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Nerves in and around teeth.
I'm in absolute agony.
Unnecessary.
the online safety act and digital id etc.
Irons and ironing.
I dare you to come round here and say that to my wife's face.
Train drivers
An opaque fridge door that switches to clear when you knock on it.
(Now I know it exists, I desperately want it, but sense has prevailed)
Most ebikes.
Disposable air fresheners and those bloody 'dust magnet' things. That whole industry wants reining in for producing so much waste.
The teeth/nerves thing has always given me pause to think as well. Is it so that your brain knws there is a problem? If yes, then why _so_ painful? And why only two sets of teeth in your life, why not have the ability to get another tooth when one goes bad?
My contribution: Current AI. Killing the planet so that people can become dumber, but seem smarter.
Huh, I very nearly started a near-identical thread yesterday.
The reason? I have a roll of Tesco cling film (which in and of itself is fairly crap anyway). The lip of the box is serrated to tear off your sheet, but the cutting edge simply doesn't work. It just stretches the film. So... why bother, why not have a straight edge than going to the bother of pretending? Is it intentional deception or just garbage design?
The lip of the box is serrated to tear off your sheet, but the cutting edge simply doesn't work. It just stretches the film. So... why bother, why not have a straight edge than going to the bother of pretending?I bought a catering size roll last year, it comes with a sliding cutter!!! I've never been so happy to use cling film.
The roll will probably last until i retire, but hey ho.
I dare you to come round here and say that to my wife's face.No problems, it's a hill i'll happily die on.
Threads complaining about 'stuff'.
Posts complaining about unnecessary threads.
3 separate reminders at the top of the forum that there's a crowdfunding program in place.
Threads complaining about 'stuff'.
Posts complaining about unnecessary threads.
Oh, the ironing!
So... why bother, why not have a straight edge than going to the bother of pretending? Is it intentional deception or just garbage design?
When I'm king of the world, every product designer is going to be forced to use their own product for 6 months before the design is approved for public use.
Now I know it exists, I desperately want it
+1
I bought a catering size roll last year, it comes with a sliding cutter
You can buy sliding cutters that clip on to regular clingfilm boxes - game changer
Our new work door intercom system, complete with video, app and multiple ways for visitors to not understand how to use it and technology to fail....seems 50% of visitors to our (multiple company offices) building are back to knocking on the window of the first office. Which is next to my desk.... Just a piece of technology which is not as good as the old doorbell stylee buttons.
Threads complaining about 'stuff'.
Posts complaining about unnecessary threads.
Oh, the ironing!
posts about ironing from people who haven't understood the irony implicit in the original post. 🤣
You can buy sliding cutters that clip on to regular clingfilm boxes - game changer
Wait, what? What witchcraft is this?!
The lip of the box is serrated to tear off your sheet, but the cutting edge simply doesn't work. It just stretches the film
I 100% agree.... they're crap. Get a [massive] roll from Costco.... the metal cutting edge will take your arm off if you stray within 5 feet of it 😬
You can buy sliding cutters that clip on to regular clingfilm boxes - game changer
OMG... I'm so getting one of those [for the other place] 👌
This is a cheaper looking version of the cling film cutter
Damnit, just Google cling film cutters......
'Ready to use' liquids that could be sold as concentrates or even powders - screen wash etc. I hate to think how much energy must go into transporting bottles of 98% water around the country when we all have access to taps.
And bottled water itself.
When I'm king of the world, every product designer is going to be forced to use their own product for 6 months before the design is approved for public use.
Can we start with bathroom tap & sink designers.
Nerves in and around teeth.
I'm very much with you on this one ATM.
Got one tooth that's giving me gyp and I'm trying to hold off going to the dentist until my next scheduled visit at the start of December.
Rubbing toothpaste that's for sensitive teeth on it a few times a day seems to be helping fight off the inevitable.
I really,really hate having my teeth messed with.
"Conferences" with a stream of expert panel speakers who each get one question and minutes to answer before they get moved on.
