Humanity has produced some truly elite ideas. The snooze button, read receipts, and trash bags with drawstrings that actually close. Civilizational wins. Whoever invented these absolutely understood the assignment and improved daily life for everyone.
But nature demands balance. For every stroke of genius, there also has to be something completely useless. And Reddit has a whole community dedicated to finding exactly those creations. It’s called Well That Was Pointless, and it’s full of hilariously unnecessary fails. Scroll down for the funniest ones.
#1 The Vent In My Hotel Shower Doesn't Seem To Be Working
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#2 A Screwdriver That Requires A Screwdriver To Open It
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#3 Who Is It?
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#4 Hmm
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#5 Starting To Understand Office Space A Little More
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#6 Your Trusted News Source!
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#7 Secure Your Haul. Task Complete!
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#8 Thanks
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#9 A Picture To Sum Up This Sub
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#10 Thank You For Noticing
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#11 A Solar Powered Parking Meter In An Underground Garage
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#12 Solar Panels Are Set, Boss
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#13 I Understand
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#14 Proper Drainage
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#15 What A Deal!
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#16 This Dart Apparently
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#17 Best Security Gate Ever Made
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#18 To Anyone Who Pays To Advertise Here
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#19 Made In Japan
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#20 I Don't Think That's How It Works...
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#21 Thank God Someone Translated This
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#22 Iron Man With Removable Iron Man Mask
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#23 Wonderful
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#24 To Help With Your Fear Of Putting Eye Drops In
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#25 Smhh
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#26 Bus Stop
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#27 Wait👀
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#28 My Friend Just Sent Me This From Dundee
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#29 Wow Thanks Safari
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#30 Today I Made A Noodle
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#31 When You Go To A Scenic Overlook But You’re In A Cloud
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#32 Everything's On Sale
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#33 I Just Won The Lottery!
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