26 Surprisingly Brilliantly Engineered Everyday Items You Won’t Believe Are So Affordable
The now-viral AskReddit post found its way under our radar, so there you have it, the best responses of stuff that isn’t bad, though it costs as much. Scroll down, check it out, vote, comment, all that jazz.
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throwaway-boxer said:
The humble corrugated cardboard box.
It’s lightweight, strong, splash resistant, somewhat padded, doesn’t break down in heat/cold, scratch resistant, recyclable, biodegradeable and able to be assembled cheaply into any size.
The basic design has existed for over 150 years. The retail shipping industry runs on cardboard boxes.
XYZ2ABC replied:
The Corrugated Fiberboard Association of America would like to remind you that it’s the humble Corrugated Fiberboard box you’re referring to; a cardboard box is what your shoes come in.
Raptorscars said:
The ballpoint pen, clearly
Calphrick replied:
Give credit to the inventor, Laszlo Biro. He escaped the Nazis, invented the pen, then got ripped off and never made money.
ohz0pants said:
Toilets. They use nothing more than gravity to reliably flush. Doesn’t use power at all.
i-d-p replied:
And if you’ve ever used a poorly engineered toilet, you really learn to appreciate the well engineered ones.
Paranomorte said:
Screws, can you imagine what would happen if all the screws suddenly disappeared from world? Everything would fall apart
FarmerMKultra replied:
We would be screwed.
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