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After nearly a decade of Shark Tank, I always wonder what inventions are left to be created? Well apparently, plenty. Everyone out there seems to be brimming with ideas for things that can make life more productive and a tad easier. One of us has something that we know is that billion dollar idea that can revolutionize an industry. Give me a minute...
Redditor u/nala_beans wanted to hear some ideas we should all be trying to be bring to fruition by asking... What doesn't exist yet, but should?
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fashion
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTI2NjE2My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDQ5MTU0M30.tWpYK2KDxlLu2Ur_YHt473pgKQzi53LYgv0oU5Dppig/img.gif?width=980" id="e550b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c5ae153b5bdd006aa75c4ee2d0f1476c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="212" />Snow Shaking GIF by funkGiphy<p>Temperature regulating clothing. Like, ahhh it's too cold, and the clothing gets you warm. Or later it's like ahhhh it's too warm, then the clothing automatically goes woosh woosh and you're back to normal. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghlyme2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">saltnotsugar</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghlyme2/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">7 </a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Yum Yums...
<p>The perfect snack food. I want a savory, trailmix-esque food that tastes like a regularly meal (rice bowl, beef stew, French fries, etc.) with the protein content of regular trail mix and the nutritional value of a multivitamin. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghm5rt1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cambium7</a></p><p>I've wanted this for years. I think that's why I eat chicken broccoli and rice so often. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghob1tu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">parsethis3</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Staying Afloat....
<p>Zero gravity rooms. Who doesn't wanna just go inside a room and float for fun? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghmbqzy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Redditor_47736592</a><span></span></p><p>They do have zero gravity rooms but the zero gravity only lasts 30 seconds at a time and costs about $5,000. Look up <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/02/06/5000-ride-space-zero-gravity-corporation/" target="_blank">"vomit comet"</a>. It's a plane that flies in a sinusoidal up-and-down flight path. It's like skydiving while still inside the plane but you never reach terminal velocity because the plane dives with you. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghmysud?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bryceguy72</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Space Force
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For the Boys....
<p>Birth control pills for Men. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghm4lyu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CatelynsCorpse</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghm4lyu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>I read that the problem is actually to do with assessing the risk of side effects. In men, you're comparing the side effects to their "normal body". That means its difficult to get medication passed as easily. But in women without birth control, you are then facing all the potential life threatening complications of pregnancy and childbirth. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So the risk assessment is framed completely differently, and that's why more options for women are available.</p><p>The science is there for male contraception. And its not just some "men couldn't handle the side effects women put up with" situation. Its more complicated. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghnycme?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">moony_9</a></p>
In the Air
<p>Low emission commercial air travel. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghm8xm5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">housemuncher</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghm8xm5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>Blimps. :)</p><p>I always find myself wishing that blimps and dirigibles were commonplace these days. It's like taking a train through the sky! I also wish train travel was common here in the US like it used to be. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghn7se2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghn7se2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JVentus</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Shelter
<p>A way to get away from your abusive parents without going into the crappy foster care system. Maybe just let the kids choose their own parents or rent a room like anyone else or stay in the school classroom each night. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghn2xhi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">foooood4thought</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Zip It
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The Menu....
<p>The perfect 2000 calorie diet in frozen meal form without 200% of your DV of sodium.</p><p>I don't understand why a company hasn't made a meal plan that is actually healthy and affordable. Something like 15 dollars a day for perfect macros and micronutrients with a double protein option for lifting.</p><p>Freaking cooking. Ugh. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/knqv5j/what_doesnt_exist_yet_but_should/ghn4ntd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MaybeYesNoPerhaps</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Fly High
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There are so many little things, day to day, that we take for granted. Those things make our lives so much easier.
For example, lights. Or keys and locks. Little things that keep us safe, that keep us healthy.
But do we give them enough credit?
