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Humans Most Pointless Invention?

starbelgrade

Some inventions are really just f*cking stupid. You'd wonder how anybody wasted their time coming up with them - yet also how they became so bloody popular. The wheel, yes, the lightbulb, yes... but what about the pointless ones like plastic things that you can microwave eggs in?

What would you nominate as the most pointless?

I nominate air fresheners. Air smells fine to me. Rooms sometimes stink. If they do, I open a window. If the bathroom smells, the last thing I want to smell is a mix of sh*t & "freshly scented pine needles".

And then there's the carpet fresheners. Yep, like I spend a lot of time going around smelling the f*cking carpet... and when it gets hoovered, the last thing I'm goind to do is throw a load of white powder over it just to give my hoover another load of crap to suck up.

Yep, air fresheners.

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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.

Superbus

Freefaller wrote: »

anti-wrinkle cream

But... it prevents wrinkles...

Antamojo

I think this is what you're looking for

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

Angron

Reality TV. Such a hateful device.

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

I_AmThe_Walrus

Airplanes.

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

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!

cooker3

After hours.

ShaneU

the underwater umbrella

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:

dave 27

Rainy day fag holder!

ROCKMAN

Bottled Water in Ireland

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

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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

Sanjuro

Cat mops.

[/karl pilkington]

prinz

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

yuloni

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Cookie_Monster

War!

huh. yeah, what is it good for?

Absolutly nothing!

say it again now...

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.

Brendog

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

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

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.

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

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*

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.

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.

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

IamtheWalrus

I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »

Airplanes.

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

You stole my username.

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.

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

Ickle Magoo

The necktie....just...why?