COMPLAINTS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
The annoyance of a streaming application stopping your movie to display a spinning gray circle for five minutes.
Buffering
This famous Italian tower began leaning dangerously sideways almost immediately after construction started because the foundation was built on soft sand.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
This iconic pink wading bird is born with gray feathers and only turns vibrant pink due to eating massive amounts of shrimp.
Flamingo
This iconic crunchy snack was invented in 1853 after a chef got incredibly frustrated by a customer complaining his fries were too thick.
Potato chips
An architectural superstition in many high-rise hotels where this specific sequential number is completely skipped on the elevator button panel.
The number 13
The daily annoyance of your smartphone screen turning completely black and dead because you forgot to bring this wire.
A charging cable or a Charger
A historical blunder where a major dynamic publication company turned down the rights to publish this wizarding book series by J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter
This massive underwater mammal possesses a tongue that physically weighs as much as an entire adult elephant.
Blue whale
This popular sweet morning treat featuring colorful chocolate loops was created after an explorer's dough accidentally fell into a hot vat of oil.
Doughnuts
The popular belief that opening this rain-protection device while standing completely indoors will invite economic disaster into the household.
Umbrella
The digital panic when you accidentally hit this button on an email, sending a private joke to the entire corporate company.
Reply All
This popular fast-food chain launched a promotional marketing campaign in 1984 tied to the Olympics that backfired, forcing them to give away millions of free burgers.
McDonald's
These flightless black-and-white birds possess a unique gland that filters salt out of ocean water, allowing them to drink it.
Penguins
This popular dark sweet treat style featuring a hard shell was invented after military personnel needed a way to carry chocolate without it melting in hot climates.
M&Ms
The widespread belief that a feline companion featuring this specific dark fur coat color crossing your path brings immediate terrible fortune.
A Black Cat
The daily frustration of an automated phone system forcing you to yell this word ten times just to talk to a human.
"Representative" or "Operator"
An ancient historical blunder where the citizens of Troy willingly pulled a massive wooden sculpture of this animal inside their fortress gates.
A horse (The Trojan Horse)
This long-necked desert mammal features three distinct eyelids on each eye to shield its vision from blowing sandstorms.
Camel
This popular carbonated dark beverage was originally formulated by a pharmacist in 1886 as a medical syrup to cure standard headaches.
Coca-Cola
The unique maritime superstition that changing the official name of this asset class will instantly curse the vessel to a watery grave.
A Boat or Ship
The digital annoyance of a platform forcing you to create a word containing a number, an uppercase letter, and this specific type of symbol.
Special Character
A corporate marketing mistake where an airline brand offered an unlimited first-class flight pass for life, losing millions as one user flew over 10 million miles.
American Airlines
This small flying insect can fly backward, sideways, and hover in place like a high-tech helicopter.
Dragonfly
This common medical scanning machine was discovered after a physicist noticed a glowing screen across his lab while operating a vacuum tube.
X-Ray Machine
The unique superstition that if you sweep a broom directly over a single person's feet, they will spend the rest of their lifespan in this social state.
Unmarried or Single forever