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41 Pics That Are Oddly Unsatisfying

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If you're a regular Bored Panda reader, you've probably seen a post or two that we did on the subreddit r/OddlySatisfying, a place where every perfectionist comes to remind themselves that there's still order in this world.

But today, let's try something else. Created back in December 2013, there's a subreddit with a name that differs by just a few letters yet has the complete opposite content. r/OddlyUnsatisfying and its 20.3K members are devoted to crooked lines, messed up patterns, and, as their introduction section says, all the other disgusting, annoying things that make your day inexplicably worse.

So continue scrolling to check your nerves and see how far down the list you can go!

#1 This Fork That Was Never Cut

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#2 Screams In Comic Sans

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As you probably can see, whether it's in architecture or someone's garden, asymmetry can feel really off.

In fact, we're so used to clean and orderly patterns that a quick scan of Instagram will reveal accounts dedicated entirely to symmetrical images.

These accounts range from Symmetry Breakfast, an Instagram account with 677,000 followers that posts images of matching breakfasts, to Geometry Club, an account with 33,000 followers that shares photos of buildings shot from the street up, two sides converging on the apex in what looks like the perfect triangle.

#3 We All Scream For Ice Cream

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#4 This Really Wound Me Up

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#5 Oddly Unsatisfying

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And this is not something new. We've long been bathing in these aesthetic symmetrical delights.

In the 20th century, numerous abstract artists adopted it, from Sol LeWitt and Josef Albers in the US to Robyn Denny in the UK.

As did Aleksandr Rodchenko, some of whose photos of Moscow's buildings after the Russian revolution wouldn't look out of place on Geometry Club even now.

#6 The Peas Are Upside Down

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#7 Oh Well

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#8 The Way That All The Other Fanta Bottles Are Filled Evenly And Then The Blue Bottle

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#9 Smooth Bernie Sanders

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Before these folks, there were generations of Islamic artists who thought symmetry reflected the harmony of heaven, and whose work duly aimed to bring artist and viewer closer to God.

Mosques all over the world from Mecca to Manchester all bear a nod to the tradition of geometric patterns, with one of the most famous being the stucco and tile work inside the Alhambra palace in Granada.

#10 Whoever Made This Clearly Shouldn't Have

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#11 If Sadness Was A Cookie

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#12 My Wife Said She Was Cleaning Out Her Email Inbox And It Was Taking A Long Time… ?

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#13 This Baseball Park

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According to the American scientist Alan Lightman, human brains actually strive to see things symmetrically.

"The reason must be partly psychological," he said. "Symmetry represents order, and we crave order in this strange universe we find ourselves in... [It] helps us make sense of the world around us."

And when the order is disturbed... It reminds us of chaos. The loss of control.

#14 It Triggers My Ocd Every Time I Walk By It In The Park

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#15 It's Literally Outlined Where It Should Go

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#16 Every Sink In This Bathroom Has A Different Faucet

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#17 This Makes Me So Uncomfortable

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We even notice symmetry in people's faces. The dominant scientific explanation for the attractiveness of facial symmetry is sometimes called 'Evolutionary Advantage Theory.' If the grand choreography of developmental gene expression is perfectly executed, the result is perfect symmetry.

Therefore, anything less than perfect symmetry indicates some kind of dysfunction, however small.

#18 Happy 4th

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#19 What The Hec Is This Supposed To Be?

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#20 Not Sure How I Didn't Notice This Earlier

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#21 F In Chat

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Interestingly, the preference for symmetrical faces is not limited to sexual attraction and mate selection. Facial symmetry appears to influence how we pursue friends and allies too.

However, nothing in this world is perfect. And r/OddlyUnsatisfying is the perfect reminder of that. Maybe if we accept this fact, stuff like misplaced tiles won't bother us anymore? When you think about it, life would be easier that way. After all, there are plenty of more important things going on.

#22 Whoever Designed This- I Just Wanna Talk

Image credits: MeganCattlin

#23 The Color Pencils Aren't Lined Up With The Box Image Ones

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#24 Come On

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#25 Local Playground Glitch

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#26 At This Point My Mom Just Doesn’t Deserve To Be French Anymore

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#27 After Taking The Metal Film Off This Toothpaste, There Was Still A Clear Plastic Film On The Head With No Tab For Me To Take It Off With

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#28 This Doesn’t Line Up

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#29 Really?

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#30 Get Me The Hell Out Of This Parking Garage

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#31 Get This Mans A Raise, Amazing Job

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#32 Just... Why?

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#33 The Decal On My Balalaika Is Slightly Off Centre, Literally Unplayable

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#34 These Fridges Door Handles Are Both Out Of Place With Each Other.. Idk It’s Unsatisfying To Me Anyways

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#35 The Variation In Blacks Used In T-Shirts

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#36 The Antibiotics I Have To Take

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#37 Should Just Make A Smoothie Now

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#38 White

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#39 This Bother Me More Than It Should

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#40 This Doesn't Require An Explanation

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#41 The Sizes Of The Spins And Text Placement Are All Different

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