Ever had a moment where you looked at a product and thought, "What were they thinking?" You're not alone. We believe that we've all come across things that seem so poorly designed that you can't help but wonder if the people behind them ever gave their creations a test run.
While many of us have encountered products that leave us scratching our heads, wondering if anyone on the design team actually tried using them, it's a sentiment shared by countless. This issue caught the attention of Reddit user u/Stay-Thirsty, who posed an intriguing question on r/AskReddit: “What product was so poorly designed that you suspect the team that made it never used the product?” People from all over the internet began sharing their stories of design mistakes, and the frustration flowed in like a flood.
Keep reading to discover the wild responses that rolled in. We’ve also reached out to Chris Wilson, a product design expert, to get his take on some of the biggest design errors. Scroll down to read the whole interview!
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Any sites with lots of text and ads in between. Scroll down, start reading, then the ad loads and your article shifts down a few inches. Go to click a link but suddenly the ad loads and you click that.
One of the biggest reasons I switched from iPhone to Android was so that I could use ad blockers on Firefox.
Get an adblocker and use the BP website rather than the app
Load More Replies...The ad above this post disappeared and then reappeared, making the whole thing shift, AS I WAS READING THIS. Oh, the irony.
I use an adblocker on my iPhone for everything, even Safari. It's called BlockBear. You don't have to switch phones to adblock. I also use it on my iPad. I refuse to use the internet without an adblocker.
There have been times I leave Bored Panda because it gets so bad or an ad starts blaring sound. It is getting really bad.
Just happened when I opened this article. I have Android (apple is the worst imo)
You clearly never saw the "reader" view on iPhone. Click that and all the adverts, cookie requests, videos, popups, etc., f**k right the f**k off.
the most annoying ones are those where the adds expand or contract depending on whether it is on-screen or not. You scroll down, add expands, text gets pushed down, you scoll down to find the text, add goes off-screen and contracts, text goes up, you scroll up to find text, ad expands, text moves down etc. I sometimes have had to give up to read the begining of a paragraph as getting that part of the text on the screen was virtually impossible.
Pockets on women’s clothing.
Pockets on Women's clothing...What Pockets? Oh This? No, This is designed to only Look like I have pockets. These don't actually open so they can't be used as pockets...
Too many times have I bought pants thinking they have pockets, only to later find out they're artificial. Now I check every single pocket prior to purchase, like a good, paranoid adult. 👌
Load More Replies...Nothing sadder than being excited over clothing with pockets only to find out you can barely fit two almonds in.
Because obviously women will put Apple TVs with the remote in their pockets and that's just plain weird.
This drives me crazy. I use crutches and need pockets. I have had to return jackets and coats as the front pockets are fake or so small I can't fit my phone in
Absolutely! There are a lot of times I don't want to carry a purse. With men's jeans, there are pockets for money, credit cards, phone etc.
Load More Replies...Oh HELL YES! This is idiotic and plain infuriating. I'm tired of having to buy men's pants just to have some genuinely useful pockets.
I'm tired of hearing women complain about no pockets on their pants. There are a plethora of choices from cargo pants with tons of pockets, to regular khakis and jeans with usable pockets, and then you have the slim fit pants that women choose when they want to wear tight pants. You can't have usable pockets and tight pants at the same time. I am a woman and I'm tired of hearing other women complain complain complain.
Actually, you can have slim tight pants with usable pockets. I have two pairs. One has deep pockets in the back, the other has a long pockets on the sides of the legs (integrated as part of the design)
Load More Replies...Sometimes I can buy something because it has good pockets! - I even had the pleasure of seeing two grown women screaming with joy at a bar when I showed them my dress had two pockets! I think I might become the greatest politician of our time if I start my own party with the slogan 'real pockets for everyone'! Probably even becoming a primeminister... jupp, I'm sure of it!
I find this to be close to insanity. The average toddler has bigger pockets.
Any stove or car with touch screens instead of knobs and buttons.
Touch screens. Period. Touch screens are a s**t UI in any context, and they have no business at all being installed in an unstable environment like a moving vehicle.
I agree that a user interface that requires you to look directly at it to use it is completely unsuitable for a vehicle. And I fondly remember the old push button radios you could use by sense of touch! In theory my steering wheel controls can be used without looking, but there are so many button that I frequently push the wrong one unless I look.
Load More Replies...I love my touch screen induction, never thought I would tbh. Cooked on a gas stove my whole life. But the touch screen pfiew so easy to clean and really handy 👌🏻🙃
I have a halogen hob with touch controls and it is sooooo much easier to clean.
Load More Replies...Funny thing is, that things that are designed whithout knobs, but should have knobs, were designed by knobs.
Anyone besides me have fingers that touch screens and touch button do not respond to? We have a new kitchen exhaust fan with capacitive touch buttons that I have to touch twenty times to get them to respond.
Your skin may be too dry or too oily. Something to do with electrical charge and stuff too difficult to explain in a short message. It's called zombie fingers. It's quite a common problem, you are not the only one. I've read it gets better if you keep your hands mosturised, or... if you lick your fingers before using the touch screen. I know it doesn't sound really hygienic. Perhaps there are other solutions I've never heard of.
Load More Replies...Also modern induction stoves with touch screens and "smart sensors" that turn off the blooming thingy when there's a drop of water on the surface, or when you just lift the pan for one minute to stir or whatever. Then, it takes a couple of minutes until you can turn it on again, for "safety". I hate them. Give me a stove with real fire. I don't want anything smart, just simple appliances that let me decide what I want to do. The smarter the appliance, the dumber the users.
Chris Wilson shared that he studied Product/Industrial Design as an undergraduate in London. “The university had excellent links with industry and the degree course centered heavily around real-life clients, from well-known companies and brands, setting genuine briefs. There was always a real chance that what we were presenting to our clients may actually make it to production.”
Today, Chris mainly teaches Product/Industrial Design. He makes easy-to-understand YouTube videos that explain advanced design techniques, helping thousands of people around the world. We suggest you visit his channel to pick up some useful design tips and tricks!
Baby wipes.
Hey, you know when a good time to struggle with opening a package that says it has perforations but really doesn't?
You want one? Here's a chunk of 20.
You want a bunch? Here's a tiny ripped corner.
You have 10 left on a trip and need to conserve? Too bad mother f****r, here's the rest of the pack. Get your tired a*s to CVS.
You still had half of the wipes in the box? Look, my top cap popped open and everything is dry inside.
You can just add a bit of water, close the packet and wait 5 minutes. As good as new!
Load More Replies...I hate these things. THEY ARE NOT FLUSHABLE and yet people keep doing it despite being told not to.
So many going to waste, forcing you to buy an otherwise unnecessary amount. Now, who could profit from that ...? :-|
Sorry, could one of you explain the down votes? What I wanted to say is that manufacturers might not have too much motivation to improve a packaging that helps them sell more. But perhaps I have not expressed it well.
Load More Replies...The amount of times I have had to full fist punch a "perforated" opening...
you forgot the most important bullet: "flushable". NO it f*****g isnt. It blocks the toilet.
Faucets that are so short that you can't fit both hands under them without touching the back of the sink. It's so infuriating how common this is. I have to contort my hands to use them.
Bonus: faucets (most common in public parks and such) that are push activated and last only one or two seconds. Clearly not designed for proper hand washing.
What about sinks so tiny that you can't wash your face without causing a biblical deluge on your countertop???
Why are sink faucets all on top now anyways? When you turn off the water with wet hands, one cannot help but splash water all over the counter which then you have to sponge up. The rear of old bathroom sinks use to go up the wall a bit and the faucet was mounted on that rear wall. All the water that drips from the handles when you shut the valves off dripped into the sink.
It's not like appropriately sized ones don't exist, but someone chose the wrong one or installed it too far back.
Sir, I have looked for one with a long neck for my downstairs bath for 12 years. It does not exisit. It needs to be tall enough to get my hands under it since it will stick out further, and long enough to avoid splashing the water on the back of the sink, and also fit the 3 holes drilled in the granite counter top. My optuons for over a decade have been (1) deal with it (2) replace the whole countertop.
Load More Replies...Everything that everybody said! It's a sink and faucets. This is not rocket science. There is no excuse for how inadequate some of these sink sizes/faucet shapes/installations are.
I see your push button taps and raise you push button showers (oft located in gyms). Oh, you want a warm shower? Better hit this button 20 times and repeatedly dive out the way of the ice cold water.
Last sink I used at a rest stop yesterday had push button taps that lasted 3 seconds - I got my nasty germy soapy hands all over it trying to make it last at least 10 secs to rinse my hands. Seems like a terrible and gross design, I don’t want to touch taps that people have let their damp poopy fingers drip all over.
Load More Replies...When we had a new sink & countertop installed in the bathroom, we bought a kitchen faucet for it. It sticks further out over the sink, plus it's curved so the spigot is higher up. I can actually stick my head under it if I want a quick rinse before combing without getting in the shower.
The faucets that are motion activated are for people with 3 hands, 2 for washing, one for holding the water.
At my work, we have faucets that are angled to hit the front of the sink just right, so you get crotch splash every time.
