If CVS assumes that we’re all going to steal the toothbrushes and deodorant, they should put them in a vending machine, instead of making us wait for an employee. Better yet, make the vending machines available 24 hours a day.

Since it's being produced for cents on the pill, it's pretty cost effective in terms of industrial scaling for an entire nation. Overall production increases for work, the people can pocket the money if they don't want the pills, and the only drawback is everybody becomes an addict.

covert each user's review score into normal distribution and just apple deviation from it to public review average. if a person throws 5 stars at everything it will normalized to just an 'average' review: same with one star.

Pretty simple. No one goes home with their new items in clamshell packaging, endless plastic wrapping, foam inserts, or other garbage.

You buy it, we save you the hassle.

Or, we sell it without all that claptrap.

Same outcome.

..into one astronomically large sphere of plasma, and explosions. It’s like we’re living inside a hollow Sun.

You Pay-Per-View. The car arrives. The door opens automatically. You are now sitting exactly in the middle. The windshield is the television. It has surround sound all around you. Once the movie is over you exit the car and it drives away.

If you have a lot of paper schematics to store, just have some kind of machine with movable folders inside, and you can look up the building's name, or a machine's name or model number, and the Automatic Schematic-O-Matic will deliver the correct folder to you.

Things can be searched for on a keyboard, but the screen is a monochrome text display, not a full color screen like a computer, so the actual control system would be cheaper than a computer that just has digital copies of the schematics.

Speaking of the above, of course it would probably be easier in this day and age to just have digital copies of the schematics, but that's why I'm not suggesting to actually make this thing in real life, just sharing it as some pointless idea online with a silly name. :)

Implants can slowly release drugs. In this case painkilling and anti-inflammatory drugs at the base of the spine to locally stop lower back pain. For everyone who has lower back pain.

Together with any other drugs needed for that part of the body, such as anti-STI and anti-UTI drugs.

Might as well add anti-testosterone to that as well, to inhibit violent crime.

You know when you're at the movie theatre and you have to pee but the movie is so good you worry you'll miss it? Why don't they add a 5-10 minute intermission about halfway through the movie so people can go to the bathroom, refill their popcorn, get a drink of water etc. I am suprised this is not already a thing as almost 100% of plays have an intermission halfway through and it seems like the smart and logical thing to do.

I’ve been toying with this concept and wanted to see what people think:

What if instead of making every cargo ship nuclear-powered (which is politically, economically, and technically messy), we build a small fleet of nuclear-powered assist vessels — operated by nuclear-capable navies — that meet conventional cargo ships just outside territorial waters?

These “NAVs” (Nuclear Assist Vessels) would: • Tug or escort ships across oceans using nuclear propulsion • Provide zero-emission propulsion across international waters • Never enter ports or territorial zones, avoiding nuclear docking regulations • Be overseen by military/naval authorities already trained in nuclear safety • Offer anti-piracy protection along high-risk trade routes

Commercial ships would handle short-range trips to/from ports using conventional engines, but the bulk of their journey would be nuclear-assisted — reducing emissions, fuel costs, and global shipping’s carbon footprint.

I know this raises questions about militarization, nuclear safety, and international regulation — but if done right, this could be a game-changer for clean logistics and global trade security.

What do you think? Feasible? Too wild? Would love feedback or counterpoints.

What if every time it rained people went to the local weather station's measurement spot and filled it up with more water? I don't know what technology they use to measure rain, but someone driving by should be able to hit it with a supersoaker or something and mess up the measurements.

Have an annual online competition where everyone plays rounds of RPS until only one person remains. Crown that person the world champion of RPS, and maybe give them a small cash prize.

I would love a daily news program that only focuses on good news with a minimum of fluff pieces. Scientific discoveries, peace talks, new ways to help others or the world, "check out this great place that is free to visit," charity events, cool museum exhibits, etc etc.

I think it would take a lot more work than most news programs, but it would definitely help offset some of the misery.

Tax all "long distance" phone calls 10c/min. that'll eliminate spam calls. Sign up for a list of up to n number 'list callers' who you will not be charged for. n number , is the number of callers on your list. differing plans have different n numbers.

Use the tax to increase Telephony

Please don’t chime in if you have nothing nice to say

Basically it's a foolproof way to get people addicted to giving large sums of money to charities that need it.

For the gamblers it also reduces their guilt/shame of losing since they walk away knowing they did some good.

If someone wins big, and they feel bad about taking money from a charity, they can always choose to donate half of it or something.

Basically, people are already going to casinos anyway and casinos are getting rich off it, why not put the money to a good cause?

People are too damn ungrateful and also green bean casserole and mashed potatoes deserve to be celebrated twice a year

Hey, so I was running an errands and started thinking. People have so much power to critic the services they use, especially in the the food industry. Nowadays one bad yelp review could mean everything, s*** if you do unereats delivery then that one star review could really tank your career. That said for the sake of delivery workers, wouldn't it be nice to have a site to share their opinions and some advice.

Delivery workers using the site can let off steam after a long work day, share advice with newbies, and talk about customers that others should avoid in the area. What do you guys think, what are some positives and negatives to this idea?

Not with the intent of dating obviously it’d ideally be 100% platonic. But idk I think there’s a bunch of friend finder apps out there but none with the expectation that you just practice being less awkward.

Idk maybe I’m just fantasizing about not having to worry and be able to practice any social setting with a likeminded person

Preferably in a tv show, where a character never speaks on-screen. But he is not considered mute in-universe. Everyone else quotes him in his absence, like "[character name] said he would ..." etc. Kind of like a running gag. Maybe at the end of the show he finally says something non-challantly. Just a weird idea that came into my mind.