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“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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#1
For-profit healthcare system. There is no reason people should suffer financial burden seeking the right to live a healthy life.
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."
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#2
Keepin up with the kardashians （＾_＾）
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
Weren’t the Kardashians an alien race in the 1960s Star Trek? They look like they were.
#3
Child beauty pageant events
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
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.
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!"
#4
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.
Argle Bargle 1 year ago
Why is YouTube sending me suggestions about serial killers and Hitler? What the heck did I click on?! Have deleted...
"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."
#7
Religion. Kills so many people and gives so many more the excuse to be hateful people.
"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."
#8
Landmines
Caro Caro 1 year ago (edited)
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.
#9
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.
Got hacked lol 1 year ago
when scientists went down to the challenger deep in the Mariana trench (the deepest part of the earth) they found a plastic bag floating
#11
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.
#12
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.
#13
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.
Argle Bargle 1 year ago
When the scissors you need are in this pack, and you need scissors to open it
#14
Styrofoam is pretty abominable in my book, especially for things like takeout food that’s destined for the trash within minutes of use
#16
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.
Lyuben Petkov 1 year ago
Orange agent - still killing, harming and doom to suffer millions of babies and kids to this day
Kris92 1 year ago
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.
Lord Rimuru 1 year ago
The only acceptable kind should be sleeping gas. No more war if everyone is taking a nap.
Neuropotathy 1 year ago
Novichok in London. No consequences for Putler. He took it as weakness.
#17
Companies being considered people is going to destroy the US.
#18
Nuclear weapons
TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago
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"
#19
**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.
#20
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.
The Veil of Fire 1 year ago
I'm saying it here and now, I do not plan to survive a huge world war nor any apocalypse.
#22
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.
WonderWoman 1 year ago
Low quality cardboard boxes held together by industrial strength glue!!
#24
Serious answer: chemical toxins that have caused severe health problems
Personal answer: Hp printers. F*****g piece of s**t.
BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago
I feel that HP printer one. Mostly for their crappy inks that dry out insanely fast
#25
Single ply toilet paper. Smh
Doctor Strange 1 year ago
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.
#26
Pay to Win Games especially mobile games
BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago
Give me demos and I'll buy your game if it is fun. I won't do the pay to play anymore
#27
lobotomy. Worst part is the guy even got a Nobel Prize :P
TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)
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.
#30
Hand sensing faucets
90% of them work badly
Just give me a better sensor or I’ll take the normal faucet ffs
#31
Deepfakes.
#33
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.
#34
Leaded gasoline
Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago
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.
#35
Mustard Gas.
What do you think ?
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)
Well, what is worse? Chemical warfare, environmental pollution, or the press to open tabs on cardboard boxes? Priorities, people!
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
I'll add lip syncing. They are killing the only universal language we have
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An Unpopular Opinion. 1 year ago
People want money. That about sums up why a lot of this exists
Octavia Hansen 1 year ago
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 . . .
CGZ 1 year ago
Just be aware that religion and spirituality are two distinctly different things.
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Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)
Well, what is worse? Chemical warfare, environmental pollution, or the press to open tabs on cardboard boxes? Priorities, people!
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
I'll add lip syncing. They are killing the only universal language we have
Load More Replies... An Unpopular Opinion. 1 year ago
People want money. That about sums up why a lot of this exists
Octavia Hansen 1 year ago
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 . . .
CGZ 1 year ago
Just be aware that religion and spirituality are two distinctly different things.
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