20 Things The World Would Be A Better Place Without

From a purely objective point of view, modern life can be a bit rubbish. Not on a third world scale, of course, but humanity has apparently reached a point in the evolutionary journey where the biggest motivation for some is simply to do everything in the power to annoy everyone else. And even though we're forever told we're living in a period of growth and innovation, there are still some things in existence that should have been wiped out years ago for the good, and the sanity of all of the world's peoples. So, come with us now on a journey through time and space, to a world without the typically downright blood-boiling displays of the human race. We're here to imagine an Utopia with annoyances: a heavenly place without the things that make your life unfeasibly, and occasionally illogically difficult. That€™s right €“ no annoying celebrities, no moaning, no spitting, no over-sharing on Facebook: just a beautiful universe for all with clean, polite obeyers of the unspoken rules. Oh, and no Justin Bieber. Imagine that without drooling. And fair warning here: we€™re gunna go a little off the rails here, but releasing such horrors in an article is better than bloody murder. So, behold, 20 of the absolute worst things in the world...

20. Toilets You Have To Pay For

What kind of sick joke is this? Paying to carry out the most basic of all human body functions, excretion, is simply preposterous! Unless there€™s a massaging, warmed seat and magical life-lengthening loo roll in there, we should not have to pay to pee. This isn€™t just a thing with public toilets: companies like €˜Pootopia€™ are cashing in on Number Twos by setting up luxury portable toilets for those caught short at festivals, who do not want to suffer the undignified hell of the worst portaloos known to man. Making money from man-dung, delightful.

19. Football Hooligans

€œYou€™re going home in a Saint John€™s Ambulance€ €“ ah, the charming chants of a football yob. There are raucous fans passionate about the game, and then there€™s complete and utter meatheads that make you want to take an AK-47 to their group of scarf-wielding, booze-swilling mobs. Sometimes, it all goes way too far. Last year, a Newcastle United fan was filmed punching a horse in the face, but that€™s nothing compared to half the murky terror caused by football bad€™uns. 39 supporters died at a European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus in 1985 due to riots, a stadium was once torched by fans in Greece, and a 14-year-old boy once died in a tussle between Leeds and Birmingham supporters. So, like, stop it now, please?
 
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