“Why Does This Even Exist?” 35 Inventions That People In This Online Thread Find Strange And Useless
We humans have invented loads of things throughout our history. Some inventions are absolutely amazing and we cannot imagine our lives without them. That includes medicine, technology, transportation and many more things.
However, not all the things we invented are that good; some are even devastating.
Redditor NPT1506 asked internet users: "What is the worst human invention ever made?" and many chimed in to answer. From bombs to ads, people prove that lots of things we came up with are really not that great. What do you think is the worst invention? Share your thoughts in the comments down below!

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For-profit healthcare system. There is no reason people should suffer financial burden seeking the right to live a healthy life.
I feel bad for people who live in 3rd world countries such as the USA
Excuse me, a bunch of third world countries have an affordable health care system. Don't insult their healthcare system comparing it with the one in the USA.
Load More Replies...The US medical system is beyond broken. But the US asked for it with their relentless pursuit of capitalism.
My father had to have emergency surgery two days ago. He is currently in the ICU in a medically induced coma, so that he can heal. Yesterday, when I was in the elevator after leaving his room, I got a call from the HOSPITAL BILLING LADY. She wanted me to sign off, in case his medicaid didn't cover his treatment, because she had tried to get him to do it, but he was RESTING!!!! Yes. I AM shouting. For f*ck sake! Couldn't even wait until he woke up to start worrying about payment.
I'm very sorry to hear about your dad. I hope he's on the mend soon. And you have every right to shout - it's an appalling situation, and I've been through it myself.
Load More Replies...Those who profit from those who are sick should spend enternity in hell with no medical insurance
Until most nations made laws that created a tax payer funded system, healthcare was always a client paid for system. The American system is broken, but so are many areas where it is government funded (Canada for example)
I know doctors need to make money to live like the rest of us, but why does it have to be so expensive?
A huge portion of what you’re spending does not go to doctors.
Load More Replies...The same redditor that asked the question gave us an amazing interview. First we asked them what they think is the worst invention ever: "I have thought a lot about it, and I would say it probably is single-use plastic, because many tons of it are now breaking down into toxic compounds that are lurking in every corner of the Earth and these compounds will stay there for a very long time unless future generations know how to deal with it."
Keepin up with the kardashians (^_^)
Weren’t the Kardashians an alien race in the 1960s Star Trek? They look like they were.
Cardassians in Star Trek Deep Space Nine ... :) (Far more interesting people than the Kardashians, too.)
Load More Replies...They have no effect on you if you don’t watch their “reality” show, or don’t read about them.
While I agree with you, it's kind of irritating to see every other page share nonsense articles about them, shoving this family down our throats. I've been trying to hide every article with them in it but it just won't stop.
Load More Replies...We gave them the power, how do we take it back? Asking for a friend called humanity
I really wish that the media would stop force-ramming this awful gang of scumbags down our throats.
Too much plastic is bad for the environment, so they pose a significant risk ;)
I must be way in the back, not keeping up at all, because I didn't recognize a single person in this photograph.
Even if someone marries in to that family they would transform into a Kardashian
Load More Replies...Stop making stupid people famous.If everyone stopped following them and buying their products and instead invested their time into following someone changing something in the world it would be such a better place
They don’t have products. They don’t produce anything. Other people pay them to put their name on their c**p. All because one of those idiots took a sex tape they made and ran with it. Keeping up with the porno.
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Child beauty pageant events
What is going on in the minds of the parents and adults involved in abhorrent practice? These are the same people who'll picket an abortion clinic to save a fetus, but damn kids to hell.
They're also the ones complaining about drag queens.
Load More Replies...I feel sad for the little girls who end up 'broken' because they grow up being told how beautiful and special they are (compared to peers) and then one day they hit puberty and find out they are just average without wigs, lashes, costumes and tons of makeup. "Average" it totally fine. By definition most people are. But the reality check can be jarring. I know such a girl. The mom has 10 kids but for years all we hear about is (her name) this and (her name) that. And now she is a teenager, 'okay' but not as super cute, presumably trying to adjust to just being a normal child.
The thing is it normalizes putting make up on very young children. My daughter was 5 and taking ballet at her daycare. They had a performance for the parents. When I got there another parent had taken it upon herself to fully make up my daughter. I was not happy. Livid. She had no idea that pedos use make up to sexualize children.
Oh yeah I would have absolutely snapped. Don’t touch each other’s children without permission, first of all.
Load More Replies...They seem to be squarely aimed at satisfying the needs of paedophiles.
Child beauty pageants are one of the most vile and truly cruel things. How in the world are they still legal in the United States? They are innocent children. They should be playing with friends not being dolled up and forced to perform like circus animals. It's a truly abusive practice that needs to end.
Beauty pageants at any age are wrong. Pitting human against human for the sake of "image" of beauty is wrong. Life should not be a contest of who looks better. Everyone thinks their infant is gorgeous. Funny how men aren't really subjected to such scrutiny.
We also wondered what the main problem with inventions today is. In their opinion: "I think that inventions are now more and more modern and can be applied in many cases, but there is a problem that the creators focus on the profits that they bring them rather than improving and upgrading so that it can be used to maximum capacity and suitable for everyone!"
Algorithmic Social Media. MySpace was fine, no algorithm, no extremes. FB, Twitter, etc, the algorithm to show you more of what you like leads people into an echo chamber and causes polarization of people's views, helping dehumanize each other.
Why is YouTube sending me suggestions about serial killers and Hitler? What the heck did I click on?! Have deleted...
