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I'm glad I wasn't born before the invention of ___.

Asked by Jeruba (56061points) February 22nd, 2009

Even if some thing aren’t as good as they used to be, others just seem so indispensable that it’s hard (and unpleasant) to imagine life without them.

For me, three of those things would be refrigeration, adhesives, and feminine personal products. What would they be for you?

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aprilsimnel's avatar

Flush toilets.

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

The Toilet.
The Shower.
The Cheesecake Factory

Ashpea9288's avatar

Definitely running water, which includes water heaters.

jrpowell's avatar

painless dentistry

psyla's avatar

Arrowheads.

tinyfaery's avatar

air conditioning

arnbev959's avatar

The printing press.

Mtl_zack's avatar

Perforation, zippers, velcro, portable containers that are good for organizing things, such as a wallet.

seVen's avatar

Recession

augustlan's avatar

Cars.
Air conditioning.
Micro fleece.

AstroChuck's avatar

Women.

Surprised nobody said pancakes yet.

tennesseejac's avatar

Rock n’ Roll

…......................and pancakes

ibadt's avatar

Maxi pads and tampons…

KrystaElyse's avatar

general anesthesia.

kelly's avatar

antibiotics

Dog's avatar

Wine

safety razors

LouisianaGirl's avatar

electricity
television
radios
nintendo ds
everything that serves good in my life

cdwccrn's avatar

Fluther. Oh, I guess I was….. Glad I didn’t die before fluther!

kwhull's avatar

Alcohol. & lots of it!

kwhull's avatar

Pringles…yummy. Just dont spill them on the keyboard!

kwhull's avatar

Oh, and I’ve got to have my Tivo!!

Mamradpivo's avatar

penicillin and most subsequent medical discoveries.

KingMalefic's avatar

A.I. and the hostile battle of giant robots killing humans.

90s_kid's avatar

Completely risagreeing with @aprilsimnel and @NaturalMineralWater , I hate toilets but that’s me :).
(Don’t worry, I lurved you both though, anyway)
I’m mad I wasn’t born before the invention of Toilets.

AstroChuck's avatar

Recliners and remote controls.

BONZO's avatar

X-ray goggles

Les's avatar

Dishwashers and rear window defrosters.

The greatest inventions ever, and I will not accept others.

dragonflyfaith's avatar

The microwave.

AstroChuck's avatar

DVRs. I don’t know what I’d do without that invention.

tinyfaery's avatar

Umm…astro you were born before the DVR.

AstroChuck's avatar

What are you talking about?
<—I just turned six.

AstroChuck's avatar

Fine. Then how about toilet paper?

arnbev959's avatar

I’m so glad I wasn’t born before the invention of AstroChuck.

AstroChuck's avatar

Aw, shucks.

tinyfaery's avatar

I don’t see astro as an invention so much as a freak of nature. ;)

AstroChuck's avatar

Aw, shucks.

LiLian's avatar

pc
tv
music

Chambz's avatar

Electricity

Skaggfacemutt's avatar

My granny told me that she was a teenager before they invented the toothbrush. She said before that, they would just rub their teeth with the corner of a rag dipped in baking soda and salt. Ugh! She also said that people usually lost their teeth in their 20’s. When they first came out with toothbrushes, the old folks thought it was just a fad. Ha-ha.

AstroChuck's avatar

@Skaggfacemutt- Your grandmother must be ancient. Toothbrushes have been around for centuries. Here in the US they have been mass producing toothbrushes since the 1880’s.

Skaggfacemutt's avatar

My granny was born in 1903, and she told me she was a teenager before they became commonly used. She was there, so I have to believe her.

Jeruba's avatar

Where was this, @Skaggfacemutt? Perhaps she was a teenager before they came into common use where she lived. That’s different from saying they weren’t invented yet.

Skaggfacemutt's avatar

She was born and raised in Paxton, Illinois.

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