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Humans Most Pointless Invention?

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  • #32
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Reality television shows.

    I don't watch tv for reality, I watch it for entertainment.
    The last thing I want to see is some annoying twat I could meet in any pub on my screen screaming their head off.


  • #33
    Superbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Superbus


    Freefaller wrote: »
    anti-wrinkle cream

    But... it prevents wrinkles...


  • #34
    Antamojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭Antamojo


    I think this is what you're looking for


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4


  • #35
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 24,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Reality TV. Such a hateful device.


  • #36
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Antamojo wrote: »
    I think this is what you're looking for


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4
    Hrm. If you put some pink dye on the thing that comes out, it'd be a great office gizmo :D


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  • #37
    I_AmThe_Walrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭I_AmThe_Walrus


    Airplanes.

    They're just so noisy and take the fun out of traveling.


  • #38
    bluto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    Antamojo wrote: »
    I think this is what you're looking for


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

    I've seen something similar before, I've always thought it was very clever! :D


  • #39
    cooker3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,646 ✭✭✭cooker3


    After hours.


  • #40
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,139 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    the underwater umbrella


  • #41
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Superbus wrote: »
    But... it prevents wrinkles...
    Read the fine print! The ads are always careful to state that the cream reduces the appearance of wrinkles. A layer of pancake makeup will also reduce the appearance of wrinkles, but costs a lot less. :pac:

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



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  • #42
    dave 27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭dave 27


    Rainy day fag holder!

    dumb_inventions_09.jpg


  • #43
    ROCKMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,246 ✭✭✭ROCKMAN


    Bottled Water in Ireland

    it will never catch on ,mark my words...

    .


  • #44
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »
    Airplanes.

    They're just so noisy and take the fun out of traveling.

    but you can carpet bomb infidels with them!

    +1 to Religion


  • #45
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    Cat mops.


    [/karl pilkington]


  • #46
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Sometimes if I'm in a hurry I microwave eggs in those little plastic things. :(


  • #47
    yuloni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


    This post has been deleted.


  • #48
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    War!

    huh. yeah, what is it good for?

    Absolutly nothing!


    say it again now...


  • #49
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    George Foreman Grill.
    Most houses have one which has been used approximately four times then it's back to the full fat fry off the pan.

    I have to disagree here. I had one and I used it for everything. Sausages, rashers, burgers, etc. It was great for steaks as well. Dead easy to clean and its healthy! If I had put a box next to it, and put a euro in every time I used the Grill, I would be a rich man by now.


  • #50
    Brendog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brendog


    Glass hammers, rubber nails, multi-coloured paint and the atomic bomb


  • #51
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Brendog wrote: »
    atomic bomb

    ?

    it ended the war much quicker and with less death than would have been otherwise and it led to intense research in the area, massivly increasing our understanding of nuclear physics. and spawned nuclear power plants, the cleanest form of energy yet invented.

    overall a pretty useful invention I think, if a pretty horrid one


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  • #52
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    syklops wrote: »
    I have to disagree here. I had one and I used it for everything. Sausages, rashers, burgers, etc. It was great for steaks as well. Dead easy to clean and its healthy! If I had put a box next to it, and put a euro in every time I used the Grill, I would be a rich man by now.

    If you had to put a box beside the the grill & put a euro in it every time you used the GF grill, you would have the same amount of money.


  • #53
    hal9000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭hal9000


    this "thing"

    http://ordable.com/img/lists/stupid--pointless-inventions/items/0805200990517toiletpaperhead.jpg

    I would like to nominate the vuvuzela as the pinnacle of human achievement


  • #54
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭AskMyChocolate


    Fishie wrote: »
    I think egg slicers are pretty pointless - why can't you just use a knife? Also, egg piercers. The OP has already mentioned plastic containers for microwaving eggs in, leading me to conclude that there are a lot of pointless egg-related paraphernalia out there

    I defy anyone to come up with a reason for not thanking a post that contains the above phrase.

    *finishes cv and applies to BallyFree Farms*


  • #55
    Brendog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brendog


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    ?

    it ended the war much quicker and with less death than would have been otherwise and it led to intense research in the area, massivly increasing our understanding of nuclear physics. and spawned nuclear power plants, the cleanest form of energy yet invented.

    overall a pretty useful invention I think, if a pretty horrid one


    It may be the cleanest form of energy but its also one of the most dangerous. The research into it was already completed by Einstein, it was the Americans who had it built to retaliate for the Pearl Harbour attack.

    They knew what they were dealing with. They created a new, clean and immensly powerful source of energy aaaaaannnnnnnddddd they make a weapon of it. Thats why I'm saying its usless.


  • #56
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    If you had to put a box beside the the grill & put a euro in it every time you used the GF grill, you would have the same amount of money.

    Considering I currently have 4 euros in my bank account and about 8 in my wallet, if I had put a box next to the grill, and put a euro into it everytime I used the grill, and now had the box with the money in it, I would be comparatively richer than I am now, and a good deal happier.


  • #57
    Anthony Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭Anthony Walsh


    The ball point pen, it was born from the pen nasa invented to be used in space because a fountain pen wouldn't work. The Russian's used a pencil


  • #58
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »
    Airplanes.

    They're just so noisy and take the fun out of traveling.

    You stole my username.


  • #59
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Brendog wrote: »
    It may be the cleanest form of energy but its also one of the most dangerous.

    its actually one of the safest.

    http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf06.html

    see chart at bottom of page for comparison to other forms of generation.


  • #60
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Anthony Walsh wrote: »
    The ball point pen, it was born from the pen nasa invented to be used in space because a fountain pen wouldn't work. The Russian's used a pencil

    Nasa went into space in 1889?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen


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  • #61
    Ickle Magoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,485 ✭✭✭✭Ickle Magoo


    The necktie....just...why? :confused:


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