Things that are underrated but still really awesome

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Mine is the app ‘What three words’ Such a great app for people who live in new builds. For those of you who don’t know what it is, the world is divided into really small squares and your square is given three words which you then put into the app and then press Go for Google maps. Sooo simple! Yet the amount of delivery drivers I’ve had that point blank refuse to use it and then I spend so long giving them directions. I’m looking at you Bensons for Beds and Parcel Force. I just don’t get why drivers wouldn’t want to make things easier for themselves!!!

I couldn't disagree more. What Three Words is a great idea really really badly executed.

The allocation of words isn't systematic so boot.knee.table is in Sefton in the north of england but boot.knee.chair is in Nevada in the United States.

They use homophones which makes giving your location over the phone difficult/confusing. snow.wing.snowing is in Oklahoma whereas snowing.snow.wing is in Australia.

It doesn't translate directly into other languages.

It uses a vocabulary of about 40,000 words when the average adult has a vocabulary of 20,000 so they use obscure and archaic words. If they had made what four words they could have significantly reduced the number of words needed.

Frazzles.

We already had a system for finding precise places - coordinates. Calculated mostly using a GPS now but obviously other methods are available! Coordinates are much easier because of all the reasons mentioned above.

What three words has attempted to reinvent the wheel.

Naps

Fair enough so What 3 words isn’t for everyone. I also think that Fry’s Turkish Delight is pretty fab, especially right out of the fridge.

The allocation of words isn't systematic so boot.knee.table is in Sefton in the north of england but boot.knee.chair is in Nevada in the United States

But surely it’s better that way,

If I call a n ambulance from Sefton and in my distress say ‘chair‘ instead of ‘table‘ they are going to know I’ve fucked it up. The worst case would be if the similar sounding one was a few miles from where I actually was. ie plausible but incorrect enough to waste valuable time.

Lurchers..
Seen as a poacher's ddog. Very fun loving low maintenance family pet ime!!

Easter Eggs.

I’ve just eaten one.

The chocolate hits differently when it’s egg-shaped.

But surely it’s better that way,
If I call a n ambulance from Sefton and in my distress say ‘chair‘ instead of ‘table‘ they are going to know I’ve fucked it up. The worst case would be if the similar sounding one was a few miles from where I actually was. ie plausible but incorrect enough to waste valuable time.*

Some of them do have exactly that problem though, as the article below mentions.

So, for example, circle.goal.leader and circle.goal.leaders are less than 2km apart along the River Thames.
And just over 50km apart in Sheffield and Leeds are stream.rivers.abode and steam.rivers.abode.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56901363

Cheese on toast

My dm lives in a rural place and swears by "what three words"

I love bone China mugs, they just make hot drinks so much better.

@TheLightSideOfTheMoon

Easter Eggs.

I’ve just eaten one.

The chocolate hits differently when it’s egg-shaped.

Have to agree with this. I don’t especially love chocolate, very rarely eat bars or pieces of it, have’t had any over Christmas. But Aldi were selling off their chocolate reindeer in store yesterday for 9p so obvs I bought two, and there’s just something about it being that shape that allures me.

Also underrated - small houses and gardens. I’ve never understood wanting to have two spare bedrooms for the guests who visit you twice a year, and a living room big enough for a corner sofa that seats 12 when you are a family of 4 and basically live like hermits anyway. And sure, if your DC are budding footballers or you have an ambition to grow enough carrots to stock Tesco then I’m sure a giant garden is ace, but most of them simply end up as vast expanses of barely used lawn topped by a small patio used in summer evenings.

That what three words sounds very confusing - I don't get it?

Mine are things I've only really started using recently that just make life that bit easier: shampoo/conditioner/washing up liquid etc in pump dispensers - so few manufacturers actually do this and they all should IMO! I especially love the huge pump bottles of shampoo/conditioner that Tkmaxx sells - they last aaaages.

Also shower gels with little plastic hooks that go over the wall mounted taps - no scrabbling around looking for the shower gel any more. This will be really obvious to most people but it's just something I'd never used before - even dh said "why have we never bought this before??" 😂

@BillMasheen

The allocation of words isn't systematic so boot.knee.table is in Sefton in the north of england but boot.knee.chair is in Nevada in the United States

But surely it’s better that way,

If I call a n ambulance from Sefton and in my distress say ‘chair‘ instead of ‘table‘ they are going to know I’ve fucked it up. The worst case would be if the similar sounding one was a few miles from where I actually was. ie plausible but incorrect enough to waste valuable time.

Except they aren't going to know where to start looking for you if the w3w phrase is a different country/continent. At least with the co-ordinate system they would be very close by. This is particularly relevant for people lost up mountains or at sea.

Here's another BBC article about it www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57156797

Dictaphones