12 Worst Inventions of All Time

You're not going to believe that these. ridiculous inventions exist, but they. do. Let's talk about that. Good mythical morning. Thank you. Sincerely for making Good Mythical. Morning a part of your daily routine. along with a balanced breakfast. Even if it's not breakfast time, it's. mythical breakfast for your for your for. your mind for your soul. And a kiss from a loved one.

And a kiss from a loved one. Okay, people are inventing things all. the time, right? And it's just human. nature that they're going to do some. stupid stuff. I mean, what I have found. is that when people start inventing. things, they get things wrong in a. hilariously bad fashion. So, what I've. done is I've kind of. smart is not a prerequisite to invent. things. No, no. You just got to invent. something. It can happen right now. I. just invented something. I'll tell you. about it later. ideas sometimes make a lot of money. They do. These I don't believe made much. money, but what I've done we've gone. through the past about 100 years, the. past century. Okay. and I'm going to go in chronological.

order going back to 1910 starting with. These are real. These are real. The parachute jacket. I've got pictures for all of them. Okay, so this thing was invented by Franz. Reichelt in 1910. Now, this is a jacket. that a suit basically that an aviator, that's someone who flies a plane, was. supposed to wear and you could just jump. out of the plane and spread your arms. and it would go turn into a parachute. and you would live. It seems like that was just waiting to. be invented. Now, believe it or not, this dude, in order.

to prove its efficacy, Mhm. jumped off of the first deck of the. Eiffel Tower. Oh, no. in 1910 and there's a YouTube video of. it. No sound cuz it was silent. This is. Franz. Is this. testing out This is for real. Oh. He died. I mean, that was the dude actually. jumping off in the parachute jacket. So, the parachute jacket. Oh my goodness. they like show in the video like. carrying them away and stuff. Anyway,

not a good idea, France. Was that his YouTube channel? Uh yeah. Believe it the first YouTube. channel ever. Okay. That is that's sad. Moving along to 1922. This. He believed in it. This is absolutely amazing. The baby. cage. This thing was designed for. parents who live in confined spaces like. apartments to be able to put their child. outside. And so it's a cage. No. right here. I got the baby. No. It's It's. a cage that is suspended out over the. street. It looks like an air conditioning unit,

but instead it's it's a Well, it's a. cage with a baby in it. Yeah, it's not an AC unit powered by a. baby. It is a baby cage that is. suspended out over the street. They look so happy, those babies. I showed this to my wife and she was. like, "That is horrible." I was like, "Really? I mean, it's just it looks. secure. The kids would love it.". I don't think this is that bad of an. idea. Unlike 1935, the ice skating baby. carrier. Now, this looks like an. accident waiting to happen. Oh, wow. This involves some. coordination, I think. So, I mean. Between parents.

I mean, this thing Think about how. easily this baby could be slammed onto. the ice. I. I want to go left, Marie. I want to go. right, Tim. Or how about Yeah, when you run into. someone else and the baby takes the. brunt of the impact. Well, that could happen, too. Okay. Now, if they skated apart, would that. pull the carrier apart or that pull the. baby apart? the baby up. Baby goes woo. Like a slingshot. and then down. So, it's a baby. slingshot. I don't think it's elastic. I think it's stupid. Okay, well, how. about this? In 1938, speaking of stupid,

they came out with the firebox. This was. a device that they put on fire alarms. that when you pulled the fire alarm, it. would grab your wrist and hold you there. until the police arrived. to prevent false alarms or pranksters. I think that would that would be. effective at that. I mean, I you know, if if if if that's. where your priority is, then this is. effective. might also be effective in preventing. all pulling of fire alarms. That's what I'm saying. All pulling. That's true.

Look at her, she's happy. Why? Because. you might get burned up. Is that what. you're saying? Are you just getting that now? No. Okay, 1950. What better way to bring two. people together than simultaneously. sucking on the same cigarette? They. legitimately made. this for years. This thing that you and your honey could. put a Look, you could hold hands and you. could smoke the same cigarette at the. same time. Think about how many babies wouldn't. exist if this device didn't exist. I don't think that many people ended up.

using this. I mean, that's That's romance to the max. right there. I mean, are cigarettes really that. expensive? Let's just smoke our own. You. know, it's like. It's about It's about the romance of it, dude. It's It's about the intimacy. 1962, invented by M. W. Holton, sea shoes. This is pretty simple. I. mean, you've got floating shoes. He. thought that you could cross bodies of. water, maybe the ocean. Now, Well, he's a businessman on a on a small. pontoon boat. Yeah. Now, I'm not making this up.

