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To make our lives easier and more comfortable, people have always come up with new inventions and most of them have been really useful, like cutlery or medicine to treat illnesses that were once incurable. But there are inventions that benefit humans less and may even be dangerous.

We all probably have looked at something, couldn’t understand the purpose of it and thought that it was unnecessary to invent it. Redditor numbnerve wanted to know what people think is the invention we would be better off without and over 22k people joined the discussion with some serious answers.

Don’t forget to upvote the redditors’ answers you agree with the most and if there is something you think belongs in this list and wasn't mentioned, leave it in the comments!

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#1

50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Beauty pageants for children.

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John Topper
Community Member
4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one that think these kids look absolutely hideous anyway? After all that ridiculous makeup is caked on they look more like Bride of Chucky than children.

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    #2

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day So called influncers, I'm probably too old to understand them but I certainly don't want my 1 year old to aspire to be one

    GloveExtreme , lelepons Report

    #3

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Reality TV. I swear it glamorized the worst kind of behavior, and we ate it up.

    dacforlife , Love Island Report

    Tom Jacobs
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Reality TV" is often the least accurate in portraying actual reality.

    Pamela Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reality TV is as real as a cartoon flick. Absolutely nothing real about it.

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    Foxxy (The Original)
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay this depends. Masterchef Australia is considered reality TV and it's a great show. There is no drama between contestants as they are super supportive of one another. The only drama is if they will finish the food on time.

    Pamela Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to love the "single cook" educational shows. Once they got rid of those and started showing competitive stuff, I was gone.

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    keepgoing
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ironic thing is these reality shows are anything but real life...all mostly scripted and acted

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never liked or understood the appeal of this garbage.

    SBW71
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really reality tv when the whole show and concept is scripted, but some people actually think this crap is real!

    Daphne Williams
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of them aren't scripted. They're heavily manipulated and carefully controlled, but not scripted.

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    Aaron W
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the world laughed at the fakeness of reality TV and we thought americans did too, until the 2016 election. Then holy s**t, you idiots actually think reality TV is real?

    Karin
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only the STOOPID ones! I know which ones they mean, but there are a TON of good ones and several GREAT ones! Some are WONDERFUL! Any show where the competitors help each other, and hug and cry over the one who has to leave like: The Great British Baking Show, The Great Canadian Baking Show, Making It, Next in Fashion. Also try Blown Away, Glow Up, The Big Flower Fight. Love The Voice, So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent, The Masked Singer, World of Dance... And don't forget Mythbusters! Bill Nye, The Science Guy! Queer Eye! How to Look Good Naked, Top Gear... Also Good Eats! Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, You've Gotta Eat Here, Carnival Eats, The Chefs Line, Ugly Delicious... And then there are all the renovating shows! Good Bones, Boise Boys, Proprty Brothers, Home Town, Holmes on Homes... The animal shows! There are so many good ones out there!

    Mir Adwari
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know all the proper terms but I think some of the shows on your list aren't quite what I think the OP is really referring to which is often called 'scripted reality' eg Love Island. The others are competition, property shows, cooking shows - more non-fiction, rather than reality TV which is a misnomer as it seems to be a strange depiction of what they think reality should be. If that makes any sense!!

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    Thorfin Wolfsbane
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing about this is it's still on the air because ALL Y'ALL WATCH IT! Stop watching it and it will go away. Supply meets demand.

    I I
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    never watch the garbage

    Bubbles and sparks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should call it un-reality TV, that would be more accurate.

    lolliegag69
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What really irritates me about it is that it's on channels that used to be legitimate learning channels. The Discovery Channel used to rock and TLC literally stands for "The Learning Channel" , look at the BS that it's pumping out anymore. Now, if you want to watch the shows that you used to watch you have to pay for Discovery +++++ or Paramount + Apple ++-- Peacock and the list never ends. They have us by the balls.

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

    Thank you for saying this. Every time I see a commercial because they're advertising a new one, I want to scream! "Who watches this s***?"

    Drakaina Dreadnought
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just soap operas repackaged for the modern public

    Claudette Shaw
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happy to say like Soap operas these "shows" were not part of my TV menu. Just hearing about them from those who watched was more than my stomach could handle.

    Jaybird3939
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think a lot of "reality TV" is scripted, but they still insist it's all "real"

    Julia Jules Whitelegg
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love Island??? Who in the hell thought this sh1t would make good viewing?? It is the biggest pile of crap on TV..

