When I think of vending machines I think of frustration. Of late hours at some government building waiting to get some bureaucratic nonsense taken care of. Or stressful times at a hospital. Unhealthy snacks and feeling gross immediately after I cave into my desire for junk food.

But it doesn't have to be that way. There are plenty of awesome vending machines out there that go above and beyond the stale chips and crusty, white-dust-coated candy bar stereotype.

These are the vending machines of the future, and the future's looking pretty darn good.

Dads. They’re notorious for their senses of humor—whether cheesy or savage, witty or groan-worthy, they never miss an opportunity to try and make us laugh. In fact, dads are such natural comedians they often crack us up without even meaning to. It should come as no surprise then, that when dads learn to text, hilarity ensues.

Here are 21 dads who prove that, in their hands, smartphones are truly a blessing:

Meeting your favorite celebrity can be a letdown sometimes. Whether they're in a bad mood, don't feel like talking to you, or are just upset that you're on their private property, there are tons of times when meeting that special famous person just doesn't live up to your expectations.

But for some people, their celebrity encounters become immortalized.

Whether it's for the internet's delight, they're own, or both, these times celebrities trolled their fans are just priceless.

Like most people, you've probably struggled with feeling like an occasional failure at work. Everyone makes mistakes and setbacks are inevitable, but still, it can be hard not to dwell on our own blunders. (S/O to everyone who's woken up in a cold sweat at 3 A.M. thinking of the time you accidentally replied all.)

The next time you find yourself feeling this way, just think of these folks who failed at their jobs so hard you'll wonder how they got that far in the first place:

Chores are the worst. There's never not been a time that they didn't suck. Even if you lived in a household where your parents had some extra cash that they would give to you in the form of an allowance (I wasn't that lucky) and would pay you to get your chores done, it doesn't change the fact that chores absolutely suck.

And when you grow up and go out into the world and have your own place, the chores just keep mounting up. You're doing all the laundry for your place. All the vacuuming. All the bathroom sanitizing. All the sponge replacing. All the dish washing and drying. Everything.

And because chores suck and you're not exactly going out of your way to discover new ways to create more work for yourself in your home, you're inevitably going to miss a few spots. Some key cleaning practices that require a bit more thinking to address. Otherwise, certain smells might accumulate in your home and grime starts to build up in places you would've never expected.

Thankfully, these people who clean homes for a living spilled the beans on the most common "spots" people miss washing in their homes on Reddit. Learn from their mistakes so you can add even more chores to your never-ending list of responsibilities. But hey, at least when you do sit down on your couch to binge watch The Office for the zillionth time, you'll be doing it in a squeaky clean house.

Driving around the various routes and highways in New Jersey the past couple of months I noticed that iHop was trying to really show off their burgers to the car commuter crowd.

Now I remember being broke and in college, driving around late at night and looking for a sit down place where we could have a hot meal without breaking the bank. One year, for some reason, iHop was our spot. My friend would always get a cheeseburger. It was cheap and surprisingly not bad.

So, putting two together, when iHop announced that they'd be temporarily changing their name to "iHob" like it was this great mystery, I had a feeling it was a promotional tool for them to try and get customers excited about their burgers. I guess other people don't pay as much attention to billboards as I do (probably because they're too busy focusing on the road, psh, nerds) because people were a bit surprised that the "b" stands for burgers.