r/AssholeDesign - BUT... ITS PLASTIC 

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When the inside is ugly as well! Reminds me of me.

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we're all plastic deep down

It's particularly bad for videos that contain misinformation. The last thing you need in a crisis is bad emergency first aid advise, or if you're trying your hand at DIY following a video that could literally end up with the DIYer in a coffin!

that’s why this video is asshole design and not crappy design

Step one: get firefox step 2: get ublock origion addon step 3: get return youtube dislike addon step 4: enjoy your add free youtube with dislike button count : )

@@jessicataylor7174 I agree. Also, it’s generally used for quality comparison like “this video has 10k upvotes - oh wait, it also has 223k downvotes. Hmmmm…” I really miss that feature…

Chrome have a 'return youtube dislike' extension.

hm something tells me that name is already taken... I'm sure as hell not checking

Like warranty stickers covering screws (those stickers are illegal but that doesn’t stop companies from using them).

@@fakeemail6815 it was indeed already taken and already banned.

99% of it should be punished.

@@Naptosis thanks for sacrificing your browser history soldier

When the punishment is a fine, it just means it's only illegal if you are poor.

Things like this makes me wish sometimes that laws like the GDPR were more commonplace. Imagine committing a major violation, and you'd get hit with a fine that is either 4% of your company's global annual revenue, or €20 Million, whichever amount is higher.

We need "what amount they made from being bad" to be a legal lower bound that has priority over whatever cap there is to the relevant fine.

i know this is an old comment, but i recently did a research paper on bp oil (formerly known as british petroleum) and part of their budget was literally devoted to legal fees from lawsuits regarding oil spills, cleanup fees, and workplace injuries. they literally budgeted in what they would have to pay to cover up the issue and settle any legal action rather than take the time to actually do proper maintenance or training, because it saved short term costs. basically, it was cheaper in the short term, because the legal cost would only show up if they got caught and someone pressed the issue. the same goes for these companies -- they probably know it's illegal, or at least incredibly scummy, but as long as nobody presses the issue they don't give a shit because it either creates profit or reduces cost in the present. that's why things like class action lawsuits are so important, and why companies are so concerned with things like union busting. a lot of people can't AFFORD to take these things to court, because a lot of us are way too poor to go against their multi-million dollar legal teams. anyway, el problema es capitalismo lmao

​@@TheArtisticIntrovertI found a sticker the other day that said "you don't hate Mondays, you hate capitalism!"

those are the absolute WORST

@@jay_art3032 Very true. I can handle an X with a reality-bending hitbox but those are horrible.

absolutely hate those

They do that now with apple products. The ad finishes and it forces you into the app store page for the ad. If someone can sue the hell out of them for that, please do and end our suffering

I've seen an ad that has 2 skip buttons, 1 fake and 1 real

He’s definitely biodegradable as a human

He was molded in the Hell fires. He's made out of lost souls and sin.

@@idislikemints Good lord. What a lucky mortal.

@@HotBaraDad666 hi there

@@dukcaa General Kenobi! Edit: It took me so long to get it. I apologize.

False advertising is illegal, but companies make it so subtle now that even though we know it's okay it's more of an accepted fact, so no one tries to correct them. It's also that the world is run by capitalism and money and the companies are the ones with the money so that makes it even more difficult.

*doesn't deserve to exist

@@astraamarante6233 If capitalism runs the world, then explain the proliferation and predominance of socialism in political discussion, lawmaking, and governance. Also, general stupidity is not the same as subtlety in advertising. Modern marketing is blatantly false, it's the market that doesn't have the capacity to recognize it let alone call it out. As well, the regulatory boards are even more defunded than your local police precinct. I am sure that is what's called a contributing factor.

@@innocentbystander3317 Whether capitalism specifically runs the world or not, everyone is dependent on money and favor. No matter what type of government any country is under, they still rely on money to get them places. Also, I did not say that every company only uses small twisted subtle lies to market, you're putting words in my mouth. It was a generalization, as I'm not writing an essay for a school. The lack of resistance and the sheer amount that large companies make is what lets them keep advertising falsely. Even if there were a few hundred against a large company, corporations usually make millions and fuel portions the economy (at least in America), so the government wouldn't bother correcting them unless there was a majority percentage against it.

