21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose As Shared In This Online Thread
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Products are usually well thought-out. After all, companies are investing time, money, and other resources into developing them. But even though they are created to satisfy a specific need, things happen and products can evolve into something else entirely, taking on new forms and applications. To learn more about these examples, Reddit user u/EpicEllis2004 submitted a question to the platform, asking what are some of the products that have drifted away from their main purpose. Turns out, it's a topic that really interests people. In just a week, the post has received over 34K upvotes and 14K comments, providing quite a few interesting insights into consumerism. Here are some of the answers. This post may include affiliate links. #1 History Channel... as far as I am concerned the secret relationships between aliens and the illuminati do not qualify as "history" Ezequiel-052 , history Report Final score: 694points POST Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I really miss what it should be 174 174points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Remember when MTV was a music television? galactic-frog , Blude Report Final score: 601points POST Alexia Alexia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I grew up with MTV. Oh, those were the days... 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 The toilet lid of a toilet. Seen too many not even know you're supposed to put the lid down before flushing. Microscopic fecal matter flies everywhere otherwise. Apparently this isn't common knowledge. ShroomyKat , Curology Report Final score: 521points POST Kari Panda Kari Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) This. So many arguements about putting the toilet seat up/down when honestly, everyone should just close the lid once they’re done. The particles spread up to 6 m (19 ft) otherwise. 204 204points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Slinky, the toy. It was originally designed during WW2 to help sensitive instruments remain steady on ships... to counter the effects of pitch, roll, and yaw. The engineer working on them knocked one off his desk accidentally, saw the way it moved from the table to the chair, to the floor, and a new purpose was born.
On a side note... during the Vietnam War, when the Slinkys were metal, radio operators would carry them through the deep jungles. If they couldn't get a good signal in the jungle mountains, they'd sling a Slinky high into the tree limbs while holding onto one end. It created an instant antenna extension that they would attach to the radio. Single_Performance25 , Will Report Final score: 512points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ace Ventura is all I can think of! "Everyone loves a slinky!" 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Q-tips. The only thing they are used for is the one thing you are explicitly told not to use them for. bloblehead , Olivier Bergeron Report Final score: 414points POST Little Phoenix Little Phoenix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Cleaning your keyboard? 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 The warming drawer on the bottom of all our ovens, which is used as pan storage for exactly %100 of oven owners. Newtracks1 , Grant.C Report Final score: 364points POST MacDudu MacDudu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most new oven models don't have this 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 Super glue was meant to be a temporary method of stitching a wound. It was used that way during the Vietnam War. Tell people today to super clue their cuts shut, however, and most will think you're crazy BigBobby2016 , endolith Report Final score: 328points POST Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Isn't this in a lot of first aid kits and such for this exact reason? 98 98points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Apparently paintball guns were invented for foresters/loggers/park rangers to mark trees (for cutting etc.) without having to approach each tree. galactic-frog , Pengyi zhang Report Final score: 301points POST Jyri Hakola Jyri Hakola Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wonder how many minutes it took after the initial product release that 1st forester thought that it would be funny to shoot Mike on back.. Maybe hours but definetly not days.. 276 276points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 The eggplant emoji. Mio69uwu Report Final score: 299points POST troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Cherries and peaches as well... 98 98points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 Snuggy was originally designed for wheelchair users. Outerwear designed for walkers is cumbersome to take on and off for wheelchair users so snuggies were designed to help with this. TooMuchHotSauce5 , lynn Dombrowski Report Final score: 286points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Now this makes a lot of sense. 106 106points reply View more comments #11 Ketamine is for horses and not for Saturday night. jibbletmonger , Steven Cornfield Report Final score: 249points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's been approved for use as a human sedative, it's used in operating rooms and ICUs. And remember those Thai kids that were trapped in the flooded cave? Each kid got a shot of Ketamine before the final rescue, it kept them quiet as heroic spent hours dragging them to safety through a dangerous flooded cave. 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Bubble wrap was invented as fancy wallpaper. galactic-frog , David Maier Report Final score: 241points POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago . . . In mental health institutions. 220 220points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 WD-40 was developed as a rust preventative (it’s even in the initials: “WD” means “Water Displacement”). Nowadays people use it to lubricate mechanical parts. bluebirdgm , FHKE Report Final score: 231points POST ThatGuv ThatGuv Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Great for removing stubborn, leftover glue after pulling the label off a jar. 95 95points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Pipe cleaners,
Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts as kids. It wasn't till I owned a tobacco pipe and went to buy them that it actually clicked TouchedbyJebus , Cannabox Report Final score: 230points POST F-Dup F-Dup Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh my Jesus Christ. I haven’t thought about these since I was in primary school. Back then, I assumed the ‘pipe’ in pipe cleaner referred the things that ran along the walls of my house and I didn’t question it. It’s only now, reading this as a fully grown adult, that I realise it’s not that kind of pipe at all. That update has been pending for decades! 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 I think people already know this but the neck on the beer bottle is actually supposed to be held so you don’t warm your drink too fast. bigbenis21 , Story Ninety-Four Report Final score: 227points POST Michelle M Michelle M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago No thank you. I don't trust my clumsy hands to hold it steady at the neck. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 Iirc Play-Doh was invented to clean wallpaper spacelordmthrfkr , Betsy Weber Report Final score: 193points POST T Simmons T Simmons Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Then they named it really badly! 