There are a lot of great products in the world. What with iPhones and airplanes, we can do just about anything. However, this doesn’t mean we can do these things with efficiency and ease. I’ve compiled a list of minor changes we as humans need to make so that our lives can become exponentially easier.
1. A smartphone screen that doesn't shatter when dropped
It would ruin the sales of Otterboxes, but imagine the ease of mind we would have carrying around our iPhones and Galaxy S’s sans case. We could finally use our phones the way they were intended to be used, without a bulky plastic case concealing 75% of them.
2. A silent vacuum cleaner
I hate vacuuming, always have, always will. I’m like a dog; I run at the sight of a vacuum. I don’t hate the actual act of vacuuming, though. I hate the sound. It stresses me out! If we can put silencers on guns, surely we can make a vacuum cleaner a few decibels quieter. That way we don’t scare our dogs, babies, and me.
3. Change all words containing either ie or ei to a new vowel.
I’m tired of trying to remember how to spell receive. Or caffeine. Or Olivia Leif. And don’t give me that, “I before E, except after C” crap. If that’s such a tried-and-true rule, why are there a documented 923 exceptions to it?
Here’s a short list of exceptions:
albeit
ancient
atheism
beige
being
caffeine
casein
cleidoic
codeine
conscience
counterfeit
deficient
deify
deity
deign
deil
disseize
dreidel
efficient
eider
eight
either
feign
feint
feisty
financier
foreign
forfeit
freight
geisha
glacier
gleization
gneiss
greige
greisen
heifer
heigh-ho
height
heinous
heir
heist
inveigle
kaleidoscope
keister
leisure
leitmotiv
monteith
neigh
neighbor
neither
obeisance
omniscient
onomatopoeia
peignoir
phenolphthalein
phthalein
prescient
proficient
protein
reign
reimburse
rein
reinforce
reinstate
reveille
Rotweiller
science
seeing
seiche
seidel
seine
seismic
seize
seizin
sheik
sheila
society
sovereign
specie
species
sufficient
surfeit
surveillance
teiid
their
veil
vein
weight
weir
weird
I think we can all agree that it’s time for a change. You know that word mark that looks like an A and an E squished together? Let’s create one of those for I and E. Problem solved.
4. An option on microwaves to cool things quickly
The point of a microwave is to heat food quickly. Now what if those same machines could quickly cool food? Instant popsicles. A quick way to cool down boiling hot soups. Words can’t describe how much I want this.
5. Vending machines that take a wrinkled dollar.
Why isn't this a reality? There has to be a way for a machine to tell that a wrinkled dollar is still a valid piece of currency.
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