That, plus if you tell the truth but phrase in an intentionally misleading way, you're still lying, imo! 'Technically right' is NOT right in terms of being truthful and honest!

Ink is one of the most expencive liquids in the world by volume it's stupid. and then they have the audacity to say we're not allowed to use over half our container of ink, despite paying extortionate prices for it.

or when you buy a newer printer and it works for like 3 years via the printer app (hp) and suddenly your printer is old and doesn't work via the app anymore

I heard multiple times from different people that it's actually cheaper just to get a new printer than to buy more ink.

@@dannyfoxboi depends on the printer and your usage. I know a guy who doesn't print too often so a cartridge will run him just shy of a year. Guess who buys a brand new printer for $20 each year because the ink is $25 and the printer comes with a cartridge? He also sells the printer on facebook for $5 - 10... Which means it's actually like $10 - 15 a year for a printer. Generally speaking you have to run a cost analysis for your own situation. But for some ppl, like my friend, it is infact cheaper to buy a new one each year.

@@clueless_cutie Fair point. I guess it does depend on a few factors.

perhaps but there can only be ONE su shine on click's life and that's toppicy oppicy

Of course i do

@@Sunshine-tk6ro I feel like you changed your name just to make this comment and if so I love you for it, lol

@@bundroid9793 Same lol

....Saxaphone gay? If this isnt you I am so sorry lol

Agreed. That wonky graph was not done by a graphic designer, but by someone who thinks they're one just because they watch a lot of art Tiktoks.

It also wasn't made by someone competent at marketing... since... y'know... letting people catch you lie to them doesn't help your company image.

I am a media producer and worked as a mathematic teacher on high school level for 5 years. So plz don't represent me :D

Knowing that newspaper, it was done on purpose to skew perception.

@@sophiophile Sorry to burst your bubble kid, but ALL newspapers do that. Yes, even your beloved National Post or Toronto Sun.

Good on ya! It's been too long since we've been able to remind the marketers and managers that they can't function without us developers.

I remember taking network engineering in college. The professor who was teaching us about physical network design standards and practices would tell us 'Here is how you properly set up a network so it is sufficiently fault tolerant and key systems can maintain uptime through redundancies even when something goes down for maintenance or error. Here is what your manager who knows nothing about network design or the actual consequences of a barebones system will claim is good enough for their needs. Here is how many red-bulls and prescription meds you are going to consume when the mail server inevitably crashes and your manager is screaming about how you clearly are incompetent at your job because this never should have happened.' He was literally teaching us 'Your manager will be an idiot, it's better to catch flak for making a working system than a timebomb'. The importance of a degree of assertiveness even with your superiors. I never actually pursued a career in the field...

That explains why these messages are always written in such a twisted or infantile manner. All those marketing people must either be the dumbest or most sociopathic people in the world. Or both. I bet they write those 'modern' error messages that treat you like a baby instead of providing any useful information, too.

In Australia we have pay as you go (PAYG) . You then just have to adjust for anything that wasn't already taxed like allowances or jobs that paid in cash or bank interest. Then you do your deductions.

@@shanemorris3554 See, that makes sense too, provided your country doesn't have a humongous black market economy problem, which is what we have in Spain xD

Haven't filed a tax return for over 10 years, also waived the deduction of taxes from my pay over 10 years ago. Claim what you will, I'm not evading taxes by any definition of the word.

gah damn thats so petty.

@@TheClick Now you gotta become a hackerman

Screw it, Going with Epson ecotank.

On the laser side, Brother has at least some of their printers setup so that once you start the machine with cartridges, it writes in those chips that those are used ones. BUT, you can go to a service mode and reset the cartridges at least. So not as bad as the HP bs, but can be a pain in the butt anyway.

damn, guess we're gonna have to switch to old printers

Disgusting. Kill the the rich, burn the businesses.

@@cookielessboi2016 Eat the rich

Yes, including in things where it's a safety issue when they break...

@@dannyfoxboi Good idea, we can eradicate the capitalist scum and end world hunger in one fell swoop.

