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50 Designs That Must’ve Looked Better On Paper Because In Practice They Totally Missed The Mark
Designers are supposed to make life easier and our homes more aesthetic; however, some of their "creations" leave us wondering—what are those people smoking? I get it; not everyone in the industry is Dieter Rams, and clients have an innate ability to behave like insufferable toddlers, but certain ideas should never leave the drawing board. From a cup that's impossible to drink from without poking your eyes out to staircases that lead to nowhere, this list, compiled by Bored Panda, showcases design fails that are as funny as they are impractical.
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#1
My Watch Has Luminescence On The Hour Markers But Not On The Actual Hands
Featherking 3 months ago
Sometimes when I wake up, I'd be grateful to know even that much. So it has its use, albeit somewhat limited.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
My eyesight is so bad now that I can't make out the luminescent hands on my watch anyway.
Charles Ersimoen 8 months ago
Oh come on, it's easy to see that it's 17:47 because of the backlight!
Min 8 months ago
What kind of luminescence are you using that you can adjust? (Honest question, not snark)
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago
"You have until zero dark thirty, to Uniform-Foxtrot yourself, you understand me private?!"
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#2
Putting This On Arthritis Cream Is Such A Cruel Joke
Debby Keir 8 months ago
But you've got to open the seal at the top - thereafter it becomes a 'screw jar' but not till then.
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Lily bloom 8 months ago
I always wtf-ed at the heated wraps for back pain being sold on the bottom shelves at the d**g atore
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 8 months ago
I know! I have to travel with those for my back. But getting down there and back is motherfricking impossible!!!
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Panda-sized Potato 8 months ago
It's too bad something like this is necessary, with all the tampering. I've seen people use products in the store, and put it back on the shelf. It was deodorant, btw.
Robert T 8 months ago
This is far better than my f***ing toothpaste, which has microscopic tabs, or my blood pressure tablets which have a perforated seal that never lines up with the edge of the packet to break along the perforations. At least with this, once you manage to lift the tab, it is a decent size to get hold off.
Dee Rutherford 8 months ago
I keep a pair of tweezers and a small pair of pliers nearby. I wrap the handles with stubby medical tape so I can hang on to them.
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So, how do we know if a particular design is good or bad? Jared Spool, an American writer, researcher, and usability expert, said the first test begins with a person walking up: they either know how to use it at that moment or they don't.
"If they don’t know how to use it," Spool said, "you have to look at the knowledge they came up with for the design — what we call current knowledge — as well as the knowledge that they need to achieve whatever their objective is."
"Whether that's getting money out of the automatic teller machine or looking at a radiological scan and diagnosing an anomaly in the chest cavity, they have to have knowledge to get that task done. If that knowledge is far away from the knowledge they currently have then they’re going to have to either learn how to do it or the design is going to have to be simplified so they no longer need that knowledge," he explained.
#3
My Feet Hurt Just Looking At This
Geoffrey Scott 8 months ago
Hey, that's a great idea! Just bought a 4 drawer frame (steel) to replace my dilapidated wood one. I assume pipe insulation would work too. My little toes will thank me.
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Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago
My bed frame is EXACTLY like this and honestly it’s the shins that really suffer 😅😂
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Charity Angel 8 months ago
Industrial chic can be great, done right. This? This is *not* done right
David 8 months ago
It would not have changed the manufacturing process very much to have at least added small 45 degree cuts where the right angles are. Time for some dollar store pool noodles and zip ties I guess.
Lily bloom 8 months ago
That was my thought if something, preferably rounded if not cushioned; qas missing.
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LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
I've always wanted to walk on toe-less stumps! Said no one ever. 😵💫
#4
Yellow As A Container Color For Gallons Of Drinking Water
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
How could they??? Cooking oil because it's too much volume for a urine sample.
TiNaBoNiNa 8 months ago
Careful. Someone may take that as a personal challenge.
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LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Camels. They used a camel in an outdoor Nativity play when I was a kid. The camel decided to let loose with its annual pee-fest. The crowd moved back...and back...and back. Until the play was cancelled thanks to the resulting lake. 😂
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Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
Water? I guess if it is well labelled and familiar to the users.
#5
Whoever Came Up With This Design Should Be Fired
Bored Sailor 8 months ago
I got a pack of short adapter cords because this is too stupidly common.
Nikole 8 months ago
Same. So many extension cords… Especially since I have two turtle tanks.
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Just_for_this 8 months ago
A problem as old as plugs. Why not just put the transformer further down the wire.🙄
Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
I can only imagine that it must somehow cost more.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I hope OP just put it there temporarily to illustrate how large it was. I'd personally put it on the end plug, where it would only block one other outlet.
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Learner Panda 2 months ago
My wall sockets include usb charge points. f there are two appliances plugged in, you can see the usb holes. It is also impossible to switch off the appliance sockets whilst there is something plugged in. Safety first, UK!
The space between the two is called the knowledge gap, and Spool said a design is intuitive (good) when that gap is very small.
"It could be so small that when I walk up to the design, I instantly know what to do because everything in my previous life’s experience has taught me how to deal with this, even if it’s something I’ve never seen before – I can walk up to an automatic teller machine that I’ve never seen before, and I can operate it because my experience with other automatic teller machines has told me what to do, for example," he said.
"Or I get trained, but that happens so quickly that I don't even notice it. There’s messaging on the screen, or there are helpful graphics and animations, and those things ... tell me what to do, and it takes me milliseconds to traverse that knowledge gap. That's intuitive. Something is intuitive when I walk up to it, and I know what to do."
#6
It Looks Like Dirt
Zara VP 8 months ago
Honestly, this would work as a garage sink- the husband likes to work on cars and frequently has grease on his hands and it always dirties the other sinks in the house
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Ooh! *settles in with popcorn* So, what happened? 😁
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#7
I'll See Your Cat And Raise You A Llama
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
"So, hey, boss? I was drinking my coffee and got poked in the eye by a llama. That's covered by worker's comp, right?"
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Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Another wonderful product from the firm of Howard, Fine, and Howard.
David Scholl 8 months ago
I have that mug. "won" it at Dave and *usters" never use it, just takes up cupboard space
Nads 8 months ago
Give it to someone that does mosaic 😅 they will break it apart and turn into something new
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Dog Mom to Zoe 8 months ago
I received one of these for a Christmas gift and gave it to a woman who had a beautiful garden for her plants.
#8
Pants That Make You Look Like You Peed
King Of Birbz 8 months ago
makes it look like you peed? more like drank oil and then ejected it out the other end
#9
One Is A Toilet Cleaner, The Other Is For Washing Dishes. Choose Wisely
Bored Sailor 8 months ago
I prefer the toilet bowl bottles with the curved top to better get under the edge.
John Dilligaf 8 months ago
I don't know about other people but I don't keep my toilet bowl cleaner near the sink with my dirty dishes. Nor do I keep my dishwashing liqud near my toilet bowl. So I would have little chance of mixing up the two.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 8 months ago
I think the mix-up would happen when you need to open a new bottle.
