Share those inventions that never made sense to you.
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Religion ...definitely an invention.
The place, a small tribe anywhere, anytime..... The lazy guy : "How can I get fed and housed for free???" "Got it! There is this mysterious being that only I can talk to, and all of you have to be nice to me or else there will be some smitin' going on" "Best part is that they never find out its all a scam because I'll convince them they get to go to a forever theme park when they die." "I'm a f*****g genius!"
Actually, it makes perfect sense... people had questions, so someone made up answers, and religion is the ultimate result.
It makes sense in an ancient history context. But the fact that religions are still existing nowadays is absurd.
Load More Replies...Gendered rebranding. They sell you literally the exact same product, all they do is change the packaging and the price. And thanks to societal pressures, people keep falling for it...
Like the manly-man man cotton swabs and all they did was print a background of non-slip -deck plates under the Q-TIP brand?
Aye, and disposable razors that are also repackaged (and priced higher for women). And let's not forget loofahs being re-dubbed "shower tools" for men.
Load More Replies...It absolutely is an invention, a marketing invention to be exact. Ideas can be just as much invented as products can, and in many cases the marketing of a product is significantly more important than the product itself.
Load More Replies...Waterproof teabags. Yep, they exist.
Like do you rip the bag open????? Do you have to go through hell the moment you get to the bottom of the tea cup and jest suffer with the leaves or something??????
Probably Toeless Socks. Isn’t the point of socks to keep your feet warm?
PLASTIC!!!! It made sense at the time, but now it is literally choking things to death. TOO MUCH!!!!
The worst part? We're now so dependent on plastic for everyday uses...
Pants without pockets! WHY MUST YOU TRICK ME BY PUTTING ON FAKE POCKETS?? If you can put on fake pockets, you can put on actual pockets!!
The reason is that a lot of women want thin fabrics and figure hugging designs. Bulky pockets ruin the silhouette of some clothes. So don't buy them, buy better stuff.
There aren’t really options for non tight or pocketed trousers. It’s not that simple. I buy men’s jeans because of this but many women don’t like them because they tend to be too big for us.
Load More Replies...Banana case.
Adding WiFi to the most mundane items, so your entire life can be hacked and stolen through your lightbulbs.
It makes no sense to the consumer, but that's not the point. It is surveillance and data collection. Like Amazon Ring doorbells - all monitoring you and the public without consent. Alexa, Siri, Cortana - all the same, listening to every word. Why?
Maybe someone in china knows how long my lights are on. How does that hurt anyone?
Leaning your habits. From that your psychology and physiology. When your home is/isn't occupied. Data is compared to others of similar and other demographics. Profiling occurs. You become comfortable with smart bulbs that just seem to monitor use details, then they are upgraded to listening and 'seeing'. TVs already do it. Phones do it, yeah so why not your fridge and bulbs?
Load More Replies...That machine from the '50s that apparently slapped the weight off of your body. The science makes no sense.
Open toed boots. They're BOOTS!! They need to have closed toes!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! :-)
Load More Replies...Any of you guys remember the overpriced pink 'menstrual gloves' that could be used to change pads/tampons discreetly?
Laws to protect excess wealth. It hands the whole world to the greediest, most ruthless people.
Flushable toilet wipes. They even say in the small print, they are not flushable but people keep doing it and clogging the pipes. Whatever your primary method after doing your business, you shouldn't need second item afterwards.
If you are using flushable wipes that say not to flush them... then they are not flushable wipes.
The point is that many say flushable in the front and then in very small letters in the back they say that they aren’t.
Load More Replies...You can buy flushable wipes. Perhaps it is time these private water companies invested in renewing Victorian infrastructure rather than just moaning and cashing the dividend cheques?
Selfie sticks. I don't know, they're sort of useful, but just W H Y.
To put the camera far away enough to show a vast pictureque background, famed tourist destination in the distance, capture a large group of people, ...
Yeah, I know these uses, but how about you do all of that without putting your face in it so you don't need the stick?
Load More Replies...its for us vertically challenged people. I can only hold my phone like a foot away from my face cause my arms are so short!
my arms aren't log enough to get a good picture of me. It just looks unnatural when I try.
"I would like to introduce to the world my NEW invention: The Stick!"
Hands-free soap dispenser. What difference does it make if there are germs on it when you’re just about to wash your hands?!?!
Great for kids (and other people) that don't have the power to get soap out of a regular dispenser, though. Not the craziest invention.
Because even sanitizer isn't 100% effective, and also because people's hand hygeine is often worse than they think it is, meaning that any greeblies living on the pump can be deposited in odd places and end up smushed against their sandwich.