<p>u/astralrig96 asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ftm5nb/whats_the_most_underrated_invention/" target="_blank">What's the most underrated invention?</a></p><p><span></span>Here were some of those answers.</p><p><br></p>
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Olfactory Challenge
<p>Not necessarily a single invention, but sewers. Cities would not be possible without a good sewer system. What's even more impressive is that we had sewers in Ancient Rome. They have saved millions of lives of the years by having cleaner sanitation.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DRW0813/" target="_blank">DRW0813</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Using That Right Now
<p>Copy, paste, and cut functions. Sure we use them all the time and we don't think about it, but there was a time when that <em>wasn't</em> an option... just think about that. It's bonkers.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ThatDood1_/" target="_blank">ThatDood1_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Preserving Food
<p>Refrigeration. It changed the world. Food can be preserved and shipped vast distances. Supermarkets are a thing now! Frozen fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy are all readily available. We have fridges in our homes. We can make ice on a whim. Our beer is cold and life is good.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tjbrek/" target="_blank">tjbrek</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Modernity Vs Antiquity
<p>The public library.</p><p>More information and entertainment than you could ever get through in a lifetime, paid for by the people, for the people, and open to everyone? A place where you can freely go and use the computers if you don't otherwise have access? Get out of the rain? Research local history or your family tree? Where there are people who will help you find that bit of information you need but don't know where to start looking? Where you're not expected to buy anything? Where there are story-time sessions for young kids right alongside adult learning classes? Oh, and pretty much every town has one? Where the only thing you have to do is bring back the things you've borrowed in a timely manner so other people can enjoy it too -- and where people <em>actually do it</em>?</p><p>The public library is a phenomenally large undertaking, and I'm always in awe that those crazy bastards not only managed to pull it off but also to make it seem so normal and everyday that people actually take the things for granted.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Portarossa/" target="_blank">Portarossa</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Ma'am
<p>Washing machines/dryers. I don't take those for granted. Imagine filling a washtub and scrubbing clothes with a bar of soap, then hanging all that to dry, no matter the season. Yuck.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/chevymonza/" target="_blank">chevymonza</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Number Twos, Specifically
<p>The pencil.</p><p>It absolutely revolutionized how so much recording, design, and general progress was done, to the point that there were a number of countries that had strategic wad reserves (wad being the precursor to modern pencil lead).</p><p>It may be looked down upon now but has done so much good.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bd648/" target="_blank">bd648</a></p>Padding The Feet
<p>Shoes. Do we all really appreciate to the full extent that we should how great shoes are? I mean, think about how painful some of the places we go would be if we didn't have shoes. I'm not denying the possibility that we would have evolved around a lack of shoes, but they're just such a nice thing to have.</p><p>oh man, w h ee l ie s</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LagPixle/" target="_blank">LagPixle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Blown Rock
<p>Glass. Without it, optics of any kind are gone. Poor eyesight? Tough. Telescope to see the planets and moon? Gone. And worst of all no microbiology, because no microscopes either. Glass is a fabulous thing so common we don't even think about it. Its absence in China allowed Europe to get a jump in a whole range of technical areas. Glass, the stuff of magic.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/openlyjaywalking/" target="_blank">openlyjaywalking</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No More By Hand
<p>The printing press. When it was created, it allowed the transmission of knowledge at an unseen rate. Before that, everything had to be written by hand and books were considered rare and expensive commodities only available to select few individuals.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Hour-Classic/" target="_blank">Hour-Classic</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
But Even Before
<p>Really? No one has said "paper". The ability to record thoughts and facts? The printing press revolutionized they western world and it wouldn't have been possible if paper didn't exist. The entire scientific revolution was brought about and shared through paper.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zazenp/" target="_blank">Zazenp</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not everything in the world is useful forever. Heck, sometimes they're never useful from the start. Often there are many things we wish we cold do without. Movie sequels, reboots, bikini underwear... the list is endless. Let's start keeping track.
Redditor u/poop-machine wanted to discuss what things in life we wish we could eradicate by asking....
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Unprotected.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjY0MzkxMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNjQxMDk1NH0.X8Q2t24P02QNBmGzFdz26anr5hC6qNOsYdjwM0_4FWc/img.gif?width=980" id="1c74e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7be90c9f79a769d0f35c0a52ad8df915" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>A case for the Nokia phone. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9iiba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">blackbeltgamer7</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9iiba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>it doesn't protect the phone from the ground.</p><p>it protects the ground from the phone. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9psyg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">King_of_Spicy_Meems</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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venomous agent x....
