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[akascream]

What do you think...war, some torture device, condoms, those little dry popsicle stick thingies the doctor sticks in your mouth, anything.



I gotta go with TV.

 

[Baconäger]

Love.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Happy Hardcore

 

[Aurora]

The internet obviously.

 

[akascream]

The internet obviously.

Yeah, fucking al gore, you bastard.

 

[scissorfight]

I'll go with advertising.

 

[Zensetsu]

I'll take the atomic bomb for 10 points, Jerry.

And Religion.

 

[mrklaw]

scat porn

 

[Truelize]

I would just say porn as a whole. It's just gotten out of hand. It's freakin everywhere now.

 

[aparisi2274]

The Gun and the Bullet.

 

[Willco]

I would just say porn as a whole. It's just gotten out of hand. It's freakin everywhere now.

Watching two people having sex, which is something natural, is not a human invention.

 

[Andy787]

I'll take the atomic bomb for 10 points, Jerry.

And Religion.

Yeah.

 

[DCharlie]

religion

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Atom Bomb is the first thing that cmae to mind. I entered the thread to see if there was anything worse.

TV, maybe-- but I don't think so. That's more a matter of how it's used. It could be fantastic.

 

[Minotauro]

Marketing, the suburbs, or the five day work week.

 

[yoshifumi]

the button fly

 

[123rl]

Religion. Or the Crazy Frog...I'm not sure which one annoys me more tbh

 

[ge-man]

I'll take the atomic bomb for 10 points, Jerry.

That's my pick as well. Sometimes I feel like the planet is just a powder keg that can be ignited at anytime now.

 

[human5892]

Religion for $500, Alex.

 

[El_Victor]

That alarm watch that could hide itself?

 

[AeroGod]

drugs, cigarettes, and alcoholic beverages

We would be much better off without them.

 

[fennec fox]

At this point I'm saying suburbs in general. They indirectly brought out a lot of the social disconnect that marks US society today.

 

[Kseutron]

Nuclear bomb/Religion

 

[Bregor]

Property.

 

[scorcho]

anal beads.

 

[borghe]

religion loses for the same reason TV does. because it is only bad if used in the wrong hands or the wrong way. used in the right way and religion is almost a necessary thing (at least belief and faith are).

but yeah.. Atom Bomb wins. no questions. there is no "right" way to use the bomb.

 

[akascream]

religion loses for the same reason TV does. because it is only bad if used in the wrong hands or the wrong way. used in the right way and religion is almost a necessary thing (at least belief and faith are).

Sure, maybe there is another species of intelligent beings that could manage that. But as far as humans are concerned, our nature precludes that possibility. We are the fucking *wrong* hands! :lol

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

1997's Batman and Robin.

 

[ballhog]

Patchouli.

 

[Ecrofirt]

the Wheel.

We'd be in hovercars now if it wasn't for you caveman bastards!

 

[Gattsu25]

Athiesm
Chocolate

 

[Minotauro]

Athiesm
Chocolate

Satan, is that you?

Also, it's "atheism".

 

[human5892]

Actually, n/m.

 

[Gattsu25]

Also, it's "atheism".

Fuck if I care...did I spell chocolate right?

 

[Minotauro]

Fuck if I care...did I spell chocolate right?

Yes.

 

[brooklyngooner]

Athiesm
Chocolate

I was wondering how long it would take for "Atheism" to find its way here.

It can be argued that since humans did not evolve with an inherent belief in or knowledge of a god or gods, atheism is not an invention. Organized religion, however, clearly is.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Ringtones

 

[human5892]

It can be argued that since humans did not evolve with an inherent belief in or knowledge of a god or gods, atheism is not an invention. Organized religion, however, clearly is.

I was going to say that, but wouldn't that be agnosticism?

Atheism, as I understand it, is the direct disbelief in god or gods, which could have only happened due to the advent of religion and is thus something that had to be invented. Had religion never been invented, everyone would be agnostic -- not believing or disbelieving anything because nothing was ever proposed to believe in.

 

[brooklyngooner]

I was going to say that, but wouldn't that be agnosticism?

Atheism, as I understand it, is the direct disbelief in god or gods, which could have only happened due to the advent of religion and is thus something that had to be invented. Had religion never been invented, everyone would be agnostic -- not believing or disbelieving anything because nothing was ever proposed to believe in.

That is true, point taken. It's more the idea that atheism and religion are opposite sides of a coin. Atheism isn't an organized belief structure the way religion is.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Another bad invention is sarcasm.


One day, it will be the end of us all.

 

[Sjoerd]

The atomic bomb, the only thing I'm really scared of as an inhabitant of the western world. Nothing else has the power to destroy so much.

Oh and that vibrating gillette razor is also pretty stupid.

 

[akascream]

That is true, point taken. It's more the idea that atheism and religion are opposite sides of a coin. Atheism isn't an organized belief structure the way religion is.

Not to mention that in some religions, God created man (adam and eve knew God), therefore any belief to the contrary would be a new idea from that perspective.

 

[White Man]

Adevrtisements. I'm a firm believer that unchecked mass marketing and advertisements are the tools by which culture, and by large the western world are controlled.

Look at Crazy Frog. The company responsible for that reprehensible campaign is getting sued for buying record numbers of ad slots. Instead of public outrage at being subjected to an endless stream of jingles, the public responds by making the products the ads shill so popular and profitable that any legal action brought against the company can't possibly punish them enough to hurt their revenue stream.

And that's small potatoes. Advertising (in general) has a great desensitizing effect on the masses. Being forced to look at corporate art for hours every day distances one from the human culture that needs to be reinvigorated, badly. But hey, why worry about developing a culture when we could buy it, plug it in, and replace it when the parts mysteriously break a year down the line?

 

[Willco]

Adevrtisements. I'm a firm believer that unchecked mass marketing and advertisements are the tools by which culture, and by large the western world are controlled.

Look at Crazy Frog. The company responsible for that reprehensible campaign is getting sued for buying record numbers of ad slots. Instead of public outrage at being subjected to an endless stream of jingles, the public responds by making the products the ads shill so popular and profitable that any legal action brought against the company can't possibly punish them enough to hurt their revenue stream.

And that's small potatoes. Advertising (in general) has a great desensitizing effect on the masses. Being forced to look at corporate art for hours every day distances one from the human culture that needs to be reinvigorated, badly. But hey, why worry about developing a culture when we could buy it, plug it in, and replace it when the parts mysteriously break a year down the line?

Your post is too long and bor- HEY CRAZY FROG!

Be ding ding ding da da. Ba bi de ba bruuuum weeey!

 

[Tarazet]

 

[Phoenix]

Stupid people. Without them all the rest wouldn't be a problem.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Guns

 

[mrmyth]

^^^^^At least that H2 could actually climb a curb without destroying its transfer case.


My picks are


Fucking reality TV.

Religion.

FoxNews.

The Pinto that Bill O'Reilly was probably conceived in.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Catheters

 

[brooklyngooner]

Stupid people. Without them all the rest wouldn't be a problem.

Yes but then you would be of average to below-average intelligence. What would you think of yourself?