This is why capitalism doesn't work. I hate when libertarians insist that capitalism will always create pressure to make the best products, because it's so clearly bullshit.

checks out

Ah, capitalism

Typical.

funny thing is, it's actually not that hard for most individuals. The simple form is all *most* people need to fill out. I say this as someone who went through the process and training to be able to do taxes for people (including paying to have liability coverage) only to then not be hired by the company that trained me, because I wasn't bilingual, which wasn't stated as a requirement until after the training was done.

All corporations should have their assets seized, their executives exterminated, and their lawyers fired.

”YOU DON'T GET A CHOICE.”

That's how it seems like with mobile games. I don't mind actually paying for it if it means not having to deal with all that freemium crap, problem is there's almost nothing but ad-ridden freemium crap

Genuine question, how does that work for my videos and games? They're free. I have no ads. I charge no money. How are you a product when neither of us gets anything monetary out of it? Just - I assume at least a tiny bit - enjoyment?

Dont forget to pay extra for the brand that puts their company logo all over your clothing making you look like a cheap billboard. Free advertising is one thing, but being paid to have your brand advertised? Those are the kind of customers a "job-creator for offshore youths" needs to survive!

@@Roadent1241 Good question, i will in return ask you were can i find your videos? If it's on RU-vid then you are a product just as much as me, if it's on your own platform then i do get that genuine enjoyment as long as no advertising is done otherwise we get back to square one but if no advertising is done how are you going to do it in the long run?

@@innocentbystander3317 I don't get that either, even though I gladly pay to "advertise" my favorite bands by wearing their merch. I mean their music is a big part of my life, many of my band shirts are souvenirs of the show I bought them at and they have beautiful and unique designs. But what's the appeal of paying at least double the price of a band shirt (or over 10 times the price of an unbranded shirt) to get a plain unicolor shirt with the logo of a clothes manufacturer, that looks like every other plain unicolor shirt from every other overpriced cothes manufacturer, just with a different brand logo?

I never had interest in Sirius XM before. Now, after hearing what they did to you, they're on my permanent black-list.

why keep threatening and not follow up on it? i wouldve gone and file a complaint at the police station for harasment after continuing after my threat

The system is still broken. Any company can still go: "A song you used for 2 minutes in your 30 minutes video contains 1 second of our copyrighted content, so, we're gonna take ALL of your revenue of that video until you file a dispute that we review and if we don't find a way to justify our claim *and* feel generous that day, we might lift the claim so you can make money again, but we won't give you back the money we made off of you in the meantime, thanks! " It's so imbalanced and unfair and it's gonna happen again and again...

yes, but he had to manually remove the intro and outro of thousand of videos

@@LRM12o8 99.99% of the time your claim will get rejected, though.

@@LRM12o8 Yeah, it should be proportional to the amount of viewer retention in the part with copyrighted assets

@@LRM12o8 First off, I fully agree with you username. Not just for RU-vid too, but also for Streaming Services like Netflix and AmazonPrime. Secondly, more on topic: did you ever happen to watch that video by Tom Scott that Cliccy talked about?

I've been binge watching him so much, his voice has displaced my own as narrator in my head.

@@ericcook4171 Yup, same here. Honestly, I really like his voice, so I don't mind.

Welcome to the furry side.

@@erikhirschfelt5066 Bold of you to assume I wasn't there already

yes

yes

The next step is to do the magic trick with the tap, only to get a 30s ad in the mirror for 10 seconds of water 😂

VLC media player also doesn't care about region codes.

And yet I couldn't play American or Japanese DVDs on my PS2 without a cheatdisk, which meant I had to deal with black and white. Which wasn't green-tint, like they promised, but...! I can't remember if I ever bothered trying them on my PS3 just because we had a region-free DVD player at that point but given that PS2 no longer works on it I doubt there's any point in trying it like nearly 15 years later.

@@tabby_cat but your DVD drive might. And to make matters worse: you can only change your DVD Region code in Windows 5 times, then you're stuck on it.

I suppose. I usually play DVDs on laptops and haven't encountered the need to change region once switching media player software, which implies it's not related to the physical hardware drive. Using the different software (VLC) meant the 'change region' warning didn't show up anymore for me.

Most DVD players also have guides written about them online on how you can set them to "Region 0", i.e. all Regions. I remember once buying a very special Universal Remote Control with reprogramming and macro features on it to reprogram my mom's DVD player and set it to Region 0 so I could play DVDs on it that I got as a present from a friend from America.

