# Useless inventions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-inventions/501335>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-inventions/501335 "2009-06-29T13:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-inventions/501335/21 "2009-06-30T23:23:52Z")

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> [@emcee2k](#):
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> Write-only memory.

They have that now. It’s called “almost all blogs”. Written but never read by anyone. Almost like keeping a diary in disappearing ink.

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