Any device that typically belongs in a bedroom that has an always on LED. I don’t need to see the LED at all times when I am sleeping.
If you don't have those lights how else am I going to be able to watch you sleep???
I covered the damn things up with duct tape because I couldn't bear the thought of one more night of being stared at by a bunch of sinister beady little red eyes.
Worse still are one with LEDs that flash all day and night, such as smoke detectors in hotel rooms, especially when positioned right over the bed.
Turn off the lights and look around your house. There are an -amazing- number of products now which have one or more LEDs glowing at all times.
How about those bright-white blinding headlights a lot of cars have now? I swear those damn things are going to burn out my retinas one of these days!
I found brightness reducing stickers made for that exact purpose. LOVE THEM.
You can buy little stickers that go over the lights to dim them. You can still check things are turned on, but it's no longer like looking into the sun.
Oh my dear Jesus, yes! When my TV is on, no light. Turn my TV off, and I have a damned 747 landing light shining in my eyes all night. Sharpie markers and black electrical tape have become my friends
Design plays a crucial role in our everyday lives, from the products we use to the spaces we call home and work. However, it's not always perfect, and even the most experienced designers can stumble upon design flaws. We were curious to hear about some of the most common design flaws Chris has come across in his career. “The flaw I see most regularly, and maybe it’s something I just can’t unsee anymore, is any feature that suggests it’s the work of a self-indulgent designer,” Chris told us. “When a product stands out from the crowd because of features that are of little benefit to the user, I’m left asking myself why they’re there at all. Some designers like to throw everything into their designs – but why? Usually, the answer is more about themselves than the client or end user.”
Those sliding shower doors with an overlapping section that is impossible to clean without taking the whole door off.
Call me a Luddite, but I loathe shower doors. In general, it's a badly designed product. I can launder shower curtains—even the plastic ones—so easily. Meanwhile, you need a flamethrower and hydrochloric acid to get soap scum off glass.
Thats interesting cuz i absolutely loath shower curtains lol. I feel like they immediately build soap scum and it takes forever to clean them. I wouldnt want the overlapping shower doors but I'll take my regular shower doors any day, i find them way easier to clean than curtains.
Load More Replies...To whomever designed my shower door that overlaps in THREE pieces: kindly f**k off
I tore my shower door off, along with the tracks, after catching my toe on it, breaking it and the bone behind the little toe. It was disgusting. You cannot get to the bottom of the sliding door or track to clean them.
Upvote for taking off the door, not for your poor toe! And definitely not for how disgusting shower doors are. Took mine out too and....just ugh.
Load More Replies...I despise glass doors on showers. They are so hard to clean especially the old shower doors on bathtubs with that stupid track on the bottom that's impossible to keep clean plus I don't want everyone who uses my bathroom to see all the products my family uses in the shower. I have a tub/shower combo and a shower curtain and if I redo my bathroom again I will still have a tub/shower and a shower curtain.
Once you get them clean apply Rain X for household glass. They will stay incredibly clean for months afterward. Reapply as needed.
I have one of those. I use a long handled squeegee and shove it in there to try and get it clean. It's a total pain in the a$$!
Glass shower doors are dangerous! I've had two doors shatter on me and was lucky only a few major cuts. Get plastic and be safer!
All of the «tear here» markings on coffee packs, juice cartons, etc., mark the strongest/most tear resistant part of the package.
Like cold/flu medicine! Scissors never around... impossible to open, especially when sick 🤧
Baking soda boxes are the worst! I use a utility knife on these types of things.
Or Kraft Dinner boxes (fellow 🇨🇦?) gotta rip the whole box open, that “tear here” thing is BS!
Load More Replies...What they mean is that, if you can actually get the darn thing to open at all without having to call in the marines, once open it will tear in half and all the contents will spill out everywhere... Hence the warning word "tear"...
Load More Replies...Never have I ever ... been able to open something along the designed markings.
“mama, can we have some choccy milk?” “sure, kids. we only have it in a carton so i’ll go get the power tools to open it.”
Cereal bags - why are they not zip lock yet?!?!
Just fold it, or use a clip or elastic band. No need for even more plastic.
But... it's already IN plastic. This would simply require changing the plastic.
Load More Replies...It has actually been tried! Kelloggs experimented with zip closure bags in the past, stating that the seal is liable to break open, that sometimes they just plain don't close properly, cereal gets stuck in the closure, it would slow down the manufacturing process, and increase costs a lot (due to needing new manufacturing equipment, slower rate of production, and the massive cost difference between the bag materials combined with increased required labour). Any company that would do so would eliminate competitive advantages by severely reduced supply and being at least 15% more expensive; a cost that customers have demonstrated that they won't accept after massive sales drops experienced by companies who have trialled it.
We have these things called "Gripsticks" and I swear they are a game changer. They are basically slides that you can use on any bags (like cereal or chips) and they not only keep them closed, they keep the food fresh! Not trying to be an infomercial here, but we’ve basically been using them all my life and I will forever recommend them, especially over clips.
I think I use what you're talking about - the kind where you fold over the top of the bag and slide it through the fold to kind of "zip" it up and they have a handle? If so, yes, they're awesome! Never knew they had a name!
Load More Replies...Take your dang crunchy munch cereal out of the box and store it in a nice glass container with a lid. No need for more plastic.
Worse. Why do they need both a bag AND a box? Generic cereals seem to do just fine with just a bag.
I bought a box of large binder clips and just use those for chips, cereal, bread, etc. They're made of metal (so rarely break), last forever, and work perfectly.
Agreed. We get ziplock closures on bags of cat food, but not on cereal? Why the H3LL not???
In the world of design, creating a product that works well and looks great is a true art form. But what are the most important factors that make a product well-designed? According to Chris, it’s simplicity. “Successful designs are those which are simple to manufacture, to understand and use, and to maintain. They have a minimal impact on the environment, in manufacture, in use, and beyond. A well-designed product makes someone’s life a little easier, without being at the expense of someone else. It may be a little cliché, but I always consider the key to be subtraction, rather than addition. Find ways to make your design more simple.”
Facebook. Used to be cool but now its 15 ads in a row and a rant from my friends friend from 3 weeks ago i already read a hundred times
It may not have been cool, but for a while it was a decent way to keep in touch with people too far away to visit. And I hate phone calls, so all the people telling me I should do that instead were completely missing the point. It was an open line to share amusing trivialities, with the option to post more serious topics when they arose. The more they took away my control over what I did and didn't see, the less I used it. And when they went "all rage bait, all the time" it drove me off for good.
Load More Replies...There's a fair every year in my town & I subscribe to their facebook page so I know when tickets go on sale. Just discovered they're sold out this year, but I didn't see their ticket-sales announcement because Facebook had eighty thousand SUGgeSTeD fOR yOU!!! posts they wanted me to read instead.
You could come over to play with Bouche and Audi instead. You wouldn't even have to buy a ticket.
Load More Replies...On a computer, but not on a phone, you can add F.B. Purity (Fuzz Busting Purity) and greatly tame what appears on your FaceBook page.
Womens underwear. The part that is supposed to get dirty is never far enough forward to catch what its supposed to catch.
I have no idea what they're talking about. Have been an underwear wearing woman all my life.
The gusset. The gusset is too far back in all my panties which means that the thin material in front of it gets wet. Yuk.
Load More Replies...I assume this person means the gusset (I hope that is the English word, used a translator). It's often made from cotton, even if the panties themselves are made from another fabric. It is skin-friendlier and if you have just light discharge it can prevent the other, perhaps more delicate, fabric to take damage. (But not strong enough to absorb blood or heavier discharge). But, for me as well it often is much too short, so that there is a seam where it is uncomfortable. As others here don't understand the problem at all, it might be a size problem and manufacturers just use the same size of cotton for all sizes of underwear, this making it too small for bigger women.
Let's not forget that the seam from the gusset being too short doesn't sit in a very comfortable place if things get a little shifted from perfect placement either.
Load More Replies...I think she means discharge. Or maybe blood on the early period days. All my undies fit very well but I never had one with this double fabric going up to where the clit is and to where those substances can travel during a rough day. I wear panty liners for this reason daily but the glue is destroying the panties parts without the double lining quicker so I would be glad if this part would be bigger
Yes! I always wondered if I am built wrong down below of if its the underwear thats wrong. I decided it is the underwear.
I think they mean that extra layer of cloth in the middle that keeps the underwear from wearing out too much from tearing off panty liners and menstrual pads. Yes, it is probably a matter of body-shape, but my underwear becomes almost see-through after some time because I need to place my panty liners almost halfway over that extra layer.
My underwear always wears out (and stains) in front of the double layer gusset. The gusset should be longer, go up higher in the front. It used to be better, but the gussets have gotten a lot smaller over the years. The underwear manufacturers want less cloth, easy to sew underwear.
If you haven't, spring for some cotton cloth ones. They're SO much better. (Edit - also, same.)
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My dishwasher beeps several times loudly when the cycle is done. Loudly enough that you can hear it outside the house. If you don't open the door, it will beep again 45 minutes later, and every 45 minutes forever until you do so. There is no way to silence this feature or reduce the volume.
