There has to be a way to avoid these annoying pops without having to stand up to turn off speakers first every damn time
Plug the speakers into a power strip and put it somewhere you don't have to stand up to reach it. If your interface is not bus powered, you could also just mute its outputs before turning anything connected to it on or off. Turning speakers on last and off first is pretty standard practice, it's not some unreasonable extra step you have to perform.