<p>Most chemical/biological weapons. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff94ep8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TonerLowDown</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff94ep8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>The worst of all of them is possibly vx nerve agent (venomous agent x) , it's the worst and most brutal poison ever created. Causes your muscles to lose control and crack your own bones. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffa5l7j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ElCannibal</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I love them as long as they're limited to cosmetics.
<p>Microtransactions. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9bywv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">teeth_03</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9bywv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>I love them as long as they're limited to cosmetics.</p><p>I get to play free games, and if I really like a game and want something interesting in the store I can drop up to $60 and I'm still at the same price if there weren't microtransactions. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9ozhs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">boomheadshot7</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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JARRED!
<p>That peanut butter and jelly that's in the same jar. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff97z4f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">litebritebby</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff97z4f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>My grandfather buys the pickle relish and mustard in the same jar... when I ask him about it he sees nothing wrong. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9hozj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Volwrath_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Once is Enough.....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjY0MzkzOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTU3MDQ0OH0.1ehOal7BefGK8SLh8YiAYrcLFaKVSMM3Z5dOR7BgwJU/img.gif?width=980" id="79ff9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d2fe9c5b2be981fb26588c67997dfa77" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>A second Paul Blart Movie. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff98hib?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">StationaryApe</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff98hib?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Wherein we learned that Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 syncs up unnervingly well with Dark Side of the Moon. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9kenh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">emolga587</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Cigarettes. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9hfhd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ShahiTandore</a></p><p>These appear to help people with schizophrenia cope with stress short term. otherwise why would <del>80%</del> 90% of people with schizophrenia smoke? <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffanmvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">UndercoverRussianBot</a></p>
The Horror.Â
<p>Kardashians. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff925qa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">spyder631</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff925qa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://youtu.be/QXyvYTS7xy0?t=1m48s" target="_blank">This scene from American Crime Story</a> is really poignant. It's worth watching the whole scene but from this time-stamp is the important part. It's Robert Kardashian talking to his children about fame and integrity, which contrasts against their impression of what fame is. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff97nqz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">omza</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Formula....
<p>Indian TV soaps. They are profoundly annoying! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9c6cd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">major_roy</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9c6cd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>They have been using the same old formula for storylines since decades yet my grandparents like them very much for some reason. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffbn31b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">shreyas16062002</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Snap!
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Stung!
<p>Killer bees.</p><p>It's a story right out of a B-Horror movie. Scientist playing around with genetics, and the monsters escape from the lab. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff98gh8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Scrappy_Larue</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No mouth cancer....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjYyMDk5OS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NzYwMTgzNX0.CxEdhPbY2vFchQ0q9MNotk5BVs1YcHfvQk39QhSifyQ/img.gif?width=980" id="a2e4c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99df37ef3f606fb0eec9056dbb71ea9e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>There was a toothpaste that sold in Germany before world war 2 that had thorium in it, and the advertisement was that the radioactivity would clean your teeth. Gave a lot of people cancer. It was called doramad (look it up). <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9a5qv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">forrestyohh</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Shag Please....
<p>Carpeted bathrooms. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffa83ci?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">wandlust</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffa83ci?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>I moved from Norway to Oklahoma in the late 90's(back in Norway now) due to my dads work. The house the company provided had long shag carpet in the bathrooms (and rest of the house) from the previous tenants, even around the toilet. We strongly suggested that they rip out the carpets and put down tile before we moved in, luckily they did just that.</p><p>I don't get how people think when they put carpet in areas like that, it's not like it was left over from the 80's either, the carpet had only been installed like a year previous. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffbmm2g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">roffvald</a></p>
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So. Bad.Â
<p>The live-action "Avatar: The Last Airbender" movie. I've never seen a series get such positive critical acclaim only to see its movie get torn to pieces so badly. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9fmht?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">makeupthrowaway678</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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MEOW.....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjYyMTAyOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMTAyMTg1Nn0.A2EVJsHmwAozLwvtQg3gXlvX9S1PUG8EH9cVV2V71w4/img.gif?width=980" id="dbe8f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="05763b5948ee7af8624f01264504639e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Cats (2019). <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff96rnh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">froaln</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff96rnh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>But it produced reviews of Cats, which were some of the funniest things I read recently. They got me through busy weeks at work. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9cupw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Lyeta</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Norman?
