Creativity Wasted

Idea: A doorless refrigerator which consists of several standard-sized drawers which can each be plug-and-play gadgets, such as a drone-compatible can dispenser, an eco-friendly super-insulated drawer, a refrigerator-cooled high-speed computer, a body cooling rubber snuggie inflator, etc. Also: the refrigerator door is an enemy of technological progress, you'd only need to pay for the electricity...

Idea: To put fake robot fish in the ocean for scuba-divers and snorkelers to look at to compensate for the real fish that are dying off, and to create underwater theme parks to scuba-dive through such as Atlantis, haunted sunken pirate ship, Little Mermaid, scuba through the human body, etc. Also: mistaking a real shark for a robotic shark, a VR-headset scuba mask in an empty pool, "The best way I...

Idea: A radar gun that gives you info about whoever you point it at, such as how smart they are, how honest they are, and how moral they are. And also blow them away if they aren't moral enough for you. Also: "gaydar" and hypocritical anti-gay activists, how to create the "god gun" using facial recognition, EEG machines, mass surveillance databases, and lasers Originally from Creativity Wasted epi...

Idea: A book of advice for adults who have no idea how to act around babies that their married friends are having. First chapter: don't touch it. Also: "baby-talk" advice, mind-tricks to talk a friend out of giving their baby a horrible name, when it's okay to swear around a baby or young kid, racism and sexism in babies Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 35 Avery Sommerfeld (facebook.com/c...

Idea: To provide free health care to space aliens, and also pay them money, so they don't eat us. Also: "It sounds like you're putting a positive spin on us being their slaves", maybe bald aliens travel the universe because hairy aliens' spaceships would fill with hair after 1000s of years of haircuts, maybe people see politicians as "reptilians" because humans never instinctually got used to seei...

Idea: To split Facebook into two networks: one only for adults where you're not allowed to talk about kids, and another for kids and for talking about kids. Also: adults with child-like hobbies who don't like kids Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 34 Josh Bowab Kyle Forsyth (twitter.com/IAmKyleForsyth) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit....

Idea: A filter for Tinder to allow you to filter out people who went to your high school. Also: using Tinder as a self-esteem boost with no intent to contact anyone Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 34 Josh Bowab Kyle Forsyth (twitter.com/IAmKyleForsyth) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: Bumpers on the front and back of your car to allow you to angrily bump into other cars on the road without damaging them ("I don't want to pay for the damage I do to them, but I want to let them know I hate them") Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 34 Josh Bowab Kyle Forsyth (twitter.com/IAmKyleForsyth) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDe...

Idea: To use drones to help you swing through the trees like Tarzan by performing tasks such as helping you build platforms, attaching ropes, transporting piles of leaves to use for padding, resetting the ropes back into swinging position after each stunt, adjusting the position of the ropes as you're flying through the air so you don't miss them and fall to the ground, and filming the stunts for...

Idea: To prank someone into thinking they're a star of a hidden-camera reality TV show, similar to the Jim Carrey movie "The Truman Show". Also: When you're a weird person, you sometimes think that you're being "Truman Show'd", using VR to "Truman Show" someone, using VR porn as a weapon to get people to injure themselves by kinking their necks trying to see the action Originally from Creativity W...

Idea: To use drones to deliver food from a single food stand to multiple nearby locations in a place where lots of people are spread out, such as a park containing several small picnic areas. Also: ordering food while in line at an amusement park, ordering different food genres from different nearby food stands at a festival, food-carrying drones getting attacked by birds (and possible countermeas...

Idea: To use people's phone numbers as their license plate numbers, so if another driver ticks you off, you can call them in rage. Also: nitpicking a joke, stealing someone's license plate and joyriding to cause their phone to ring incessantly, mistaking a Michigan State "SPARTY" license plate as "SPORTY", car roof holograms Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/...

Idea: A rigid banana-shaped luffa holder which obese people can stick to the bathroom wall to use to wash their back, so they don't have to reach around their body and risk getting muscle cramps. Also: other possible uses for such a device, the least American thing ever Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/DaveWellfare) Chris Young (twitter.com/chrisyoungcomic,...

