Internet in general

Health food (whether it be for humans or animals) as it is anything but healthy and contains so many fillers and rubbish it is ridiculous and is actually ultra processed.

I like having my mobile phone, but I absolutely detest how parents give them to young children just to keep them amused so they are not annoying them. And I don't like electric cars and would never own one. Edited 06-Dec-24 10:01am

social media and the GST

Social media

Mankind.

Nuclear power

Pet Rocks was an unnecessary phase for a while, as a cleaner I have cleared out a lot of houses I used to find only what I thought was a banana slicer, and then there were the gag gifts DVD rewinders, another great flop was the Juicero think it cost 4 or 500 and you subscribed to a place that sent you fruit and you got a better result by hand squeezing,i watched a podcast on patents there was on i have to tell you, the pregnant lady gets on a spinning table and delivers the baby by centrifugal force i am sure people were smoking strange things long before they were made illegal , i think they even tried a computer pet rock for a while

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The Smart Watch! Used by dumb people. I have a friend that buys the latest version every time a new model comes out...and the most expensive one as well. Barely uses 5% of it's capabilities but he thinks it makes him look important to others. What a loser!

One of the best is the opening button on car keys. I couldn’t find my car in a shopping centre but 1 push of the button and hey presto there it is.

Best and worst invention of the last 100 years the smart phone

HI JANN R---------TY

I agree with you and many more that make it hard for older people and Electric cars I hate themEdited 06-Dec-24 06:04am

Agree to many of you

The Nuclear bombs

Commercials, hope I spelled it right

cell phones how I see it..

''CELL PHONES'

def mobile phones - I dont even own one !!

Mobile phones are being used with earplugs I don't want to know other people's business

Oh yes. Smartphones.

cell phones

Sorry ladies but thisis what i dont like {1} see through dress. {2} low cut top

Electric cars.

Not an 'invention' but an annoyance. Wanting local help but your call goes overseas OR pressing so many numbers to talk to a real person who eventually can't help OR talking to AI who can't understand you. So hop in the car (am rural) to get help and the shop's closed early.......sigh!

I reckon it's the chat rooms. I lost my partner because of a lady who harassed him to leave his family.

Technology in general, as it's ruined the human interaction, and the environment!

I do not like the self checkouts, have my own reasons, but know of something bad that happened to a friends son in law due to one.

I sure wish I had cell phone service where I live.

Strongly disagree with the cell phone. The cell phone is one of the most revolutionary inventions in recent history. There are so many things that are done more conveniently on that device: - communication (phone, chat, email), - navigation (maps, GPS, tracking), - camera, banking, - library borrowing of digital books (ebooks, audiobooks), research & education, language translation, - health tracking, even scientific tracking & scientific diagnoses (these are quite niche uses, so most people would probably have not heard of them), - remote control, personal entertainment (videos & music), shopping (digital payments, store cards, digital gift cards) - AI search (take a pix of an item & it finds where to buy it), and more. It is now even used to report news from footage from the common people. Except for the phone, camera, PMP and remote control, almost none of the above functions can be done prior to 30 years ago in the small-form. Of course, the internet facilitated the cell phone to be so useful. But the device is so portable and multi-utilitarian, it is like Doctor Who's Sonic Screwdriver. This device can save lives (simply by contacting someone when in need, or research a first aid procedure in an urgent situation), even solved a murder case (Delphi murders), expose police brutality, just by providing evidence that would otherwise not be recorded etc. Cars pollute, can kill and need a lot of infrastructure to work, but not many people would say the automobile is a bad/worst invention. Even the much-hated (at the beginning) selfie-stick has its uses. It now evolved into a mini tripod whose legs can be closed together to be handheld like the original selfie-stick. Just because some people are glued to their phones does not negate the fact it is useful. I use my cell phone only as a phone, and occasionally as a camera, so am not one of those people who is constantly looking at the phone. It is a tool. And a very useful one at that. How you use it, is up to you. If I have to pick one or two, it will be the Coffee Pod and Laundry Pod. These products are targeted at lazy people and the price is extremely inflated compared to the original forms. Edited 06-Dec-24 02:56am

BION but before Bell invented the telephone in 1876, much earlier the FAX MACHINE had been invented but never used until long after Bell's magnificent invention! BTW Ian, we were OK with the first cellphones that did not have all the gimcracks and other junk they put into making Smartphones! Still it has come a long way since Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola invented the first cellphone in 1973! Oh and Ian? I do not ever leave my home w/ my Smartphone, cellphone or cordless phones!

Electric Cars.

U WIN I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY

The atomic bomb.

Phones you have to push a button before you can answer a call.

clap on, clap off for lights lol

Hitler, Trump, Putin, self-scanning checkouts in grocery stores, AI has gone too far and is going to be everywhere that it's not already, Smart everything, COVID-19, which then brings me to Fauci and his big wig cronies, electric cars that drain fast and start burning for no good reason, oh, the list goes on and on .......

the retractable dog leash

The worst invention of the last 100 years - in my humble opinion (HAHA) is the automobile. I know the first modern automobile was invented in 1886. However, it was during the roaring 1920's that the average employed worker could afford to buy a car (on monthly payment plan) and the selling of automobile TOOK OFF. The automobile is the number one polluter of the atmosphere for the last hundred years! That translate (for me) into the worst invention of the last 100 years and the worst invention by mankind for public consumption - EVER!

THAT IS VERY HARD ONE BOTH

that shirt comes close ...a couple of world wars weren't too good.... and then Bunnings introduced facial recognition software on its security cameras in store illegally... and was forced to stop...."if you see a warning sign about our facial recognition cameras out side our stores,,,,we will reduce them by 10%" Edited 06-Dec-24 12:59pm