Apparently there's no such thing as starting the dishwasher at night and then going to bed in these designer's minds...
My family's just goes silent when it finishes and has the word "complete" on a little thing built in to the door
Load More Replies...That's my Bosch washing machine. Beeps every minute for like ten minutes until it stops because it realises l'm not getting up to unload it. Also l tell it to bugger off a couple of times so it's a lot less temperamental these days.
Yeah, but Fire Services recommend that you don't run dishwashers at night or if you are not at home. Can be a fire risk.
Option one: open it and remove the speaker or buzzer. Option two: find the sound hole (if there is one) and cover it with tape. Option three: s l e d g e h a m m e r
My whirlpool doesn't do this. It beeps once and then leaves a little led light on until you open it. That's it.
Mine too. It's also so quiet, we accidentally open it while it's still running
Load More Replies...and why do it even need to do that? It is not like the plates are spoiled if they stay in the dishwasher a little longer. You can pretty much empty it whenever you feel like it, it doesn't have to be right when it finishes.
Quite! I also know how long the programs I use last, so it's fairly simple to note when I need to go and empty it, if I was in a hurry to do so! Mine beeps once and then the button to indicate it is done lights up.
Load More Replies...Designer: "Let's t's make a really obnoxious household appliance." Fellow designer: "That's a great idea, let's go with that!"
When it comes to designing a new product, finding the right balance between looks, practicality, and ease of use can be a real challenge. Chris shared that it is always a careful mix. He emphasizes that design is often about finding a compromise. “I would put the needs of my client or end-user first and work closely with them to ensure that my ideas and their needs were in alignment. The successful designer will find ways to create an equilibrium. Equilibrium doesn’t have to consist of equally sized parts for balance to be achieved.”
Single ply toilet paper
It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't also disintegrate the second it touch your damp skin. It doesn't do much good if I need to clean out paper bits from my bits after using it.
Load More Replies...So yes,,single ply sucks--- except if your home is on the older side and the pipes haven't been updated, or you're on septic. Then single ply doesn't suck. It saves you hundreds, possibly thousands in repair bills. Ever clean up sewage coming up through the floor drain?!? 😀 Also, there is some single ply that's decent and two-ply safe for septic/old homes.
I actually like it. Multi-ply feels like trying to wipe my a*s with a pillow. Cushy, sure, but not likely to help much with actual cleanliness.
Done for schools and workplaces where the decision makers are insulated from the consequences of their crappy decisions.
I have a best friend who buys single ply. I try very hard not to poop at his place for this reason.
Who the heck still buys this would anyone complain if convenience stores took that off the shelves?
I had an automatic litter box that was fine for pee but the motor was way too weak to scoop poop and regularly got stuck. Also, poop tended to stick to the tines and make a big mess. I called the (small) company. The rep told me that the box design was tested using water and was never tested in a real life situation with real cats as no one there had a cat. She didn't understand why this was a problem.
I work in software development, and I'm amazed at some of the routines in our software. The workflow is so utterly bizarre that they were clearly designed by developers with absolutely no end-user input.
Load More Replies...Yeah I think we found one of the few products where animal testing is a feature, not a bug.
Load More Replies...It *should be* a shît design. But it's not - that's the problem
Load More Replies..."No one has a cat"...Perfect example the designer designing something without any knowledge of its practical use in the real world.
"I know how to make loads of money..." "Can we test this?" "Nah, but who cares?" "I've got a friend with cats..." "Too much time, go make us money"
Load More Replies...Crystal cat litter. Doesnt clump, "seals" the mess in the crystals, tracks everywhere, gets crushed in shoe tracks... nothing is ever clean again.
C'mon now, wouldn't you trust a seat belt designed by someone who never rode in a car? 😂😂
Toys that only have one volume: EXTREMELY LOUD!!!!
Whoever makes these does not have kids of their own.
My two sons had a few toys like this. One of them was a "sleeping box", the thing you put on the bedside table to make sounds and lights to help the kid fall asleep. One volume setting, yelling. This was deliciously ironic. I just soldered a resistor on one of the speaker wires and the problem was gone. Maybe I should create a "quiet module" with a variable resistor and two screw type terminals so everybody can do this without a soldering iron?
I have fixed this by just putting craft foam over the speaker. works very well.
Load More Replies...I've heard that packing tape over the speaker helps. Either that or pretend they don't make batteries for it anymore.
Yup. For some strange reason the batteries just keep dying on certain toys. ;) But you can still play with it even if the music isn't working! I've used that one a LOT.
Load More Replies...They usually have 2 settings. Unfortunately the other setting is "aircraft landing"
Just about every toy we've ever had comes with 3 options - off, full volume, and half volume. The ones that only have the loud option are obnoxious!
Usually there are three settings, loud, deafening and intercontinental communication.
As an Aunty with no kids of my own I bloody love these types of toys.....
...no kids, and no love for the parents either? 😂
Load More Replies...I had that piano!!!!! I used to play the Harry Potter theme on it all the time
If you’re an aspiring product designer, Chris has some advice for you to avoid common design pitfalls and create more user-friendly products. “Understand the needs of your client and/or end user. Recognize and ensure that the focus is squarely upon them and their needs, not on producing work for your portfolio. Be noticed for your ability to answer the brief and become recognized for the skillful simplicity of your designs.”
To learn more about product design, check out Chris’s work on Instagram and YouTube! You can also support him at buymeacoffee.com!
The word "latinx" as a gender-neutral way to refer to Latinos.
Whoever came up with that nonsense had never even taken a Spanish 101 course. "Latinx" is simply unpronounceable in Spanish - even a 5yo speaker would know that - and the real gender neutral word would be "latine", but even that is very rarely used
Edit: stupid spelling
I've yet to meet anyone of Latin American descent that uses latinx. Or even likes it. I've met plenty of virtue signaling Karen's that adore it though. Spanish (like other Romance languages) has a gender for everything including people. Don't like the one you were born with? Let me know and I'll use the other one for you. And yes, I'm of Spanish heritage.
It weird how all these "Inclusive" things are rarely created, or even wanted by the people they are meant for
Load More Replies...My fiance is Latino, and when I asked him what he thinks about this word, he called it b******t and told me its a made-up word for the Gringos to feel better about. 😂
I have only ever hear Latin-ecks. And I do A LOT of training on this. That said, half my family are Lantino and they all hate it. While "latine" is gender neutral, Spanish grammar subsumes all genders under masculine. I personally understand that languages change (e.g. "they" being used as a singular pronoun form in English), but the real change needed is to our attitudes toward what it means to be one or the other (or multiple or none) gender
Load More Replies...Why not just say you're Latin? (iirc Latino is male, Latina is female, so why not just Latin? or is there some reason that as a non latin non spanish speaker I don't understand?)
Because people love complicating things. Latinos as a collective noun is masculine, but periodistas or deportistas is feminine. And we were using them and understanding we were referring to both genders until the virtue signaling Karens (we have those in Spanish as well) came up with the E as inclusive language, which, BTW, is not proper Spanish grammar.
Load More Replies...I remember hearing about this on a podcast and now I correct Latinx to Latine mentally every single time. No cookies, but I love language and, though I don't speak Spanish, I figure that made more sense.
Most of us keep using the male or female form and change to E only if someone wants to be addressed as such. The inclusive form is a rarity in Spain, and for collective nouns we adhere to the traditional form, which can be masculine (Latinos) or feminine (periodistas)
Load More Replies...Why are y'all downvoting Daniela Lavanza who l assume is a fellow native Spanish speaker for stating the TRUTH? There's no neutral form in Spanish grammar, that's why people came up with @ or E, but as of today that's not recognised in Spanish grammar. But what do l know, as an ELE teacher...🙄
Pretty sure Latino is masculine Latina is the feminine variation, Latine is gender neutral
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Sanitary pads
Especially ones advertised as "zero bunching" - they most certainly do bunch. They will go straight up your bum crack. They can only have been designed by someone who doesn't use them to have made that claim
Ones that claim you can do allsorts and they don't move. I can walk out of the bathroom and it's already shifted.
The really tiny ones don't ever end up in the right place. So they made the longer ones which they look abnormal. But I'm hoping they work better.
Load More Replies...There's zero space in my crotch for them anyway, they get crushed and crumpled immediately. Fat thighs and a behemoth fupa is a nightmare.
Period panties for the win!! Seriously. I probably have 10 pairs now and have used them exclusively for almost 3 years now. I do not miss worrying about supplies at all and have never leaked (even when I was post-partum bleeding for 2 months). They're an up-front investment for sure but I'm at the point where I think they should be subsidized for women because they're so effective and just like normal undies.
Yes yes yes yes yes. I dont miss bleeding all over my sheets.
Load More Replies...I have had pad wedgies where the back part of the pad flips over and the adhesive gets stuck in the crack. DO NOT RECOMMEND.
i managed to get my pad stuck on the inside of my thigh. Also do not recommend
Load More Replies...I switched to period panties to avoid this annoying bunching, much more comfortable to use.
Or that they are “up to 100% leak free.” Even 0% is up to 100%…
Even my dad rolls his eyes at that. Who has never had to worry about this nonsense in his life.
