• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Step 1. Have an idea

    Step 2. Google idea

    Step 3. Someone thought of it before you were born

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      5 months ago

      Even worse if you think your idea is just the best darn thing to come along since sliced bread. And then Dr. 1995 comes along and lays out the whole thing in a footnote in a paper on a different topic.

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        5 months ago

        Which most likely is written in much more detail than you ever could do.

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      5 months ago

      Step 3 doesn’t need to be before you were born, just a seemingly long time ago. 1995 definitely wouldn’t be before the person in the picture was born.