ALL OF r/A*SHOLEDESIGN

An hour of the top posts from r/A*sholedesign on Reddit. Join the community subreddit at / emkay ! Video credits below.
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Damien ► / damienlee
Robin ► / xycronva
also Robin ► / @xycron
Damien | w-why: 0:00
Robin | ARGHGHH: 12:13
Damien | but why doe: 28:26
Robin | why: 42:16
Damien | FREE MONEY (except no): 56:17

[@beawolfe]

I'm diabetic. My parents used to let me eat tictacs by the box because they were "sugar free" as a kid. I was today years old when I finally learned why I was getting so sick after eating them. Thanks for potentially killing me tictacs :)

[@Fudgecrumb]

You should sue! I'm pretty sure this kinda stuff is illegal, but If it's not, you can show that it put your life at risk

[@katiequeen7225]

@@Fudgecrumb this will definitely end in a lost legal battle, tictac is covered by the fda and allowed to advertise as sugar free in the us, so they won't face repercussions there

[@aimbot4arrowz982]

yeah, (late comment, sorry!) each tic-tac is so small that they can legally just say that it's 0 sugar/sugar free. it contains sugar, so i'm lucky i didn't eat those.

[@sfr2107]

@@Fudgecrumb I mean if you go against the recommended serving sizes, they probably got you there

[@orangelake2268]

@@sfr2107 Having sugar without saying they don't have any sugar is misleading

[@WithASideOfTibbs]

For the one where you pay extra to ship a turtle with hydration options, that's actually there to see if a bad owner is trying to buy a turtle. The hydration option is free even if you click to pay that extra 98 cents, but if you click 'no' then the purchase is automatically cancelled and they refuse to send said turtle to you. It's a pretty clever design, honestly.

[@DaKing08]

r/a*sholedesign’nt

[@elite_idk]

That's smart.

[@Fact_core]

What if people can’t afford that what if people forgot to press it? Like the design is cleve but why make it so you have to “pay”. Christ I made this 5 months ago I have changed my mind can you guys please stop replying Guys seriously I was an idiot 5 months ago please stop replying Jesus Christ guys I made this 6 months ago and admitted by mistake.

[@WithASideOfTibbs]

@@Fact_core I'm sorry but if you can't afford $1 extra dollar then you shouldn't be buying a turtle.

[@gerardwayseyelash]

@@DaKing08 nice.

[@DragonAurora109]

9:58 Here's how you fix that: 1. Turn your phone off 2. Hold the power button and then immediately start holding the volume down button (this will boot your phone into safe mode) 3. Now you will see that the popup no longer appears but there still are things you have to do 4. Go into settings>apps>(whatever app that is) 5. Press "Uninstall" (or "Disable") 6. Restart your phone

[@haipingcao2212_.]

Naw

[@jonathansands3304]

The dog eye medication: that’s not an underfilled package, that’s an oversized package. 99.5% sure that the weight of the medication indicated is what is actually there; the package just has to be larger than needed to hold it because of all the text they’re regulated to put on the tube. Like with any package that may settle during shipping or needs air space to protect the contents: don’t look at the bags and say “This one looks bigger!”, but look at the actual listed weight of the contents.

[@razorwolf2758]

still tho. $60 for such little product

[@Cyotiespaw]

I agree with @razorwolf2758

[@W1ldfire-wm5me]

@razorwolf2758 your completely right 60$ for a product that keeps a dog from going blind makes me hate the fact the even free healthcare (I’m Canadian) doesn’t apply to pets

[@razorwolf2758]

@@W1ldfire-wm5me is this sarcasm? sorry if im obviously missing something but i have been hit with so many messages that are sarcasm but didnt look like they were

[@MooseShower]

@@razorwolf2758I don’t think so. Medical just doesn’t care about pets and doesn’t cover anything for them

[@drsnova7313]

As a European, I'm baffled how much the US seems to lack even some basic customer and privacy protection laws. I feel like 95% of the shit in this video would be illegal here.

[@Jack-kx5rf]

No most of it is still legal here. It's just that European companies slightly have a soul. Only slightly though.

[@franconnorton7087]

It is starting to come in here though. I'm in Ireland and because we are English speaking we see this creeping in. It is making the internet useless. I don't like using tech anymore.

[@SoulDevoured]

Tbf some of the more out there examples (the car with the LED advertising screen in the back, the fake money on the ground) aren't in the US.

[@DimtheEnderman]

I honestly wouldnt be surprised in the slightest

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Technically it IS illegal in the US it's just that there's no effective punishment for this shit here it's not policed like at all even if we fined the companies millions it wouldn't stop them oh and the corporations DON'T FUCKING CARE

[@christopherandresen9790]

funny story: on my old laptop mcaffee actually deleted itself because it saw it's own behavior as that of a virus... when even mcaffee sees itself as a virus you know how bad the program is

[@erinmalone2669]

Your computer has an autoimmune disorder 😂

[@leolen8029]

@@erinmalone2669This comment is so underated

[@Jivvi]

Ironically, mcaffee sounds like it's a malware app pretending to be the real McAfee.

[@SeanHarding-nv9li]

Self Reference Error: McAfee was deleted before it could finish deleting McAfee.

[@NootandBoots]

"ah crap, I'm working, gotta delete myself"

[@els9893]

The issue with the pie chart at 37:20 is that the proportions aren’t correct. 62% is more than half, but the slice of the chart is shown to be way less than half

[@Bray_Gaming129]

also it’s 101% total

[@sammythekidd1090]

​@@Bray_Gaming129that happens all the time with percentages. It's due to rounding off decimals. Try adding up the percentages on a poll on here or Twitter or whatever and you'll see the numbers can sometimes be +-1

[@SeanHarding-nv9li]

@@sammythekidd1090Imagine it's 61.666...33.666...3.666... they round up to 62-34-4, but they DO add up to 100% (##.666... is 2/3)

[@MegCazalet]

I think it’s misleading on purpose, too.