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who ate it up? The only ones responsible for the success of this nonsense are those who watch it.

    HammerzToe
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who wants to watch reality tv anyway, isn't reality crappy enough without having to get a double dose of it by watching it on tv. Let me fantasize for little bit, please!

    SarcasticGamer
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But people like watching trainwrecks...

    Caroline Driver
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But you don't have to actually watch it. There is always other stuff to watch. True story

    Solidhog
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worst thing to happen to TV and just rotting the brains of society around the world. For me this would rank just under live streaming paedophilia.

    Thomas Turnbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate so called reality tv. A lot of it is fixed for Audience attention.

    Pamela Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe I'm weird, but I've never watched a reality tv show in my life and I don't intend to start now. I don't watch much tv at all really.

    KT
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    everyone loves a train wreck

    Mazer
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched “Alone” and “Eco-Challenge” then gave up cable and my tv

    InfectedVoice
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I liked The Osbournes and the first couple of series of Big Brother but apart from that, not really interested, my wife likes things like don't tell the bride and come dine with me, come dine with me is alright I guess.

    Anne Mitchell
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can honestly and proudly say I have not watched a single "reality" TV show and stopped watching the talent shows when they became more about the judges..

    Noel Benavente
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reality TV are documentaries, this BS has scripts.

    Sage Gusano
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I must disagree with the "we" part (I hate fakality TV), but I agree with the rest of the statement.

    Ivana
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never understood the craze around reality TV. I stopped watching TV pretty much. Cable cost a lot and I had no interest in paying for channels when they all showed reality shows all day.

    Peter Kelly
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who is this 'we'? I fully agree that it is the very worst of behaviour but I never 'ate it up'. I loathe it all with a vengeance

    Treessimontrees
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the cheapest TV short of asking people to send in their own videos.

    Mad McQueen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real world on mtv started it all.

    Everything AGR
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    unless its a reality game show like survivor or amazing race, those shows are amazing. now the kardashians shouldnt have a tv show but thats another rant lol

    lara
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ONLY thing I can think of that is more boring than reality tv is, wait, golf, yeah, golf is more boring on tv. No, reality tv is more boring. I would rather watch paint dry.

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work nights and at break, Big Brother would be on TV, people having a nap while the people on TV were sleeping

    Lovin' Life
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate reality TV. I feel it's most unhealthy for the children and shows complete ignorance and an embarrassment to those involved.

    Akalvin
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well, actually "TV" itself is a very bad idea...

    Terd Fergison
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if you're watching documentaries or the news? Come on, dude. What about educational shows for kids?

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    #4

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Any product that you pay for, and then have to pay a subscription to use.

    Free_Moose4649 , Pierre Lecourt Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed. Anytime a Peleton commericial comes on the television, I think this.

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    #5

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Shark fin soup - Tens of millions of sharks are killed every year for their fins that offer little nutritional value and serve no purpose outside of being a status symbol

    flying-monke , harmon Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And what a horrible inhumane way for sharks to die.

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    #6

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day the gender reveal party

    Deb_bomb , John Lawlor Report

    #7

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day YouTube "endscreens" (or "endcards") that often block content at the end of the video you're watching.

    jrmiv4 , Dua Lipa Report

    Katie Lutesinger
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there's some way of turning them off, PLEASE let me know.

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    #8

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day For Profit Prisons.

    tommygunz007 , Molly Haggerty Report

    John Topper
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the fact that they are allowed to lobby for heavier person sentences and get it is just a pure slap in the face of the very idea of freedom.

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    #9

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Landmines. I'll tell you why: They render large tracts of land completely unusable They are expensive and difficult to remove safely because there is seldom documentation of where they are placed They are cheap, plentiful, easy to place, and deadly They kill/maim livestock and wild animals They kill/maim innocent people decades after conflicts have ended. Many times the victims are children because they can't read or don't understand warning signs

    RichardDune91 , mary wareham Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am asking a dumb question - do we have any technology that can see metal in shallow plane of land from above? Is it just no one want to spend the time/money in these areas?

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    #10

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day "Smart" devices. No LG, i don't want to download an app to use my f*****g washing machine, i want to wash my clothes ffs

    Food404 , Alan Patrick (Otto) Alpenfelt Report

    R Carson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah-Your appliances are watching AND listening to you. How fun.

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    #11

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Adblock detectors. Your site forces me to disable adblock? Ill just go to another site.

