Share some in your opinion unnecessary inventions that you have seen or heard of.

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A toothpaste dispenser. It attaches to the wall, you put the toothpaste tube in the top and then push your toothbrush against a button below and it squirts out toothpaste. It’s basically a bunch of useless plastic and toothpaste makes a big mess all over it anyway. Why can’t you just squeeze the tube yourself? It’s ridiculous.

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    GoGuardian

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    Rando-Pando
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HECK YES!!!! (in elementary school they would say "use trusted sources online to get info" but half of them were blocked. It made work so hard to do.)

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    #3

    Most social media

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i disagree, social media can be extremely usefull if used in moderation and can provide an understanding of other people and their lives which would not be possible otherwise, especially since most people dont have the money to travel.

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    Jynxiecat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem is that most people don't understand moderation.

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    #4

    Pretty much any of those "as seen on TV products"

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    John Barber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I DON'T need a knife that cuts through bricks?.

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    Jynxiecat (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you cut through them, FlexSeal is not going to glue them back together 😂😂

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    Nina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure some of them work, but the handful of ones I tried were trash.

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    #5

    Snout Snuggies and Avocado on a stick... how's that cure for cancer coming?

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't believe you've just made me google 2 things in one sentence! I hate you for it, but take my upvote for not being wrong!

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think the people making avocado on a stick are the same people that are finding the cure for cancer

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    #6

    Tic Tock, Snapchat, and some games.

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    #7

    Ziploc sandwich bags. We have foil, wax paper and cellophane wrap, why did we need a bag.

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    John Barber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For weed.

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    Colin Brackenridge (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Already covered this. Ziploc small freezer bag is slightly bigger than the sandwich bag. Sandwich bag is a redundant waste of resources.

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    #8

    The "inside the egg" egg scrambler.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did I understand that correctly - a scramble-thingy to mush up white & yolk, while it stays inside the shell? ... just to crash the shell for your scrambled egg? Or stays the scrambled egg inside it's shell to be cooked?

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    John Barber (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a little drill that you popped a raw egg on top of, then turned it on. It would scramble the egg inside the shell.

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    #9

    The space pen. Just use pencils. Dumb USA…

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or don't! The graphite particles can (and did) cause mayhem if they get into the electronics. Which is why no space agency uses pencils in space anymore.

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    Moonerdizzle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Use a pencil if you want a fire in an oxygen rich atmosphere. Dumb poster.

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    NonbinaryOtherkin (Submission author)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm, maybe I do… dumb assumption. We could keep going in this circle for hours

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    #10

    Taxes, Communism, Feudalism, Social Security, Gun Control, Silent movies, General Motors, 'Coated' guitar strings, the Spork, Cigarettes, Traffic lights, Tourism, Mosquitos, the Suburbs...

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mosquitos are not an invention but I agree. Mosquitos are more annoying than my brothers combined and my brothers are pretty annoying.

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    John Barber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't know what inventions are. Sad.

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    #11

    Back in the day someone invented a phone cover for the Nokia 3310.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow the Nokia 3310 was durable enough for a case

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    #12

    Guns, we still have hands!

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    #13

    Unnecessaryinventions himself

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    Mypanda999 (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He’s a guy on YouTube that makes inventions unnecessary ones

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    #14

    Phone cases

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    Mypanda999 (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm I thought phones were durable enough without a case

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely not to protect your phone

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    Mypanda999 (Submission author)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean why would you need them

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    #15

    BAD WORDS ARE THE WORST INVENTION EVER!

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the f**k, I mean this a*****e hates shitty words! This b***h! Oh C**p!

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    Nina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree, cuss words are extremely useful.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but what is "bad" is subjective. Words are just words until people assign meaning to them. So technically any word can be a "bad" word. Although, I do get your point. There are better options than using profanity.

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