Ask HN: What's a small problem that bugs you in your every day life?

5 points by jameshk 10 years ago | 9 comments

We all have small things that annoy us every day. I'm curious, what are some of yours?

paulrpotts 10 years ago |

Web pages that suddenly lock up Chrome for ten seconds or more while it apparently does nothing.

Windows apparently starting up and launching apps quickly but then requiring over a minute before anything will actually respond.

bwackwat 10 years ago |

SoundCloud/Pandora/Spotify advertisements!

My employer blocking SoundCloud!

I'm too far from the NYSE ground floor to hack the market!

Four hours after drinking coffee I become tired!

Good internet forums turning into meme generators!

Tinder girls ignoring me!

* These are actual annoyances.

smt88 10 years ago | |

> Tinder girls ignoring me!

Highly recommend the book Modern Love. It's funny and entertaining, but it will also make you feel better/differently about online dating.

beamatronic 10 years ago |

In iOS, I cannot copy a block of text from within an SMS message that I have received. I can only copy the entire block of text. I end up pasting it into Notes, and THEN selecting only the text that I want, which I then paste into its final destination app.

pavornyoh 10 years ago |

Ability to write properly only when paper is turned 90 degrees clockwise.

NetTechM 10 years ago |

Paper Coffee cups that drip every time you sip.

Arcten 10 years ago | |

Make sure that you are sipping from the side opposite the seam that runs up the side of the cup. If you have a lid, put the hole on that opposite side as well. I believe this reduces the dripping.

eip 10 years ago |

Lack of bidets.

HoopleHead 10 years ago |

Your face