leading them toask:
What is absolutely worth paying someone else to do?
Especially If It's A Walk Up...
"Movers."
"After a certain age, beer and food isn’t enough to help move everything from one home to another."- inkedwaifu
"Call the professionals, nobody wants to help you move."
"Ever."- Plus-Statistician80
There's A Reason There Are Professionals To Do This...
"Cleaning your septic tank out."- Hugh_Biquitous
GiphyIf You Think You're Prepared, Think Again...
"Anything that involves crawling under the house."- 3Gilligans
Trained professional isn't just a title...
"Major electrical work."- Logical-Wasabi7402
At The Very Least, Don't Do It Alone...
"Replacing the spring on the garage door."- aj0457
door garage GIFGiphyWhy Put Yourself Through It?
"Everything you hate or suck at."- agentaltf4
"Really anything that you value your own time too much to do."
"Almost everything we buy is us paying someone else to do that thing for us."- FoamFlingingManChild
Groomers and Vets Are Your Friends...
"Dog nails and anal gland expression."- triit
Dogs Stripping GIF by Artero Professional LineGiphyIf You Have To Do It At All...
"Cutting down trees."
"I'm too old to go climbing up a huge oak tree with a chainsaw."- somedoofyouwontlike
This Is Your Home, After All
"My dad retired a couple years ago and he had a list of things he wanted to accomplish, a new roof was one of those things."
"I love him to death but he is one of those guys who never wants to spend money on something he can do himself."
"But by himself he thought I was going to take off work for a week and my cousin and uncle were going to take off work to help him take off the old shingles and put in the new ones."
"It ended up taking like 2 weeks to finish, in the heat, and I was like just pay a company the money and this could taken a crew of professionals, a day maybe 2."
"I mean, I don't even work construction or anything I am freaking librarian I didn't know how to shingle a roof and my cousin is an accountant."
"It sucked, if I ever have a house I need to replace a roof on it will absolutely be wort the money to pay a pro."- Freeexotic
You Can't Always Trust A Chore Chart...
"If you live with someone else, a housecleaner."
"Unless one of you loves cleaning so much it's like a hobby, it will reduce stress and friction among those you live with."
"Even if there aren't outright fights, in my experience, often there is silent resentment from the person who does most of the cleaning."
"And there is almost always one person who does most of the cleaning."
"If you dispute this and think it's perfectly 50/50 with your partner or roommate, then it's the other person."- survivalothefittest
"Maids."
"I rent and my landlord started charging us $50 for a maid service every other week."
"A lot of friends try telling me it's a waste of money but their house is normally dirtier than mine and they have a cleaning day."- illestrated16
Chasing Tom And Jerry GIF by MaxThe Work Is Anything But Dry...
"Drywall work."
"Especially mud and tape."
"Professionals make it look like sorcery."
"I make it look like 2 weeks of Mud\sand\mud\sand\mud\6pack\sand\whiskey\screwit\paint."- Dangerous-Low8076
Of course, some people might say that rather than pay someone; you could always ask your friends...
Though, once you ask them, you might discover that they would appreciate being compensated as well, and NOT with pizza.
So, before you place that order at Dominos, maybe consider hiring a professional first.
Redditor FaxTimeMachinewanted to hear about what we've all basically given up on.
"What isn’t worth the effort?"
If I start to get frustrated... I'm out. Try it.
Wear Black
"Getting a toddler dressed in a white outfit."
Sapphiretulip32
"Omg yes- I see all these white linen outfits on Instagram and I’m like ain’t nobody got time for that!"
Duckballisrolling
Crazy Ladies
"Making lady fingers for tiramisu. Holy f**k just buy them. Crap takes like 8 freaking eggs and you basically have to make a sorta custard and a sorta meringue then mix the 2 together and both of those things are incredibly easy to mess up. I never messed up a meringue yet but wow lot of steps for friggin' lady fingers I never would have guessed."
Keepcreepcreepin
We Done
"A relationship you put significantly more energy, work, and emotion into than the other person."
