### May 7 Ahhh, May 7th, the day that inventions seemed to run amok and the world was forever changed for the worse! On this day some poor soul invented [the self-inking pen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-inking_stamp), with its weird smearing ink that could never be scribbled back off a page. And what about the electric [vegetable peeler](https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Vegetable-Peeler-Automatic-Rotating/dp/B07V5D32SB/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=electric+vegetable+peeler&qid=1588628992&sr=8-3), with its whirring blades and relentless buzzing sound that keep us all up at night? And then there is the talking [toaster oven](https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Toaster-Oven-Universal-Applications/dp/B078W7X9N9/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=talking+toaster+oven&qid=1588629296&sr=8-2), that would forever declare in its robotic voice everytime someone wanted to make toast: "I'm toasting!" -- like no one knew what it was doing. And let's not forget the world's first cordless phone, with its faulty reception, incomprehensible garbled messages, and dizzying array of buttons that nobody ever really understood how to use. Yes May 7th, the day that will live in infamy, when all these terrible inventions were created and put on the market to torture us all. 🤦♀️