If necessity is the mother of invention, necessity should stop beating herself up: Everybody hates their own kids sometimes.
We just have to face it: In the long history of human creativity and innovation, we've made some pretty amazing stuff -- the wheel, for example (so rollable!), sliced bread (hello -- sandwiches, people!), the Internet (hey, you're on it right now!) -- but others, well, not so much. Did anybody ever really think New Coke was going to be awesome? Shouldn't hair in the can have stayed in the can? And let's not even talk about the pet rock.
Of course, some people are bound to have stronger feelings about their most-hated inventions than others, which is why we opened things up to allow the HuffPost editors to sound off about things they think the world would be a better place without. Check 'em out, then let us know which invention you wish was never created.
Here are the worst inventions ever, according to HuffPost editors:
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Autotune
"Nobody has to know how to sing anymore to be a famous singer!"
-Alexis Kleinman, Huffington Post Business Intern
Spirit Hoods
"You are not a fox. You are an adult with furry ears on your head. If you're into this, you are just the worst."
-Heather Robertson, Huffington Post
CROCS
"The look, the smell they leave on your feet, the fact that people think they're appropriate for any occasion ... they're just the worst."
-Stephanie Hallett, Huffington Post Weddings Associate Editor
Low Fat Cream Cheese
"WHY?"
-Alana Horowitz, Huffington Post Front Page Editor
Meggings
"Topical."
-Jason Gilbert, Huffington Post Tech Editor
Purses With Designer Labels Printed In Patterns All Over Them
"So tacky. Why?"
-Catharine Smith, HuffPost Tech Editor
DVR
-Jeffrey Young, HuffPost Business Health Care Reporter
Instant Checkout For iPad Shopping
"And Amazon Prime and Kanye West."
-Catherine New, Huffington Post Money Reporter
Swag
"If you have to brag that you have it, chances are you really don't."
-Dana Oliver, HuffPost Beauty Editor
Reply-All Email Function
"Duh."
-Caroline Fairchild, HuffPost Money Associate Editor
Furby
"Cause they're scary and not fun and you know they're still looking at you even if it's in the closet."
-Jessica Samakow, HuffPost Parents Associate Editor
Genetically Modified Seeds
"Since it has ruined our food system, our health, resulted in thousands of farmer suicides and possible world domination."
-Seema Dhawan, Huffington Post Canada Assistant Alberta News Editor
Online Poker
-Joe Van Brussel, Huffington Post Business Staff Writer
Patriarchy
-Simone Landon, Huffington Post News Editor
Cellphone Speakers
"It sounds awful, and kids use it to listen to their bad music very loudly in public places."
-Patrick Bellerose, Le Huffington Post Québec
The BlackBerry
"Maybe I'd see more than the top of my husband's head at the dinner table."
-Christina Anderson, Huffington Post Style Fashion Editor
Snuggies
"Does a blanket really need sleeves?"
-Laura Rowley, Huffington Post Executive Producer
Talking Stuffed Animals
"Or any kid toy that makes music/noise. Drives me crazy! I one time hid my brother's little battery-operated 'guitar' under a bunch of stuff in our basement because it got stuck on repeat."
-Alana B. Elias Kornfeld, Huffington Post Executive Health Editor
Texting
"People don't talk to their friends anymore because they're busy texting all their other friends. It's very sad."
-Joanna Zelman, Huffington Post Green Editor
Socks
"Taking the time to put them on and take them off is a waste of life."
-Harry Bradford, Huffington Post Business Assistant Editor
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