Worse 10 Inventions ?

Thanks for the idea NSNS!

I think you mean worst.

The atomic bomb

cell phone

Texting on cell phones.

Newspaper forums

Fast food "restaurants"

Neckties

Plus-size bikinis and Speedos.

The Smart Car.

The De-evolutionator.

Snuggie

ETHANOL!!

Texting

Crocs, "hip-hugger" jeans, "daisy mae" shorts", baggy jeans, hair in a can, sweatpants, clap-on, and every thing else sold on tv on those late night "infomercials".

1. New Coke
2. Chevrolet Corvair
3. Fast food
4. Subprime mortgages
5. AMC Gremlin
6. Pre-packaged food
7. Dickie turtlenecks
8. Pantyhose
9. Ford Pinto
10. Flowbee (the vacuum haircutting system)

Actually, the worst inventions of all time are the thousands and thousands of poisons we are (or have been in the past) exposed to - some banned now, some not.

Most chemicals aren't even tested for safety before companies are allowed to use them in their products. There are waaay too many to name, but examples of a few:

polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs)
Aspartame
Nitrates (in bacon, sausage, lunch meats)
Asbestos
stain repellents
Agent Orange
flame retardants
Lead (especially in paint and gasoline)
the carcinogens in cigarettes

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Originally posted by O No!:
ETHANOL!!

As I sip my VO and 7Up, I disagree with this 100%.


Buttercup, excellent list !

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Originally posted by seeweed:

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Originally posted by O No!:
ETHANOL!!

As I sip my VO and 7Up, I disagree with this 100%.

Great in your glass, bad in your gas!

Asbestos is natural, not an invention. Lead is natural, too. I just thought I'd clarify that for you.

Plumb, you're welcome! Why didn't I think of this?

1. Liquid Drano
2. 8-track tapes
3. Boss Hog motorcycles
4. Erasable ink
5. Spray on hair (not original, but necessary)
6. Vodka and Red Bull
7. Do It Yourself Dog Spaying Kit
8. Metric fasteners
9. O'Douls
10. Chastity belts

nsns

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Originally posted by Tomme73:
Asbestos is natural, not an invention. Lead is natural, too. I just thought I'd clarify that for you.

Oh, thanks. My night would not have been complete without clarification from Tomme73.

So, I'll clarify: I meant what those poisons are/have been used for, like lead in paint and asbestos for insulation. Would you volunteer your children to play with lead-painted toys, knowing what we know about lead? Would you roll around in asbestos? I didn't think so.

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Originally posted by Buttercup:

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Originally posted by Tomme73:
Asbestos is natural, not an invention. Lead is natural, too. I just thought I'd clarify that for you.

Oh, thanks. My night would not have been complete without clarification from Tomme73.

So, I'll clarify: I meant what those poisons are/have been used for, like lead in paint and asbestos for insulation. Would you volunteer your children to play with lead-painted toys, knowing what we know about lead? Would you roll around in asbestos? I didn't think so.

The dangers weren't known at the time. Asbestos in fire resistant suits beats being burned to death. Romans used lead pipes for water, as did we!

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Originally posted by elinterventor01:

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Originally posted by Buttercup:

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Originally posted by Tomme73:
Asbestos is natural, not an invention. Lead is natural, too. I just thought I'd clarify that for you.

Oh, thanks. My night would not have been complete without clarification from Tomme73.

So, I'll clarify: I meant what those poisons are/have been used for, like lead in paint and asbestos for insulation. Would you volunteer your children to play with lead-painted toys, knowing what we know about lead? Would you roll around in asbestos? I didn't think so.

The dangers weren't known at the time. Asbestos in fire resistant suits beats being burned to death. Romans used lead pipes for water, as did we!

And I'm sure when Ford designed the Pinto they thought they were creating a fuel efficient car that could compete with imports from Japan, not that the position of the fuel tank could cause the car to catch on fire when hit in the rear-end.

Religion

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Originally posted by Buttercup:

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Originally posted by elinterventor01:

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Originally posted by Buttercup:

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Originally posted by Tomme73:
Asbestos is natural, not an invention. Lead is natural, too. I just thought I'd clarify that for you.

Oh, thanks. My night would not have been complete without clarification from Tomme73.

So, I'll clarify: I meant what those poisons are/have been used for, like lead in paint and asbestos for insulation. Would you volunteer your children to play with lead-painted toys, knowing what we know about lead? Would you roll around in asbestos? I didn't think so.

The dangers weren't known at the time. Asbestos in fire resistant suits beats being burned to death. Romans used lead pipes for water, as did we!