Load More Replies...Add to this one: panties that don't stay where you put them. If they're not crawling up your crack, they're sliding down inside your jeans. And most bras were designed by Torquemada.
Pots with handles which get burning hot when you heat the pot.
That’s not a bad design. They’re designed so that they can also be put in an oven as well as the stove top.
Or pots that have handles that aren't rounded, so it hurts your hands when you pick it up.
Load More Replies...I have some pans and pots with detachable plastic handles. Just push a button and the pot/pan is oven compliant. When on a traditional stove they do not become hot
Pot handles that don't get roasting hot are called plastic which means they will compromise the life-span of the pot and prevent you from using the pot in the oven. Why do you think oven gloves were invented???????
All good german brands, like WMF, have some pot series with metal handles, that don't get too hot to handle, only very warm.
WMF pots are one of the worst ones I've ever had. Handles are hot and everything sticks to the bottom. I curse them every damn time.
Load More Replies...These kinds of pots exist so as to be able to put them INTO THE OVEN, a useful feature for those of us that actually know how to cook. Oven mitts are a thing, that you can't make the connection is user error.
Software drivers for basically any HP printer made in the last three decades
"Hello, Hal. I'd print this for you but I'm sensing you bought the purple printer cartridge on eBay."
It looks like you lack yellow ink. I am afraid you can't print this black and white document. F**k you.
Load More Replies...Total rubbish them are. I remember disassembling one for parts and I could literally snap the plastic with 2 fingers. They're criminally cheap and nasty
Load More Replies...I think it’s what the printer companies need to do to stay in business. If everyone has a printer, nobody needs a printer. It’s still horrible though, they need to find a more ethical way to stay in business.
Black is not always printed using just the black cartridge. It also can be printed as a sum of all 4 colors CMYK. If you are low on color cartridges you should set the printer options via sw settings making sure you checked the b/w option. If the document is b/w but you don't change this setting, the printer will try to print black as a composition of all 4 colors. Don't know anyway whether HPs don't allow you to do so
It absolutely infuriates me that it is often cheaper to buy a new printer than it is to buy new black & colored ink for an existing printer. I don't really want to add more useless garbage to the world but I also live on a budget & have found myself replacing a printer when I needed to live on a tight budget.
I learned after the first "update" that made it so that we could no longer use aftermarket cartridges. Lesson = don't allow the machine to auto update.
HP printers, period. You out of blue ink? Ok. Oh, you want to print in black and white? TOO BAD BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF BLUE. Remove the ink cartridges to check and reinstall? Well now I'm not going to recognize them. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
This. A MILLION time this. And their HP Smart Easy software installation system or whatever, is neither smart nor easy.
Okay, bear with me here... all these grocery items in plastic that have a ziploc closer as well.
The idea is great! Open, use, reseal.
But in my experience (and I'm not exactly old and weak) these don't work as planned. Frequently they have the perforated section you can rip off, supposedly to allow access to the ziploc portion. Many times there's glue holding pieces together and the perforated section never seems to extend past that.
Even when not glued, the ziploc is apparently held together by the weak nuclear force and will NOT come apart. There's never enough plastic to pull on, and when there is it's approximately as strong as wet tissue paper. So it just rips.
IMHO the worst offenders are deli meats, but it's been tortillas and more that have flummoxed me. Far too often I just take scissors to the package and then 'seal' it later with a clothes pin.
And when you do get it open, after pouring out some content you can't close it back up because there's gunk in the zip
Also where they can't seem to line up the zip lock and the tear here part. Half the time the zip lock comes off with the tear away top. The other half the tear away is an inch too high and you still have a factory sealed bag
Go to a weed legal state and try the child proof ziplock bags you have to use. Good luck.
Also, so often the zip stays together and separates from one side of the package making the feature useless.
YES!!!! The REAL reason I'm glad they don't make re-sealable cereal bags!
If you’re short and left handed, pretty much everything. Scissors. Grocery aisles. Kitchen cabinets. Pants. knives and forks. Over-the-stove microwave ovens. There is no end …
I just use them backwards. It's my notebook. I'm going to use it the way that works for me. I don't care if it's the "wrong" way.
Load More Replies...The knives are not symmetrical. serrated ones are the worst. I have two and one side is smooth and the other is serrated so it has to be used at a weird angle. That's why I have a kitchen first aid kit and a bathroom kit separately. Spatulas, oven mitts, jar openers, pizza cutters, the list is endless. Even some ballpoint pens do not work well at the angle at which a left-handed person writes. Jars and bottles open in the wrong direction and I don't even want to start talking about screws, the strength is not always enough in the wrong hand. The zippers of the bags open in the wrong direction and the chest pocket is on the wrong side. Someone might say that these are small problems, but try to live like that day after day. I'm tired of solving them every day.
I think the shipping aisles is more in reference to the short part.
Load More Replies...And if it is left-handed, it cost more. Like musical instruments. Like the Pink Tax, there is also a Southpaw Tax.
But the pink tax applies to otherwise identical products which are interchangeable. If 1/10th or less of your sales are unique left-handed versions, economies of scale apply. The (for example) stamping die for a left-handed part costs the same as the die for the standard part. But that cost has to be amortized over far fewer units.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry knives and forks? those are not specifically designed for any one hand, they are ambidextrous utensils, like spoons, and tongs; I know because I am ambidextrous.
Knives with serrations are handed, the serration is designed to straighten a cut, but only if used in the right hand. If used in the left it makes the cut more angled.
Load More Replies...I use regular scissors lefthanded. These days it's not an issue anymore because most things are designed keeping both hands in mind. In the past it was harder for sure
But you still have to hold them in a particular way to force the blades come closer to each other, which is done naturally using right hand. Fortunately I'm ambidextrous (so mainly right-handed but still using cutlery in the 'wrong way')
Load More Replies...I've saved thousands of dollars being left handed, because I can never impulse-buy a guitar
I write with my left hand but do everything else with my right, using my phone, scissors, knives, basically if it involves hands and fingers then my right hand is the dominant one
There should be 10 to 15% of all items made lefthanded or all made of universal design. A question lefthanded people: are the spiral notebooks that have the spiral at the top, your notebook of choice or some other type?
i just flip the right-handed ones over the spiral at the top feels weird to me
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Kids bubbles where the container is a test tube with a rounded bottom so it can never be set down unless the cap is on
Yeah! WTF is that about? Oh, right...dso the liquid leaks out and you have to buy more! 😡🤬
Just put some dishsoap and water in a tray or Mason jar. Save yourself the money and frustration. I loved it as a kid, I'm sure your kids will too
after you use 5 minutes of it then you can never use it again since the bubble juice doesn't touch all sides of the bubble wand
Containers are designed for ease of manufacturing, packing, shipping and storage.
Contacted a Dollar store about design of soap(bubble) container. Designed just like a juice packet that is popular now. They SAID they would change it???
Target is guilty of selling those test tube bubble kits - they change the design for every season. We have so many half used containers of them lying around. The summer themed one has a whale on the top. And coming up next will be the one with the pumpkin top! :)
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The trunk wont open on some Chevrolet cars if the battery is dead. There is no key hole, or physical release cable.
The battery is in the trunk.
You can jump it from contacts under the hood, sure, but that’s such an odd design choice to me.
RHD Skoda Octavia mk3 - the backup key hole is in the opposite door to the bonnet release. The bonnet release that you need if your battery goes flat but for security reasons is blocked by the deadlocked door! Skodas actual procedure is to snap the handle off, use pliers and then buy a new handle from Skoda!
😳 ... 😡🤬 I can't stand manufacturers who intentionally use bad designs for their products &/or product packaging...Either the product breaks while attempting to remove said product from its packaging, 🤬🤬 or the product is manufactured so Cheaply that the finished product is not worth the $$ spent to buy it, let alone use it! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Somehow related to Shrinkflation
Load More Replies...I just had to pay $130 to replace the headlights on my Prius. The mechanic wanted about $270, because he had to take the entire front end of the car off, about an hour and a half of labor. He wasn't making that up: that's the official Toyota way of replacing the lights. I told him a different way of accessing the lights. On my old supposedly crappily built Ford, I could replace the headlights myself for about $7 in about 30 seconds.
Bubble cars, from the 50's/60's, had no reverse gear and you got in/out of them by pushing up the front of the car. If you parked one right up to a wall you couldn't open the door and had no way to reverse out, so were basically trapped!
Most that I have seen have a backup keyhole and there is normally a key blade tucked away inside the key fob to use in the case of a flat battery in either the fob or the car.
Load More Replies...My old Renault 5 had the bonnet release on the passenger side as they never moved it for RHD cars. Plus the mechanics always complained about the where things are in the engine. The distributor being at the bottom somewhere.
Same with our VW Up! They cheaped out by only having one setup. My other car is on the driver's side for whichever country the car was built for.
Load More Replies...My VW has plastic covers over the door lock hoke that have to be pried off to use. I.e. opening the door if you have a dead battery.
You should be able to open it despite the locked door. At least that's how it works with my Škoda, which is ownded by VW
Load More Replies...My Corvette has a keyhole in the center under the rear bumper, with the key located inside the keyless fob. If the battery is dead, I can open the trunk manually and pull on a cable that opens the front door.
