Today on No Bad Ideas... Slapping! Hangovers! Sympathy magic! Operant conditioning! And more!

In today's first idea, Gabriel brings us the story of a man who was so addicted to Facebook that he had to hire someone to slap him every time he goes to the website. The team turns it into the story of a wealthy businessman who has to resort to extreme measures to keep himself productive and civil. Then, Sarah presents the story of a hangover-prevention item from ancient times. The squad works to turn it into the story of two archeologists who find their lives intertwined in some surprising (and very literal) ways. 

All of that, plus: vanilla millionaires, getting into coding at the exact right moment, fake dating as a productivity hack, a classist ring system, and adding a third genre for no reason. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™: 

Idea #1

Idea #2

Today on No Bad Ideas... Slapping! Hangovers! Sympathy magic! Operant conditioning! And more!
In today's first idea, Gabriel brings us the story of a man who was so addicted to Facebook that he had to hire someone to slap him every time he goes to the website. The team turns it into the story of a wealthy businessman who has to resort to extreme measures to keep himself productive and civil. Then, Sarah presents the story of a hangover-prevention item from ancient times. The squad works to turn it into the story of two archeologists who find their lives intertwined in some surprising (and very literal) ways.&nbsp;
All of that, plus: vanilla millionaires, getting into coding at the exact right moment, fake dating as a productivity hack, a classist ring system, and adding a third genre for no reason.&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:&nbsp;
<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/elon-musks-reaction-to-indian-american-man-who-hired-a-woman-to-slap-him-every-time-he-opened-facebook/articleshow/87647474.cms">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/archaeologists-ancient-hangover-prevention-ring-amethyst-scn/index.html">Idea #2</a>

The No Bad Ideas Podcast is the creation of Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat, and Zach Valenti, three writer and artist-types who, in order to stay fresh creatively, have an excuse to hang out with each other once a week, and check in on what they're working on, take a terrible idea they found on the Internet each week and turn it into a compelling narrative. Or as close as they can get in 30 minutes.

If you're someone trying to be creative yourself or even if you just appreciate a good story, you'll enjoy listening to Zach, Sarah, and Gabriel figure out how to make sense of the best (or worst?) absurdities the internet has to offer. We guarantee there have definitely been worse ideas.

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