    Titanmaster970 , Pleated Jeans Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP is sadly guilty of this. I originally installed an adblocker precisely because BP was serving up some very shady ads that opened hundreds of popups.

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    #12

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Devices meant to break after a short period of time, and devices that purposely have parts you can't replace.

    ShippiWorld , bfishadow Report

    #13

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Seafloor trawling... It destroys the habitant of fish just so we can squeeze every bit of a fish from an area...

    memmoria91 , NOAA Photo Library Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't believe this hasn't been banned everywhere. Such unsustainability from damaging the ecosystem.

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    #14

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Unskippable Ads

    ausaf_007 , The Verge Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially irritating when I need to show an educational video in a classroom and have to waste time on ads plus its just not the place for them in the educational setting - where it might look like an endorsement.

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    #15

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Robocalls

    c_fritz , Aaron Yoo Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The UK doesn't have so much trouble with these thanks to the Telephone Preference Service, which allows people to opt-out of sales calls. This works for legitimate companies, but unfortunately the scammers don't abide by the rules. I have a Raspberry Pi with a Fax Modem that monitors incoming calls on my landline and answers as a fax machine to unknown numbers or numbers I have blocked. Really we should be beyond this, but the telecommunications industry doesn't seem to want to fix it.

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    #17

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Pesticides. They’ve ruined the environment by killing off the pollinators. I swear, they will be the reason for more food shortages just as swiftly as climate change will affect us all.

    Melonski-Chan , Département des Yvelines Report

    #18

    Ads with sounds that play when your phones sound is off

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    #19

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Cookie pop-ups. How come we still don't have a more efficient way to manage our browsing privacy.

    QBekka , EuroNews Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some sites are better than others, but it is starting to get annoying, as when you decline cookies on a site, it can't set a cookie to say that you declined cookies, so it asks you every ruddy time you visit it! Not all cookies are evil and some are needed to make sites work, such as remembering preferences and logins, but tracking cookies can go and do one!

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    #20

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day I’ve gone through a ton and haven’t seen this one. Slavery.

    princesshaley2010 , Balathasan Sayanthan Report

    #21

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Facebook

    PeterJQuill , Facebook Report

    Milan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right now, i cant imagine what in last 10 years screwed up people’s heads and bring between us more hate and angry as these sh*tty website…

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    #22

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Fast fashion. I can’t imagine the amount of cheap, tacky clothes just mountains in landfills.

    pyky69 , 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia Report

    R Carson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cant hardly buy a sweat shirt that you can't read the newspaper thru. Cheap yet expensive.

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    #23

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Auto play videos, especially in non video streaming websites. NOBODY asked for them, yet so much work is getting put into making it a web standard. Just f*****g stop

    HeckingLoveDogs , Aaron Yoo Report

    Jennifer Gould
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AGREED!!! Drives me crazy when a video just starts playing on a non video streaming site!

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    #24

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day single use plastics

    toodlesandpoodles , Chemist 4 U Report

    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or plastics that have no plastic number for potenetial recycling, or it's hard to see.

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    #25

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Drug commercials. F**k me, your average joe, making drug recommendations TO MY DOCTOR - who spent 10+ years studying and working to be in the position.

    denikar , Trulicity Report

    NsG
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prepared to be corrected here, but I believe this is a uniquely US problem. The fact it crops up in so many "Weird things about the US as observed by the Rest of the World" lists would suggest we don't understand why you have them either.

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    #26

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Ads on streaming services that I F*****G pay for. You don’t need revenue, Hulu, that’s what my subscription is!

    prof_dynamite , Matthew Oliphant Report

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    #27

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Convenience fees on debit/credit card transactions.

    skifro , Thomas Kohler Report

    Robert T
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another one that would appear to be a uniquely American problem. In the UK (and I think all of Europe) you are not allowed to make an extra charge for paying by card.

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    #28

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Cigarettes

    TheDarkKnight1035 , Mike Mozart Report

    Grady'sRaider
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cigarettes and booze. The cure for PTSD after WW1 and WW2.

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    #29

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Pop up ads. Not only are they so annoying but can either scam or install malware on the devices of unsuspecting people

    Spookz03 , Marc van der Chijs Report

    Zedrapazia
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun Fact: The inventor of PopUps officially apologized for inventing them.

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    #30

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Microtransactions

    Pharo2929 , Candy Crsuh Report

    mcborge1
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially pay to win micro transactions.