Omg! I recently bought a used jaguar. Died in the middle of my street backing out so no one could get around me. Neighbour offered to boost me - couldn't open the glove box to get the manual and couldn't open the trunk to get to the battery. Thank god for CAA!
The car in the pic is a Chevy, but I guarantee it doesn't have that problem
Literally just printers in general. I’d be amazed if anyone here said they’ve had a printer thats always just cooperated and printed with no hassle. It’s always “no” ink, or can’t connect to printer, a jam, a power issue, simply not doing anything, etc.
Laser printer ftw! Prints around 1700 pages before needing a toner cartridge costing ~$50.
Just changed to a colour laser after 15 years with the same inkjet. Inkjet was actually pretty reliable, but wasted a ton of ink cleaning the printheads. Finally canned it after they stopped making cartidges for it and it spewed the contents of a compatible all over the inside of the printer.
Load More Replies...I have "Brother" printer that has never given me a lick of trouble. I've had it for at least 10 years I think.
For my office work, I don't need colour prints so I bought a grayscale-only laser printer (Brother) - my best printer decision ever! The ink lasts for ages, I've never had it clog, and the software/drivers have never been buggy. My experience with inkjet printers has been consistently negative.
Brother tank printers unite! That thing will never die either. I gave my older one to a friend of mine and it just keeps going. I bought it like 10 years ago
Load More Replies...Brother laser printer bw. Lasted more than 10 years no problems. Prints forever on empty.
Just printing out some text here, black/ white is FINE. Printer sulks if no colour ink left!
I would extol the virtues of my printers, but I'm afraid to jinx them. Really, since I switched to laser, I've not had the terrible problems I'd had with inkjets. They are complete c**p.
I agree with Xenon - I have a non-wireless, brother laser printer. Thing is a tank and I replace the toner maybe once a year? I do want to get the wireless version though
I have that. It never fails me but it will not wake up to any print job I send its ways unless I power it off and switch it back on first.
Load More Replies...Closest I have come is my Samsung All-in-One color duplex laser printer. Prints, scans, copies, faxes, does color, does both sides of the paper. Works pretty reliably and I can't remember more than one or two paper jams. Has an ethernet connection plus USB. The extended capacity toner cartridges last us 2 - 3 years (or did, until I started writing a novel). I would have said it was near perfect. EXCEPT - a year or two ago they slid in a firmware update to stop us using third party toner cartridges. Soured me on them right then and there.
The newly-built ladies toilets in our office building which had no space for the sanitary products bins. The bins ended up awkwardly shoved into the too-small gap with the net result of making the actual toilets too narrow to sit on. Fully expect those dimensions were drawn and approved by someone who had no use for the bins or didn’t even know they were present in every toilet.
Again, all it would take would be to ASK a woman, right?
Load More Replies..."Fully expect those dimensions were drawn and approved by SOMEONE" aka by a man. They were designed to be that way by a man. We don't go in a woman's bathroom, why the hell would any of us be trusted to design one.
Designed by a man. Who definitely did not listen to the woman telling him that it wouldn't work.
Honestly I feel like whoever designs public bathrooms has never used one. The toilet paper dispenser is always the same heigh as your knees, lessening the room you have, and whenever there's a trash receptable hanging on the wall it's the same way. Good luck wiping when you can't part your knees because of the dispensers on the stall walls!
In a lot of office buildings, the sanitary bins are provided by an outside company and are all a standard size. The sanitary company will pick them up weekly and change them out with empty bins.
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Dyson vacuum cleaners. They may be great if you live in a pristine, lovely house - but when it's an old house and you add 4 cats, a dog and 2 children it's a useless piece of c**p where the cleaning head needs to be de-clogged every 10 minutes. And you almost need to be an engineer to disassemble, clean and reassemble it. I hate that f*****g piece of trash and am very, very sorry that I sold my reliable old Hoover. I am positive that Dyson and whoever else was involved in creating this masterpiece has never actually had to clean a house. Sucking up pieces of styrofoam at the testing clinics is not a real world example.
You want a Henry! I refuse to buy dyson as mr dyson is a massive brexit supporting prick.
Same reason I won't go into Wetherspoons - that odious, Brexit supporting twat Tim Martin.
Load More Replies...But Dysons are so stylish and expensive theymust be good. We had two - both garbage! Moved onto a Henry. The problem with Dysons is they are over-designed and under-engineered
Not to mention the outrageous price of a Dyson. Ridiculous waste of money.
Dyson vacuum cleaners (don't) suck. I have a Miele cat and dog model, it is good.
Used to have the cat and dog model, lasted well for about 4 years, then the motor packed up- Bought a Shark stratos, never looked back, they are fantastic for removing cat hair!
Load More Replies...Thank you! We were given a Dyson by a friend who was moving overseas. I hate that thing. Non intuitive and unnecessarily complex. They are also overpriced, as are all things Dyson IMHO. That stupid $300 fan could barely put a candle out one foot away from it. And those dumb commercial hand dryers? You end up touching the sides in order to dry your hands, thereby defeating the purpose of washing your hands.
Some road intersections make me wonder if the engineers have actually ever driven a vehicle.
Like the classic cloverleaf interchange. Sure it looks cool from the air, but I guess they never thought of people trying to merge off of one ramp while others are trying to merge on to another. I hate them. I spend more time making sure someone's not zipping down the ramp at 70+ mph so I can merge over in the 20 feet I have before I have to slow down.
Cloverleafs were designed for a time when there was much less traffic, so the speed differential was less of an issue, and you were a lot less likely to have to share the shared lane section.Something else that really hasn't helped is freeways being widened by adding lanes on the right. That makes the onramp become a decreasing-radius turn, so the slowest part is right where you need to be accelerating to merge. And the cars going off have the tightest part of their turn at the beginning, so they need to lose a lot of speed in s short distance. Most Federal highways are replacing them with straight ramps, with traffic signals controlling where they transist onto the surface streets. tl;dr They worked well in the traffic environment they were designed for.
Load More Replies...I'd like to add shopping center parking lots. Which seem to be horribly designed for the flow of traffic.
I feel I should drop this link here: https://www.roads.org.uk/badjunctions
The A118-A406 is particularly ridiculous, and is well worth a read. The description isn't nearly as confusing as the actual junction.
Load More Replies...Many of the design choices are determined by finances. For example, the curved ramp that takes you onto the highway would be safer if the radius of the curve increased as you got closer to the highway, but it is cheaper to build a ramp with decreasing radius curve (gets tighter as you approach the highway). There is often an optical illusion that makes it look like the spiral curve gets wider rather than tightening. The designer can predict the number of serious accidents per million vehicles for each design decision, but a planner will decide which design is "cost effective".
I have found inadequate superelevation and driver error to be far more critical. (Source: Daddy was a highway engineer for over 35 years & taught defensive driving to troopers in the '60s and I was steeped in tbe culture from infancy.)
Load More Replies...I hate this intersection. There is a stop sign where the dropped pin is, facing down 10th street. WTF?! 10th-and-l...0ea41d.jpg
If you need to have explained why there's a stop sign there, I'm glad I don't live anywhere near you.
Load More Replies...We’ve just had a big rearrangement on a big traffic island nearby. It’s now got traffic lights and a new lane layout but why, in the name of satan’s unholy underpants, have they put two lanes going straight on into a single lane? It’s completely useless unless you enjoy seeing cars having to brake sharply and then swear at each other.
Most civil engineers are bonkers! :) They do some great stuff, however...
Jughandle turns in NJ. There's never a sign to tell you if there is a left turn lane at the next intersection or a jughandle, so you have a 50 -50 - 90 % chance of being in the wrong lane.
The Apple Mac chargeable cordless mouse. Cos you can't use it while it's charging. Dumbasses
Whoever designed that is a genius: they force their costumers to buy two products instead of one. The dumbasses are the ones who buy it and keep calling it "innovation" while getting scammed.
The only things I get wireless are headphones. Wireless mice and keyboards will almost guaranteed run out of battery at the most inconvenient time. Wired mice and keyboard are just more reliable. Nothing against anyone who likes them, just my personal preference.
Load More Replies...If the charging port was at least on the front side and not at the bottom. Design over function.
Aesthetics above all. That pretty much describes most of the Jony Ive era of Apple products, especially the butterfly keyboard fiasco.
Load More Replies...I think wireless mice and keyboards are stupid in general. The only place I'm using these products is right next to my computer. Why TF do they need to be wireless when the place to plug them in is right bloody there?
I watch movies on our iMac from across the room and use the mouse as a remote. So there are some uses for it. In general I tend to agree though.
Load More Replies...Or the apple monitor without a stand that was hailed as missed opportunity to "frame the computer screen as $1,000 off for professional users who already own a stand."
Hell ANYTHING APPLE... over-priced proprietary junk that doesn't play well with others
Made it and don't use it? The metaverse
VR already had several decent social apps, Metaverse was late to the party and sooooo inferior.
Certainly looked that way. Graphics seemed god awful, too.
