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created by GuyYouMetOnline on 31/01/2025 at 20:14 UTC
4453 upvotes, 34 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by LemmyUserOnReddit at 31/01/2025 at 20:28 UTC
465 upvotes, 1 direct replies
r/ididnthaveeggs
Comment by Jester1525 at 31/01/2025 at 20:28 UTC
556 upvotes, 3 direct replies
There is a lady on TikTok that finds 1 star recipe reviews where the person made some crazy substitution and then complained it didn't taste good.. Like 'I replaced the sugar with vinegar and it was awful. 1 star' (that's not actually that much of an exaggeration..)
Comment by jmploeger at 31/01/2025 at 21:07 UTC
150 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I just bought a humidifier and one of the troubleshooting entries was for "uses too much water". The solution was a polite version of "it's thermodynamics."
Comment by SolarPanel19 at 31/01/2025 at 21:56 UTC
241 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I saw a picture somewhere on Reddit ages ago but I can't find it anymore. It was a screenshot of a review of a cooking pot. The pot's specifications stated that it could reach temperatures of up to 300°C. The reviewer decided to test this by filling it with water and putting a thermometer in it. They were disappointed that it only reached 100°C. (To be clear, it was not a pressure cooker)
Comment by thepixelpaint at 31/01/2025 at 21:26 UTC
226 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Looking for an ice bath on Amazon I saw one that said “When I filled it up to the top and got in, then water went all over the place.”
Comment by LegateDamar at 31/01/2025 at 22:46 UTC
98 upvotes, 2 direct replies
On a review of a tungsten sphere, some guy put a lengthy review that included this -
Most people buying this kit, I would assume like me, are looking for a "Wow" or "Gee Whiz" moment when they pick up or hand someone the tungsten ball because of its unusually high density - even higher than lead, which you ought not be playing around with.
And to some degree, it delivers this - it is a very heavy ball for its size. But it wasn't so heavy that it "wowed" me. For over $100 I was hoping for more of a surprise when I picked it up, or had it placed in my hand.
He's complaining that tungsten isn't dense enough to wow him? Should've bought osmium I guess
Comment by tinselsnips at 31/01/2025 at 21:16 UTC
259 upvotes, 2 direct replies
When I worked retail, I once had someone return a pedestal fan that "doesn't make the air colder, it just blows it around."
Comment by DannySantoro at 31/01/2025 at 20:45 UTC
179 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I was selling a card game reproduction (the original game was out of production for 15+ years and was clearly sold as a reproduction). I got a person who gave me one star and did a big long rant because the quality was too good, the cards looked too clean, and it was in a custom shrink wrapped deck box. It also had my company logo on the box and in an extra card in the box with how to get help or support, but I guess that means it was a big scam.
My bad for trying to make it look nice?
Comment by 1cubealot at 31/01/2025 at 21:16 UTC
87 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I saw an image of a bag saying 1 star, the bag gets heavy when I put things in it
Comment by Scottalias4 at 31/01/2025 at 20:40 UTC
145 upvotes, 1 direct replies
There's one on Amazon for a dehumidifier. I would have given it 5 stars but it fills up with so much water.
Comment by DraveDakyne at 31/01/2025 at 21:08 UTC
68 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not an online review but I once sat and listed to a broadcast cameraman ranting about the light loss of a lens adapter that allowed a lens for a 2/3" sensor camera be used on a 35mm sensor. He insisted there had to be lossless adapters available, which isn't true because physics.
Also had a customer when I worked at Target during college come in looking for "one of those VCR adapter tapes for his camcorder." He then proceeded to show me a MiniDV tape (a digital format) and I spent way too much time trying to convince him what he was looking for didn't exist. He finally said "Fine, I'll just go get it at radio shack!" I asked him to stop back by and show it to me after he bought it.