Idea: A silly, over-the-top "valet simulator" videogame, similar in spirit to Paperboy, where you have to dodge obstacles, fight off dragons, perform reckless driving maneuvers, etc. and still return the car to the owner with minimal damage. Also: the odd trend of videogames based on boring jobs, tipping the hospital valet, tipping driverless cars, accidentally leaving stuff in the car like guns,...

Idea: A ring to give to a "work spouse", i.e. a close friend at work who provides emotional support and helps you with your real marriage. Also: work relationships being easier than marriages because they're limited to 8 hours per day Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/DaveWellfare) Chris Young (twitter.com/chrisyoungcomic, Comedy Special Video: drybarcomedy.c...

Idea: Holes to allow people in the US to get tacos from taco trucks on the other side of the border wall on the US-Mexico border. Also: Fri-Hole-es, pneumatic tubes (like at a bank) through the border wall Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/DaveWellfare) Chris Young (twitter.com/chrisyoungcomic, Comedy Special Video: drybarcomedy.com/specials/chris-young-buoya...

Idea: Either something that you add to beer to cause you to gradually sweat out sunscreen, or beer in sunscreen that can be absorbed through the skin. Also: if you smell like beer, alcoholic men might try to lick you, other odd and possibly dangerous ways to ingest alcohol Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/DaveWellfare) Chris Young (twitter.com/chrisyoungcomi...

Idea: An app which uses AI to help you find a job, including creating resumes and cover letters, deciding which job is the best match (good match for your skills, good social groups, not racist), helping you prepare for interviews, etc. Also: budtenders, extremely short resumes, the national food for racism (boiled goose) Christian Royce (twitter.com/ChristianRoyce) David Sutherland (twitter.com/s...

Idea: Shopping carts which have seats for your elderly parents, a built-in PA system, and a shock collar to keep your elderly parents from wandering too far from the cart. Also: picking up your elderly parents to put them in the cart Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33 David Wellfare (twitter.com/DaveWellfare) Chris Young (twitter.com/chrisyoungcomic, Comedy Special Video: drybarcomedy.co...

Idea: Doing cardio upside-down to help you cough up pollutants which are stuck in your lungs (such as tar or asbestos) to reduce your risk of developing lung cancer. Also: "handy", riding rollercoasters to dislodge kidney stones, becoming the special needs section of the Nobel Prize winners Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 32 Mike Ball (twitter.com/IamMikeBall) Markus Olind (twitter.com/B...

Idea: A small business selling hot dogs on the beach. Also: pot dogs; if it's a nude beach, would the hot dogs have a bun; picking on the idea a little too much by saying that the hot dogs would get covered by sand, sweat, seagull poop, and flakes of sun-burnt skin Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 32 Mike Ball (twitter.com/IamMikeBall) Markus Olind (twitter.com/BeardVonMarkus) Andrew Yang...

Idea: Brain scanning of pedophiles and other criminals to check for and remove brain tumors which might be causing their criminal impulses. Also: a supervillain injecting brain tumors to cause criminal impulses, giving kids chemotherapy guns to protect them from the zombie-like brain tumor criminals, fine-tuning the pedophile-causing brain tumors to make everybody attracted to you instead Original...

Idea: Sports broadcasters who act like normal sports fans who drink, curse, and scream in excitement. Also: drunk guy "facts" instead of nerdy sports encyclopedia stats, announcers rooting for a specific team if they want to, Joe Rogan's fight companions but for the NFL, using codenames for teams and players if the NFL won't allow you to act as a sportscaster on a livestream on the Internet Origin...

Idea: A cheap phone-like device which only communicates using Bluetooth or point-to-point WiFi with friends, primarily for social networking of juicy gossip/media that you don't want on the Internet. Also: a new category of slower but more secure social media posts/messages, posts/messages bouncing from friend-to-friend and acknowledgements bouncing back, having a different "socialburn" device for...

Idea: To make Lego versions of all movies (because the first two Lego movies were so awesome). Also: Lego Citizen Kane, Lego 13 Going on 30, a Lego Instagram filter for all existing movies, Lego standup comedy; a real-life Lego person (a guy in a Lego costume) would be terrifying Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 31 Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Justin Covington (twitter.com/JC...