Load More Replies...If you’re referring to the Meta brand Metaverse rather than the general term, then yes, great idea, executed poorly. I think it’s slowly recovering though because Meta is the absolute best about updates with their headsets and is adding better integration and features.
I just bought a waterproof cargo bag for the roof of my car that was fairly expensive The Velcro that keeps the zipper protected was just GLUED ON, not stitched The very first time I opened the bag all the Velcro came off because the attraction to itself was stronger than the adhesive bond to the vinyl bag It’s like there was absolutely zero product testing, but I’m sure it was 5 cents cheaper to make it glued rather than stitched. How could something like this have ever been allowed to leave the factory?
Gluing is actually stronger than stitching if the right glue is used. Carbon fibre cars are glued togther rather as carbon fibre is weakened by holes - much the same as the plastic of the bag.
We had one of these and the straps went through the windows to connect inside the car. No glued on velcro, but when it rained the water went down the straps and dripped into the car.
Been burned so many times.. I'm starting to catch b******t like this now before I pull the trigger
It depends. Had the bag a reasonable price and was made by a company specialized in this items? Or was it a cheap deal at Action, Wish, Aliexpress, Amazon, Temu ... where the products are mega-mass produced and nobody needs to care, because people will buy the stuff anyway because "cool cheap" and rather buy three times the same than one time quality?
My new £1000 washing machine. Does a great job washing clothes and is all singing and all dancing. But all this additional stuff adds complexity and is an absolute bastard to clean. The detergent draw has all this fancy stuff my old didn’t and I just get so much mold growing. Have to take it all apart and clean it so often. It’s so annoying. Edit: everyone telling me to ‘leave the drawer and door open’….yeah I get that. But that’s why I answered the original question. Stupid design that I have to leave the doors open when not in use. It’s dangerous (with kids and cats!) and it gets in the way. Stupid design
Front loaders are a poorly designed washing machines. The mold is disgusting. I ripped out my counter top and replaced with a top loader. It's heaven and clothes get much cleaner as the tub actually fills with water. I can actually soak clothes if needed. And I don't miss the counter top - because I have a great washing machine now.
My mom and I both live in older houses with no laundry room - only a laundry "pantry" with bi-fold doors. She has to leave the closet door open because she has a front-load, and she also needs to use Damp-rid desiccant to keep the mold away. When choosing a washer, it was cheaper to get a top load, so I don't have the same issues. And seeing what she deals with, I'm not going to ever switch.
Load More Replies...Personally I find spending £1000 on a washing machine the craziest thing about this one, but I'm just a scrooge.
Don't put the detergent in the drawer, put the detergent in the machine first and then put the clothes on top of it.
I have a mid-1980's Maytag top loader washer. Built like a tank, big, with basic dial controls, never had an problem and no nonsense about having to clean it. It's in a closet and I have always left the lid up when not in use. Very glad we spent the $300 plus for it all those years ago.
My apartment management company replaced my washing machine, because the old one failed and dumped an entire tub of water onto the floor... and caused the living room ceiling to drop... twice. The new model has a terrible design flaw. Every washer will occasionally have an unbalanced load. It's just a no brainer to pause it, redistribute the load, and then let it go. Well this stupid GE model locks whenever there is an unbalanced load. You CANNOT open it to redistribute the load. Instead, it stops and starts up again by itself, sometimes dozens of times, and it sounds like it is tearing itself apart. One of these days, it will launch itself into orbit. Stupid "new" machines. The old ones were so much better.
We went with the front loading, bells and whistles designs that immediately broke down and needed service every 3 months when we first bought our home. Went back to the very basic top loading, one dial, 3 cycle simple machine that lasted 15 years before it went kaput. Now on a refurbished basic top loading washer. Same for our fridge. Computerized fancy pants garbage is not worth it.
Same, fridge and washing machine are both super basic.
Load More Replies...My new front loader airs itself out after each load. Adds time, but it smells much better and haven't had any issues. I also really love that I fill the soap dispenser that's built in and it auto adds it. Even sends me an alert of my phone when it is running low.
That's why every once in a while, I run the Tub Clean cycle with bleach
The first high efficiency washer we bought had a motor design which has a large disk with magnets that spins around the motor and those magnets induce a pulse in coils. That is how the computer board senses the speed. That large disk was held on by one bolt. That bolt was threaded so it came loose when the disk turned. It should have been a reverse thread. No lock washer or thread lock glue was on that bolt. One month after the warranty expired the loose disk destroyed the motor. It was less expensive to buy a new washer that replace the motor.
Plant pots with non drainage although they look like they did.
You don't want holes if it is for a bog plant, is for dried flowers, or is placed on a surface easily damaged by water.
Your local hardware store will sell you a drill bit for around $6 that lets you drill ceramic and glass, and you can drill your own hole in the bottom of the decorative pots. That's how I get my bonsai pots: I get interesting looking dishes at Goodwill and then drill holes into their bottoms.
I don't understand the drainage..... why? I use pots inside.. it destroies everything....
You're supposed to place them on potting saucers if the surface they sit on would be damaged by water. Some pots have them permanently attached. 78126908-0...c5c6b.jpeg
My new iron. Has a restart if you tip it over after it’s timed out. So if you accidentally leave it plugged it and it gets knocked over by accident (pet or child bumps the board, wind knocks something over knocking the iron over) it starts up while face down.
Leaving a hot iron unattended when there's kids and pets around sounds pretty dangerous.
Which is why they said "accidentally" and not "on purpose."
Load More Replies...Who leaves the iron ever unattended? I never do something dangerous like that even without kids or cats.
Stopped using irons years ago. Get some wrinkle releaser and spray spray spray.
That's how you pay for not getting a Rowenta (and don't give me that c**p about them being too expensive - yes, they are, but not if they come from Goodwill like mine).
Bacon packages. Can I get a ziplock for it? I don’t want to eat 30 pieces of bacon in one sitting.
I have never seen one that is resealable. You have to use scissors to cut open 2-3 sides of it then your scissors are slimy and have to be washed, then you put what you don’t need in a ziplock bag 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Wright Applewood bacon is the absolute best bacon ever! My wife and I won't ever buy any other kind
Load More Replies...My kitchen trash can. It is one sold by Glad specifically for their bigger, extra strong 20 gallon trash bags. It is not particularly cheap. It looks good, but the design of it is what you might expect if you told aliens what a trash can is and they designed one without ever seeing it. How it holds the bag basically causes you to lose 4 gallons of capacity and have to risk tearing the bag or spilling its contents every time you go to remove it. It also has a trash bag holder that is so narrow, you have to feed it trash bags one at a time, completely defeating the point. And if you try to compact the trash a bit, you're almost guaranteed to tear the "tear resistant" bag. Such a poor design. Edit: For everyone who keeps commenting about how I should recycle and compost... I do. That has nothing to do with my trashcan...
I absolutely love, love, love when people out in the world will use a completely innocuous post to get up on their soap ox and rant about their personal causes, while completely ignoring the original post.
I have a pedal bin/trash can in my kitchen and it's juuuust ever slightly too big for the average bag, meaning I have to awkwardly stretch it on and make sure it doesn't tear every time I put one in. e_e
I have to hold my bag on with binder clips...because either the 12 gallon can is really 14 gallons, or the bag is 12. Has anyone ever been able to find a can that actually fits the same size bags?
Load More Replies...we put command hooks on each side of our kitchen trash can and hook a drawstring to each of them, which holds it open even if we put a lot of trash in the bag.
Well your mistake was buying a bin manufactured by the manufacturer of the bags. They're obviously trying to make you buy more bags.
I've never seen a 20 gallon trash bag. Lol. We were just talking the other day how we want something bigger than 13 gallons but not as big as 30 gallon.
When they came out with flex force they were a miracle. But not long after they started getting cheap and they are no better or worse than the old trash bags.
Most of todays can openers.
I rarely need a can opener these days. Most tins in the UK have ringpulls, at least in my experience.
Same here in Australia but I usually have the bad luck of the ring breaking off while in the process of opening the can lol,
Load More Replies...I just want to say that your pun was perfect. *chef's kiss sealed with an upvote!
Load More Replies...P-38. On my keyring. Look it up and you can get one for maybe 50¢. Yes, this 🐼 is old.
Also the P51 which is bigger. But people w/o military service couldn't figure it out LOL
Load More Replies...Just got a safety can opener for those rare non ring pull cans, best buy so far and far superior to the usual rubbish that gets sold. Also no sharp bits to cut oneself on.
I used a Stanley knife in my student days. Was surprisingly effective and easy. I still do it now sometimes
They’re awesome! The lids aren’t sharp and you can actually put them back on top
yep yep. I like to try different can openers here and there (I've tried about 10 so far).. half do not function at all, and a couple didn't last long. I now have 3 and one of those is becoming difficult. (Ringpulls are good for some things but not IMO for on-hand storage)
Most web sites, but for some reason especially those designed for use by elderly people such as medical sites and insurance.
It's like my son's Medicaid. Trying to view something and it pushed their app. Like you have no choice but to get the app. The app is essentially a web browser that shows the site exactly as it would on Safari, Chrome or Firefox!