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #17 Gloveboxes were originally meant to store gloves because people used to drive with gloves on for some reason. Yah-ThnPat-Thn , Mark Doliner Report Final score: 191points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People used to drive with at the very least - gloves, dust coats, goggles, and hats on, if not full face masks. Because cars didn't have roofs or windows and the roads weren't paved, anyone who drove the first cars was going to get all the dust, mud, or weather in the world in the face. 204 204points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Minoxidil was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and people reported unusual hair growth all around the body, since it promotes blood flow to the skin pores. They came up with a topical version and voila, millions of people smear that sh*t on their scalps and beards everyday and its the one of the only clinically proven ways to cure baldness. LeagueOfLucian , amazon Report Final score: 190points POST Chrissie Mörbe Chrissie Mörbe Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nice try, Minoxidil salesperson! 149 149points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Viagra. It’s a heart medicine originally. VegetableWishbone , Syed Ikhwan Report Final score: 174points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's still used for some heart problems, and I have no idea if anyone who's sick enough to need it for medical reasons can still enjoy the side effects. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Botox was created to treat migraines lovejetblack , Sam Moqadam Report Final score: 153points POST Some Cool Guy Some Cool Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm no expert but isn't that lip filler not botox? 136 136points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets used as informal databases instead of as a data analysis tool rwilldred27 , Joe Anderson Report Final score: 113points POST Suraj A R Suraj A R Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think MS Excel was always used as a data analysis tool, where as MS Access was used as an informal database since 1992 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior. 44 44points reply mph seti mph seti Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really. 68 68points reply Load More Replies... Paradise Paradise Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck sounds so douchy-very fitting. I call him Fuckerberg. 8 8points reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lots of medical products had entirely different intentions! Dramamine was originally meant to combat hay fever, but turned out to be exceptional at preventing nausea (which is good as it's useless at preventing hay fever). Spironolactone was being tested for blood pressure uses until they realized that it acts as a testosterone blocker (it does actually affect blood pressure, but barely compared to more traditional blood pressure medications). Pharmaceuticals is basically an entire industry of "not what I was going for but let's roll with it". 22 22points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent 13 13points reply whateves whateves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works great to remove tar from your car too 9 9points reply Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce Pungent Sauce Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure. 6 6points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S? 3 3points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is SSS but for some reason, where I live anyways people would ask "do you have any SOS for the mosquitos?" But yes is is definitely SSS on the bottle :) 2 2points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ah I see 0 0points reply Isabela Ivan Isabela Ivan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I shall try it 1 1point reply Load More Comments POST Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior. 44 44points reply mph seti mph seti Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really. 68 68points reply Load More Replies... Paradise Paradise Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck sounds so douchy-very fitting. I call him Fuckerberg. 8 8points reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lots of medical products had entirely different intentions! Dramamine was originally meant to combat hay fever, but turned out to be exceptional at preventing nausea (which is good as it's useless at preventing hay fever). Spironolactone was being tested for blood pressure uses until they realized that it acts as a testosterone blocker (it does actually affect blood pressure, but barely compared to more traditional blood pressure medications). Pharmaceuticals is basically an entire industry of "not what I was going for but let's roll with it". 22 22points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent 13 13points reply whateves whateves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works great to remove tar from your car too 9 9points reply Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce Pungent Sauce Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure. 6 6points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S? 3 3points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is SSS but for some reason, where I live anyways people would ask "do you have any SOS for the mosquitos?" But yes is is definitely SSS on the bottle :) 2 2points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ah I see 0 0points reply Isabela Ivan Isabela Ivan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I shall try it 1 1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose As Shared In This Online Thread
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Products are usually well thought-out. After all, companies are investing time, money, and other resources into developing them. But even though they are created to satisfy a specific need, things happen and products can evolve into something else entirely, taking on new forms and applications. To learn more about these examples, Reddit user u/EpicEllis2004 submitted a question to the platform, asking what are some of the products that have drifted away from their main purpose. Turns out, it's a topic that really interests people. In just a week, the post has received over 34K upvotes and 14K comments, providing quite a few interesting insights into consumerism. Here are some of the answers. This post may include affiliate links. #1 History Channel... as far as I am concerned the secret relationships between aliens and the illuminati do not qualify as "history" Ezequiel-052 , history Report Final score: 694points POST Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I really miss what it should be 174 174points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Remember when MTV was a music television? galactic-frog , Blude Report Final score: 601points POST Alexia Alexia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I grew up with MTV. Oh, those were the days... 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 The toilet lid of a toilet. Seen too many not even know you're supposed to put the lid down before flushing. Microscopic fecal matter flies everywhere otherwise. Apparently this isn't common knowledge. ShroomyKat , Curology Report Final score: 521points POST Kari Panda Kari Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) This. So many arguements about putting the toilet seat up/down when honestly, everyone should just close the lid once they’re done. The particles spread up to 6 m (19 ft) otherwise. 204 204points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Slinky, the toy. It was originally designed during WW2 to help sensitive instruments remain steady on ships... to counter the effects of pitch, roll, and yaw. The engineer working on them knocked one off his desk accidentally, saw the way it moved from the table to the chair, to the floor, and a new purpose was born.
