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namatad

2012-01-01 09:17:57 PM

lol
worthless inventions are worthless

Relatively Obscure

2012-01-01 10:47:54 PM

namatad: lol
worthless inventions are worthless

I'm not sure I'd classify the revolver and Braille as 'worthless inventions.'

Cracked, yes.

Fista-Phobia

2012-01-01 11:27:30 PM

Superman is trying to scratch with a 1911?? I don't get it.

Bagelox-99

2012-01-01 11:29:00 PM

FAIL without Philo Farnsworth.

thepayner

2012-01-01 11:29:05 PM

Hip hop could have stayed uninvented

titwrench

2012-01-01 11:30:40 PM

Wouldn't Superman be a creation and not an invention? I would even say the same for hip hop.

Teen Wolf Blitzer

2012-01-01 11:33:09 PM

MacGuyver was an inventor

Le Bomb Suprize

2012-01-01 11:33:22 PM

I invented writing when I was 14, but I read somewhere that it had already been done.

JackalRabbit

2012-01-01 11:40:27 PM

I invented a large butt print in my couch that i feel is much more relevant to mankind as a whole.......than hip friggin hop

/left cheek larger than right cheek
//with just a hint of oregano

smimmy

2012-01-01 11:50:55 PM

FTFA: "The Inventors of Hip-Hop Were Age 17 and 12"

This is Jack's complete lack of surprise.

rhiannon

2012-01-01 11:53:48 PM

smimmy: FTFA: "The Inventors of Hip-Hop Were Age 17 and 12"

This is Jack's complete lack of surprise.

They were actually much older than I had expected.

tacojohn

2012-01-01 11:56:44 PM

When I was in high school I discovered a moderately important use of geometry. I was very excited when I told my geometry teacher about it the next day and he was like "we'll learn about that next week" I was pretty disappointed; why couldn't I have been born when mathematical discoveries were easy.

AirForceVet

2012-01-01 11:59:34 PM

Impressive list. We could expand on it with today's kids as well.

I caught an NPR story on a teen who figured out why cancer becomes resistant to chemo. Plus, another two kids who "modified the Kinect device for Microsoft's Xbox 360 in order to analyze human gait ... to diagnose and treat medical problems that affect movement."

/I look forward to our young coming up with new, creative things.

neuroflare

2012-01-02 12:03:33 AM

Samuel L. Jackson Tebowing.

/or he farted

Bit'O'Gristle

2012-01-02 12:06:14 AM

So that's who we have to blame for craptastic rap. Thanks guys..for lowering the talent bar.

maniac64

2012-01-02 12:17:41 AM

I bet that a teenager invented masturbating too.

nekom

2012-01-02 12:27:07 AM

Other than braille, none of those are inventions.

nekom

2012-01-02 12:27:42 AM

And the revolver. That counts. Superman is not an invention.

WayToBlue

2012-01-02 12:34:17 AM

Bagelox-99

FAIL without Philo Farnsworth.

Came to say this.

rhiannon

2012-01-02 12:34:21 AM

nekom: And the revolver. That counts. Superman is not an invention.

The snowmobile sounds like an invention.

croesius

2012-01-02 12:43:14 AM

Soo....article mentions Colt's revolver, goes with a picture of Browning's 1911?

bdub77

2012-01-02 12:46:21 AM

6 - Superman. Not an invention. Also, a f*cking comic book. Not exactly earth shattering.
5 - Hip hop. Not an invention.
4 - Colt revolver. Invention. Changed the world yes. Didn't necessarily do a lot of good though.
3 - A flag. Seriously? You are f*cking kidding me. Dude won a farking art contest. Here's your blue ribbon, now STFU.
2 - Snowmobile. Invention. Not exactly a world changer unless you live in Canada.
1 - Braille. Invention. Definitely a world changer. Anne Frank would have never invented the light bulb were it not for Braille.

red5ish

2012-01-02 12:46:29 AM

Elisha Collier patented the flintlock revolver 18 years before Colt "invented" the percussion cap revolver.

