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If you could get rid of one invention
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If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:20 PM

forever what would it be?

My #1 is the freaking leaf blower annoying noise pollution on and off on and off! 🤬

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

portable phones

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the tug abides


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Jun 12, 2023, 3:33 PM

Mobile*

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention


Jun 14, 2023, 11:26 AM

Cell phone speakers that work in public.

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Class of ‘71. Went through “rat season” and glad I did.


Seems like mine are all covered already, but

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:43 PM [ in reply to Re: If you could get rid of one invention ]

I miss local gas stations that were independently owned like Bo-Nats.

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probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:23 PM

keep the cell phone (emergencies and stuff), but the smartphone is/was the downfall of society, especially when matched with social media.

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Re: probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone

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Jun 12, 2023, 4:30 PM

I agree, they would be great if they only made and received phone calls....

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Amen!***

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Jun 12, 2023, 4:31 PM [ in reply to probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone ]



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Re: probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone


Jun 13, 2023, 8:19 AM [ in reply to probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone ]

Agreed. Smart everything. TV, phones, tablets etc… Its extremely addictive and waste of time. I’m guilty I know. I wish I never had the option.

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Re: probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone


Jun 14, 2023, 9:23 AM [ in reply to probably an unpopular answer..........smart phone ]

"Smartphones " are turning everybody into idiots. Especially on the roadways. There's not a single person I'm behind who does not sit at a green light until honked at. I'm religious about not touching my phone when I'm driving so I see all the terrible antics around me. I would gladly go back to the days of no smart phones. I mean who needs to look at Facebook while driving a car. It's just insane.

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:27 PM

The internet

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:40 PM



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"When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons." -John Newton


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Jun 12, 2023, 2:02 PM [ in reply to Re: If you could get rid of one invention ]



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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:06 PM [ in reply to Re: If you could get rid of one invention ]

Then we wouldn’t be able to use TNet

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:29 PM

It’s a fair trade off.

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I'm in.***

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:40 PM



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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:28 PM

You couldnt live where I live then, leaf blowers are going all day every day.

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:34 PM

California has already implemented a ban of gas-powered outdoor equipment that becomes law soon. I don't know how much lower noise levels are the electric motors.

I'd like to go back to the days when you raked your leaves with a hand-rake. Not just blow them over to your neighbor's house or out in the street.

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Except for my lawn mower, I have battery-operated

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:41 PM

yard tools. My leaf blower is not quiet.

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Jun 13, 2023, 8:20 AM [ in reply to Re: If you could get rid of one invention ]

Sorry I didn’t mean to TD. Slip of the thumb.

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they can be handy if used right

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:34 PM [ in reply to Re: If you could get rid of one invention ]



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the tug abides


Re: they can be handy if used right

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Jun 14, 2023, 12:17 AM

is this lad a relative?

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The bra***

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:32 PM



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Re: The bra***

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:35 PM

For 50 and under.

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Re: The bra***

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:39 PM

Important qualifier.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 1:42 PM

Some people.

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Internet

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:05 PM

Get back to people talking
Mom and pop shops
Less animosity

Sure, there was much less access to things I love, but I’d give it all up in a heartbeat if I could throw the Time Machine switch and make it so we never had the webz

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:16 PM

Since it is being asked on Tigernet I will say uncontrolled NIL.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention


Jun 12, 2023, 6:36 PM

Targeting rule.

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COVID ***

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:23 PM



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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:24 PM

Pay for play

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:35 PM

TV. It was supposed to be a boon for education, yet it has dumbed down America like nothing before it.

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iphone/touchscreen phone. Keep the actual cellphone but get

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Jun 12, 2023, 2:36 PM

rid of the ability to surf the net on it. Like, go back to the Nokia 5110.

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Artificial Turf***

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:03 PM



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Slack.

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:29 PM

Screw collaboration tools.

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Ankle monitors***

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:38 PM



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"I've played multiple sports and would bet any amount that I'm still more athletic than you at this present time...."


Smart Phones***

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:39 PM



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Clothing***

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Jun 12, 2023, 3:47 PM



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Aspiring member of the TigerNet Sewer Dwellers


I have to vote 'no' on this one.

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:55 AM

I have seen some ugly people with clothes on. I do not want to see the alternative.

However, if we are going back to Genesis, the whole reason we have clothing is due to Adam's and Eve's sin. Without the original sin and the fallout from it in this world, we would be clothes-free. I would like a world without sin and the temptation it brings.

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The alternative could be hot people with no clothes on***

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Jun 13, 2023, 2:44 PM



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Which leads to lust, a sin.


Jun 14, 2023, 9:02 AM

A vicious cycle.

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Jun 12, 2023, 4:12 PM

Wokeness. It's what is destroying the planet. Not carbon or global warming.

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Instant Replay***


Jun 12, 2023, 4:24 PM



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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 4:26 PM

Leave my leaf blower out it bc it has worked great for over 10 years, and it don't pollute bc it's electric!!!

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 4:30 PM

Smart Phones.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:38 PM

Social media. I think it will ultimately end civilization as we know it. Buying things you don’t want with money you don’t have to impress people you don’t even know or will never see.

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Jun 12, 2023, 7:00 PM

I was scrolling through to see if anyone would say Social Media. That is my #1 and a close 2nd would be the cell phone. Combined the two are killing the next generations.

