Creativity Wasted

Idea: A GPS system for your car which has special features for Black people and which has a strong voice personality, such as Samuel L. Jackson, who yells at you to ensure you don't ignore important warnings (like to avoid dangerous areas). Also: instead of warning you about speed traps, it'd warn you about "trap houses"; instead of warning you about a "disabled vehicle ahead", if you're approaching a broke ex's house, it'd warn you of a "disabled man ahead"; letting you know if cops are nearby; the GPS system could use a megaphone to yell at potential carjackers outside your car to scare them off Dani HaHa (instagram.com/comedian_dani_haha https://danihaha.com) Jimmy Slims (instagram.com/jimmyslimscomedy twitter.com/jimmy_slims) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: To have many tiny cruise ships (from family-sized to max size of appx 200 people) that travel in clusters, along with giant supply ships, with drones and rowboat-sized supply boats to move food and other supplies between the giant supply ships and the tiny cruise ships. Also: tiny cruise ships could dock in ports which aren't big enough to dock giant cruise ships; putting people on separate tiny cruise ships instead of one giant cruise ship could dramatically reduce the spread of COVID and other viruses; activities like rock-climbing walls which aren't feasible on tiny cruise ships could be located on the giant supply ships and drones could take people from their tiny cruise ships to the giant supply ships Brandon Ponke (instagram.com/bponke twitter.com/BPonke) Peggy Beattie (instagram.com/peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me https://www.buzzsprout.com/1714682) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: Pickup-truck-sized RVs which have flat truck beds which are divided into four rectangle segments onto which modular "RV cubes" containing your stuff (or stuff that you rent) can be popped on and off on demand at rest stops. Also: "RV cubes" containing beds, tables, jacuzzis, or gear for outdoor activities; ordering stuff from Amazon and shipping it to a rest stop which puts it into an "RV cube" so it's ready to pop onto your vehicle when you arrive; a "bathroom RV cube" with a toilet that's emptied and cleaned at the rest stop; "RV cube" speed dating; designing the future of the world like we're all in the movie "Speed" Brandon Ponke (instagram.com/bponke twitter.com/BPonke) Peggy Beattie (instagram.com/peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me https://www.buzzsprout.com/1714682) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: To make bets with your friends/family on when a loved one on their deathbed will die (as a distraction from the grief and awkwardness of waiting around for long periods of time in a hospital). Also: betting over the will or the leftover drugs; inappropriately celebrating if you won the bet; trying not to die yet to prevent someone from winning the death bet; side bets on whether alcoholism damaged their liver to the point that it's ineligible for organ donation Brandon Ponke (instagram.com/bponke twitter.com/BPonke) Peggy Beattie (instagram.com/peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me https://www.buzzsprout.com/1714682) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: To replace fast food workers with robots which are controlled by real people working remotely from home, and also to prepare fast food for delivery via pneumatic tubes in "ghost kitchens" in apartment complexes and dorms. This would give the workers more job flexibility and would allow the restaurants to stay open if there was a more deadly virus outbreak. Also: opinions on "gig jobs" and working from home; controlling robots that cook real food for real people as a "loot grind" task in a video game; remote-controlled robotic cats to catch the rats that eat the food dropped by the food-cooking robots Brandon Ponke (instagram.com/bponke twitter.com/BPonke) Peggy Beattie (instagram.com/peggy4859 Podcast: Go Ahead, Cancel Me https://www.buzzsprout.com/1714682) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Ideas: To have drones deliver food to people in moving vehicles, such as cars stuck in traffic. Also: how some technology of today would seem insane and/or ridiculous to people in the past; holding out bags of food on hooks which people on trains can grab as the train drives by; having drones swap your normal helmet with a "beer helmet" while you're driving a motorcycle Gimmy Cipriano (YouTube: ABitTooMuch https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk8ueoJ9U1PyJYf3W5Kfhmg) Kara Coraci (twitter.com/@KaraCoraci https://www.crotchie.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: An extra liver that you can plug in to your body after drinking heavily to reduce your hangover and/over reduce the long-term harmful effects of the alcohol. Also: crazy medical devices which actually exist (or could exist) but aren't made available because they're only for recreation (i.e. they don't improve your health); why dentistry is a scam; learning how to make illegal drugs while serving as a juror in a trial James Couture (instagram.com/secretbeefcake) Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: facebook.com/Liberty-Street-Brewing-Co-116123201742619 facebook.com/RustedCrowSpirits facebook.com/CantonVillageTheater) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: Gazebos and other structures (yurts, sunbathing pods, dune buggies, pontoon boats) which can be converted between "open-air structures" and "enclosed shelter-providing structures" by snapping in/out modular clear plastic windows. The idea is, instead of living in a "house", to instead live most of your life in the open air, and only enclose yourself "indoors" (i.e. within walls and windows) for brief moments of shelter, such as sleeping, avoiding cold or rainy weather, using the bathroom, etc. Also: robots transporting most of your stuff between the structures and a neighborhood warehouse on-demand; the increased danger of bear attacks; a music festival where people construct small temporary shelters around the stage and live there for days or weeks Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave: buzzsprout.com/1583737) Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: facebook.com/Liberty-Street-Brewing-Co-116123201742619 facebook.com/RustedCrowSpirits facebook.com/CantonVillageTheater) Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: Chocolates which (unlike Dove) don't display unrealistically positive messages on the wrapper. Instead, they display realistic messages, such as reminders to perform errands ("make sure you have AA batteries") and comedically dark/demotivational messages ("your spouse probably settled", "you're too old to achieve your dreams"). Also: some of the chocolates could taste bad on purpose to remind you of the harshness of reality; the messages could be tailored to you based on a scan of your social media; positive messages should be reserved for healthy food like vegetables (instead of chocolates) to lure people to better health instead of to obesity and diabetes Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave: buzzsprout.com/1583737) Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: facebook.com/Liberty-Street-Brewing-Co-116123201742619 facebook.com/RustedCrowSpirits facebook.com/CantonVillageTheater) Tom Walma (creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A "smart chair" with a tranquilizer device to knock out annoying people at a movie theater. It would vibrate once or twice as a warning before tranqing you, unless you answer your phone and start talking, in which case you'd be tranq'd immediately. Also: Getting tranq'd on purpose if the movie is boring or you want to relax before a job interview; trying to make your friends laugh inappropriately during a sad movie to get them tranq'd; tranqing young kids who freak out at a scary movie Dave Wellfare (The AM Mayhem Podcast with Mojo and Dave: buzzsprout.com/1583737) Justin Siekierka (Comedy Shows: facebook.com/Liberty-Street-Brewing-Co-116123201742619 facebook.com/RustedCrowSpirits facebook.com/CantonVillageTheater) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com twitter.com/thomaswalma)