtree Walk. Literally, you can walk between them in about 4 minutes.”
Prank Videos
“Whenever there is a phenomenon that makes no sense, but seems to be a lot of it, the answer is usually: it is for children.”
“I do love watching the clips where it goes wrong for the prankster, and they are like screaming on the floor going, ‘It’s a prank, bro. BRO, ITS A PRANK!’ while they get beaten up.”
Puppy Mills
“If you want to get rid of Puppy Mills and Backyard Breeders, you’d have to force animal rescues to stop discriminating against potential adopters for stupid or arbitrary reasons.”
“I’d add animal shelters lying about temperament and bite history, including trafficking animals over state lines, to “wash” their history under a new name.”
Child Marriage
“It’s not illegal because of religious freedoms, and that’s literally the only reason.”
“We don’t allow terrorism or murder in the name of religion. How is this allowed?”
Heavily Inbred Purebred Dogs
“I want to create reverse breeding, where we take the healthiest traits of each breed and crossbreed until we can’t even tell what breed they are. Just an overall generic but incredibly healthy doggo.”
“Can we ban the owners who think it’s cute when an animal can’t even breathe properly?”
Overpriced Car Insurance
“Deductibles. If I’m paying you to insure my vehicle, I shouldn’t have to pay an extra special fee when something goes haywire.”
“Fun fact: all major auto insurance companies have had losses the last few years, and few are trending positively right now.”
Housing Scalpers
“A married couple who both owned a house before moving in together, then letting out the other one, isn’t scalping. A company buying up 100 houses of a 300-house development, cash, as an investment, is scalping.”“Nobody gets seconds until everyone has had one.”
Lobbying
“Not all lobbying is bad, but the legal bribery that goes on in the name of lobbying is terrible for the country.”
“What needs to change is that lobbyists needs to be a registered and licensed position that requires oversight, board certification, and a strict code of ethics that you will be “disbarred” for violating.”
Bailouts for Banks
“They privatize profits and nationalize losses.”
“If they need to be bailed out by taxpayers, then they should get it on the condition that the bank becomes nationalized. That way, everybody wins.”
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