Sorry, they got my algorithm swapped with yours in the mail. I suffer time travel fantasies and wanted ideas in case I ever end up back in the 40s. Now...explain why you should've been sent videos on Tiger King and documentaries on the invention of cheetos. Multiple ones. Are you okay?!?
Load More Replies...I'm on Tumblr and it's amazing. No algorithm, no influencers, dashboard in chronological order and the climate is actively hostile towards any attempts to commercialize the network. The last bastion of social network freedom.
LITERALLY why I've been on tumblr since like 2011
Load More Replies...I'm on treatment which costs $9100 every eight weeks,fully funded here in NZ..no way could we afford it if it wasn't funded,my quality of life is so much better because I can get the best infusions possible.If I had to take cheaper pills my quality of life would be dismal.I really feel for those who have to pay ,wake up USA and start treating your people as actual people not ATMs
I used to really love Instagram for finding new artists and photographs, however, now I see are adds for bizarre anime games and really cringe reels from what to be Influencers-- it's quite sad.
On the other hand, algorithms suggesting certain things have led me into managing to figure myself ( transmasc pan/ace ADHD autistic little s**t ) and put a label onto the mental difficulties i didnt even know i had. And led me to discover friends who have pulled me out of my deepest spirals, one of which has become my beloved boyfriend
that is true, talking to other autistic people and relating to a lot of their experiences has helped me immensely
Load More Replies...As i periodically say to my wife (that spends way too much time on Facebook), Mark Zuckerberg should burn in a special spot in hell because of his creation!
Cigarettes. They never should have been made.
Also, alcohol falls under this category in my opinion. While back in the days it might have been the only way to have uncontaminated drink, today alcohol causes even more problems than smoking, by a lot.
Load More Replies...To be fair, tobacco is used for spiritual and healing/purposes in Native American communities.
I had the same thought initially. But I realize that tobacco and cigarettes are two extremely different products. Even rolling your own cigarettes is worlds better than commercially produced Marlboros or Newports
Load More Replies...Tobacco served it's purpose at one point just like caffeine does now. It's only a crime against humanity now because we've discovered how bad it is and didn't stop making it. Asbestos is still one of the best insulators in the world but we stopped putting it in buildings when we realized it killed people.
It boggles my mind that cigarettes are still legal. Literal concrete evidence they cause cancer and other long term health issues. If a potato chip caused so many issues, they would be outlawed immediately
the cigarette makers have just been adding even more nicotine
Load More Replies...I discovered yesterday that my 11-year-old didn't know the word "ashtray." How awesome is that, he's never seen anyone smoke indoors, and the look of shock and disgust on his face when I told him I can remember reataurants having smoking sections, priceless! But everyone, please stop conflating "tobacco" and "cigarettes." Tobacco is sacred medicine in my Indigenous culture, but we also know that cigarettes are poison. I don't participate in pipe ceremonies because I have asthma, but I occasionally use (pure) tobacco in other ceremonial ways, and I respect it.
For all the 'evil' of cigarettes, it's not like the cigarette manufacturers invented them. People have been smoking tobacco for pretty much all of history. The positive effects of nicotine as a drug were observed long before science knew about the health issues. IMO the true evil here is not that cigarettes were invented, but the lies told years later to keep the profits up.
THIS!! I can attest. Quitting is very hard. Very Very Hard. Still trying tho
"I am looking forward to seeing the development of AI after being fascinated by what ChatGPT can do," they said when asked what invention they are most excited about. They also shared what they think is the best invention: "Well, when it comes to inventions, I would choose the smartphone – which is one of the revolutionary creations of human beings. It is both convenient and cost-effective."
Fake "x" on ads
Or on games when your watching an ad for a reward it says oops ad failed to load , after you’re done watching the ad.
Load More Replies...I've always wondered what they hope to accomplish with this. Yeah ok you got me to click. But now I'm p.o.-ed and I'm definitely not interested in your product.
Religion. Kills so many people and gives so many more the excuse to be hateful people.
I am going to defend my religion and all others as best as I can and to be honest it’s kind of depressing that I’m going to get downvoted into oblivion for it. Anything can be used the wrong way, and some people use religion, but if they didn’t have it they’d just find something else, so let true believers live their lives without being insulted left and right here
Agreed. You want to believe in a supreme being? Great. Keep it to yourself.
A few people that did something bad to someone doesnt represent everyone else in the religion. Theres nothing wrong with having a faith.
It's fun to see the reaction when you ask Christians if they have actually read and understood the Bible.
Religion is not the problem. It is the way people abuse it. It is used as a facade for powerful people, but when it is used in a right way, it can massively impact others for good. I believe, for instance, that the Bible was never intended as a weapon, but as the ultimate self-help book that people can use to be humble and read ALL of it instead of ignoring the parts that you don't want to hear about.
I say this as a Christian... I agree. Humans can be so hateful towards each other, and religion seems to get used as an excuse to attack each other and take the 'holier than thou' attitude. I don't believe that that's what God wants for us, and it makes me so sad. Whatever your beliefs are, we are all in the same boat, and we should love and respect each other. Whatever your gender, sexuality, or ethnicity; we are equals.
"Christian Fundamentalism: The doctrine that there is an absolutely powerful, infinitely knowledgeable, universe spanning entity who is deeply and personally concerned about my sex life."
