20 Dumb Product Features

Wasn’t technology supposed to be useful and helpful?
20 Dumb Product Features

Certain people feel so compelled to start a business that they come up with ludicrous ideas and items.

And even sometimes, as they do, such ideas come to fruition. The majority of the time, these items fail miserably. You just had to understand how anyone would believe it's a good way to spend time and money on a "potty putter" or a flatulence-catching blanket. Not saying we wouldn’t buy one, just for the record.

Between ensuring universal gadgets your youngsters will demand of you during their vacations to the much-maligned Shake Weight, the online world has presented us with a never-ending supply of weird new ideas.

Companies are continually releasing flashy new gadgets and technologies in what is a straightforward tactic to encourage you to consume more goods. But, as a result of that effort, we're surrounded by technology that should have been phased out by now or never conceived in the first place. Even the most basic of products now include features that either contribute nothing to its utility or, more irritating, make it worse.

A CURVED TV SCREEN LOOKS PRETTY NICE. IF you're INPRECISELY THE RIGHT SPOT. But that narow viewing angle means you really do need to be sitting in tha
BLINDS RATTLE: NOISILY IN THE BREEZE. YOU CAN NEVER BE QUITE SURE THEY'RE SHUT. Why not just stick to regular curtains? They gently rustle in the bree
SEGWAYS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE'S HERE AND HAS FEW SEGWAYS Instead, riding one is a simple way of making everyone think you're a to
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HAND DRYERS DON'T WORK ALL THAT WELL THEY'RE ALSO PRETTY UNSANITARY. They spread bacteria and fecal matter by blowing it around the air. And don't thi
CAPTCHAS ARE JUST TERRIBLE. THEY'RE A PAIN AND DICH DON'T EVEN WORK WELL. rea You can now actually install add-ons to your browser that fill in squig
SO MUCH STUFF HAS INDICATOR LIGHTS. 2 3 LOCAA AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN THEM OFF. Your WiFi router. Chargers. Power strips. What happens when you wan
PUBLIC BATHROOMS USE MOTION SENSORS. IFONLYTHE THINGS ACTUALLY WORKED. Instead we have toilets that flush while you're still sitting on them every tim
wIRELESS EARBUDS: THE EASIEST WAY TO LOSE $20. IFONLY WE HAD SOME WAY TO SECURE THEM. Now, we agree Bluetooth's good, SO you can seal your phone in a
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A COMPUTERIS 'PORTS ARE MOSTLY IN THE BACK. 90009 000000 MAKING THEM IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH That's fine for permanent peripherals, but what about everyth
SHOWER PUFFS SCRAPE SKIN AND LATHER SOAP. BUT THEY'RE NO GOOD AT GETTING YOU CLEAN. The fibrous matrix traps the skin cells it's just scrubbed off you
THE DISABLED GET PRIORITY SEATING. GOOD! BUT WHY CANPT THE SEATS FACE FRONT? Extra legroom shouldn't mean seats have to be perpendicular to how the bu
PHONES DONT HAVE TO BE SO THIN NOTIFITMEANS. JUST SIX HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE. What's the point of making a super sleek phone if we need to carry a supe
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FRIDGEDOORSI INVITE YOU TO STORE EGGS THERE. THAT'S THE WARMEST PART OF THE FRIDGE. And, it's not like we buy single eggs and need a place to keep the
A LAPTOP'S PORTS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER For WIRING PERIPHERALS, THAT'S FINE. But you're probably putting in a dongle or a flash drive, and those
THERE IS NO REASON FOR A RAZOR TO VIBRATE. IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO JACK UP THE PRIcE. In ads, Gillette boasted their vibrating razor raised and stimula
LET us TURN OFF THE MICROWAVE BEEPS! 0:57 MICROWAVE OVEN 7 WE KNOW THE FOod's READY, SHUT uP. STOP Worse are the beeps that come every time you press
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