Mildly Infuriating Hats

Mildly infuriating is a genre of its own. The r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit counts roughly 10.7 to 12.4 million members depending on the tracker, adding well over 100,000 a month, and Know Your Meme runs whole editorials of mildly infuriating moments. Its writers put the appeal plainly: it is amazing how many small things go wrong in a day and compound into frustrating annoyances. The signature grievance is the USB plug that fits on the third try, a meme with 18,614 entries on Know Your Meme since George Takei tweeted about it in August 2014. These Mildly Infuriating hats are for the person keeping score of small injustices, and every target is an object or a system, never the people nearby. Two badges, MILDLY INFURIATING and MILDLY INFURIATED, set the tone. The sentence designs take on the USB with its three attempts and two sides, the PEEL HERE label that does not peel there, a wet sock endured for six hours, a crooked screen protector that defeats someone who can handle a crisis, clamshell packaging, and a receipt longer than an arm. Research found no hat or shirt listing for the exact phrase, so this page is open ground. The USB ledger and the PEEL HERE label get second colorways. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one to the office, the airport or the kitchen drawer that will not close, or give one to the friend who keeps a list.