"For example, in the past, when there was no smartphone, people could only get in touch with each other through the telephone and it took ages to reach one person, but now, with only one smartphone, we can use it for various purposes. Not only can we call others, but we can also see their face, keep updated with their daily activities, or do other kinds of entertainment; for example, listen to music or surf the net. Moreover, there are available applications such as Grab which help us catch a taxi or motorbike much more easily. With this smart device, there seems to be a little barrier in communication among people."
Landmines
I hate these things. EDIT: It was a short post for sure so here goes: They maim and kill so many innocents. Children playing and whomp, they are killed or terribly scarred and crippled for life. It also pollutes and kills wildlife. It costs millions to clear areas.
While I find them appalling, your comment was like you were really just randomly finding them and gettng angry.
Load More Replies...One of the things that always sticks in my mind was when Diana,Princess of Wales went to mine fields to see the work the clearing teams had to do.
Why do I have dowñvotes, is it that controversial?
Load More Replies...So war isn't bad enough with people killing each other lets leave things in ground so we can kill people even when no-one is around.
I had a friend from Vietnam who refused to walk through open fields because she was convinced there were landmines. We were in the U.S. and of course there were none, but she was so programmed to believe this since birth that it became an irrational fear. In hindsight, I really feel bad that this was a childhood reality for her. However, the younger me had not developed that level of empathy yet so I once tried to convince her to cut through a vacant fair ground on the way home from school. She refused so I left her and she begged me to come back. I mockingly started to run around and tell her it was fine when suddenly BOOM! I stepped in a gopher hole and badly sprained my ankle.
Single use plastic. Particles have been found in every corner of the earth and ocean, as well as in human and animal embryos. Most of these break down into toxic compounds and will have long-term physical and chemical impacts.
when scientists went down to the challenger deep in the Mariana trench (the deepest part of the earth) they found a plastic bag floating
When plastic bags first came out they were thick and sturdy. The intent was to be used over and over again.
I think plastic bags for shopping in is a waste. If they would have stuck to paper our world would've better off. Think about how they would've started recycling paper way back and used to make paper instead of plastic
Paper bags are useless in rainy countries. Reusable bags are better.
Load More Replies...All I said was, 'don't feed the trolls'; I didn't comment on anything else, just that it's good advice not to encourage trolls. But if the shoe fits....
Fun new word I recently learned: "plasticenta". A portmanteau of plastic and placenta. Doctors are finding microplastics in human placentas now.
For profit prisons.
no, not the only one. But govt run prisons in the US are in many cases worse places. THe whole system needs a top down reform
Load More Replies...I’ve worked in State-ran and private institutions. Private should absolutely not exist.
They had to find a way to keep slavery legal. I have been told, it is against the Illinois constitution to have a for profit prison.
We have no need for an entire industry whose income rises when the crime rate does. And if we did, the lawyers would fill that gap very nicely.
Where I live in these past couple of months, the cops were told and I s**t you not!! Pull over as MANY ppl and give AS MANY tickets as you can so we can buy new equipment next year. What the actual f**k are we paying taxes for??????
Aha, have heard stories of cities/communities whose "fight against crime" rates were lowered, as promised, due to increasing the traffic stops and such, inflating so many numbers to buy the illusion..... However for profit prisons make their PRIVATE funds KEEPING inmates. More stops, more reason to arrest, more racism, judicial system etc etc work in favor of keeping some crusty rich white dude making profit from the private prisons they own. No rehabilitation, just lining their pockets. They find politicians, other corporations, it snowballs from there and is inhumane. So you're paying the excessive amounts of traffic fines and taxes to line all of their pockets under the promises of "cracking down on crime" "results" or whatever propaganda
Load More Replies...New Zealand has one in South Auckland (Kohuroa). Seems to regularly fail all its kpi’s, but it’s still going.
100% this is so unbelievably f****d up and so f*****g sad disgusting (yep right up there with healthcare)
social media. never before was it so essy for stupid people to find like minded other stupid people and suddenly 'have a voice'.
also, people have no social skills anymore.
The world put too much importance on what people spew on social media.
Especially the stupid ones, they drown out the voices of the sane people.
Load More Replies...Ok, ok, I’m gonna get killed by downvotes here, but i do not agree about the last sentence. The rest of this statement I agree with 110%, but I hate it when boomers turn on young adults with the old, why don’t you just communicate instead of being antisocial and on your phone all day b******t. Just because we don’t communicate the way other generations did doesn’t mean we aren’t communicating. But in this world, social media is the only way left to get our voices heard. I mean, this may just be me, but I can have an actual, easy, understanding conversation with some rando on the internet than with my own family, and that is f****d up. The fact that boomers caused part of this problem by having only mouths and no ears, and then still bitching about it is starting to p**s me off. The world has *changed*. Just because you don’t understand something doesn’t give you a right to try and change other peoples views. Social skills have different standards, not necessarily bad ones.
Amazingly enough social skills is so much more than communication. Another big aspect of social skills is making plans, agreeing to those plans and then following through with those plans. The following through part is where a lot of peoples social skills suck today. What makes it even worse is when those who can't bring themselves to follow through also choose to not use their communication skills to simply reach out and let people know they won't be able to make it for the agreed upon plans. They simply don't show up.
Load More Replies...I don't think that social media itself is the issue though. The media has become much more partisan and polarised so even if you didn't have the crazies in social media, the mainstream media is bad enough. Both misinformation and the decline of social skills are both things that need more attention both at school and at home. Our society has drastically changed over the last decade or two and I do feel our education system hasn't caught up.
And then there are the idiots that believe everything they read/see on social media 🙄 like I don’t even trust news agencies lol.