Got one tooth that's giving me gyp and I'm trying to hold off going to the dentist until my next scheduled visit at the start of December.
Rubbing toothpaste that's for sensitive teeth on it a few times a day seems to be helping fight off the inevitable.
I did that too but all of a sudden, normally on the weekend when all dentists are not available, the pain just became unbearable. You should get it sorted asap coz you are gambling with the pain, and it usually flares up badly when you least expect it and when you are busy.
Nerves in and around teeth.
I was in agony about a month ago. Had root canal treatment, a dose of antibiotic and £480 lighter in the pocket. Now waiting for a crown to put on the tooth. Even with the nerves out, I can still feel a bit of pain but not as bad as before, and it seems like slowly settling down.
Double barreled names
When I'm king of the world, every product designer is going to be forced to use their own product for 6 months before the design is approved for public use.
You've got my vote. I've been saying this for years.
Monarchs are unnecessary
Voting for them even more so 🙂
Double barreled names
I can't remember who it was who pointed out how unnecessary it is to be called 'Stephen' when theres the perfectly sufficient 'Steven' available. Calling a child Stephen condemns them and everyone who even has to correspond with them to waste time, ink, pixels and bytes on an unnecessary extra letter thousands and thousands of times throughout their entire lifetime.
And all the Stevens have been cursed by all the Stephens to then have to explain repeatedly that their name isn't spelled with a 'ph' , which is probably more bother.
Kitchen roll. Pointless waste, use a cloth or sponge and wash them.
Coffee pods, more waste.
First aid kit in a car. If you’ve had a crash big enough to cause blood loss, it’s an ambulance job. A couple of plasters and a sling ain’t going to cut it.
First aid kit in a car. If you’ve had a crash big enough to cause blood loss, it’s an ambulance job. A couple of plasters and a sling ain’t going to cut it.
that sort of presumes people have first aid kits for their own benefit rather than to generally be of benefit.
Anyway - as someone who grew up watching 70s and 80s tele theres two kinds of car crash that cause blood loss - the kind that cause a graze on your temple - you emerge from the wreckage saying 'I'm ok - its just my head'. And the kind that results in a small trickle of blood from your ear which means you're dead.
Kitchen roll. Pointless waste
Oh, God, yes. The qty of the stuff that my wife gets through...
<makes haste to the Disproportionately Cross thread>
You should get it sorted asap coz you are gambling
Christ, I'm agreeing with chewkw.
The problem with teeth - aside from the obvious "can I just cut my own head off already" pain - is that there may be underlying causes which are not quick fixes. So when you are in so much agony that you finally succumb to (as you say) the inevitable and go see a dentist it might be another fortnight before it's actually fixed.
I'll tell you how I know this after you've had it sorted.
I saw that photo above before the Steven/Stephen rant above because I was reading the thread backwards. Due to, I think, the functionality of the >> button having changed. Made both posts funnier. 😁
'Ready to use' liquids that could be sold as concentrates or even powders - screen wash etc. I hate to think how much energy must go into transporting bottles of 98% water around the country when we all have access to taps.
One of life’s few steps forward is at our local BP garage. For i think £3 it will pump screen wash down a narrow hose for 5 minutes. Enough to refill the cars bottle and top up a container you take with you.
I’m sure there are cheaper ways of buying screen wash. But at least it’s a sensible way of selling it
Calling a child Stephen condemns them and everyone who even has to correspond with them to waste time, ink, pixels and bytes on an unnecessary extra letter thousands and thousands of times throughout their entire lifetime.
Iain's, just admit that the 2nd "I" serves no purpose whatsoever.
posts about ironing from people who haven't understood the irony implicit in the original post
Yeah... I realised a minute after posting that I'd misread and it wasn't as funny as I thought. But couldn't be bothered editing.
Story of my life
And bottled water itself.
+100. Especially with companies espousing environmental sainthood, selling bottles of water from the other end of the country in open refrigerators.
Calling a child Stephen condemns them and everyone who even has to correspond with them to waste time, ink, pixels and bytes on an unnecessary extra letter thousands and thousands of times throughout their entire lifetime.
