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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Remember when MTV was a music television?

galactic-frog , Blude Report

Final score:

601points

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Alexia 3 years ago

I grew up with MTV. Oh, those were the days...

124points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread The toilet lid of a toilet. Seen too many not even know you're supposed to put the lid down before flushing. Microscopic fecal matter flies everywhere otherwise. Apparently this isn't common knowledge.

ShroomyKat , Curology Report

Final score:

521points

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Kari Panda 3 years ago (edited)

This. So many arguements about putting the toilet seat up/down when honestly, everyone should just close the lid once they’re done. The particles spread up to 6 m (19 ft) otherwise.

205points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Slinky, the toy. It was originally designed during WW2 to help sensitive instruments remain steady on ships... to counter the effects of pitch, roll, and yaw. The engineer working on them knocked one off his desk accidentally, saw the way it moved from the table to the chair, to the floor, and a new purpose was born.

On a side note... during the Vietnam War, when the Slinkys were metal, radio operators would carry them through the deep jungles. If they couldn't get a good signal in the jungle mountains, they'd sling a Slinky high into the tree limbs while holding onto one end. It created an instant antenna extension that they would attach to the radio.

Single_Performance25 , Will Report

Final score:

512points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Ace Ventura is all I can think of! "Everyone loves a slinky!"

52points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Q-tips. The only thing they are used for is the one thing you are explicitly told not to use them for.

bloblehead , Olivier Bergeron Report

Final score:

414points

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Little Phoenix 3 years ago

Cleaning your keyboard?

101points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread The warming drawer on the bottom of all our ovens, which is used as pan storage for exactly %100 of oven owners.

Newtracks1 , Grant.C Report

Final score:

364points

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MacDudu 3 years ago

Most new oven models don't have this

119points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Super glue was meant to be a temporary method of stitching a wound. It was used that way during the Vietnam War. Tell people today to super clue their cuts shut, however, and most will think you're crazy

BigBobby2016 , endolith Report

Final score:

328points

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Helen Haley 3 years ago

Isn't this in a lot of first aid kits and such for this exact reason?

99points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Apparently paintball guns were invented for foresters/loggers/park rangers to mark trees (for cutting etc.) without having to approach each tree.

galactic-frog , Pengyi zhang Report

Final score:

301points

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Jyri Hakola 3 years ago

Wonder how many minutes it took after the initial product release that 1st forester thought that it would be funny to shoot Mike on back.. Maybe hours but definetly not days..

277points

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread The eggplant emoji.

Mio69uwu Report

Final score:

299points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Cherries and peaches as well...

99points

TooMuchHotSauce5 , lynn Dombrowski Report

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Snuggy was originally designed for wheelchair users. Outerwear designed for walkers is cumbersome to take on and off for wheelchair users so snuggies were designed to help with this.

Final score:

286points

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denzoren 3 years ago

Now this makes a lot of sense.

107points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Ketamine is for horses and not for Saturday night.

jibbletmonger , Steven Cornfield Report

Final score:

249points

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Otter 3 years ago

It's been approved for use as a human sedative, it's used in operating rooms and ICUs. And remember those Thai kids that were trapped in the flooded cave? Each kid got a shot of Ketamine before the final rescue, it kept them quiet as heroic spent hours dragging them to safety through a dangerous flooded cave.

118points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Bubble wrap was invented as fancy wallpaper.

galactic-frog , David Maier Report

Final score:

241points

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Lyone Fein 3 years ago

. . . In mental health institutions.

221points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread WD-40 was developed as a rust preventative (it’s even in the initials: “WD” means “Water Displacement”). Nowadays people use it to lubricate mechanical parts.

bluebirdgm , FHKE Report

Final score:

231points

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ThatGuv 3 years ago

Great for removing stubborn, leftover glue after pulling the label off a jar.

95points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Pipe cleaners,

Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts as kids. It wasn't till I owned a tobacco pipe and went to buy them that it actually clicked

TouchedbyJebus , Cannabox Report

Final score:

230points

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F-Dup 3 years ago

Oh my Jesus Christ. I haven’t thought about these since I was in primary school. Back then, I assumed the ‘pipe’ in pipe cleaner referred the things that ran along the walls of my house and I didn’t question it. It’s only now, reading this as a fully grown adult, that I realise it’s not that kind of pipe at all. That update has been pending for decades!

104points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Viagra. It’s a heart medicine originally.

VegetableWishbone , Syed Ikhwan Report

Final score:

174points

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Otter 3 years ago

It's still used for some heart problems, and I have no idea if anyone who's sick enough to need it for medical reasons can still enjoy the side effects.

35points

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21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Botox was created to treat migraines

lovejetblack , Sam Moqadam Report

Final score:

153points

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Some Cool Guy 3 years ago

I'm no expert but isn't that lip filler not botox?

