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    Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009

    Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008

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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    No cock-bib? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of RicketyCricket RicketyCricket
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009

    Did that image remind anyone else of this?

    (Sorry, it got cropped)
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    Dave J. promoted this comment Edited by RicketyCricket at 11/13/09 11:55 AM RicketyCricket was starred RicketyCricket was unstarred
    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    11/13/09

    @RicketyCricket: The files are IN the computer?? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Nipple Juice Nipple Juice
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    I have no problem with the gas mask bra. It gives me another reason to carry around my smoke grenade #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    spannu promoted this comment Nipple Juice was starred Nipple Juice was unstarred
    Image of uttc16 uttc16
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    is it me, or does she look a bit like amy pohler(sp)? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment uttc16 was starred uttc16 was unstarred
    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/13/09

    @uttc16: A little bit, if she were older. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    P&P&Z was a great book - and my opinion is valued more than Times'. Case closed. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Hiphopopotamus was starred Hiphopopotamus was unstarred
    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    Odd that Natal made it, considering it's not even out yet! #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment Nintenboy01 was starred Nintenboy01 was unstarred
    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/13/09

    @Nintenboy01: You guys haven't tried it yet, but the media has. Guess that's enough. *shrug* Lists are just fun navel gazing, anywayz. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    I don't think I'd want to be huffing that woman's bra. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/13/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Sounds like a job for PBR. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of laylaholic laylaholic
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    "...from this year's quirky Ig Novel Awards."

    Oh dear. It's Ig NOBEL - as in Nobel Prize, and punning on ignoble - geddit...? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment laylaholic was starred laylaholic was unstarred
    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/13/09

    @laylaholic: Cheers, fixed. V and B are too close together ;) #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/13/09


    @Danny Allen: Well maybe not too close: #bestandworstinventionsof2009
     Reply
    Danny Allen was starred Danny Allen was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    Boy, if I was subjected to item no. 1, I'd be fucking manic. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: For the Japanese, though, that's just part of their work code. Only they can pull something like that off.

    Then again, they could've required all Tokyo subway workers - male or female - to wear item number 4 if it had existed in 1995. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Kyonko was starred Kyonko was unstarred
    Image of Gann Gann
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Also, wouldn't it be a little creepy to ride the rail surrounded by fake looking smiles, knowing they're all just thin veneers over a train wreck of anger and frustration? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Kyonko: I suppose it isn't much different from the venomous saccharine mannequins that work at TGI Friday's, forced to be unrealistically chipper, which I may have to explain to management one day gives me awful indigestion. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Gann: I can only assume it's because upper management don't have to do this kind of shit (anymore) and don't stop to think that maybe people respond better to quality professional service and courtesy than they do to big stupid grins. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Gann Gann
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Wait, are you implying that the appearance of quality is not the same as quality? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Gann was starred Gann was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Or you could just wear one of the bra-cup gas masks with a smile painted on it.. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "I suppose it isn't much different from the venomous saccharine mannequins that work at TGI Friday's, forced to be unrealistically chipper"

    And they're forced to wear those stupid pieces of flair. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of lanion lanion
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is great fun -- even for my wife who loves the original. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Hiphopopotamus promoted this comment lanion was starred lanion was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    You know last year peek was their best.

    How is a book an invention for that matter? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    11/13/09

    @tande04: yeah... I was wondering the same thing. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/13/09

    @tande04: Eh... a list by Time Magazine journalists? Probably just a bunch of pissed off English majors who feel like their world is being raped by popular culture. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: And it probably is. It's just a matter of caring, which we probably won't. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    In reply to Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008
    Well my favorite inventions are..


    1. LindsayJoy's avatar

    2. LEGO

    3. Sites that supplement LEGO parts that would normally not exist

    4. Gizmodo's pre-threaded comment system

    5. Star Trek

    6. Cynicism

    7. Photoshop/MS Paint contests

    8. Guns that shoot stuff that's funny

    9. I for one welcome our (insert description) overlords comments

    10. The banhammer

    11. IMAX

    12. Flame wars

    13. Porn sites (should be higher but it just occurred to me)

    14. paintball

    15. the blogsphere

    16. Loitering

    17. Emu farming

    18. Youtube

    19. Christmas

    20. Other assorted pagan rituals

    21. the Urban Dictionary

    22. satire

    23. Midget bowling

    24. iPhone picture girl

    25. the iPhone happy face

    26. Sweaty Ballmer Giz captions

    27. Denny Crane

    28. Domestic Violence Barbie (patent pending)

    29. Rickrolling

    30. LOLcats

    31. The Overmind

    32. The Big Giant Head

    33. Hanna Barbera cartoons

    34. hardon collider comments

    35. being able to avoid Myspace

    36. Coffee that is cheaper and tastier than Starbucks

    37. Apple computers

    38. BSOD

    39. Clippy (yes, I went there)

    40. Portal references (the cake is a lie)

    41. PIXAR

    42. jibjab.com

    43. Kaiser-Machead's message board

    44. Nutbastard's obscene hand gesture

    45. OMG!! PONIES!!'s Unicorn-Powered Truckasaurus

    46. P3nnster's Ultimate Coffee Break

    47. Blockquotes

    48. Safari's activity window (which is useful to download porn with)

    49. ebay

    50. Me
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine:


    BSOD's aren't invented silly, they're born

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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser 'The Undead Cookie Brought to Life With Lightning an...:


    Well I'm flattered with the reference but I would have though it would be Lindsay Joy in person...


    ::crys!::

     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M and its Snowing Leopards!: Shucks I forgot! OK, replace #1 with that put other as #2 then we have 51.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine:


    I changed my name and my avatar for Halloween, but of course it isn't showing yet :-(

     Reply
    LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M was starred LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M and its Snowing Leopards!: Think of it more as a time-release capsule of awesomeness.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser 'The Undead Cookie Brought to Life With Lightning an...:


    I told you about the activity window!


    I need to punish you.

     Reply
    LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M was starred LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/31/08

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M and its Snowing Leopards!: You were invented? Does that mean there are more LindsayJoy fembots rolling off the assembly line in some secret factory somewhere?
     Reply
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/31/08

    In reply to Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008
    I love the retail DNA test. You can run but you cant hide.....
     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @Curves: Now wait for the Maury Edition.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/31/08

    @Curves: From here to Paternity...
     Reply
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    10/31/08

    In reply to Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008
    Is disenvoweling an invention?
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    Image of caliaa caliaa
    10/31/08

    In reply to Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008
    How come Hulu is more important than the LHC? Idiots! They're probably voting for Palin.
     Reply
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/31/08

    @caliaa: That's because the LHC was never fully operational this year.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @caliaa: Unless the LHC can show me episodes of House or The Office that I missed, I'm afraid it's world-sucking black hole vortex-o-tron particle acceleratitudinator can take a hike.
     Reply
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