See also, pop star Anne Marie (generic name) calling her newborn son Forever Sugar (moronic name). Condemning him to have to answer to "I'm sorry can you repeat that please, the line is bad it just sounded like random words!" Completely unnecessary and inefficient.
On the plus side, at least the naming process can be optimized by simply using a passphrase generator.
Return to Office mandates.
The world did not stop when a good few of us started working from home.
Commercial Radio.
Entitlement culture.
Laptop power supplies that aren't USB-C.
The unique way the BBC is funded.
Just fund it out of normal tax already and dissolve the hateful debt collection agency.
One of life’s few steps forward is at our local BP garage. For i think £3 it will pump screen wash down a narrow hose for 5 minutes. Enough to refill the cars bottle and top up a container you take with you.
Why not just enough to fill the bottle in 30 seconds, for a quid? They've so nearly solved the problem, but completely ruined it.
open refrigerators.
That deserves a mention on its own.
When I'm king of the world, every product designer is going to be forced to use their own product for 6 months before the design is approved for public use.
You've got my vote. I've been saying this for years.
Monarchs are unnecessary
Voting for them even more so 🙂
Double barreled names
I can't remember who it was who pointed out how unnecessary it is to be called 'Stephen' when theres the perfectly sufficient 'Steven' available. Calling a child Stephen condemns them and everyone who even has to correspond with them to waste time, ink, pixels and bytes on an unnecessary extra letter thousands and thousands of times throughout their entire lifetime.
And all the Stevens have been cursed by all the Stephens to then have to explain repeatedly that their name isn't spelled with a 'ph' , which is probably more bother.
On behalf of all the Stephens, wind your necks in!
Other than food, water and shelter pretty much everything.
I can't remember who it was who pointed out how unnecessary it is to be called 'Stephen' when theres the perfectly sufficient 'Steven' available. Calling a child Stephen condemns them and everyone who even has to correspond with them to waste time, ink, pixels and bytes on an unnecessary extra letter thousands and thousands of times throughout their entire lifetime.
Talk about stuff being unnecessary, here's an unnecessary paragraph.
I have a story of humiliation, too long to describe to describe here, involving the name Stev/phen and Ralph McTell, of Streets of London fame. Thirty five years later and I'm still standing in that theatre, clutching a record and bright red in embarrassment.
Other than food, water and shelter pretty much everything.
But what about self-actualization ????????? 🙂
https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
The Google assistant whole-screen overlay on my mobile popping up when I long-held my finger on the bottom of the screen (to switch between open apps).
Needing to search the internet to find the multiple settings to turn it off.
95% of Redbull Rampage commentary.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dispenser-Sliding-Cutter-Aluminium-Mounted/dp/B0CD5KJQ1S/
Having to remove the https from amazon links to stop them appearing as Kindle links should be unnecessary.
But what about self-actualization ?????????
Makes you go blind.
I’m sure there are cheaper ways of buying screen wash.
Fairy Liquid?
Anyway - Litter. You brought it here, take the bloody stuff home.
Adverts. ALL ADVERTS really.
But particularly adverts on Sky for the programme you’re watching. Like Sky portrait artist of the year advertising Sky portrait artist of the year in the middle of Sky Portrait artist of the year. For example.
Automatic windscreen wipers. I can actually drive so I’m sure I can control my own bloody wipers. Why, just why are they necessary.
But what aboutself-actualization ?????????
What about WiFi?
Automatic windscreen wipers. I can actually drive so I’m sure I can control my own bloody wipers. Why, just why are they necessary.
Try driving a car without them and you will soon realise they are indeed a very, very useful thing to have!
Sorry should have said rain sensitive automatic wipers 🙄
First aid kit in a car. If you’ve had a crash big enough to cause blood loss, it’s an ambulance job. A couple of plasters and a sling ain’t going to cut it.
Used mine recently.
Excited a roundabout and there was a guy stumbling around the verge with his Vespa buried in a bush.
