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kremlins
May 9, 2009

hey this isn't the volume dial *dies*

kremlins fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Nov 3, 2015

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Elusif
Jun 9, 2008


what's wrong with your microwave?

The Whole Internet
May 26, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

therattle posted:

That's not so much a design thing as the way the world works. Do you look like a male model/porn actor? (You don't even need to bother responding - we all know the answer)

it is a design thing. genetically, most people were poorly designed

but this can be fixed with eugenics, which can be a cool and good thing if used non-racistly

Captain Yossarian
Feb 24, 2011

All new" Rings of Fire"

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

hey this isn't the volume dial *dies*



Hahaha holy poo poo what vehicle is this?

kremlins
May 9, 2009

chrysler 2hunna

kremlins
May 9, 2009

these are all delicious







Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

these are all delicious


most of those are fine but this holy lol

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

these are all delicious









lmao

naem
May 29, 2011

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

hooboy these are my favorites



Whirlwind, asterisk, kitchen sink, uterus, or antlers these all make perfect sense :shrug:

kremlins
May 9, 2009

all five food groups, yeah

kremlins
May 9, 2009



Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

touchscreen poo poo in cars

Hot Cosby
Sep 23, 2015

by Nyc_Tattoo

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

hey this isn't the volume dial *dies*



Kremlin Kremlin posted:

these are all delicious









10'ed this thread

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

hey this isn't the volume dial *dies*



Jesus, this and the moth balls go beyond infuriating to probably lethal. I wonder what goes through people's minds when designing this poo poo?

naem
May 29, 2011

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

all five food groups, yeah

I mean if I wanted to antler my uterus at a 30° angle I could do so in 200 units of squiggle with a twist of three dials, even a child could GNIBGNORP

Jenny Agutter
Mar 18, 2009

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

hooboy these are my favorites



This is actually the simplest front-loader washer control cluster I have ever seen.

kremlins
May 9, 2009



nobody can really design bathrooms or doors correctly

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing


Shouldn't this thread be in PYF???!?

kremlins
May 9, 2009

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008

Tiberius Thyben posted:

Shouldn't this thread be in PYF???!?

:goatsecx:

Hot Cosby
Sep 23, 2015

by Nyc_Tattoo


your tumble down the stairs before lethal glass cuts will at least be warm thanks to the insulation.

kremlins
May 9, 2009

i would so, so much like to go over the problems with grover's house. is that ok

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
Good stuff.

ncumbered_by_idgits
Sep 20, 2008


What the hell is the dial on the left? Can't be temperature, revolutions maybe?

naem
May 29, 2011

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

i would so, so much like to go over the problems with grover's house. is that ok

Well I was thinking of common everyday design flaws. Hasn't the groverhaus been pretty exhaustively done already?

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

i would so, so much like to go over the problems with grover's house. is that ok

:agreed:

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

Jenny Agutter
Mar 18, 2009

ncumbered_by_idgits posted:

What the hell is the dial on the left? Can't be temperature, revolutions maybe?

RPM for spin cycle I'm guessing

Blind Rasputin
Nov 25, 2002

Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

Why though doesn't it just say "delicate, medium, turbo" or some poo poo. I thought it was some European temperature thing but they aren't that weird.

Lincoln
May 12, 2007

Ladies.

Heyyyy! That's in the Bahamas -- my wife & I stayed at that hotel last year & brought up the drat staircase every time we used it. Drove the old lady nuts.

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
Its hard to capture in image form but the ux of snapchat is atrocious and the road to whatever you actually want to do is paved with wasted swipes and guesses

DamnCanadian
Jan 3, 2005

Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.

therattle posted:

There are a few everyday designs which absolutely infuriate me because they are poo poo. The classic example is the rod-operated bathroom sink plug mechanism:



It's a good idea in theory, but the loving things have a real propensity to malfunction. If a design cannot operate for any length of time without a good chance of it malfunctioning, then it's a bad design. How many hotels have you stayed at with these stupid plugs which don't work properly?

What I don't understand is why they are still so common when they break or stop working so easily and frequently. What other bad designs persist despite being rubbish? What gets your design goat?

It certainly doesn't help if it's not put together properly. The spring clip is supposed to go off to one side, with the Clevis strap in between.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Toadvine posted:

Its hard to capture in image form but the ux of snapchat is atrocious and the road to whatever you actually want to do is paved with wasted swipes and guesses

yea its hosed I have no clue how it got so popular while being such poo poo

EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬



therattle posted:

I wonder what goes through people's minds when designing this poo poo?

A bullet, hopefully.

DamnCanadian
Jan 3, 2005

Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.

Kremlin Kremlin posted:

these are all delicious









Wow, that fresh clean taste

Al Nipper
May 7, 2008

by XyloJW
commemorating the best 3rd world sporting event ever









jazzyhattrick
Jul 1, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I hate it when there are pull handles on a door you have to push.

imandyyo
Mar 19, 2012
The sink in my bathroom has a faucet that comes way out so that you can't easily wash your face.

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Vitalis Jackson
May 14, 2009

Sun and water are healthy for you -- but not for your hair!
Fun Shoe
I concur with the OP; the design commonly used to plug wash basin drains has flaws. The best design is a rubber stopper with a chain.

I think that window screens are often poorly engineered. I refer to the ones that come with most modern double-hung windows; they are designed to compress to the left and pop out, right side first. However--for one reason or another--the compression amount is inadequate, and you have to use a screwdriver to pop out the right side, even after seating the left side in the channel. This seems poorly designed.

Love,
Vitalis

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