Humanity's 10 greatest inventions: the other 9?

[novocaine]

Sausage rolls
Blue LEDs
Nails
The helical screw

 

[highlandsflyer]

The microscope.
The two piece suit.Getting rid of the waistcoat certainly gave us a sense of emancipation hitherto unknown.

 

[KermitGKona88]

Purple anodizing...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

but I can't think of any that decorate themselves.

Decorator crabs, for one:

Masked Hunter for another:

 

[ferrus]

Shell collecting Octopus -

 

[ferrus]

Bejewelled Caddis Fly larvae -

 

[LondonClassic]

Could we count perfume as dishonesty?

You're replacing the natural smell with something different.

But dishonesty predates humans, we can't claim it as our own.

https://bioneers.org/the-sting-the-role-of-fraud-in-nature-zmbz2111/

We can but would we not also by association include clothing - if you believe running around starkers is honest. I mean, it is....just not a practical choice for Tesco Extra.

My dog rolls in fox poo to change his scent. If I'm lucky he'll throw himself on dead fish or seaweed. Aren't we doing the same thing with perfume, but on an industrialised scale which provides a huge range of subtleties? Isn't seperation of ourselves from the animal smells we make a collosal milestone in civilisation?

 

[LondonClassic]

MDMA
Photography
Records (phonographs) - not CDs FFS
Crotchless knickers
Patatas Bravas
Bearings

 

[ferrus]

Bearings. Great call.
CDs played through a really good non oversampling DAC turn out to be way better than you’d imagine.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Bearings
Although when you think about it, like the bicycle,
it's all about the wheel