Load More Replies... Mavis 8 months ago
Dish washing liquid is actually a great all round cleaner for lots of things.
Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago
I e honestly used it to clean a toilet in a pinch and it worked just fine!
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Pan-African Thought Society 8 months ago
They would be used (and likely stored) in different rooms so as long as your store them correctly from day 1 you're good.
G A 8 months ago
Not very sensible, although they would be in different aisles in the shop and you would keep them in different places?
Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago
In my local grocery store, cleaning products are all in one aisle, and in my house I store all my cleaning products in the same area because I don’t have room in the bathroom 😅
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Beth Wheeler 8 months ago
You better read those labels and make sure you put them in the right cabinet.
That might sometimes sound like an impossible task because the world keeps changing, but Spool believes that humans don't.
"Humans haven't changed; we haven’t evolved one bit. In fact, here in the United States, it’s possible we’ve gone in the other direction," he said.
"Technology changes, but people stay the same, their behavior stays the same, their ability to respond to something stays the same. How big our fingers are, how fast we move, what our reaction times are, how quickly we interpret information, all of that has stayed the same. The problems that people have, they don't change – we still need to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate."
#10
This Bench. Where I Live It Is Very Hot And It Is Impossible To Sit In This Park
Geoffrey Scott 8 months ago
Was it the Guggenheim in LA that reflected the sun so intensely the sidewalk temp was 140 degrees? (Engineering Disasters?)
G A 8 months ago (edited)
There is a London skyscraper that melted some cars
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Beth Wheeler 8 months ago
OK who is the idiot that thought of using diamond plate for a bench?
Crystalwitch60 8 months ago
It don’t look comfy in any weather tbh , imagine the snowy ice cold !!
#11
This Water Bottle Has Markings To Show You How Much Liquid Is In It, But You Can’t See Through The Bottle
For All Pedernity 8 months ago
Cue the Americans using this scale as proof of the uselessness of the metric system...
Min 8 months ago
Nope, it's just as useless on the left as it is on the right.
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#12
This Unsittable Seashell Chair
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Just...why? You've got an ugly unusable chair taking up space - how ridiculous.
David Beaulieu 8 months ago
This is really twisted. Here sit in our really uncomfortable chair of mollusk bodies.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 8 months ago
Yk those spikey mats that help with pain? Chair version.
#13
Opening The Box With The Pull Tab Destroys Both Heating Instructions And Customer Service Contact Number
JoinMeZoe 8 months ago
Yay! No more karens demanding a refund because the food is expired "when they bought it"
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Queen Boudicca 8 months ago
Another use for the camera in your phone. So many times the writing is so tiny that I've gotten used to taking pics so that I can make it bigger...can use it here too
AlexJ 8 months ago (edited)
Good morning, agent. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves putting three taquitos on a plate and heating them in the microwave on high for a time of one to one and a half minutes. Should the need for putting six taquitos arise, raise the time needed by one minute. Let them stand for an additional minute. We will warn you: Product will be hot. Microwaves and ovens vary, heating times may require adjustment. As always, should any member of your team be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions. Good luck. These instructions will self-destruct in five seconds.
Bi.Felicia 8 months ago
5,4,3,2,1... 💣💥 Wait what did the instructions say about making 4.5 taquitos? Also I'm having issues with getting my taquitos to stand for an additional minute, or at all for that matter. Any suggestions?
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 8 months ago
Well it’s like this 🤦♀️read the bloody instructions before opening like us sensible folk do 🤷♀️
PenguinEmp 8 months ago
I have seen packs like this. I just am smart enough to open from the top
Spool continued to describe how this manifests in people's relationship with design.
"What I mean is on the process side of things people still want everything to be so easy that they don’t have to do any work. They don’t want to have to invest in figuring out what the design should be; they just want to be able to wave their hand and make it happen."
He has also observed "this constant reluctance to invest in good design" and believes it's partially because there's no pressure for it.
"A lot of organizations just don’t have this basic sense that design is going to make a difference, and that’s coupled with the fact that many people aren’t literate in design. By literate in design, I mean they can’t tell the difference between a good design and a bad design."
So when our grandparents struggle with a new device or app, it might not be their skills that are the problem—maybe the design just isn’t good enough.
#14
The Handle Of This Pan Is Heavier Than The Actual Pan
OneHappyPuppy 8 months ago
This is deliberate. It is to prevent a fire if left standing empty but in reality it's a pain in the backside. I have a coffee "pot" like this
David 8 months ago
OneHappy, I don't see how this would prevent a fire. It is unlikely any stove would get hot enough to actually "burn" the pan. You could ruin the surface coatings, which could happen whether or not the pan is at an angle. Meanwhile, if someone is cooking with oil, a poorly balanced pan increases the chance of fire since it takes less of a bump to tip the pan.
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Aspiring Canuck 8 months ago
It’s annoying, but probably not an issue with a flat stovetop or old fashioned coil burner.
Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago
I’ve no idea why you’re getting downvoted on this comment. I have a gas hob like this and some of my pans are the same (although that looks like a big pan to have the issue - milk pans are the worst), it IS NOT a problem on an induction hob as the area the pan sits on is much bigger - generally you just have to balance the pan a bit differently but it’s still annoying.
Load More Replies... Verena 8 months ago (edited)
Have a pan like that, and a gas stove. Solution is having the handle aligned with the grid. It's a very good pan, inherited from my father who was an excellent cook and used flat burners. He only had quality stuff, so I guess the design (of his pan) is supposed to have a balance once the pan is filled with stew, steak or the like
Charity Angel 8 months ago
My milk pan is the same. It's a lovely pan, got a great spout on it, doesn't drip. But it's tricky to balance on a gas stove.
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Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 8 months ago
Completely useless, soils kitchen appliances every time you use it.
#15
The Paper In This Sliced Cheese Makes It Look Like It Has Mold Spots
Robert Beveridge 8 months ago
Paper between slices of cheese is a design fail on its own, this just makes it worse.
#16
How To Get Children To Eat Sand
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
It's a sandy material that "sticks together", so kids can model simple stuff out of it and make simple shapes out of it. Like modelling clay or Play-Doh.
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Littlemiss 8 months ago
It's seriously dangerous as the kinetic sand solidifies in the gut from what I recall.
Silberwolf 3 months ago
I don't even get what that product is supposed to be. Cookie dough? Something to scent something? Something to play with?
#17
The Day Layout Of These Pills
BiggBoii 8 months ago
"Escitalopram is a type of antidepressant known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It's often used to treat depression and is sometimes used for anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or panic attacks." perfect pill for OCD patients
Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
Brand name is Lexapro, it works really well. Ask me how I know....
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Bettye McKee 8 months ago
If they're all the same, it won't matter what order you take them. You will just be perpetually confused.