Cabbiecar1001
"Just ended my relationship of 13 years because of this."
Nuxx_92
"Same, ended a 15 year marriage because I was tired of being Cinderella: around the house, in the bedroom, breadwinning, parenting... if it was a responsibility, it was mine. Finally got fed up and said fine, forget this. If I'm going to have to take responsibility for everything, I'll just do it myself. I'm much happier now, and the kids are happier too."
FaxCelestis
Copy/Paste
"Online arguments."
AndyBales
"It’s also pretty hilarious when they clearly have no argument, and just start repeating everything they’ve said over and over again, while completely ignoring what you’re saying. I encountered someone who literally started copy-pasting my own argument, changing a few words in a desperate attempt to come up with something."
Communist_flash
"Show me evidence that online arguments aren't worth the effort."
Get Easy
Hip Hop Television GIF by WE tvGiphy"Toxic people in your life - seriously, it gets 100x easier once you drop the people weighing you down."
KitkatDreaming
Get rid of the poison. Save your health.
Career Moves
Work Working GIFGiphy"A job you truly hate. Even if it pays a bit less get a different job. It’s not worth being endlessly unhappy."
cewumu
"Ehhh it’s worth it in the short term. I worked as a waiter last summer and absolutely HATED IT, but I earned enough that summer to pay for an entire year of college, so I took the entire year off and focused on school work."
youburyitidigitup
How Much?
"Spending hundreds/thousands of dollars on a kid's birthday party. My mother is the manager of a catering company and on the food alone, this family spent almost 6k. The kid? Yeah, she was turning 2."
throwawaysteaksalad
"I once saw a birthday party with tons of decorations, treats and a cake from a specialty bakery, costumes for guests, and I heard something about waiting for the videographer. The party was for a dog."
mossadspydolphin
"Well I'm going to play the devil's advocate here and say, if these people didn't spend so much money on such vanity pieces, business such as catering would not make much of a revenue."
SuperHornetFA18
Algorithms...
"Tinder post-Covid. One possibility is that a lot of people stopped using tinder during covid and just never got back to it. I feel though that, as things reopened, people would have gotten right back to it, because you know, instincts. What I think happened is that tinder changed the algorithm."
"I get way less matches than I used to, like maybe 10x or 20x less. It seems to me like they're really trying to push people into paying for gold or premium. I might even be tempted to try if the price wasn't outrageous."
brian_storm_art
Finding Assistance
"Trying to help people who refuses to help themselves."
Hot_Club1969
"Bonus points if they complain to you about something and/or ask for advice and you offer solutions to fix it and they shoot you down instantly without listening, or choose the opposite of what you say immediately toxic relationships at their finest."
Blundering_Dragon
"I feel like a lot of times like these, what people want is just to be heard, they aren't asking for help."
MargoTheArtHo
They were the worst...
"Those survey websites that 'pay out' for every survey you complete."
Tabby_Tibs
"Omg. I got an app to do that on once because I thought I liked taking surveys. No. They were the worst, most boring surveys ever and I probably made a dollar after wasting several hours of time completing them. Never again."
SexySadieMaeGlutz
Interest
"Chasing someone that isn't interested in you."
CapG_13
"For friendships especially. Don’t try to become close to someone who doesn’t show with their actions that they want to be close to you too."
f**kthiss**t____
"Relationships are 100x worse. At least you can fake a friendship for a while things develop - but if someone isn't interested in you on a certain level, you're going nowhere in a relationship."
descendency
But... dude?
"Arguing with strangers online. I get occasional replies to social media comments I post, and they're angry. But... dude? You good? I'm literally no one to you, go live your life."