The problem is when the website itself works using js.

@@connorhorman Which is the vast majority of them today

​@@connorhorman react based websites: 😈

never seen those seen type of sandwiches until this video

@@aliceramdom.s Guessing you haven't been in many gas stations.

It makes me think of the story of the hurricane detector reviews. There's a company selling hurricane early warning detectors and it has a load of 5* reviews - "Easy to install" "good price" "arrived promptly" "aesthetically pleasing" etc. Then there is 1 review giving only 1* - "Did not detect hurricane". We don't only need to see the good, sometimes the negative is important....like seeing 2k dislikes on a first aid video and not just the 100 upvotes from people who don't know better!

I don't

Because of that, I now look at whether comments are turned off or not, if it's not an automated music channel

I mean, yes, you're right when it comes to instructional videos or downloads, knowing the other people's opinions is great, but the dislike button was abused a lot by people who just wanted to spread hate. There where even programs used to automatically dislike all videos of smaller creators who belong to minorities. So, in this case, having a constant reminder of all the hatred, all the people who just hate people for who they are, that's not a good environment for creators and their fans. When a video is actually bad, or if you're probably not interested in it, RU-vid will just not recommend it to you, so there will not be that many honest dislikes. With comments, you can just delete racist, homophobic or transphobic comments, but with dislikes, you can't see which dislikes are given because someone doesn't like the video, or just because they want to spread hatred... Oh, and even with bad videos, a dislike or a like can't fully show what's wrong with a video. Most RU-vid videos are like 20 to 90 minutes long, so giving just a dislike doesn't say what exactly is wrong with the video. You could write a comment and explain where you agree and where you disagree, and if the other people are decent people, you can maybe even have a civil discussion about a topic in the comments. Do you think, I should just dislike this video, because I don't agree with what the Click said? I wouldn't! The part about him wanting to dislike videos is just a small part of the video, so a dislike or a like wouldn't show that I actually agreed with most of what he said. I said, that comments can have more nuance than just a dislike, but that's not always true. There are always a lot of hateful comments and RU-vid doesn't provide any features to filter out hatred from real comments. For example, I was watching a video, where a girl was talking about what swimsuits she likes, and one of the first comments was someone insulting her and saying that they think wearing bathing suits is worse than a terrorist attack, where dozens of people are killed. And reading comments like this... When all you want to do is watch RU-vid in peace... I don't know if you can relate to that, if you've ever been in a similar situation, but being in a situation like that is not very nice... So, what I wanted to say with this is, you can't say dislikes are a good thing or dislike are a bad thing. The same goes for comments, and for filters for comments. This has to be a nuanced discussion, where everyone should be included.

@@ThatLolaSnail people had the option to turn off dislikes/likes. plus it doesnt help protect creators. they can still see the dislikes. which one of youtubes 'strong' arguments was that seeing dislikes would hurt the creators feelings. yet taking away the dislikes just encourages people to leave more hateful comments if they do hate the video. and that is much more different than a dislike. I know, like you said they can delete comments but they still have to read them. it's more damaging reading a hateful comment compared to just seeing a number. and the one you gave was a good example of that.

cApiTaLIsm bReeDs INnovAtIon

@@lucastrofimiuk1834 the 3rd party printer cartridge game has been going on ever since 3rd party cartridges started being produced, the same goes for brand name fully built computers, a lot of these big brands include code to reject parts not from the brand. however, 3rd party parts manufactures typically find ways around this by making their own chips that answer the machine but don't break. so technically yes capitalism does breed innovation, just a very useless kind.

the empty thingy is really annoying

or when you buy a newer printer and it works for like 3 years via the printer app (hp) and suddenly your printer is old and doesn't work via the app anymore

@@CtrlAltSHIT What PC system vendor has put code in their pre-built PCs to reject third party parts before Apple did it in the iPhone? I've heard of brands like Dell and HP using all proprietary parts that don't follow any standard, so you can't swap them out, but I've never heard of intentional software locks in PCs!

