The Greatest Invention Of All Time

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 10 Feb 2006 18:28

What do you consider to be the greatest invention of all time? You can't just say "The Wheel" and let it go at that. You need to back it up with an explanation as to how it has affected the world at large.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 10 Feb 2006 18:36

The photograph.

It makes porn possible.

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 10 Feb 2006 19:15

Soap! Antiseptics.
Without higine, there was so much disease in the world. It's made medicine what it is today. It's made surgery safer! It's made eating food less of a risk for illness.
It's saved millions and millions of lives.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 10 Feb 2006 19:26

Marge Simpson says its the straw.

Laroche · Post by **Laroche** » 10 Feb 2006 19:41

Retro Encabulator

Troyson · Post by **Troyson** » 10 Feb 2006 19:43

farming

full nelson · Post by **full nelson** » 10 Feb 2006 20:00

Shoes. Ever stepped on/through a sharp stick, thorns, rocks, glass, shit, snow, mud, random debris or insects barefoot? Yeah, it sucks.

Boyall · Post by **Boyall** » 10 Feb 2006 20:01

Space Pen

nuff said

Iain · Post by **Iain** » 10 Feb 2006 20:10

print screen button on the keyboard

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Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 10 Feb 2006 20:23

the Footbag G6s and Lavers!

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 10 Feb 2006 22:50

flush toilets obviously... what good is soap when you're neck deep in feces.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 10 Feb 2006 23:38

The Footbag.

Or, the computer.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 11 Feb 2006 00:21

The motivator.

Outsider · Post by **Outsider** » 11 Feb 2006 00:57

The hot water heater. After a long session tonight I just took long hot shower, and whoa! I feel great.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 12 Feb 2006 00:50

The abacus.

Just kidding.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » 12 Feb 2006 07:19

music because it goes boom boom la la

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 12 Feb 2006 07:25

computer? (changed communication forever)
the internet? (so revolutionary)
the blunt? yeah, the blunt.

DanielWhittle · Post by **DanielWhittle** » 12 Feb 2006 09:19

The lightbulb (I can't imagine having a house filled with candles)
Computer and Internet (I wouldn't be playing footbag today without the internet, this is where I first found footbag)

jbalexdarkelf · Post by **jbalexdarkelf** » 12 Feb 2006 19:10

Mountain Dew.

Im mean who needs any of these things when one has mountain dew.

You can bathe in it, you can kick it, you can look at it, you can drink it.
Seriously, the only thing that you'll need after mountain dew is like cheese dip or beef jerky.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 12 Feb 2006 20:03

The Wheel. Without it my last name would not have been possible.

Seriously I'd go with something like electricity - which has definitely changed the world for those of us who have access to it (which is less than half the worlds population).