KittyGaming 8 months ago
Bruh they are the same pill if you're going to separate by each day get a pill container THATS WHAT THEY ARE FOR
Huddo's sister 8 months ago (edited)
If you don't have a dosette box, this would mean you could keep track of whether you have taken a tablet for the day. If you only take 1 med, it can seem annoying having to transfer them to another container and this should help. I know I have had days where I'm not sure I've taken my tablets and had to check the dosette box for the day. You could take them in a different order because, as you say, it's the same d**g, but if you are like me you would want the reassurance you have taken the one for that day. I have a dosette box, but recently I haven't filled it because it takes so long to do it because I take so many meds and I've just been too tired to deal with it. Apologies for the rambling, I am very tired.
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Charity Angel 8 months ago
You're not bothered by the one out of place in the centre of the pack?
Load More Replies... JoinMeZoe 8 months ago
So upper left to right to down to lower left to lower right to left to up makes sense???
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Auryn Shadowfaerie 8 months ago
I do not have OCD but I take Lexapro & this package makes me uncomfortable
Following this logic, we can say that a good design renders intention well and matches what the users need. A bad design, on the other hand, doesn’t render intention well and doesn’t match what the users need.
"You can measure design on a scale of frustration to delight," Spool suggested. "When people have complained about a bad design it’s always because the design is frustrating them. When they’re enamored with a great design, it’s because it’s delighting them."
#18
Instead Of Making These Thermometers Turn Off They Just Stay On And Display The Word "Off" Making Them Run Their Batteries Faster Than Other Models We Used To Have At My Job
Bi.Felicia 8 months ago
Planned obsolescence? Or maybe they are in cahoots with Duracell or Energizer?
Robert T 8 months ago
That's not necessarily true. Depending upon the type of screen, it may actually only take power to change the display. This is how e-ink/digital paper works. My B&O remote has a similar always on display - the batteries last for years.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
Modern LCDs like that use almost no power to run a static display. *IF* the device is properly designed, putting it in the "off" state will stop the thermometer circuitry running, and generally shut down almost everything except the power to the LCD. All it needs to keep a static display going is an applied electric field to keep the liquid crystals in the right state - in principle, it doesn't need to draw any current at all to do that and what current drain there is, is down to leakage which they've been trying to reduce to negligible levels for many decades. If it's a device that's used for an eight hour working day five days a week, the fact that it's got an "oFF" display like that for when it's not in use shouldn't make any practical difference to the battery life.
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geezeronthehill 8 months ago
I have that exact model. I replace the battery once every two years. I can deal with that.
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 8 months ago
Thermometers are going back to old style. More useful, without the mercury
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Are these purchased at Temu? For decades, companies have been making thermometers that turn themselves off.
#19
This Bus Stop In Malaysia
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 8 months ago
This seems deliberate, so homeless cannot take shelter. Looks like hostile architecture to me.
George Costanza 8 months ago
Doubtful. More like it's actually just meant to provide shade from the hot sun, not rain.
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Charity Angel 8 months ago
I have seen a similar (and much less pretty) concept in my area, but at least there is a proper roof on ours. The perforated panels are to give (some) visibility of an approaching bus, but not be vulnerable to having a brick put through it by the local yobs. Unfortunately, because of the topography of the area, we have a tendency for sideways rain, which means the rain just comes in through the holes. Not as much as it would with no panels at all, but still pretty miserable in there. Of course, the alternative would be to make sure the local kids have something to do other than putting bricks through bus shelters, but apparently that's unreasonable
Heffalump 8 months ago
Looks like it was designed more for shade when the sun it's hot, as it often is in Malaysia.
Teressa Reeves 8 months ago
In my city, the bus company went to this style of design because the company got tired of replacing bus stops that jerks set on fire. Upside was that the open design allowed riders to enjoy fresh air. Downside...blizzards of snow, rain, ice, dirt.
Remi (He/Him) 8 months ago
A heck of a lot. Much of the country has tropical rain forests, emphasis on the rain
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StumblingThroughLife 8 months ago (edited)
They use thick perspex (roof/sides and/or metal roof -no longer using glass), over the Pond rather than cutouts like this one. I live in a semirural area, so a lot of ours are still the brick ones (dark and occasionally smelly, tbh.) but they've removed the original wooden benches. The few new ones we have, that have some kind of 'seating' bench (if there's any), are either very narrow/short, or one you can just lean against. It seems many countries despise the homeless.
Danish Susanne 8 months ago
And the old people, and those that gets tired easily!
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Mickeynsync 8 months ago
Malaysia is a very hot place being so close to the equator. I think it might help with the hot sun.
Uncle Schmickle 8 months ago
That's great for a tropical climate where it pours rain every day.
Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
Very pointless if the shelter maybe just a stop sign looking like one
#20
These Bare Metal Armrests On My Hotel Chair. I Asked, They Said These Are By Design
Robin Roper 8 months ago
By design to grab your sleeve or belt loops; jab your side, hip, or back; and cause creases and pain in our forearms.
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 8 months ago
I am nauseated from the possible pain in this pic. On another note, I broke 2 semi-expensive necklaces on this kind of design.
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Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Maybe you could hang your handbag there or slip your dog's leash over it.
Load More Replies... Richard Iachetta 8 months ago
You can find sadistic people in all lines of work and it looks like design is one of their favorites
Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
Are these made of large bent paperclips? How do they get past the safety critics? Made in China stays in China? Only needs some padded something on the arms
#21
This IKEA Colander Has A Lip That Curves Inward That Traps Pasta
Charity Angel 8 months ago
It is - it's macaroni. And it's a very big colander, too. Otherwise excellent, and they don't seem to stock it any more.
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George Costanza 8 months ago
I have an Ikea mixing bowl with the same inner lip. Terrible design.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago
Leave it to ikea, to even make straining pasta annoying and difficult.
Christina L. Vigil 8 months ago
No time for dancing! They want to eat. "Tip and tap, tip and tap..."
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However, Spool said some organizations (designers) believe it's not important whether or not they frustrate their users, partially because they feel like the users don't have a choice.
"For instance, if you work in a company and you want to get reimbursed for the expenses that you made during travel, you can use the travel expense system, and if it’s incredibly frustrating, they don’t care because that’s the only way you’re going to get your travel expenses reimbursed," he said.
So it very well might be that we will continue seeing bad design and creating such lists no matter how far the craft itself progresses.
#22
Maybe Not Best Design For End Table At Hotel Where You Place Items In The Dark Before Bed
Pan-African Thought Society 8 months ago
And just before passing out, I reached gingerly to lay my half full wine glass on the night stand. Whether the sound of breaking glass was part of my booze induced dream or real, I guess I'll find out in the morning. Until then, good night John Boy, good night moon.
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
Just put your glasses in the cut out. Saves time because you know that’s where they’ll end up anyway
Shelli Aderman 8 months ago
I think it’s meant to go on the edge of a bed, like the toe death trap above…
Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago (edited)
What would one put in the cutout anyhow? A fixed tall standard light that does not fall over ? NB: the USB wall plugs( only?)
#23
This Toaster Toasts The Plastic Surrounding Your Breakfast
Stygtand 8 months ago
For that ekstra umami flavor, it goes really well with microplastic butter
Danish Susanne 8 months ago
I would like to know which company made these. If they can make a toaster, that is this dangerous it seems a safe bet, that you should stay away from alle products from this firm.
Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
My old father had a plastic toaster ..for a short while, he put a plate on top to warm it for the toast. The toaster melted. Even he laughed at his errors, in choosing a plastic toaster to start with. Metal toasters only, also metal electric jugs and plastic leech chemicals
King Of Birbz 8 months ago
A little PB and J on your toast, with a little melted plastic for pazazz
#24
I Hate These Plug Designs So Much. Why Do Companies Do This?
Blondie23 8 months ago
there is a flexible power strip you can buy that can be moved around to accommodate these. I have one and it's a life saver!
Limey 8 months ago
The other thing you can do is buy those really short extension cords. Like a foot long with a male plug at one end and a female plug at the other. Still, you shouldn’t have to… these designs have not kept up with the power requirements of todays devices, but still it is cheaper than buying a new power strip.
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Leslie Victor 8 months ago
That is exactly why they do it so you have to buy the *specialized* flexable power strip...cha-ching$$$$
G A 8 months ago
I use switched extensions they are generally a bit wider because of the switches.
Charity Angel 8 months ago
I once made the mistake of buying one of these with two rows of sockets. Earth pin to earth pin (UK plugs). Surge protected too. Seems like a great idea, until you realise that 50% of the plugs you want to put into a surge protector are adaptors with the wires at the top, not the bottom 🤦🏼♀️
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
Why? So we can buy more piggyback extenders? There should be a mandatory plug size, width, and style, so they all fit side by side. So many that do not fit even a double wall plug because of the angles, as the black one shows above in the pic.
Gregory Roliardi 8 months ago
The plugs are bulky because they step down voltage and convert to DC. Otherwise, your phone would get fried.
Gregory Roliardi 8 months ago
They are bulky because they step down the voltage and convert to DC, otherwise your phone would get fried instantly.
For All Pedernity 8 months ago
The plugs are not the main problem here, the sockets are placed way too close to eachother.
#25
The Buckles On This Pillow Are An Eye-Poking Hazard
JoinMeZoe 8 months ago
Holy fùck is that an infant in the background?!?! GET HIM AWAY FROM THAT CURSED PILLOW
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
I have a welder. So no problem. Just kidding, who puts hard metal on a pillow ? A pillow for decorational purpose only ?
#26
Bad Design At Its Best - How To Charge The Magic Mouse For Mac
Robert T 8 months ago
I just bought a Logitech mouse. Not only does the charging cable plug in so you can use it, it can actually operate as a corded mouse, or wireless, or bluetooth!
Nads 8 months ago
I wouldn’t buy an Apple mouse, I think you chose wisely.
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Ron Man 8 months ago
They do this because the mouse is unable to be used while it's being charged. So instead of fielding questions and complaints from people saying it doesn't work while it's being charged, they just make it so you can't use it while it's being charged. In a way, that makes it a really good design; but for a stupid product.
Arch 8 months ago
Or they could, get this, make it usable while it's being charged, like literally every other wireless mouse.
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Roni Stone 8 months ago
NO. I live in an Apple vs. Android household. LOL
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 8 months ago
How much you wanna bet that it's a ploy to get people to buy another mouse to use while the first one is charging?
Toothless Feline 8 months ago (edited)
This was designed by Jony Ive. He's an award-winning product designer, but he has a fëtīsh about making connector ports hidden and inaccessible. He doesn't do work for Apple anymore, but they still refuse to redesign it.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
The issue with that particular design is that if you gave it a charging port in the obvious place, the whole mouse would be higher. By putting the charging port underneath, you can build a lower-profile mouse which is easier on the wrist than higher profile designs - at which point the difference matters is down to the individual. I suppose the thinking is that you put it on to charge when you've finished using it as and when it needs it. All engineering design is about compromise. Whether this particular design has the compromise right is a matter of personal taste. It's not a bad mouse to use. If you want a genuinely terrible Apple mouse, look for the "hockey puck" design: https://www.slashgear.com/810251/why-people-couldnt-stand-apples/ and https://www.macworld.com/article/194643/macat25-worstproducts.html
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 8 months ago (edited)
This is truly a remarkable move by Apple. It probably marks the point at which they totally lost interest in their consumers needs.
Certainly not Dan 8 months ago
Apple seem to have a blind spot for design of a mouse. They’ve never made an average one, let alone a good one. Given their whole shtick is ‘ for creative people’ they’ve yet to make a mouse that works with creative programs such as Adobe suite,.
#27
For That, Dipped In Mud Look
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Euros, but I don't have the symbol available for that.
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#28
This Cooktop
Charity Angel 8 months ago
Given that the indicator light seems to be in the right place, it does look right. I have to wonder if this isn't more a case of a manufacturing defect and the element is in the wrong place underneath.
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Йозеф Лурко 8 months ago
Скупой платит дважды) не стоит экономить на варочных поверхностях - и будет Вам счастье!
#29
Mildly Infuriating Level : Refund
Jrog 8 months ago
Looks like a manufacturing mistake where they installed two bottom plates instead of a top + bottom.
rtecolt 8 months ago
How do you know they're two bottom plates?, maybe they're two top plates.
Load More Replies... David 8 months ago
Not a design flaw. An assembly flay. Rotate one plate 180 degrees and then the patterns match up. On many "waffle iron" type appliances the plates are removable for cleaning. I can't tell if that is an option here but if it is, just flip one plate around.
Jrog 8 months ago
Pretty sure this is just one unit where they installed two identical plates instead of the two mirrored ones.
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
UM, I would love to see what came out what a boo-boo! Back to the production line with lots of recycling.
#30
The Arrangement Of The Buttons On This Remote
Phil Underwood 8 months ago
It's a magic square! All the rows and columns and diagonals add up to 15! Geeky, but rubbish for a remote controller
Renee Kamphuys 8 months ago
In that case we know where the 5 is, too! All jokes aside, your comment needs more upvotes.
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Bettye McKee 8 months ago (edited)
There will be no fives. Fives are forbidden. And definitely no fifties.
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WayoftheStarPrincess 7 months ago
What does the Yin & Yang mode do? Does it balance my life for me?
#31
I Don't Feel Like Sleeping Soundly On This Pillow At All
Robin DJW 8 months ago
But... but... I've never seen sky blue vomit.... before now.
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LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Just looking at this makes me wanna shower with some industrial cleanser. 🤢🤮
#32
This High-End Rug That Appears To Have Been Pooped On
Jason Kennith 8 months ago (edited)
Cats be like: had to barf. Made it to the carpet just in time.
Load More Replies... Charity Angel 8 months ago
Tell me it's not just me? The lower rug, upper right-most blob? It's not just me, right?
Jay Scales 8 months ago
Lol - my cats could hide their offerings amongst that & I'd never find them!
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
You’d find them. It’s the nature of hairballs to be cold, slimy, and stepped on with bare feet
Load More Replies... Epona 8 months ago (edited)
Hot take: apart from not understanding why you would want a rug as small as the one in the upper left (unless it was symmetrical and maybe a bath mat), and obviously not including the "poop/vomit" parts, these rugs are kind of neat. They look like topographical maps!
