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

[Shangas]

I think cellphones have been a great invention. Their use, on the other hand, has not. I understand the appeal and importance of these things. But as others have said, I really hate that you are expected to have it on all the time, and charged all the time, and...oh forget it.

Don't even get me started on texting.

A friend of mine sent me three texts in one day and I never read a single one. I never check my phone for texts. On the other hand, I have an email-address which he knew, and which I check every day. He should've just sent me an email...

I dunno.

 

[ortega76]

Until a month ago, my cell phone was a simple flip phone. I rarely made calls (except to my wife) and as a SAHD I needed to make sure I could make a call in an emergency. The smart phones are not so great here in Chicago for that. I got an iPhone and I find I NEVER call anyone or receive calls. It's all texts. I DO like sharing pictures of my daughter with my folks and wife. That's pretty neat.

 

[Effingham]

It is a vast improvement over the American P-38 can opener. It may be of little use as a spoon but the spoon portion makes it much easier to use as a can opener because it is big enough to get a good grip. Anyone who has ever tyied to open a #10 can with a P-38 will know what I mean. Sometimes the things that make a device bad for one thing can provide more benefit in another way.

I dunno, I've opened a few cans with MY P-38:

Bottles, too.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Cell phones have their purpose where I work, simply because we can use them to take pictures of something.
If a driver is involved in an accident, they can take pictures and email them, instead of having someone come out to their location, which burns up a lot of time for all involved, especially the cops. If there is a dispute as to who's at fault, a representative will go out, but this saves fuel and time when its not neccessary.
As for incessant talking about who did what last night, or who their favorite "american idol is" I agree, the cell phone has become a nuisance.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I had some idiot woman just about nail me this afternoon driving across a parking lot with a cell phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and no hand, presumably, on the wheel. And yet she was driving one of these bulbous SUV's with $5000 worth of hi-tech safety features. Oh the incongruity.

 

[kiwilrdg]

It is a vast improvement over the American P-38 can opener. It may be of little use as a spoon but the spoon portion makes it much easier to use as a can opener because it is big enough to get a good grip. Anyone who has ever tyied to open a #10 can with a P-38 will know what I mean. Sometimes the things that make a device bad for one thing can provide more benefit in another way.
I dunno, I've opened a few cans with MY P-38:
Bottles, too.

That is why I specified can opener. Young soldiers today do not know what I am talking about when I am talking to a friend about what our rations were like before. We get a good laugh when the young guys claim that they were issued a WWII dated MRE while they were in the desert.

 

[this one guy]

I dunno, I've opened a few cans with MY P-38:

Bottles, too.

I gotta say that's a nice looking P-38 though.

 

[scottyrocks]

Why does clicking on page 11 take me right back to page 10 every time I try?

 

[Hunter_aka_Scotty]

I brought this up too but the mods haven't addressed it. I see 20 pages... Yet it tells me there are 23........

 

[Touchofevil]

It's funny, we have often been accused of lying about not owning one! It is normally people older than us who tell us they can't remember life with out them. Well, I do and I am only 27. Some people try to text our home phone number when we give it to them. Sure they do have their uses, but in my opinion they have overall been a hindrance to communication between folks rather than a help.

I purchased a cellphone after I had two blowouts in town and had to search high and low to find a public phone. I have never come close to using my minutes and do not have texting. Most who know me know that I hate talking on phones and that I will make any conversation a short one. Convenience is my reason for having a phone of any sort.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

I see 20 pages... Yet it tells me there are 23........

Same.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I only see 20 pages -- maybe you guys have machines that can see into the future, or maybe there's some kind of weird cache thing going on? Try clearing your cache, refresh, and see if that makes a difference. Or if you do have computers that see into the future, please let me know tomorrow night's Megabucks numbers.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

It says 24 now lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

Okay, 20, 22, 24 -- that's three numbers. Three more, and I can fill out my betting slip.

 

[nice hat dude!]

I brought this up too but the mods haven't addressed it. I see 20 pages... Yet it tells me there are 23........

Hey Scotty a few of the threads seem to do the same sort of thing I think its one of those modern inventions that are here to annoy us,they call it a computer(haha)

 

[Touchofevil]

Hey Scotty a few of the threads seem to do the same sort of thing I think its one of those modern inventions that are here to annoy us,they call it a computer(haha)

I had noticed that as well, but this one seems to jump a few pages ahead more than the others. I see page 24 while 20 is as far as I can go. Maybe I don't have the proper clearance needed.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'm still trying to make mine do it, and all I see is 20 pages of 20 -- I tried it on two different computers at work, and now I'm back at home, and I'm still not seeing the non-existant pages.

 

[nice hat dude!]

I'm still trying to make mine do it, and all I see is 20 pages of 20 -- I tried it on two different computers at work, and now I'm back at home, and I'm still not seeing the non-existant pages.

As I'm speaking to you Miss Lizzie mines telling me there are 23

 

[nice hat dude!]

I had noticed that as well, but this one seems to jump a few pages ahead more than the others. I see page 24 while 20 is as far as I can go. Maybe I don't have the proper clearance needed.

Better get checked out by Homeland Security Mr. Devil,I'm sure those pages are like the Dead Sea Scrolls,strictly on a need to know basis only(haha)

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Mine does the same thing, but only with this thread.

As I'm speaking to you Miss Lizzie mines telling me there are 23