Well, it probably was for his Australian viewers when he recorded it. There's a 9-hour time zone difference between Sweden and Australia's eastern states (nominally, anyway, but DST can throw a spanner in the works of figuring out the right answer).

yes

@@Roxor128 ok

You forget that, depending on the time of year, the sun could be in the sky as late as ten at night where he is. He lives in Sweden. So, saying, "Good evening," could easily be true.

yes

or when you buy a newer printer and it works for like 3 years via the printer app (hp) and suddenly your printer is old and doesn't work via the app anymore

I used to live over a computer store and my printer's power button broke. I took it downstairs and the guy said it was a five minute fix and as we were neighbours he'd just charge me however much the part cost. Really nice of him. He looked up how much they charged for a replacement button. It was more than the price of the printer.

It's called confirmshaming and I've even experienced this psycho-trick in real life advertising: I once had a Johanniter (a christian paramedic organization in Europe) member ring my bell and ask for a donation for their emergency services while I was in a teams call in home office. I told him I'd consider it, but I'm at work rn and he should come back another time and his sassy response was: "fastest I got someone through the paperwork was 45 seconds. Do we wanna beat that record?". I said no, I don't have time and wanted to close the door on him already, but he somehow made me halt and then asked me: "do you not care about emergency service?". I slammed the hell out of that door! I was genuinely open to donating, but with that reproachful question, it was immediately off the table. They want something from me, they don't get to guilt-trip me for not saying yes and amen! I'm actually glad the guy did this though, because later on I learned that their emergency services (and all other social services that is carried out by church organizations in Germany) are financed to over 95% by the state/taxpayer money! But these greedy bastards still ask for donations, saying it was for their emergency services, when in reality it probably goes into religious missions in foreign continents where they play out the medieval ages with the poverty-stricken population there!

@@LRM12o8 Oh god I really hate that. I never wanna experience such a situation.

Haha same!

Bro same

Your face looks like damien (from emkay)

Sameee

Was watching my watch until I watched a noti with something to watch. Sorry, but that w word now looks strange to me, and I am satisfied with that for some reason.. Thanks Ela. Wish I could explain better.

In this special case I would not only condone, but applaud the act of vandalism.

It's in China. You'll be executed for doing that

yes

CLICCY WICCY BAITY WAITY.

he is human 😮

@@niveknanorc7316 Got sauce for that claim? Boop to doubt...

I had a similar thing happen where it was 10:00 AM and I wanted to order breakfast from Chic-fil-A while I was staying with my grandmother but get it delivered.(She gets stuff from there a lot and had the app and let me get stuff for us that particular morning.) I was allowed to get to the payment screen before I was informed that since they wouldn't be serving it by the time it would be delivered that I couldn't order it. Not only that but I couldn't order anything from the lunch menu because they were still serving breakfast inside the restaurant. I was annoyed at the time, but at least they hadn't taken funds from the card first and tell me that I couldn't order it second.

@@Ceral_ Your first mistake was Chik-fil-A, unless you like the taste of homophobia.

Sounds like the fastest way to lose customers to me...

or when you buy a newer printer and it works for like 3 years via the printer app (hp) and suddenly your printer is old and doesn't work via the app anymore

Capitalism

Canon.

or when you buy a newer printer and it works for like 3 years via the printer app (hp) and suddenly your printer is old and doesn't work via the app anymore

Modern marketing in a nutshell: You should buying our product now that there is a chance we may have neglected to ensure our anti-consumer features are functioning properly!

Lol, I heard about the customer complaints who were told by their printer that their Canon branded cartridges from reputable stores or the manufacturer themselves were not genuine. Well, that Canon backfired hard! 😂👍

yes

Doesn't have to be plastic, paper coated in wax has worked for decades as milk cartons.

The thing is that if you coat paper with something to make it water repellent, you can't recycle the paper without an extraction of the coating first, be it wax or plastic. And since that coating is insoluble in water, you need somewhat aggressive chemicals to decompose it or organic solvents to dissolve it. Both options are not environmentally friendly. I think that "paper" bottle has a point: easy separation of the plastic and the paper, so you can dispose of each separately, which allows direct recycling without any extra steps and chemicals. It was misleading though to name it a "paper" bottle .. unless the plastic is made from paper, like cellulose acetate.