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    #31

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Social media. Addictive, dehumanizing, causes depression, promotes terrible behavior, actively reduces our capacity to have real human connections.

    Redwulf67 , Lyncconf Games Report

    Agata Fronia
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and the look I get when I say that I do not have any social media.

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    #32

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day The Polygraph machine. Super innaccurate and I believe even the inventor curses its existance.

    thewildlifer , Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Report

    David Andrews
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always found it so strange the weight that seems to be put on polygraph tests in the USA, in both fiction and real life crime cases. Its so unreliable, but the results seem to have such a big impact on how suspects are viewed

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    #33

    Keurig single use pods

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    #34

    The New generation of Every basic machine. Like refrigerators that requires internet to work, It only have one job to do

    Roy3034 Report

    John Topper
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have smart toasters. Let me just repeat that because the idea is do stupid it defies belief. Smart. Toasters.

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    #35

    Junk mail is just a waist of everyone’s time

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    #36

    Styrofoam

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    Eucritta
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be higher. Stuff's ubiquitous, even though where I live they're talking about banning it for fast-food containers, there are plenty of other uses that won't touch. And it breaks down into bits that float everywhere in the surf.

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    #37

    HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

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    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not like the corn industry would suffer if it stopped producing HFCS. Products made from corn are used in dozens of industries: corn starch, ethanol, flavonoids extracted from corn, corn oil, etc.

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    #38

    Scam calls! We get them on our house phone all the time and it’s so annoying

    Pinksthepolkadot Report

    Ashlee Schaal
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just answer and either say fraud department, or city morgue you stab em we slab em that has gotten a lot of these calls to stop for me and my family

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    #39

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Twitter Edit: Because Twitter is mainly a cesspool of hypocrisy and politics. I've honestly never seen so many "non descriminatory self appointed puritains" be so incredibly hateful due to someone not having the exact same opinion as them

    Rezzyboy157 , Twitter Report

    #40

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day LED advertising They're too f*****g bright and now they're putting mini screens on trucks that drive around town and it pisses me off. There's already enough distraction on the road. I miss the billboards that had the rotating panels. Those were cool

    Ackermance , Jorge Láscar Report

    Jennifer Gould
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are some in my city that are eye level with the road and are so bright it is so distracting at night!

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    #41

    The food pyramid brought to you by general mills, the dairy industry, and countless other big corporations whose goal was profit over the health of others

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    Samantha Lomb
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The food pyramid" hasn't been in official use since at least the Obama admin maybe even earlier.

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    #42

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Asbestos in popcorn ceiling.

    tessamp , Brent Schmidt Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have thought that would already be illegal in most countries.

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    #43

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day 24 hour news cycle that is funded by entertainment.

    Manimal31 , Matt Biddulph Report

    Winx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "news" is basically just another reality tv show at this point

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    #44

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Deepfake. Any time i see a video with it all i'm left feeling is fear for the future.

    venus-dick-trap , Shamook Report

    Jennifer Gould
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is so creepy to see they can mimic a person so well that it is so hard to tell if it is really them or artificially produced! Same feeling I have when I have seen them....fear of the future!

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    #45

    Standardized testing "These tests are too crude to be used, and should be abandoned" -Horace mann the inventor of standardized testing on the subject of standardized testing

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    Devil's Advocate
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If everyone should be taught to AT LEAST *this* level, then a standardised test to ensure that is happening makes perfect sense. The problem with education is trying to teach every child the same way, and treating them the same, when some naturally struggle and some naturally excel. The whole world is obsessed with "everyone is the same", except (let me say this loudly for the woke with their airpods in) WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME

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    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Anyone ever seen that “as seen on TV” ad of the golf club you p**s in? I feel like that’d be a good contender for this

    Just_Another_User731 , Uro Club Report

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    #47

    Websites with infinite scroll content

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    June
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as there is a button to go back to the top of the page it's ok. As a programmer I always grumble when there is no such button. That's just few lines of javascrip, easy peasy.

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    #48

    50 Inventions People In This Online Group Think Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day Political parties. We should have listened to Washington…

    EldritchGrapefruit , Fibonacci Blue Report

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

    I lived in a country without parties. There was only one. It is today called dictatorship.

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    #49

    Leaded gasoline.

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    Zophra
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is this still available? I thought it was gone due to messing up the catalytic converters?

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    #50

    Lootboxes and pay to win games.

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    James016
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren’t loot boxes classified as gambling now? I remember reading something like that or that they should be classed as gambling.

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