4 ms·
Unless you're really special nothing you think of is original. I'm not saying you're not special though. :)
by calydon 15y ago
Unless you're really special nothing you think of is original. I'm not saying you're not special though. :)
- firefoxman1 15y agoHahaha thanks. I read somewhere that at the same time you think of a grand new idea, 10 people somewhere in the world will also have the same idea. I doubt that's always true, but it's pretty amazing nonetheless.
- freshhawk 15y agoHeh, that is depressingly likely given the numbers. There must be a german word for the appreciation of a clever/accurate but depressing idea.
- noonespecial 15y agoWeltschmerz comes close.
- freshhawk 15y agoThat is an excellent word and concept, thank you. But it lacks the appreciation of how interesting the depressing observation is. Weltschmerzfreude seems like it's just a contradiction (also I know almost no german at all so it's likely just gibberish) but it doesn't sound bad.
- JonnieCache 15y agoTwas ever thus. Look at how many great inventions and discoveries throughout history were arrived at independently and then argued for the bragging rights, before it became such a priority to share your ideas. Calculus and television spring immediately to mind, but there are many others.