40 Products That Were Thought To Be Life-Changing, But Were Utter Flops Instead

Sex is behind a lot of human innovations when you boil 5/10 down to 1/2.

Funny story. When I was running a wireless store, my rep comes back and says "you have to hear this." Go up front, guy was telling a sales rep "I want to return the iPhone and get a Windows based, because the codecs for videos won't work to watch porn on the iPhone." And doing it in a normal, conversational voice. Everyone could hear it.

Wasn't it the same with VHS/Betamax, and the same way with the optical disk (don't remember if it was DVD/HD DVD/Bluray or any else?)

yea xxx tends to make things grow :)

Also true plus my like brought the counter to 69 which is, heh, nice.

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That’s such a weird and irrelevant take. Yeah everyone watches porn but regular videos was enough for people to want bigger screens. Corny joke.

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What a pathetic, sad way to see the advancement of technology. Everything isn't for porn like you little virgins think it is. You know, once you're able to establish a real relationship with a woman who actually wants to have sex with you on a regular basis... sex isn't all you think about. Such a sad little virgin boy you are.

Ahhh you were the demographic they were aiming for with the 3 and 4, when everyone else was making bigger phones. I like the bigger sizes, because of my eyeses

Upvote for that great Canadian TV series

'gubmint' LOL

You misspelled 'fascist MAGAts'.

We are at least half of the population and we shouldn't have to put up with this backward thinking s**t.

Oh don't get me started! If it were up to them it would be metal coat hangers in back alleys like way back in the day.

Dang I don't generally buy into conspiracy theories, but that oddly makes sense.

That's a not-so-subtle comment. I would wonder if it was true except I'd bet that no politician ever gave that a thought.

Again

lol stfu with that bs take

Abortion stayed legal in the vast majority of states. And why would less access to contraceptives reduce fertility.

I get migraines, have tinnitus and a tremor disorder that gets triggered by bights or slopes, like in a theater. IMAX is a dirty word to me.

Ditto, I'm very sensitive to light induced migraines so it's a big no for me. I was keen to try the phone based VR (like with Samsung's gear) when it wasn't going to cost me anything. But it was discontinued before I could try it, and now I'm unwilling to fork out money for an Occulus or similar when I suspect it'll just make me sick.

That is a thing and likely had a lot to do with them fizzling out. Plus additional cost usually because of the glasses. But I've seen 'making of' stuff where they talked how they pick and choose how much of a 3D movie is actually 3D because they are trying to balance making it exciting with not making people sick. I guess if they make a movie full 3D viewers get a lot more of the headaches / nausea. I remember one 3D movie - I think maybe cloudy chance of meatballs - I watched where I lowered my 3D glasses a few times and realized I could see parts of it just fine because those parts were 2D.

I'm always choosing 2d if possible. Seeing everything quadruple and having to deal with banana sized helicopters is not an my idea of fun

At one point, my wife and I were gonna go to a movie, then have dinner afterwards. We didn't realize until they were giving us our tickets that we'd chosen a 3D viewing. We immediately asked if they had a regular showing. Fortunately, they did, but not for another couple hours, so we exchanged our tickets, went to dinner first, then went to the regular showing afterwards.

"I always avoid them if I can" - You can avoid them by keeping one eye closed. :-)

Haven’t seen one since i was a cold so unsure but I’d likely get motion sickness and migraine. My big issue with the 3D tv was i could never figure out where all of this 3D content was supposed to come from. Were they trying to force upgrades on people the way we are being herded into 250,000 $ electric cars?

Same here, the old blue/red ones didn't but the newer 3D technology gives he headaches,

this is one that makes me sad... I LOOOVE 3D... it gives me joy like few other experiences do... I attribute it to my very first experience being at a huge surround-vision (globular) IMAX theater when I was a child... seeing precision 3D coming at you from literally every angle, all sides, was mind-blowing... I think the "headaches" come from which type of technology is used... I get occasional discomfort from the "active 3D" setup, where the glasses have to flicker using LED blanking, at 60 frames per second or faster.... This requires that the glasses use batteries, which can also make them uncomfortably heavy... But the "passive 3D" version, where the glasses are just polarized film, and you get the 3D effect because the tv/movie screen shines two types of polarized light at you, 100% of the time (no flickering!!) are much easier on the eyes, and I've never felt discomfort from those... my current tv is one of those, and dread the day it dies, and I lose 3D forever...

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Those glasses are designed to cross your eyes. Whoever invented 3D glasses is a stone-cold sadist.

agreed, quite a few yrs ago my husband & i were at the mall and we went into a Sony store where the salesperson was showing my husband the 3D tv while i was looking at the LED one and he asked me to look at it....i declined, saying this LED is waaay better! never cared for 3d as a kid,why would i want a tv with it now?....side note.....LED was definitely the better choice☺

I've still got an old Panasonic plasma 3d tv in the bedroom, every now and then we'll stick a film on for fun, it was actually very good at converting 2D content as well!

They ARE life-changing; they can teach millionaires what poverty feels like!

I know a few artists who made insane bank out of nfts, going from borderline homeless to retired homeowners. edit: i mean actual talented, skilled artists. not copypasta ape picture merchants.

It didn't help that the Bored Ape Yacht Club was one of the first ones. It made the whole thing look like a joke. Who wants to own teh rights to a stupid ugly monkey?

Very few people understand the technology AND basic economics. Without both, you can and will be bamboozled. Crypto isn’t magic and NFTs aren’t either.

The people who paid/made millions off of them. I bought an NFT for $69 and sold it for $4,200 before the crash. Yes they were meme prices but people were willing to pay for memes for about 6 months.

Quite a few people did. Many still do. My boss is a massive crypto bro, thinks it's going to change the world, and make everyone rich. There's quite a few things that have die-hard adherents who will go to their graves believing wholeheartedly in proovable scams.

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The Trumps. :)

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No pain, no gain! :D

I see, diet chips. :)

I have enough of that naturally.

And since the target audience was those dieting, you’d be treated to overheard conversations in public like this: A:“why can’t i find those chips any longer?” B:“because it’s made with Olestra.” A:“what’s the problem there?” B:”olestra causes explosive diarrhea and a**l leakage!” A:” And that’s supposed to be a bad thing, right?” B:”oh my God, YES!” A:”I mean I’ve never lost so much so fast. Why can’t i decided for myself if i want explosive diarrhea or not?!?”

Not so good when you're on meds.

Know your audience? Are you saying overweight=no self control? Or are you saying thin=no interest in 'just one more chip'?

But was the suggested serving size like 10 grams a day?