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Loads of things have been invented that are good and truly useful but they have also had a much wider effect that ruins the good stuff.
I know it's a cliche but I'll start with smartphones. I love mine but I saw 2 folks walking side by side down a road on a beautiful morning both staring down at their phones. Life would be better on balance without them
Whatyagot?
Helicopters. Theres virtually no land they couldn't open up to anyone rich enough.
Microwave ovens
Helicopters. Theres virtually no land they couldn't open up to anyone rich enough.
And yet there's been no free-for-all in the private use of helicopters on every patch of land up and down the country.
Because CAA rules apply to where you can fly and land one.
Balanced against how many lives have been saved all over the world by choppers at sea, in mountains, and other difficult to access areas, not to mention air ambulances, one of which saved my brother's life after a motorcycle accident.
Sorry, you'll have to do better than that.
How about guns?
How about guns?
But how would Americans defend themselves against each other?
Cigarettes :/
Hangovers, WTF were they thinking.
650b wheelsize.
1. Smartphones
2. Budget airlines
3. A Thatcherite vision of society in which the car reigns supreme
4. uPVC windows
Internet
On-line advertising.
you see, that's where I started but on balance I'm not convinced although it does suck up a lot of my lifeInternet
Cigarettes is a good one
Baked Beans
Socialists
@ saxon rider i was with you until 4. uPVC windows
1. Smartphones
2. Budget airlines
3. A Thatcherite vision of society in which the car reigns supreme
4.capatalists
The EU
Twitter - the modern equivalent of muttering to yourself
what do you believe they would have been doing in a smartphone free world?I love mine but I saw 2 folks walking side by side down a road on a beautiful morning both staring down at their phones. Life would be better on balance without them
Work
And the kardashians
Gods, deities, whatever you want to call them. Monarchies. The concept of 'money'.
Cars for sure
4. uPVC window
Mine are lovely 😀
Easyshag apps. Something really depressing as a concept.
Kanye West
North Korea
Trump
Diet Drinks
Alcohol free Lager (i mean WTF!!!)
In that order....
Ankle bracelets and Religion.
sometimes you talk, sometimes you don't, sometimes you look at what's going on around you, sometimes you let your mind wander and dream.what do you believe they would have been doing in a smartphone free world?
Edit:
And press fit BB's
And DSG gearboxes
Skimlinks
car culture
Sliced bread. Because it seems to be a gold standard in comparisons but is usually a poor excuse for a loaf.
Religion.
Torx screws.
Other languages.
Microwave ovens
without the cavity magnetron you'd be goose stepping to work and zieg heiling mein fuhrer*
*might be over egging the pudding there a bit 😉
smart phones, facebook and twitter
nope. Torx is bettererTorx screws
650b'ers
Can't believe no-one's mentioned nuclear/biological/chemical weapons.
I can cope with 'normal' weapons but that other stuff has always scared the crap out of me.
[quotewithout the cavity magnetron you'd be goose stepping to work and zieg heiling mein fuhrer**might be over egging the pudding there a bit
I have no issue with the technology nor with multi cavity klystrons. Just don't like them in the kitchen warming up sub standard meals 8)
Can't believe no-one's mentioned nuclear/biological/chemical weapons.
I understand your concern but it's the "conventional" ones that keep killing people.
This forum - it takes up huge amounts of my spare time!
Coercive power
Aeroplanes.
Greggs
I understand your concern but it's the "conventional" ones that keep killing people.
Always have & always will. The only things that will change that are NBC's.
Organised religion & the Eurovision Song Contest .
Neologistic portmanteaux.
Such as "Infotainment", or this bile:
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Derailleurs. We'd have automatic superlightweight hub gears by now.
Why just smart phones. I would happily see the end of mobiles tomorrow. Computers as well for that matter.
That t*** who sings "opera" on the go compare ad.
is that really a thing?Neologistic portmanteaux.
Edit:Wikipedia says yes but how could 'spork' ever be a bad thing?
And while we are there, death to whoever invented auto spell checkers so you have to type spork 5 times until it is accepted 👿
Neologisms such as 'neologism' or portmanteaux such as 'portmanteau'?
Busted 😆
Tonight?
My children.
But I've only got myself to blame for that.
consumerism
My children.But I've only got myself to blame for that.
Unless they were grown from cuttings there must be at least one other person to shoulder the blame for them.
All weapons, car culture, cigarettes
Text messaging.
We've all done it surely, had [i]that[/i] feeling immediately upon pressing send....?
death to whoever invented auto spell checkers so you have to type spork 5 times until it is accepted
Right click, add to dictionary?
Dolphins. They creep me out with that smug all knowing look. The gits
15mm axles.
Computery type things that don't have a right-click.
Non-recyclable materials that take thousands of years to break down
The Chorleywood process.
Humans
Phlegm.
Mick Hucknall.
The Internet
Whinging luddites
Luddites
school reports - both as the receiver and the writer!
650B
coffee snobs
Not strictly an invention, but realising we could extract oil from the ground and then choose to either burn it or make plastic shit out of it has a lot to answer for.
Low energy LED street lighting.
Just installed in our street, it's lit up like a bloody football pitch, driving me mad.
Managers and accountants.
bacon
realising we could extract oil from the ground and then choose to either burn it or make plastic shit out of it
Very good...good job you dont use any plastic materials eg computers or smartphones to view this forum then isn't it!
Mine has to be the selfie stick, trend for women pull a "fish face" in any photo and the celebrity culture in general!
That plastic crap they give away with kids meals at fast food places. Wtf. It amazes me that it has never been banned although we are forced to buy our plastic bags now that contain about a 100th of the amount of plastic
Memes, idiots, powerline adapters. +1 to microwave ovens also - work of the devil. The whole concept of corporate lobbying.
Leaf blowers….
Water
wicki - Member
@ saxon rider i was with you until 4. uPVC windows1. Smartphones
2. Budget airlines
3. A Thatcherite vision of society in which the car reigns supreme
4.capatalists
Bad spellerists....
Being able to send emails for free.
If you had to pay a tiny nominal fee, say 0.0001p, normal people and companies wouldnt notice, but spammers, sending out millions a day certainly would.
The Chorleywood process.
Yes!
Seadog, there is no such thing as free email - someone IS paying for that server infrastructure and bandwidth. A lot of spam is sent through insecure or virus compromised machines. Even at your rates a million messages would cost £1. Not too hard to make that back if your catch rate is right.
Quorn.