Comment by GuyYouMetOnline at 31/01/2025 at 20:15 UTC
62 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Link to comic because I couldn't figure out how to do a link and an image at the same time: https://xkcd.com/3044/[1][2]
Comment by NerdErrant at 31/01/2025 at 23:38 UTC
59 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Once worked for a car rental agency. Had a customer complain about the car pushing her backwards while it accelerated. Thought it might be a glitchy transmission. Smoothest car I ever drove. Great acceleration. She was complaining about inertia.
Comment by Asterlux at 01/02/2025 at 01:02 UTC
43 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Why does my router faraday cage block the wifi 😭
Comment by wayne0004 at 01/02/2025 at 04:36 UTC*
39 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It reminds me of a story (I don't know if it's true) told by an IT guy where they were trying to explain a salesman that it's impossible to have a ping of 20 milliseconds (or something like that) between London and New York, and the salesman saying that they should try because it was a requirement in a contract he signed.
(London and New York are roughly 5,500 km apart as the crow flies, and 5,400 through the Earth. Light takes about 18 ms to travel that distance, so we're talking a bit more than 36 ms to be the theoretical limit)
Comment by Huggable_Hork-Bajir at 01/02/2025 at 01:17 UTC
30 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I work in a kitchen. We have a customer who keeps ordering prime rib meal packs for her holiday catering bundles even though she hates fatty meat.
She orders it, gets mad about the meat, calls the restaurant and yells at one of us, then when she doesn't get the answer she wants she shows up demanding to speak to someone because "her prime rib had some *FAT* in it and that's *not* normal. I just don't think that's what prime rib is supposed to be like right?".
You'd think after the fifth or sixth time of this happening and us explaining "prime rib is fatty" she'd finally be able to grasp that insane concept and either stop ordering it or just accept that's what prime rib is like and that maybe she just doesn't *actually* like prime rib, but no.
She just keeps ordering it, getting mad, and showing up at the restaurant to demand an explanation for the fat marbling in her prime rib.
Comment by oshaboy at 31/01/2025 at 22:15 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not really "violating physics" but I got these credit card sized solar calculators that had terrible reviews because people claimed they "charged it in the light" for days and it still doesn't work unless you shine a light on it.
The calculator had no battery or even room for one and definitely no charging circuit. It was literally just a solar panel connected to an off the shelf IC and an LCD screen. You can't even see the screen without light so I don't know why people cared.
Comment by sk7725 at 01/02/2025 at 03:35 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A Japanese VTuber Sakura Miko complained her room was so dry even with the humidifier on. She did not know she had to put water in the humidifier. To clarify, she knew that humidifiers needed water, but her humidifier was acrually an AC that had a humidifier function and for some reason she did not realize that also needed water to make the room wet.
Comment by Spruce-mousse at 01/02/2025 at 07:26 UTC*
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
One of the 1 star reviews for an oven I bought recently said 'works well, but when you open the door all the steam goes in your face '
Comment by gandalfx at 01/02/2025 at 20:18 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not quite the same but I've seen dozens of instances of "I needed something different". I mean people who *actually realized* they just bought the wrong thing. Like, they bought a shovel, realized that what they actually needed was a hammer, and rated the shovel low for not being a hammer.
Drives me up nuts. Not only is it completely unfair, it's also a waste of everyone's time who's browsing reviews for valid criticism.
Comment by GuyYouMetOnline at 01/02/2025 at 02:45 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
These are all great, thank you.
Comment by martinus at 01/02/2025 at 12:28 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Read a review about an electric heater. They said it worked very well but used way too much electricity.
Comment by IrishToHaveABeer at 01/02/2025 at 14:53 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I once had a lady complain that the ice in her drink was melting to fast and gave a poor review. Because the laws of thermodynamics are my fault.
Comment by oggokogok at 02/02/2025 at 03:47 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I bought a weighted blanket for the girlfriend and one of the reviews said it was very heavy, but was a 1 star review. I could only laugh
Comment by toinlett at 01/02/2025 at 02:15 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I noticed not seeing as much of these comments in the last decade, usually a small population of people hesitate to conclude if they are not sure. Now every cat has something to say, I'm honestly intrigued
