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If you could un-invent anything...

129 replies

WidoWanky · 21/02/2019 16:32

What would it be?

I would say plastic. in general anyway, i would like to keep the tv! My house is full of it. Every product i buy is wrapped in it and it is going to be around for hundreds of years. It bothers me more and more.

Sometimes i would like to invent the internet - it doesnt mix well with teenagers all the time.

And takeaway coffee sometimes gets my goat!!

Any others???

OP posts:
NothingOnTellyAgain · 21/02/2019 19:14

Personal motor vehicles

7yo7yo · 21/02/2019 19:14

Social media
Smart phones

Lordamighty · 21/02/2019 19:16

Atomic weapons
CFCs
Cigarettes
Sugar

EdtheBear · 21/02/2019 19:24

Plastic, cars and explosive.

Plastic is disastrous for the environment.
Cars are a disaster for people, the more they are used the more planners encourage them, out of town shopping, out of town business parks etc then they wonder why the town centres are dying.
Explosives, end war, terrorism and just poor evil people.

marvellousnightforamooncup · 21/02/2019 19:35

Nukes, the internet, plastic and insecticides.

Hairyporker · 21/02/2019 19:36

Religion.

Crayolaaa · 21/02/2019 19:36

the right to vote
brexit

EastMidsGPs · 21/02/2019 19:39

Lurid coloured Lycra, especially in the form of tight cycling shorts as favoured by middled aged men.

PestoSnowissimos · 21/02/2019 19:41

Cigarettes

Bigonesmallone3 · 21/02/2019 19:44

Social media
Dust

GrubbyHipsterBeard · 21/02/2019 19:46

Disposable nappies

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 21/02/2019 19:47

24hr rolling news. I detest it.

SilverySurfer · 21/02/2019 19:49

Easy, when I rule the world, mobile phones, ipads/pods etc, all Social Media (FB, etc - I don't class MN as SM), 99.9% of reality tv, ads on tv, the use of could/'would/should OF instead of HAVE, incorrect use of myself etc, incorrect use of invite (verb) instead of invitation (noun), Jeremy Corbyn, Rupert Murdoch, all religions, all weapons, will be eliminated instantly. Brexit will happen immediately - I'm fed up waiting.

ginghambox · 21/02/2019 19:50

The One show
The EU
Religion
The Beatles

MsMustDoBetter · 21/02/2019 19:50

The internet.

SoMuchToBits · 21/02/2019 19:51

Nuclear weapons.
Smartphones (I don't even have one).
I wouldn't uninvent plastics but I would highly regulate their use, concentrating on banning single-use/disposable items.
I would also ban built-in obsolescence, and make sure that items are manufactured to last as long as possible and be repairable.

thefirst48 · 21/02/2019 19:51

The internet!

GrumpyOldMare · 21/02/2019 20:21

Smart phones
Facebook
Plastic
Sunday trading

SayNoToCarrots · 21/02/2019 20:40

Oh yeah bombs and shit.

GlossyTaco · 21/02/2019 20:43

Foam , chocolate soil , fruit soup... basically , pretentiously named foods.

CluedoAddict · 21/02/2019 20:48

Cheese because I hate it. Whenever we go out to eat the majority of the menu includes cheese.

southernetter · 21/02/2019 20:51

Smart phones and social media. They cause so much misery especially for young people. I dread the time when my children start asking for a phone.

DoodleLab · 21/02/2019 20:51

Sugar
Farming of grains
Ownership of land
Gender
Pornography
Nuclear fission
Plastic

SpartacusAutisticusAHF · 21/02/2019 20:52

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HopeClearwater · 21/02/2019 22:17

Smartphones
Games consoles
Fixed odds betting terminals
Single issue referendums
Ready meals & other processed shit
KFC
Rabbit ear photo filters etc
Piped music
[Plastic - I’m allowing this for medical use only - we can’t forget how versatile and useful it is there]
Performance parenting
School league tables
Prosecco-related gift items
Private schools

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