What has been most important to humans

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2019, 09:18 PM

Here's one list of the top 100...

100. Cow milking machine
99. Screw
98. Video camera
97. Scalpel
96. Flashlight
95. VCR
94. Electric guitar
93. Zippo lighter
92. Microphone
91. Escalator

90. Walkie Talkies
89. Whiskey still
88. The automatic dishwasher
87. CRISPR (DNA)
86. Electric chair
85. Anesthesia
84. MP3
83. Contact lenses
82. DVD player
81. Home microwave

80. Corn
79. Mobile phone
78. Mechanical computer
77. Gramophone
76. HDTV
75. Pocket matches
74. Waterwheel
73. Air conditioning
72. Sanitary napkins
71. Pasteurization

70. Elevator
69. Noose
68. Concrete
67. Space Shuttle
66. Super 8mm film camera
65. Cotton gin
64. Night vision goggles
63. Chemotherapy
62. Printing press
61. The web

60. Television
59. Satellite
58. Jet engine
57. Radar
56. AR-15 gun
55. Radio
54. Steam train
53. Mechanical clock
52. Eyeglasses
51. Ball

50. Canned food
49. GPS
48. Electronic computer
47. Axle
46. Automobile
45. Oil refining
44. Scissors
43. Birth control pill
42. Compass
41. AK-47 gun

40. Condom
39. Still camera
38. Internal combustion engine
37. Antibiotics
36. Sailboat
35. Mechanical refrigerator
34. Cast iron
33. Pencil
32. Fork
31. Chopsticks

30. Moveable type
29. Oil lamp
28. Guillotine
27. Sewing machine
26. Irrigation
25. Horse saddle
24. Longbow
23. Axe
22. Spinning wheel
21. Windmill

20. Airplane
19. Handgun
18. Dam
17. Telephone
16. Spear
15. Microscope
14. Prozac
13. Swords
12. Electric light
11. Gunpowder

10. The internet
9. Sewer system
8. Transistor
7. Steel
6. Plow
5. Telegraph
4. Electricity
3. The wheel
2. Fire
1. Nuclear weapons

Gravdigr · 01-09-2019, 08:44 AM

Arch? Water treatment? Rolling papers? Bong?

Diaphone Jim · 01-09-2019, 11:15 AM

Electric chair but no wheelchair?
Ball but no bail (of either kind)?
Lever? Tweezers?

Gravdigr · 01-09-2019, 01:22 PM

Fleshlight?

Hitachi Magic Wand?

Rhianne · 01-09-2019, 02:48 PM

Pizza!

Undertoad · 01-09-2019, 05:20 PM

WTF Noose?

Happy Monkey · 01-09-2019, 05:39 PM

Three execution tools.

Noose's inclusion especially highlights the absence of "rope".

Undertoad · 01-09-2019, 07:53 PM

Electric guitar is an odd bias. If you're going to pick one instrument, the piano is far and away the king, for all of humanity. It's a fine instrument on its own, but also, it's the instrument that all composers used for centuries. It's the instrument which laid out music theory for everyone who's ever studied it.

Flint · 01-09-2019, 08:38 PM

Bruce, what is the source on this?

I recently posted that, maybe "God is comprised of the patterns that we let influence us the most. Whereas nature-worship or ancestor-worship would have one made more sense, what would today's God be?"

Reading this list, I'd conclude our God is weird as ƒuck.

*image from Paprika

Gravdigr · 01-09-2019, 08:59 PM

Loom?

Clodfobble · 01-09-2019, 09:12 PM

Prozac higher than birth control? Wouldn't need nearly as much of the first if we had more of the second...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2019, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Bruce, what is the source on this?

It was a list I wandered into from a daisy chain of links, can't tell you where it was. He was rating them on their impact on mankind, good or bad, but like all these end of year lists it's subjective opinion, which I figure is tweaked to generate maximum traffic.

So I didn't save the address or his reasoning, anyone trying to prove him wrong just generates more traffic. I figured the list alone was entertaining, makes me wonder where his head is at. If it's important I'll keep an eye out for it.

wrenicecream · 01-14-2019, 08:36 AM

Fire and the wheel. Nuclear weapons has no place on that list :/

Gravdigr · 01-14-2019, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrenicecream

Nuclear weapons has no place on that list :/

I kinda thought the same way, at first.

