What are the worst inventions according to you?

2010-01-11 14:01:41

#26

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6846

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
ahahahaha

Did you just say that for shits and giggles or do you believe it? Because the last time I was in the room when this was explained was when the dumbest girl in school had it explained to her for twenty minutes in middle school.

Fractional reserve banking worked out just fine for Iceland didn't it....... lol

Paper money facilitates credit bubbles. I suppose more specifically modern banking and associated practices do. I'm no economics major though.

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2010-01-11 14:04:24

#27

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6998|67.222.138.85

The difference being Galt that I'm actually making sure I have to answer this or what. Judging by his response I don't think he meant what he said.

CameronPoe wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
ahahahaha

Did you just say that for shits and giggles or do you believe it? Because the last time I was in the room when this was explained was when the dumbest girl in school had it explained to her for twenty minutes in middle school.
Fractional reserve banking worked out just fine for Iceland didn't it....... lol

Paper money facilitates credit bubbles.

So do you have a problem with banking practices or paper money itself? Because you definitely don't get to print "shitloads of money".

Paper money has nothing to do with it but grease for the wheels. The car is still going to roll downhill, it's just a matter of how quickly it's going to be.

"Banks" could be giving people property in exchange for future goods just the same. Sharecropping for example.

goddamn you keep editing

Yeah, modern banking practices. Nothing to do with paper money.

2010-01-11 16:46:07

#28

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6696|North Carolina

Fractional Reserve Banking is definitely a pain in the ass in the long run.

2010-01-11 16:49:50

#29

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5649|London, England

Turquoise wrote:
Fractional Reserve Banking is definitely a pain in the ass in the long run.

It's fine. Tweaking the % that banks are required to hold in reserve a bit higher would prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. Of course, politicians keeping their mitts off the economy and ratings agencies actually doing their jobs would've prevented it almost entirely so... yeah, laying the lions share of blame on the banks is kind of silly.

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2010-01-12 02:17:37

#30

Braddock: Agitator; +916|6581|Éire

• Religion
• The cigarette
• Asbestos
• 24 hour news
• Cricket

2010-01-12 05:09:55

#31

seymorebutts443: Ready for combat; +211|6886|Belchertown Massachusetts, USA

-Sh1fty-

2010-01-12 12:38:56

#32

Kez: Member; +778|5994|London, UK

the Bible

2010-01-12 14:39:43

#33

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|6940

ak-47

2010-01-12 14:50:20

#34

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5834|Toronto

I'll go with the printing press.

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2010-01-12 16:18:52

#35

Diesel_dyk: Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears; +178|6285|Truthistan

Futures market and OPEC and Red light cameras/photo radar

2010-01-12 16:29:22

#36

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6940

I'm going to say Global Warming before some know-it-all douchenugget gets to.

2010-01-12 16:33:37

#37

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6759

AIDS

2010-01-12 19:06:36

#38

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,057|7063|PNW

ghettoperson wrote:
I'm going to say Global Warming before some know-it-all douchenugget gets to.

Damn! Beat me to it.

2010-01-12 19:50:38

#39

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6702|'Murka

CameronPoe wrote:
In vitro fertilisation.

How, exactly?

The machine gun.

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2010-01-12 19:51:38

#40

=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6657|California

america

2010-01-12 19:54:25

#41

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6702|'Murka

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
america

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Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2010-01-12 20:20:10

#42

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6696|North Carolina

JohnG@lt wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
Fractional Reserve Banking is definitely a pain in the ass in the long run.
It's fine. Tweaking the % that banks are required to hold in reserve a bit higher would prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. Of course, politicians keeping their mitts off the economy and ratings agencies actually doing their jobs would've prevented it almost entirely so... yeah, laying the lions share of blame on the banks is kind of silly.

Good points... I still think banks deserve a lot of blame, but the government does too.

2010-01-12 20:37:13

#43

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6813|...

reinsurance

2010-01-12 22:56:30

#44

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6966|Canberra, AUS

Cybargs wrote:
-Sh1fty- wrote:
This is basically the opposite to this thread.

So here you state which invention has caused harm or has degraded society/humanity.

I would say, alcohol. Although it's used for medicinal purposes as well, this substance kills thousands. Sometimes indirectly (through accidents such as car crashes).
Stop.

no seriously, not being facetious, alcohol saved a loooooooooooooot of lives back in the day. unless cholera really tickles your fancy...

i'm actually having trouble thinking of a genuinely inherently bad invention - major invention, that is - ummm... leaded petrol? zyklon b?

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^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-13 01:24:59

#45

destruktion_6143: Was ist Loos?; +154|6918|Canada

The Cigarette and Junk food.

2010-01-13 01:32:04

#46

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +695|6582|Washington St.

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
america

The other half of the world?

https://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7856/americamap.jpg

And to those of you saying religion? Do you honestly think we'd be where we are today without the rules and morals they started for us? (chill you non-religious martyrs, I'm atheist too, I just understand we wouldn't be where we are today without them, regardless if it seems irrational today).

2010-01-13 01:36:46

#47

Ioan92: Member; +337|6013

pirana6 wrote:
And to those of you saying religion? Do you honestly think we'd be where we are today without the rules and morals they started for us? (chill you non-religious martyrs, I'm atheist too, I just understand we wouldn't be where we are today without them, regardless if it seems irrational today).

Civilization would have been at least twice more advanced than it is today and there would of been much less wars.

2010-01-13 01:48:54

#48

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|6956|NT, like Mick Dundee

pirana6 wrote:
And to those of you saying religion? Do you honestly think we'd be where we are today without the rules and morals they started for us? (chill you non-religious martyrs, I'm atheist too, I just understand we wouldn't be where we are today without them, regardless if it seems irrational today).

The bad outweighs the good. Society free of religious constraints makes much more sense. 'Brave New World' might be scary as fuck as a concept, but it's also probably the only utopia that is actually achievable.

Dw, I'm agnostic with Christian leanings but I recognise that rules and morals have little to do with religion.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2010-01-13 01:49:33

#49

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6791|so randum

Ioan92 wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
And to those of you saying religion? Do you honestly think we'd be where we are today without the rules and morals they started for us? (chill you non-religious martyrs, I'm atheist too, I just understand we wouldn't be where we are today without them, regardless if it seems irrational today).
Civilization would have been at least twice more advanced than it is today and there would of been much less wars.

Wars are a big kick-starter for leaps in technology etc. And few wars boil down to religion.

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2010-01-13 02:02:58

#50

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7007

Ioan92 wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
And to those of you saying religion? Do you honestly think we'd be where we are today without the rules and morals they started for us? (chill you non-religious martyrs, I'm atheist too, I just understand we wouldn't be where we are today without them, regardless if it seems irrational today).
Civilization would have been at least twice more advanced than it is today and there would of been much less wars.

As ted has said, wars jump start a shitload of tech... Assembly line for one.

Worst "invention" is definitely fast food.

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