With technology and nearly everything around us developed in leaps and bounds nowadays, it’s clear that innovation has become one of the driving forces for change in our world. However, not all inventions or innovative solutions have resulted in positive change only, which is why some people would rather that they weren’t invented in the first place.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed what things they would like to “dis-invent” if they had a chance. With answers ranging from cigarettes to social media, netizens provided some interesting perspectives, which you can find on the list below. Scroll down to view their answers and learn what inventions might not have changed our world for the better.
#2
Child Beauty Pageants. They just seem really toxic and creepy.
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352points
#3
Pop-up ads.
ChefExcellent13:
The creator of them even apologized for creating them.
277points
#5
Certain dog breeds, like all the brachycephalic (flat-nosed dogs such as frenchies and bull dogs).
228points
#6
The tipping option when I check out on those computers at the checkout counter.
Euphoric_Wolf7227:
Maybe tips in general. Just pay people for the work they do.
215points
#7
Those nearly-blinding, unnecessarily bright car head lamps.
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208points
#8
Spam calls, robo calls, phishing emails.
191points
#9
Coffee Pods - they are disgustingly wasteful.
187points
#10
Cars with screens on the dash. Give me back my buttons and dials goddamn it!!
187points
#12
Planned obsolescence.
Jealous-Network1899:
Here’s my go to planned obsolescence example. My mom bought her first microwave in 1984. It’s traveled to 3 houses and still works perfect. She redid her kitchen and got all new appliances EXCEPT for a microwave. I have lived out of the house for 23 years and have had at least 7 microwaves. They keep cr*pping out and I buy a new one. That is planned obsolescence in a nutshell.
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181points
#13
Landmines. Seriously. They f**k up people long after wars are finished.
Redshift_1:
There’s an estimated 800,000 TONS of unexploded ordnance still in Vietnam, that would take hundreds of years to clear out. For context, the bomb dropped in Hiroshima had a yield of about 15,000 tons of TNT.
173points
#14
The medical insurance industry.
Perturabo_Iron_Lord:
The problem with modern insurance is that it’s been completely corrupted with the drive for profit. In a pure form insurance has the potential to be incredibly beneficial to the people who use it, but the profit incentive causes companies to use every trick and loophole in the book to not give out what is owed.
164points
#15
Our two-tiered justice system; One for the wealthy and politically connected, and one for the rest of us.
145points
#16
That dumb paper sticker that gets put on stuff that is IMPOSSIBLE to remove cleanly.
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145points
#17
Subscription services. Either let me try it for free then buy it full Price or let me rent it and charge me only for the amount of time I used it for.
Of course, it doesn't apply to everything. Subscriptions make sense for something like Apple Music, Xbox Game Pass or Costco, but I don't want to have to pay Adobe 60 dollars a month for Photoshop when I could just rent a license. You don't subscribe to a car, you just rent it for how many days you need it for.
135points
#19
Phones and computers in which you can't easily replace the battery.
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133points