[@samcat8826]

Robin: "I for one do not really like our Prime overlords" Optimus Prime: *all around me are familiar faces...*

[@michaeljohnson1117]

We need to have a law banning intentionally misleading or deceptive advertising.

[@bananapersonserman5144]

We do

[@hotcocoacoffe3938]

That's the neat part, it's a law

[@josephhodges9819]

We should then make a law where you can be fined for being so stupid you fall for these ads.

[@Flightkitten]

make a petition

[@Flightkitten]

@@josephhodges9819 the elderly are now broke

[@Bondubras]

The one about the college textbook being just loose paper only gets worse when you realize that the book is intentionally made to last only one term before becoming invalid, so selling it to another student isn't a thing, AND the campus bookstore itself won't buy it back BECAUSE IT'S LOOSE PAPER. Even if you put it in a binder, they won't take it back.

[@RS250Squid]

Grab a scanner with double-sided scanning and auto tray feed and put those mofos out of business.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Use it to start your chimney

[@Talkin-fr0g]

I only buy books with my special grant for it- otherwise I’d just get it by searching online lol

[@Idengard]

School books are a rip off

[@anthonybutori4149]

just pirate online copies of the books

[@mrmetalirishman3861]

I just found this channel yesterday and have been binge watching it since I love how you guys actually have a brain and can think for yourself and the outwards aggression towards the fucked stuff in the world is beautiful. I found my people

[@andrewdreasler428]

7:24 A number of people have likely already said this, however: The movie theaters make almost NOTHING from the box office. The contracts with the movie producers/distributors grant 90% or more of the ticket price to the producer for the first week, and the ammound decreases a little every week after that, however, there is always a push to get the new blockbuster into the theater every week, so the movies get pushed to the smaller screens and out of the building before the theater even recoups the cost of the electricity required to run the projectors for that first week. Buying concessions is literally paying to keep the lights on.

[@finn_in_the_bin5263]

fun fact about the turtle- it's bait. they don't *actually* charge you for the hydration pack, but they WILL refuse to send it to you if you choose no. it's to suss out who's *actually* gonna do what they need to to take care of the turtle!

[@BloodyBay]

I was about to come down and say that! Yeah, it's clever how some of these pet supply companies are doing that with online orders. They would rather cancel a sale than risk an animal's health or life by selling it to the wrong people. So this isn't Asshole Design, it's ANTI-Asshole design; if you're not going to take care of your pets, then you don't deserve to have pets. And I agree with that.

[@quanticflowers4264]

@@BloodyBay r/gooddesign

[@justarandomhumanlol3915]

Seeing this thread made me happy thank you for sharing this lol

[@dream_walker9726]

This makes me incredibly happy :D

[@Shiverwar]

Needs to be a new subreddit. r/deceptivelyawesome?

[@fennwenn3317]

The Tic Tac sugar thing actually hurt me when I was younger. I have a slightly fucked up metabolism, so too much sugar gives me headaches. But since Tic Tacs were supposedly "sugar free," I loved eating them . . . and then wondered why they gave me massive headaches.

[@debbylou5729]

It probably saved your life. Artificial sweeteners actually KILL you instead of just making you sick. I have diabetics in my family and all of them do testing. Weren’t you taught this? Makes me think this is just from a creative writing class

[@feixin_duke]

they want to give people of minorities (not specifically racial minorities but sexual and other ones) leverage and more chances than the majority to appease the crazy people who attack them if they don't

[@aubrey-levreau]

@@debbylou5729 nah deb, neither the artificial stuff or the real stuff gives anyone diabetes, they're only a problem if you already have it. consuming too much dairy and red meat will give you diabetes, it's the saturated fat. my aunt was addicted to adding milk or cheese to everything, and cooked everything in animal fat. Meanwhile my mom was a lactose intolerant sugar addict with a meat allergy and never got diabetes. My mom is overweight, they're both overweight tho.

[@prod_by_slvg]

what happened with them was they had less than a calorie of sugar and by the fda (or some health people) were approved as "sugarfree."

[@fivepainbbles]

@@prod_by_slvg even tho they’re basically entirely sugar

[@anjakellenjeter]

Those "Prove you're not a robot" CAPTCHAS with multiple levels aren't just about proving you aren't a robot; they're also used to train AI systems to identify things in images. So basically, you're also training a robot.

[@vermillion2023]

are you fucking kidding me

[@anjakellenjeter]

@@vermillion2023: Not at all. Your participation helps train AI in various ways. The original word CAPTCHAs were intended to help AI learn how to read for purposes of OCR (Optical Character Recognition), improving AI's ability to transcribe paper documentation into digital files. With images, they help teach AI to identify what an item is and all the parts of it. You can Google "CAPTCHAs train AI" and there's a significant number of articles regarding this subject.

[@rachaelclemas3411]

I always come back to this video specifically for the phrase "two tiddlywinks of toothpaste" 😂 never gets old 😂

[@amerbroso]

What’s even worse about printers wasting ink is that they put a tiny bit of cyan ink in even if you select black and white. And if one of the colors runs out, then the entire color cartridge just says that it’s empty. Keep in mind it costs them like 6 cents a cartridge

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

It costs them way more to manufacture a printer than they sell them at though. Most printers are sold at a loss, so it's kind of justifiable to try to recoup the money through the cartridges. But nothing can justify the 'Oh, I know you just want to print B/W but... cyan low. No print, buy new one.'

