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      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">I think we can all agree that there are specific things that still somehow exist today but really shouldn't with how far society has come. For example, maybe it's those annoying "convenience fees" that we are sometimes charged when paying a bill online or the fact that some places ask for you to fax (!) paperwork over.</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/17/asset/b69b1ea59133/sub-buzz-3461-1664473993-6.png?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto"/><h2>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">Well, I found a Reddit thread that discussed just that when <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jacky_jessie/" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/jacky_jessie</a> asked "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/what_is_something_that_shouldnt_exist_in_2022_but/" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">What is something that shouldn't exist in 2022 but still does?</a>" The responses have me nodding my head in agreement. Here are some of them.</span>
    
  </h2><p><i>Note: Some responses have been edited for length and clarity.&nbsp;</i><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">1.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Cans that you need a can opener for. Just have a pull tab."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/264a6e577d19/sub-buzz-3601-1664474795-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipwsufw/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/RadamHusane</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">2.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Scam callers on my cell phone. I don't even answer calls that are from numbers not in my phonebook anymore — I wait for a text or voicemail. It blows my mind that enough people still fall for them and that it's a profitable business."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/17/asset/3cad7a67a0be/sub-buzz-3658-1664474053-24.png"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxii1y/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/NuclearLunchDectcted</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">3.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Bedbug infestations. Why hasn’t science developed a 'roach motel-like trap' that’s effective against these critters?"</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipx63dc/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/smash1969</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">4.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Women’s clothing with  fake pockets."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/17/asset/11e2ce2f9cd2/sub-buzz-3462-1664474094-4.png"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipwynal/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/SuvenPan</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">5.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"The little gap between public bathroom stall doors. I don’t need to make eye contact with someone taking a shit."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxihym/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/LetsPlanForTomorrow</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">6.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"People who write checks at any retail store."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipwpc57/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/5MinuteDad</a><br></p><p>"Specifically the people who wait for the total to be rung up and then begin to take out the checkbook, or dig for a pen."<br></p><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipwv4yt/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/AtlEngr</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">7.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"The rule that men should always initiate and the women have to be chased."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/264a6e577d19/sub-buzz-3611-1664474949-7.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipwt1vw/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/Manolito261990</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">8.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Places without cell service in the US."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipx31p3/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/kwj1088</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">9.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Typing in your username, password, or credit card info one letter at a time using a 4-arrow pad on your TV remote or Xbox controller."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/264a6e577d19/sub-buzz-3601-1664475101-4.png"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxavr7/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/CommonCranberry</a></p><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/264a6e577d19/sub-buzz-3641-1664476061-4.jpg"/><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">10.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Black bars on top and bottom of widescreen TVs."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxfk23/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/Metalgrowler</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">11.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Ketchup packets. How are we in 2022 and we don’t have a better invention for to-go ketchup??"</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/f6a4d84c4cf7/sub-buzz-3572-1664475132-6.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxi0db/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/LikelyTarnished18</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">12.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Styrofoam egg cartons."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxib8x/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/dearest-ribwich</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">13.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Door-to-door sales people. Leave me alone."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipyrljb/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/AdministrativeBit385</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">14.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Paying for glasses to be able to see others."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/11e2ce2f9cd2/sub-buzz-3484-1664475160-5.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipyx55d/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/pampusreborn</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">15.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Telephone lines. I just got charged an extra $50 because the cable guys put in a landline I didn’t ask for. Cellphones, bro. Cellphones."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipx6tjv/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/throwawayanon0211</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">16.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Convenience fees when you pay utility bills online."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/b69b1ea59133/sub-buzz-3472-1664475221-16.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxdhbf/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/infinit9</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">17.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Paying for pot holes that never get filled."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipx46h9/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/BasicallyIJustDont</a><br></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">18.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Literally any product designed to 'clean' a woman’s hoo-ha. It’s a self-cleaning environment — we don’t need to add anything to it to 'clean' it, and using those products is highly likely to cause an unpleasant infection."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxcsh4/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/MamaKit92</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">19.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Paper boarding passes."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/f6a4d84c4cf7/sub-buzz-3572-1664475278-8.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxetm1/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/schaudhery</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">20.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Required documents via fax or physical mail only."</span>
    
  </h2><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxdiuv/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/Xenoforever</a></p><h2>
    
      <span class="subbuzz__number">21.</span>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">"Shopping cart attendants. Why is this still a job? Aldi has solved the problem by using a quarter to lock and release the cart. Think of all the jobs that store employees could be doing instead and carts would always be returned to the front of the store. Assholes wouldn’t just leave carts all over the parking lot if they lost money each time."</span>
    
  </h2><img class="PostContentImage" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/29/18/asset/264a6e577d19/sub-buzz-3619-1664475353-6.jpg"/><p>—<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo2u0j/comment/ipxmcpw/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank" data-skimlinks-tracking="6322749">u/eight24</a></p><h2>
    

    
      <span class="js-subbuzz__title-text"><i>Do you have anything you could add to this list? Tell me in the comments below!</i></span>
    
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