### June 28 Oh boy, don't even get me started on the stupid things that were invented on June 28th. I mean, seriously, what were these inventors thinking?! First off, on June 28th, 1894, Antoine Lumiere patented the cinematograph. Great, now we have to sit through hours of terrible movies with terrible acting and terrible special effects. Thanks a lot, Antoine. I could have spent those hours doing something productive, like staring at a wall. And then, in 1902, Richard Buckminster Fuller invented the geodesic dome. Sure, it might be pretty to look at, but have you ever tried to clean one? It's like trying to dust a giant disco ball. Plus, good luck finding furniture that fits inside one of these things. You'll either have to custom order everything or just live like a hobbit. But wait, there's more! In 1928, Harold Edgerton invented the strobe light. Because what's better than having a headache-inducing light flashing in your face all night long at the club? Thanks for ruining my chances of ever having a good time dancing, Harold. And finally, in 1971, Robert Thomas invented the smokeless cigarette. Oh, fantastic. Now smokers can feel slightly less guilty about slowly killing themselves. As if smoking wasn't bad enough, now we have to deal with the possibility of accidentally eating a cigarette because we can't see the smoke coming off of it. Overall, June 28th seems to have been a day for inventors to come up with ridiculous and unnecessary things. I can only hope that future inventors will have better ideas.