[@greenrobot5]

Here's a tip for printers who show you ads though, make sure you buy a used old printer that isn't "smart", there's literally no reason for your printer to get updates and other nonsense, you simply click "print" and that's its job

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@greenrobot5 it's difficult to buy a non-smart printer that connects to Bluetooth and stuff

[@cewla3348]

but.. printers use subtractive colours, which means all 3 of CMY need to be used to make black?

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@cewla3348 mostly cyan is used to give a 'darker' black. It's bullshit though

[@a3rnav]

I love the variety or personalities on this channel. Each brings a different reason for why we are blessed that this channel exists

[@a3rnav]

@@Borax_Sensei I wish that were the case for my android, it just doesn't give me that option

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@a3rnav idk if something got updated at some point, but I just managed to uninstall Facebook off of my S20. I swear I tried to uninstall it back when I first got my phone, but it wouldn't let me. So... Maybe check now? Either you're able to uninstall it, or you're out a few seconds. Seems worth the chance to me.

[@a3rnav]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 S7 :( Might be getting an Note 10 later

[@TunaPetunia456]

@@Borax_Sensei I uninstalled mine sometime this year or last year so I had no problems with that happening to me

[@Gl-my8fw]

Hasnt been the same without damien tbh. He was the funniest they ever had.

[@charginginprogresss]

1:00:15 Had the same (well, it said 90 year olds there) sign in a barber shop in a nearby town, basically means "we don't offer free service". Some people think they can say like "I'll pay later" or sth, well not there

[@Darkened_music]

15:01 The best part is that there isn't even a number in it

[@TEH_BEST_RAB]

It's 8

[@2012petvet]

That's The Crappy Part About It, You Mean. They're Trying To Make You Think That You're Colourblind By Intentionally Refusing To Put A Number In There, Which Is Supposed To Make Them Click The Ad Because 'What If I Am??'.

[@kevinplaystudio]

@@TEH_BEST_RABI do see 8 but it’s very sneaky😂😂😂😂

[@christopherswayne3215]

The Hub app permissions are actually used for managing devices - say a school district needs to administrate school issued iPads - it should never be used for personal devices (unless you're managing a lot of personal devices). Definitely wrong for the op to consent to installing it, but the app has its uses.

[@ulysses847]

ok it was scary

[@mrmeme1950]

Hm

[@dreamwolf7302]

i was going to say, we have this app on my work phone, and its set up so that if the phone is stolen or goes missing, and someone tries to unlock it (other than me) setting off an alert, they can delete the data on the phone. I work in healthcare, and have patient files on the phone. This file data includes names, birthdays, social security numbers, etc. Someone getting into my work phone is a very bad thing.

[@rugmug7338]

I remember our school used the hub app and they wanted to download the app on all the students’ personal devices. I deleted it right after the mandatory download.

[@AdodgerWho]

@Mindless Gaming I would have told the school "that will be $800 for the device. After you pay, you can do whatever you want with it."

[@misscloud3479]

As a person with extreme social anxiety, having to call to cancel a subscription would be hell

[@Merrsharr]

Channel your anger. You are anxious about inconveniencing them? Remind yourself that you want to inconvenience them! Just make sure to direct your anger at the company, not the underpaid call center operator. Unless they give you bull.

[@misscloud3479]

@@Merrsharr gosh, I could never scream or be angry at the staff even if they are bad.

[@TunaPetunia456]

Ya know that hits close to home because I'm the same way

[@marlonarancibia3247]

@@misscloud3479 date someone without social anxiety. That's what my girlfriend did.

[@marlonarancibia3247]

@@coveyhough2524 L

[@bluntizard4481]

8:14 update on that : Nintendo ended up caring, Mario Maker 2 limit is 100 levels per user now

[@brookeross91]

1:01:05 thats actually like that cause if you choose no thanks they wont send you a turtle at all, and if you choose to hydrate they dont actually charge, its just to weed out bad owners

[@tehhypergamer963]

Man I hate it when companies ask about people's sexuality. Like, if I owned a company I wouldn't be asking that because why should I care about your sexuality? There's only really four things I would look for in order to hire someone: 1, they're old enough to work at my company, 2, they haven't committed any illegal acts, 3, they're capable of working, and 4, they're able to do their job well. So as far as I'm concerned, your sexuality, race, religion, gender, etc, all have nothing to do with it.

[@kittywithnomilk]

Yes this comment is the best every company needs to do this

[@poisonedbubbletea270]

It’s to fill out their diversity quota. It’s a shit system where you’re either not hired because of your race, sexuality etc, or you are hired just because of your race, sexuality etc.

[@fanofcodd]

It's because they need to fill quotas. It's the same for promotions. Like that when a non white non asian non heterosexual woman is promoted , everybody think it's because of that. That's why quotas are bad.

[@mroof523]

so it fucks over straight white males who may be more qualified than anyone else. And that means i may have a tough time finding a job in the future

[@fanofcodd]

@@mroof523 And it also sucks for competent women/blacks/latinos who had a legit promotion

[@samalam5742]

i just absolutely love how damien constantly sounds like a stoned surfer dude and robin sounds like a commentator for comics and animations

[@user-lw4cc5qb5j]

I LOVE THIS

[@-_Nifi_-]

Hmm Robin would be good at doing comic dubs…

[@mjverostek1278]

That gas one is actually DANGEROUS because of how many carjackings and robberies happen at gas stations while people are filling their gas tanks.

[@2012petvet]

Dangerous And Stupid, The Worst Combination.

[@CrystalShard9871]

If I'm not mistaken (for all the Cuphead fans) the intro music for this is the same music for whenever you see King Dice. It's called "Die House."

