In an era where our gadgets exceed the science fiction of just 20 years ago, it’s amazing how many everyday annoyances have never gotten fixed. Nobody has invented tangle-proof wires, or smooth-pouring ketchup, or good-smelling bus passengers. You can’t get too mad at science for not solving these problems. It’s not like they haven’t tried. It’s just way more complicated than it sounds to fix things like …

Really, science. I expected better from you by now. Tsk.