40+ Times People Got Into a Fight With Technology & Lost

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We all use computers, phones, and the internet to answer all our questions. But, maybe we shouldn't. Contrary to popular opinion, technology isn't always right. So, to celebrate all those times when people got into a fight with technology and lost, here's a round-up of our favorite funny tech fails, machine malfunctions, gaming gremlins, graphical glitches, sketchy software, and brain farts.

Scooternado!

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Scooternado!

We all use computers, phones, and the internet to answer all our questions. But, maybe we shouldn't. Contrary to popular opinion, technology isn't always right. So, to celebrate all those times when people got into a fight with technology and lost, here's a round-up of our favorite funny tech fails, machine malfunctions, gaming gremlins, graphical glitches, sketchy software, and brain farts.[/SocialIntro] [post_page_title]Scooternado![/post_page_title] You've heard of the Sharknado film franchise, which makes nightmares come true by crossing sharks with tornadoes? Well, we bring you Scooternado. The software glitch created a hurricane of e-scooters before crashing. The rider was scootering south of the Dodgers baseball team's stadium in Los Angeles. [caption id="attachment_1561" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Reddit // u/Kel_Dorado[/caption] It's just to the southwest of Silver Lake because, of course, Silver Lake hipsters get around town on e-scooters! There's only one thing scarier than Sharknado or Scooternado, and that's a hurricane of hipsters.

Animal Crossing Gets Cross

[post_page_title]Animal Crossing Gets Cross[/post_page_title] You can't beat a bit of Animal Crossing. Here's blue gorilla Peewee going ape when he doesn't get what he wants. Don't you hate it when a passive-aggressive blue gorilla starts their sentences with "Listen here"? He tells his friend he wanted blue stuff and that the blue box his friend brought him isn't up to scratch.

Animal Crossing Gets Cross

Talk about sending mixed messages. Peewee's always up to some monkey business or other! And before you comment, yes... we know gorillas are primates, not monkeys.

This Computer Is Terrible at Math

[post_page_title]This Computer Is Terrible at Math[/post_page_title] If there's one thing computers should be good at, it's math, right? Machines are built on mathematics, after all. So when this person took a test and was informed they scored 107%, they were befuddled.

This Computer Is Terrible at Math

The malfunctioning machine even dared to tell them that out of the 15 questions they answered, they got 16 right! If this computer were still at school, their math teacher would have made them count the answer out on its fingers before spending a week in detention.

Google Maps Brain Fart

[post_page_title]Google Maps Brain Fart[/post_page_title] We absolutely love this one. Most of us use Google Maps every day, and every other day we ask, "What did we do before Google Maps?" It revolutionized our lives, but every so often, even the world's most trusted online map has a brain fart.

Google Maps Brain Fart

As you can see, the app offers a unique way to avoid toll roads. Yes, folks, you too can avoid tolls by simply driving around a random city block over and over ad infinitum. What you save on tolls, you can pay in gas!