80 Things That People Think Should Become Illegal

We’ve all been there, grumbling to ourselves about the things that make life harder than it should be. But what if we could get rid of these everyday frustrations by making them illegal? We decided to take a stand and gather the top things people want banned based on an interesting Reddit thread we found while looking for cool insights to share with you, Pandas. The thread received over 20,000 responses, and it’s easy to see why such a topic would go viral. Who never dreamed of becoming the supreme ruler of the world and shaping it to their own liking?

We scoured the most upvoted submissions, read comments, and collected the best ones here to give you a comprehensive list of annoying behaviors and practices that people would like to suppress with some old-style prohibition. And let me tell you, the results are both surprising and eye-opening. From the silly to the outright serious, these are the things that, if made illegal, people think would make the world a better place.

You’ll find everything from airlines overbooking flights to unpaid work experience and child beauty pageants. Of course, we’re not here to judge if you’re a law-abiding citizen or more of a rebel — rather, we’d like to explore the issues that are driving people up the wall and learn how they’d want to change society if they ruled the world for a day. Let’s go!