Wow! When I saw today’s question, I thought, “That’s strange. How do you un-invent something?” Then I thought, where did the term un-invention come from anyway? Then I thought, what the heck kind of term is un-invent?
So, I checked the term out. My efforts were interesting, to say the least. First, I used the term uninvent as I had not noticed the prompt used “un-invent.” For some reason, the result was to change all the language on my screen to French. I could have taken the time to interpret some of the information, but I was fairly certain what I would find.
After a couple of tries, I managed to return the screen language to English. Then, I continued to investigate the question of where the term originated. My little investigation led to a post about twice this long, but after making several attempts to wrap it up, I realized this was, to me at least, an exercise in futility.
I don’t want to uninvent anything. If something is detrimental to me, you, or society in general, we need to meet it head-on and deal with it. Of course, the problem then is agreeing on which hot-button issue of the day needs our attention. So, my final thought for today:
l’idée de la désinvention est idiote !
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I felt the same when I first read the prompt. However, I realized that it might be a way (an excuse) to share something we don’t like, so I wrote about un-inventing Stilettos.
Nevertheless, I totally agree with you. Nothing should be un-invented.
Stilettos! That’s a good one! I cannot even begin to imagine what it must be like to wear those things. With that said, maybe there are some things that might be better ignored if not uninvetned. For example, I jusT started wearing “Dress Sneakers,” and they came with the laces in an extremely, to me, weird way. I did find a video by someone who considers themselves a fashion guru of some sort trying to justify that from of lacing. It made little sense, and I’ll use my old Baby Bommer method. Still, he didn’t invent the laces. He just wants them tied in a way the makes him feel good.
Interesting perspective! I really enjoyed reading the journey you went through to get to the conclusion that it’s stupid. LOL
Most of the prompts this month have been less than satisfactory. They seemed to be thought-provoking last month. I guess they simplify them for Bloguanary, whatever that’s supposed to be. Anyways, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Yeah! I am an analyzer deluxe, and I have had the same concerns about the prompts recently. So, I did a bit of research that led to one potential source. Don’t know if the Happiness Engineer or got the idea from that source or not, but some of the things that website listed as things to uninvent were ludicrous. They weren’t inventions in the first place. Glad you found it amusing!