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What Grinds Our Gears: TikTok’s constantly-changing layout
October 30, 2024Change isn’t always good. Especially when that “change” happens every couple of weeks. To me, TikTok is a form of escape. An escape should be something that provides comfort, joy, and familiarity. But how am I supposed to feel a sense of familiarity when TikTok’s layout changes every time I open it!? TikTok has experimented with different kinds of feeds their users can choose from: Friends, Following, For You, Explore, Shop, and even a STEM feed. Sure, it’s nice to have all these options to choose from, but why do some occasionally disappear and reappear? Sometimes they even move and…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Winter commutes to Burnaby Mountain
October 24, 2024Imagine waking up to a perfect snowy morning in the Lower Mainland. The temperature is cold, but the view outside your window looks stunning. You struggle to get up, but then you realize your university is on top of a…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Rainy bus rides
October 17, 2024With fall comes the rain, and for transit users that is the worst. And it means one thing: wet bus chairs. They feel so gross, and it’s enough to ruin anyone’s day. Imagine this: you’re standing at the bus loop,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Monopoly
October 11, 2024Monopoly sucks. It takes hours to play. Technically, the average game duration is about 45 minutes under standard rules, but it feels longer — and it’s completely about luck. If you’re the person who lands on Baltic Avenue, it’s a…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stink bugs
October 1, 2024Stink bugs — we all know them, we all hate them. That pesky species invades every summer and never really goes away. Soon they will be ruling this town. They may look harmless, but when frightened or killed they REEK.…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Automated phone lines
September 23, 2024Do you know the feeling where you are missing a package or something, and the only way to get your package back is to call the “help” number? But how helpful is it, really? Most of these big corporate companies…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Parking at SFU Burnaby
September 18, 2024You’re running late, already stuck in traffic on the way up to campus, and then you finally pass the threshold of driving up Gaglardi Way to find a spot at Central parking. Lo and behold, you are eternally bound to…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Convocations during classes
September 18, 2024I am not looking forward to this fall. My one and only reason for this is that I despise class-hour convocations. Dramatic, I know. I understand that scheduling is tricky, and there will always be at least one class running…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Traffic tailgaters
August 2, 2024I can’t think of anyone who’s a fan of being tailgated. It’s not just the passive aggression that bugs me — small following distances are dangerous and horribly inefficient. It’s common sense that following too close to the car in…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Mosquitos
July 27, 2024Picture this: you’ve just spent a long day enjoying the lovely summer weather. You’ve been baking in the sun, dipping in and out of the water to cool down. As you’re heading back home, you feel a sudden itch on…
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