@@flamboyant_wolf Thin plastic is structurally weak (either too flexible or too brittle), vulnerable to puncture, and permeable, and vulnerable to high/low temperatures. By adding the thick paper you compensate for all of these weaknesses and add a lot of protection. If you use thick plastic, and leave out the paper entirely, you use a lot more plastic. Paper and its recycling are much more environmentally friendly. Plastic, even if it's a bioplastic, is much more difficult to recycle. If it ends up somewhere in nature, it won't decompose for decades (bioplastic) or centuries (regular plastic), unlike paper. So it's best to use as little plastic as possible.

​@@augustaseptemberova5664 I don't think the point of the 'paper' bottle was to be recycled, I think it was implying that it was more biodegradable, which waxy paper is much more than plastic.

@@thirstfast1025 Waxy paper can be one of two things: paper coated in polyethylene = not biodegradeable, or wax paper impregnated with paraffin. Paraffin is a byproduct of crude oil and equally not biodegradeable. Biodegradable wax would have to be bees' wax. Some waxes derived from plant oils or animal fats can be biodegradeable, but usually aren't. Put a candle in a composter and see what happens ^^

That's good to hear that it does have an upside, but in terms of recycling, surely they should be upfront about it because otherwise, people might not realise and throw the whole thing in the paper recycling!

Can’t the companies just cost the inside in wax? Like how paper cups are coated in wax on the inside.

@@Fledhyris Most brands put more information on the back of the bottle with the product ingredients and instructions for use. I can't speak for all of them though, just the handful that I came across.

@@peggedyourdad9560 That would make it so that you couldn't recycle or compost the paper.

@@marylambkin Ah, I see. Maybe the companies could try experimenting with other types of sealants that aren’t plastic?

Let me guess… it's owned by Rupert Murdoch.

@@John_Weiss Worse. A member of the nobility. Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere.

i'm a night person as well but i completely negate being a night person by having my light on all the time and running up the electricity bill

@@noobiii Sounds about right. I prefer the place half lit up so I can see, half dark for the same reason. Sometimes easing yourself into the brighter light helps.

It's money hungry movie companies

"Nearly misses." Where did it impact? Lol

@@derekstein6193 space is big, it might not impact anything for thousands of years

@@Skullhawk13I think they meant that since it said “nearly misses”, it can be taken as it almost missed, but ended up hitting us anyway At least that’s how I interpreted their comment

That was probably HR's fault, I know that in some places it is standard practice for whoever is making the job advetisement/posting to add on that they are looking for people with X amount of experience in the job they are hiring for, even when the people who are requesting the new hires explicitly state that they want untrained labor (which isn't uncommon in writing based fields, especially government grant writing since you have to follow specific templates which would need you to untrain any writing habits from anyone who does have professional writing experience). This makes things even worse for the recruitment process as not only will people who have the specificed required experience not bother applying for the low wages, but it also causes people who know about this practice to ignore the job requirements that were posted as they know some of them are completely inconsequential. Furthermore a lot of good candidates that don't have experience don't bother applying since they lack the experience that is "required". The crazy thing about all of this is that the main reason that this is so common place is that a lot of companies don't want to pay for job training so the folks in HR think they are saving a buck by hiring "experienced" people, even when that just creates more problems down the line. TL,DR: Job hunting sucks because the people that make the job advertisements are often not the direct supervisors of the new hires and thus know nothing of what is required/desired in a new employee.

Yep, and the timer never counts down. Because it's taking 5 minutes to buffer.

Let's be honest, they're not Communist, they're an Oligarchy. The government owns everything, and in turn is owned by a very small group. Actual Communism would be that you personally own your home, but all means of generating wealth are shared by everyone. In reality it's a system that simply can't work, because humanity as a species has no built-in filter to prevent abuse.

That's why I like Bank of America. We don't get a overdraft fee if it's overdrawn by less than $10.

Gotta admit, I haven't encountered any of them here in the UK either. Says something about some countries...

"Consumer protection laws!? That sounds awfully close to communism." - Some American conservative probably.

right

[groans] I hate that! I've had to pass up on so many specials over they years because they require you to buy too many of that thing in order to get it. 5 for $5? Not a problem if it's something like mineral water that'll keep for years. Big problem if it's something that goes in the fridge and will go off in less than a week and you have basically no chance of eating it all before then.