I had a discussion with a friend recently and during that discussion, one comment was “Fitted sheets are really both the best and the worst”, of course referencing them as awesome when put on a mattress and the worst when you’re trying to fold them.

What else do we have that would qualify for being awesome, but also the worst in a different context?

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The Internet

On the positive side, it allows you to contact people that you would have never interacted with otherwise

On the negative side, it allows people to contact you that you never would have interacted with otherwise

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I love and hate sleep. Sleep feels good in the morning but trying to motivate myself to go to sleep is a challenge

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Opposite for me. It feels great to sleep. But it sucks to wake up. I have to motivate myself for 20-ish minutes before I get out of bed lol.

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As an insomniac I can relate.

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Genitals. Both male and female. (Generally) awesome when in use but a maintenance nightmare otherwise. Reasons for being the worse (some depending on gender) include: initiating takeoff visibly and without reason, leakages, being very fragile, requiring more packaging than any other body part and others

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Can make humans; also hurts like hell for no apparently functional reason every month.

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Funny thing I heard is that it’s like a punishment for not getting pregnant (by the body). Post pregnancy my wife said she had periods but without the pain, like the body was saying ‘I’m happy for now.’

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-“Where are the babies?”

-But I already have two ba…

I DEMAND BABIES FOR THE BABY THRONE!

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Well, I sure am happy I put the nsfw tag on this post now. Thanks for the awesome reply.

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I was just going to say a blowjob with pop rocks, so yeah, his reply had more thought behind it.

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All fun 'n games till ya pop!

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To be fair it was the NSFW tag that gave me the idea. I went “why would this have an NSFW tag? … Ooooh!”

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Not to mention how much more cleaning they need compared to, say, the legs and arms.

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Having a job

Also, being unemployed.

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Personally I found being unemployed was way, way worse

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Being unemployed is fine, it’s more the whole ‘lack of income’ thing that sucks, and it’s just a shame the two are so often connected.

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I agree. But it still fits in the category. Can’t beat being able to run errands at any time during the day or sleeping until midday the whole week. Too bad it comes with financial and psychological stress and anxiety

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It is. The hardest job is trying to find a job.

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Phones.

Banking apps, podcasts, gps navigation, chatting to friends, listening to music are all awesome.

But then getting stuck doomscrolling and constantly checking my phone trying to eke out a little more stimulation when literally anything else would be a more productive way to spend my day - that part sucks ass.

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Consider the day the guy in charge of domestic espionage was told everyone will willingly carry a wire + camera + gps always and make it their top priority taking care of said device while also paying for it and recording everything consensually.

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I love a good doomscroll before work.

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I’m doomscrolling right now

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