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What modern invention has had the most influence on your life?

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yourthemannowdog
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For the past two hours i have been driving around in a deep state amphetamine psychosis listening to my favorite classical and romantic artists (Bach, Bethoven, Chopin, Debussy, ect.), trying to catch a break from APs and SATs. As I roam around the beautiful mountains of the Hudson highlands i thought of all the amazing thing the 20th century has provided for the world. I thought, what invention (if never invented) would have changed who i am today. I must say that it is the portable music devise, the cd player, the mp3 player, the portable radio, ect.

I can not count how many times music has brought me out of a deep depression. I grew up in a decent sized house in the middle of the woods. When i was in elementary school i would steal my brother's CD player and CDs from my fathers enormous music collection, and then wander the woods looking for joy. I soon realized the two things i enjoyed most were music and nature. Portable music brings the two together.

So I am sitting in the back of a Panera bread with my iPod, eating my first meal in two days, does anyone share this passion? If not, what modern invention do you enjoy the most? It could be a car, a computer, a camera. What ever it is, feel free to share.
May 14 2011 7:39PM
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TheHamburglar
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the vaporizer
May 15 2011 3:51PM
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h_bar
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Portable music, especially my ipod
The computer
The internet
May 15 2011 4:20PM
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Childstar.
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DILDOS
May 15 2011 4:28PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Pussy. I smoke out of hand-carved wooden pipes.
May 16 2011 8:30PM
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Smuckers
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Its definetly the evolution of the toliet and sewage systems, or our entire world would be filled with holes of shit. That would be awful
May 16 2011 9:05PM
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Noss.
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fleshlight
May 16 2011 9:06PM
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PartyHon
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I'll be the 100th person to say without a doubt.... The computer
May 16 2011 9:09PM
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-Dan
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smh
May 16 2011 9:10PM
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skifree919
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computers, the internet, and specifically search engines. I wouldn't have my job if search engines didn't exist, which means I wouldn't have moved to California after college (well maybe i would have but who knows)
May 16 2011 9:14PM
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egg.
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i was going to say that. Post stealer!!!!
May 16 2011 9:19PM
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TOUCHE
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condoms. if they worked i wouldn't be alive
May 16 2011 9:27PM
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McFellon
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the printing press
modern compared to the dinosaurs
May 16 2011 9:52PM
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BIGben*
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Internet.
May 16 2011 9:53PM
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.Ian.
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I have to agree with everyone else that the Internet/ computer is the best. But the other inventions that are important to me would have to be digital camera or dslrs and mp3 players.
May 16 2011 10:42PM
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Nathn
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Modern medicine > PC
May 16 2011 10:47PM
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PaleCelery
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May 17 2011 3:32PM
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tall_t
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and skis
May 17 2011 3:36PM
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zues
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+k for a solid thread my man

but yea I LOVE my ipod so much, I love just chilling by myself sometimes listening to Above and Beyond's Trance Around The World... It's what I'm doing right now.

There are so many different inventions that have affected my life... these are the obvious ones but are often overlooked

1. cars/transport vehicles
2. Construction equipment (think of where you would live without cement mixers or trucks to transport raw materials)
3. communication -cell phones/internet
4. refrigerators


Sooo many others... but i feel that these are some of the essentials.
May 17 2011 4:04PM
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.AR6rider.
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So true. Type I diabetes used to be a fatal disease. Now I run around with an insulin pump and can do and eat whatever the fuck I want with little to no consequences. Other than that, it's definitely computer/internet, cell phones, and cars
May 17 2011 4:10PM
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klayer_9
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camera or internet.
May 17 2011 4:34PM
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wintersway
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mp3 player
high speed internet
laptop & wifi
smartphone & high speed networks (3G, 4G)
May 17 2011 6:16PM
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PaleCelery
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hate to say it but....

