Post #2069113

2025-06-20 17:49 UTC

A forum I&#39;m on has a &quot;stupid ideas&quot; thread, in which people talk about passion projects they doubt they&#39;ll ever realize because they are, typically, labour and capital intensive with virtually no hope of generating a reasonable income, or even any income at all. Pretty much all of them involve making art, food, labour, care, and space available to the public in a thoughtful way. None of them are about phones, computers, or &quot;tech.&quot; The world needs these stupid ideas.

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@leahbobet@mstdn.ca 2025-06-20 18:07

@fishsauce@mastodon.social ...I have a similar Wordpad file on my desktop, but it's called Cool Things to Do.

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@julianlawson@beige.party 2025-06-20 18:44

@fishsauce@mastodon.social on a stag do (bachelor party) we came up with a great idea for a website called cantbearsed.com where you could submit cool ideas that you can't be arsed to actually do but other more motivated people could turn into a reality. It was a great idea but we couldn't be arsed to build the website. My idea was essentially an inkjet printer that could climb walls to do incredibly intricate paint work. I wounder if somebody has made a fortune making that.

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@kastope@mastodon.social 2025-06-21 16:37

@fishsauce@mastodon.social and they can happen I work at a once improbable idea.

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@thegarbagebird@theblower.au 2025-08-19 20:39

@fishsauce@mastodon.social a fundamental reimagining of value is required

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