On a side note... during the Vietnam War, when the Slinkys were metal, radio operators would carry them through the deep jungles. If they couldn't get a good signal in the jungle mountains, they'd sling a Slinky high into the tree limbs while holding onto one end. It created an instant antenna extension that they would attach to the radio. Single_Performance25 , Will Report Final score: 512points POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ace Ventura is all I can think of! "Everyone loves a slinky!" 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Q-tips. The only thing they are used for is the one thing you are explicitly told not to use them for. bloblehead , Olivier Bergeron Report Final score: 414points POST Little Phoenix Little Phoenix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Cleaning your keyboard? 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 The warming drawer on the bottom of all our ovens, which is used as pan storage for exactly %100 of oven owners. Newtracks1 , Grant.C Report Final score: 364points POST MacDudu MacDudu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most new oven models don't have this 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 Super glue was meant to be a temporary method of stitching a wound. It was used that way during the Vietnam War. Tell people today to super clue their cuts shut, however, and most will think you're crazy BigBobby2016 , endolith Report Final score: 328points POST Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Isn't this in a lot of first aid kits and such for this exact reason? 98 98points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Apparently paintball guns were invented for foresters/loggers/park rangers to mark trees (for cutting etc.) without having to approach each tree. galactic-frog , Pengyi zhang Report Final score: 301points POST Jyri Hakola Jyri Hakola Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wonder how many minutes it took after the initial product release that 1st forester thought that it would be funny to shoot Mike on back.. Maybe hours but definetly not days.. 276 276points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 The eggplant emoji. Mio69uwu Report Final score: 299points POST troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Cherries and peaches as well... 98 98points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 Snuggy was originally designed for wheelchair users. Outerwear designed for walkers is cumbersome to take on and off for wheelchair users so snuggies were designed to help with this. TooMuchHotSauce5 , lynn Dombrowski Report Final score: 286points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Now this makes a lot of sense. 106 106points reply View more comments #11 Ketamine is for horses and not for Saturday night. jibbletmonger , Steven Cornfield Report Final score: 249points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's been approved for use as a human sedative, it's used in operating rooms and ICUs. And remember those Thai kids that were trapped in the flooded cave? Each kid got a shot of Ketamine before the final rescue, it kept them quiet as heroic spent hours dragging them to safety through a dangerous flooded cave. 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Bubble wrap was invented as fancy wallpaper. galactic-frog , David Maier Report Final score: 241points POST Lyone Fein Lyone Fein Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago . . . In mental health institutions. 220 220points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 WD-40 was developed as a rust preventative (it’s even in the initials: “WD” means “Water Displacement”). Nowadays people use it to lubricate mechanical parts. bluebirdgm , FHKE Report Final score: 231points POST ThatGuv ThatGuv Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Great for removing stubborn, leftover glue after pulling the label off a jar. 95 95points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Pipe cleaners,
Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts as kids. It wasn't till I owned a tobacco pipe and went to buy them that it actually clicked TouchedbyJebus , Cannabox Report Final score: 230points POST F-Dup F-Dup Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh my Jesus Christ. I haven’t thought about these since I was in primary school. Back then, I assumed the ‘pipe’ in pipe cleaner referred the things that ran along the walls of my house and I didn’t question it. It’s only now, reading this as a fully grown adult, that I realise it’s not that kind of pipe at all. That update has been pending for decades! 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 I think people already know this but the neck on the beer bottle is actually supposed to be held so you don’t warm your drink too fast. bigbenis21 , Story Ninety-Four Report Final score: 227points POST Michelle M Michelle M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago No thank you. I don't trust my clumsy hands to hold it steady at the neck. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 Iirc Play-Doh was invented to clean wallpaper spacelordmthrfkr , Betsy Weber Report Final score: 193points POST T Simmons T Simmons Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Then they named it really badly! 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #17 Gloveboxes were originally meant to store gloves because people used to drive with gloves on for some reason. Yah-ThnPat-Thn , Mark Doliner Report Final score: 191points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People used to drive with at the very least - gloves, dust coats, goggles, and hats on, if not full face masks. Because cars didn't have roofs or windows and the roads weren't paved, anyone who drove the first cars was going to get all the dust, mud, or weather in the world in the face. 204 204points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Minoxidil was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and people reported unusual hair growth all around the body, since it promotes blood flow to the skin pores. They came up with a topical version and voila, millions of people smear that sh*t on their scalps and beards everyday and its the one of the only clinically proven ways to cure baldness. LeagueOfLucian , amazon Report Final score: 190points POST Chrissie Mörbe Chrissie Mörbe Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Nice try, Minoxidil salesperson! 