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
I guess if you're a microbiologist who REALLY loves their work, then....
#33
This Soap Dish Looks Filthy
#34
Curling Iron.. Way Too Easy To Grab The Hot Side
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
When I use a curling iron, I'm generally looking in the mirror, not at the cable.
Load More Replies... Epona 8 months ago
Um, the cord is coming out the safe side to grab! Why would the non-cord side be the side to grab? Put a sticker on the handle if it's so confusing
Nads 8 months ago
No one said it’s impossible to tell the sides apart. It’s just that they are too similar, specially when you really shouldn’t be touching one of them (there’s a high cost for a mistake).
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 8 months ago
Dangerous n surely wouldn’t pass health n safety checks before manufacturing them , how the hell did this even make past the prototype 🤦♀️
#35
I Have Nothing To Say
Carla Phillips 8 months ago
I always feel the funniest when someone makes the comment I was going to. I'm thinking to myself, there's at least one person in this world who thinks very similar to me
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For All Pedernity 8 months ago
Not a design fail, though. I'm sure it works as intended. Funny, too!
#36
This Bowl Looks Like It's Perpetually Dirty
Loanni Kerris 8 months ago
One more pic like this and I'm gonna start cleaning up after my own street pizza...
#37
A Chair With Closed Holes. So The Dust And Dirt That Enters It Stays !
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
You have no sense of art. It's an antique double vase for extra long flowers from the TEMU dynasty.
Dragons Exist 8 months ago
Don't forget the water, and all the gross things that come with that being outside and full of water
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Solve this by adding sand (as RU Sirius suggested) and covering with The Handyman's Secret Weapon - Duct Tape!
#38
This Tap Was Made With Little To No Thinking
Jrog 8 months ago (edited)
The tap is installed wrong. The handle should be on the back or on one side, and the faucet tilted accordingly
Chicken Mitten 8 months ago
Looks like they didn't have enough clearance in the back so they installed it, um, that way.
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#39
A Nutrition Label That You Can't Read Until You Buy And Open The Product
Verena 8 months ago
M, guess is production mistake. The part with the print was fed into the packing machine the wrong way.
Jossh Nine 8 months ago
If you're buying this, you know it's high in sodium and unwanted calories. It's junk food.
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
In Germany I would open it in the shop. Law is law. You have the right to read it or you can't sell it. (ok, just kidding, the law is only for the Ingredients I guess)
M O'Connell 8 months ago
The nutritional information is usually also printed on the bulk box that holds these on the shelf.
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Jean Alexander 8 months ago
If you are eating "meat sticks" of any kind, you aren't too worried about nutritional value anyway.
Jon Steensen 8 months ago
Old computergames did that too. In order to install the game, you had to agree to the terms and conditions, but you could only read those after you put the disk into the computer, and in order to do that, you needed to break the seal on the box. So you just had to hope that they didn't put in condition that your first born child was now theirs.
Nads 8 months ago
Well, you could choose to not play the game even after buying it. You’d be at a loss, but you’d get to keep your first born child. Some parents like their kids, I hear.
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Wife Got Me Some Slippers. The Design Is Getting On My Nerves
Dee Rutherford 8 months ago
They come like this. But, mine are two right feet. 🤔😝
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#41
Got This New Hoodie And Everybody Has Asked Me Why I Am Wet And I Have To Tell Them Its Just The Design Of The Hoodie
Carl Roberts 8 months ago
Ok, but...why did OP buy the darn thing if they knew it looked like that
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Not just wet, but looks dirty and mildewy - ew! Even if I got this as a gift, I'd be recycling it into shop rags or something and telling the gift-giver it got damaged in the wash.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
OP SAYS it's a pocket, but you never know XD
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howdylee 8 months ago
My husband's sweatshirt looks just like this... except it's old and he's worn it while WORKING construction and doing tractor/truck repairs. For FREE he'll let you tag along with him and yours too can look like this!
Nads 8 months ago
I wished someone would let me tag along so I’d learn some things about house maintenance, woodworking, and how a car works. My idea wasn’t very well received.
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Dawn Thomas-Cameron 8 months ago
My son has a Star Wars one where the stars look like little lint balls. Must refrain from picking off the lint stars.
#42
This Is How You Charge Your 100 Dollar Ipencil
Dave Platt 8 months ago
Economical! One accidental bend one loud snapping sound, and you get two ruined devices for the price of one!
Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
This is old, the newest two versions attach with magnets and charge. This was the first version and their powered pencils are better than any other tablet / pencil combination. I’ve used both apple and non-apple versions, the accuracy and sensitivity are better on the ipad. I use them for designing stuff for rock bands (t-shirts, posters etc) and I’m immune to the haters, I use what works best.
Certainly not Dan 8 months ago
Agreed, the Apple Pencil & iPad plus Fresco is awesome. Sketch at home on the sofa, already uploaded when I get to work
Load More Replies... David 8 months ago
You had me at "$100 for a stupid touch pencil" The charging connection just begging to be broken is the flies on top of the poop cake. I thought the price was an exaggeration but I googled and.. NOPE! Some cost more, some a bit less. And apparently some knock off ones claiming to be apple given they were "second generation" but selling for $17 instead of over 100.
UKGrandad 8 months ago
Call me old-fashioned but I find that a pencil sharpener works just fine.
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#43
This Urinal Design In My University In Beijing
Multa Nocte 8 months ago
🎶 Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am - stuck in the middle with you 🎶
George Costanza 8 months ago
Meh, I feel like this would work fine. There's enough space between all of them.
The Darkest Timeline 8 months ago
So, you’re the dude in the middle who just finished taking a leak but the bros to either side aren’t done. What do you do?
Load More Replies... Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 8 months ago
Put a plastic fly in each one. Nobody will miss it and there will be no spills
#44
Useless Minimalism, Stop That
Jaya 8 months ago
This one is just for people who love minimalism so much that they prefer this over cards where you can immediately see which card it is. Not useless, just not your taste or preference.
geezeronthehill 8 months ago
Card playing is a communal activity. The owner of these cards will be playing a lot of solitaire, because his friends will nope out.
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Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
Nah, it's for your poker game when your nearsighted and rich friend forgot his glasses at home.
antoinette maldari 8 months ago
So, for people that like to play cards with cheaters?
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
My daughter is a minimalist she would possibly like these..if she played cards
Šimon Špaček 8 months ago
We wanted to make minimalistic cards. It would be just number or letter in red, green, purple or blue on old touchpads.
#45
Hp Made The Track Pad The Same Texture As The Rest Of The Laptop So Its Awful To Use
Just_for_this 8 months ago
HP in general. don't buy their products. this is the stuff you can 'see' they cheap out on and overcharge for.
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago
...and we do not even mention printers and ink
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Beth Wheeler 8 months ago
I love my HP laptop and desktop. It's way better than the Toshiba laptop that I had for about 2 years that literally died from the time I turned it off 1 night and the next day it wouldn't do anything... Was told the motherboard was gone. It wasn't used every day like I do now.
