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Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by bpt11@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, I'm incredibly confused about how you're supposedly to measure liquid laundry detergent with the cap. At least the kind that I have sits on it's side, so if you measure it with the cap it just leaks everywhere and makes a mess.

Or at my parents house they have a bag of captain crunch berries that has a new design, where instead of zipping along the top of the bag like normal, it has a zipper in the front slightly beneath the top. That way when you poor it you can't see what you're doing cuz the bag is in the way. Like what the heck who's idea was that?

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The cap is a scam, it used to be the size of a soda bottles; now it's a literal cup.

you don't need to measure laundry liquid anyway,

just put the absolute minimum amount you can pour from the bottle directly in the machine and do 2 or 3 loads.

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[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I'll mention you can get detergent sheets and they work fine. No more messing with powders or liquids for me.

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No one asked for the spork

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

US can openers. In other countries, they cut the sides of the can not the top, so the lid has no chance of falling in while dulling the edges. It also allows them to be much smaller and easier to use.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/videos/how-to-use-a-can-opener

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I don't know what "other countries" you're talking about, but where I'm from, a "can opener" looks like this:

(I've been using one just like this for my entire adult life, and guess what - it's ok!)

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You can buy good can openers and bad ones in any country.

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[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

permanently installed lamps with a socketed power supply that sticks like 10cm out of the wall.

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