Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?
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I'm sorry to say this, but I don't need the extra space for H-cups my ex needed.
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Totally not the point, and it was obvious, but hey, if you want to be offended instead of engaging with the thread, that's your perogative.
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Protip: Buy the XXXXXL size, throw it over your junk, then shrink-wrap it with a heat gun.
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I'm curious about how you propose this would be done...
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I feel like plastic packaging in general has become much harder to rip open at the seam.
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Keyboards are the obvious one.
The standard keyboard layout is designed to slow down typing, because typing too fast lead to the arms of a typewriter hitting each other.
And why is one of the most accessible large keys fucking Capslock?
And why is there empty space around the cursor keys, so you have to use WASD as a workaround in games?
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This is so you can put them up on your sholder. Well some that arnt jank.
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Thanks for those! Clear as day.
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The keyboard I'm currently using has an F-key that's tied to a lock screen. I accidentally hit it several times a day, and end up having to put in the passcode to unlock the computer every time.
I wish I could disable that stupid key. I'm tempted to pop it right out. But I use a shared computer, so I'm limited in options here.
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I knew about different bowl / seat shapes, but I never thought about the issues for folks who have a penis.
Very enlightening. Thank you for bringing it up! It's very interesting.
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How hard are you pulling out towels that there's a risk of getting caught up in it ?
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Stainless steel ones are the way to go
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Don't they fit in a draw?
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Thankfully, there are some designs that improve on this! Here’s what’s in my kitchen:
The brand is OXO.
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To be fair, most are. At the end of the day, today's economy makes it far more profitable to choose either extremely cheap or extremely expensive, making good, lasting, but not perfect products is just not what consumers seem to want. People eother want something cheap that works okay, or something really well made that justifies the price.
I feel like 99% of products I interact with get me frustrated with their simple-to-fix design flaws.
But as for your question: fucking toothpaste containers! Could you make a more frustrating and intentionally bad design?? Why is it that if I cut them open I can get like another few days to a week of brushing? Why not put tooth paste in a jar with a little spoon? Or an opening that is small so that the amount that is left after squeezing your best, is truly insignificant? Why. Must. I. Suffer?
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Hangers with those hooks on the sides that I guess are meant to slip the collar of the shirts into? They don't really serve as a good use plus they seem to get tangled with other hangers at times and hang securely anyways. I've seen better hangers at work where there is a strip of some rubber compound on the top sides of each hanger, they hold things much better and I feel that's the more better of the design for a hanger.
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No one asked for the spork
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The only thing more poorly designed than a regular keyboard is a keyboard where they try to cram extra functions into the same number of keys with a FN key. Every brand does it differently, no consistency even within the same brand sometimes.
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I'll mention you can get detergent sheets and they work fine. No more messing with powders of liquids for me.
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I really like these too, I bought like a multi years supply of them and they fit in a pocket I hang on my laundry door and haven't fucked with liquid detergent or bottles since 2022
