This document discusses refined annoyance and the refusal to accept any friction. It questions whether we should still be solving certain problems that have concepts that are not new. While friction is acknowledged as something that matters, there is a desire to avoid it where possible.

13. http://www.ioccc.org/2015/burton/prog.c

14. http://www.itiseezee.com/?p=83

20. By “refined annoyance”, I mean the
refusal to accept friction of any sort.

39. https://blog.crisp.se/2016/06/08/henrikkniberg/spotify-rhythm

42. Should I talk to you? Should I talk to
you?

54. Step back: what are we dealing with
here? Some of these concepts aren’t
new. Why are we still solving these
problems?

63. I don’t want to give the impression that
friction doesn’t matter.