#46
What The Hell You Putting In That
Jaya 8 months ago
If you go running in them, they'd exactly fit your house key, so that's quite handy.
KittyGaming 8 months ago
Let me guess, woman's pants, it's literally the purse industry wanting more money, pants manufacturers make smaller pockets to force women to buy a purse
Royal Stray 8 months ago
The real reason is because they think pockets, especially big ones ruins the slim design of the pant, and makes it look bulky in the pocket area. So having tiny or no pockets keeps the silhouette they had in mind for the pant
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#47
Why Have A Picnic Table And A Swing, When You Can Have The Worst Of Both Worlds?
Just_for_this 8 months ago
I actually quite like this. It's a Novelty, while providing movable seating that cant go walkabout. If someone is daft enough to 'swing' into the table that is on them.
David 8 months ago
Just, It appears to be kid sized so they don't have to be "daft". They just have to be typical kids.
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Don't listen to me 8 months ago
But someone will definitely swing themselves into that table, just for fun.
KittyGaming 8 months ago
Not bad, most likely for children or people with adhd who fidget and move a lot, as someone with adhd
G A 8 months ago
Yeah I think this is just the same as movable chairs clearly not real swings. You'd have to be proper dumb.
Charity Angel 8 months ago
In some ways, it's probably better than a chair that you have to try and shuffle under you as you sit, inevitably end up too far from the table, and have to scrape across the ground. I'd want a back on the seat, though I could see people forgetting, leaning back, and ending up on the floor. Possibly with neck injuries. Yeah, never mind, I can live without a back rest here.
Load More Replies... LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
In a weird way, I kinda like it (providing it's properly constructed for adults). I can see myself sitting there, gently swaying with my feet on the ground, just as a way to not be stuck in the same position for long.
Thee8thsense 8 months ago
If I was eating while sitting/swinging at this table, guaranteed I would toss my cookies.
Weaponized Beef 8 months ago
Do you not know any kids who get the wiggles while sitting? This is actually great.
#48
The Worst Sink Design I've Ever Had The Misfortune Of Using
Left side is hot only. Right side is cold. Hands were constantly hitting the side of the sink because there was no room. Took forever to drain.
Funhog 8 months ago
Agreed that the sink is poorly designed; however, two separate taps are used when the hot water is not potable.
Meagan Glaser 8 months ago
May be true some places, but not in the US where I've seen too many of these sinks. They're just a different way of plumbing.
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LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
The taps aren't a problem (I have split taps, hot on the left, cold on the right - in the US for anyone curious), but the sink design definitely leaves something to be desired. Why is the left side so severely angled? It looks so wrong.
Max Fox 8 months ago
This was the way that all taps were for a very long time. Running water started as cold only, so when hot running water was added, it didn't occur to home builders to have a tap which mixes the two streams. People didn't wash their faces directly from the stream, but mixed the water in the basin and scooped it up, like they always used to do. Same for tubs - people didn't take warm showers before there was hot running water, they mixed the hot and cold water in the tub, and the taps were set up to allow them to continue to do this.
Nads 8 months ago
Oh, this makes sense. Thank you for the information. I would feel a bit yuck washing my face with water from the sink basin. In my head, once the stream water touches something, it’s not as clean anymore. I certainly hated when op mentioned their hands touching the side of the sink. 😰
Load More Replies... G A 8 months ago (edited)
We use 2 taps in the UK. Never have a problem like this is suggesting. Water doesn't seperate down the middle FGS!
George Costanza 8 months ago
Why would you want one tap flaming hot and one ice cold? Isn't it far better to have one tap where you can decide how hot/cold you want the water??
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Anonymous Female 8 months ago
I live in a house that's over 100 years old, and it had a sink (original) similar to this in the bathroom. We remodeled and made a second bathroom in the basement and put the original sink in there. It's ok because it doesn't get used all the time.
Jon Steensen 8 months ago
But how do you use that in practice for tasks like washing your hands? I see no other options that either go with the cold alone, burning your hands with the hot one if it is warm enough to k**l listeria, or waste a lot of water and time filling up the sink with a mix, or quickly switching between scolding your hands and coolling them down by moving them between two waterstreams comming for the tpas. Neither of those "solutions" seem optimal.
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Bill Swallow 8 months ago
If this is the "worst" sink design you've ever encountered, be glad you haven't run into many others that have been featured on Bored Panda.
Cybele Spanjaard 8 months ago
Some bathroom ceramic designers have to be different no matter the effective use ...
#49
Not Sure Who I Should Be Mad At. Apple Or The Guy Who Designed This Outlet In My Office
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Nah - that charger design is done the right way for a conventional UK socket. The problem is the poor installation of the socket - there's supposed to be vertical clearance below. The chargers that are a pain are the ones where the body of the charger extends above the socket - all the more so when the lead comes out of the top. UK plugs have the lead coming out the bottom, and multi-way socket strips are built with that assumption - if you've got two rows of sockets, chargers/power bricks doing it the wrong way block at least one other socket.
Load More Replies... Just_for_this 8 months ago
Exactly, this outlet will cause issue for 'normal' plugs as much as oversize with the way the wire will trail off.
Load More Replies... Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago
Poor design from Apple perhaps but it’s an oversized plug, there’s a limit to what you can do without blocking plugs left and right or having it stuck out so far it levers itself out of the plug. As another point - Apple used to provide a long lead you could use as well as the interchangeable top so this wasn’t an issue.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
In this case, Apple's followed the conventional correct design approach and made the charger extend below the socket which is exactly what you want for standard UK sockets and multi-way socket strips - until the past few decades, all power bricks/chargers/etc in the UK were made like that. The problem here is down to the stupid mounting of the socket strip in question. When the chargers/power bricks extend above the socket, they block out other sockets if you're using them in a multi-row socket strip. Don't ask me why, but a lot of modern power bricks here in the UK don't just extend above the socket, but they also have the lead coming out of the top - which is just plain silly. It makes them much more of a trip hazard (ask me how I know...) and also means they bend sharply, which can cause them to fail due to the wire inside breaking (ask me how I know...)
Load More Replies... Christina A Davis 8 months ago
APPLE--they stay up 24hours a day figuring how to screw stuff up.
KittyGaming 8 months ago
Oh I can top this, when Nintendo released the switch lite instead of using American plugs they had an adapter to the Japanese plugs, guess who got shocked unplugging my switch lite because the stupid adapter got stuck in the outlet
For All Pedernity 8 months ago
Or whoever designed American plugs and sockets in the first place...?
#50
My Mum Bought This At A Home Decor Shop Years Ago. I Never Read What It’s Intended To Say
Dog Mom to Zoe 8 months ago
You know, like when you walk hand in hand during a sunset on the bceah.
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Not cute enough for me to lay out money for it.
