this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

My door thresholds from Lowes. Every single one.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

It needs oil. Oil will break down the adhesive and shouldn't be hard to clean off of a sealed/finished surface. I've used anything from a few drops of cooking oil to peanut butter (doesn't run!) and let it sit. Depending on the adhesive it could take minutes or hours, but typically makes removal much easier.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Make sure to use a solvent that damages that surface. Easy peel stickers are apparently yet to be developed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Easy-peel stickers are everywhere. They're made of plastic instead of paper.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Goo Gone. Or WD40. Works for asshole-designed stickers and bandaids!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Vinyl stickers cut into bottom lines. I've got gallons of mineral oil, did the trick.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's so you gotta buy a second scraper.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Like Hank Hill opening his WD40 can with a smaller WD40 can.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I feel for this one. This is such a stupid common thing. I also hate the thing where packaging was made more difficult to discourage returns but that thankfully has at least reduced from its height.