Worst inventions?

[Keemun]

Spam (the internet kind).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Dreams are free!

[The Six]

I once saw a young woman circle her car around the lot to find the parking spot nearest the building entrance, take the elevator (lift) to the 50th floor so she can go to her gym and get on the stair-master for half an hour. Just walk up the damn stairs, bitch! It's FREE!

That's a very detailed description. Just how much were you watching this person?

[imperfection]

The chopstick fan.

The 100% solar-powered flashlight gets an honorable mention:

[greg]

Hitler, the atom bomb, and Teletubbies.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

That stupid fcuking thing that beeep beeeep beeeep beeeeeps whenever someone is backing up their truck. We live in a pretty nice neighborhood, and yet it seems as if you can hear this noise at any given time of the day or night if you listen hard enough. 3am Christmas Day? BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP!

OH, yes, and the yuppie-plastic-arm-extension-dog-ball-throwing-device. Can't the yuppie soccer moms in this neighborhood toss a frickin' dog ball for five meters without relying on this device? Hurry ladies, I hear they're on sale at LuLu Lemon for only $100!

[M forever]

The French bass bow. Pointless, ineffective, humiliating for those who get stuck using it, and it looks silly, too.

[Catison]

The French bass bow. Pointless, ineffective, humiliating for those who get stuck using it, and it looks silly, too.

Actually, I've always thought the French bow was better. 

Now, I want to know what British idiot decided it would be a good idea to put the fourth valve on the right side of the tuba, so that it could be played with the left hand.  First of all, it constraints your hand to one position on the instrument, and it makes fast runs nearly impossible to play in time.  And it looks silly, too.

Here is is on a euphonium with the stupid fourth valve.

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Here is a picture of Ronald McDonald.

[The new erato]

Yes! I agree! Especially my neighbor who likes to use his early on Saturday mornings (and his little dog, too)!

Turn the leafblower to suction and the little dog is no longer a problem.

[toledobass]

The French bass bow. Pointless, ineffective, humiliating for those who get stuck using it, and it looks silly, too.

[ChamberNut]

Spam (the internet kind).

Spam, the "meat" kind.

[Jay F]

That stupid fcuking thing that beeep beeeep beeeep beeeeeps whenever someone is backing up their truck. We live in a pretty nice neighborhood, and yet it seems as if you can hear this noise at any given time of the day or night if you listen hard enough. 3am Christmas Day? BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP!

I live a block in one direction, and five houses in the other, from the main intersection in my neighborhood, and I hear those damned things way too much. Last night, one went on for an hour. It was more of a MEEEP, MEEEP, MEEEP than a BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP.

OH, yes, and the yuppie-plastic-arm-extension-dog-ball-throwing-device. Can't the yuppie soccer moms in this neighborhood toss a frickin' dog ball for five meters without relying on this device? Hurry ladies, I hear they're on sale at LuLu Lemon for only $100!

Are you kidding? Those are brilliant. A dog I had frequent occasion to walk had one of those, and it was perfect if you don't want to touch a muddy tennis ball. (And who wants to touch a muddy tennis ball?) You can also hurl the ball better, too.

Speaking of which, I think the ball is one of the stupidest inventions of all time, whether it's hit with a stick, thrown across a field where opposing teams try to keep it away from each other, or thrown through a hoop. Yes, more misery has been inflicted by that damned invention than by all the Popes in Rome.

[Jay F]

Spam, the "meat" kind.

I'd much rather deal with the internet kind than the "meat" kind. I don't know why, but I am not as bothered by internet spam as some are. It is neatly collected, like the garbage it is, and eventually thrown away. 

[71 dB]

Carpet flooring, for one.

Why? 

[Jay F]

Why? 

Carpet flooring = wall-to-wall carpeting?

[The Six]

Nobody who knows the history of Spam can say that it's a bad thing.

the food, that is

[ChamberNut]

Carpet flooring = wall-to-wall carpeting?

71 dB

Carpet flooring is:

* Difficult to keep clean, especially if you have kids and/or pets.
* Even when cleaned, it's still not really all that clean.
* Problematic for people with allergies.
* Has to be replaced more often than hardwood or linoleum flooring.

[ChamberNut]

The voice synth effect that a lot of pop/hip hop singers are using currently.

[Josquin des Prez]

Hitler, the atom bomb, and Teletubbies.

This.

[Kullervo]

The voice synth effect that a lot of pop/hip hop singers are using currently.

So... do you believe in life after love?