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If you could uninvent something, what would it be? It's hard to think of something that wouldn't have a serious knock on effect.

I'm going for music. I love music but some bastard keeps playing it in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Oh, and man's ability to split the atom. That's going too before someone gets hurt.

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Dave. Did Esso have a post here that you quoted or am I going barmy?

Mobile phones, we seemed to get on just fine without them.

Bit of both, really Tom.....

There seem to be two (near) identical threads.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65224.msg0#new

Duplicate threads.

Tom's ability to start threads...

Religion.

I'm sorry, but you can't uninvent mobile phones because I used one to start this thread and if they didn't exist there would be no thread for you to use to call for their uninvention.

All religion or some religion?

I just never understand when people say 'ban religion'

PS. I'm not religious. I saw the light.

Cigarettes

Television.

Computer games.

Automatic doors on main line railway carriages.

TV? You're avin a larf aincha?

What would we watch Sir David on?

Maybe we would actually step outside more often, & investigate nature's beauty first hand instead of having it spoon-fed to us.

I think TV, & computer games, have had, overall, a dreadfully corrosive effect upon our lives. It's all too easy.

A survey recently (& we could argue until we are blue in the face as to it's merit or accuracy) suggested that on average, under 15's spend 8 hours per day in front of either TV or a computer. Might be 6 hours, might be 4, or 10. It's a frightening thought whatever.

Little wonder we interact face to face so badly these days.    

Capish?

Good points, but TV is a great shop window for the world and it broadens your interests.

Before we had a telly I spent 8 hours a day chasing rabbits and looking for goldfinch nests.

OK, then we should have a law, or a clever timing device, that limits watching TV to 1 hour per day. 

Absolutely this.
Root of all evil.
Pointless
Its the one thing i just see no good coming from. Those that think it brings good are simply fooling themselves and should look formtheir strength and answers elsewhere. It amazes me that even rational and intelligent people can be so religous.

Amen to that.

I would probably specify organised religion; generally the problem isn't down to faith. The problem comes from the institutions of religion getting subverted into Worldly problems and prejudices.

But if banning religion as a whole did the trick I wouldn't see any harm in that either.

I spent 3 hours yesterday lookng for a green sandpiper that i saw fleetingly in the same spot a week ago. I couldnt find it. I did however happen upon a kingfisher that i sat watching for an hour and i think i saw a rough-legged buzzard but need someone to help me confirm that and find that again.

No phone
No computer
No stress

Blissful.

Now I think you're on to something. Perhaps a retina chip that your smart TV recognises.  

It could be programmed to allow like, 2 hours of Life on Earth but only 15 mins of Game of Thrones.

You are the man though Greg. If I wasn't me I would consider being you.

No no, shit like Game of Thrones would be banned.

You mean uninvented?

I think Blonde needs a new version of Godwin's Law, as follows

"As a Blonde thread grows longer, the probability of Religion being blamed approaches 1"

Perhaps it could be called Kinboshi's Law?

After 35 years of it constantly being on in the background, I made the conscious effort last week to not watch TV. I have watched two hours of telly (Walking Dead and Better Call Saul) in the last seven days and I have been so much happier. I've read more, my energy levels are up and its nice not to have the constant fear mongering of 24 hour news.

Really hoping I can stick to it and reserve my telly to just the great box set type shows, and of course, shows about dogs (Supervet, Paul O'Gradys for the Love of Dogs etc)

It seems to help a lot of rappers win music awards.

..and sportsmen beat other sportsmen (my god's better than your god).

We could also have Kinboshi's Second Law, where when someone mentions religion (be it me or someone else), I get mentioned immediately after ;)

There should also be a 'we inevitably find out if Camel hates [Person/Subject] being discussed' law.

A Red Dog pun law.

A Red Dog turn it off an on again law.

A Blatch in-joke law.

And of course the 'my god, it really is clicky here' law.

Nah, can't have this.

As much as I'm an Atheist and anti religion to say no good comes out of it is massively incorrect IMO.

There lots of dedicated and selfless people who channel their good work through religion.

They'd probably be good people without religion, but even with this caveat, religion is a force for good in lots of places.

This is pretty easy. There are three types of people I don't like.

People with huge egos.

People who have achieved success/fame way beyond what their skill/talent dictates they should.

And worst of all: The subset of both groups; people who achieved fame way beyond their talent level who have got huge egos.

What about people that kick bunny rabbits? They are c***s too if you ask me.

Especially if they have personalised number plates.

Sigh, is it really? 

Happy to take my chances with nuclear holocaust if we could just uninvent self service tills at supermarkets.

Can we uninvent Simon Cowell?

I'd uninvent people writing the word 'sigh' as a rebuttle.

I'm an atheist too, but think Camel has made a good point that lots of inidviduals have used relgion in a positive way. Maybe you'd like to give an actual reason why you disagree?