[@trevorrussell40]

When I worked for Papa John’s the drivers had to put all their tips in a bag after each delivery. At the end of shift it was equally divided among all drivers. Anyone who complained was given less hours and made to quit. This was only at my store not a company wide policy. Also, we were not given the “delivery charge”. The store manager would just pocket that.

[@Earthstar_Review]

Why is there always a token drug dealer manager, too? Every story from a former employee explains why the location shut down _the same way._

[@trevorrussell40]

@@Earthstar_Review well from my experience, they don’t test for drugs and it is easy access to money with little oversight

[@avamasquerade]

No delivery drivers get the delivery charge, it goes directly to the company, idk why anyone qould assume otherwise

[@WestGarbage6]

@@avamasquerade People assume otherwise because the company already gets well over 20 bucks an order most of the time and doesn't need the delivery fee, it's stupid they pocket the delivery fee because they already get the vast majority of profit from every single order, and considering it's their drivers delivering the food, the DELIVERY FEE, a fee put in place to pay for the manual labor of bringing the food or items to the customer, should theoretically go to the driver, right? But nah, fuck those guys, they can live off of illegal wages that equate to somewhere around $5 an hour if they're lucky, the company, as a multimillion dollar corporation, needs those fees FAR more than the laboring worker ever could, how else are they going to line their pockets?

[@yoshi6421]

​@@avamasqueradeBecause when putting in the order, the website itself states that 100 percent of the delivery fee goes to the driver...

[@thegrimrealityofficial]

The "up to $15 an hour" part reminded me of my last job, where I made $15 an hour at a restaurant to do janitorial work, prepare food (That includes cutting the vegetables, chipping the fries, portioning all of the food and various other tasks), wash all of the dishes, deliver the dishes to their respective places, fill containers with dry produce such as flour, sugar, etc and then bring them to the basement, sort and pack the recycling, garbage and sludge (The compost, which I had to do by hand) in a toxic environment where I was treated like shit if I didn't do everything in absurdly short amounts of time, for example, I had to chip a bucket of fries, which is 50 pounds of fries, in less than 2 minutes (I was constantly threatened with being fired if I didn't meet this requirement), I was constantly harassed by my "managers", the waiters and the owner of the restaurant for doing my job in the safe and sanitary way because they preferred things to be done in a way that completely ruins the chances of the dishes and food being sanitary, if I was really unlucky as well, I got the closing shift, where I had to sweep, mop, and sanitize the entire kitchen and all of the equipment at midnight, I was not paid for overtime and I quit because they decided to force me to stay there after my shift ended to complete a series of tasks they specifically told me not to do because it was busy while berating me about how I'm "bad at my job". Keep in mind that I was the only person working there with a food handlers license, none of the chefs nor any of the other employees there had one.

[@carissalynnftw]

And you didnt report them because WHY??? That last line alone wouldve equated to fines up the wazoo for that restaurant.

[@thegrimrealityofficial]

@@carissalynnftw 1, we have no unions nor any support for workers up here, 2, the guy who owns the restaurant is a millionaire and would've sued my ass out of existence and 3, there is nowhere to report them up here

[@NurseEvie]

I'm a student nurse and I worked in a care home for about a month as part of my degree and it was honestly shocking. They had to share 2 zimmer frames between about 20 residents on each floor, despite all the managers wearing gucci stuff and the managers office full of new gucci and Louis Vitton boxes. Nurses would repeatedly drop medication on the floor and just give it to residents and when we asked them why they just gave us a bullshit answer like they didnt have much stock and it took ages to order more, getting rude to us whenever we called them out and when speaking to the managers it was clear they didnt care. One of the residents died from an awful pressure sore from lying on a mattress and just being neglected it would have taken months for it to get as bad as it was. While working there the nurses would stare at us and whisper as if we knew too much but as student nurses nobody would listen to us. As much as I love nursing the social heirachy is just toxic not to mention unsafe but it happens everywhere we have to climb the ranks just to be listened to

[@lenee8959]

37:39 As someone who cannot digest gluten, I would be seething! Wth??

[@Cruveit]

21:30 holy shit I actually can't believe cologne was in an emkay video

[@tahraethestoryteller6079]

What’s really disgusting about TicketMaster is them keeping the ticket money from canceled shows

[@unicorn420puke]

We just bought tickets and got charged so much just for "insurance" if anything were to happen we get the money back. It's ridiculous. Also was trying to sell an extra ticket (we got it for 35) ticket Master said similar seats were going for over $100 on resales. It was ridiculous

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

More rage inducing than Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.

[@echonomad94]

True

[@michealpersicko9531]

NO they don't the only way that happens is if the event organizer doesn't approve refunds for whatever reason. I just read their purchase policy on this and they always send you an email notifying you if your show is cancelled or delayed and how to proceed.

[@briansalce2808]

@@unicorn420puke whats even worse is these days theyre allowing so many resales that scalping is disgusting for most any major event and tickets even a few months out for those events are double/triple priced at the least making what should've been the main source of tickets for the event and not actual resale sites like stubhub and seetgeek an absolute waste of time. now its become better to purchase through those secondary sites instead and still take the hit on ridiculous processing fees for better prices and cheaper insurance.

[@kwdq]

Damien when a company lies about size: Why would you do that? Damien when Disney lies about size: That's just smart business

[@apple54345]

When I lie about size: Tinder date goes home

[@yea......]

When nikocado avocado lies about his size: tinder date goes home

[@vasconcelos7356]

4:16

[@paddotk]

Different voice, different guy.

