Nothing is where I expect it in my kitchen.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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That, and I live alone
Ouch, I feel that one.
The floor being on the bottom is an unofficial standard, at least.
I'm sure the EU has established it as an official standard.
It's the same in the US but the location is specified as a distance from the ceiling in units based on an average man's height.
How many is that in banana unit?
I have a supernatural ability to find the cutlery drawer in any kitchen on the first try. So far I haven't been able to use my power to solve any crimes but it's useful anyway.
It’s weird when you expect the kitchen to be set by “align right” and instead everything is set “align left”
That's a nice problem to have, in my kitchen the only option is to "align stuffed to the brim"
That‘s true. I remember coming together with my gf back then. Moving into our first department we almost had a fight over the kitchen organization. Our idea of where to put everything was vastly different.
And this is true for a whole lot other things, to varying extent: icons on a smartphone home screen, desktop icons/files on a PC/laptop, digital file organization, physical file/book/notes (dis)organization, to name a few.
We all might agree on a need to keep things organized, but whether or not it's okay to mix pencils and pens together, whether or not to store them with the write-y bit up, or down, whether or not it's okay to store sign pens alongside ballpoint pens, and whether they should be write-y bit up, down, or laid to its side. Whether or not it's okay to just store shirts randomly interspersed with pants, so long as they're all clean....
I can go on and on, but the point is that we may agree on the general principles, but there will always be one detail of organization that I'd find horrifyingly wrong, and you are perfectly fine with it.
And that's why there will never be a Lemmy client that satisfies everyone completely
That's the neat part. Since lemmy is open there can be a multitude of clients and finally everyone will find one that suits them.
Indeed, but I think providing some level of customization usually resolves this to a good extent (ignoring the entire debate of how customizable one app should be), with decent defaults for people who couldn't be bothered.
But your point still stands: excluding infinitely-customizable apps (to such an extent in which you might as well write your own), there would be some person out there who'd be "just fine" with it, and not completely satisfied. And if I were an app dev, I'd find a balance between satisfying the most amount of people with the defaults, and allowing more people to be satisfied with customization, all the while keeping myself sane (keeping the amount of effort needed to a humane amount).
my kitchen is pretty spartan but it works. a close friend's kitchen has every gadget you could think of, including a bread maker. she doesn't use most of them though
pretty "spartan" - I picture armor on the table and using a spear to get the meatloaf from the oven.
hey, getting burned taking food out of the oven is no joke!
I have no hard feelings about placement and, unless living alone, tend to leave organization to others. Problem arises, when they change the place of one component and forget to tell me, as I will put the utensil back to its "place" once I find it.
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