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#51
Exactly What I Want On My Shirt: Someone Else Wearing A Similar Shirt
TotallyNOTAFox 8 months ago
They obviously don't care for children at all! /s
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The Words They Chose To Have Standout Color
Glix Drap 8 months ago
Sometimes a p*o can be refreshing. Scratched head, but can the same be said for a fake p*o?
justagirl 8 months ago (edited)
did bp just censor p*o? edit: oh yeah they did . p.oo guys. the word that six year olds are obsessed with.
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Can You Think Of A More Disgusting Location For A Bottle Opener Than The Bottom Of Your Shoe? I Cannot
#54
Dog? Silhouette At A Well-Known Big Box Store
#55
My Local Sink
JkNuss 8 months ago
I will never understand why those are even an option to install anywhere in the world makes no sense to have two faucets who is making them and to what advantage is it so the maker can charge twice or the plumber cause they are useless to the public you can’t have warm water only freezing or scalding
Funhog 8 months ago
Two separate taps are typically used when the hot water is not potable.
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Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
I've seen worse (here in this thread) and it's also far better than cold only.
#56
"No, Mr. Policeman Firefighter Rescue Paramedic Sir, I Just Wanted To Get Off At The Next Stop"
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
And perfect to reach for toddlers, dogs and heavy bags on the top.
Mavis 8 months ago (edited)
Is this a train? If so I think both buttons probably work exactly the same. They are used to communicate directly with train staff. But if its a bus it could be in a disabled area for passengers in wheelchairs and accidently pushing the SOS button is not going to call emergency services it will call the bus driver.
Charity Angel 8 months ago
It looks like a pair of rails out of the window, so it's definitely a train. However, the SOS button is still much more likely to connect to the driver or guard than emergency services (in the UK, at least). I ended up having to use one once (got locked in the loo), and the button in there said it goes to the driver. It doesn't bring the train to a grinding halt like the old communication cords used to, or summon the emergency services. I have to say, I like the idea of a button for request stops - my local station is a request stop and I've never seen this on a train before. Great idea - no emergency, but I'd like to use the upcoming request stop please. On buses, the stop bell in the wheelchair area is a different colour to the rest, and it makes a different sound, to alert the driver that their disabled passenger is getting off, so they'll need the ramp.
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Patrick H 8 months ago
Aside from red usually being used for "stop", is this really all that hard to understand?
Charity Angel 8 months ago
It's not the understanding that's the issue here - it's the placement. Those would be so easy to knock by accident - especially when first getting on, or when just about to get off, when you're sorting out your baggage. Personally, living at a request stop, I think having a "stop" bell on a train is a great idea, and I suspect these are in the priority seating area, so they've been made easy to use for disabled folks. I'd agree with Mavis about being the wheelchair space, except that the wheelchair space usually has a different shaped table to make it easy to get into. (At least, they do in the UK, which it looks like this is.)
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This Shirt That Looks Like It’s Covered In Coffee Stains
BookFanatic 8 months ago
I wonder if I could use that line next time I spill tea down my front...
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The Design On My Girlfriend's Yoga Pants Make It Look Like It's Covered In Fur
Nichole Harris 8 months ago
Yup I've just given up 😂 dog hair is my new aesthetic
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Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Cat hair, to be specific. I don't mind cat hair, but I don't consider it a fashion statement.
#59
These "Benches" Are Super Uncomfortable To Sit On And Unusable To Rest (Probably Designed Against Homeless People)
Nuku Nyara 8 months ago
If they are sitting in the sun in the summer, more than likely to get burnt bacon and toasty biscuits 🤣
#60
Modern Ui Design Is Really Really Awful. Case In Point: Can You Tell In Less Than 2 Seconds Which Item On This Screen Is Highlighted?
Dangerous Dave 8 months ago
Hate this design - subtlety / aesthetic over ease of use. A slightly (`20%) larger and brighter image & text is insufficient to be immediately obvious. Simply putting a high contrast border around the image, like others do, would make it immediately obvious. I invariably have to click a couple times to be sure what is selected.
Stygtand 8 months ago (edited)
Nr 6 picture is slightly bigger making it pop out and the text and the number is brigther
Bored Sailor 8 months ago
Yes, I saw that right away as well. Not perfect but still works.
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SirWriteALot 8 months ago (edited)
It's like with a mouse cursor ... you have to wiggle it to know where it is.
Glasofruix 8 months ago
Also wth is the deal with every modern website/ui going with a light grey on beige themes?
Lara Verne 8 months ago
Hey I can't tell which item is highlighted even after staring at it for two minutes.
#61
The "Tanned Meter" At The Bottom Doesn't Coincide With The Product Name
Verena 8 months ago (edited)
The ticked boxes are the tan meter, to be read from left to right. English grammar book for English-is-not-my-countries-language says dark - darker - darkest, so the boxes seem to fit. Not so much the product name.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
Then why isn't "Darkest" on the left named "I want the darkest possible" instead of the second-to-darkest being named that? XD
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The Designer Of This Abomination Should Be Made To Sit On This For A Week
JoinMeZoe 8 months ago
Its becuz they dont want the homeless to sleep on 'em
Load More Replies... Owen 8 months ago
We wouldn't want any place for the homeless to sleep, now would we? I am convinced eradicating homelessness means just killing them off in far too many countries.
Eroe Infinito 8 months ago
I very sadly agree. I HATE anti homeless designs. Let's make struggling people struggle more.
Load More Replies... Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago
In this particular case I think you're right.
Load More Replies... David Beaulieu 8 months ago
Imagine if they put more money into helping the homeless and less into making life harder on them.
Crikey! (ho/hum) 8 months ago
Isn't it wonderful how somebody could afford a fancy new bench with the SOLE PURPOSE of making somebody else's life more miserable. I'm done with society. I'm going to go live with the dogs. Where are all the dogs? Oh! I forgot! Morocco is shooting all the dogs because apparently, dogs and a football tournament cannot co-exist. Is it any wonder that we're all depressed?
#63
These Shoes Are $500 And The Design Makes Them Look Dirty
Bi.Felicia 8 months ago
Can't quite make out what it says on them, I think it's either Acne Studies or Acme Studios?
#64
So Which Way Is Hot?
Verena 8 months ago
"Caldo" in Italian means "hot". Try to remember (s)calding. Common trap for those whose language is based on Latin. Italian is a Roman language, like French and Spanish.
Charity Angel 8 months ago
Yes, but at least the cold would have a F, not and H like this does.
Load More Replies... Charity Angel 8 months ago
I suspect this is an error made by the installer rather than the designer. Those coloured blobs look like they're screw caps.
#65
These Sauces Look Like Car Cleaning Products
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
They do to me. Must depend on where you're from.
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Madison Taylor 8 months ago
The bottles and label reminds me of acrylic paint that you get at a DIY store.
#66
That's Not How Crosswords Work
David 8 months ago
GA, In math a modul is a set of numbers. It is apparently an alternate spelling of module as well. (based on my google of it)
Load More Replies... Ron Man 8 months ago
That's not a Crossword puzzle, that's an Acrostic puzzle. They look the same due to the grid, but are not at all the same.
Broad Panda 8 months ago
Acrostics are usually either in list form, or have numbers in the blank squares.
