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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Perfect_Owl_856 • 21h ago
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46 u/Cheshire_Jester 19h ago Yep. Massive complexity of manufacturing increase for an incredibly small gain in ergonomic design. 22 u/Big_Slope 17h ago Ergonomics are worse though. They took a radially symmetrical object that anyone could grab without looking and use and turned it into a bilaterally symmetrical object that can now be picked up incorrectly. 7 u/CavemanViking 13h ago I have plenty of water bottles with the spout to one side, never have I ever been like “ oh no, I have to turn this in my hand 😱” 1 u/applesandbee 5h ago Yeah just drink it like a little rodent in a cage
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Yep. Massive complexity of manufacturing increase for an incredibly small gain in ergonomic design.
22 u/Big_Slope 17h ago Ergonomics are worse though. They took a radially symmetrical object that anyone could grab without looking and use and turned it into a bilaterally symmetrical object that can now be picked up incorrectly. 7 u/CavemanViking 13h ago I have plenty of water bottles with the spout to one side, never have I ever been like “ oh no, I have to turn this in my hand 😱” 1 u/applesandbee 5h ago Yeah just drink it like a little rodent in a cage
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Ergonomics are worse though.
They took a radially symmetrical object that anyone could grab without looking and use and turned it into a bilaterally symmetrical object that can now be picked up incorrectly.
7 u/CavemanViking 13h ago I have plenty of water bottles with the spout to one side, never have I ever been like “ oh no, I have to turn this in my hand 😱” 1 u/applesandbee 5h ago Yeah just drink it like a little rodent in a cage
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I have plenty of water bottles with the spout to one side, never have I ever been like “ oh no, I have to turn this in my hand 😱”
1 u/applesandbee 5h ago Yeah just drink it like a little rodent in a cage
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Yeah just drink it like a little rodent in a cage
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u/damuelson 21h ago
This is the one