But the bomb actually saved a lot of lives. And has deterred who knows how many bloodbaths.

Gravdigr · 01-14-2019, 08:47 AM

I wonder about number 51.

The ball?

I wonder if they meant 'sphere'?

01-07-2019, 09:18 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What has been most important to humans Here's one list of the top 100... 100. Cow milking machine 99. Screw 98. Video camera 97. Scalpel 96. Flashlight 95. VCR 94. Electric guitar 93. Zippo lighter 92. Microphone 91. Escalator 90. Walkie Talkies 89. Whiskey still 88. The automatic dishwasher 87. CRISPR (DNA) 86. Electric chair 85. Anesthesia 84. MP3 83. Contact lenses 82. DVD player 81. Home microwave 80. Corn 79. Mobile phone 78. Mechanical computer 77. Gramophone 76. HDTV 75. Pocket matches 74. Waterwheel 73. Air conditioning 72. Sanitary napkins 71. Pasteurization 70. Elevator 69. Noose 68. Concrete 67. Space Shuttle 66. Super 8mm film camera 65. Cotton gin 64. Night vision goggles 63. Chemotherapy 62. Printing press 61. The web 60. Television 59. Satellite 58. Jet engine 57. Radar 56. AR-15 gun 55. Radio 54. Steam train 53. Mechanical clock 52. Eyeglasses 51. Ball 50. Canned food 49. GPS 48. Electronic computer 47. Axle 46. Automobile 45. Oil refining 44. Scissors 43. Birth control pill 42. Compass 41. AK-47 gun 40. Condom 39. Still camera 38. Internal combustion engine 37. Antibiotics 36. Sailboat 35. Mechanical refrigerator 34. Cast iron 33. Pencil 32. Fork 31. Chopsticks 30. Moveable type 29. Oil lamp 28. Guillotine 27. Sewing machine 26. Irrigation 25. Horse saddle 24. Longbow 23. Axe 22. Spinning wheel 21. Windmill 20. Airplane 19. Handgun 18. Dam 17. Telephone 16. Spear 15. Microscope 14. Prozac 13. Swords 12. Electric light 11. Gunpowder 10. The internet 9. Sewer system 8. Transistor 7. Steel 6. Plow 5. Telegraph 4. Electricity 3. The wheel 2. Fire 1. Nuclear weapons __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2019, 08:44 AM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Arch? Water treatment? Rolling papers? Bong? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-09-2019, 01:22 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Fleshlight? Hitachi Magic Wand? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-09-2019, 05:39 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Three execution tools. Noose's inclusion especially highlights the absence of "rope". __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-09-2019, 08:38 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Bruce, what is the source on this? I recently posted that, maybe "God is comprised of the patterns that we let influence us the most. Whereas nature-worship or ancestor-worship would have one made more sense, what would today's God be?" Reading this list, I'd conclude our God is weird as ƒuck. image from Paprika Attached Images __________________ *************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-09-2019, 11:15 AM	#3
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Electric chair but no wheelchair? Ball but no bail (of either kind)? Lever? Tweezers?

01-09-2019, 02:48 PM	#5
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Pizza!

01-09-2019, 05:20 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	WTF Noose?

01-09-2019, 07:53 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Electric guitar is an odd bias. If you're going to pick one instrument, the piano is far and away the king, for all of humanity. It's a fine instrument on its own, but also, it's the instrument that all composers used for centuries. It's the instrument which laid out music theory for everyone who's ever studied it.

01-09-2019, 08:59 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Loom? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-09-2019, 09:12 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Prozac higher than birth control? Wouldn't need nearly as much of the first if we had more of the second... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-14-2019, 08:36 AM	#13
wrenicecream Rapscallion Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 5	Fire and the wheel. Nuclear weapons has no place on that list :/

01-14-2019, 08:47 AM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I wonder about number 51. The ball? I wonder if they meant 'sphere'? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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