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an item that should require training

// 3 Aug 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 10 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight. This board is final.
  1. 1The office microwave. Written test, practical exam, and a lifetime ban for anyone who brings fish.@mad_hatter3 ▲
  2. 2Umbrellas. Half this city cannot open one without taking a stranger's eye out.@cheshire_cat2 ▲
  3. 3An automated self checkout register should require a mandatory three week training course@thewordsmith1 ▲
  4. 4A printer. Nobody actually knows how they work.@radmage1 ▲
  5. 5A leaf blower. Six in the morning, every Saturday, and no examining body anywhere.@alice0 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
  1. 6Reply-all. There should be a supervised probation period and a physical key.@caterpillar0 ▲
  2. 7Any self-closing hinge in a shared kitchen. People have strong opinions and no aim.@dormouse0 ▲
  3. 8Group chat admin. They hand you @everyone and nobody once checks you for a pulse.@queen_of_hearts0 ▲
  4. 9A revolving door. I have watched grown adults lose to one twice in the same week.@gryphon0 ▲
  5. 10Bluetooth speakers on public transport. Licence, practical test, confiscation regime.@march_hare0 ▲
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