To make our lives easier and more comfortable, people have always come up with new inventions and most of them have been really useful, like cutlery or medicine to treat illnesses that were once incurable. But there are inventions that benefit humans less and may even be dangerous.
We all probably have looked at something, couldn’t understand the purpose of it and thought that it was unnecessary to invent it. Redditor numbnerve wanted to know what people think is the invention we would be better off without and over 22k people joined the discussion with some serious answers.
Don’t forget to upvote the redditors’ answers you agree with the most and if there is something you think belongs in this list and wasn't mentioned, leave it in the comments!
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#2
So called influncers, I'm probably too old to understand them but I certainly don't want my 1 year old to aspire to be one
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444points
#3
Reality TV. I swear it glamorized the worst kind of behavior, and we ate it up.
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440points
#4
Any product that you pay for, and then have to pay a subscription to use.
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434points
#5
Shark fin soup - Tens of millions of sharks are killed every year for their fins that offer little nutritional value and serve no purpose outside of being a status symbol
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433points
#7
YouTube "endscreens" (or "endcards") that often block content at the end of the video you're watching.
394points
#9
Landmines. I'll tell you why:
They render large tracts of land completely unusable
They are expensive and difficult to remove safely because there is seldom documentation of where they are placed
They are cheap, plentiful, easy to place, and deadly
They kill/maim livestock and wild animals
They kill/maim innocent people decades after conflicts have ended. Many times the victims are children because they can't read or don't understand warning signs
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368points
#10
"Smart" devices. No LG, i don't want to download an app to use my f*****g washing machine, i want to wash my clothes ffs
367points
#11
Adblock detectors. Your site forces me to disable adblock? Ill just go to another site.
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364points
#12
Devices meant to break after a short period of time, and devices that purposely have parts you can't replace.
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356points
#13
Seafloor trawling...
It destroys the habitant of fish just so we can squeeze every bit of a fish from an area...
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343points
#17
Pesticides.
They’ve ruined the environment by killing off the pollinators. I swear, they will be the reason for more food shortages just as swiftly as climate change will affect us all.
287points
#19
Cookie pop-ups. How come we still don't have a more efficient way to manage our browsing privacy.
272points
#20
I’ve gone through a ton and haven’t seen this one. Slavery.
271points