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May 17 2011 6:46PM
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Montville57
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vibrators....keepin me sane
May 17 2011 6:46PM
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SeanTom
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I can't believe no one said the fleshlight
May 17 2011 7:08PM
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1337
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quoting so seantom sees that someone said fleshlight
May 17 2011 7:09PM
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SeanTom
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FUUUUUUUUUUU
May 17 2011 7:14PM
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plorr
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this. I think we take for granted how different our lives would be if we could get in a car and travel wherever we want in a relatively short time.


Oh yeah, and condoms.
May 17 2011 8:00PM
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kingcomet32
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computer (with internet), i can learn about what i want, when i want, where i want to

whether im sitting at home or in a mcdonalds wifi (who actually brings their laptops there??) either way if im able to access the internet i have to potential to learn anything i want to

two days ago i decided i wanted to learn some basic hacking
today i learned about different natural oddities that occur throughout the world, and a bunch of ancient tech theories and discoveries
tomorrow i plan on learning some computer science

thanks to the coupling of these two inventions the only limits on my life are the ones i put on myself, that being said instead of educating myself about all this awesome shit.... im sitting here on facebook and ns... doing nothing
May 17 2011 8:22PM
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ImNotARacist
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Marijuana?
May 17 2011 8:24PM
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Sharknuts.
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pow skis!
May 17 2011 8:33PM
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jayo.
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Not even close to being a modern invention
May 17 2011 8:46PM
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ImNotARacist
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Dude whatever, that shit was invented in like the 20's during the mobster shit. Pretty modern if you ask me.
May 17 2011 9:03PM
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jayo.
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I sincerely hope that you are joking
May 17 2011 9:30PM
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el_mn_op
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Something modern I wish had never been invented: automatic flush toilets. So pointless, so irritating.

May 17 2011 9:33PM
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Montville57
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May 17 2011 9:47PM
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Montville57
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May 17 2011 9:47PM
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ImNotARacist
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Why would I be joking. Im sure I can find resources to prove that Im right. Whatever though.


Besides even if Im wrong its still the best invention ever. Everyone talking about how your so influenced by the internet and personal computers. When you are on weed a tree could influence you so by that logic it puts it on top.


I win.
May 17 2011 9:54PM
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ImNotARacist
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Shut up n00b
May 17 2011 9:55PM
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.AR6rider.
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He's been a member longer than you, n00b.
May 17 2011 9:59PM
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Mr.Gaga
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In the last 10 years cellphone and in the last 5 years facebook. Before that computer.

May 17 2011 9:59PM
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E.FARR
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the microwave..how would i make my microwave burritos and popcorn and quesodillas....clearly just no other way.....and anyone that says the stove...go die..haha
May 17 2011 10:05PM
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jayo.
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I still can;t quite tell if you're trolling or not, but...
1) Marijuana was never "invented", it's a naturally occurring plant.
and
2) Marijuana was definitely not invented in the '20s. It's been used by humans for thousands of years though.

But I do agree that it has had a lot of influence on my life
May 17 2011 10:13PM
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zues
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hey jayo and jaywolf

shut the fuck up one of you is a communist and one of you has a wolf icon ... your arguments are invalid i actually like this thread so stop fucking it up



Imagine life without a fridge... seriously

Where would we be without cameras? imagine the world would be so different.
May 18 2011 1:23AM
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ImNotARacist
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No, he hasn't been a member longer than me.
May 18 2011 2:46AM
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.AR6rider.
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Second account? Otherwise, yes, yes he has, N00B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 18 2011 2:51AM
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Aaaron.
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are you illiterate
May 19 2011 12:21PM
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Spinoza
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obviously computer for everyone...
May 19 2011 1:16PM
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I_Am_Mod
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how about fire?
May 19 2011 1:21PM
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RubberSoul
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i think modern transportation and medicine rival computers and shit.. comuputers/interwebs have huge influence on us but think how radically different our lives would be without automobiles etc and medicine..that's influence

and to the dude who thinks grass was invented in the 20th century, youre fucking high. but yeah it's good stuff. deserves an award
May 19 2011 1:27PM
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