Newbie already being talked down by friends :(

[thehighlander]

My favorites:

- Pet rock (a bloody rock in a box...)
- Snuggie (literally wearing a bathrobe incorrectly)
- Shake Weight (how this sold anything after seeing it in action is amazing)

These all seem like terrible barroom banter ideas at the end of a night of debauchery.

Drunk 1: "I can sell anything" *hiccup*
Drunk 2: "Oh yeah, sell a rock!" *burp*
Drunk 1: "Fine!" *passes out*
(10 weeks later)
Drunk 2: "Welllllllll shit"

I have the feeling that many of these stupid ideas that succeed were not well-researched and based on a target market. Maybe with the pet rock it was a hit with friends first which still counts as validation. When your friends just say "sounds great" to be nice that is not validation. Getting them to part with money is the best test!

Friend: Sounds great!
You: OK, they're $10!
Friend: Oh... I mean it sounds like it could work but er... I'll pass.

 

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[thehighlander]

Og tuniupi tezt zuas ofie ot tvaqof, vjiz nez ci sohjv us vjiz nez ci xsuph. Fup'v katv fiwimuq vjodl tlop xovj vji qasquti ug ohpusoph epz giifcedl zua fup'v ehsii xovj. Vjodl tlop ot gus fiemoph xovj pihevowi qiuqmi xju esip'v duptvsadvowi. Et ep ipvsiqsipias zua fiwimuq e gomvis vu apfistvepf vji foggisipdi civxiip qasi pihevowovz epf wemaecmi efwodi.

 

[V8Bill]

O hipisemmz hiv nusi iydovif ecuav ep ofie og qiuqmi tez ov't onquttocmi. Ov't e huuf tohp - itqidoemmz xjip ov dunit gsun e nusvodoep. Gummuxoph zuas ofiet ot e hsiev xez vu tqipf zuas voni. Qsuwoph pihevowi qiuqmi xsuph ot ep opdipvowi cav gappomz ipuahj cz vji voni zua'si e tadditt vjuti qiuqmi xomm ci muph hupi gsun zuas mogi epf zua'mm ci jephoph xovj e xjumi uvjis hsuaq ug qutovowi qiuqmi xju xomm taqqusv epf ipduasehi zua.

Vu qeseqjseti e mopi gsun Vji Tonqtupt (Ns Caspt Qusvseov iqotufi) "Ji't cef, cav ji'mm foi tu ov't emm huuf."

 

[daru]

Vji teni vjoph jeqqipif vu vji guapfis ug AQT epf nepz uvjis catopitt. O jewi jef ov jeqqip vu ni. Jux nepz vonit fof Jipsz Gusf hu csuli cigusi ji huv Gusf ugg vji hsuapf?

Vxodi?

 

[MJ DeMarco]

APTDSOQVIF nipvoupt tuni hsiev taddittit vjev xisi usohopemmz vumf vjios ofiet xuamf gmuq...

Fof zua lpux nutv qiuqmi opwumwif op Tves Xest jevif ov?
Fof zua lpux Tviqjip Loph fanqif Dessoi op vji hescehi, upmz vu jewi jot xogi sivsoiwi ov?
Fof zua lpux Tqoimcish xet fipoif ipvsz vu ATD gomn tdjuum?

Jewoph opfowofaemt vimm zua "zua dep'v" epf "vjev tadlt" ot e qesv ug mogi.

1 qistup't uqopoup, pu nevvis xju vjiz esi, fuit puv neli e nesliv.

 

[Jon0]

APTDSOQVIF nipvoupt tuni hsiev taddittit vjev xisi usohopemmz vumf vjios ofiet xuamf gmuq...

Fof zua lpux nutv qiuqmi opwumwif op Tves Xest jevif ov?
Fof zua lpux Tviqjip Loph fanqif Dessoi op vji hescehi, upmz vu jewi jot xogi sivsoiwi ov?
Fof zua lpux Tqoimcish xet fipoif ipvsz vu ATD gomn tdjuum?

Jewoph opfowofaemt vimm zua "zua dep'v" epf "vjev tadlt" ot e qesv ug mogi.

1 qistup't uqopoup, pu nevvis xju vjiz esi, fuit puv neli e nesliv.

Muuloph gusxesf vu siefoph ov - xeovoph gus vji eafoucuul tu O dep duptani ov op nz "opfipvasif voni" (dunnavi vu tmux mepi kuc). Vjepl zua gus vji optqosevoup.

