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Best Invention/s ever?

Lightbulb
11
10%
Computer/Laptop
24
21%
Mobile/Phone
5
4%
Automobile
4
3%
Airplane
7
6%
Internet
23
20%
Fridge/Refridgerator
6
5%
Other
35
30%
 
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:08 am

Hassett wrote:
Graditora wrote:Duct tap, that is all I have to say...

With WD-40 being a close second

WD-38 wasn't half-bad, either.
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Postby 1000 Cats » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:16 am

Dilbertarian Workplaces wrote:and last but not least - sliced bread (as in "the greatest invention since....")

Damn, you beat me to it. :lol:
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Postby Yootwopia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:24 am

Transistors and the Haber Process are right up there.
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Postby Free Soviets » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:32 am

Farnhamia wrote:
Hassett wrote:With WD-40 being a close second

WD-38 wasn't half-bad, either.

it was wd-32 that was the real game changer. remember the way you had to apply it before then? with a goddamned paint brush, that's how. but then...
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The Kangaroo Republic
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Postby The Kangaroo Republic » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:34 am

Weed
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Postby West Failure » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:42 am

Writing, the wheel, the plough, printing, the internet, bread, cheese, beer
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:45 am

Free Soviets wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:WD-38 wasn't half-bad, either.

it was wd-32 that was the real game changer. remember the way you had to apply it before then? with a goddamned paint brush, that's how. but then...
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Indeed. I think getting the cap to stay on the spray can ... that was in WD-35, I think ... that was made me think it might be commercially viable.
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Postby Charlotte Ryberg » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:57 am

In my opinion, electricity and the telephone.
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Postby Svintar » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:01 pm

Indoor plumbing.
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Postby Vestr-Norig » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:01 pm

The Cheese Slicer, of course
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Postby Seibertron » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:04 pm

Erotic Material... and the computer and how both amazing inventions can be applied to each other hint hint
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Postby North Calaveras » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:05 pm

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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:07 pm

North Calaveras wrote:Fire

See, we should have some definitions. Fire wasn't actually invented by humans. It existed before we did.
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And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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Yavin 1221
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Postby Yavin 1221 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:08 pm

Fnordgasm 5 wrote:Fire. Invented so man could see boobies in the dark.


^This.
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Veceria
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Postby Veceria » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:09 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
North Calaveras wrote:Fire

See, we should have some definitions. Fire wasn't actually invented by humans. It existed before we did.

As did electricity, weed, soap, ...
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:10 pm

Yavin 1221 wrote:
Fnordgasm 5 wrote:Fire. Invented so man could see boobies in the dark.


^This.

Really?
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Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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Postby Rio Cana » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:10 pm

Charlotte Ryberg wrote:In my opinion, electricity and the telephone.


Electricity for the win. Without it most of the things already mentioned would not work. Was there not a thread like this one the other day.
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Postby North Calaveras » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:10 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
North Calaveras wrote:Fire

See, we should have some definitions. Fire wasn't actually invented by humans. It existed before we did.


omg fine Farnhamia, the mastery of fire, happy now? >:(
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:13 pm

North Calaveras wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:See, we should have some definitions. Fire wasn't actually invented by humans. It existed before we did.


omg fine Farnhamia, the mastery of fire, happy now? >:(

What? That's much more accurate and you didn't really have to type all that many more letters. :p
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And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.
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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:13 pm

Its clearly beer, beer is the only reason to give up nomadic life and settle in one place, thus all civilization stems from beer.
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Postby Veceria » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:14 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:Its clearly beer, beer is the only reason to give up nomadic life and settle in one place, thus all civilization stems from beer.

I'll drink to that.
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Then suddenly fights broke out because hey, it's the internet.

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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:15 pm

Veceria wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:Its clearly beer, beer is the only reason to give up nomadic life and settle in one place, thus all civilization stems from beer.

I'll drink to that.

Amen.
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Postby New Sangheilios » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:15 pm

Not really an invention, but I would say milking a cow. Seriously, if you had never seen a cow before, and you looked at one's udders, who thinks "I should squeeze those things".
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Postby Keronians » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:16 pm

The steam engine.
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Anthoniland
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Postby Anthoniland » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:16 pm

Light bulbs, computers, and the internet.
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