Inventions

Capt'n Midnight · 2009-03-18 21:19:43

I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you…

18-03-2009 09:19PM

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I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
- Douglas Adams

So what inventions do you thing are against the natural order ?

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#2 18-03-2009 09:58PM

Zaph

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iPhones

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#3 18-03-2009 10:06PM

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*stares at Zaph*

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#4 18-03-2009 10:09PM

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Zaph wrote: »

iPhones

Here, Here :P

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#5 18-03-2009 10:09PM

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-As if there aren't enough people being put out of a job...

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#6 18-03-2009 10:38PM

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iPhones should be banned, the money should be spent on subsidizing beer!

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