I can't believe people still fall for copying posts like "Facebook has banned sharing of the Lord's Prayer, so let's keep sharing it!"
Load More Replies...Noone talks to each other anymore. everyone stares at their phone.
Subscription services to anything in a vehicle that is already built into it. Oh your car seats have a seat warmer built in? That's a subscription to use despite just spending $30,000 on the car and the equipment was installed at the factory.
BMW does it , and Toyota floated a plan to make remote start a subscription service. I think they backed down on it after severe pushback
Load More Replies...The only thing I can think of in cars like this, is the satellite radio subscription and onstar subscription. What manufacturer does this with heated seats?
BMW does. Honestly, look for other manufacturers to follow as it gets easier and easier to have the components in your car connected to the internet at all times.
Load More Replies...I'm a technical person, and bypassing computer control of the heated-seat relay would be quick and easy. But I would never buy from a brand that did this sort of trash.
since you are a " techie" how about a YT video so us dorks can get around that? seems like non violent way to protest these money grabbers...🤔
Load More Replies...This unused equipment is also costing you money. These components weigh something adding mass to your car. Excess mass equals increased fuel consumption, not much but it all adds up.
TIL learned it's more than just Tesla and BMW... Add Subaru to the list: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/business/bmw-subscription/index.html
Holy c**p. I thought the heated seats example was just hyperbole to make a point. BMW totally does that and more. I hope the ensuing hate drives their greedy as....es out of business. Or at least forces them to reconsider their greed. https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature
That is absolute bull sh it. And that a Tesla is nothing more then a rental car.
That plastic childproof packaging that no one knows how to open so we cut it with scissors and still somehow manage to cut ourselves from it.
When the scissors you need are in this pack, and you need scissors to open it
I understand the importance of childproofing but I struggle when things are so difficult for a typical person to open. What about those with disabilities or grip issues? Imagine being seriously I’ll and you’re pill relief is in a packet that you can’t open.
Styrofoam is pretty abominable in my book, especially for things like takeout food that’s destined for the trash within minutes of use
I think packing peanuts are actually worse, although thankfully I don't see as much of those as I used to.
Stacks of it in the new washing machine we bought. I’ve seen other products packed in papier-mâché. Why isn’t it mandatory to use recyclable or compostable packing?
Unskippable ads
I don't have any ad blocker, I just use Brave. But are people trying to say they have something to help with videos like in the subject here?
Brave is awesome! The only browser I use on all my devices!
Load More Replies...Especially on services you pay for. I pay a monthly fee for Paramount Plus. Why am I seeing ads?
For the contrast there is also a genius invention called Ad-blocker
For the contrast there is also a genius invention called Firefox (Chrome started blocking the adblockers, making them not work)
Load More Replies...The alternative is pad subscription. When a product is free, YOU are the product. When you watch free programming, you are renting your life out to advertisers in exchange for watching their production.
Chemical Warfare
While nukes are horrible beyond imagination, humanity learned to avoid them as a way to ensure their own survival, it's wise, but egoistical nonetheless. Chemical weapons on the other hand traumatized the f**k out of the survirvors and the ones who called the attacks and got to see the aftermath. They were so horrible that many soldiers deserted after using it and many went mad. I wish never having to see the skin melting off in the face of a barely alive toddler.
Throughout the last century we successfully banned almost all of those - the 1925 geneva protocol, the 1980 chemical weapons convention, among others, but I'm afraid when the next generations start to forget the horrors of chemical warfare, it will resurface in the likes of whats happening with fascism.
Orange agent - still killing, harming and doom to suffer millions of babies and kids to this day
A norwegian artist (stagename:Ole I'Dole) released a song in 1983 called "framtidsskrekk", which literally means "Future Fright". This entire song is about worries around the news and war and how the future might be. And the texts for the chorus goes like this: "scared of what they're thinking of. The only thing that's missing now, is a crazy man with the power and a button to push." (As in a president or leader that's crazy enough to use nuclear weapons.) And for some years now, THAT chorus comes sneaking in and gets stuck in my head for a while. Usually after watching the world news.
The only acceptable kind should be sleeping gas. No more war if everyone is taking a nap.
Novichok in London. No consequences for Putler. He took it as weakness.
Companies being considered people is going to destroy the US.
The Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court was almost unbelievably destructive. Among other things, it guaranteed that the level of corruption in our elections and government would skyrocket. And we are all paying the price.
Citizens United is a major contributor to our current late-stage capitalism and you are absolutely correct Katrinka, we are all paying the price. Well... except for the corporations themselves. They're doing great.
Load More Replies...Yup - had to read it three times and still makes no sense.
Load More Replies...I'll believe that a corporation is a person when the state of Texas executes one.
Corporations have the status of rich white men, so that won't ever happen.
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Nuclear weapons
I think despite the weapons being horrible themselves, they secured peace between major factions in the last decades, without the MAD principle nothing would have stopped another massive war in Europe after WW2. They are the perfect example for the saying "the best weapon is the one you never have to use"
yep, there's a reason that only 2 atomic bombs have been used in a conflict.
Load More Replies...Why is the ultimate mass killer, maimer and planet destroyer right down at 28, this should be no. 1 with bells on.
Because they are so horrible we've actually managed not to use a third one in 80 odd years
Load More Replies...How many of the originators commited suicide when they realized what they had done, I'd like to know!
