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The 16 Dumbest Ways People Freaked Over New Tech

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You might think that freaking out over some new invention or breakthrough is a byproduct of the modern era. It isn't. People have been terrified of change since the invention of, well, inventions.

We asked our plasticians to find us examples of idiotic moral panics, through the ages. And we gave cash to our favorites.

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Plasl In the early days of the Nintendo DS people were afraid that predators could use the Pictochat feature to prey on children. The fears were unfou

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Entry by Andrea Meno

In the 1910s, people thought kids who liked movies would be sickly adults. FRO FAUIFORALAMALP no K Apparently, going to the theater often would rob th

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Entry by Michael Voll

CRACKEDCON In 18th century Europe, the introduction of house numbers was often met with protest, destruction, and vandalism. The numbers weren't seen

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Entry by PollyDarton

The first privately used indoor toilets SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE, They were afraid that having a direct connection to city sewers would allow sew

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Entry by PookieJones

Computers, the terror of the '80S. People were afraid of computers to the point that they refused to touch or talk about the machines. CRACKEDCON

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Entry by Busteq

The hi-tech campaign to relocate books to Google and replace books with Kindles is, in its essence, a deportation of the literary culture to a kind o

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

When the telephone was invented, people were scared that it would attract evil spirits and the Devil. The invention was so poorly received that newly

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CRACKEDco Many people who used elevators in the 1 800s were so anxious that they reported feeling extreme dizziness and nausea.

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Entry by JohnnyWest42

Horseless death-machines were So scary back in the 1800s, that England had a law requiring someone to carry a red flag in front of them at all times c

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Many real musicians (whatever that means) thought that the rise of autotune was going to kill music, somehow. When the tool's popularity was hitting

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

In the first few decades after email was first introduced, people believed that it could be detrimental to the users' IQ. A British study in 2005 even

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Entry by TaiGin

In 1878 the New York Times published an editorial that called Thomas Edison's invention, the phonograph, a depraved ingenuity. They claimed that the

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Entry by Andrea Meno

People were afraid that electricity would make women and kids targets. Roaming murderers and rapists would see any women and children in a house with

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When hybrid cars became mainstream, people feared that their electromagnetic felds were dangerous for people to be around. While no side effects were

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Entry by esullivan

The first modern tampon was invented in the 1930s AND IT WAS FEARED THAT THE SENSATION OF INSERTING A TAMPON WOULD BE TOO PLEASURABLE AND ORGASMIC FOR

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKEDcO Social networks got a lot of crap when they first became a thing, but the most ridiculous case against them had to be the one where they wer

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