Venmo: there is an FAQ about what to do if you pay the wrong person.
Public Service [student] Loan Forgiveness: the rules appear to be too complex for over 99% of college graduates applying for it to follow every technicality.
Not using something (like a parking brake) is not the same as using it incorrectly. And apologies, but this makes me think “so what?” The only one to me that is not completely silly is a bike helmet, that MUST be put on to cover one’s forehead and protect one’s frontal lobes.
I had the same thought. Not using vs not using correctly are two different things. Many times one doesn’t need a parking brake or owner’s manual or _______.
MacGyver had a whole TV show (old one certainly beats new!) about using things “incorrectly,” though admittedly some of them had Mythbuster moments.
Bike Helmets, seat belts, medications fit the thread for dangerous misuses though. I’ll add FB and other sources of questionable “internet news.”
Over the counter meds and supplements, just read a BBC article about a relatively healthy middle-aged man taking green tea extract for a couple of months and got liver damage so severe that he needed (and luckily got) a liver transplant. It is such a highly unregulated industry. Also, recently a swimmer got suspended for inadvertently taking supplements sold legally that contain banned substances.
It’s amazing to me how people fall for some things, yet consider things that have gone through various trials to be suspect (thinking vaxs, but there’s more than just that).
It saddens and astounds me that time and again studies are showing the large majority of folks taking inhalers are using them incorrectly and wasting a large portion of these very expensive medications!
Bananas. Most people open them from the wrong end. I was guilty of this until a couple of years ago when my teenager pointed out that it’s easier to open them the way monkeys do, from the “butt end”, holding the banana by the stem like a handle. You don’t have to cut the peel to keep it from getting squished.
@sue22 I took the kids to many programs at the library while they were growing up. There were several master gardeners that came and did kids programming. One time it was on fruit and the master gardener said exactly the same thing, that it was easier to open the banana from the other end and they should go home and try it. So my kids had to run home and show their dad.
Antibiotics - misuse, overuse, used in poultry, unused meds being “disposed” into toilet thus entering our ecosystem
Plastics!
Pumpkins - we use so much energy to plant something just to be thrown away
Christmas trees - same as pumpkins
I don’t know that I agree with Christmas trees being bad. Growing trees to cut them down is a good way to pull carbon from the atmosphere - same with any plant growth. It doesn’t help if the cut growth is burned, of course, but does if it’s buried or composted. There is a problem with the transportation, but I’m not sure that creating plastic versions is better overall - interesting thought to ponder.
We buy real trees and plant them on our farm, but I know that’s not the solution for everyone.
Going off the plastics part… plastic bags! Esp when they turn into Urban Tumbleweeds instead…
401K/403B/Roth IRA plans. Surprised how few otherwise highly educated/informed workers signed up for automatic contributions when they began their careers. So many retirement vehicles depend on very early participation for meaningful results but people early in their working career often put off retirement planning until it is too late.