Eastern_Mark_7479
"About 98% of the time when I start typing an argument, I delete it. It is incredibly difficult to change someone's mind. You aren't going to do it arguing with someone you have no stake in as person."
sane-ish
"I only ever check my messages a day or week after I've commented on something. Keeps me from getting worked up and it's only worth replying if you actually wanted to have a conversation."
metalbassist33
Splits
shell using GIFGiphy"Pistachios without a split."
rurdytoboogie
"Or even those incomplete splits. If it's not open halfway at least, I don't bother and I move on to the next one."
oniwolf382
Terrible People
"Family that are *icks. Even though they’re you’re family if they’re *icks to you, it’s not worth your time to try and put up with it because you feel you should."
rawr_Im_a_duck
"Going through this right now. Sisters getting married. We were never close since she treated me terribly when I was younger & never bothered to build a relationship except when she needs something."
"She asks me to be her maid of honour since she doesn’t have any serious friends. Hasn’t stopped making demands, snapping at me, and anything I do that isn’t perfect she tells me why bother if I’m just going to ruin it. Tried to back out of MOH role since she’s being such an ass and the whole family is flipping out on me about 'my duty to her as a sister.'"
gongzhubing
be true...
"Trying to be someone you aren't. To thine own self be true."
DocHolidayiN
"Took me a long time to figure that out. Now that I know, I’m not stressing about trying to get that job I didn’t actually want all these years I’ve been chasing it. I love the job I have now and the company I work for. I don’t need more than that right now. If I get impatient then I can chase a more challenging and lucrative career later, but not the one I know I don’t want anymore."
danka595
Bad Seeds
GIF by bjornGiphy"Deseeding pomegranates, f**k that s**t."
mcbeetoto
"I thought this too until I figured out the trick. Cut it in half, turn it seed side down on your palm or better yet, a cutting board. Take a wooden spatula and just whack the hell out of it over and over again. The seeds just fall out pretty cleanly."
averyyoungperson
Loved Ones
"Maintaining friendships with people who don’t care about you. When I was going through a rough time I stopped texting first and making plans first. Didn’t hear from any of my 'friends' since. Made a new group of friends later in life who all care about each other deeply."
irishrelate
behind the wheel
"Road rage. Screaming, yelling, brake checking, bird flipping, name calling and acting the fool because someone who accidentally caused you some minor perceived inconvenience is just nuts. I have a couple of friends who are apoplectic behind the wheel all the time... for nothing. Traffic sucks, deal."
OGbeachbum
I hated fitted sheets. They are works of the devil.
What would you add to this list? Let us know in the comments below.
Reddit user aasrg1802 asked:
Cosplayers, what's one cosplay you will never do again and why?
Here were some of those answers.
Blinded.
"Pyramid head."
"A whole slew of reasons ranging from it is very hard to move/see/eat/drink/literally anything and this is the complaint with just the head."
"Now add in a skirt/dress like bottom and the sword."
"It is very uncomfortable to walk, hard to sit down and if the weather makes a slight turn to cold you really have no way to put something on that doesn't look completely ridiculous."- skaliton
Rock N Roll All Night.
"Ryuk or any shinigami in death note because it was a lot of work for people to just think you were from kiss."-BigBirdHasAllMyUwUs
I'm Blind Mummy
"One year I did Pinyatta."
"It was fun as hell but It was a layer of fabric, a layer of EVA foam, and then all the fabric on top."
"It was absolutely roasting and next to impossible to see."-ElectronicFerret.
Why Wouldn't You Ask First
"Professor X.
"The only reason I chose it was because I had torn my LCL and still wanted to attend the event so I rented a wheelchair so I could get around the event."
"So many people came up and sat in my lap thinking I was just cosplaying as him."
"Thank goodness my friend's parents lived close and we went and grabbed ice packs that we threw on my knee so people would quit doing it."- sasksasquatch.
GiphyI Wanna Be In Photos Too
"Not exactly cosplay, but I went to a Halloween party as Waldo once."
"Terrible idea."
"Everyone wants you hiding in the back of their photos, and you hear 'haha I found you' at least 800 times."
"Never again."- Katholikos.
I Am Slender
"Slenderman."
"I got really into the craze back in the day being a 6'3" skinny dude, and I thought of myself highly for having been a Marble Hornets fan far before the game was ever released."
