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20 Remarkably Useless Designs That Might Make You Wonder If People Have Just Given Up

Have you ever gone to use something and realized… wait. This cannot possibly do the thing it was designed to do?

The experience is equal parts hilarious and frustrating and really, all you can do after a moment of staring at the object, boggled out of your mind, is … share it to Reddit and laugh. We perused the r/CrappyDesign subreddit for some of the best of these terrible design flaws and rounded up the top twenty for you.

1. Chips without chips, please!

ZodiacWarrior_

2. Confusing trashcan

zukluk

3. I do not know how to wear these

chrzzl

4. Yes or no

BeanBall2077

5. IKEA colander that won’t strain right

jenjen5308

6. A locker that can’t hold a backpack

zucclivan

7. It’s a ladder AND a security gate!

pcjcusaa1636

8. Sheer idiocy

KoldunMaster

9. This water bottle has markings to show you how much liquid is in it, but you can’t see through the bottle

LostGundyr

10. I think I’ve found it, the worst expiration date ever.

RT-Garbage

11. No clock hands

12. Minimalism?

13. Automatic alphabetizing

14. Go upstairs

15. What a mess

16. IP address is showing

17. Where’s the mouse?

18. NO WHAT.

19. As though we don’t get snow in Tahoe

20. It’s in a book