Fluther: If you could dis-invent one thing, what would it be?

If you could dis-invent one thing, what would it be?

Asked by thebluewaffle (1002

) August 26th, 2011
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Imagine if _____ hadn’t have been invented, wouldn’t the world be a better place? Or at the very least, you’d be a happier person…
If you could wipe anything straight from existence, what would it be?

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Cigarettes.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought (14682

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Cellophane.

rebbel (35549

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Guns.

marinelife (62485

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Television.

Poser (7808

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X-FACTOR!

pezz (1291

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Atomic Fireballs. They are addictive.

john65pennington (29258

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Onions
Twizzle sticks
Extending dog leashes

ucme (50047

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gunpowder

wundayatta (58722

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Monocrop agriculture.

incendiary_dan (13401

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Soft drinks.

Ayesha (6213

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This

Keep_on_running (6759

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Nail polish.

Pied_Pfeffer (28141

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@Keep_on_running What a fantastic bit of kit!

thebluewaffle (1002

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The 40+ hour work week. I don’t believe anyone should work more than a 6 hour day.
Our work ethic obsession is waaay overdone.

Coloma (47193

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@thebluewaffle xD

Keep_on_running (6759

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Perfume

some people just don’t know when enough is enough

jonsblond (43667

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Atomic bomb

Jellie (6492

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@Coloma All my research points the fact that we’re adapted to work about 2 hours a day, 4 if you count household chores like cleaning, clothes repair, etc. :)

incendiary_dan (13401

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Guns

RareDenver (13173

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I would disinvent cigarettes. And I’m a smoker.

WillWorkForChocolate (23163

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Telephone poles, or any of those objects that carry cables above ground.

josie (30934

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Another vote for cigarettes.

_zen_ (7857

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@incendiary_dan

I agree…zen out!

Coloma (47193

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Dipshits.

TexasDude (25274

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The predatory lust that results in mentally weak bastards taking advantage of a child.

King_Pariah (11484

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Nukes.

Blackberry (33949

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The Shake Weight.

erichw1504 (26448

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@erichw1504 Lol, beat you to it ;) seems there is a lot of hatred out there for the shake weight, kinda feel sorry for it now.

Keep_on_running (6759

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The Snuggie.

erichw1504 (26448

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^^ lmao

WillWorkForChocolate (23163

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Cigarettes.

Neizvestnaya (22657

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Religion

CWOTUS (26102

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Clowns. They’re meant to be funny and cute, but they scare the he*l out of little kids, and adults still have nightmares about them.

Kardamom (33290

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Cell phones.

SpatzieLover (24606

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Sweet dreams.

TexasDude (25274

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@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! They all float down here!

Kardamom (33290

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And when you’re down here Georgie…. YOU’ll FLOAT TOOOOOOOOOO

TexasDude (25274

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@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard That movie made me afraid to walk near gutter drains!

Kardamom (33290

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Cluster bombs, nuclear weapons and the internal combustion engine.

flutherother (34524

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Twitter ( I mean what the f*%#k? More useless chatter? )

mazingerz88 (28813

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Capitalism.

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory Communist! lol

King_Pariah (11484

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Auto-tune and other “instruments” which gave us shitty music

Christian95 (3260

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Any and all abortion apparatus, regardless of method.

Hypocrisy_Central (26879

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@Hypocrisy_Central but I like wire hangers….

King_Pariah (11484

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@Hypocrisy_Central So ladders and carrots are out, too?

incendiary_dan (13401

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@Christian95 Imogen Heap would like a word with you…

TexasDude (25274

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@King_Pariah Wood was always better, second to that, plastic. I can live without wire hangers, but I was speaking of apparatuses that were actually created and manufactured for the disgusting deed, not improvised. Surely anyone wanting to take the easy way out will figure out a way to do it.

Hypocrisy_Central (26879

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hypocrisy

SpatzieLover (24606

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@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard don’t you find her non-auto-tune songs better?

Christian95 (3260

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Cigarettes are well represented so fast food.

smilingheart1 (6439

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Phone answering menus.
“For English, Press 1”

I wish there was a hot key to just talk to a real person.

filmfann (52224

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@Christian95 Hide and Seek will always be my favorite tune of hers because of a personal meaning it has for me. The thing about it is, though, that she used auto-tune for artistic effect, not to disguise bad singing like many other artists did. That song would not be the same without it. That’s why I don’t think that auto-tune is universally bad.

TexasDude (25274

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@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard I love Imogen, but Laurie Anderson did it first :-)

Blueroses (18256

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Credit Cards

talljasperman (21916

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Meth and stupid people

MacBatman31 (2043

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@Blueroses holy shit, that’s awesome.

TexasDude (25274

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the Holy Bible

woodcutter (16377

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I second disinventing cigarettes and guns and add tattoos. Mostly because I’m just being ornery.

Sunny2 (18842

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@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard and @Kardamom

Yall know that Pennywise is just a child, right? There’s more like it out there, and even more powerful, or so is said in the book. (It actually has parents)

Berserker (33548

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@Symbeline I’m pretty well acquainted with King’s mythos… his macroverse. I’ve spent many hours reading about it on teh wiki. ;D

TexasDude (25274

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Yeah, but ever read any of his books? XD

Berserker (33548

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@Symbeline I’ve read IT

TexasDude (25274

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Yeah man, just messing around. :) We talked about the novel before, as I recall. :)

Berserker (33548

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Oh yeah, that’s right!

TexasDude (25274

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Well at least I think we did? Eh wtv. That turtle. Awesome, right? :)

Berserker (33548

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Yeah, how the Turtle is a neutral/good entity that creates worlds and IT is a chaotic/evil entity and both of them were created by a larger, more powerful force that is basically God? Yep.

TexasDude (25274

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I thought that he seemed stereotypically good, just really old and tired by then. When he’s all like, yeah, I can’t really help you guys lol.

Berserker (33548

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@Sunny2 Nooooooo!!!!!! I agree to get rid of cigarettes and guns, but please don’t get rid of my tattoos!!! =0)

WillWorkForChocolate (23163

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I would disinvent slash and burning of rain forests, subprime loans, corporates like Enron, Bears Stern etc. and most of all I would disinvent eugenics.

linguaphile (14574

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I think I might add gas powered leaf blowers to my list.

And low rise jeans (they even make skinny anorexic supermodels look chubby)

And Happy Meals

Kardamom (33290

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@WillWorkForChocolate Okay. But if I disinvent them, you’ll be the only one with tattoos. You could make a fortunes. I guess that would be good. But you’d have to explain the pictures that appear on your body.

Sunny2 (18842

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@Kardamom Or MacDick’s as a whole. What a festering wound pon’ our already festering society. :D

Berserker (33548

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