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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:35:29 PM EDT
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Selfies The spork is more betterlier than that. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:35:40 PM EDT
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the sewage treatment plant
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:35:45 PM EDT
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Without a fucking doubt. Quote HistoryQuoted:
air conditioning |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:36:34 PM EDT
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Tie between air conditioning and Cottonelle Gentle Care toilet paper.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:36:44 PM EDT
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Soap.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:36:58 PM EDT
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Sharp tools
Wheel Monetary systems |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:37:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:38:24 PM EDT
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Drywall screw
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:38:45 PM EDT
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Maybe not the greatest invention but Air conditioning is pretty underrated. Comfort and food presevation. Concrete is pretty high on the list same with paved roads. ETA beat by warpiper |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:39:03 PM EDT
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Electric can opener.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:39:22 PM EDT
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Air conditioning.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:39:25 PM EDT
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The spork is more betterlier than that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Selfies The spork is more betterlier than that. I'd argue with you, but first.... lemme take a selfie. 
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:40:26 PM EDT
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Caller ID
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:42:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe not the greatest invention but Air conditioning is pretty underrated. Comfort and food presevation. Concrete is pretty high on the list same with paved roads. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:43:18 PM EDT
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Goes back farther than that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Saran wrap. 1000 internets to the first one who gets the reference without using Google Goes back farther than that. Besides, Dexer used 3mil 
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:43:26 PM EDT
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I'd argue with you, but first.... lemme take a selfie. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Selfies The spork is more betterlier than that. I'd argue with you, but first.... lemme take a selfie. Can you take a pic of your spork instead? |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:44:23 PM EDT
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The pill. No one likes to wear a raincoat while taking a shower.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:46:20 PM EDT
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Computer chip, computer code / software
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:46:52 PM EDT
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the poll
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:46:59 PM EDT
[#20]
 Organized Labor
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:48:28 PM EDT
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yoga pants has to rank close to the top. No, no and furthermore..................NO!!! If the inventor had also installed a fail-safe device that prevented them from being worn by fat chicks and 80 year old skeletons then I might agree with you. But as it is.............NO!!! My vote is for internal combustion. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:48:54 PM EDT
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Single Malt Whiskey
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:50:05 PM EDT
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Division of Labor...if that could be considered an human invention.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:50:23 PM EDT
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Yoga pants.
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Which god? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't think it is the wheel many North American civs did not have the wheel. Aztecs and Indians. Language and god. And yes man made god. Which god? All of them? |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:50:45 PM EDT
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Matches-so says Ishi
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:51:17 PM EDT
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The internet
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:52:30 PM EDT
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I'm not sure I can think of a specific invention, but man's utilization of electricity for practical purposes. The telegraph was probably the earliest invention (that I can think of) that used electricity on a wider scale for the first time.
ETA: I think I might change my answer to the printing press as another poster said. Without this invention man would not have had easy access to information that spurred on the knowledge necessary to create everything we have today, including my answer above. We wouldn't have been nearly as smart or knowledgeable without being able to teach what we know to as many people as possible like we can with modern printing presses -> MS Word. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:52:33 PM EDT
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birth control, by managing births (no I am not talking about abortions but the pill, IUDs, rubbers, cervical caps, etc) the west has been able to increase it's wealth while keeping down the cost of families. You can see the growth of Britain as a economic powerhouse in the 19th century when they deliberately kept their population down to expand their wealth.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:54:18 PM EDT
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And those civilizations never got past the stone age. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't think it is the wheel many North American civs did not have the wheel. Aztecs and Indians. Language and god. And yes man made god. And those civilizations never got past the stone age. Just random food for thought... Many people (mostly commoners) went straight from the stone age to the iron age due to the extraordinary cost of bronze, and the utter ease of manufacture (in comparison) of steel. Also, don't discount the sharpness or utility of stone tools, they're just very brittle! |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 6:58:06 PM EDT
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The accident.
They have provided soooooo many new things. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:00:00 PM EDT
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Hot sauce!
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:00:13 PM EDT
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For SW Florida....central air. Without it this place would be unbearable in the summer and spring and fall.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:01:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:03:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The pill. No one likes to wear a raincoat while taking a shower. The Dove may be the Bird of Peace, but the Bird of Love is the Swallow. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:04:10 PM EDT
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What!! No one has said it??
It's the Thermos. Hands down and no discussion. You puts hot things in it and it keeps them hot. You put cold things in it and it keeps then cold. How do it know? How do it know?? |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:05:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDammit...you beat me to it! Clearly the greatest invention ever. Everything else is compared to it. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:06:04 PM EDT
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If that pic is an A/C then THIS!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
If that pic is an A/C then THIS!!! The Haber-Bosch process. It is used to produce massive amounts of ammonia. This allowed the Germany's military to kill lots of people quickly and farmers to feed lots of people with the NH3 it produced. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:07:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:09:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just random food for thought... Many people (mostly commoners) went straight from the stone age to the iron age due to the extraordinary cost of bronze, and the utter ease of manufacture (in comparison) of steel iron. Also, don't discount the sharpness or utility of stone tools, they're just very brittle! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't think it is the wheel many North American civs did not have the wheel. Aztecs and Indians. Language and god. And yes man made god. And those civilizations never got past the stone age. Just random food for thought... Many people (mostly commoners) went straight from the stone age to the iron age due to the extraordinary cost of bronze, and the utter ease of manufacture (in comparison) of steel iron. Also, don't discount the sharpness or utility of stone tools, they're just very brittle! A little order in that random thought. Steel isn't easy to produce. It requires carbon in the forging process. Iron, on the other hand, is easily cast. And stone tools are sharp. They put a lot of meat on the spit. But most of the advances in human civilization would not have been possible without the wheel. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:11:11 PM EDT
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Mathematics
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:13:28 PM EDT
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Written medium. From bone or wood tally sticks, to clay tablets, to paper, the written word was a way to store vast sums of knowledge and pass it on to future generations.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:13:42 PM EDT
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What!! No one has said it?? It's the Thermos. Hands down and no discussion. You puts hot things in it and it keeps them hot. You put cold things in it and it keeps then cold. How do it know? How do it know?? Not many people around old enough to remember Billy Carter.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:14:43 PM EDT
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The flux capacitor
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:15:15 PM EDT
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Plow. It allowed one to feed many and this allowed for expansion of other crafts since many didn't have to be farmers anymore.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:16:18 PM EDT
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ELECTRIC AND air conditioning
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:17:00 PM EDT
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BACON!
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:17:29 PM EDT
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GD has let man kind down.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:18:46 PM EDT
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God(s).
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:18:59 PM EDT
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1. Air conditioning.
2. Antibiotics. |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 7:19:07 PM EDT
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The number zero, 0.
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