[@sebastianb.3978]

It's two different people dude

[@lightsidesoul]

OK, real quick, The "Keep baby turtle hydrated during shipping" thing is a test. If you're not willing to pay less than a dollar for the turtle's health and safety, the company will refuse your order.

[@potatwa]

I love damien he is one of my fav narrators Actually they are all lovely but i like when damien or lexi does it :)

[@mncubing8160]

1:00:28 Yes, it’s legit. Matpat (game theorists) did a whole experiment on it to see what the optimum amount of chips in a bag being transported was, and it’s almost exactly the amount most chip makers put in their bags.

[@Crow0567]

37:18 The percent total is probably just a rounding error. That's perfectly acceptable, it happens all the time and it's pretty minor. The problem is that the 34% is MUCH larger on the pie chart than it should be.

[@hztm]

And 62 should be way larger ! It's not even 50% ! Actually, 34 > 62 on the pie chart... 😳

[@Rosette404]

My battery is 34 % rn :) Just thought I'd say that..

[@troodon1096]

Yeah the pie chart is pretty deceptive since the slices aren't in the correct proportions. I don't have proof it's being intentionally deceptive but it sure is poorly designed.

[@xoriented983]

@@Rosette404bruh who cares

[@xoriented983]

Another example of misleading advertising

[@Nicholasboii]

16:05 Im sorry but this is so funny to me

[@aaronlandry3947]

For the dog eye drops... you pay for the amount of fluid... you aren't losing anything because there is air in the package. They are probably saving money by having a default/standard size tube to be used for multiple things they sell instead of making custom sized tubes for everything just so you can feel better about paying $60 for medicine by having a fuller but smaller tube.

[@veilvillage9873]

To add to the home depot cactus with fake flower thing - Lowes did something similar. It wasn't even a plastic flower, it was made of straw or paper - it took a while to remove without hurting or being hurt by the cactus. It has taken several years for the cactus to recover - now you can't even tell that it'd had hot glue on top of it.

[@chaoticducks.frog1274]

im impresd you took care of it for that long

[@epicrobloxcontent2.040]

HD also sells painted succulents.

[@Klekowksii]

Fun fact: You could take starbucks to a tribunal for that app, if they forced you to get it. If it's optional, best you can do is ignore it. Edit: For that minifridge one in which they charge 15 euros to empty it, I'd just unplug it and let it all spoil. Better yet, short circuit it so that way they can't blame me without irrefutable evidence.

[@randomcake1435]

Most state trial courts would throw it out immediately, or the jury would decide against you pretty quickly. Appeals probably wouldn't do any better.

[@TheRepublicOfDixionconderoga]

Infinite IQ

[@Mibris]

I think there was a slight misunderstanding with the app. It only asked for admin rights, these allow the app to do these things but they often only use the rights for other stuff. There's also plenty of apps that request administrator rights without even using them. More dangerous are the apps that request access to contacts and sell your information, because resetting your phone and locking it doesn't have any actual use for them, also if you got the bill from purchasing the device they would have a lot more problems than they would like to have.

[@randomcake1435]

@@Mibris No misunderstanding there.

[@ShyDigi]

@@randomcake1435 no they wouldn’t. This is a blatant invasion of privacy and unwarranted searching of your private property. Whether they actually use the admin rights or not, forcing this is illegal. They cannot coerce you into giving up the rights to your property by threatening a loss of a job. They can fire you for this, but the very fact that they tried to force you to do this is illegal.

[@I_make_random_stuff_for_fun]

Okay that last one got me 😂

[@wiggedcourt]

thank you for saving me from my tic tac era

[@Mavendow]

6:54 Fun fact, HP printers use all three color cartridges to print black. They call it "enhanced black." That blue icon uses the _least_ ink.

[@tacticallemon7518]

27:24 For those that don’t know, the head strap is very easy to remove, just look up any cleaning guides

[@kennyt1674]

Robin never fails to Make me laugh 😂

[@DPC2011]

Robin, if you hated your job at Comcast, then why didn’t you just quit once you realized they were scamming you?

[@hazel9490]

I purchased a container for jewellery making so I can separate my beads. However, with the container closed, there is a tiny gap between the lid and the sections so if I flip it over the beads cross contaminate. Therefore, I can only store it laying flat. Why can’t they just make the partitions touch the lid?

[@eeeby_deeby]

So you have to buy a very expensive relative to what you get extension pack that barely fits that will last a week that will break in the postage causing you to get a replacement that will take twice as long to arrive.

[@jenniferapplegate149]

A thin piece of cardboard cut to fit in the lid works great. Trial and error taught me this.

[@KingDerpy13]

So, the air in the chip's bag is to keep it cryogenically frozen, making it last longer. That's fine. That's why when you open up a new bag of chips and sniff, you get that nice smell. The problem is when they pump in too much air to make it seem like there's more in it.

[@haku8135]

It's not actually air. It's Nitrogen.

[@MigattenoBlakae]

@@haku8135 But Nitrogen is air lol. Almost 80% of the air we breathe is nitrogen gas. Nitrogen gas _IS_ air.

[@haku8135]

@@MigattenoBlakae No it isn't. It is a COMPONENT of air. Difference-If you only breath nitrogen. Ya die.

[@spoopyvirgil4944]

@@MigattenoBlakae Basic air science even. Like only 14% of what we breath in is oxegyn iirc.

[@ginaran8921]

​@@randomelementalbattlegroun4024in extremely small quantities

[@syddlinden8966]

Love getting the inspo to just log off, out away my phone, go outside, do a hobby. Like, tech bros toileting apps, sites, and hardwear just makes me long for the before times. Lol

[@chemicalvamp]

I mean can I just say that this is a great video to drink to?

