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Disposable Diapers are the most technically advanced thing that mankind has ever produced. Before becoming a parent, I used to wonder why we as a civilization
by jasonkester 10y ago
Disposable Diapers are the most technically advanced thing that mankind has ever produced. Before becoming a parent, I used to wonder why we as a civilization have never sent a manned mission to Mars, cured Cancer, or invented a working Hoverboard. Now I understand where all of our Engineering resources went instead.
We used Cloth diapers for a while with kid #1, and they are in fact amazing at what they do, given what they're made of. But they can't hold fourteen gallons of urine for an entire weekend, so it doesn't matter.
I console myself by envisioning a future society threatened with imminent destruction, saving itself by mining the landfills of the 21st century for large quantities of highly absorbent material and perfectly preserved infant urine.
The planet is saved. Thanks, Disposable Diapers.
- nl 10y agoOne of the things I found interesting is how much pressure supermarkets exert to reduce the size of diaper packages. Thar shelf space is expensive, and any company with a technical advantage that allows them to fit more on the shelf (and thus sell more) will do well.
- yourapostasy 10y agoI tongue in cheek predict the disposable diaper industry will be the first to make the breakthrough discovery how to manufacture Drexlerian nanotechnology. Behold, the ultimate diaper: DRM-protected encrypted software-driven, subscription-licensed nanotech mites turn your precious ones' pee and poo into pleasant, copyright-protected scents by the FLAG (FebrezeLysolAirwickGlade) conglomerate.
- js2 10y agoThey even inspired a fire protectant foam: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9810/16/t_t/pampering.fire/index.html http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9810/16/t_t/pampering.fire/i... http://firegel.com/ http://firegel.com/