And I'm sure when Ford designed the Pinto they thought they were creating a fuel efficient car that could compete with imports from Japan, not that the position of the fuel tank could cause the car to catch on fire when hit in the rear-end.

I wish you were right about the Ford Pinto but Ford knew about the gas tank problem, could have corrected it for $17 per unit but allowed the disaster to go to market. Years later they did nearly the same thing with the F 150 Ford pick up truck.

There are still a few regulars (you know who you are) that have not posted yet. Everyones Opinion is needed. So please?

Girdles
(first two are a tie)
Padded bras

Agent orange

Wigs for pets

AMC Pacer

Dehydrated water in a bottle

Popup ads

Chocolate oatmeal

chia pets

Flavored Malt Liquor (anyone else remember "Right Time" ?)

Vibrating ab belt exerciser

Y'all are hatin' on the AMC Pacer

nsns

Hubby and i owned the first Pacer in this area. It looked cool, got great mileage, handled good, was very comfortable, great 8 track/stereo.....all in all, a fantastic car WHEN IT RAN....therein lies the rub.

Hard to narrow them down to just 10, but here's mine.

10. Disco
9. Reality Shows
8. Vuvuzelas
7. Cubicles
6. FarmVille
5. Telemarketing
4. HOV Lanes
3. Mullets
2. Top 40 Radio
1. Neckties

the order is only for listing purposes.. which one i think is the worst varies from day to day, depending on how much i've had to deal with them that day -


10. cell phones
9. spam (internet)
8. Spam (Hormel)
7. pantyhose
6. neckties
5. reality tv shows
4. fake leather
3. fake fur
2. fake boobs
1. Capri Pants

(honorable mention)

AMC Pacer

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Originally posted by Not Shallow Not Slim:
Y'all are hatin' on the AMC Pacer

nsns

I'm not hatin' on the AMC Pacer. I just happen to think that, from the front, it looks like the Hamburglar (the Hamburglar has large, round eyes; the Pacer has large, round headlights). And I don't want to drive a car that looks like that hamburger thief!

Paca hatas!


nsns

funny looking from the outside? maybe.
but on the inside there was that irresistible Indian Blanket upholstery

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Originally posted by Not Shallow Not Slim:
Paca hatas!


nsns

No, Pocahontas... she probably had her own Indian blanket.

I'm too young to remember what an AMC Pacer looks like. So I Googled it.

I wish I could go back 5 minutes in time and stop myself from doing that. It's the Sarah Jessica Parker of cars. Brutal.

Raz there was a green Pacer with a white top running around Florence back in it's day. I liked the Pacer but then again I thought the Gremlin was cool.(as in different)
Was that you?

No, mine was Autumn red. It was bought at Isbell's AMC on Second st. where Happy Trails is now located. We bought the first one he got in and received a promo discount.

Raz,

I have this vague memory that AMC was the last gasp of the Studebaker car company.

Am I wrong, or am I the victim of receiving this info in the 70's, which they tell me I attended?


nsns

My vague memories tell me you're right. I guess AMC thought the Gremlin and Pacer would save them with their "cute" factor, and it didn't work.

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Originally posted by Not Shallow Not Slim:
Raz,

I have this vague memory that AMC was the last gasp of the Studebaker car company.

Am I wrong, or am I the victim of receiving this info in the 70's, which they tell me I attended?


nsns

I believe AMC bought some of Studebaker's assets, but I don't remember them ever merging.
I kinda miss the "studbusters" that had the place in the front where some people put a third headlight. They were so ugly they almost were good looking.

AMC was owned by the Mormans.

Hudson merged with American Motors (Kelvinator Appliances), not Studebaker. Studebaker closed all operations in this country and moved to Canada, where they continued to offer the high performance Avanti and low performance Lark. They were the oldest company in the business when they folded, manufacturing the Studebaker wagon before motorized transportation appeared on the American road.

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or just 'Dioxin.' (The bad stuff in Agent Orange.)

A teaspoon of which has the capability to kill in excess of one million people.

The ground where I was born is positively saturated with it, among other compounds that were created by mixing that scientists haven't even been able to come up with names for yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal

That one's gotta be right up there.

Hey, NSNS. You got a problem with Boss Hoss bikes? Man, you ain't LIVED til you've been astride 501 cubes of supercharged, tire-smokin' pavement-foldin' Caddy V8 on two wheels.


I had a Gremlin. With a set of tubbed Mickey Thompson '50s in the back and a 304 in it-it mooooooooooooooooved.

Road Puppy, i lived in Niagara Falls for awhile when i was little.