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Fing-longer? Smell-o-scope? What-if machine? Death clock? Empathy chip? Etc.

Personally I would like to use the electronium hat on my dogs to see what they really think... Maybe ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

I think the fing-longer, if only he could have invented it.

[โ€“] STRIKINGdebate2 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The what if machine. The possibilities of that thing are endless. Products could be safety tested without the need for human or animal test subjects. It could be used you to vet political candidates running for office. If you used it for personal use then you could run every possible life decision through it to find the beneficial outcome.

The only downside is that people could literally spend their whole lives asking themselves what if using the what if machine than actually living their lives. Very much like that black mirror episode that featured the device that allowed people to relive all their memories.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

The what if machine.

That thing isn't worth the gold it's made of. Stephen Hawking in a pizzeria....

[โ€“] MaajiB 16 points 2 years ago

The spaceship

[โ€“] Unusedusername 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah but how long? I hope mines Reaalllllly long.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This is really the only answer. Perhaps the smell-o-scope

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This, undoubtedly!

[โ€“] chaosppe 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Definitely the what-if machine. I could actually figure out if I'm going to use a product enough to buy it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd end up using it to second guess all my decisions I've ever made.

[โ€“] chaosppe 8 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] Awa 5 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fing-longer is definitely my favorite answer, but the what-if machine has to be the actual answer, right?

[โ€“] SanityFM 11 points 2 years ago

I can think of so many uses for a what-if machine. And for a finglonger, for that matter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Maybe some sort of death clock

[โ€“] super_king 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a Canadian, probably some sort of universal translator that only translates into an incomprehensible, dead language

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But it does not translate out of the incomprehensible dead language does it?

[โ€“] linearchaos 4 points 2 years ago

That's actually it's best feature.

[โ€“] sirfig 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about the free will chip? I think giving free will to a robot would be quite nice. Even if it means humanities destruction ๐Ÿ˜›

[โ€“] Rootiest 2 points 2 years ago

Even if it means humanities destruction ๐Ÿ˜›

Perhaps even especially

[โ€“] TeaHands 9 points 2 years ago

When I was a kid we had sort of a fing-longer and it was so useful for all kinds of things! Mostly changing the TV channel without moving off the couch, but other things too.

So since we've already invented that, I'd probably go with the death clock.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Body switching machine would be sweet. I'm off to laugh at the reaper!

[โ€“] TurretCorruption 6 points 2 years ago

That respawn toaster thing from the futurama video game would be quite handy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Future only time machine.