Old Inventions

It must've been so easy to invent things back in the day. A bunch of cavepeople walking around, no wheel in sight, like a bunch of idiots. One day, someone goes “hey, we should have a wheel!” Boom, consider yourself wheeled. Of course, the wheel is obvious. You've got to strap on your steampunk goggles and driving gloves to really get on some of these guys' levels. Inventing something out of a sci-fi book? That takes dedication. Inventing a cattle prod out of nowhere? That takes genius. And if you can manage to cause a moral panic over an invention, buddy, that's a Lifetime Achievement Award. None of these, of course, can hold a candle to the dentist who invented the cotton candy machine

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