The best invention ever?

[analog.universe]

Electronic communication, starting with telegraphs and culminating in the internet.

 

[Frequent Traveler]

Toilet paper. Around 1865 as I understand it.

From corncobs to, well, TP. Kind of an historic jump.

Yep, i believe TP is probably it for me.... It's a bit, well, un-glamorous, but without it...

 

[skieur]

Microprocessing chip!

skieur

 

[marmots]

gunpowder!!!!
brought us from flinging rocks to this

and come on... who doesn't giggle when they see something like



it gets even better at about 2:15 minutes

 

[paul85224]

BACON!!!!

 

[dots]

Obsolete UV filters

 

[paul85224]

Obsolete UV filters

HA!!!

And Skylight....and any in particular that you can emulate in Photoshop.

 

[Patrice]

Printing press - next best after language.

 

[cpeay]

Chocolate

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Hypo-allergenic cats

 

[snowbear117 48]

cork screws

 

[dots]

Miles Davis

 

[480sparky41 40]

Language.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

Computer/Networking...

PS - A few of the "Invebtions" you listed are not inventions as much as discoveries... No one actually invented fisj for example...

 

[camz]

The Wheel baby...no doubt! No industrial revolution and probably no electronic era without it....most importantly no skateboards!

Comes a close second is hef on tap served on a frozen mug.