A couple years ago I created a sort of prototype invention. I made 1000 of them and sold them for $10 bucks each, just enough to cover the cost of production and the year of work that went into making it. No profits, by design, I just wanted to gauge whether my ideas had any “value” in the human world.
Anyway that whole thing was soon forgotten and I moved on to bigger, better and more catastrophic projects, stuff that I never sprung on the world because it was never perfect. I lost touch with any sense of “value” I had in the world, aside from whatever meaningless shit jobs I took on the side to pay the bills. Hardly a justification for living.
Well today I happened to search ebay to see if any of my old inventions were still in circulation on the used market. There’s a few, sellers are asking between $250 and $500. One sold last month for $300.
There it is. My validation. I swear that’s all I need. I don’t want the fucking money, I never did (and anyone with half a brain and a healthy dedication to greed could’ve made a fortune off me because I’d do it all for free).
Which just goes how fucked in the head I am, how I’m not cut out to survive because I don’t want the 1 thing that everyone else wants: cash. At least I feel validated. For today.
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What did you make? I am glad they are successful.
Thanks man, it does give me a good feeling for a while. Can’t tell you what it is though because it would instantly identify me since I’m the only one who ever made one. Nothing earth shattering so you’re not missing much 🙂
Congratulations. It must feel great to have contributed something so useful! If you wanted to, you could probably do it again. Just don’t invent a car that runs on water..
Man you said it, as we talked about in the other thread, any real inventions that may have a beneficial impact on the human race end up getting quietly buried and their inventors along with em. Lucky for me my invention was nothing great, but there was a time when I was deluded enough to think I could make an impact on the world. Unfortunately the only inventions that make any real impact are bombs and shit like that. (Very lucrative business too)
But thanks, it does feel good to be validated in some small way. Sorta like winning the blue ribbon at a dumb science fair, hey I’ll take anything I can get.