<p>Remake of Psycho, it was Bad , awful, Anthony Perkins would have been rolling in his mothers grave. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9es5v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Bucketmouth3</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9es5v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>I agree about the movie, but I loved Bates Motel. I though that series was great! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ffa9rai?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Bromogeeksual</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Low Health....
<p>"Low fat" foods. They just add a lot of sugar which is more unhealthy. Theres research that shows that the spike in obesity correlates with the trend of low fat foods in the market. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9j55e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TokioHighway</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Overstuffed....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjYyMTAzNC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MTQ2Mzg4M30.BizDGR1-UGHCelxBrUNCOn7xppRO0IXShRVwxIRdbB0/img.gif?width=980" id="e429f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ad312dcce9bcd9c03c8933ebf80da4b6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Seriously every holiday card is doused in the stuff now and it gets everywhere, can't stand it. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9f3yz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheJadedSF</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So good....
<p>Napalm. Burns for 10 minutes and can melt the flesh off a person no problem. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff92f0v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">8BitUserName</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff92f0v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>But it smells so good! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9becx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Imissyourgirlfriend2</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Just Once....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjYyMTAzNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTg1NzQ2N30.8YT-f_pfdPWnwp5GCTqu0m-cjJ8o6thTX1Qjx4BXZ3g/img.gif?width=980" id="b63e4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="59404bcf74f8237ffe869f258ba7bcb0" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>K-cups, single use plastics. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff952na?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Anthonybrose</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Anthonybrose/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>He also helped develop cheap reusable k cups to cut down on the use of the disposable ones, even though it has a direct negative impact on how many disposable k cups Kuerig sells. I think we should celebrate companies and people who make honest attempts to do the right thing, especially when it is not in the best interest of their bottom line. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esciik/what_should_have_never_ever_been_made/ff9hbyu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> technicolored_dreams</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/technicolored_dreams/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Eventually everyone and everything realizes they had their 15 minutes. Everything is updated and outdated by the next generation. Everything from money to the ATM to human interaction has become obsolete. It's a funny and cereal experience to discover or be introduced to a new gadget that will transform life and then watch it deteriorate. Like sands through the hourglass.....
Redditor u/PieGuy1793 wanted to know what masterful advances that once bought us forward as a society has outlived it's usefulness by asking.... What's an invention that's still around today but has lost sight of its original purpose?
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Signals....
<p>Microwave transmitters were originally created to transmit radar signals in WWII. When a worker noticed that being near the transmitter melted a candy bar in his pocket, it led to the development of the microwaves that we use in our homes today. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdwlfco?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeathSpiral321</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Slinked.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjU5ODI0Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2ODU0MTA2NH0.Zk6vSLtA7nRfSOmc789lMkWPetlQZkuxlbF-pf7lkkI/img.gif?width=980" id="6352e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="70e25eeffe6a28e88fba5582dad1b97d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Slinky was originally meant to be used as springs inside sensitive boat devices.</p><p>"Mechanical engineer Richard James invented the Slinky by accident. In 1943, he was working to devise springs that could keep sensitive ship equipment steady at sea. After accidentally knocking some samples off a shelf, he watched in amazement as they gracefully "walked" down instead of falling. Along with his wife Betty, James developed a plan to turn his invention into the next big novelty toy."</p><p><strong><em>Source:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/slinky" target="_blank">National Toy Hall of Fame</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxfk2k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">GuavaGila</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Useless TV.
