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Worst invention of the last hundred years?

IronWing

IronWing

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An inspired thread...

Which inventions of the last century would we all be better off had they been stillborn?

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television
autodialer
 
Air conditioning.

Before the advent of climate control, legislators abandoned the miserable swamp that is our nation's capital for the summer. This not only stopped them legislating for several months, it sent them home where they actually interacted with their constituents.
 
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MotF Bane said:
Television.
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I don't know why people say this. Television is one of the most important inventions in the last 100 years. Just because a majority of American parents use it as a baby sitter doesn't mean it hasn't had a massively positive effect on the dissemination of information.
 
Mike Gayner said:
I don't know why people say this. Television is one of the most important inventions in the last 100 years. Just because a majority of American parents use it as a baby sitter doesn't mean it hasn't had a massively positive effect on the dissemination of information.
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I don't think that is information that is being disseminated. This is why smellavision will never come to pass. People would catch on.
 
Mike Gayner said:
LOL @ people who honestly seem to think the world is a better place with the A-bomb.
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Oh, it's good and bad; believe me, I'm no fan of war or the many things it represents.

But there are some benefits, at least while conventional governments are in control of these weapons.


Instead of us actually going out and having armies slaughtered until one side gives in, we can just threaten to kill each other, until one side gives in.
(Of course, it's a dangerous game, because if one side decides to launch away, then everyone loses.)
 
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AznAnarchy99 said:
And 5 decades of fear
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If we were not afraid of that we'd be afraid of something else. The fact is that the concept of MAD works. The fear of nukes prevents their use and it prevents other countries from messing with those of us that have them.There has not been a nuke used in anger is more than 60 years. In the history of mankind has the most powerful weapon ever not been used in that time frame? Nope, as soon as a country built an ultimate weapon they were in a hurry to use it.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
If we were not afraid of that we'd be afraid of something else. The fact is that the concept of MAD works. The fear of nukes prevents their use and it prevents other countries from messing with those of us that have them.There has not been a nuke used in anger is more than 60 years. In the history of mankind has the most powerful weapon ever not been used in that time frame? Nope, as soon as a country built an ultimate weapon they were in a hurry to use it.
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American bombed two civilian targets almost immediately after mastering the nuke. I find it a bit funny being lectured in nuclear proliferation by the citizens of the only country which has ever used nukes in warfare.

edit: inb4 "you'd all be speaking German if it weren't for us!!!1"
 
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