Massive cut to his head bleeding like crazy... I bandaged and applied pressure to it.
Had to wait 20 minutes for an ambulance.
There's more in a first aid box than just plasters. Maybe worth doing a first aid course.
Automatic windscreen wipers.
I'd agree most wholeheartedly if you said automatic full beam (the most unnecessary invention - actually probably more the most BADLY implemented invention! since LED headlights)... but my new car hasn't got auto wipers and I find it a little bit annoying! It just worked better on my last car, the wiper wiping when the window needed to be wiped and stopping, rather than me have to start and stop it all the time. Doesn't seem to have an intermittent wiper setting either... maybe something's broken 🤔
On the teeth thing, having had a couple of very bad tooth infections before - I sympathise. It's the worst pain I have ever felt, I remember being in an almost transcendent state one night at 3am from how frankly comical the pain was! I was crying and resorting to pulling my hair to try and distract myself haha. Sounds dramatic but everything is worse at night.
I think that pain is maybe by design. I don't wanna scare you but if left untreated for a long time tooth infections can get very bad, very quickly. It's not an easy blood barrier to cross, but once it does it's very close to the brain and Sepsis can set in quite fast. It also can eat away your jawbone which is pretty grim to think about, as well as swelling your jaw to the point where breathing is affected if it's reeaaaallly bad.
In saying that: I do wonder why we need to have soft pulpy stuff inside teeth that can get infected in the first place, let alone nerves. Why can't they just be impermeable enamel?! I have bridges now where the aforementioned two infected teeth once were, and it doesn't really feel any different to normal.
Sugar in EVERYTHING!
can’t we just add artificial sweeteners to soups, baked beans and chocolate?
we already have ‘diet’ cola, so why can’t we replace the sugars in bread?
Thanks to this thread a quick chat with me ol GPT buddy, found that my car does have auto-wipers.. you just have to press the end of the stalk to switch them on every time. Weird, but useful 🙂
Sugar in EVERYTHING!
can’t we just add artificial sweeteners to soups, baked beans and chocolate?
we already have ‘diet’ cola, so why can’t we replace the sugars in bread?
I want quite the opposite, artificial sweetners are more damaging than sugar.
There's more in a first aid box than just plasters. Maybe worth doing a first aid course
Yes, I have to be first aid trained to do my job.
was quite amused on the last renewal, when the morbidly obese bloke with dimples in his knuckles doing the training suggested that I was too fat for the crappy tiny first aid kit sling.
Would be better off using my tee shirt.
Sugar in EVERYTHING!
can’t we just add artificial sweeteners to soups, baked beans and chocolate?
We can't because many people believe nonsense like the comment two posts down from yours. That or "it doesn't taste the same" - well, no it doesn't, remember the "Coke Classic" debacle? - but it's very similar and you'll acclimatise after a week or two. Accidentally drinking full sugar Coke again is a shock to the system!
I'd prefer that it was the default with heavily sugared drinks as an option, rather than the other way around as it is now. Go into a small shop like a petrol station and it's often hard to find sugar-free drinks beyond Coke/Pepsi and bottled water, and I'm ****ed if I'm paying double the price of petrol for something which has literally fallen out of the sky.
The tide is turning though I think. Supermarkets have a wider selection (of course) and a lot of mainstream products are offering "low sugar" variants.
When I'm king of the world, every product designer is going to be forced to use their own product for 6 months before the design is approved for public use.
Couldn’t agree more! That applies even more to the designers of car interiors and interfaces, plus they should also have to do the same to competitors, that way perhaps they might realise that having every control as a touch sensitive area on a flat panel screen, when it comes to driving and selecting important functions like air conditioning, de-misting and other important functions, is absolutely bloody stupid and dangerous, which is why it’s illegal to use a handheld touchscreen device in a moving car!
And breath…
That’s a particular hobby horse of mine, which I developed when driving a great many different makes and models of cars, as touchscreen technology was starting to make its way into car designs. That was getting on for eight/ten years ago. It hasn’t gotten any better. 🤬