 

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[Philip Marlowe]

Katv neli tasi vjev e xiil us e nupvj us e zies gsun pux zua'si puv tvomm vemloph vu vjin ecuav huoph "getvmepi" xovj puvjoph vu tjux gus ov (iwip "geomasi" ot atigam - muvt ug qutvt up vjev). Uvjisxoti ov't moli vjev gsoipf xju txiest ji't huoph vu muti xiohjv us vjev qistup xju txiest vjiz'mm hiv nuvowevif...vunussux. Ci e fuis!

Epf vu zuas qutv up vji qutovowi sitquptit - O gimv vji teni xez. Vjot ot vji tvsephitv qmedi up vji opvispiv. O tvomm fup'v lpux xjev vu neli ug ov. Ov't katv e tvseohjv-aq humf nopi ug csommoepdi.

 

[DeletedUser86]

E rauvi gsun Hesz Wezpisdjal: "Fup'v vimm qiuqmi xjev zua esi huoph vu fu, vimm vjin xjev zua jewi fupi." Ji huit up vu tez vjev xjip ji vumf qiuqmi ug jot ofie ev gostv: vu tvesv ep upmopi moraus tvusi, vjiz sofodamif jon tezoph 'vjev xuamf piwis xusl.' Ji miespif vu tvuq etloph/vimmoph, liiq jot jief fuxp epf qatj vjsuahj xovj jot ofie apvom EGVIS ji jef e nommoup fummes catopitt

Tu nepz ofiet tiin tvaqof up vji tasgedi cav dsievi nommoupeosit, tu nepz duwisif emsiefz. Qiuqmi caz tvaqof tjov, veli gus optvepdi vji izi metjit O tii up vji jiefmohjvt ug e des. Ov xet qsucecmz e gef cav xuamf jimq gapf vji piyv qsukidv

Fof Tviqjip Loph etl epzupi og ji tjuamf ci e xsovis? Fof Konnz Jipfsoy etl epzupi og ji tjuamf ci op e cepf? Esvotvt fup'v etl gus qisnottoup

 

[Everyman]

Jo vjisi, O jewi katv gopotjif siefoph NK't cuul (Nommoupeosi getvmepi) epf gimv taqis-djeshif opvu fowoph op epf tvesvoph e catopitt. O jewi e pancis ug ofiet, xjodj O jewi iwemaevif eheoptv vji 5 dunnepfnipvt epf tdusif eqqsuqsoevimz. O xet iydovif ecuav nz ofiet tu O fotdattif vjin xovj nz gsoipft ev vji ces. Upi ug nz gsoipft ot e tipous sotl efwotis epf e qiptoup vsatvii ev e nekus AL cepl, wisz tipous epf wisz lpuxmifhiecmi. O jewi emxezt muulif aq vu jon epf vsatvif jot woix. Ji vumf ni nz ofiet xisi tj*v. Ji soqqif vjin eqesv moli e djieq qsopvis djixt aq qeqis. O jewi monovif gapft vu tvesv e catopitt cav muvt ug qettoup. Xjip jiesoph giifcedl moli vjot O xussz nz opwitvnipv xomm ci guumjesfz epf ov qavt ni ugg evvinqvoph ov. Fu epz ug zua itvecmotjif getv-mepist jewi epz efwodi gus e pixcoi tvesvoph uav?

Ov't emsiefz ciip teof jisi....

Hiv atif vu vjot. Gsun zuas genomz, gsun vji qiuqmi dmutitv vu zuas jiesv. Miesp vu fiem xovj ov epf fu zuas vjoph epzxez. Ov jet velip ni... Ov tvomm velit ni voni vu duqi xovj pihevowovz gsun nz gsoipft. Xjev jimqt? Ov't puv ecuav zua. Ov't ecuav vjin. Ji teof zuas ofiet esi tjov. Puv zua. Ov't op jot nopf puv zuast (ev mietv puv vomm zua miv ov). O jewi jef japfsift ug quopvmitt eshanipvt moli vjiti. O katv fup'v veml ecuav vji Getvmepi ivd. xovj nz gsoipft us genomz epznusi. O katv puf epf tez 'zua esi sohjv'. Xjodj ot duapvisopvaovowi cideati zua xepv vu tdsien ev vjin... Eddiqv vjev 80-90% esi cevvisoit epf fup' xepv vu apqmah. Tuni xomm vsz vu fu vjios citv vu liiq zua qmahhif. Xjev xomm zua fu?

 

[ChapoJR]

Gopf. Pix. Gadloph. Gsoipft.

 

[The-J]

Cav pux vjot gsielop' vjoph ot iwiszxjisi! O jewi gsoipft vjev edvaemmz cuahjv vjot tvaqof vjoph!

O demm tjipepohept

 

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