136points

#21

21 Products That Somehow Lost Their Original Purpose, As Shared In This Online Thread Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets used as informal databases instead of as a data analysis tool

rwilldred27 , Joe Anderson Report

Final score:

113points

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Suraj A R 3 years ago

I think MS Excel was always used as a data analysis tool, where as MS Access was used as an informal database since 1992

73points

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior.

44points

mph seti 3 years ago

Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really.

69points

Sky Render 3 years ago

Lots of medical products had entirely different intentions! Dramamine was originally meant to combat hay fever, but turned out to be exceptional at preventing nausea (which is good as it's useless at preventing hay fever). Spironolactone was being tested for blood pressure uses until they realized that it acts as a testosterone blocker (it does actually affect blood pressure, but barely compared to more traditional blood pressure medications). Pharmaceuticals is basically an entire industry of "not what I was going for but let's roll with it".

23points

Candace Fitzpatrick 3 years ago

Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent

13points

whateves 3 years ago

Works great to remove tar from your car too

9points

Pungent Sauce 3 years ago

A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure.

7points

Unnamed Hooman 3 years ago

Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S?

3points

Isabela Ivan 3 years ago

I shall try it🙃

1point

Life is ? 3 years ago

Should I say autotune software. I think it was invented to improve the mistakes made after recording, now it's used to enhance voice and sound quality, and hide flaws of the singer and musicians.

7points

Rick 3 years ago

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Solidhog 3 years ago

Indicators on BMW cars.

6points

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Coke was a soft drink before,now I use it to clean my toilet and sink.They're quite cheap.

4points

April Puett 3 years ago

Coke actually started out as a medicine and was developed by a pharmacist. It originally contained cocaine but that was removed in the early 1900's and became a drink.

2points

Seán Baron 3 years ago

Margarine was a righ ally invented as a mechanical lubricant.

2points

Memere 3 years ago

And canola (rapeseed) oil was originally developed as an industrial lubricant too - the petrochemical industry shut that down fast!

3points

No you didn't 3 years ago

BoredPanda. It was created for art/photography and such and now it contains a lot of posts shaming people.

1point

esssea 0903 3 years ago

Here in India, 'Clinic Plus' is still sold and promoted as a shampoo but is an amazing bike and basin/bathroom cleaner.

0points

Noel Benavente 3 years ago

Reddit Panda strikes again...

0points

Dodo 3 years ago (edited)

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Rob Woodman 3 years ago

No.

5points

Rachel Anthony 3 years ago

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First Name Last Name 3 years ago

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

It seems like you pushed a Qtip a lot too far in your ear.

18points

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

Facebook... originally intended to help college students meet, now used to control political behavior.

44points

mph seti 3 years ago

Zuck started it for dude-bros to rate the "attractiveness" of female students. So...It went from shitty to shitty in a different way, really.

69points

Sky Render 3 years ago

23points

Candace Fitzpatrick 3 years ago

Skin So Soft (S.O.S.) from Avon was a beauty product, but was found to be an excellent mosquito repellent

13points

whateves 3 years ago

Works great to remove tar from your car too

9points

Pungent Sauce 3 years ago

A mediocre repellant at best, and not CDC recommended at all in areas with West Nile. Smells nicer than Deep Woods Off tho, for sure.

7points

Unnamed Hooman 3 years ago

Wait… Skin So Soft, s O s? Wouldn’t it be S.S.S?

3points

Isabela Ivan 3 years ago

I shall try it🙃

1point

Life is ? 3 years ago

Should I say autotune software. I think it was invented to improve the mistakes made after recording, now it's used to enhance voice and sound quality, and hide flaws of the singer and musicians.

7points

Rick 3 years ago

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Solidhog 3 years ago

Indicators on BMW cars.

6points

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Coke was a soft drink before,now I use it to clean my toilet and sink.They're quite cheap.

4points

April Puett 3 years ago

Coke actually started out as a medicine and was developed by a pharmacist. It originally contained cocaine but that was removed in the early 1900's and became a drink.

2points

Seán Baron 3 years ago

Margarine was a righ ally invented as a mechanical lubricant.

2points

Memere 3 years ago

And canola (rapeseed) oil was originally developed as an industrial lubricant too - the petrochemical industry shut that down fast!

3points

No you didn't 3 years ago

BoredPanda. It was created for art/photography and such and now it contains a lot of posts shaming people.

1point

esssea 0903 3 years ago

Here in India, 'Clinic Plus' is still sold and promoted as a shampoo but is an amazing bike and basin/bathroom cleaner.

0points

Noel Benavente 3 years ago

Reddit Panda strikes again...

0points

Dodo 3 years ago (edited)

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Rob Woodman 3 years ago

No.

5points

Rachel Anthony 3 years ago

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First Name Last Name 3 years ago

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

It seems like you pushed a Qtip a lot too far in your ear.

18points