LowbrowDeluxe

2012-01-02 12:49:45 AM

Hip Hop, more like..uh...Crap Pop, amirite? Cause it sucks. And uh...it's like rap cause black people like it, and I call rap 'crap'. That's funny, right?

UsikFark

2012-01-02 01:00:32 AM

Meanwhile, I see participation medals in some farker's futures.

Mock26

2012-01-02 01:02:08 AM

Shi-itt, I had a 16th level cleric by the time I was 15.

MayContainHorseGluten

2012-01-02 01:03:14 AM

bdub77: 2 - Snowmobile. Invention. Not exactly a world changer unless you live in Canada.

or Alaska, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Antarctica...

kroonermanblack

2012-01-02 01:08:35 AM

croesius: Soo....article mentions Colt's revolver, goes with a picture of Browning's 1911?

In the header, yes. But it does feature a knife-gun (whatever the correct term for it is) built in his factory, and an exploded schematic of a revolver.

Looks like they might have made the pic by actually laying the items out, so the 1911 could have just been what he had.

/Fark needs either a troll or stupid button for some comments
//Not yours, one of the other ones downthread.

Filth Paste

2012-01-02 01:20:18 AM

maniac64

I bet that a teenager invented masturbating too.

No. I did!

nekom

2012-01-02 01:42:59 AM

rhiannon: nekom: And the revolver. That counts. Superman is not an invention.

The snowmobile sounds like an invention.

Alright, fair enough. Not exactly something that bettered mankind but I guess that technically counts as well.

OgreMagi

2012-01-02 01:48:26 AM

I invented a method of self pleasuring when I was a teenager. At least I think I invented it since no one had ever mentioned it to me.

The Southern Dandy

2012-01-02 01:49:00 AM

Filth Paste: maniac64

I bet that a teenager invented masturbating too.

No. I did!

I invented the "strange-hand" and the "two-hand-top-off" techniques.

IrishBlunder

2012-01-02 01:52:17 AM

bdub77:
1 - Braille. Invention. Definitely a world changer. Anne Frank would have never invented the light bulb were it not for Braille.

Pillow Pants is watching you.

Pumpernickel bread

2012-01-02 01:55:30 AM

Colt and Braille are the only two truly impressive ones on that list.

SoxSweepAgain

2012-01-02 02:04:06 AM

bdub77:
6 - Superman. Not an invention. Also, a f*cking comic book. Not exactly earth shattering.
5 - Hip hop. Not an invention. I disagree
4 - Colt revolver. Invention. Changed the world yes. Didn't necessarily do a lot of good though.
3 - A flag. Seriously? You are f*cking kidding me. Dude won a farking art contest. Here's your blue ribbon, now STFU. I disagree
2 - Snowmobile. Invention. Not exactly a world changer unless you live in Canada.
1 - Braille. Invention. Definitely a world changer. Anne Frank would have never invented the light bulb were it not for Braille.

OK, the flag thing could rightly be called an "innovation", so you do have a point.

I am not a huge hip-hop fan, but I do see how it was invented.

cuzsis

2012-01-02 02:20:57 AM

So if I'm older than 15 my inventive life is pretty much over then?

Mock26

2012-01-02 02:28:29 AM

cuzsis: So if I'm older than 15 my inventive life is pretty much over then?

Welcome to the Fail Brigade. Pick up your when you sign in.

echolimakilo

2012-01-02 02:39:54 AM

So it has a picture of an M1911, but that wasn't invented by Colt. The M1911 was invented by John M. Browning.

Mock26

2012-01-02 03:54:32 AM

echolimakilo: So it has a picture of an M1911, but that wasn't invented by Colt. The M1911 was invented by John M. Browning.

What the fark are you babbling about?

Halt Die Schnauze

2012-01-02 05:53:32 AM

I'm going to invent the Braille monitor right after I invent venture capitalization.

minoridiot

2012-01-02 07:16:03 AM

I thought that hip-hop was a derivative evolution of music that could not be attributed to anyone person.

Fritriac

2012-01-02 08:00:39 AM

Halt Die Schnauze: I'm going to invent the Braille monitor right after I invent venture capitalization.

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