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Pet Peeve

Filed under: Deep Thoughts — Will Duquette at 6:53 pm on Wednesday, August 23, 2006

And now, a pet peeve of mine.

DVD cases. You know how DVD cases have those four depressions around the perimeter of the DVD that seem clearly intended to let you get your thumb on the side of the disc so you can easily pull it out of the case? Why is it that, nine times out of ten, there’s a thin plastic wall between the depression and the disc itself, so that in fact the depression is useless and you have to somehow hook your thumbnail into the little crack between the disc and the case?

I don’t get it.

2 Comments »

Comment by Thuvia

August 24, 2006 @ 1:05 pm

Try pressing down on that center plastic thingee. It should loosen the DVD.

Comment by Will Duquette

August 24, 2006 @ 3:43 pm

Yes, of course. But then I want to lift it out of the case…and it always annoys me that the case seems perfectly designed for me to press the center thingee with one finger and then lift the DVD out of the case with my thumb and little finger…except that I can’t.

I suppose most people turn the case upside-down, but that just seems wrong somehow.

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