<p>MTV, a.k.a. Music Televison. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvovii?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">clofas1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/clofas1/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>And TLC, or "The Learning Channel." Not a lot of learning happening on that channel these days, unless you enjoy "learning" about the daily lives of morbidly obese people, and idiots marrying morons from different countries in a matter of weeks. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdw0vvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">HorseMeatSandwich</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's Magic.Â
<p>Hitachi magic wand. It was originally intended as a massager. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvsxxk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MechanicalHorse</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvsxxk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Hitachi still explicitly sells it as a massager and nothing else. It also gets upset at people claiming it's a sex toy (which is also why they have ceased putting their brandname on it).</p><blockquote>Hitachi ceased production of the device in 2013 because of concerns about having the company name attached to a sex toy. Vibratex persuaded the company to continue manufacturing it under the name "Original Magic Wand", omitting the Hitachi name. In 2014, the company used the name "Magic Wand Original".<br></blockquote><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Magic_Wand" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Magic_Wand</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdwalz8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">That-General</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So many Options.....Â
<p>Viagra. It was invented as a blood pressure medicine. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvn0np?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Dilettante</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Dilettante/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>It's still used to treat a form of high blood pressure called pulmonary hypertension in both men and women. It's sold under another name, Revatio, for marketing purposes. Both Viagra and Revatio are the same drug, sildenafil. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdw59h3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MuffinMedic</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In my Heel...
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjU5ODI0NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NDI2MDA3Mn0.Rl0k3rnSTACtyV9Jr55xg-x7KkYUtIN9d-90Zs523Gk/img.gif?width=980" id="9ef95" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d19b7e06160e9464a372cc6b9c6b633b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>High-heeled shoes. They were originally for men and used for horse riding, as the heels were supposed to keep the feet more secure in the stirrups.</p><p>Now, they're just fancy women's shoes. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdw2a74?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Vyzantinist</a><span></span></p>Leave a message.Â
<p>Benadryl was developed as a sleep aid but it's antihistamine properties were better.</p><p>Also, and maybe this has been said, but the pound sign (#). Started as shorthand for "pound weight", then commonly used in the 80's for voicemail access, now it's used to light fires on social media. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxt2z3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">fergusoniv</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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zesting....
<p>The microplane was initially developed as a wood rasp, but now it's used pretty much exclusively for zesting lemons and grating parmesan cheese. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxrwrl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> t_robthomas</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxrwrl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x">t</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/t_robthomas/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Eek.....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjU5ODI0Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxODMyNTQ5NX0.D7fKK7E7ZuW8fTZrUg8NZSYk84udNO8KhFLU_xGqtwM/img.gif?width=980" id="e1e1d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="14d4d30c804312190687685a6485e22b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Lysol. It was invented in the 1920s as a vaginal cleaner. It was marketed to married women to cure the "marital grief" caused by a stinky hoo-ha. This article from Smithsonian Magazine (<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lysols-vintage-ads-subtly-pushed-women-to-use-its-disinfectant-as-birth-control-218734/" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lysols-vintage-ads-subtly-pushed-women-to-use-its-disinfectant-as-birth-control-218734/</a>) has great ads showing poor, beautiful, glamorous ladies whose husbands have totally lost interest in sex with them until they put Lysol up their vaginas. <em>Eek.</em> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdwn86e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">1pennygadget</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Clean Away....
<p>WD-40 aka Water Displacement the 40th attempt. WD-40 was invented to keep the outer skin of missiles from rust and corrosion.</p><p>(heh, missile skin). <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxp6q5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">HomegrownMO</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Doe. Duh.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMjk0OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDQ4ODUyNH0.Xe70k6RLbKix7U4whrrqcIKzKc2VIDA3jheHdqpZW-w/img.gif?width=980" id="66dfc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9a02382621b169b8937c0fd209e25ce4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Playdough. Was supposed to be a wallpaper cleaner originally. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdw0rh3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Mysterion_x</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No need paint people....
<p>Paintball guns; they were originally called paintball markers and were invented as a way for loggers and park rangers to mark trees for trimming, cutting down, etc. without having to walk up to each tree with spray paint. A couple of dudes who were using them started shooting at each other for fun and paintball as a sport was born. In fact some people still call them 'markers' to avoid the stigma some associate with the word 'gun'. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxhq7v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">nyeark</a></p>Best of the Best....Â
<p>The best man at a wedding was the best swordsman the groom could afford. If anyone objected to the wedding, the best man would duel him.</p><p>The honeymoon lasted a whole month after the wedding, where the bride's father would supply the groom with all the mead he could drink. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdxkfjd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">proc89</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Drink.Â
<p>Nalgene bottles - the plastic water bottles that are popular with hikers/campers/other outdoor activity folks were originally created for use as medical/scientific lab equipment as a lighter, shatterproof alternative to glass. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvwyfn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">VictorBlimpmuscle</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sneeze Away....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMjk1NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjgxNTE0M30.E-slPIUvnfbdy2otE4hzluWFtaN86Z_VvGKGFCVxBoc/img.gif?width=980" id="bed65" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="38b4129aef44ab1e3258609d9411b7ef" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Kleenex. Its original purpose was to act as insulation in gas masks during World War I. After the war, its parent company advertised it as a way to remove makeup. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvmi5x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Dilettante</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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​From Wikipedia.....
