Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?
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Stove vent hoods that don’t actually vent outside are fucking stupid
Some places you can’t (for whatever reason) install a proper ventilator. Then these with carbon filter will remove some things. But yes, they are far inferior to the full blow vents.
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Okay Team Bidet, how are they actually supposed work?
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My gas oven has vents like this. So when it’s actively burning to get it up to temp, that’s where the exhaust comes out.
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I prefer wooden pegs with a stainless spring, but plastic has to be pretty much the worst choice.
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As a Roman Legionary. I have multiple plumbata, but one plumbus gives me troubles. I i feel like I can relate
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- Spray bum
- Pat dry with TP
The tricky part with phase 1 is managing water pressure. Too little is ineffective. Too much blasts shit everywhere.
Do a test squirt into the bowl so you know what you've got to work with. Start with low pressure to get most of it, adjust angle of necessary, then hit it with everything.
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I've had these dual wall glass mugs at home for a few years. So civilised.
https://www.house.com.au/products/baccarat-barista-cafe-double-wall-thermal-glass-mug-2-pack
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I agree with you, but I'm not sure how great it would actually be.
I don't know much about it and I suspect others will be along to correct me in a moment, but wasn't this a feature of soviet era communism?
As in, capitalists all compete in a free market to produce the best chair for the lowest price. Communism is more efficient because we just direct a factory to make 2 types of chair, standard and deluxe.
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Weird take on counter tops.
Things designed for many people to use need to be the best height for most people. I feel confident that most countertops are the best height for most people.
I acknowledge that they are too low for a tall person, and that they're too high for a short person.
You're pretty much just saying you want things to be designed for you and that everyone else should adapt to you, rather than you having to make concessions for others like everybody does.
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I don't think I've ever seen a plunger of any kind kept in someone's toilet.
Is this an American thing?
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Water bottles for bikes suffer from this.
You gotta get them really dried out really regularly.
Like if you only have one that you use every day it's just going to get gross no matter what.
It needs to be bone dry for a few days to kill everything.
If you have 2 and switch once a week, the one that's out of rotation will dry out and any funk will just die off.
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Any time there's a ready meal from the supermarket and for some reason the adhesive is way stronger than the plastic film. You end up with loads of bits of film just sort of stuck to the rim of it. Super annoying.
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That's pretty much a swamp cooler
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Shower curtains
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I am tallish for a woman, at least where I live, but not for a person. Countertops are too low for the average height person, they are still built at the 36" height that was in my old house, built in the 1920s. We are taller on average now, and both men and women use the kitchen now.
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You literally just use a sponge and some bleach spray and like a minute of your time. If you replenish it daily your normal water chlorine should keep most of the bad shit at bay.
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I feel like it's a more middle class/poor US thing. They often also keep their toilet cleaning brush out in the open, displayed in a fancy caddy.
Might just be lack of closet space? Perhaps the plumbing is so shoddy it makes sense to keep it out for easy access.
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Twist them round half a turn (after loosening) one of the two plastic straps will break off and you have more maneuvering space to screw the cap back on. Twist and tear again to get the entire cap off and fasten the old fashioned way.
My expierence is that most (european) bottles this helps.
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Kitchen sinks. Instead of doing the dishes they just sit there.
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Twist them round half a turn (after loosening) one of the two plastic straps will break off and you have more maneuvering space to screw the cap back on. Twist and tear again to get the entire cap off and fasten the old fashioned way (more hassle).
My expierence is that most (european) bottles this helps.
