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Meme: "Idea for a startup"
An alarm clock with spiders, a 3D printer for subway tokens and other business ideas from Russian-language Twitter
The phrase “Idea for a startup,” which initially did not have a comic connotation, is a common way in RuNet to begin presenting the idea of an absurd, funny or ridiculous service that potentially solves a real-life problem.
Most of these jokes depend on the season, holidays and current trends. For example, at the beginning of December there were jokes on Twitter about the sale of coupons to exchange offices , towards the end of the month - about recognizing the filling of candies in New Year's gifts, and immediately after the New Year - about services for finishing salads. There are also those that are not tied to time and can pop up in different accounts for several years in a row.
Examples of using the meme on Twitter can be found as early as 2011, when the service was just gaining popularity among users from Russia. By the beginning of 2015, the meme remained relevant, and jokes based on it appear on the Internet every day.
TJ collected several examples of fresh “startup ideas”, dividing them into categories for convenience.
Technology and gadgets
Startup idea: an alarm clock that, after the third press of the snooze button, releases a squad of hungry furry spiders.
— Hикитa Пёс (@nikitapyos) February 4, Startup idea - a weather program that makes you wear a hat in winter. And shoots through the webcam, is he wearing it?
— life of Artyom (@rus_exp_field) February 8, 2015 Idea for a startup: when you precisely adjust a slider with your finger and then release it, it does not jump 2 pixels.
— Alexander (18+) (@homm86) February 24, 2015 Startup idea: a reinforced monopod cane to fend off selfie competitors.
— Nicolas Sarkasmi (@djmartinmiller) February 19, 2015 startup idea 10/10 pic.twitter.com/N8xBy8MYVI
— NextGen and Gain (@turbojedi) February 11, 2015 idea for a startup: buy a 3D printer and stamp blue tokens for the metro on it
— Oleksii Chyrkov (@chyrkov) February 9, 2015 Idea for a startup: a hat with a digital display and a remote control, through which the words “I don’t smoke”, “I don’t know” and “Yes, an athlete” are displayed on the screen.
— Intelligent Cat (@IntelliCatt) February 8, 2015 idea for a startup: an application that translates from the language of station dispatchers into human
— tideland (@tashkin_kotik) February 6, 2015 Startup idea: contact lenses with filters #vsco
— Saniya (@Saniversum) January 31, 2015 The idea for a startup is an application that deciphers handwriting. pic.twitter.com/dKQg5q25yE
— Vinnitsky Alexey (@diesbemol) January 9, 2015 Idea for a startup: buy a subscription to a tizornal and sell screenshots of comments for a ruble apiece
— I am therefore unknown (@a1latir) December 5, 2014 Culture
Startup idea: Tamagotchi Leviathan Edition. Goal: to prevent the pet from becoming sober.
— Ann Obolenskaia (@Obolens) February 4, 2015 Startup idea: sell paper bags before film shows of Russian remakes of Soviet films.
— Vitaliy (@taken_alias) February 4, Startup idea for a male audience: anonymous purchase of tickets for 50 Shades of Gray.
— Sasha Klimashevskyy (@pe4erskiy) February 22, 2015 Startup idea: A kiosk with whips, ropes and gags at the doors of cinemas during the release of 50 Shades of Gray.
— .::RV::. (@russlan_v) February 12, 2015 Startup idea - an application for wholesale cancellation of likes. Don't thank me.
— Evgeniy (@jeka_straus) February 11, 2015 idea for a startup: a player that shows cool album covers on the lock screen, while you continue listening to Miley Cyrus
— BIØMUSØR (@frulami) February 10, 2015 idea for a startup: a service that gives you porn with an actress who looks like the girl whose photo you uploaded
— Adelaida Gedeonovna (@mar3565) January 7, 2015 Lifestyle
Startup idea: minibuses for smokers. With stops for a smoke break!
— Gleba, you are a snob (@lozhkovoy) February 11, 2015 Idea for a startup: special people whom you can trust with your passwords and they will go to the Other folder in your FB PM and sort them into LOL and don’t read them.
— Ivan Oberemko (@ivanoberemko) February 10, 2015 Startup idea for city residents: an application that allows you to show edible plants and roots, for example, nettles, using a photograph of a forest edge.
— Victor Lysenko (@VictorLys) February 9, 2015 Startup idea. An app that calculates how many days you will be released from prison (or how many days your boyfriend has left in prison).
— Anatoly protest (@A_Kapustin) February 8, 2015 Startup idea: production of condoms with stripes a la vest.
— iBljad without retweets (@iBljad) February 8, 2015 Startup idea: key cases made from sour cream packets for grandmothers pic.twitter.com/kiyBiYnW2C
— Miguel (@mihryundel) February 6, 2015 Idea for a startup: teach parrots to say the names of cities and then sell them to marshutka drivers at the station.
— Andrii Vozniak (@vozzzup) February 2, 2015 An idea for a Russian startup: you pay money and they drink to your health live on the stream. You can introduce a system of daily subscriptions...
— Mikhail Firstov (@cyberpunkych) January 31, 2015 Startup idea: making body crosses for undecided atheists with the engraving “What if?” instead of "save and preserve."
— Anatoliy Khomyakov (@GoodByeRegrets) January 25, 2015 Startup idea: gaming courses for parents whose children play Minecraft, and a rehabilitation camp for children addicted to the game.
— Mihail Kafanov (@AveMisha) January 10, 2015 Startup idea: courier delivery service.
— Denis Chuzhoy (@fe_city_boy) January 21, 2015 The formula “a service that does not yet exist in Russia” can be used seriously - the publication “Zuckerberg Will Call”, under the general heading “ Ideas for Business ,” collects interesting concepts and examples of working services implemented in the West.
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