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

3:00 i actually had worse. cactuses sold with flowers attached to the top via a 1.5 cm long needle that is punched into the cactus. i got 2, both died very quickly, rotting away from the point where the needle was pushed in.

[@enriconaves6501]

the individual who did that dont know much about plants and only care about profit

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

@@enriconaves6501 yep

[@Suenami89]

Watching this made me think: Everyone worried about cancelling Pepe Lepew, a 70 year old fictional cartoon character, over a consent issue. Meanwhile, consent is slowly being taken from us in our real everyday lives. But we are supposed to just smile and deal with it. 😎 We got it all wrong.. That shit should actually be illegal. This really is the worst timeline.

[@Living.Dead.Rocker]

I can agree!

[@previously-._.-katu]

Ikr this timeline is sh!tty as fvck

[@meanicri]

1:01:01 This actually is to see if the turtles will be in good care; they don't actually charge you 98 cents for a hydration pack if you add it anyway; They just won't sell you the turtle if you don't press the add Hydration pack button.

[@knurlgnar24]

For those unaware, most companies that allow you to access company data (emails etc) on your phone will REQUIRE you to install an app/rootkit that gives them full control over your device. The majority of fortune 500 companies require this. NEVER install said software. Obviously. But most people don't bother knowing what they agree to until they find themselves fired, their phone bricked, and all data gone.

[@thunderrain789]

I remember when Geico made me call to cancel my insurance policy with them. One of the few times I've felt entirely shameless in lying to someone. Told the agent I just didn't need my car anymore and was planning on selling it, when in fact I just found something cheaper and decided to switch. They still wanted me to pay a couple of hundred bucks a month just to, oh I don't even know. Something about saving my status. Something about still having a consecutive history of being "with Geico" which was supposed to net me future benefits. I knew the agent was just doing what his boss demanded of him, so I was too polite to interrupt his spiel. I just tuned him out until he was done talking, then politely "informed" him I really was just going to sell the car and certainly wouldn't need a new one in the foreseeable future. Fuck Geico. Wish that guy all the best.

[@Unidentica1]

if you dont mind, what is the insurance that was cheaper? im curious.

[@thunderrain789]

@@Unidentica1 Bristol West.

[@Unidentica1]

@@thunderrain789 thanks!

[@thunderrain789]

@@Unidentica1 You're welcome

[@persephonesodapop9103]

I used to work at Walmart and everyone got along with me until I reported a man for sexual harassment and had text messages to prove it. They never asked to see the messages, told him I reported him, and then fired me without saying anything to me.

[@roxyhoyt3675]

You did sue them, right?

[@persephonesodapop9103]

@@roxyhoyt3675 with what money?

[@roxyhoyt3675]

@@persephonesodapop9103 fair point, but I'm pretty sure it is very illegal to fire someone after they report sexual harassment. Edit: I just looked it up, and it is super illegal for employers to retaliate against employees who report sexual harassment.

[@persephonesodapop9103]

@@roxyhoyt3675 I had no idea, I appreciate that. Thank you

[@troodon1096]

Um, that's big time illegal. Telling the employee was illegal, as was firing you for making the report. It costs money to sue, but reporting them to the state or federal labor board is free. I'd do at least that much.

[@renegadethesandwing02050]

we really need to push for laws that require exactly what is in any and all products with the tolerances like "this thing contains 5g of ingredient ±0.03g" kinda thing. and so much more...

[@maris7457]

ya they care when it's alcohol/thc (like kombucha or CBD products), but not for sugar/etc., even though sugar can have bad consequences for some people with certain health conditions. it really should be taken more seriously

[@Abizcool12]

Beautiful how my custom made ad/Facebook blocker stops me from having these experiences. I might make a public free one soon.

[@Cruveit]

good for me, I've never used those shit apps before

[@lemonz_0]

They hot glue fake flowers on LIVE CACTUSES at alot of places. Got a little cactus from Walmart and had a paper flower glued on top. Had to scrape it off with a hot razor blade burning and scarring it in the process. Worst part is that the ones on top are on the growing point and it can't grow without taking it off.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Why.... why not just let the cactus grow the flower? Like I'm not wrong certain cacti can grow flowers?

[@teddy-beargamer6385]

@@Dovah_Slayer Yes, but you see, they want them to look more appealing to buyers without waiting for them to bloom before selling. Many species of cacti can take quite a while to bloom, so some sellers will try to shortcut the process by faking it, often damaging the plant in the process. It’s idiotic, but that’s capitalism for you. As long as they get their money, they don’t care.

[@mcawesome9705]

i love how these videos alternate between the narrator being damien and someone else also that god damn discord notification at 7:48

[@snix2212]

me : im going to watch short emkay video also video : 1h10min and 8 sec nothink les my guy

[@BeckyMessick]

LOL I hated to get ADs like that about hurricanes and then be checking the weather channel to see whats up!

[@Average109]

I have a huge fear of tornadoes and while playing a game, an ad for a weather app popped up and it read a tornado warning for my city. I started panicking and stupidly clicked the ad and it took me to a link to download the weather app before I could read the warning. I opened the weather app I already had and there was nothing for my area so I was really upset they allowed ads like that.

[@siltstridersftw]

I use weather apps I trust like Radarscope. Amazing app and I think you can allow it to message you if a warned storm is heading towards your area. Had a Severe T-Storm warning one time and it was warning me that the storm had been notified of rotation

[@treytonservantez9730]

I just want to say with the Hub app it's supposed to be installed on phones that the Work itself bought for their employees the reason it allows it to do all that is cuz your superiors are supposed to have access to that so when a worker is fired or quits they can go in and force the phone into a factory reset therefore bypassing the password the employee had put on said work phone

[@PrincessNinja007]

Same for the password thing. You can make your pin 1234 on your own phone, but once words like "massive data leak" get thrown around they'll start looking for the idiot who's been using the same password since their teenage AIM days

[@primordialsoupgod2850]

Yeah but I ain't seeing no company phones here

[@Zeldon567]

Had to install it to use the company barcode scanner software on my phone. By the way, fuck walmart.

