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Pet peeve that I can't comprehend how it happens: sinks with faucets that barely extend out over the bowl, resulting in you knocking your hands against the edges of the bowl while trying to get them under the stream of water.

I encounter this in houses, public restrooms, and even fancy hotels. Are bathroom designers really this lacking in foresight?

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nicodemus · 79w

Like most high-time-preference things these days, it’s all form over function.

crimsonleaf363 · 79w

I think about this too frequently.

roll_the_dice · 79w

The only place where I've found bathroom/home design that is done with consideration for the user is Japan

☠️ ᗞᔇᕪᐞᒄ ᑭᑊᔇᐞᐩᕪ ☠️ · 79w

Maybe yer hands are just too big.

Shrinkflation faucets confirmed

Decentral · 79w

It’s the worst. I blame Fiat architecture. Contractor swaps out designers faucets all the time to save costs.

Decentral · 79w

One is $300 and other is $100. People see the same faucet. https://i.nostr.build/syC9wEFZ8KMBLgDg.jpg https://i.nostr.build/MPJl2UKk0ZdFNWZk.jpg

Leo Wandersleb · 79w

There must be an explanation. I asked Claude Sonnet and the most valuable contribution was: "Older plumbing systems and traditional designs featured shorter spouts because water pressure was lower. Many modern designs still follow these traditional aesthetics without considering functionality."

Ha, I completely agree! and in the home case, you end up getting water all over the counter top. I may or may have not measured and remeasured faucet dimensions before ordering one when I redid my bathroom… (and then stared at the granite guy when he cut the hole double checking his measurements...

j'ai les clés · 79w

Some men just want to see the world burn.

#Fiat construction design mentality

Jamie Goodland 🇬🇧 · 79w

Fiat taps. Bitcoin fixes this? 😆

Also, “water saving” faucets and showers that dribble out water slowly, so you have to sit there rinsing for 5x as long, which balances out the total water used, and leaves you poorly rinsed.

They put them in the night club I worked in over 2 decades ago. It was so people couldn't refill their $2.50 bottles of water & had to buy a new one.

btcschellingpt · 79w

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OMAR COMIN 🎱 · 79w

Let’s talk about how bad those Dyson hand dryers integrated into the sink are. You go to get soap thinking it’s a soap dispenser and then get blasted with air that sprays the water in the sink all over you. Insane lack of foresight

LibertyGal · 79w

It is weird. It seems that so often I find very short low faucets on wide, flat sinks, which makes it almost impossible to rinse out the sink (like when you spit toothpaste into the sink). On the other hand, I see faucets that stick way out put on sinks that are shallow front-to-back, so you can't...

Agreed. Terrible design.

nostrich · 79w