What modern invention/innovation do you wish had *never* been developed?

[Stormy]

People don't understand why I refuse to use a GPS. When I tell them that I prefer to use my brain, they just don't get it. I believe that "if we don't use it, we lose it."

 

[Gregg Axley]

Plus the fact that often times, the directions or exact location are off quite a bit.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I can't stand someone sitting next to me in a car going "turn left here" "turn right here" "take this road" when I'm trying to concentrate. I'd like it even less to have the car itself talking to me like that.

 

[Trust But Verify]

"Made in China"

 

[Harp]

Latin being a "dead" language seals in perpetuity the sacred and ancient meaning of the Mass

Read 'Latin Mass Magazine?'

 

[Lotsahats]

The sign above Jesus' head was written in those three languages so that the people present would understand what was being written;

Such a statement wouldn't have been written in Hebrew, and Greek is equally questionable. The lingua Franca of the day and region was Aramaic. Just throwing in my $.02.

A

 

[Lt.Tom]

I was taught never to fiddle with the radio while driving a car. Wait for a stop light. This was at a time when the radio was really the only thing in the car to distract you. (Unless you had a date in the car) I am completely horrified by the inclusion as standard equipment of any sort of touch screen/back-up camera/side view camera/GPS/Starbucks locator or anything else that is designed to get you to take your eyes off the road while you're driving. "Lost? pay no attention to what is out the windshield! That will just confuse you! Look down here while you're driving!" 34 years as a motorcyclist have made me very grumpy about anything innovation that will A) distract drivers or B) make driving so effortless that people forget to pay attention.

 

[nice hat dude!]

I was taught never to fiddle with the radio while driving a car. Wait for a stop light. This was at a time when the radio was really the only thing in the car to distract you. (Unless you had a date in the car) I am completely horrified by the inclusion as standard equipment of any sort of touch screen/back-up camera/side view camera/GPS/Starbucks locator or anything else that is designed to get you to take your eyes off the road while you're driving. "Lost? pay no attention to what is out the windshield! That will just confuse you! Look down here while you're driving!" 34 years as a motorcyclist have made me very grumpy about anything innovation that will A) distract drivers or B) make driving so effortless that people forget to pay attention.

+1 just to add I heard a story(can't prove)that someone drove into a lake because they were paying attention to the directions being given by his GPS system instead of looking out the window.Go figure.

 

[Feraud]

It happened on The Office-
[video=youtube;BIakZtDmMgo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo[/video]

 

[Edward]

"Made in China"

An early Paleolithic period invention, really. That's when Chinese manufacture began. Well.... unless you strictly mean China as an organised state, in which case you're looking at 221BC. Probably a little early to be considered "modern".

 

[Widebrim]

Such a statement wouldn't have been written in Hebrew, and Greek is equally questionable. The lingua Franca of the day and region was Aramaic. Just throwing in my $.02.

A

It was actually written in all three languages: Latin was the language of the Romans, Aramaic of the Palestinian Jews, and Greek was the language of trade (lingua franca, we would say).

 

[nice hat dude!]

It happened on

I didn't hear it off a TV show in the news somewhere just can't recall,but I thought maybe Europe somewhere?

 

[Stormy]

WOW!! I just love this post! So many inventions are just anti-romantic.

 

[Stormy]

How modern is a flash light? At times I wish it was not made, as it can be fun to stumble around the house without one when it is pitch black and I am trying to find the love of my life! lol!

WOW!! I just love this post, LoveMyHats. It makes me realize how anti-romantic many inventions can be.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

How modern is a flash light? At times I wish it was not made, as it can be fun to stumble around the house without one when it is pitch black and I am trying to find the love of my life! lol!

I dunno, it looks vintage enough for me.

1929

 

[mikepara]

I know my most hated invention is the mainstay of most of your collections and probably wardrobes. Ebay. I'm sick of it. Not the concept, but what it has become.

 

[vitanola]

I dunno, it looks vintage enough for me.

1929

1899

We've had these useful appliances thruought the Twentieth Century, though their efficiency and popularity increased tremedously after 1909, when McCandless introduced the tungsten filament flash-light bulb, which gave more than three times the light for a given battery consumption. By 1920 the flashlight was found in almost every home (and in almost every automobile tool-box).

 

[SHOWSOMECLASS]

Latin was a language for the scholar and cleric only. Not for the the common working folks. The "church" burned people at the stake for translating the bible into common languages i.e, English, French, German, Italian.
It stated the goal was:
1) to protect the Bible itself from inaccurate translation.
2) to keep the people from reading it privately and forming their own ideas.
During the same period the "church" militarized and made it a goal to rid the "holy land" of the infidel.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

Someone mentioned it a few pages back, but I really dislike having to use loyalty cards to get the better prices on things at the Supermarket. I'm an old guy, single, no kids at home anymore and now I'm tempted to go buy diapers...

While redneck culture is a goofy pain in the rear, it DOES keep most New Yorkers and Californian's out of Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. Montana didn't show off their culture fast enough and now Ted Turner owns most (a large portion) of the state (if memory serves).

Later

 

[rocketeer]

I know my most hated invention is the mainstay of most of your collections and probably wardrobes. Ebay. I'm sick of it. Not the concept, but what it has become.

Hoorah Hoorah for that man there!
And yes I've probably had around 6 continental holidays on the proceeds of selling old junk:eusa_clap