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therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat
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?

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Joust
Dec 7, 2007

No Ledges.


Joust fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Nov 3, 2015

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Hate women who are fat and ugly, why couldn't all women look like porn stars??? Why?!?!?!

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Kuato posted:

Hate women who are fat and ugly, why couldn't all women look like porn stars??? Why?!?!?!

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)

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
lol if you dont have an app for your sink plug

Voltage
Sep 4, 2004

MALT LIQUOR!
On the topic of poo poo sinks, why are most faucets so loving close to the edge of the sink?? Materials cost savings?? I'm so sick of smashing my big fat retard ape hands against the edge of the sink every time I go to wash them.

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe

FlimFlam Imam
Mar 1, 2007

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
I'm normally a mild mannered person but like you OP when I see a bathroom sink I howl with rage and fury. I have been known to beat women into bloody pulps because of their sink.

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord

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)

Ron Jeremy is a porn star so the answer is affirmative. :smug:

OlmanRiver
Mar 30, 2011
For what reason do you need to fill the basin though honestly? Bathing a small dog?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I'm the pivot rod.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

OlmanRiver posted:

For what reason do you need to fill the basin though honestly? Bathing a small dog?

So you dont wash or shave huh

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
so you are the rod-operated bathroom sink plug mechanism of posting?

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Mad Monk posted:

I'm normally a mild mannered person but like you OP when I see a bathroom sink I howl with rage and fury. I have been known to beat women into bloody pulps because of their sink.

No no no, it's not the sink, it's the plug mechanism which only some sinks have. I don't so much howl as gnash my teeth.


Applewhite posted:

I'm the pivot rod.

in your dreams.

Voltage posted:

On the topic of poo poo sinks, why are most faucets so loving close to the edge of the sink?? Materials cost savings?? I'm so sick of smashing my big fat retard ape hands against the edge of the sink every time I go to wash them.

That's the kind of thing I'm talking about, although I can't say that's ever bothered me.

A poo poo sink sounds like another term for a toilet. "I'm just going to use the poo poo sink!"

Serious Frolicking posted:

so you are the rod-operated bathroom sink plug mechanism of posting?

That's for you to determine.

Jerry Mumphrey
Mar 11, 2004

by zen death robot

(and can't post for 4 years!)


looks like the guy i used to buy weed off in junior high but with downs syndrome

great, now i want to buy weed off a retarded kid. thanks a lot

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

(not pictured is the 4 other onramps/offramps to i-580 that are also only stops right behind the bridge with main traffic thats always going like 30+)

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009
*posts a screenshot of gbs*

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Oberleutnant posted:

*posts a screenshot of gbs*

That's more bad users than bad design. Can't really blame the forum designer for the high number of idiots and/or assholes here. Or can you?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

therattle posted:

That's more bad users than bad design. Can't really blame the forum designer for the high number of idiots and/or assholes here. Or can you?

Actually it's hard to read the thread titles against the trout background.

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Applewhite posted:

Actually it's hard to read the thread titles against the trout background.

That's true, although that's the least of GBS's issues.

Jerry Mumphrey
Mar 11, 2004

by zen death robot

(and can't post for 4 years!)

therattle posted:

That's true, although that's the least of GBS's issues.

im the least of gbs issues :greenangel:

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe
idk what you guys are talking about the forums look absolutely fine for me

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
The loose design of OPs rear end and the gridlock of jagged uneven teeth in his lopsided pock of a mouth are exceptionally poor designs WRT their primary function of pleasing dog penises.

Jerry Mumphrey
Mar 11, 2004

by zen death robot

(and can't post for 4 years!)

Sheep-Goats posted:

The loose design of OPs rear end and the gridlock of jagged uneven teeth in his lopsided pock of a mouth are exceptionally poor designs WRT their primary function of pleasing dog penises.

:staredog:

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Sheep-Goats posted:

The loose design of OPs rear end and the gridlock of jagged uneven teeth in his lopsided pock of a mouth are exceptionally poor designs WRT their primary function of pleasing dog penises.

Didn't seem to bother your father too much.

(Anyway, years of orthodontics as a child have left me with excellent, even teeth. The rear end is pretty loose though).

Captain Yossarian
Feb 24, 2011

All new" Rings of Fire"
The xbox one was "designed" with the wrong kind of ram? :hehe:

Angela Lansburial
Feb 9, 2005
Nothing to see here.


a good way to recharge a mouse

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

BigwigML posted:



a good way to recharge a mouse

Oh, very good.

Roy
Sep 24, 2007

BigwigML posted:



a good way to recharge a mouse

nice prank mouse

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Roy posted:

nice prank mouse

I'm assuming you unplug it before use.

1gnoirents
Jun 28, 2014

hello :)

Xaris posted:


(not pictured is the 4 other onramps/offramps to i-580 that are also only stops right behind the bridge with main traffic thats always going like 30+)

aw yeah well there is where i live

old-timey newspaper gal
Feb 23, 2005
i dont like the design of reddit I actually think SA forums are pretty well laid out.

One issue with the rowdy trout though is it breaks my night mode SA themes.

LadyAmbien
Oct 22, 2015

OlmanRiver posted:

For what reason do you need to fill the basin though honestly? Bathing a small dog?

Hooker showers.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

1gnoirents posted:

aw yeah well there is where i live



That looks efficient and kinda a modern art feel?

Brosnan
Nov 13, 2004

Pwning the incels with my waifu fg character. Get trolled :twisted:
Lipstick Apathy
I'm a UX designer so I'm basically mad about every single thing I use in this world.

lite frisk
Oct 5, 2013

5

welcome 2 Clown Town
Aug 1, 2006

GALAXY'S #2 SCULL*!

*scrunt skull
whoever designed my loving non-standard measurement kitchen the fucker

it wont take any modern applicances without all new cabinets and even those dont fit right because the soffet up top is not standarnd and nothing is loving standard not even the floor or the doors or the windows or anything

gently caress retards who build things themselves

i dont dcare what kind of genius you though you were desigining your own addition even though you got it permitted but still gently caress you

drat

rear end whole

jsut get a contractor to do it for you next time its their goddamn job and if they gently caress it up you sue them

Breetai
Nov 6, 2005

🥄Mah spoon is too big!🍌

tomstuart posted:

whoever designed my loving non-standard measurement kitchen the fucker


On the subject of cooking: Recipes that give volumetric measurements for nonliquids. :colbert:

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing


Breetai posted:

On the subject of cooking: Recipes that give volumetric measurements for nonliquids. :colbert:

And weights for liquids. I don't have a weight, and it's a lot easier to find half a cup of pureed tomatos instead of some weight.

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kremlins
May 9, 2009

hooboy these are my favorites









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