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Stuff that should never have been invented

Posted by Lucyvp • 5/14/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

I've made a somewhat incomplete (hey - there's tons more!) list of stuff that should never have been invented.

www.wafflelogue.com/?q=node/86

What do YOU wish was never invented?

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5/14/08

robertstevenson

Neckties

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5/14/08

Lucyvp

Neckties? Why's that?

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5/14/08

robertstevenson

They serve no purpose. I wear one, but I'd rather not. It's not a big deal, just the first thing that came to my mind.

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5/14/08

Lucyvp

Yeah, when you think about it, they're a throw back to cravats in a bygone time, and you're right, they don't serve any purpose.

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5/14/08

offendedblogger

The internet.

It is full of weird people!!

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1. 5/15/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  damn you - that was mine. I was going to come in, say that, then leave on a high note "Costanza style."
5/14/08

Truthoughts

1. Taxes/IRS - 'nuff said
2. The movie Gigli
3. Bombs
4. Commercials
5. Anything with Paris Hilton

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1. 5/14/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  I would die without the internet and I feel naked without my mobile phone.
  
  But taxes, bombs and Paris Hilton - not necessarily in that order, shouldn't have been invented. I haven't actually seen the movie Gigli but I've read all the bad reviews. Should I waste a couple of hours of my life watching it to see what everyone hates about it?
2. 5/14/08
  
  Truthoughts
  
  @Lucyvp: Wouldn't recommend it, we saw the first 10-15 minutes of it and that was too much.
3. 5/14/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  Wow that bad eh?
4. 5/15/08
  
  Truthoughts
  
  Ya, you could probably fill an entire thread with better things you could to for those 2 hours... like staring at a blank wall.
5/14/08

shierylssi

probably cellphone..it makes words shorter and makes words mispelled. No more social interaction bcoz of it but it has also some advantages but a lot disadvantage.hehehe. www.shierylssi.bravejournal.com

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5/14/08

Arcticulates

The car door sound that rings constantly while your car door is open and the key is in the ignition... It drives me nuts.

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1. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  Me too... I mean, it's not as if you're going to not realise it's open!
  
  That's why the door light is there
5/14/08

laneselfdefense

I agree with robertstevenson. Neck ties are a useless invention. Who was the person who woke up one day and said "I know! Let's wrap a piece of cloth around someone's neck, tie it into a real uncomfortable knot that's cinched up nice and tight, and then we can call it "Fashion."" This was a very bad idea.

Another bad idea is pointed wing-tip dress shoes. When was the last time that you met someone with pointed feet shaped like those shoes? Why did someone invent pointed shoes when people's feet are pointed this way? Was this supposed to a form of torture? I guess if this was SUPPOSED to be a form of torture, then it was in fact a very good idea. Mission achieved.

I'm going to go rub my feet now...

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5/14/08

timethief

high heel shoes for women

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1. 5/15/08
  
  Truthoughts
  
  @laneselfdefense: About the tie... "Who was the person who woke up one day and said "I know! Let's wrap a piece of cloth around someone's neck, tie it into a real uncomfortable knot that's cinched up nice and tight, and then we can call it "Fashion."
  
  A Woman, apparently for revenge because of high heel shoes.
2. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  another one I totally agree with ~ not that I own any.
  
  That's my form of fashion protest.
  
  ~And I don't wear neckties, either...lol
3. 5/15/08
  
  csiunatc
  
  ...
4. 5/15/08
  
  csiunatc
  
  As much as i see your point, I have to respectfully disagree on that one.
5/15/08

Bradley310

People are going to hate me for this one but automobiles. Who's crazy idea was it that people should buy the second highest cost item behind your house, yet it doesn't last as long as a refrigerator. It requires consisting costly upkeep. And let's add commuting enough time that it equates to a part time job.

I wish I could go back in time and change it so that we're all taking trolley's and trains.

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1. 5/15/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  I would love to take a train instead of drive a car. I will not disapprove of your time travel
  
  For movies, I say Punch Drunk Love and The Royal Tenenbaums. Both horrible, horrible wastes of time. I want to write to the people responsible for both of these films and ask for the 3 1/2 total hours of my life that I wasted back.
2. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  I think being able to get places faster, do things faster, has made us all a lot more impatient with one another.
  
  So cars? Yeah, go for it Bradley
5/15/08

DrowseyMonkey

cell phones

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5/15/08

Lucyvp

I agree with the car thing - they are a bottomless pit of expenses. I wonder how long before we'd be wishing for our cars back if they were made obsolete?

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1. 5/15/08
  
  OzScot
  
  Shaving implements for women (which were both a godsend and a curse) - whoever gave women the idea that they should/could shave, left all of us men at risk of a 'foul shave' when the wifie runs out of blades - I hide mine now...
  
  Ben
5/15/08

nardeeisms

Playskool "Popcorn" popper

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5/15/08

janeycatte

My first thought is 'noisy toys', but then kids would have to be mute until the age of... well, I don't know how long.

So how about un~inventing web viruses & spam? Drives me mad!

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1. 5/15/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  And hackers. They should have their typing hands chopped off if caught.
2. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  On the topic of chopping things off...
  
  I also want to vote strongly for getting rid of rapists & pedophiles.
  The world would be such a better, safer place.
5/15/08

creative666

TV adverts in the middle of films or my favourite TV show. In South Africa we get 4 ads breaks during the Simpson's!!

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1. 5/15/08
  
  OzScot
  
  Good call! I hate ads! But I also hate with a venom those ads where people 'talk' as though they are genuine ordinary people discussing something important like 'Life insurance' or car insurance - they make me want to Aaaaaaaaargh........
  
  Ben
2. 5/15/08
  
  creative666
  
  The dreaded infomercial!!
3. 5/15/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  I hear you on the tv commercials, but occasionally an ad comes on that I don't mind watching at all.
  
  This one I could watch over and over again - it's a classic:
  The 'Big Ad' ad:
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eA
4. 5/15/08
  
  OutsideMyBrain
  
  Don't want to switch themes on your thread, but you did it first Lucy...lol
  
  This is one of our favorite ads. My wife (Truthoughts) has it embedded on her fun page, she likes it so much. It the freecreditreport(dot)com ad where they are driving in the car.
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpB19ifLc0Y&eurl=http://truthoughts.wordpress.com/m...
  
  You can check youtube, there are tons of parodies of people singing this song because it just makes you want to sing along.
5. 5/15/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  Hehe, catchy song, poor guy.
6. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  How about TV ads on PAID tv?
  
  I thought we paid so we didn't have to watch cr*ppy ads!
5/15/08

mikermcmillen

super size mc d's combos

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5/15/08

kdawg68

-fast food
-soap operas
-country music
-the plastic wrapping that CDs and DVDs come in
-the 40 hour work week
-Republicans/Democrats/(insert any other political party here)
-clothing for dogs
-the San Diego Padres uniforms from the early 80's:

-The 1986 Houston Astros home uniforms - the ones that look like a 5th grader spilled paint in art class all over them:

-The Arizona Cardinals
-clowns/mimes/other men in makeup
-"hair metal"
-"Head On" TV commercials ("apply directly to the farhead!")
-The film Star Crash: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDrbbe7lgyE

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1. 5/15/08
  
  Lucyvp
  
  What is 'hair metal'?
2. 5/15/08
  
  janeycatte
  
  I wanna know too!
5/15/08

lordiwanttobewhole

plastic because its toxic!

& that includes plastic people ie. paris hilton

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