What is the most hated, yet most needed invention?

[Deja Q]

Needed in terms of society's goal of making money instead of freakin' LIVING? Or even with just living I suppose... Most inventions are nutty gimmicks anyway.

[camero]

1. Other

The microwave. Who doesn't use that nowadays?

[Deja Q]

5. I've got one, but I try not to use it...

apart from destroying CDs in a novel and pretty way to destroy the contents...

I prefer my radiation from my cell phone anyway. :D

[ex_jew]

14. It also destroys the nutritional value of any food placed in it

or so my wife tells me. We've gone microwave-free with very few regrets.

[DS1]

2. Opinions, but then, they weren't really invented.

[ret5hd]

3. plastic

i absolutely hate anything made of plastic, yet how could we live without it.

typed on a plastic keyboard while looking at my plastic framed monitor next to my plastic printer and plastic scanner and plastic computer case and plastic cable modem etc etc etc

[Deja Q]

6. Hmmm, the technology industry is going to be...

up diarrhea drive without a paddle when the oil runs out... there is no way to synthesize the components in oil to make plastic with...

[Kellanved]

29. nope

Using Oil for polymer synthesizing is much more cost effective than using it as fuel. Thus using Oil Shale and other sources will ensure Plastic for a much longer time.
Besides: of course the sources can be synthesized - for example ethene is not that hard to produce.

[Mrs. Venation]

4. The Telephone

I loathe talking on the phone, but it is a device that is needed. Also, I think there is a special place reserved in hell for the person who invented the hold button, and another for the sadist who came up with the idea of musack while on hold.

[Bertha Venation]

23. Don't forget the Evildoer responsible for call waiting, Darlin'....

and don't forget that you are a fine woman for overcoming that loathing for nearly a year . . . . :loveya:

[baldguy]

7. The automobile.

especially SUVs

[Mrs. Overall]

8. Other--Cars

Cars are killing the planet.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. The dentist's DRILL

[Bozola]

10. Electric Enema

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. 'specially if wielded by the Illinois Enema Bandit

:evilgrin:

[Drifter]

32. And the judge would say ...

no PooPoo jokes.

Cheers
Drifter

[Bozola]

33. ...guilty of hot, soapy water in the first degree....

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. . . . sayin', it must be just what they all need . . .

[Rowdyboy]

12. Not cell phones....TELEPHONES are the greatest evil of the 20th

century

[CanuckAmok]

13. Can I vote for "The Automobile"?

It is the one invention which has so defined our culture, we could not possibly function without it.

[mitchum]

15. Another vote for the automobile

[afraid_of_the_dark]

25. Definitely the automobile.

Pay a year's worth of salary for one (only 100 easy monthly payments at double-digit interest rates), then you have to spend even more on the upkeep... and pray to Jebus that you don't get ripped off. Plus, you have to have insurance, gasoline (which leads to pollution). Gotta love it.

[theorist]

16. The Plow! (man I hate plows!) n/t

[Lostmessage]

17. The Kotex

Yes, it's the most hated but the most needed invention.

[mvd]

18. Smoke detectors

They have false alarms and remind me of fire, but of course they are needed.

[IronLionZion]

19. Clocks are such a restraint

throw away your watch and free your spirit. Like in Easy Rider. Damn that was a good movie!

[Endangered Specie]

20. Oh how I desire to pump my alarm clock full of .00 buckshot

[camero]

21. especially the ones that just beep incessently n/t

[LastKnight]

22. ok i confess, i said computers...

but i only meant the microsoft part.

-LK

[KG]

24. sliced bread....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. Other: Credit. (nt)

[grannylib]

27. Any phone, not just cell phones... I hate 'em all. That's why I keep

dial=up and stay connected most of the time; keeps the damn phone from ringing. I hate the phone. Most annoying sound on the planet.

[amazona]

28. automobiles I'm sure

I'm not sure cell phones or television are actually needed for anything but transportation issues have always been big, at least in the Americas.

[Faygo Kid]

30. Fax machines

Started the end of civilization as we know it, in the late '70s. Cell phones too, most especially during a round of golf or while out fishing.

[JVS]

31. Nuclear Weapons!

:nuke:

[Edge]

35. Cell phones...except in case of emergencies...

are the single most annoying things on this planet! My gawd, people, have some courtesy when talking on one!

[Don_G]

36. Toilet Paper?

I don't do business with anyone that dosen't smell right and I'm sure not going to shake a smelly hand to conclude a deal.