**Corporations.** - Legal entities in that they can own property. - Immortal. - Fines of millions of dollars have little effect when their profits are in the billions. - Able to shift their revenues from nation to nation to avoid paying taxes. - Zero ethics...if you won't evict Grandma, then we'll fire you and put someone in your chair that will. - Able to donate a pittance of their profits to politicians who now reside in their pockets, and legislate to serve the corps and not the people. - Anyone who defies a corporation will be ground to dust by their legal team.
They are the avatar of the elite through which their true evil is expressed without having to show their faces or suffering any consequences for their actions.
You have to have insurance. Work will provide your insurance. Well, you pay for it, from the salary you agreed to. But then can determine/limit what will be covered. hmmm
Load More Replies..."Fines of millions of dollars have little effect..." This is why ALL fines should be a percentage of income (revenue) or net worth.
Not all corporations are large. Small businesses incorporate to protect the owners.
They protect the owners from being held responsible for their own outrageous violations of civil and criminal law. You can't jail a corporation.
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Bioweapons.
When nature is adapt enought to create toxins and poisons to kill humans we always, for some f*****g reason have to create something *more* horrible.
I'm saying it here and now, I do not plan to survive a huge world war nor any apocalypse.
I am sure if the "Pandora's" box is really opened ,there will be NO survivors!
Okayyyy, just covering up a bad comment so that it's not the first thing you see 😊
Oh please! Covering comments is completely unnecessary when there is the system of downvoting.
Load More Replies...Unless all the virologists in the world conspired together, no one has shown that there is any likelihood covid 19 started in a lab. There aren't many different ways to edit viruses so it would have been clear to experts. Unless China developed a revolutionary way to edit viruses and didn't want to get global recognition for it and there haven't been any leaks in 3 years, it's very doubtful
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Pop-up ads
Somewhat ironic since Bored Panda is one of the worst. I have to repeatedly reload the page until it finally gives up on asking me to disable my ad blocker.
Or it slows the site so much because it is bombarded with hundreds of ads at once.
Load More Replies...youtube ffs . calming music with rain then 20 minutes in when you are just about to get to sleep......... BUY THIS GAME FOR YOUR PHONE !!!!!!! eff off
Or the ads in emergency medical videos like how to do a Heimlich maneuver. I don’t give a shït about Red Lobster when my bro is choking on something!
Load More Replies...Has about that back button redirects that send you to a completely different page than where you came from.
That little “press to open” tab on Kraft Mac n cheese boxes. That has been an effective way of opening those boxes exactly zero times.
Low quality cardboard boxes held together by industrial strength glue!!
I once ran over a box of Kraft with a truck… the box was destroyed, and twisted around the little “press to open” tab, which didn’t have a scratch on it.
Load More Replies...You are not old enough. Kraft push in opening USED to work just fine in the 60s, 70s, I think 80s. At some point they went to thinner cardboard and I think also stopped perforating the tear point as much. Not sure exactly when it changed but at some point that press to open spot became worthless.
Sounds like it would be much easier to just make the dish from scratch!! It IS very easy.
Yes, and I just want to dump it all quickly anyway!
Load More Replies...I had it work once! I thought "oh, they've changed it so it works now." Nope, guess I just had a defective box, lol.
Also you still need to get the cheese packet out, and there's no way that pack will fit through the hole
Glitter. Such a horrible substance.
It's all fun and games unless you are the one who has to clean it up afterwards.
As I tell my teachers that I clean for..."whoever invented glitter should be summarily executed"
Load More Replies...Microplastic, microplastic everywhere ! Asked my daughters daycare to not let them do activities using it
Yes, but we could change the face of riot control if, instead of tear gas and rubber bullets, police fired glitter bombs.
I wondered if anyone else had posted this before I did.
Load More Replies...I don't mind glitter, as long as it's environmentally friendly. I find sand everywhere anyway. And always get flour or dust on my clothes even if I've done nothing related to either of those two things. Might as well sparkle while me and my house look like a mess. But, again, environmentally friendly. No more mikroplastic.
We've had no cards at all containing glitter or any decorations with it and I'm finding the stuff in the house or all colours. Sit on the sofa and you spot a bit, go upstairs and you spot some.
Serious answer: chemical toxins that have caused severe health problems
Personal answer: Hp printers. F*****g piece of s**t.
I feel that HP printer one. Mostly for their crappy inks that dry out insanely fast
No-one wants chemical toxins. They are what are created when you want to make computers, or electricity, or internet routers. So OP is paying people to create chemical toxins. That said, that's a nuclear power plant. Opponents of chemical toxins should like nuclear power plants (except when built by totalitarian regimes or on fault lines).
I will never buy another HP or Samsung anything ever again, and I have never ever wanted an IPhone, IMac and still dont
Buy a laser printer. Most of you do not need a color printer. Dry toner powder lasts forever plus is cheaper per page even if you print so much your ink doesn't dry out. HP is trash. Which makes me sad because I used to work in tech and really revered HP products as being top notch and solid. (that used to be true).
Def, laser is the best for random use. Even though it's nice with colour, but after the ink dries up - not so much! The laser I have now, I bought 2013 and replace the toner is not to expensive.
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Single ply toilet paper. Smh
Single ply toilet paper is used in public bathrooms and other places that have high volume because it breaks down more easily and is less likely to clog pipes and back up the system.
My mom just bought it because it was the cheapest she could find. My butt is still angry at her
Load More Replies...Animals! There’s no other word for people who risk the fingers of others in this manner.
John Wayne TP, should I say more? Yep it’s rough and tough and doesn’t take c**p off anyone.