AH Yes! But the App secretly has tracking and info mining capabilities that you gave permission for when you downloaded it.
Load More Replies...As a web developer, I can not apologize enough for letting the UI designers get away with so much bull c**p.
I used to do site design. Went onto the new site for a local hospital and commented about accessibility, color scheme (unfriendly towards people with vision problems) and also that the site would not display properly in different browsers or phones. They ended up calling me, wanted me to fix it. (passed on that, too big of a project). Yeah, it is like they get lost designing it.
My bug bear is them not displaying the most basic contact information. In the old days they all displayed their address, phone number, fax number, and an easy contact email address. Now all you get is a FAQ section that just sends you round and round in circles. "How do you unjam your printer?" but you get an answer of "Using a size 5 brass spoon with an engraved handle you should be able to pry out your pregnant hamster and your printer should now print."
Websites that ask for crazy amounts of personal info before you can see a price for something. Instant red flag!
Yes!!!! Why do they make navigating their pages like working out The Labyrinth (without Hoggle's help!) It's always on sites for topics that are confusing enough, then you get sent from one page, to another, then back to the first!!!!!!! Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh
The shift on a Nissan Pathfinder. Trying to get it into neutral is like a carnival game. Almost destroyed it trying to enter a car wash.
Nissan SUVs have a plastic grommet on the shift linkage that wears out. Nissan wants you to buy a whole new linkage assembly, but a guy on ebay will sell you the grommet for $35.
I'm sorry to keep commenting, but I swear everyone of these entries are speaking to me. I had a five speed Oldsmobile achieva. I loved that car. One day I got in and the gear shift was laying over to the side. When it was in gear, it felt loose, like in neutral, but when in neutral it was stiff. I took it to three separate mechanics, all giving me an a more astronomical quote than the previous. I assume because I'm female. I finally took it to a place that my dad recommended. A mechanic named pickle had it fixed it 20 minutes for $35. It was a bushing , not the whole linkage as the first three had said
There are some car washes that place your wheels in tracks and a roller comes out of the ground behind your tire to propel you through the wash at the correct speed and spacing
Load More Replies...My refrigerator has a water filter that cannot be changed without turning off the supply... Which is behind the refrigerator. So you have to pull the multi hundred pound fridge (with all the food and such) out to turn the water off before you can change the water filter.. The old Maytag it replaced had no such requirement.
OR you can tunnel in from the other side of the wall behind it. Put a giant wooden frame around the hole and call it art
This is basically what my grandad did, but just with a vent at the back rather than opening for filter.
Load More Replies...Agreed ....it's just a basic good "rule of thumb" that anything that needs to be replaced regularly should be able to be ACCESSED easily, right?
Buy a refrigerator without water tap and filter it seperately if necessary? Here next to none have them, because additional hassle, costs and it is not necessary anyway to filter water. To be honest, water taps and ice machines in the doors look cool - but I think they are not very hygienic and a filter should be exchanged at least every couple of wedks.
I'd call that a poorly planned kitchen - would never build a not accessible water supply anywhere in the house.
All new refrigerators suck! Consumer reports says that 41% have some failure within the first few years! The new $2000 model that we bought to replace our 20 year old $1000 model is, simply put, a piece of junk! Cheaply made, and only mostly works, despite the fact that it’s brand new!
OR, hear me out, you can just turn off the water supply to the entire house/apartment whatever you have while you change it out. Sounds far easier.
Cardboard tampon applicator
Tampons are DRY. Inserting one without an applicator, especially on a light-flow day, can cause discomfort, and microabrasions in the vaginal walls.
Load More Replies...I always preferred the cardboard ones, having been pinched by the sharp plastic slits at the business end of the plastic ones.
The tampons which need an applicator (Tampax-like) are quite long and cannot be inserted without one because they aren't stiff enough. You have to make them slide in, and the cardboard is very smooth (and during your period the blood itself is a lubricant). Tampons like OB are shorter, made with a very compact cotton and can be inserted without an applicator. Having tried both I can say that those with an applicator can be placed further inside and are more effective (in my experience). Whatever you choose ALWAYS change them very often during the day and ALWAYS wash your hands before. Septic shock may happen because bacteria can be trapped inside, in a wet and warm environment that is the ideal condition for them to proliferate quickly. In Italy at least tampons come with a detailed medical warning about this possibility
Didn't know they came in plastic! I'm old, the ones I started with were always cardboard. Liked them a lot.
They're probably better now, but back in the 80's those cardboard applicators were SUPER uncomfortable!! It was like trying to jam a toilet paper roll up there. Gives me chills just thinking about it. I've never in my life used a tampon without an applicator - mostly Playtex.
Better than plastic applicators, cardboard is renewable and recycled
Ugh.....those are sooooo annoying! The bit you use to push in, bends in on itself and then they don't come away from the actual tampon!!!! Ugh!!!!!
Cardboard ones were better than the plastic ones for myself... I've tried the ones without an applicator and it was difficult for me personally. I haven't needed them for years because I'm past menopause thankfully and don't have to buy any of that stuff anymore.
A lot of birdfeeders i buy are very poorly designed, the seeds get wet or they dont come out. I often wonder where these people live that do design them.
when the seeds gets wet, they clump up, making it impossible for the birds to get them to come out.
And if you don't get to it right away, the seeds start to sprout or rot and mold and then it's just YUCK!
Load More Replies...Well they do hang outside where it rains. Cleaning wet seeds and bird poop off them is part of owning them.
Well, they definitely can't eat them if they won't come out like OP said. If they can get them, birds most definitely will eat wet seeds, but if they have been wet for too long, they will ferment and then the birds might get...😱...drunk. 🐦 🍷
Load More Replies...I wager that every coffin maker has never used one.
At least not for more than a few minutes after the lidis screwed down
Load More Replies...Worked as a student in a coffin factory. We used them for everything. Birthday party? Your colleagues carried you in a coffin on their shoulders through the building.
And the point of saving a body in an expensive box under the earth is what? Cremation is the only practical way to dispose of a body.
There are some places starting to do burials in biodegradable coverings. Though laws requiring embalming can make this difficult.
Load More Replies...Depends what you mean by used - I bet at least someone’s been rattled in a coffin.
An app: Duolingo. The people who made it claimed they wanted to make an app that can get you to B2 CEFR level in your target language.
One of the creators used it AFTER the app was made (which is a bit sketchy) to learn Spanish. After he finished the course, a reporter asked him ¿Hablas español? (Do you speak Spanish?).
He couldn't understand what he was being asked and asked the reporter to repeat.
B2 level. Suuureee, Duo.
The app can be usefule to learn some basic vocabulary. But you definitely need to study the grammar with a teacher.
or other apps, or media in the language, or people who speak it
Load More Replies...My mother in law moved to Spain a few years ago and she used the app to get the basics. It helped her learn new words but she mainly learned the language by simply talking with the locals/neighbors/waiters etc. Everytime she learned something from the app she would ask someone if it was correct. She was speaking fluent Spanish within a year. ☺️ But not everyone has the opportunity to submerge themselves in a language
The app and website are also getting progressively worse. They're turning it more into a game and taking out information about grammar and syntax. The Welsh course used to have comprehensive notes on each lesson. Now the notes are only available on an external site (Duome.eu)
Duolingo used to be better. As others have stated, the lessons used to be more comprehensive. Now it's VERY repetitive and not forgiving at all for minor errors like spelling or gender. However, if you want to use it after gaining a basic proficiency, use the stories (if available in your desired language). That will help a lot better than the basic lessons.
I tried it with Spanish. The entire first section was just variations of "I eat an apple." Highly ineffective.
Load More Replies...Unless I’m using it wrong, I find duo lingo has too much typing and picking vocab words when it really should be more conversational exercises that involve speaking and listening. It has some of these - just not enough. Also its “hard exercises” are exactly the same as the regular ones.
I mean, if you want to learn how to tell everyone you are a duck in Irish, it's perfect...
Okay but that’s basic and I know from experience that it’s taught not too far in
Duolingo used to be great. Now there's ads every two seconds and a premium version you have to pay for - 'Duolingo Plus uses are 4 x more likely to finish their course' - yeah I wonder why
Load More Replies...I went through the entire Finnish course (ask me how much of that I remember) and am currently doing Spanish. I didn't - and don't - expect to become fluent; it's more of a "keep my brain busy" game for me. But I do question some of the words they choose to teach. In the Finnish course, for example, you learn wizard, viking, and operahouse; but not taxi, hospital, or left & right. Spanish is a little better about that, although I doubt very much I'll ever need to know how to say kite, chess, or badminton.
The current NHS system. I bet all the ones in charge have private health care.
This is exactly their plan. Underfund it continually until its not fit for purpose making private the only alternative
We have universal Healthcare and it may not be the best but everyone is treated equally. No line skipping. It's more about the working class and less fortunate. If you're already doing well then you can probably afford to seek outside care.
In Australia we have universal health care known as Medicare. It's fundamental to the chance of an equal society.
Load More Replies...It's the reverse in the US; capitalism for the poors, socialism for the disgustingly rich.