"The issue is that I have a big head/nose, so through the morph suit you'd just see all my features, including my dark brown hair and smooshed nose."
"I ended up having a sore nose for days, and the soles of my morph suit were extremely darkened from walking around in platform boots for hours on end."- MylesJacobSwie.
Not To Mention The Drugs
"Dr. Rockso."
"Nobody wants to see that. "
"Kuh-kuh-kuh-YEAHHHH."
"Real reason is while fun, I have no place to put anything, no pockets, nowhere to store cash/ID, and if it's cold, forget about it."
"Also, seriously, NOBODY wants to see that."
"I kept it screen-accurate."
"No 'kid-friendly' steps."
"And I wore it to age-appropriate events."- AlphaTangoFoxtrt.
dan james run GIF by MuchGiphyHow Can Your Real Hair Even Do That
"Goku."
" Back in college I had long curly hair, and a girl who was amused by it, straightened it, and used hair-spray to get it to stick straight up."
"Then I used black spray on it, though it was so big - I would have been better off going super saiyan."
"After college I chopped my hair - so impossible to do it justice again."- CharonsLittleHelper.
Dum Dum Dum Dum Dadum Dum Dadum
"Darth Vader."
"Wore it for years in two-hour stints."
"Vision is awful and zero skin is shown anywhere so it's hot."
"Real hot."
"Lots of wiring for lights and sound mean there's always something that can (and does) go wrong."
"Lots of kids coming up and randomly pressing buttons on the chest."
"Plus the cape is hard to control."
"Now I keep him permanently displayed on a 6'5" mannequin."-shinyviper.
darth vader GIFGiphy1-800-DID-I-ASK
"Faye Valentine for Cowboy Bebop."
"Not because of awkward guy comments, but because of other lady cosplayers that would come up to me and talk about how Faye is a good starter cosplay because I guess it's not intricate enough?"
"I got tired of the condescension."- beetjuicex3.
Watch where you point that thing!
"In 2007, i went as Anbu Kakashi, crafted most of the cosplay."
"I made a foam sphere for the chidori with bolts of chakra, sewed that prop to my glove."
"Walked the entire exhibit hall of SDCC, it was a crowded family weekend."
"Very exhausting to fix the wig and avoid poking people with my prop."- bursttea.
Once was enough.
"Gamora."
" Two hours of body painting, then to be in a convention hall aka human oven for six hours, and to not be able to use my fingers, or eat, and so many weird waifu type guys trying to put their arms around me in pictures, like yeah man good luck with that."
"Have fun being dyed green for the foreseeable future."
"The cosplay was incredibly rewarding to wear though, so many kids thought I was really her!! "
"And cosplaying anyone popular is guaranteed to garner a lot of attention at these things, it was fun for the day, but never again."- megxnii.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Flirting GIFGiphyAn unwanted target on your back.
"Katsuki Bakugo from MHA."
"The cosplay itself wasn't bad, but the reaction from the 12-year-olds was tiring."
" I don't plan on cosplaying this character again unless I can find myself wanting to be called 'daddy' or be verbally abused again."
"Also Midnight from MHA."
"I love her character, but the costume is made to be provocative and kinda kinky."
"I have no issue with this, but I'm tired of being hit on."- Spavesnip.
"I was cosplaying tsuyu Asui from mha."
" Not to mention it was my first con and I was 11, but grown men kept constantly coming up to me and calling me baby, waifu, etc."
"Needless to say I won’t be cosplaying her again anytime soon."- origami_spaget.
The moment has passed.
"I will never cosplay my Lolita dva."
"It was very cringey and my parasol started to break throughout the con I was at."- NeitherPatient.
Can't wait till everyone see's my costume, just wish I could!
"The Legion from Dead by Daylight."
"It was my first cosplay and was overall a fun experience but the costume had one problem."
"The mask rendered me completely blind."
"Also the week after I wore the costume to a con The Legion got a huge nerf so I think it's best I retire that costume."- F4LL4W4Y
Waited too long.
