Useless inventions

[Jon]

I came across this useless invention yesterday, which had me chuckling.

What inventions do you think are more useless than what they were trying to replace?

 

[neuroman9999]

what the heck is all that clicking!? LOL. it looks like the Germans' engima machine from WW2!

 

[Sun_Force]

what the heck is all that clicking!?

At first, the main invention was a piggy bank from a Japanese Co. to persuade the children to save their money.
The next version came out with two cats. Then there was a battle on tweeter how fast that cat is able to pick the coins.
What you see is a diversed version of that piggy bank (by another company) to test how fast the hand can be programmed to pick the coins. Because of copy right limitation, they couldn't use the exact same cat. So they changed it into buttons.

Here's the first version of that piggy bank.

 

[neuroman9999]

At first, the main invention was a piggy bank from a Japanese Co. to persuade the children to save their money.

did you know that the Japanese are are so advanced, that if you run into a businessman in a retail store here in the USA, and you give him 95 cents change for his purchase, more than likely he'll say: just give me the bills. forget the coins. either that, or I even had a guy do this to me 20 years ago......I gave him 4 dollars and change back, and he said to me: keep the ones and the change. just give me the big bills.

WOW.

 

[Vassago]

It's similar in Japan. You see people refuse smaller coins in favor for the 100 yen or above coins/bills.

And you want to talk about advanced? Walk around Tokyo for a day. I guarantee you'll be amazed a few times. Hell, look up videos of walks around Tokyo. Plenty of YouTube channels exist that do just that.

 

[neuroman9999]

Walk around Tokyo for a day. I guarantee you'll be amazed a few times.

and WHY am I going to do this!?

 

[Vassago]

Are you?

 

[Isaac]

Maybe I am less 'advanced', but a penny saved is a penny earned. Maybe to a point, but still.

 

[neuroman9999]

Maybe I am less 'advanced', but a penny saved is a penny earned. Maybe to a point, but still.

so is a dollar. a dollar saved is a dollar earned.

 

[Jon]

What about time saved counting pennies?

 

[Isaac]

What about time saved counting pennies?

Obsolete in the day and age of machines in supermarkets that I dump my change into

 

[Vassago]

So is a quarter. A quarter saved is a quarter earned.

 

[Vassago]

Obsolete in the day and age of machines in supermarkets that I dump my change into

My bank has their own machine that doesn't charge you.

 

[Isaac]

My bank has their own machine that doesn't charge you.

I should look into it, mine might too i use chase

 

[Vassago]

I used a local Credit Union for regular daily banking. They tend to have better rates and fees for things, including the free machine. I'm not sure what larger banks might do to make a buck.

 

[neuroman9999]

What about time saved counting pennies?

hey speaking of this Jon, I once spent 5 days in a row counting all of the pennies I had when I was 10 years old. I believe the count totaled 5 or 6 thousand

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Then of course there was the story of Benjamin who underwent a religious enlightenment just before he passed away. His family had him cremated, because as we all know, "A Benny saved is a Benny urned."

 

[neuroman9999]

Then of course there was the story of Benjamin who underwent a religious enlightenment just before he passed away. His family had him cremated, because as we all know, "A Benny saved is a Benny urned."

what the hell does this mean!? my name is not BEN!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Adam, I would call you a "Has Been" but you are more like a "Never Were." Let's see if you get THAT joke in this context.

 

[neuroman9999]

Adam, I would call you a "Has Been" but you are more like a "Never Were." Let's see if you get THAT joke in this context.

HAS BEEN = Mickey the trainer from the Rocky movies.
NEVER WERE = You, as a person of God.

that good enough for you? That was not a challenge. Try again, wise one. isn't this fun!?