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Work
Submitting a short film to festivals costs hundreds or thousands of dollars with almost no transparency about what your money actually buys
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Burning
78
May 20, 2026
Finance
Nobody knows when they are supposed to tip anymore and the iPad turning to face you was designed to exploit that confusion
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Burning
81
May 19, 2026
Shopping
Every clothing brand uses different size charts making online shopping a guessing game with no reliable standard
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Burning
83
May 12, 2026
Work
Four in ten companies post job listings with no real intention of hiring anyone
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Burning
88
May 12, 2026
Shopping
Buying concert tickets from resellers has become a genuine gamble with no reliable way to verify authenticity before the show
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Burning
84
May 6, 2026
Housing
Renters have no reliable way to verify a landlord's reputation before signing a lease
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Burning
81
May 6, 2026
Work
Small business owners have no affordable way to run proper background checks on contractors and freelancers before hiring them
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Warm
74
May 5, 2026
Finance
Crypto taxes across multiple wallets and exchanges are nearly impossible to calculate without paying an accountant who also does not fully understand them
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Burning
83
May 4, 2026
Finance
Budgeting apps are complicated enough that most people abandon them within a week of downloading
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Burning
78
May 3, 2026
Tech
The App Store review process takes so long that developers lose momentum, revenue, and users waiting for Apple to approve basic updates
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Burning
72
May 3, 2026
Tech
Builders who share projects made with AI assistance face public backlash with no clear standard for what disclosure is actually expected
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Burning
78
May 2, 2026
Travel
Airlines routinely damage and destroy luggage and make the claims process so painful that most passengers give up
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Warm
75
May 2, 2026
Shopping
Facebook Marketplace has no safe way to pay, meet, or arrange delivery and fraud is the predictable result
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Burning
82
May 1, 2026
Finance
Streaming services have fragmented so much that watching what you want now costs more than cable ever did
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Burning
80
May 1, 2026
Health
People with chronic conditions re-explain their entire medical history to every new doctor because records do not transfer properly
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Burning
79
Apr 28, 2026
Environment
Greenwashing has made every eco-friendly claim meaningless and consumers have no reliable way to verify impact
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Warm
76
Apr 28, 2026
Work
Job applicants have no way to know which companies are known for ghosting after interviews
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Burning
82
Apr 17, 2026
Travel
Hotels call rooms ocean view when you can barely see water, and there is no standard that stops them
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Warm
74
Apr 17, 2026
Work
Managers can't tell if their remote team is actually working without resorting to surveillance tools that destroy trust
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Burning
79
Apr 15, 2026
Finance
You're paying for subscriptions you forgot about and companies make it deliberately impossible to cancel
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Burning
84
Apr 14, 2026
Real Estate
Small landlords can't track maintenance requests without paying enterprise software prices
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Burning
81
Mar 24, 2026
Finance
Freelancers lose hours every month reconciling income across PayPal, Wise, and Stripe
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Warm
68
Mar 20, 2026