<p>Aspartame was discovered in 1965 by James M. Schlatter, a chemist working for G.D. Searle & Company. Schlatter had synthesized aspartame as an intermediate step in generating a tetrapeptide of the hormone gastrin, for use in assessing an anti-ulcer drug candidate.[53] He discovered its sweet taste when he licked his finger, which had become contaminated with aspartame, to lift up a piece of paper.<br></p><p>Torunn Atteraas Garin participated in the development of aspartame as an artificial sweetener. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvzm19?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Limp_Distribution</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Elixirs....Â
<p>Maybe it's been said already:</p><p>Coca-cola and Dr. Pepper were originally marketed as medicine and health tonics. I believe Dr. Pepper's original name was something like "Dr. Pepper's health elixir." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdwtcse?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Extrovert3d</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Super.....
<p>Superglue, I think it was originally an instant suture in med kits for soldiers in Vietnam.</p><p>the further explanation of what superglue was supposed to be. I based my guess on the hard hat guy swinging from the I-beam commercial. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdwyig2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">bolshiabarmalay</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Jäger is a big one here.
<p>Jägermeister used to be a cough/cold medicine to help keep mountain climbers in the alps warm. To be fair, it still can keep you warm and it still tastes like cough/cold medicine. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdx23py?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> jimmyneyugn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdx23py?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jimmyneyugn/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Jäger is a big one here. It is actually a kräuterlikör, a kind of bitter alcoholic drink used to aid digestion in small quantities, and used to be seen as a drink for old people until a huge remarketing campaign.</p><p>Now it's what college students get wasted off of. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdy6wzt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Vinniam</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pop. Pop. Pop.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMzAyNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMTg1NzM2N30.Xo_me-vy8SvgjoejvVvEZifU0BzK1tIAjrQa_LwXi2o/img.gif?width=980" id="2ba62" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="08058321a95f0a871231aab7ebaaf0d5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Bubble wrap. It was made to be a textured wallpaper. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvrqb3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">rosiix</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdvrqb3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>That might be the stupidest invention ever, so after it's been up 6 months and you've bumped against it enough to pop most of them (or the kids got ahold of them) it now just looks like garbage. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/en7cn8/whats_an_invention_thats_still_around_today_but/fdx2wbf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Nurum</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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As an entrepreneur, finding that one million dollar idea is hard to come by. And once you have it, it takes a lot of convincing to get other people to see it the way you do. Here are some of the best of those, courtesy of Reddit. Don't steal any of them- they'll know where you got it from and we don't want that on us.
u/iclaimignorance asked: What's your million dollar idea that you wish someone else would make happen because it never will if left up to you?
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This is perfect.
<p>Car Gnomes. It's just an overnight mechanic service that picks up your car while you sleep, changes the oil and whatever else, then has it back in your driveway in time for you to go to work in the morning.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tokugawa/" target="_blank">Tokugawa</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tokugawa/" target="_blank"></a>"The... the car's been painted red... AND THERE'S A BODY IN THE BACK SEAT!"</p><p>"Oh, my bad. I guess I called the Redcaps."</p><p>[and now I realize that a standard faerie joke has been ruined forever by politics]</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/zomboromcom/" target="_blank">zomboromcom</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Organic peanut butter is everything.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMjg0NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyODE5MzEwOH0._xBnMos4K6CV5WbZDqW33N6_826jPnwf97fIuimR4MU/img.gif?width=980" id="03220" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="05d92aefa76eb0814cc4adfa1ee59391" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Have you ever bought fancy peanut butter? The kind where the oil separates and needs to be stirred. I would like to put 16oz of premium peanut butter in a 20oz jar so I could stir the f*cking sh*t without splashing oil all outside the jar and on the counter. </p><p>However this will never ever work because of the a**holes who complain about air in chip bags. "Haha! What a rip-off! This jar isn't even full, how stupid do they think I am?"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/randycolpek/" target="_blank">randycolpek</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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YES YES YES TO THIS.
