Poll: Is the Bicycle best invention ever

[Aries_Split]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to the Wireless Bicycle.

 

[darthsmily]

I pick Internet otherwise we would not be having this discussion, now would we?

 

[curlycrouton]

Fire. Or SCIENCE!

Not really an invention, but whenever we stopped being opressed by religious leaders who squezzed every last penny out of us under their pretense of 'God's work'. Bastards

I thought this forum was above bashing religion. Obviously not.

Ah, but you see I dislike religion, or at least what people use it to do. Not necessarily putting hate on all religion here, but more so on the peole who use it as an end for their own self-promotion. When we started to stop listening to these people, we suddenly discovered innovation, sending us flying forward along the technical ladder. Also, it has caused so many problems. Extremists (which frankly exist for everything, but religion has the most noticable effects) and people promising the promised land, causing two groups rabibly and blidly driven by reality to start blowing each other up and murderiing each other. Wars fueled by religion are the most bloody of all. God is an ideal which man created to sheild himself from the scary parts of the world. People then used God as an excuse to do horrible things and impose their values upon others. This became known as religion.

I'm cool with God, but not religion. Catch my drift?

Yeah, sort of. I think, for example, that despite that, people the world over owe a huge debt to most large organised religions, for reasons that I will explain if you want me to, just PM me.

 

[Anarchemitis]

There are many inventions that were vital and more important than the Bicycle; fire, the wheel, the Printing Press, Gunpowder, the Scientific theory, electricity, Wireless information transfers...
But anyone will have a had time refuting or defeating a machine with it's unparalleled efficiency in such a useful and practical device.
Not much under 100% of the energy you put into it, you will get back in mechanical energy and translation of space. (aka Movement)

Also, please don't argue for or against God unless it's against a believer, because otherwise it's simply compounding non-knowledge.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Two words: Elastic underwear

Yes, back in the days of Ghengis Khan, Jesus and John McCain, citizens were forced to wear either wooden underwear (splinters) or metal underwear (chafing). This lead to such conflicts as the 100 Years War, The Franco - Prussian War, and the foundation of the Republican Party.

Why didn't they use cotton, wool or leather, like they did for their other clothes?

Because they were too busy using cotton, leather and wool for clothing.

 

[sheic99]

Soap was a pretty good one. Read: Bathing in general

The alphabet and algebra aren't too shabby, either.

Soap was not an invention; it was discovered by accident. A group of prehistoric people would bath in a certain spot of a river and they discovered they got cleaner there. It just so happened that up the river was where the sacrificial rituals where done The fat from the bodies helped get rid of the dirt. And thus soap was discovered.

 

[Copter400]

I see your bicycle and raise you The Wheel.

 

[zen5887]

Im gonna say Rock and Roll

Nothing to support my statement... I just like rock and roll

 

[Di22y]

I see your bicycle and raise you The Wheel.

What use is a wheel as a 'wheel'

 

[runtheplacered]

Soap was a pretty good one. Read: Bathing in general

The alphabet and algebra aren't too shabby, either.

Soap was not an invention; it was discovered by accident. A group of prehistoric people would bath in a certain spot of a river and they discovered they got cleaner there. It just so happened that up the river was where the sacrificial rituals where done The fat from the bodies helped get rid of the dirt. And thus soap was discovered.

I was being tongue-in-cheek, which is why I said "Read: Bathing in general". I actually did know that.. oh well!

 

[DeusFps]

Gordon Freeman is the best invention evar. He would pile in chuck norris' face with his crowbar! rawr

 

[Copter400]

What use is a wheel as a 'wheel'

Make a heavy wheel. Roll it across some wheat. You have flour. Make bread. Invent sliced bread.

 

[Gotham Soul]

You clearly haven't tasted beer yet.

 

[Dommyboy]

I'll go for the obvious, languages and microchips. The basis of our society now so where would we be without them? In some crazy sort of Bioshock world, that's what.

 

[Di22y]

What use is a wheel as a 'wheel'

Make a heavy wheel. Roll it across some wheat. You have flour. Make bread. Invent sliced bread.

Then that would be a roller and not a wheel.

 

[Di22y]

You clearly haven't tasted beer yet.

If your talking about me, I've probably tasted enough beer for me you and and all the escapists to last a lifetime.

 

[gunnnnkjkjkj]

Best invention ever is a Spork , Spoon Knife Fork. Well who would'nt want all that in one.

As far as I know, sporks are just sppons and forks. Wouldn't a knife make that a "spike"?

well yea but theres spikes on the edge of the Fork part wich can be used as a knife :F

 

[Trace2010]

The Printing Press. That's an easy one.