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Things which never should have been invented

Unread postby smiley » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 15:01:12

The first nominee.

http://www.lavakanusa.com/
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Unread postby Tyler_JC » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 15:49:01

How about this one, http://www.hummer.com/ or http://www.tinkertots.com/baltoykidsub.html.

Sadly, this stuff employs a big chunk of the population. Cutting out waste=cutting out jobs...
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Unread postby nero » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 16:45:33

I nominate :
Robot Camel Riders
Biofuels: The "What else we got to burn?" answer to peak oil.
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Unread postby arretium » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 16:56:30

I'm going for the obvious: nuclear weapons.
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Unread postby Tyler_JC » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 17:43:21

Would you have prefered the deaths of 5-10 million people in order to end WW2?

Would you have rather had direct war between the USSR and the USA instead of decades of "cold" war?
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Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 17:57:56

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Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 18:18:46

*views links, slaps hand across forehead*

Perhaps YHWH never should have formed man from the dust of the earth....
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Unread postby Tyler_JC » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 18:20:46

Well, think of how much gas they're saving. They don't have to drive to the shooting range. Plus, I have a feeling they are re-using videos. Thus they are also saving ammo. It's a wasteful activity to begin with, but this makes it more efficient.
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Unread postby twofiftyfive » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 18:27:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')ould you have prefered the deaths of 5-10 million people in order to end WW2?

Would you have rather had direct war between the USSR and the USA instead of decades of "cold" war?


Maybe. Neither of those things would have wiped out humanity. I think there's still a good chance nuclear war will do so.
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Unread postby bart » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 18:58:58

1. Internal combustion engine / private motorized vehicles
2. Commercial broadcast television.
3. Landmines
4. Poison gas warfare
5. Biological warfare
6. Nuclear warfare
7. Machine gun, AK-47, etc.
8. Corporations (the legal form)
9. Any state larger than 30,000 people
10. Monotheistic gods that live off-planet

Say, I can really get into this!
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Unread postby Ebyss » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 19:03:56

My nomination : http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html

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Unread postby NeoPeasant » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 20:00:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ebyss', 'M')y nomination : http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html

Yes. Those are real.


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Unread postby BiGG » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 20:35:34

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Unread postby lowem » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 20:40:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bart', '1')0. Monotheistic gods that live off-planet


Now, how about "Jedi" as religion then? If more people believed in a Force that binds all living *and* non-living things, then perhaps things might have been quite a bit different! :lol:
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Unread postby killJOY » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 21:41:39

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Peak oil = comet Kohoutek.
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Unread postby katkinkate » Sat 23 Apr 2005, 23:41:37

Lavakanusa: They said it was for cats and dogs, but there were no cats in the pictures. I bet they couldn't get any cat in there twice. :o

Sphincterine: minty fresh ass? ..... Eeewww :P

I nominate leaf blowers.
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Unread postby Antimatter » Sun 24 Apr 2005, 03:03:26

Excersise bikes and treadmills
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Unread postby markofthebeats » Sun 24 Apr 2005, 03:17:17

PDAs.

i mean, i could see that they were a progression of PCs and game boys. and how they could perhaps improve the life of a frequently-flying business pro. but how they're promoted to the general public as recreational knickknacks is retarded.
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Unread postby pea-jay » Sun 24 Apr 2005, 03:48:02

Not straying too far from the overall topic of this board but I nominate

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Petro-based civilization
UNplanning the future...
http://unplanning.blogspot.com
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