Load More Replies... Bettye McKee 8 months ago
Being a crossword fan, I would consign this to the trash. It violates everything that applies to an actual crossword.
Broad Panda 8 months ago
Yeahp. I'm not a destructive person, but I'd have to smash this.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 8 months ago (edited)
"Most frequently used word in our language" (assuming you live in UK , USA, Australia, NZ, etc.). OR "English language's most commonly used word."
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Shoe Has Holes In The Plastic Sole That Let's Water Pass In Between The Styrophome And The Plastic. Results Are A Mobile Pitre Dish
#68
P Is For?
Bi.Felicia 8 months ago (edited)
Paste? Or P is for the pea sized amount of toothpaste that is recommended.
#69
These Plates That Will Always Look Dirty
Nuku Nyara 8 months ago
I have some of these, they do look vaguely pebblly.
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#70
Why Would I Buy A Dirty Cooking Pot?
#71
Look At What I Found, How Are You Supposed To Hold This Mugs ??
David 8 months ago
The relax one is the best given you literally can't relax while you are holding it.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
My favorite part is that the "R" is glazed in gray, making it very non-standouty, so basically the mug just looks like it says "ELAX" to me XD
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Left Is Push And Right Is Pull
#73
Who’s Stupider? The Designer, The Retailer Or The Purchaser Of The Flat-Bottom Sink?? It’s Me. I’m Sure I’m The Stupid One…
BookFanatic 8 months ago
I have this sink. I hate it with the burning passions of a thousand suns. Or, at least, the burning passion of one librarian who can never get it quite clean in the corners.
Verena 8 months ago (edited)
When I bought my house, a double sink like that was there. Quite new (house was divorce victim) and still not annoying enough to spend money on replacing it. There are more of these stylish design failures installed, like a white, rough, fluid gulping stone kitchen countertop. Still there, same reason.
ManuelQue 8 months ago
A poster above said she uses a shallow layer of thin bleach. That would take care of the corners with a bit of soaking. A toothbrush might also help.
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quentariel 8 months ago
The cafê I worked had these flat-bottom sinks. I can't even count how many times I got totally splashed all over. At least we didn't have white shirts there like one if the other cafés I've been working in.
#74
This Is What Graphic Designers Will Make After Attending Online School
G A 8 months ago (edited)
Would have done 6 as "six" so that you have literally six of one and half a dozen of the other....
Bettye McKee 8 months ago
And would you have added a minute hand for determining a more precise time?
Load More Replies... Trillian 8 months ago
I kinda like it, at least it's not wrong. Could have added roman numerals on the left side.
Panda McPandaface 8 months ago
4 in letters, 4 in Arabic and 4 in Roman would be fun. Maybe not mixed up though.
Load More Replies... Bettye McKee 8 months ago
At least they learned to count to five. Let's hope they continue their education.
#75
The Design In This Fake Airpod Case Makes It Look Like It’s Dirty
Lowrider 56 8 months ago
What is with all these designs trying to make the product dirty or muddy?
#76
Your Supposed To Sit On It’s Face
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
Let's hope it's at a kindergarten so OP can learn some basic grammar.
Eric G 8 months ago
No, he's insulting you. He's describing your face as "supposed to sit on it's." Weird insult, I know. But, nothing has been normal since January 20th.
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#77
This Plate With Fake Stains, Why?
#78
Not Actually Dirty, Just Purposely Colored To Make You Think You Left Some Kool-Aid At The Bottom
#79
When You Use Moveobjects_on In The Sims To Add More Objects On Your Counters
KittyGaming 8 months ago
Except I don't do this on the sims, it's supposed to be for clutter not this
#80
Pencil Sharpener Found In The Kids Section
Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
The problem? Some brands in some country offer "big" colored pencils as well as traditional pencil size.
Jaya 8 months ago
I assumed the problem was how incredibly creepy it looks. And the idea of poking an animal in it's eye with a pencil, that feels very uncomfortable to me.
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She who must not be named 8 months ago
My daughter has one the same brand but it's a bunny and the hole is it's mouth. Definitely a better design choice 😂
#81
This Is Such A Dumb Design. This Is In A Mcdonalds. It’s A Hand Dryer. Water From The Sink Got On My Shirt. At Least The Sink Was Relatively Clean..
Beth Wheeler 8 months ago
Never use the hand dryers, they are dirtier than a toilet seat. I always have hand sanitizer with me.
Cathy Lemay 8 months ago
I ran into one of these at a Winners. It was designed by Dyson for goodness sake. It took me a good full 5 minutes to figure it out but it worked fine.
Julia Ford 8 months ago
I don’t think it works fine, I ran into one of these at the train station and it blew dirty water at me.
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My School Put The Water Fountain Nozzle Backwards
Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
Could you explain please? Looks weird to me too.
Load More Replies... Patrick H 8 months ago (edited)
Wow! Fat Henry was determined to be completely wrong 4 times on this post. The only problem here is that the spout needs to be rotated 45° counter-clockwise. You'll likely find fasteners underneath that just need to be loosened to allow the spout to be rotated, then tightened again. It's possible that they tightened the fasteners without bracing the spout, and the spout rotated with the fasteners.
Geoffrey Scott 8 months ago
However, the question is why would the installer think this ok?
Load More Replies... Patrick H 8 months ago
Nope. You're product link even shows a proper installation.
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The Old Pringles Logo Next To The New. The New One Looks So Plain
Kirsten Kerkhof 8 months ago
That isn't as bad as the others, this is just esthetics. Doesn't mean I don't agree with the poster, but this design doesn't impact the function.
Just_for_this 8 months ago (edited)
Just to be pedantic 😅😁, we could go into the fact they've shrunk the tube so now no adult size hand cant fit in it, and the crisps (chips if American) themselves have shrunk; but then that is true of all items.
Load More Replies... SirWriteALot 8 months ago
It's due to social media ... icons have to work inside a tiny area so they get simpler
#84
The Skim Milk Has A Blue Logo And A Red Cap. The Whole Milk Has A Red Logo And Blue Cap. Why?
Jrog 8 months ago
OP swapped the labels. The original bottles are red label and red cap, and blue label with blue cap. Still available on Carrefour Italy website with minor graphic changes.
David 8 months ago
Jrog, I'm nitpicking here but it seems much more likely that OP swapped the caps and not the labels. :)
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Brian Droste 8 months ago
When they were filling the bottles and putting the labels on, they put the wrong caps on the bottles. QC wasn't doing there job. They should have caught it and prevented this.
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Anony Mouse 8 months ago
Unfortunately you’re still selling space to that “Cos” company with their giant moving ads that eff up the page and make it unviewable on mobile.
Nads 8 months ago
Yes, at the very least, ads should be unobtrusive. Sometimes they cover half of my cellphone screen.
Load More Replies... Anony Mouse 8 months ago
Unfortunately you’re still selling space to that “Cos” company with their giant moving ads that eff up the page and make it unviewable on mobile.
Nads 8 months ago
Yes, at the very least, ads should be unobtrusive. Sometimes they cover half of my cellphone screen.
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