If you could un-invent something, what would it be?…

[Ammi]

…what and why would you un-invent….?…with the movie Oppenheimer, there’s one very obvious but there are more than that one …maybe social media platforms…?…but yeah, what would you cancel from existence which wouldn’t be a loss as such …because it would have never been…

[Christmas Dynasnow]

uninvent the atomic bomb would have led to millions more deaths in a drawn out war

[Oliver_W]

Probably social media :hehe:

[bots]

i would go for the wheel

[thesheriff443]

All religions
People are willing to die and kill others without having any proof that it actually exists

More people have died in religious wars than all the other wars put together

[Christmas Dynasnow]

All religions
People are willing to die and kill others without having any proof that it actually exists

More people have died in religious wars than all the other wars put together

The number of people who have not died due to religion far outweighs those who have died in religious wars

the 10 commandments alone for example

in many ways religion was invented to stop conflicts and keep people together and peaceful

[thesheriff443]

The number of people who have not died due to religion far outweighs those who have died in religious wars

the 10 commandments alone for example

in many ways religion was invented to stop conflicts and keep people together and peaceful

No religion no Ten Commandments.
I’m talking all religions

[Merry Mockmas]

Bio Labs.

[Merry Mockmas]

uninvent the atomic bomb would have led to millions more deaths in a drawn out war

Japan were losing at that point.

They would've surrendered out of necessity.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Japan were losing at that point.

They would've surrendered out of necessity.

"It is easy now, after the event, to look back and say that Japan was already a beaten nation, and to ask what therefore was the justification for the use of the atomic bomb"


"From this background I believe, with complete conviction, that the use of the atomic bomb saved hundreds of thousands—perhaps several millions—of lives, both American and Japanese; that without its use the war would have continued for many months"

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/

[Cherry Christmas]

Covid

[Cherry Christmas]

Twitter

[ChristmasNeeve]

"It is easy now, after the event, to look back and say that Japan was already a beaten nation, and to ask what therefore was the justification for the use of the atomic bomb"


"From this background I believe, with complete conviction, that the use of the atomic bomb saved hundreds of thousands—perhaps several millions—of lives, both American and Japanese; that without its use the war would have continued for many months"

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/

I mean, he's not exactly an unbiased narrator though is he?

[Cherry Christmas]

Twitter

[arista]

Covid


Yes I agree

[Parmy]

Probably bright coloured hair dyes.

[UserSince2005]

Aircon, I feel like I’m becoming more like Nikki Graham every day.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

"Multiculturalism"

[user104658]

It would only be worth uninventing something if it also comes with a magical protection meaning that thing (or similar) can NEVER be invented... otherwise you're just delaying the inevitable.

But in the case of the above -- if we can get rid of it, and it can never happen -- social media. Genuinely think it's more dangerous and has done more damage than any bomb.

TBH maybe the entire internet after about 2003.

[Holly Christmas]

Cigarettes

[Parmy]

Cigarettes

Good one..

I 2nd this

[Zizu]

Non-medical drugz


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[Zizu]

Probably bright coloured hair dyes.


Apart from platinum blonde obviously

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[Oliver_W]

Probably bright coloured hair dyes.
Aposematism though.

All religions
People are willing to die and kill others without having any proof that it actually exists

More people have died in religious wars than all the other wars put together

Bruh.

Without religion, we wouldn't have society.

Without missionaries spreading the, ahem, good word of Jesus, much of Europe and the UK wouldn't be as it is now.

Heck, without some apes looking at the stars, wondering what the hell they are, and coming up with barmy explanations, we might never even have anything other than grass skirts.

[Parmy]

Apart from platinum blonde obviously

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Nice aposematism.

[Oliver_W]

Nice aposematism.

Debbie Harry is platinum :fist:

[Parmy]

Debbie Harry is platinum :fist:

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2 Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fb%2Fbf%2FRhydian_Roberts_at_the_ premiere_of_The_Golden_Compass_in_London.jpg&tbnid=MaWTe-QVKFhvkM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F Rhydian_Roberts&docid=0PY7AT5w6L48OM&w=467&h=700&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=e8dd169de06d7232&shem=abme%2Ctrie#vhid=MaWTe-QVKFhvkM&vssid=mosaic

[Oliver_W]

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2 Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fb%2Fbf%2FRhydian_Roberts_at_the_ premiere_of_The_Golden_Compass_in_London.jpg&tbnid=MaWTe-QVKFhvkM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F Rhydian_Roberts&docid=0PY7AT5w6L48OM&w=467&h=700&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=e8dd169de06d7232&shem=abme%2Ctrie#vhid=MaWTe-QVKFhvkM&vssid=mosaic

Hm, I would.

[Zizu]

Nice aposematism.


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[Alf]

Salad cream

[Merry Mockmas]

"It is easy now, after the event, to look back and say that Japan was already a beaten nation, and to ask what therefore was the justification for the use of the atomic bomb"


"From this background I believe, with complete conviction, that the use of the atomic bomb saved hundreds of thousands—perhaps several millions—of lives, both American and Japanese; that without its use the war would have continued for many months"

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/

Personally I think that it's one of two things that's happening when people choose to ignore America's atrocity with the Atomic Bomb.

1. America using propaganda within their Media/their allies Media, that it gets indoctrinated in our societies that what the US did during WWII was justified, yet if it had've been the other way around we would've never have heard the end of it from the Americans.

And 2. I do believe that some people in the west, genuinely hold the US on a higher pedestal to the rest of the western nations.

Which then for some reason gives America a free pass in those people's eyes to treat other nations like ****, because they're "inferior" to the mighty America.

And look, despite my posts on this thread, I do like the USA as a country (fgs I've got an American singer as my Avatar,) so I'm not being anti-American or pro-Japanese.

I just believe that Japan's barbaric days during WWII were thankfully being put to a stop, and because the war wasn't officially over at the time, I believe that America wanted to test their new tech at the time (to see how effective it would or wouldn't be,) and they decided to test it on innocent Japanese people, and the (imo) fake reason that the US gave was the "it's to end the war, and save lives" that's my belief anyway.

[Merry Mockmas]

I mean, he's not exactly an unbiased narrator though is he?

This.