Pay to Win Games especially mobile games
Give me demos and I'll buy your game if it is fun. I won't do the pay to play anymore
Plarium is one of the worst. i got sucked into one of thier games for over 2 years... after every update, it got more and more expensive to keep up and be successful. i added up on google pay what i had spent in 2 years and OMG. i quit the game that day. funny how now i have a savings account lol
Person A spends $100 on tokens for their online game. Person B buys a $100 cookbook to get that killer recipe to win the county fair. Person C hires an agent to land that prime role on Yellowstone. They all spent money to get an advantage. You can enter the amateur portion of a marathon and you can play phone games that don't require money to win. It's unreasonable to expect others to sacrifice spending money on their hobby because you don't want to.
lobotomy. Worst part is the guy even got a Nobel Prize :P
The idea became popular again, much safer and humane now. With high precision tools it's possible to help people with mental dissorders by cutting neural connections in over-active brain areas.
Yes, very very different from smashing into the frontal lobe
Load More Replies...Oh I dunno 🤔 can think of a few folks in government that could use this... 😆
Not sure we'd be able to tell the difference with some of the ones in the UK!! 😜
Load More Replies...Yeah this is why all science needs to be rigorously questioned and debated.
I still don't understand, how it became so popular in the past. I mean, sure, sometimes lobotomy actually had desired effect, but how people came to believe that cutting through brain tissue will fix everything from mental illnesses to mood swings and hyperactivity.
I get why it happened - the problems were seen as ones of the brain, so the fix had to be to that organ. The history of neurosurgery even goes back to the ancient Egyptians and Maya: The Basic Steps of Evolution of Brain Surgery https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879592/ The surgeries without consent are the really horrifying ones, especially considering how little was understood about what they were doing.
Load More Replies...One of the first commercial parodies filmed for Saturday Night Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . https://www.facebook.com/AlanZweibelOfficial/videos/one-of-the-first-commercial-parodies-filmed-for-snl-47-years-ago-enjoy-a-safe-an/1225331468008200/
You have to see it in the context of it's time. Lobotomies were popular in an age before the invention of any kind of psychiatric medication. When a patient with e.g. severe schizophrenia was violent and a danger to themselves and others, the only available treatment back then was to put them in an asylum and more often then not restrain them for most of the time. A lobotmized patient was calm and manageable and could be taken care of by their own family. It is easy to see how in the eyes of many people it was seen as the lesser of two evils. Most of the horror stories we hear today came from an age when the procedure became "fashionable" and was used on more and more conditions that were simply considered unwanted by the patient's family, such as depression
Napalm
High fructose corn syrup
Yes. I posted a link as a reply to Abhinc. (Someone downvoted your factual statement).
Load More Replies...Rarely used in UK and Europe - not actually banned though. Even our coca cola has sugar rather than corn syrup.
Yes, though when I was trying to buy the non-sweetener version of a fizzy drink and spoke with the Sainsbury's Store Manager he did admit, as we looked down the aisle together, that it was much harder to find ones without sweeteners these days. I avoid them as many sweeteners are known in cancer research as 'pre-disposers'.
Load More Replies...Any form of refined sugar - whilst the medical profession was (rightly) conducting a war war against big tobacco, the sugar industry was let completely off the hook, and the damage and horror is even greater
Corn in general. Wtf is corn in everything? Literally it’s in everything so much that you can see it in our bloodstream on a micro level. Look up the episode on Adam ruins everything.
omgosh my brother tried telling me ((and has his boyfriend convinced)) that’s zero sugar in it, Zero added, but no natural sugar as well 🤦🏻♀️……………… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Hand sensing faucets 90% of them work badly Just give me a better sensor or I’ll take the normal faucet ffs
I’ll add to this: hand dryers. They are way too noisy, barely dry your hands and the heat they pump out is probably not good for the environment. Paper towels are much better.
Actually, they are also unsanitary. They don't get hot enough to sterilize, so all they are doing is blowing germs all over the place.
Load More Replies...Automatic toilets. They either don’t flush at all, or flush four times while I’m still sitting on them.
I just skip the dryer and wipe my hands on my pants. You're going to anyway so why waste the time.
I'd up this a notch and say ALL of the automatic bathroom sensors. I get that they were put in place to cut down on touching things and spreading germs, but they never work right, so you're still touching everything anyway. Plus I don't want to think about a tiny robot eye watching me poop.
Best solution ever I once stumbled across at a university in Beijing: foot pedal operated faucets. Still touch free, therefore hygienic, but low-teck and user-friendly
omg there is one here in a local restaurant that damn near knocked me down when i tried to use it, granddaughter had to be held on to, she 💚d it 🥹
No control of the temperature or water pressure once you do manage to get it to turn on.
Deepfakes.
When you edit or even use new apps/programs to make new videos of people saying things they have never said.
Load More Replies...Some of them are extremely funny. One of our TV stations did a deepfake of the Queen's Christmas broadcast a couple of years back, and it was hilarious.
It is a computer process by which someone else's face is overlaid in place of your's to fake people out to make them think you are someone else. I think it could revolutionize movie and TV shows. In the future your favorite series may not be cancelled just because the main actor is board with the role or god forbid gets injured off screen.
Truck nuts
I assume you are talking about the ones who drive trucks that don't use them for hauling things? We have a Dodge 5500 that we haul our livestock and hay in as well as our boat and heavy equipment. It would be pretty comical to see us trying haul our 30 ft flat bed loaded with 300 bales of hay in a panel van!