They are pants, but I do like the 'scan as you go' thing in Tescos.

Surely the burden of evidence is on the person who makes the assertion? 

PS The "sigh" wasn't to be a rebuttal in this case, more that we're getting into another discussion on religion.

OK, so I'm not religious, but think it's quite hard to refute that shared religion creates a strong sense of community and well being in believers.

Fair enough, it didn't come across that way. I always see stuff like that as short hand for 'lets laugh at this opinion and not even give it the time of day'. A bit like when someone simply replies 'LOL' in a hand discussion forum after someone else's analysis.

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So do One Direction.

One Direction.

Quite so, whatever makes one happy.

The example who came to mind as I was writing the post was this fella: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Daly_%28bishop%29

What he did on Bloody Sunday was almost unbelieveably selfless.

(http://media.irishcentral.com/images/edward_daly_bloody_sunday-ii.jpg)

Bloody Sunday you say? We've uninvented religion, there's no Bloody Sunday...

Sure we'd soon find another good reason to hate the folk on the other side of town

I think it was touched on before though that most 'good' people who are religious aren't good because they're religious.

I think there are a small number of people who would actually be turned into being good people because of the example of religion - i.e. they're only good because of it. But there are also a small number (but probably larger) that only do evil things because of the influence of religion.

Overall the net effect, I would think, is probably negative.

That's very true. But one arbitrary reason fewer is a good thing.

Lying

I don't believe in any religion, but one of the reasons why we aren't living in caves and huts still is because of it.  The spread of organised religion allowed us to work together.

People were shot in the back because of religion?

Sorry, unarmed people were shot in the back because of religion, is what I meant to post.

Really? I'm happy to reconsider if I see evidence for it - but I'd have thought that defence against neighbouring civilisations was probably one of the main reasons for that.

Uniting against them because they also had the wrong God might occasionally have also featured, but I think the primary feature would have been strong and/or convincing leadership coalescing the defence of your group against outsider groups.

Not sure why you were sighing about 'another thread about religion' when this was on page 1

it was "unjustifed and unjustifable" of course, but they were shot in the back in the name of public order, weren't they?...not because of their religion being catholic?

Apologies, I meant to add a ? In the second post. Changes the whole wording.

Not sure public order is a good description. But my point was to kinboshi.

I was referring to the troubles in Ireland, rather than Bloody Sunday itself.

[ ] That's what I said. 

Would make poker a little different.

I think clarification on what caused 'the troubles' should be sought then. As far as I was aware, it wasn't a religious war.

Asda/Walmart/Morrisons

It wasn't a religious war, I agree. It was political and territorial.  However, it was accompanied by vast amounts of sectarianism and bigotry wrapped up in it.  The Crusades were largely for other purposes than being 'religious wars', but religion fuelled and was used as a means of funding, propaganda and justifying what was done.

What do we blame when religion isn't the root of the war/genocide/mutilation etc ? We only have human nature then ? So humans are the denominator - some are bad, some are OK, some are 'saints' - I need you to calm down, stop obsessing about religion and meditate on the fundamental fragility & frailties of mankind.

But not Tesco? :)

Religion being one of them... ;)

They would be next on list :)

Sagging.

HUD's and poker tracking software

 Qc

FYP

Sigh.

Broken records.

Marmite

Bakewell tarts (disgusting tasting things)

Proper Bakewell tarts are lovely, the Mr Kipling type ones with icing and a cherry are I agree sickly tasting.

I've thought long and hard about this and I believe I have the winner.


The word guesstimate.

I'd uninvent chess

Because Tal

Shut up Meg.

Whats wrong with this word, i love it. Also love when i got told it wasent a word, you should go and speak to that person as it seems they have already uninvented it.

I can't believe the fact that my dad uninvented music has gone uncommented. Music. Our earliest, most varied and expressive artform, conveying every different emotion in a ways that all humans instantly recognise.
Then he has the cheek to defend television. That guy is seriously going down in my estimation.

Chewing gum.

i thought your Dad was the Roger Whittaker of the M69-M1 corridor?

Music is not a problem - it is other people's music preferences that get up my nose.

I like MY musical preferences when I want it, & at my volume.

Listening to other people's musical preference sucks, as does being forced to listen to it.

We could exist in a world without music or TV quite comfortably. We'd struggle to live comfortably in a world without bridges. 

Love bridges, me.

Capitalism.

feudalism big up north? :)

So did I!

(Between you and me, I think he's losing the plot.)

humans?

Are fantastic, mostly.

apart from been responsible for most of the bad things that have happened since mankind came to earth

Intelligence, art, literature, philosophy, kindness to list just a few reasons why the good outweighs the bad. I do understand your point but humans on the whole are just great.

Humans suck, some don't even appreciate bakewell tarts.

They made bakewell tarts! Thanks, missed that one :-)