[@krisswiftt]

I realize the hub app is necessary for work phone, but I still don't like it. Something about the smugness of it all

[@j.p.6932]

18:05 The point is to make it look like real strawberries (or more flavoring) were added/used when there’s nothing there.

[@0din176]

I've watch 26 minutes of this video and I'm losing my faith in humanity each minute.

[@crystallizer7308]

I know it looks bad for the dog eye medication having that much dead space in the tube, but as long as the declared weight of the medication preparation (which does not include the tube or cap) is as stated on the label, theres no foul play here. Perhaps the manufacturer wishes to have a consistent tube size for all their products.

[@theoverseer1775]

Or perhaps he COULD HAVE FILLED THE WHOLE TUBE WITH THE MEDICATION INSTEAD OF SCAMMING YOU OUT OF HALF THE TUBE. AND IF HE DOES NOT WANT TO USE MORE MEDICATION HE COULD MAKE THE ACTUAL TUBE SMALLER SO THAT IT DOES NOT TRICK PEOPLE INTO BUYING LESS.

[@acheronalexander]

Also it should have give so if it does get squished it doesn't pop the cap. I am a veterinarian we have had an issue with some meds that had popped their caps. Also the air allows expecially eye medication to not leak immidiatelly after opening

[@acheronalexander]

@@theoverseer1775 it has a purpose. Eye meds are often liquidy and can start squirting when you open them and won't stop. The air actually helps with that not happening if it gor squished a bit

[@diamondseraph9369]

8:56 My dog also needs this or else he risks going blind. Can confirm this is accurate. Sometimes we end up having to give him normal eye drops as well (unmedicated and we also check to make sure that they're safe to use on dogs) to wash out any trash/gunk gets in his eyes and keep them from drying up. There were also a few times that my dad decided to use some of the medicated stuff for my girl dog (who has perfectly healthy eyes and doesn't need it. I mean, we use unmedicated eye drops on her as well sometimes but that's different) and each time we had to yell at him because you can't use medical eye drops on a dog who doesn't need them!

[@TheLegendaryWarrior643]

holy hell the timing when you reached the post about the ad blocker and as soon as op typed ok [turns off adblocker] i also have mine off and it played an ad for me

[@ghostdog0424]

1:05:26 …there is a reason that keys are like that. It helps make sure the key is on the right spot and stays there while opening it. If you lock feels crunchy, spray some WD40 in there and jiggle it. If that doesn’t work, get a new lock with a different key bidding that’s not ass

[@KyleCorbeau]

33:45 Honestly, I'd report it to the police for vandalism and encourage anyone else in the parking lot who had it done to them to do so too. Shit's all fun and games to the company until they have the cops knocking on their door or a pending lawsuit.

[@jordanhasch2544]

As someone who works for a service where tips are relied upon rather heavily (DoorDash), I can say-without hesitation-that tips are a blessing. I applaud anyone who does tip, because it only helps my bottom line in the end. I also tip as much as I can when I order out, knowing full well what those drivers and employees go through. With that said, however, Papa John's does NOT pay their people anywhere near what they fucking deserve. I used to work for them, and they make you bend over goddamn backwards just to get your paychecks sorted. I was almost always shorted at least five hours per check, EVERY check, for six months. It was bullshit, and I finally had to threaten them with a lawsuit. All this aside, I agree that you SHOULD tip your driver. They're putting themselves and their vehicles in harms way, trying so hard to get you your food/sundries in a timely fashion. Be grateful to them and tip well. I do NOT, however, agree with PJ essentially demanding that a person tip, which is what they're doing. It's almost as if they're saying, "You're going to tip. Or else."

[@bararobberbaron859]

Tipping being expected is I'm guessing a US thing because labor rights seem to be mostly a joke over there. Being legally allowed to pay less because employees may get tips? Why the hell am I supplementing your income because your boss won't pay enough? Of course I let my staff accept tips because a little bonus as a thank you isn't bad, but I pay them a full wage because that's what you're supposed to do.. Employees shouldn't need tips, terrible system. And almost being held at gunpoint any time you go out because you have to tip.. I don't find that comfortable and it certainly doesn't increase the quality of my time spent there.

[@Crow0567]

This is why i usually round up from the highest listed tip on delivery services, when they give me the option to do a custom tip. Especially because i tend to order late at night.

[@joeycampbell940]

Tipping in general is completely ignorant but expecting a tip before the food arrives is just pathetic.

[@Crow0567]

@@joeycampbell940 Are you American? If not, I understand you not knowing how tips work here. If so, do you not know how little people are payed because "theyll be tipped anyways"?? It's used to justify paying people below the already horrifically low minimim wage here.

[@joeycampbell940]

@@Crow0567 yeah and blindly continuing to tip, you're supporting that mentality.

[@aembattledturtle8562]

The KZbin ad where it’s like “catch the cheater” doesn’t have a fake skip ad, it’s just a recording of another fake games ad

[@shadowfluff2255]

53:35 I get these. They honestly suck. Even if you click the button that say you won't get them anymore, you will get the pop-up within the next day, if not 10 minutes. What is worse is when the pop-up freezes so you can't close out of it unless you turn your computer off, which when you are in an important meeting, that isn't an option.

