Things that are more trouble than they're worth

First world swamp problems.

The first time I used litter box liners was the last.

Donald Trump and his entire crime ridden family, including the whore wife and the grifting devil spawn.

Any product GUARANTEED to restore your car's oxidized paint/bumpers/molding/head lamps.

Second homes.

Voting.

The last few spoonful attempts of marshmallow creme from inside the corner bottom of a large-sized tub of Fluff.

Electric can openers

Detoxes

Lesbians.

DP's

Lobster.

chopsticks - so much easier to use a fork

Making tamales. I have no trouble eating them however.

Anal sex.

A Madonna concert.

Pasta maker. I made my own pasta once and never again. I'll just buy my damn noodles from the grocery store.

R15 - Anal sex is not complicated....Anal vinegar & water douche (or enema) and good lube + skilled top = clean, good times.

R17 Barilla is my friend lol. 11 mins = El dente🍝. Easy/Peasy and rivals tedious method

Sail boats of any size.

Vitamins.

Has anyones health ever been benefitted by them? You just piss them away.

Face shaving,

Dentists.

Cosmetic surgery

A cat. Fussy eater, incompetent litter box user, vomiter, scratches doors when wanting food which is every hour, takes up entire bed for his naps and is annoyed when you scoot him over, flounces out, comes back and scratches door, stares at you dolefully like some Darfur orphan hoping you'll drop a crumb from your sandwich, having to hire expensive pet sitters when we want to go anywhere.

R25 = Greg.

Cars when things start to go wrong. Do you spend more money on repairing it or buy a new one?

Woks

[quote]Barilla is my friend lol.11 mins = El dente

El dente? Is that Spanish pasta?

Swimming pools

Hiring a hitman. So many hidden fees ...

Children, especially annoying little cockblocking sons.

Threesomes.

Did it once, and what a letdown. It's a hot fantasy in theory, but in reality the dynamic is wonky. Inevitably there's one partner who's hotter, so it's more work to pleasure the less hot partner when you want to just fuck the hot one.

But they're a duo, so....

[quote]Swimming pools

R29, they always looked like such fun on TV, movies, or friends' pools. Then my sister bought her current house almost 20 years ago, and just about every other conversation she's bitching about her pool. Shocking it, paying pro pool cleaners, skimming leaves/debris, chasing off ducks and geese wanting to lay their eggs in it, etc.

Nope.

Yeah I had one in my last place OP / r33. Even with a cover I was cleaning it all the time. Pool boy? Try 65 yr old Italian guy who was the only reliable one I could find.

I include hot tubes, but not my first experience without the chlorine. That was my fault. Puffy eyes.

Gourmet Cooking

Posting on DataLounge. WTF, Muriel, is it 1997 where you are?

Slatternly children.

R34 No! Not an Italian! You poor dear.

Keeping a side piece.

Not true R13. Once you master them they are fun and enhance the experience.

You misspelled Slatterly, R37.

I've always been a notoriously slow eater. A roommate in grad school was Japanese, so in return for my letting her keep one of my thick homemade quilts for the semester, she taught me how to use chopsticks. For a couple of years they were what I used 75-80% of the time I cooked my meals.

The sticks made for even slower eating, so I quit using them during communal meals.

Haha the mention of swimming pools reminds me of the one we had when I was a kid. It was one of those you had to erect yourself. Once it was up and running the novelty soon wore off. The water quickly got green and infested with tadpoles and then there was the hassle of getting the water out in deconstruction.

An open convention

Duvet covers. Born of Satan's workshop.

A law school degree.

Casting Shannen Doherty.

Dating an actor or anyone who is pathologically egocentric, attention-starved, and vacuous. Their being "hot" only gets you so far.

Bread Machines

Weird morning routines endorsed by YouTube influencers. ( Huberman-Ice Plunges)

Going to a gay bar alone after the age of 50.

Shaving your balls

Making every effort to be nice to strangers.

Abdominal exercises without attention to diet.

Elaborate outside Halloween/Christmas decorations.

Buying high end furniture even if you can afford it.

r25 I will gladly take him off your busy hands.

Masturbation.

Listening to the far right or far left pontificating about their vision of the "perfect society".

Owning a convertible

Using "green" cleaning products. You end up using twice as much for half of the results.

Buying expensive cologne

Rechargeable vacuum /floor cleaners. The batteries die the chargers get lost. Better off with traditional corded models.

Attending any "Bear" event.

"Shape Wear" for men.

Grindr/Growler/Scruff/ Sniffies

Department Stores

Going to Walmart the Sunday before the first day of school.

Conceiving a whole cast list for a movie only you want to see re-made.

I always wondered about batter-powered vacuum cleaners. My friend kept espousing her Dyson, which is expensive. I have a small place and it's not a huge hassle for me to plug in my cheap-o vacuum cleaner (Dirt Devil) that does a good job at picking up dust from the floors.

Any ten second hack to cure diabetes. If the problem isn't IN your digestive tract, nothing you put in your mouth is going to fix it.

Guys who sing.

New York City

Waterbeds

Tent camping

Talking to meth addicts