149 149points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Viagra. It’s a heart medicine originally. VegetableWishbone , Syed Ikhwan Report Final score: 174points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's still used for some heart problems, and I have no idea if anyone who's sick enough to need it for medical reasons can still enjoy the side effects. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Botox was created to treat migraines lovejetblack , Sam Moqadam Report Final score: 153points POST Some Cool Guy Some Cool Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm no expert but isn't that lip filler not botox? 136 136points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets used as informal databases instead of as a data analysis tool rwilldred27 , Joe Anderson Report Final score: 113points POST Suraj A R Suraj A R Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think MS Excel was always used as a data analysis tool, where as MS Access was used as an informal database since 1992 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Title Update Rokas Laurinavičius Rokas Laurinavičius Writer, BoredPanda staff Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 235 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to. Read more » Ilona Baliūnaitė Ilona Baliūnaitė Author, BoredPanda staff Ilona is a photo editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Communication Of Creative Society. Before Bored Panda, she worked as a social media manager and freelance graphic designer. When she is not photoshopping or searching for the most interesting photos for stories, she is usually watching good movies and says that The Godfather is the best. Read more » Show All Contributors Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! 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POST Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior. 44 44points reply mph seti mph seti Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really. 68 68points reply Load More Replies... Paradise Paradise Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck sounds so douchy-very fitting. I call him Fuckerberg. 8 8points reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lots of medical products had entirely different intentions! Dramamine was originally meant to combat hay fever, but turned out to be exceptional at preventing nausea (which is good as it's useless at preventing hay fever). Spironolactone was being tested for blood pressure uses until they realized that it acts as a testosterone blocker (it does actually affect blood pressure, but barely compared to more traditional blood pressure medications). Pharmaceuticals is basically an entire industry of "not what I was going for but let's roll with it". 22 22points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent 13 13points reply whateves whateves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works great to remove tar from your car too 9 9points reply Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce Pungent Sauce Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure. 6 6points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S? 3 3points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is SSS but for some reason, where I live anyways people would ask "do you have any SOS for the mosquitos?" But yes is is definitely SSS on the bottle :) 2 2points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ah I see 0 0points reply Isabela Ivan Isabela Ivan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I shall try it 1 1point reply Load More Comments POST Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior. 44 44points reply mph seti mph seti Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really. 68 68points reply Load More Replies... Paradise Paradise Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Zuck sounds so douchy-very fitting. I call him Fuckerberg. 8 8points reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lots of medical products had entirely different intentions! Dramamine was originally meant to combat hay fever, but turned out to be exceptional at preventing nausea (which is good as it's useless at preventing hay fever). Spironolactone was being tested for blood pressure uses until they realized that it acts as a testosterone blocker (it does actually affect blood pressure, but barely compared to more traditional blood pressure medications). Pharmaceuticals is basically an entire industry of "not what I was going for but let's roll with it". 22 22points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent 13 13points reply whateves whateves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Works great to remove tar from your car too 9 9points reply Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce Pungent Sauce Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure. 6 6points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S? 3 3points reply Candace Fitzpatrick Candace Fitzpatrick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is SSS but for some reason, where I live anyways people would ask "do you have any SOS for the mosquitos?" But yes is is definitely SSS on the bottle :) 2 2points reply Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ah I see 0 0points reply Isabela Ivan Isabela Ivan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I shall try it 1 1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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