<p>A f*cking Accelerated Reader app for adults/normal people.</p><p>I just want to read books and accumulate more points than my friends yo.</p><p>Edit: for those of you thinking this is about reading faster, it's not.</p><p>AR was a program where you would read a book and take a test on it and get points according to how well you did on the test. At the end of the school year the kids with the most points would get prizes and a pizza party (at my school anyway)</p><p>A lot of people hated it because some teacher required it, but after a certain grade it became optional for me so it was super fun to compete every year with the entire school, on my own time.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/barmen1/" target="_blank">barmen1</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hot Cans.
<p>I always thought there should be an insulated can/bottle where you could crack a seal and then shake it so the liquid inside would become hot. It could be soup or coffee or tea. I know there's some "instant heat" products that use iron-to-oxygen like in "Hot Hands" and those heaters in MRE's but I've never seen what I'm thinking of.</p><p>edit: Just to clarify, there would an outside insulated container, then a thin layer full of some heating element that's activated by oxygen, then the final product in the middle that would be warmed/heated.</p><p>I think it's a neat idea but it would also be fairly wasteful.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/iBelieveInSpace/" target="_blank">iBelieveInSpace</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Def need that.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMjg1MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNDc4MDA3OH0.MevK8uGVppVaZDReUzf7yBEnhHjdu1V_oO0RQIwVM6s/img.gif?width=980" id="05fd8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="555fdcde34c142c704917cf33a1d879e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>A shower that once you feel you're clean enough, you press a button or something and it starts functioning like a fountain and recycling the water all the time you want so you can relax in the shower under the hot water for long periods of time without wasting large amounts of water.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MARIO0S/" target="_blank">MARIO0S</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That's useful.
<p>An allergen indicator strip/stick for food, so people with food allergies can double check their food when eating out at restaurants.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ElAitch34/" target="_blank">ElAitch34</a></p><p>It exists for certain foods, I read about it for gluten specifically but they said they had more in the works. The downside is that it cost about $10-$15 per test.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tzulmakh/" target="_blank">Tzulmakh</a></p>It exists!
<p>A movie production studio tycoon game. You get to hire actors, writers, schmooze with producers, purchase props and build sets, let the film be recorded then edit the hilarious results. Once it's finished you release it and hope it doesn't bomb in the theaters. It'd be fun if there was time progression, too, so you start in the 1890's making silent films and work your way up to modern cinema.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MarinertheRaccoon/" target="_blank">MarinertheRaccoon</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MarinertheRaccoon/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movies" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movies</a></p><p>This might be what you're looking for.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Garian/" target="_blank">Garian</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'd buy this.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjUwMjg1Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzODA2MDEyNn0.t2M5uPXGhQf7-LfKFzkeDxxpf4Q1nrM1vDZbTwaYYns/img.gif?width=980" id="e433a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cd06a68774d0257bcb2caefe4836833c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>A cat bed built to fit over a Roomba.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Patches67/" target="_blank">Patches67</a></p><p>This is actually one of the few ideas here that's just dumb enough to work. Audience: people with robotic vacuums and cats. Quirky enough that people would buy it just to post the videos of their cats sitting on the bed as they get chauffeuered around the room. How do we make this?</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rednib/" target="_blank">rednib</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Certainly useful.
<p>A computer operating system or a Windows skin for elderly people that completely simplifies using a computer.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/noodlenugget/" target="_blank">noodlenugget</a></p><p>You vastly overestimate old people's ability to not understand technology. My grandmother can't even answer a damn FaceTime call. Hint: YOU PUSH "ANSWER," GRANDMA!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AmbulanceChaser12/" target="_blank">AmbulanceChaser12</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
They'd get a ton of business.
<p>Cold and flu pack delivery service, specifically on college campuses. Imagine hitting a few buttons and someone will deliver hot soup, tissues, and DayQuil for when you're feeling disgusting.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/OverallObligation/" target="_blank">OverallObligation</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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