Load More Replies...Amusing when I see ones that are blue. Also laughing because if you have to resort hanging fake nuts on your vehicle you obviously don't have much for real ones.
This will be a hot take, but hear me out- cars.
They kill 40,000 people in the US every year,
They are the reason most cities here are unwalkable, which is a huge factor leading to obesity and heart disease (so add many more thousands to the death toll indirectly),
They are the least efficient, least safe, most expensive way for people to commute,
They chew through fossil fuels and other valuable resources in droves,
They raise the price of engaging with society by thousands of dollars between the initial cost, fuel costs and repair costs,
And they turn otherwise reasonable people into raging, belligerent a******s.
Perhaps if you live in a city but cars are essential for rural communities and many older people or those with disabilities.
I live in a rural community and I can’t take a bus to the city because none run to there. So I gotta take a car
Load More Replies...They chew through valuable, FINITE fossil fuels. That won’t be replenished even close to fast enough to be applicable. Oil. Is. Going. To. Run. Out. We’ve already passed the peak, so one way or another cars will sort themselves out in a not too distant future. Let’s hope somebody started to think about different solutions in fifty years or so at the latest, or we’re in deep, deep shìt.
I couldn't find a job in my area that would pay my mortgage. I commute 80 miles a day because I have to so I can support my family. I miss biking to work but it just isn't feasible right now.
You could turn all of North America into one big city-Just think Public transport everywhere!
As a teenager I began thinking about cars etc. My conclusion was that on weekdays (mon-fri) from ca 6am to 4pm private cars should not be allowed anywhere. Busses and work cars would be fine but private cars should be banned. In my mind it would decrease the need for wider and longer roads by a lot. Because I think most of the need for wider and longer roads is because ppl will drive to/from work 1 person per car. The money not used on roads should be put into making public transportation cheaper and better organised. But all of this is just my messed up mind not seeing all the problems there probably would be by doing this.
Leaded gasoline
I was born in 1960, when leaded gas was all that was sold. I was in my twenties when unleaded was first offered, catalytic converters were required in all new cars, and they stopped selling leaded gas (older cars could run on both unleaded and leaded, but newer cars with catalytic converters could only run on unleaded). What pisses me off the most is that I didn’t learn until about twenty years later that everyone of us who was alive before they stopped selling leaded gas has trace amounts of lead—-a heavy metal—-in our lungs, simply because we breathed before lead was removed from gasoline, because the lead in the gas was expelled into the air in a car’s exhaust. No one mentioned that at the time. We were poisoned without even being given a warning or heads up about it. Big f*****g secret to keep profits rolling in. Big Oil, big business. M***********s.
I'm fuzzy on this, forgive me, it's been a while since I've heard the story. What I heard is they were having trouble with engine knocking. They found two substances that would cause the engine to perform better. One was I think kerosene (the part I'm fuzzy on), and the other was adding lead to the gasoline. The problem was that one of the substances was free, and people could just add it to the gasoline themselves. But they wanted to make a profit, so they started telling people that the only way to avoid engine knocking was to buy their *special leaded gasoline*. I forget the guy's name, but he was seriously one of the most evil people who ever lived. He literally poisoned everyone on the entire planet for money when it was easily avoidable.
Load More Replies...By the time it was because of a technical issue on engines: valves weren't strong enough and leaded additive protected them from breaking. But a nonsense nowadays
Only barely, the real benefit of tetraethyl lead was that it was a detonation inhibitor, allowing higher compression engines. It's biggest (perceptible at the time) downside was fouling spark plugs. Cars used to have a little rack under the hood to put a spare set of plugs in because you were definitely going to have to change them on the side of the road at some point.
Load More Replies...It was easier to advance petrol engine technology than it was to advance storage battery technology. The astronomic leaps in battery and control-circuitry technology required to enable electric cars to surpass petrol ones took a hundred years.
Load More Replies...Leaded fuel was pretty much required on older engines as a lubricant until we figured out it was bad for you. Like leaded paint.
I have an old solid steel lawn mower, it need some lead stuff in the fuel, or else the valves breaks. But it starts fine and mowe good. If i gould afford it i would upgrade it to unleaded fuel. Modern stuff breaks when it have a bad day , stuff from the 60 were not margin profit improved, so they lasted longer
There have been several studies that have shown the aggression and lower IQ of the boomers is partly due to high levels of lead throughout their developmental periods. Kinda explains a lot
Bwahaha, "the aggression and lower IQ of the boomers"? Where in heck did you get that bizarre, unfounded generalization? Just because your boomer dad was a dumbass who beat you doesn't mean all boomers are aggressive with lower IQs. :D
Load More Replies...Mustard Gas.
Fun fact: mustard gas was intended to immobilize but not kill. That way it takes two soldiers out of the game--the victim and the rescuer. I worked as an environmental clean up contractor at an army base so this is what we were told. On the bright side, a bacteria was discovered that would consume and neutralize mustard. Haven't heard of any mutant, mustard devouring monsters in my region-yet.
"The mortality rate from mustard gas was only 2-3%, but those who suffered chemical burns and respiratory problems had long hospitalizations and if they recovered were thought to be at higher risk of developing cancers during later life."
Oh. I think that may sort itself out in the not too distant future.
The 40 hour work week.
40-hour work week the worst invention? Spoken like a true capitalist? Back to 6 days a week, 12 hours a day! And the second job to make ends meet.
