What would you ban if you could?

I'd ban the sale of weapon grade plutonium and uranium and all things nuclear that can be used negatively (ex. Atomic Hate)

A previous poster said to ban junk mail. I'd be 100% on board with that! I would also ban paper coupons. They'd all be internet-based and able to load on to phones, so I could cancel my subscription to the physical paper copy of the newspaper. :D

Bump. I just thought of one. I would ban the unwritten rule that says each and every story that takes place in the future has to be some horrifying, soulless dystopia.

On that note, also if I could, I would go back in time and prevent the movie Idiocracy from ever being made.

I'd ban death and promptly make ourselves immortal.

Funnily enough, Cracked had a video arguing that the setting of Idiocracy is, while obviously not a utopia, far from a dystopia.

I'd ban being prideful of willful ignorance.

Would aging still exist? And how about over-population? I'm all up for immortality, and would vote for your regin in the TV Tropes elections, so just want to inquire about the long term issues!

I'd ban the spread of damaging misinformation. For example, the numerous articles and blogs stating that there is no link between a person's size and health. Or those ones that you see that are like, "eat this random thing and cure your diabetes!". They cause actual damage and no-one is held accountable.

edited 28th Mar '17 7:13:20 AM by Cata

I'd ban mostly MTG things, namely Atraxa superfriends decks and Dredge decks.

Oh, thanks for jogging my memory! I'd ban Reuniclus and all the Deoxys from Pokemon Duel. Screw them to Basel and back.

Speaking of Pokémon, I'd ban the anime of it. It's toxified the fanbase way too much with its lies and defertilized its soil with the Eternal September of children.

edited 28th Mar '17 9:15:45 AM by StarAndroidJaguar

Bump. I'd ban the phrase The Customer is Always Right and any reference to or mention of it.

YES.

I would ban anyone who has ever tried to sneak on a ride while being too short to meet the height requirement...at least until they were legit tall enough to ride. (I spent many summers enforcing height requirements. They're there For Your Own Good.)

My sister tried to do that a few times when she was a kid.

I know it's not quite the same thing, but I remember my dad sneaking my siblings and I into the local Chinese buffet (sadly gone now) at the under 12 rate for quite a while after the legitimacy wore off. It worked well for a while, until my Big Eater tendencies made it...rather difficult to say the least.

edited 11th Apr '17 6:10:28 AM by Theatre_Maven_3695

I wish I could ban neuropathy from my body.

Cigarettes. Because I've grown quite partial to breathing as of late.

I'd ban pants without pockets. I mean, it's just a few extra square inches of extra fabric that help tremendously, so why not have them at all times?

I started working in a thrift shop a few years ago and thus became more familiar with women's pants ^note yeah, that sounds weird out of context: I've definitely noticed women tend to get no pockets, fake pockets, or practically useless pockets that would barely carry a dollar's worth of change at most, I guess because it's assumed they're going to have a purse with them. So, not exactly a ban, but I would be in favor of some sort of law about equal pocket rights for both sexes?

edited 11th Apr '17 8:46:55 PM by MikeK

Twitch emotes/memes being used outside of Twitch.

This

Simple honest ignorance may be forgiven, but deliberate stupidity is just... ugh, words fail me.

Thought of another one.

Page stretching in forums. Especially when it forces you to scroll horizontally.

Funny you mention that. Back in high school, one of my acquaintances had quite a few arguments about that.

Commercials that sell alcoholic beverages because quite literally all the ads on You Tube are for beer.

I don't know, I kind of miss the commercials for Sam Adams. Those were always funny.

Commenting on internet articles, videos, or discussions without proving that you've read/seen/whatever the thing being discussed.

All the scammy "One weird trick..." ads.

Blasphemers like dysphere. *Rips off shirt, displaying his House Stark since 2002 tattoo* The North remembers! *Single Tear*

That was great. XD