what are the most horrible inventions ever?

i will start : the mirror.

 

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An automated apple peeler... for use on babies!
Seriously though, I would have to go with fire.

 

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Pound for pound, mosquitoes are way out in front. (Another of the "intelligent designer's" mistakes)
They do feed birds and bats etc, but so do other bugs. So I cannot think of any significant change that is bad if He (or She) had not invented them.

 

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Ivan The Terrible's giant frying pans.

 

TI-83Plus.

Fucking piece of shit making calculus accesible to the masses.

 

Advanced Combat Uniform. Yuck.

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A three legged tank that jumps :m:

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Fast food restaurants that serve fried chicken is one of the worst inventions ever.
It's not neccesarily the product that's bad (the food is enjoyable), it's just that it's extremely fattening, unhealthy, cheap, and available to the customer in large quantities with no effort whatsoever. KFC is like chemotherapy for the munchies.

 

I’m going to have to go with the idea that there is a God, for this one.

 

underware

 

i second fire, then i add electricity.

 

Camoflauge clothing. It took the fun out of warfare.
And the invention of the trench- completely ruined linear warfare.
Aircraft and the Carrier- pisses me off. I love battleships, these sonsabitches made it obsolete. I hate the carrier so fucking much.

 

I second god.

 

the solar powered flash light. think about it

 

This thread is obviously making a valiant effort but is not even in the running. :bugeye:

 

electricity is not an invention, it's a discovery.

OK, here was a related bad one my company got from the inventer's submission corporation: An extension cord with male ends on both sides. Maybe it's better than I thought. We could call it an "rapid evolutionary assessment tool".

 

Wesmorris: Ah, yes, it was a discovery. But the methods we use to channel, generate, and use it are all considered inventions. I suppose they can be clumped together, for the purpose of this thread, under the heading of a single invention.

Otherwise, you are always free to pick a particular evil invention out of the crowd. Like the dynamo or the wire.

 

man I dunno. I thikn you guys sell the value of god down the river a bit. it was a GREAT freakin invention really. awesome in its power and incredible in effect over the long haul. depending on how you define "positive", i'd say there have beena HELL of a lot of GREAT shit that came from the invention of god.

 

Wes, look at it this way. I love nukes. They gave America the best half-century we could ask for. That doesn't mean they are nice and cuddly inventions that everyone wants around the house.

God is the same way. Belief in a supreme being, or a pantheon to a lesser degree, is a truely great way to keep control over the masses. Useful to whoever is on the good end of the leash, its overall effects are less than pleasant. Wave after wave of ignorance, bloodshed, oppression, hate, and chaos spread out from religious belief every few hundred years when the damn thing gets too big for any one power to control or when the guy in power forgets that he is supposed to be in control.

 

hehe...

I'm just sayin. It could be strongly argued that religion has led to the assured ascendance of man. Not for the content of his beliefs, but what it has enabled him to do. How many have sacrificed in the name of their god? Though it's a crock, god brings people together for a "common cause". IMO, the invention of god is evolution commanding survival even into the abstract. Perhaps we could just look at it as evolutionary psychology in that such a belief, however ridiculous - enables humanity to "work together" and accomplish far more than otherwise. If it weren't for such convenient explanations as god, how would people relate to one another? God compensates for the complications of subjectivity by filling in the gaps between.