[@Memecious]

Can we appreciate him for never making us bored

[@BananaWasTaken]

Who?

[@yoderiate7472]

the 3 bits in a comment secrion

[@cricry]

Which "him" ?

[@kazutomotakayoshtosh]

It’s actually a team of people who makes these videos

[@nonexistentboi]

Shut up

[@racdiecoon4994]

the "kick ball being not for kicking" thing is so they cant legally get sued if someone is hurt after being hit by it. also great video!

[@PixelPotat0]

This reminds me of the mobile games that say it has no ads but you just watched their ad on their game 💀 and that’s a recent trend too so it’s still happening.

[@kaitoukirby7287]

That Google Maps one reminds me of an issue I had with it a while back. I'm a relatively inexperienced driver and get nervous about getting lost, so I tend to use Google Maps sometimes even though I know most of a route just to make sure I don't forget a turn or something. I would still want to take the route I'm used to, since I do know most of it and have an idea of what to expect, but Maps helps just to make sure I don't miss a turn or things like that. So very fun time for me when I'm on the interstate, focused on driving, and Google Maps finds a faster route for me that takes a completely different way than I'm used to in order to save like 2-3 minutes of driving. It promptly tells me this and asks if I want to switch... while I'm driving... with the message that if I don't answer, it'll automatically switch to the faster route even though I chose my route when I started. Oh and, naturally, voice commands are disabled for this so you can't just say "No" outloud. Pick up your phone *while driving* to tap no, or have your route unwillingly changed. Thankfully I know most of the route well enough that I could force it back to my original route by just ignoring the turns it was trying to get me to take, but as somebody who worries about stuff like this, the idea it can swap my route without my explicit consent is so ridiculous.

[@RandomFurry115]

I love the way Damien says "burnt pork chop , Dipstick" at 2:54

[@albinopolarbear8229]

I was a locksmith in the past and can tell you that the "performace cut" on the key is almost surely just deburring the key after its been cut. Something we always do because the key isnt done untill its deburred

[@CrookieMonsterr]

I once asked a collegue about a part that was sitting on his desk, he said it was for fibre network. Didn't say what it was, i didn't look it up, nothing. The next day i got personalised ads for EXACTLY that part

[@SnowTiger6]

Idk who i like more.. the editor or Damien. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@_zerohour_]

"oh look it's a chocolate bar but it's filled with LIES" love this line

[@silverserienty9384]

14:04 Looks like the reverse etch thing is made of metal so that means there is the possibility that when its hot out you could get branded (litterally) by that FUCKING BENCH

[@kaitlynn1402]

So, just as a note (a very late note)...the plastic flowers are added by the nurseries that grow the cactus in order to make them more appealing to "non-plant" people. This was told to me by a nursery worker from Costa Farms (who grows a lot of plants you find in home improvement stores and other places).

[@GreyJackJack]

21:32 georbitry dish cameo :D i looooove gd cologne

[@REEbott86]

This video really makes me feel like the only solution to these issues are either an insane amount of international cooperation or an insane amount of violence. There is no middle ground, we either all come together or we tear down the institution and rebuild it into something just as exploitable only with people that know what happens when you exploit us.

[@forkshifter]

I want little kids to see this and learn the harsh ways of apps. EmKay is def great for all ages. From being new to almost becoming expired.

[@grim1243]

I used to work at a store that also sold the little cactuses with the hot glued little fake flowers. I once removed all the glue from them and redisplayed them and honestly more people bought them like that as they disliked the fake flowers, but my manager got mad at me for “removing their selling point”

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Remember when Facebook used to be like "To unlock the next level get 5 people to play this game" and then you'd spam requests to every person on your facebook. There would always be someone saying "I DON"T PLAY FARMTOWN. STOP SENDING ME REQUESTS!" lol

[@xoriented983]

This video actually makes me go crazy of how greedy this world is

[@emmak4938]

I remember when a really expensive shoe store stopped putting prices on. I think long term it must hurt the company because everyone hates having to ask. Maybe I should go in and ask about every item to piss them off. But even then it would be poor minimum wage worker not the person who did it.

[@KokichiAndNagitosCombinedMinds]

I went to get new shoes for my brother, with my brother. The shoes didn't have prices, and the brand label was torn. I'm so thankful that I was quick to ask how much they were because I was not paying for $200 Doc Martins

[@McLeod72012]

The “you can’t read the whole fucking 1208 lines” one is so funny to me I don’t know why

[@hexar260]

this is dystopian.

[@michaeljohnson1117]

We also need a law fining companies for excessive and unnecessary plastic use rather than taxing the consumer who has no control over how much plastic is being used.

[@Abstract_zx]

but the companies have the money to pay politicians to not pass the law so i guess the cost has to go to consumers

[@wesnohathas1993]

@@Abstract_zx And here we find the root of most of these problems. Consumer protection laws are practically nonexistent thanks to scumbag corporations having enough money and power to define the law themselves. And this is how we come to live in a world run by corporatism.

[@gingerballin]

@@Abstract_zx lets not forget lobbying

[@gingerballin]

The American Chemistry Council would never let this happen

[@Abstract_zx]

@@gingerballin thats exactly what i was talking about

[@CamperCarl00]

As a quick aside, it's perfectly legal to sneak food and drink into movie theatres. Attendants can kick you out if they catch you, but they are more vigilant about people recording with their phones than bothering people who brought in Licorice from Walgreens.

[@jmi967]

One of the worst things is when you finally download an advertised app and you still see the ad for that app all the time.

[@friesdies]

That one GDcolon tweet is similar to something we did with our exams online it's a program where it force quits everything, streams your webcam to teachers, like the stuff mentioned.