Universal Healthcare is like Democracy, is a merda, but the alternatives are worse
It's park of the foundation of equal opportunity in soceity
Load More Replies...I'd rather have the NHS, even if it isn't perfect right now, than go into debt for my medical needs. That said, even private healthcare, whilst still pricy for the average person, isn't as expensive as it is in the US. As per stats found on the internet, private health care plans amounts to approx £1030 per person in the UK (that's around $1300 dollars) whereas a premium healthcare plan in the US cost around $7,900 annually. Please correct me if I'm wrong, though, since this is just sourced from some googling (and experience since I considered going private regarding gallstones)
IIRC private health care in the UK won't cover medical emergencies. I could be wrong about that though. While it is not perfect and the government have been starving it of cash for 13 years, we won't need to fork out thousands of pounds before an insurance company denies a claim. No medical bankruptcies here.
This needs to be told to everyone here in the US that thinks universal healthcare is exactly the same as private health care but free. Anyone I know in the UK and Canada tell me its great that the pay for most costs with something major like heart surgery or cancer but that doesn't necessarily apply to everyone (if they don't approve the procedure) and you have a long wait list. For everything where you aren't about to die today, it is "doctor can see you in 4 weeks for your infection, have some paracetamol and godspeed". In other words all Healthcare systems blow.
What you overlook is that we also have the option of private healthcare, and because it has to compete with the NHS the cost is much, much lower than in the US.
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That weird watermelon slicer tool. Broke the first time I used it.
Everyone asking why they don't just use a knife: that's not the point. The point is they bought a thing and it was so badly made it broke immediately.
Now I'm curious: is your first language by any chance German? 😇😅
Load More Replies...Can you cut the watermelon into a tube shape and then use your pineapple slicer?
Was gifted a corn cob "peeler". had a little container that held the corn after cutting off cob. Note i said HAD....messier without it, but more effective than with a knife. We parboil and freeze corn every year.
I see the problem here. Those aren't meant for watermelon, they're for taking the heads off the elite swine.
3/4 of the cheese slicers and other cheese tools for sale.
you do need the right slicer for the right cheese. For very young cheese you'll need a special slicer so it wont stick to the blade. Now ofcourse Dutch and Scandivians wont have any problem with any slicer ofcourse :-D
This is why I look for vintage utensils. They're often better designed than all the so-called "new and improved" models. 03e3c9625d...153867.jpg
The Bluetooth app connectivity for my washing machine (Didn't really want that feature, but it was a last minute substitution). If the wash cycle takes longer than the initial estimate the start time changes rather than the time remaining estimate. I just don't bother with the app.
It's a rolling estimate based on the load and stuff. It starts off with what it thinks it has and then what it actually has. I'm used to the bed linen taking over an hour when the system swears it will take nearly 3 hours. You get used to it and makes no difference at the end of matters.
American Refrigerators. They don't fit into your home unless you take the doors off?
In our defense, I've been in the UK and a lot of the houses just have a small under-counter fridge. What's up with that? You guys have to shop every other day? We like to shop once a week and stock up our big a*s fridges OK. (Cheers to my friends in the UK)
i have a fridge twice the size of that. Grew up in a house hold with a fridge like that. Def never have to go to the supermarket everyday as long as your household isnt more than 6 persons i guess.
Load More Replies...Also they've got so little space inside they're like a reverse TARDIS. Just buy a standup fridge, standup freezer, and put them next to each other. Twice the space for half the cost.
Another thing about American refrigerators is that the are not only big on the outside, they are also big on the inside, which means very thin walls with very little insulation, which means extremely high energy usage. Unthinkable in the E.U.
But why in American does everyone seem to require a refrigerator the size of the Pentagon?
The delivery men had no issue getting my gigantic fridge into my house. But my house is old and the doors are wider than the 30" standard.
Youtubes UI on their website
So so much online UI right now is extremely accessibility unfriendly. I use a good few accessibility programs and modifications, and the sheer amount of times that I have to cripple readability and ask my partner to read the page for me is countless - because the UI blocks the content on zoom, font size increases don't properly scale, and none of the sites that do those two things ever work with my screen reader. Also, defaulting to mobile layout on desktop. Great, now I can't read your menus ad my screen reader throws a fit!
I can't believe it's 2023 and YouTube still has no function for categorizing your subscriptions. I had to install a Chrome extension to group my subscriptions into folders.
For actual physical products: all the kids toys that are made with small, detachable parts. Even sticking within age restrictions, a lot of toys aimed at boys can be unnecessarily dangerous. I also thought this could apply to video games, and I'm definitely choosing Pokémon Scarlet/Violet.
Why the Pokémon game? It doesn't have any small parts that could fall off ... Do they mean because it's buggy and laggy as hell?
At least for legos, most are designed for all ages now tbf, but legos were also the imaginative kids toy, not for the kids that put everything in their mouth. They either existed a lot less when i grew up or you never heard the news reporting about them cause even the news was embarrassed for them
Makeup (foundation) in bottles with a pump action cap that cannot be removed. I have one now there is still makeup in the bottom of the bottle but the pump tube thingy doesn't reach that far down, so makeup in the bottom of the bottle is unreachable and wasted. Cap dont come off even with force using pliers. Gggrrrrr!!!
Two Things: The headlights on new/newer cars that burn your eye balls out even when they are on low beams. Resealable food packaging be it animal or human that requires you to tear off the top before you can open the package. It almost never tears off cleanly and I end up resorting to a knife to open the sodding things.
Glass top stoves. They scratch and break way too easily, they take FOREVER to cool down, you can't leave anything on the stove unless there's an unused burner to shift it to or it'll keep cooking, and it stops working during power outages.
Yes! I’ve never lived with a glass top stove that I wasn’t deliriously happy to leave behind when I moved.
Load More Replies...I want to nominate the bus stops in my city, in front of the central station. they were newly build about twenty years ago. Nice, tall roofs against rain, but way too few seats. Each station only had two seats. and the bus stops had walls with art and info displays that where positioned in a way that when a bus stopped there, you only had about five feet of space to get on and off. really nice if you have a wheelchair or stroller and the a**holes outside are crowding the door trying to get in. And now, after just 20 years they are rebuilding the whole thing again, and the plans I saw don´t look good. Before, the stops where designed so that the bus came in and drove out in a straight line. The new design involves actual bays the busses have to pull into and then reverse back out. At least that what it looks like to me.
Every single chair in existence. I don't think I've ever sat in a chair that seemed designed for human beings. Either the seat cuts across the backs of my thighs or my feet are dangling like a small child's. No lumbar support. Chair back designs that are horribly uncomfortable to lean against.
My son does wood crafting - everything from furniture to carved wooden kitchen spoons and scoops. He's a real craftsman! He's built several Windsor chairs that are ergonomically crafted - every time someone sits in a regular wooden chair, then sits in one of his, invariably their response is a surprised "oh, my!". Amongst other things, he carves the seat to avoid pressure on the back of your legs, so you sit comfortably, and the back and legs are fit to you. I can sit in my office chair all day - better than the "real" office chair I used to use.
Load More Replies...Makeup (foundation) in bottles with a pump action cap that cannot be removed. I have one now there is still makeup in the bottom of the bottle but the pump tube thingy doesn't reach that far down, so makeup in the bottom of the bottle is unreachable and wasted. Cap dont come off even with force using pliers. Gggrrrrr!!!
Two Things: The headlights on new/newer cars that burn your eye balls out even when they are on low beams. Resealable food packaging be it animal or human that requires you to tear off the top before you can open the package. It almost never tears off cleanly and I end up resorting to a knife to open the sodding things.
Glass top stoves. They scratch and break way too easily, they take FOREVER to cool down, you can't leave anything on the stove unless there's an unused burner to shift it to or it'll keep cooking, and it stops working during power outages.
Yes! I’ve never lived with a glass top stove that I wasn’t deliriously happy to leave behind when I moved.
Load More Replies...I want to nominate the bus stops in my city, in front of the central station. they were newly build about twenty years ago. Nice, tall roofs against rain, but way too few seats. Each station only had two seats. and the bus stops had walls with art and info displays that where positioned in a way that when a bus stopped there, you only had about five feet of space to get on and off. really nice if you have a wheelchair or stroller and the a**holes outside are crowding the door trying to get in. And now, after just 20 years they are rebuilding the whole thing again, and the plans I saw don´t look good. Before, the stops where designed so that the bus came in and drove out in a straight line. The new design involves actual bays the busses have to pull into and then reverse back out. At least that what it looks like to me.
Every single chair in existence. I don't think I've ever sat in a chair that seemed designed for human beings. Either the seat cuts across the backs of my thighs or my feet are dangling like a small child's. No lumbar support. Chair back designs that are horribly uncomfortable to lean against.
My son does wood crafting - everything from furniture to carved wooden kitchen spoons and scoops. He's a real craftsman! He's built several Windsor chairs that are ergonomically crafted - every time someone sits in a regular wooden chair, then sits in one of his, invariably their response is a surprised "oh, my!". Amongst other things, he carves the seat to avoid pressure on the back of your legs, so you sit comfortably, and the back and legs are fit to you. I can sit in my office chair all day - better than the "real" office chair I used to use.
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