盤點十大現代生活中的糟糕發明(下)

ping Pills for Children

5.兒童安睡片

Takeda Pharmaceuticals is a company that produces sleeping tablets for pre-pubescent and pubescent children. They used loopholes in the US marketing laws to advertise their products without mentioning the fact that they had not been fully tested on children and without listing any of the potential side effects. While that is bad enough, it is even worse that there are people who would consider buying these for their children. In most cases, a child who is not sleeping well can have their insomnia cured by more vigorous activity during the day. You don't get side effects from turning off the television and computer.

武田製藥公司生產了給青春期兒童食用的安睡片。他們不提及是否充分測試了兒童的可用性便鑽了美國市場營銷法的空子，他們的產品也沒有列出任何潛在的副作用。然後這還沒完，更糟糕的是有很多人考慮爲他們的孩子購買此藥片。通常，白天多運動往往是治療孩子們睡眠不佳的的最佳方法。關了電視電腦也不會有什麼壞的副作用。

owave Ovens

4.微波爐

It is no secret that I despise microwaves. They have played a large part in the removal of decent cooking from so many of our homes and have helped the chemical laden "ready meal" market to blossom. In some supermarkets it is nearly impossible to find raw ingredients for cooking as the pre-cooked, pre-made meals now take up so much room. In most cases, there is nothing you can do in a microwave that can't be done better on a regular stove and oven – and in many cases it can take as little time! Furthermore, oven cooking won't give you food that is soggy, limp, and colorless – a microwave will. Every time, guaranteed.

我非常厭惡微波爐。整潔的廚房中微波爐佔着一大塊地方；同時，由於微波爐的興起，充滿化學物質的熟食市場也興旺了起來。在一些超市中，幾乎很難找到半烹飪好的原材料，飯前準備也很佔地方。微波爐烹飪可能會比爐子和烤箱效果好，可那只是少數情況。通常時間也會差不多。除此之外，烤箱烹飪出來的失誤不會粘軟無色，但是微波爐會。我保證，每一次都會。

Machines

3.腹部前驅機

Infomercials have been pumping out a variety of ab building machines for the last ten years. The fact is, these machines are used once or twice and then end up in the garage or a cupboard never to be used again. The machines do nothing that the human body can't already do, and if you are earnest about building up good abs, you would be far better off doing regular sit ups and getting a gym membership. It will probably cost the same price and won't clutter up your home!

過去十年，由於信息商業化，各種各樣的腹部前驅機充斥市場。其實這樣的機器，只會被用上一次或者兩次。然後就在櫥櫃中睡大覺了，閒置起來，再也不會被用到。機器能幫助你做的運動，其實就是身體自身的運動。如果你渴求爲腹部塑形，去健身房鍛鍊或者做日常的仰臥起坐可能會很有效果。可能會花一樣的價錢但是家裏會整潔些。

red Cereals

2.糖果麥片

It was a true genius that came up with the idea of taking something healthy and coating it with loads of sugar to appeal to children. Unfortunately this concept has now become so popular that many children will refuse to eat any cereal that is not sugary. All around the world governments are whining about fat children and trying to find a solution by banning all manner of things and trying to promote healthy living – but no one seems to be concerned about the fact that the majority of children start their day with a huge sugar rush followed by a crash and carbohydrate cravings.

對於孩子來說，把麥片用糖果包裹好來吸引孩子是個聰明的點子。然而不幸的是這種觀念現在已經變得非常流行，以至於很多孩子拒絕吃不含糖的麥片。全世界的政府都在抱怨兒童肥胖問題，並試圖提高生活質量。但是似乎沒有人提及多數兒童每天都希望能攝入大量的糖和碳水化合物這一事實。

led Water

1.瓶裝礦泉水

Bottled water is an utter waste of money and resources. To illustrate just how ridiculous a concept it is, I will demonstrate with Dasani Bottled Water. This product was created by Coca Cola and was marketed as superior bottled water. First of all, bottled water is a ridiculous concept in the western world where we all have easy access to tap water which is drinkable in most areas. Coca Cola wanted to be part of the ridiculous fad so they entered the bottled water market, but they simply filled their bottles with tap water! When the product was released in the UK it was a disaster. They used the slogan "bottled spunk" which may seem innocuous to the Americans who came up with the idea, but unfortunately in the UK "spunk" is a slang word for sperm. Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, scientific testing of the bottled water showed traces of bromate – a carcinogen. Coca Cola had to withdraw half a million bottles of the water and they pulled the product from the UK market.

瓶裝礦泉水是對錢財和資源的徹底浪費。爲了證明瓶裝水這個發明到底有多愚蠢，我將用達沙尼瓶裝礦泉水（Dasani Bottled Water）來舉例。此產品是由可口可樂公司生產的優質礦泉水。總的來說，在西方世界，瓶裝礦泉水是很愚蠢的概念。因爲西方大部分地區都可以非常容易地喝到的自來水（可飲用自來水）。可口可樂公司想要成爲荒謬時尚的一員，所以他們進入到瓶裝礦泉水市場，但是他們不過是簡單地將瓶子直接灌滿自來水。當這種產品上市到英國，被戲稱爲"瓶裝勇氣"，這對於出點子的美國人來說無傷大雅，但是"勇氣"這一詞在英國俚語中意爲"精液"。現在你知道到底有多糟糕了吧。科學實驗證明瓶裝水中含有溴酸鹽—一種致癌物質。可口可樂公司必須撤回五十多萬瓶瓶裝水並從英國市場上下架。

翻譯:高羽 來源：前十網