Crocs Need I say more?
really? crocs are great! i mean, they're just easy comfy sandals that dry out super quickly.
But They are pretty annoying
Load More Replies...Crocs are my work shoes! They're WONDERFUL to work a 12 hour shift in, and you can just throw them in the wash. I'm a theatre scrub nurse........
The worst bit about Crocs is that they're sandals that squeak when wet. Why must you harm my ears this way, Crocs?
Load More Replies...Throw pillows Like WTF are they even for???
I use them under my head. You know, like pillows are supposed to be used?
My answer: barefoot shoes. Like what the point of making shoes if your gonna cut a whole at the bottom and of course the remote headband it's litterly a head band full of remotes
what?? there isn't any hole :-D they just have a thinner bottom, so it feels as if you walk barefoot. you are still protected.
look up "useless inventions"
Load More Replies...I thought barefoot shoes were for people who like to be barefoot but wouldn't be allowed or accepted into places that require shoes to enter.
Left Handed Underwear...seriously...
I really want this and I'm not being sarcastic or patronizing. You think its hard writing your name with a pen in the wrong hand, try doing it in the snow.
You can’t possibly be suggesting that left handed underwear could be useful in any way.
Load More Replies...Anything new and improved. If it is not smaller and more expensive I would be surprised. Usually the old model works better, does a better job. Example: front load washers as compared to top load. I’m sure you can come up with examples too….
Don't you realize what you just wrote? "New and improved"? You know what that means right?? And seriously, I'm old enough to be annoyed with some new technology. But it also saves lives. My dad had a stroke in the middle of a forest, he managed to turn his phone on and the rescuers could trace him because of that. Stop being so negative about new stuff.
I'm a big fan of new and improved. My current stacked washer/dryer takes up half of the room real estate and does both functions better.
my theory is that cellphones in the 90s and 00s kept getting smaller because it was about practicality and easy transportation, but then they made it that we could watch videos on them, so as soon as men realized they could watch porn on-the-go thanks to their phones, the screens became bigger and bigger. Case in point: the iphones now are almost the size of mini ipads
I'm sorry but how many men do you think watch porn on-the-go??
Load More Replies...I much prefer front loaded. I'm too young to have ever owned a top loading one but I have seen a few.
Phones are a good example. Gradually give the consumers slight upgrades each time, but keep a load of them back even though we already know how to implement them. The fools will always buy what we tell them to.
Bottled water.
Bottled water in and of itself is not an issue, it's the single-use bottle. People are more conscious nowadays and tend to buy reusable bottles and flasks and special water filter taps are becoming more common in domestic kitchens and schools have fountains that accommodate bottles.
Usually people there is too poor to afford bottled water
Load More Replies...I'm just going to say it: the Hurdy Gurdy
I know it makes sense but I think the car is one of the worst inventions ever. Cons: too many resources needed to make them all The roads are constantly full of traffic jams and in some places it's quicker to ride a bike The amount of pollution they cause The amount of petrol and oil they need The expense of keeping them fuelled, taxed and insured The never ending production of newer, better models to keep people buying Pros: They're convenient
Horse-powered vehicles were worse in urban environments - the horse s**t problem was real, and major, with literal mountains of rotting horse crap outside cities. Dead horses in the street were also a daily problem and cause of traffic jams. Early cars, with their fumes and smoke were hailed as a pollution-reducing marvel.
Also, electric cars aren't as new an invention as most people think they are. They actually predate gas-powered cars! They were easier to operate, quieter and didn't stink (all of which made them popular with women). They were superior in many ways to gas-powered cars, except the main problem was that they simply couldn't go as far on one charge as a gas-powered car could on a tank of gas. Large quantities of oil were being found in the southern US, so that essentially sealed the fate of early electric cars.
Load More Replies...I think pros goes a bit beyond convenience. Trade, building, knowledge, information, health. Can you imagine the lives saved globally thanks to an equipped ambulance? The lives saved from fires because trucks accessed them quickly?
Bicycles are always fastest overall for city trips, especially if you include earning the money needed, but the biggest trouble with cars is that they weigh more than they carry, hauling 90% image to raise profits.
Yes; in urban area's cars can easily be replaced with (e)bikes and public transport. However, for people in rural area's a car can be their lifeline: no car can mean no access to a job, education, stores, health services, not to mention your family and social network, etc. Not everybody wants to or can afford to life in a city with all these facilities nearby.
Talk-to-text and sending voice messages....on a phone...capable of calling people. I know it has some specific usages but the irony is never lost on me, and I most often see it being used as basically a phone call with very long pauses between responses.
