Ever wish you could uninvent something (lighthearted)

[Outnotdown]

Lego! I'm sick of it! Prising it out of my toddler's mouth, mopping up the tears when my 5 year old's impossibly long car falls apart. Breaking up the fights when one child wrecks the other's creation. Standing barefooted on a microscopically tiny yet painfully sharp bit that got left behind.

And I can't make ANYTHING with them. And they're EVERYWHERE

Vtech. Not one particular toy, the entire company.

The internet.

The internet on mobile phones.Scented San pro.Reality TV as long as bake off is exempt.

Periods
Vtech

Baby walkers. My ankles are in bits. Just fecking crawl DS2.

Lego. DH’s family went to Legoland when they were kids. They always played with Lego. They’re all grown adults now and they still nostalgically buy each other Lego for birthdays and Christmas. Their homes are blighted with tacky plastic constructions displayed on every surface. I have no end of hassle making sure DH’s Lego secretly ends up in the bin.

And now they’ve started buying me Lego too. I don’t want tacky plastic bricks - I’d prefer a real (thoughtful) gift of something I like instead of something they like. I’m sick of putting hundreds of pounds worth of plastic in the bin! We don’t have a lot of money and it vexes me to repeatedly be given expensive plastic that I chuck out with the wrapping paper.

In preparation for Christmas I recently dropped polite hints that I don’t personally like Lego. There was a collective intake of breath and then silence. BIL whispered “but we all like Lego?” and I squeaked “I don’t“. You’d think I’d confessed to being a murderer. I still don’t think they’ve gotten over it. Imo the other spouses are secretly jealous that I may have wangled my way out of receiving any more Lego.

Television.....

smartphones

Jazz music. I hate it

Smart phones.

Reality TV which would neatly excise several other things I'd uninvent too like Karjenners with their preposterous Groucho Marx eyebrows, selfies, contouring, Big Brother, The Bachelor, Hell's Kitchen etc etc ad nauseum.

Tinned tuna.

Selfie sticks

What a pleasant surprise to see this thread resurrected
I have a few more items to add, in a first world problem kind of vein.
Sports jerseys; the PRICE of them!! Who can actually justify spending that money on what is essentially, a t shirt??
Radio ads, where two people speak in reverential tones about a product which generally, is shite.
And somewhat randomly, rubber snakes. If they catch you in the face on the upswing, they bloody hurt

BigBlueBubble
Oh dear....wonder what you'll be getting this Christmas

Mobile phones and tablets - my child has screen addiction to the tablet (I think) and my DH is never off facebook on his phone in the evenings. It is a constant battle in our house. It is killing off people's social skills and creative thinking imho, turning them into drooling, gormless lumps who can no longer find stimulation in anything unless it's got a screen attached.

See username for details

Games consoles

Men

Smart phones and social media

Ooh where do I start? Disposable nappies, vaping, smoking, politics. Effing BREXIT!!!
Non biogradeable plastic.

Can we have a proper thread too.
My ex
Jimmy dirty fucking Savile ( and all scum like him )
TRUMP

*people not proper!

Instagram. The whole culture of it

@BigBlueBubble, you could probably make a bit of money by selling the Lego on Gumtree. At the very least, give it to your local primary school or charity shop; they'll be glad of it (if it's still boxed they can use it as a prize).

Or send it to me.

DanTDM
Prostitution
Credit scores

@BigBlueBubble, you could probably make a bit of money by selling the Lego on Gumtree
But then DH would catch me getting rid of it