Creativity Wasted

Idea: Harnesses to keep kids strapped into the seats on school busses for safety during accidents and to reduce misbehaving. Also: you could put TV screens on the back of the seats that pair to the kids' phones and don't turn on until they strap into the seat; the bus driver could drive recklessly on purpose for fun if the kids were strapped into the seats; bus driver stories of kids fighting or misbehaving on the bus; questioning if kids do homework on the bus or at all now that AI exists

Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1)

Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: A remote-driving system for school busses so the school bus drivers can casually and conveniently drive the bus from home. Also: a minimum-wage bus monitor could be hired if the kids get rowdy on the bus; self-driving and remotely-driven cars like Waymo and how a bus could stop on the train tracks if it loses the Internet connection to the remote driver; anecdotes of riding the school bus as a kid and of dumb traffic mistakes

Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1)

Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: An AI-powered hidden earpiece that helps you do better in important or awkward conversations, such as job interviews, conversations with the police, fish-out-of-water social situations, "code switching", etc. Also: having it shock you or warn you if you start saying something stupid or something you'd regret; questioning whether it could help you avoid arguing with a spouse even if you feel like arguing at the time; using it to be intellectually lazy; AI in sci-fi movies

Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1)

Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: A social media and digital media app/site where when you post, you must classify the post as either 1) free, 2) a post meant to give other people enjoyment (they "take" selfish enjoyment) and therefore they must pay to consume it, or 3) a post that other people earn a micropayment/karma when they read or respond to it (i.e. they "give" advice/effort/attention). Also: all digital media (such as Netflix) could be part of this "give and take" system, not just traditional social media posts, so you could, for example, give advice to people and/or watch commercials to earn enough money to watch a Netflix movie; this structure that encourages people to ask for help/advice could coax people into asking for help, and could make other people feel good for helping them, thus making social media feel less selfish and "hollow"; examples of "take" posts: movies, news, juicy gossip, p*rn, art; examples of "give" posts: commercials/ads, requests for advice, requests for music recommendations/playlists, tit-for-tat artist reviews, birthday posts; the site would probably include financial micropayments as well as a general karma/point system for helping people and group/category specific point systems (such as to encourage comedians to watch or rate each other's videos)

Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75)

Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc)

Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: For movie theaters to show a movie in the morning specifically for senior citizens, including discounts and special accommodations. Also: special accommodations could include selling Werther's and prune juice as snacks, having large-text subtitles, having an intermission to explain the plot of the movie to those who have questions, having defibrillators on standby, etc.; some movies would star older actors and be in the recently popular mini-genre where the plot is "they're not too old to do some fun thing"; memories of old people giving us Werther's as kids, and how Sugar-Free Werther's don't cause cavities because (according to AI) the bacteria in your mouth can't ferment the sugar alcohols into tooth-enamel-destroying acid

Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75)

Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc)

Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: To create a new A1 BBQ beef flavor of Ritz crackers. Also: the lack of variety of cracker flavors compared to chips; the risk of a "classy" brand like Ritz losing it's high-class image if it has too many flavors; if you're gonna blow through a bunch of calories, you want to get more enjoyment out of it than by eating plain crackers; putting chili-flavored Fritos on chili dogs and eating foods in non-traditional combinations or times

Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75)

Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc)

Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: For restaurants to have enclosed private booths with a small table and a video screen on which to videochat with someone in another videochat booth at another restaurant (usually in a different city). Also: people who can't agree on which restaurant to go to could go to different restaurants and still kind of eat together; the video of you eating could be livestreamed and/or saved so you can review it later to, for example, hyper-analyze the video of a date; the walls of the private booths might need to be partially transparent to discourage people from having hanky-panky in them

Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75)

Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc)

Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley)

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: Side windows of a car (and maybe also windshield) that are not actually windows, and instead are actually video screens that disguise the driver by making them look like someone else to the people outside of the car. Also: you could look like a cool person when dropping your kids off at school (and how even Eddie Van Halen's kids are embarrassed by him when he drops them off at school); a person of color could disguise themselves as a white lady to reduce the likelihood of being pulled over; other futuristic ways to disguise yourself, such as live video chat face filters and "V-tubers", and the Admiral who was in the news recently who's real face looked like a creepy mask

Erik Bauer (facebook.com/erikbauer)

Chris Young (https://chrisyoungcomic.com instagram.com/chrisyoungcomic)

Wes Allen (facebook.com/wes.allen.264240 instagram.com/wesallencomedy Email: [email protected])

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: As inspired by the restaurants located above highways in Illinois, there should be groups of food trucks on some existing highway overpasses. Also: they could use carpool parking lots near highway on-ramps for customer parking, and could put barriers up on the sides of the overpass so kids can't fall onto the highway; they could vary the selection of food trucks, and the food trucks could hang banners over the highway for you to see when driving to work and then stop there after work for dinner; they could also have a flea market or carnival games or other stuff to do; they could keep one lane open for (alternating) traffic and/or move the food trucks off the overpass during busy times or holidays

Erik Bauer (facebook.com/erikbauer)

Chris Young (https://chrisyoungcomic.com instagram.com/chrisyoungcomic)

Wes Allen (facebook.com/wes.allen.264240 instagram.com/wesallencomedy Email: [email protected])

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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Idea: A pillow (or possibly a car headrest) that reads your mind while you sleep (or drive), and collects and filters out useful thoughts, such as invention ideas or good jokes, so they can be obtained later instead of being forgotten. Also: mind-reading gadgets that currently exist, such as a "Jedi mind trick" floating ball toy; wondering if jokes you found funny in your dreams would be corny or incoherent when you're fully awake; wanting the device to be comfortable, unlike a CPAP machine; a short discussion on the "joke writing zone" and a gradual comedy writing/improving/perfecting thought process

Erik Bauer (facebook.com/erikbauer)

Chris Young (https://chrisyoungcomic.com instagram.com/chrisyoungcomic)

Wes Allen (facebook.com/wes.allen.264240 instagram.com/wesallencomedy Email: [email protected])

Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness)

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