Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn’t rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.

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      Really? It seems to me that if you believe blenders should be tamper-proof, you must believe that all appliances should be.

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        A single tamper proof screw that all that’s required to remove is knowledge… Yes. Unfortunately stupid people try to do things they shouldn’t and that single screw removes an idiots ability to sue after they screw with things they know not.

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          and that single screw removes an idiots ability to sue after they screw with things they know not.

          It’s not how it works…

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            That’s exactly how it works and honestly this photo series is a pretty good illustration of why it works.

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            There’s the way the world works and the way the world aught to work according to xyz.

            One is reality the other isn’t. Realistically if you don’t expect a security screw when taking apart dangerous electronics you probably shouldn’t be working on them.

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              Personally to me I think we need to stop idiot proofing everything.

              I’m not saying remove all safety standards or warnings but we’ve gone too fuckin far to the point a complete moron has to be protected and treated like a child which just holds the rest of us back.