I'm driving to work and pass a school bus stop with half a dozen kids. No one is talk and every single one of them has there head down look and swiping. No one even looks up when it is time to get on the bus. They just walk on with head down looking at the phones.

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Then how do you blow your leaves??***

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:40 PM



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Rake***


Jun 12, 2023, 6:43 PM



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You blow your leaves with a rake???***

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:46 PM



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Jun 13, 2023, 6:03 AM

You got to fan a rake pretty hard to move them leaves!

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Junk mail and robo solicitation phone calls***

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Jun 13, 2023, 2:48 PM



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Telephone answering machines at businesses….

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:42 PM

I want to talk to a person. Not shunted around in a circle.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:50 PM

California

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention


Jun 12, 2023, 6:59 PM

Social Media.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 12, 2023, 7:14 PM

I had rather listen to a leaf blower any day over someone riding through the neighborhood booming music that shakes the house. Leave the lawn equipment alone. Always love the sound of the neighbors keeping their yard as clean and neat as mine.

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Jun 12, 2023, 7:15 PM

AI. Even though it hasn't taken off completely I fear it will be worse that smartphones and the internet.

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Agree. Prognostications are eerie.***


Jun 13, 2023, 7:56 AM



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Instant replay

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Jun 12, 2023, 7:16 PM

Making five second events last for ten minutes.

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Jun 12, 2023, 11:52 PM

Politicians.

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Jun 13, 2023, 3:17 AM

Social Media

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The "Spurlid"***

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:01 AM



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Couples showers and nuclear arms.***

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:20 AM



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Gender reveal parties.


Jun 14, 2023, 9:03 AM

Which now, what color would be launched for a non-binary gender? Gray?

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:48 AM

suppose I should say nuclear weapons, guns etc... but I have full faith that mankind would invent something worse to kill each other with.

So I will say cell phones.

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention


Jun 13, 2023, 8:03 AM

Loud ### mufflers on vehicles and motorcycles.

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Also applicable to car stereo systems.***


Jun 13, 2023, 8:14 AM



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Amen brother! Re: If you could get rid of one invention***


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Jun 13, 2023, 8:21 AM

Interesting. scrolling through the responses I see that it's not really the inventions, but the morons that use them. A lot of the inventors that created horrendous things wound up regretting it. TNT, atomic bomb. Even the guy that invented the technology for pop-up ads says he wished he hadn't done it. And now AI. The people currently working on it (and still working on it!) call it the possible extinction on man. What the? Anytime humans are involved, things get screwed up. Unintended consequences. What a concept.

Re: post on Genesis. You mean God's original plan was for us was to be naked in a garden? Boy, sure messed that one up.

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Nuclear bombs maybe? I dunno probably


Jun 13, 2023, 8:22 AM

wouldn't matter.

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Can’t believe this wasn’t on here.

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Jun 13, 2023, 10:45 AM

The far left woke agenda. I’m a libertarian and have seen far too many commercials, TV shows, movies, and video games pushing their agenda down our throat. The one percent has become the 99%!
I also realize I just opened myself up to some TD’s!

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Not from me! 1% suck as well as demorats***


Jun 13, 2023, 3:14 PM



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Junk mail and robo solicitation phone calls***

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Jun 13, 2023, 2:49 PM



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Jun 13, 2023, 3:02 PM

The tuckless shirt
Backward baseball caps
All Volunteer military
NIL
Transfer portal
Instant replay/ review

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Jun 13, 2023, 3:02 PM

The tuckless shirt
Backward baseball caps
All Volunteer military
NIL
Transfer portal
Instant replay/ review

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Jun 13, 2023, 3:10 PM

#### cell phone and chatting and the rest of the bs

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Jun 13, 2023, 3:11 PM

as well as the others that everyone has put down - fully agree

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Jun 13, 2023, 4:30 PM

The Federal government

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:42 PM

Internet then camera phones.

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Quick Grits + Non-Dukes Mayonnaise

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Jun 13, 2023, 7:58 PM

…(and Junk Music too). Sorry, I know that’s 3.

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Jun 13, 2023, 8:05 PM

FEDERAL INCOME TAX

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#1...telemarketing calls...#2...Dippin Dots!***


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Jun 14, 2023, 9:04 AM

Nuclear bombs probably

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24-Hour News … worst idea EVER!!***


Jun 14, 2023, 9:05 AM



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The ACC


Jun 14, 2023, 9:20 AM

Nm

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Jun 14, 2023, 9:32 AM

Technology has destroyed a generation and made them all but useless but narrowing it down I would say cell phones.

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Breast reduction.***


Jun 14, 2023, 9:44 AM



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Cotton Gin


Jun 14, 2023, 12:55 PM

who in their right mind thinks gin is better being distilled from cotton vs grain/berries?

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Jun 15, 2023, 3:05 PM

Are Aggys from Texas A$M an invention? If so, I'm all in on them being gone forever

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Jun 15, 2023, 8:43 PM

The idle stop and go function on my vehicle. Thankfully there is a buttom to disable it, but do forget to use it.

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the only good politician is a dead politician.


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Jun 15, 2023, 8:58 PM

Cell phones!!!

Saw a poll once where cell phones were voted no 1 invention you can’t live without

In same poll cell phones were voted no 1 invention you wish had never been invented

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Re: If you could get rid of one invention

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Jun 15, 2023, 10:16 PM

Good call. I blame leaf blowers for allergies being worse now from all the pollen and leaf mold being recirculated.

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