You know, we already had achieved 35- and even 32-hour work week in some countries for short periods of time, but sadly went back to between 38 and 41 hours in most places. It's not all evil capitalist dystopia out there.
Load More Replies...Better than the old 80-hour work week... And getting paid in company money that could only be spent in company stores...
The 40 hour work week was such a blessing to the world. And there are still so many who wish for it! Before this idea existed, laborers worked 7 days a week, 10-14 hours a day. And in many third world countries this is still the case. Count your gifts!
It's whatever you want at this point...just remember you only get paid for the time you work. So...no complaints.
I get paid an annual salary. Over the past few years, and working at the same pay grade but with three different institutions, I’ve worked a 35, 37 and 40 hour week. My annual salary did not change…. only the hours I was expected to work for it. I know which one I preferred. I also got more annual leave on the lowest hour one too! UK, if that’s relevant.
Load More Replies...I started on a 52 hour week (all for £347 per year) working 5 and a half days, and split shifts - start at 7am, off at 12 for 4 hours (too far to go back home, so walked around central London till time to go back) and then back till 9pm. 40 hours was a luxury. Was on 37 hrs/week just before I retired.
The invention of the light bulb also contributed to us working excessive hours
I've heard of some companies testing 32 hour weeks that pay the same as 40 hour week. Essentially everyone gets a raise, plus an extra day off. Best part: profits have increased and turnover has dropped. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3674829/four-day-workweek-pilot-shows-wide-support-for-a-32-hour-week.amp.html
I would like to know that too. Who was the genius that came up with this one?
The unions that were sick of having 60 hour work weeks and decided that there must be 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours of free time in a day.
Load More Replies...24 hour news networks
There aren't enough sensational stories to fill 30 minutes, let alone 24 hours - so **everything** becomes sensationalized destroying what is important and what is fluff.
Load More Replies...BBC has a 24 hour news service. It's repetition, but very handy for finding out the news you may have missed.
Pay to use toilets
Who is going to pay the cleaning and maintenance costs if all toilets are free.
Taxes. Imagine wetting yourself in the middle of a city centre because you don't have the right change. They should be a basic human right.
Load More Replies...these are much like the bars on public benches: designed to stop homeless from using them
Fentanyl that s**t scares the hell out of me.
It is a useful tool to be used in a medical setting,. People abusing it are causing the issue.
People aren't abusing it because they want to, right? Many thousands of people became addicted to opioids after doctors, misled by Pharma, prescribed Oxy. Once addicted, without adequate resources or support for recovery, many turned to street drugs, many of which are laced with Fentanyl, because it's cheap and potent, as you probably know. Many of these people ended up addicted while attempting to recover from legitimate injuries, and because they followed medical advice
Load More Replies...We have started using it in our hospitals here in the UK, they give it to you in labour, I can tell you it is good stuff, if used right. I can see why people would get addicted so I'm glad that it's not that common over here, The area that I live we have a lot of drug/alcohol addicts, I have lost family members to drink and/or drugs. Most of my old friend circle from my teens are gone now, I'm not even 40 yet, when we started a family we decided that drink and drugs we no longer an option. Eventually the people we used to go out and party with turned to harder drugs and started dropping like flies. I do hope that fentanyl does not become more widely used in the UK because it would become a real problem.
My mom and grandma both used fentanyl patches to control chronic pain. It is really helpful if used correctly. Unfortunately, the USA has a habit of over prescribing pain pills that lead to spiraling addictions. Fentanyl has also been fearmongered in the media. You are not going to pass out or OD from touching fentanyl but you can very possibly have a panic attack if you believe the rampant rumors
Soooo, would you like me to re place your dislocated shoulder without it?????
Outside of a medical setting, the influx of illicit fentanyl into the US and Canada can be legit considered a chemical weapons attack poisoning so many unsuspecting people :(.
Cast to family room TV
This sounds like someone accidentally cast something to the family tv that they should not have.
Oh no... That's so funny. But only because it didn't happen to me personally
Load More Replies...Someone in my building cast something to my tv. I reviewed and changed my settings
When I cast from my devices to my chromcast, I always pick up someone else's monitor. No idea which apartment they live in but I should start casting Baby Shark to them randomly, if I can
Money
I think the world wouldn't be different if we had kept the system to share goods with other goods
we'd still be basic farmers/pastoralists. If you want to romanticise that kind of life, come see a squatter camp in africa.
Load More Replies...Well, what is worse? Chemical warfare, environmental pollution, or the press to open tabs on cardboard boxes? Priorities, people!
Agree 100%, wish I had more than one upvote.
Load More Replies...I'll add lip syncing. They are killing the only universal language we have
Load More Replies...People want money. That about sums up why a lot of this exists
I HATE "blow hand dryers"! I have NEVER gotten my hands dry, but my hair goes everywhere along with drops of water and any germs or soap that I could not shake off before using the dryer. It's easier and quieter to use my shirt . . .
Just be aware that religion and spirituality are two distinctly different things.
Load More Replies...Well, what is worse? Chemical warfare, environmental pollution, or the press to open tabs on cardboard boxes? Priorities, people!
Agree 100%, wish I had more than one upvote.
Load More Replies...I'll add lip syncing. They are killing the only universal language we have
Load More Replies...People want money. That about sums up why a lot of this exists
I HATE "blow hand dryers"! I have NEVER gotten my hands dry, but my hair goes everywhere along with drops of water and any germs or soap that I could not shake off before using the dryer. It's easier and quieter to use my shirt . . .
Just be aware that religion and spirituality are two distinctly different things.
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