# what inanimate objects do you hate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644 "2013-01-18T19:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/1 "2013-01-18T19:43:02Z")
I hate my smoke detector, with a passion. It goes off whenever I cook, forcing me to replace it numerous times and now to leave it sitting on my counter so I can cook in peace. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Also my GPS device. Keeps directing me to go around in circles. I am not on the best of terms with my cel phone, but it’s not in the “hate” stage yet. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/2 "2013-01-18T19:44:08Z")
I too hate my smoke detector, and I am not fond of my purse. I haven’t found a better alternative to a purse, but I hate it anyway. You can pry my GPS from my cold dead hands. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/3 "2013-01-18T19:51:03Z")
I hate wires. I fucking hate them. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/4 "2013-01-18T19:53:15Z")
Fuck all smoke detectors. My current one has a hush mode which is nice in that if it does go off, I can shut it up for 2 minutes which is often enough time to find and fix whatever’s pissing it off, but I’d much prefer being able to pre-emptively silence it for a half hour or hour. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/5 "2013-01-18T19:59:12Z")
My ex. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/6 "2013-01-18T20:07:08Z")
Oh my god I hate my cell phone so much. The LG Touch. It puts the dumb in dumbphone. It’s incredibly un-user-friendly. You have to “touch” like 10 buttons to send a goddamn text message. Also it managed to install apps on my phone and my SIL’s phone that we couldn’t get rid of and cost us about $80 before Verizon fixed the problem. No we can’t afford smart phones, and yes otherwise we like Verizon, for the cost. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/7 "2013-01-18T20:30:19Z")
I save all of my hatred for push doors that have pull handles, and vice versa. I hate those with the fury of a thousand suns. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/8 "2013-01-18T20:30:34Z")
Traffic lights, any and all of them. ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/9 "2013-01-18T20:50:41Z")
Saran Wrap. I am 40 years old and CANNOT get plastic wrap to perform its function without a huge struggle. It sticks to the box, to my hands, to itself. A bowl? Not a chance. Fuck plastic wrap. Tin foil rules! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/10 "2013-01-18T21:07:59Z")
Speed bumps. May the Home Owners Association members who voted to have them installed burn in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/11 "2013-01-18T21:08:15Z")
> [@bunnymom](#): > > Saran Wrap. > > I am 40 years old and CANNOT get plastic wrap to perform its function without a huge struggle. It sticks to the box, to my hands, to itself. A bowl? Not a chance. > > Fuck plastic wrap. Tin foil rules! You MUST buy the good name brand version of this. If you buy cheap knock off versions, they actually don’t work. This is something in which quality matters. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/12 "2013-01-18T21:17:23Z")
> [@bunnymom](#): > > Saran Wrap. > > I am 40 years old and CANNOT get plastic wrap to perform its function without a huge struggle. It sticks to the box, to my hands, to itself. A bowl? Not a chance. Try attaching the lead edge to one side of the bowl before unrolling across the top. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/13 "2013-01-18T21:25:56Z")
> [@bunnymom](#): > > Saran Wrap. > > I am 40 years old and CANNOT get plastic wrap to perform its function without a huge struggle. It sticks to the box, to my hands, to itself. A bowl? Not a chance. > > Fuck plastic wrap. Tin foil rules! Glad Press 'n Seal. You’ll never look back. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/14 "2013-01-18T21:40:12Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I hate my smoke detector, with a passion. It goes off whenever I cook, forcing me to replace it numerous times and now to leave it sitting on my counter so I can cook in peace. Hate it, hate it, hate it. > > Also my GPS device. Keeps directing me to go around in circles. > > I am not on the best of terms with my cel phone, but it’s not in the “hate” stage yet. Your smoke detector is likely a simple problem. If it is sounding while you are cooking, it is probably an ionization detector. You should replace this with a photoelectric detector. Ionization smoked detectors are designed to detect non-visible particles of combustion. Frying bacon is a prime example of this. This type of detector will also alarm in a humid atmosphere. Photoelectric smoke detectors respond to sooty, visible smoke that occurs when normal household items like mattresses, couch cushions, piles of paper and the like burn. I have been in the fire alarm business for 34 years. The detectors in my house are photoelectric. This article illustrates the problem with ionization smoke detectors for home use: [http://www.wthr.com/global/Story.asp?s=6861441](http://www.wthr.com/global/Story.asp?s=6861441) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/15 "2013-01-18T21:40:12Z")
> [@bunnymom](#): > > Saran Wrap. > > I am 40 years old and CANNOT get plastic wrap to perform its function without a huge struggle. It sticks to the box, to my hands, to itself. A bowl? Not a chance. > > Fuck plastic wrap. Tin foil rules! To join the chorus of advice: Store it in the freezer. Makes a huge difference. Personal hates include chewing/bubble gum (every single example to ever enter a human mouth) and wadded up straw wrappers, which are just icky. I used to hate my BlackBerry, but now that my work emails are on my iPhone, I just hate a small, specific portion of my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/16 "2013-01-18T21:51:47Z")
Sporks. Not one thing, not the other, inferior to both. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/17 "2013-01-18T21:52:37Z")
Security cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/18 "2013-01-18T22:06:22Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I too hate my smoke detector, and I am not fond of my purse. I haven’t found a better alternative to a purse, but I hate it anyway. [A utility belt?](http://www.etsy.com/listing/89862595/leather-utility-hip-belt-bag-double-ring?ref=sr_gallery_25&ga_search_query=leather+utility+belt&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=all) > [@](#): > > You can pry my GPS from my cold dead hands. Word. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/19 "2013-01-18T22:21:19Z")
Power cords. What the HELL gets into them, just laying there on the floor or desk? I put them down carefully, nice and orderly. I look back and the fuckers are all tangled up in goddamn **knots**. Who comes in and ties them up when I’m not looking? How in the hell does a vacuum cleaner cord stretched out straight from plug to appliance suddenly kink up? Damn things are possessed. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644/20 "2013-01-18T22:38:30Z")
_Wall_ warts. Do the designer of these things not understand that you might want to plug two things into an outlet? More than a couple things into a power strip? Just have the stupid “wart” part several inches away from the plug, got it? I’ll pay the extra nickel. (Ditto other plug in devices that assume you don’t want to plug anything else into the adjoining socket. E.g., a lot of USB devices.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644.md?page=2)