computer....without it Id be stoned by myself :(
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computer....without it Id be stoned by myself :(
Bongs.
The Internets. Thank you, Al Gore. Our series of tubes has connected the world. And yet it seems to have put all this distance between us, too...
Gotta agree with vaporization of combustible plant material....or even water filtration of smoke.
toilet paper, without it we'd all be stuck in a bathroom somewhere with our hands reaching out from under the stall asking for something to wipe with
agree w/ all who said the bong
Guitar
Bass guitar. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
That's easy: the printing press.
Without it, we wouldn't have had all the computers, telephones, and lightbulbs other people are mentioning.
Also, fire and languange don't count because they weren't invented -- they were discovered.
I disagree that language was discovered; DEVELOPED perhaps... but WRITTEN language...particularly phonic alphabets... the concept of making pictures that equate to sounds of language is a fabulously abstract one and IMO really marks a turning point in humans' ability to communicate. When a society develops a sense of its own history and feels the need to record it, it has really come of age.
carbon filters:thumbsup: lol
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I still say light bulbs. Without lightbulbs, (or any sort of bulb) you wouldnt have TV's, VDU's, artifical light for surgeons (or anything indoors unless you had single units with windows) etc. We'd still be in the Dark Ages, litterally.
I didnt expect this thread to be quite as popular as it is. :thumbsup:
Uh, we would have the sun.. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by cambam
HANDS DOWN, its gotta be TOILET PAPER...fuck using your hands.
We could just use other people's hands... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dusto2k3
LoL, i need to go acquire someones hand right quick.
/grabs meat cleaver
Do you have the sun in surgery? In the press/printing room? In the music studio? In the basement when hitting your bong? When growing weed in the attic?Quote:
Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR
Face it, we need light, the only source or light, without the sun, is artificial. Forget about fire, not an invention.
The light bulb!!!
screw light, we survived long without it.
Toliet Paper was one of the major human evolutions. Holy shit, now thay have 3-ply Wooot!!
Nope, but if we didn't have artificial light sources we would either do those things outside, or install a sun-roof... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cambam
And hey we survived with candles for long enough ;)
OK, fine. The ability to harness electricity was really the biggest of one of them.
I gotta prefer the toilet paper one.. I heard a rumour that scientists somewhere are working on a way to make 4-ply toilet paper.. Sounds more like science fiction to me :)
Whahaaa, who has the hook-up?????????Quote:
Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR
Oway lads! I don't want this to turn into a shit thread :D
Dude seriously, this 4-ply is going to be so strong, absorbant and soft on the skin that the military are planning to develop suits made out of it for infantry.
Here's a prototype..
dude, howd you get my mug shot?????
Next thing you know, 4-ply antigrav TP Spacesuits. NASA already has patent rights.
Sorry CAmbam, enough...OK
I see your point, but the capacity for language comes built in. Particular kinds of languages developed, but language itself you're born with.
I should stress, I supposed, that this is an opinion. Nobody is certain about this and the linguistics community is very divided on the issue.
But this is a thread about opinions, so ...
Also, I don't really know what I'm talking about.:stoned:
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Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Exactly...
You're born with the capacity to learn language. And any language skills you aquire are from your surroundings after birth... if no one in your household talks, you simply won't learn to speak yourself. If people around you communicate on a really limited level, that is also going to affect your language development, slowing it down significantly... seriously how many kids who are treated as having learning disabilities are just the victims of parents who never really talked to them much, or used very poor language themselves? Wow this is getting off subject ima shut up now!
I'm thinking, as a SPECIES, when humans first started communicating verbally.
language wasnt discovered, it wasn't like all of the sudden after banging two rocks together out popped the english language. for language to have been discovered that would mean it was already in existance. which it was not. to communicate is an instinct, but to communicate thoughts and ideas requires a language which humans over time, invented. the definition of invent is 'to create by thought, to make or design (something that did not exist before)' language was created by thought. and as far as humans go , it did not exist before, therefore language was invented.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyboy420
The English language occurs naturally, in nature. Fact. :D
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I'm going to say the number zero. And immediatly own all you bitches who said computers...
Uh, what about the uh, concepts of numbers in general? pwntQuote:
Originally Posted by Polymirize
;)
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Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR
Numbers fall into the same category as language...
"Look, there tree. Look, other tree. More tree? "two" trees."
Any simpleton caveman can get numbers and basic arithmatic.
It was at least the 6th century before some serious mathmaticians in southern asia started working out the concept of a placeholder... One integer to rule them all. To make magic happen during multiplication and division.
amen.
unpwnt
Lol, me and a buddy of mine were talking about this the other day. I tried to tell him that mathematics existed before numbers (and used the same kind of example, a caveman saying "rock"... "other rock".. "rocks!"). He didn't get my point. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Polymirize
I think we all know what "the greatest invention ever" is.
:cool:
I just found this.. I haven't read it, so somebody do me a favour and read it, then tell me if it is appropriate or not.. :D
I got this fragment from the website that Ghostoker provided.Quote:
Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR
"But what about electricity? Can you imagine a world in which once it's dark you're screwed? No telly, no movies, no light (a pitch dark world), no communication that doesn't involve the beating of drums or the controlling of smoke - a seriously primitive world, in fact.
Back to the dark ages, for want of a better pun.
What good is electricity without anything to read, however? No point having a lightbulb so that you can sit and stare at the wall until 10pm before going to bed."
Looks live some agree's that it is a damn good invention, up there with the best of them. :smokin:
The ability to manufacture books.
Such as the Bible. Where would we be today without it.
Where we are today, just with less headaches.Quote:
Originally Posted by kefkataus
:wtf:
The weel.