"Rose Quartz."
"I love her character, she's well rounded."
"She was hailed as a hero but was discovered to have done bad things, which means she wasn't perfect, and that's great!"
"But after the SU movie people absolutely despise her, even though she doesn't deserve all the blame being put on her by the show and subsequently the fandom."
"I'm exactly her body type and have been working up to doing a really good cosplay of her, but there's no way in hell I'm going to a con and getting yelled at and assaulted for cosplay as one of my favorite characters."
"It makes me so sad cause I was really excited about it too."- DucksInPlants.
Steven Universe GIF by Cartoon NetworkGiphyWho's making all that ruckus!
"Gamzee from 'Homestuck'."
"Or any troll, but this one was ruined in particular."
"The grey paint I stupidly put on my arms as well got onto everything cause I couldn't afford a grey morph suit, one of my horns fell off and broke, and the worst part was the clown horn I had with me as a prop."
"I never actually used the horn to make noise 'cause it was really loud, so it was just for looks."
"Was waiting for a 'Homestuck' based panel and it fell from my hand at some point, a Kurloz infront of me in the line began to step on it furiously and made a lot of noise."
"Guess who got yelled at for it by the panel hostess?"
"Me, of course."
"I only ever did that cosplay the following year, and got stalked by someone dressed as Equius and Karkat who wanted very weird GamzeexEquius photos."
"I've had regrets for years now because of it, since I had another troll cosplay (Meulin Leijon) I wanted to do, but didn't cause I got food poisoning the year I wanted to wear it and the tail went missing."
"Fun times."- imperiousMaximus.
Can I get a picture?
"Even though it's hands down my favorite cosplay I've ever made, I don't think I could ever bring myself to wear my Yubaba/Haku to a con again."
"My previous experience was miserable."
"I was in a full Victorian gown. high collar, long sleeves, many layers, a corset, stockings, a giant wig, and had an 8 ft long lifelike Haku puppet attached to my back."
"All this in the dead summer in NC."
"It was a mixture of being UNBEARABLY hot with the AC inside not being much help."
"It was almost impossible to walk 5 steps without being surrounded by a hoard of people for photos which made everything from eating ,bathroom breaks, or any type of schedule impossible."
"Don't get me wrong, I LOVE people asking for photos and wanting to handle Haku."
"But when you feel like you're going to pass out from the heat, starving, your arm is screaming from supporting your dragons head all day and your bladder is about to burst, it can get a little frustrating and overwhelming."
"I was also involved in the contest later that night so I couldn't change out of it until around 9pm."
"We'd been there since around 11:30 am since our hotel was too far from the con."
"I really pushed myself too far to the point that I was SO sick I have Lupus, so I'm essentially mildly allergic to the sun/heat and sore the next day that I couldn't bring myself to go back wearing my Lust cosplay, and I'm so thankful I didn't because I could barely handle walking around the vendors in flip flops."
"I think if I do ever decide to bring Haku out again, I'll make myself a casual Chihiro to balance out the comfort level."
"Until now, my best boy has a home hanging from the ceiling in my living room."- Mossyfoxx.
Comfort is key.
"Blake from Rwby in a maid dress."
"Quick background: I don't watch Rwby, my friends had decided we'd do group cosplays for each day of the weekend and I got to pick for Friday so I felt I had to go along with whatever they chose for the next two days."
"I didn't have enough time or reference to make her actual outfit so I wore a black and white maid dress, cat ears, and borrowed my friends ridiculous heels (because I didn't own any myself) that I kept tripping and losing my balance in."
"I was so uncomfortable because I've actually never worn a dress that short or tight before I usually cosplay male characters and I've never worn heels that high."
"Between my feet killing me, being super self-conscious and knowing nothing about the character because my group all watched the show and I didn't."
"I will never do that again."
"I'm sticking to cosplaying male characters."- DorianTheGreye.
dress up going out GIFGiphyCosplay is not for the faint of heart. And please, wear deodorant.
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