As a child, I invented this in my mind. Now, I I Now, independently. Now, I I I. don't think it's that great of an I. think the fact that I invented it as a. child. I remember sitting there in my. room thinking, "You know, they've got. snow shoes for snow, you could have. water shoes, and you could walk on the. water.". This guy beat me to it. And apparently. it was not a very good idea cuz no one. has them. Yeah, it's one thing to think of it, it's another thing to actually build it. and have a photo of yourself with it. 1963, the anti-bandit bag. Now, this was a bag.

that was If it was snatched from the. hand of the owner, a chain released the. bottom of the bag, dumping the contents. on the ground. So, it would vomit. Right. So, it's just like. You know, you go up to rob somebody, and. it's I mean, it's pretty inconvenient, you got to admit, because their stuff. goes all over the ground, but the thief. can only get away with what he can pick. up after it falls down. It kind of turns. it into a game. You see this guy demonstrating it. He. looks like the kind of guy that would be. carrying around a bag. Look at how it it he's it he looks as if. he's using it as a projectile weapon.

Like he's holding it out. an unbelievably large amount of things. in his bag. Who I mean what he's got. like picture frames and multiple. multiple journals. 1964, this is a great idea. The phone. answering robot. This was a robot that. would pick up your phone when it rang, but it would just do that. Just pick up. the phone. I mean. It just like take it off the hook. Like so it would be like go like you do. this. You pick up the phone. Bring ring. And then I have to go in and I have to. go up to the ear of the go up to the. phone.

I love that it it that it took the form. factor of a human. It wasn't like an. answering machine. It was literally an. answering robot. Right. It could have been just a lever, but it actually had eyes and everything. All right. 1970, the shower hood. Wow, that now that's a photo. This keeps your entire head covered. while showering. You've got the shower. cap, but when you want to do more than. just cover your hair, you want to cover. your whole face. And incidentally she's still she's. apparently washing the shower cap in. this the shower hood. Well, I'm just now realizing there's. something on her head.

Uh I know what you mean. 1982, the anti-eating mask, described simply. as a face mask for preventing the. introduction of substances into the. mouth of the wearer. AKA muzzle. No, that keeps you from talking. This just keeps you from eating. This is. a Hannibal Lecter situation. still talk, but you cannot eat. Other humans. This is like the gastric bypass surgery. of 1982. A little more embarrassing. All right. And now moving. comfortable. to more modern times. Now, I put this.

one on the list because Time magazine. put this as the worst invention on their. top 50 worst inventions of all time. Okay. 2001, the Segway. No. No, I put it on my list just because I. wanted an opportunity to talk about this. because me and you think the Segway is. the most entertaining thing on the. earth. Listen, here's the thing. Obviously Time. put that at the top of their list. That. means they've never ridden a Segway. I mean, this thing. No one rides a Segway and calls it. stupid. Now, this isn't and we're not talking. this like a really functional.

transportation device. no one no one rides a Segway and doesn't. look stupid. Right. But no one rides a Segway and. then says this is stupid. Yeah, it doesn't happen. It is the most. fun you can have on two wheels. While leaning. With a helmet. I love the Segway. You don't have to wear a You don't have. to wear a helmet. They made you wear a. helmet? Yeah, every time. didn't. No, they didn't. You got to have a helmet for a Segway. It's dangerous. We didn't wear helmets. Yes, we did. We were on the air, yes. pictures of us. And finally, 2010. You. may have seen this one in the famous.

YouTube video, the Hula Chair. Created. in 2010, cost $250. It is supposed to. simulate. the hula action. Hi, I'm Erin Leamy with Perfect USA. Today, we've brought the Hawaii Chair to. a very busy work environment. Chair. She's a wiggle worm, isn't she? Look. Oh gosh, this is amazing. I can feel it in my abs. I can really feel this working. Use the. Hawaii Chair while answering phones, Oh, man. What? What? filing paperwork. What?

You can hardly call this work. With the. Hawaii Chair, it takes the work out of. your work day. Now, this is probably a good time for me. to. be real. Happy early birthday. I wish I could say I got you one because. I would love to work with you and do. this. What What What if we did the show from. it? Mhm. You know what time it is? Hi there. I'm Linnea. And that's Peanut. And we're from. Marquette, Michigan. It's time to spin. the Wheel of Mythicality. Don't you want the one-of-a-kind, well,

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here we go. We're going to start the. bidding at 50 cents. Do I have a bidder? Okay. All right, we're going to go down. to 45 cents. We got no takers. Okay, and. I see no one will go to 45 and go down. to 50. No, then I'm going to go back. down to 40 cuz no one's going. I'll. What about me? Okay, you want to buy them? All right, okay. 25 cents and I'll give them to you. right now. The prescription. See if they work for you. Uh you went in my ear there. Sorry. Sold to the man who had them on.

before I started this. I don't care about ethics. I just want. to talk like an auctioneer. What kind of ethics are involved in. auctioneering? And what were you trying. to say? You can ignore people.