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Shitty Million Dollar Ideas

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This is a place to pitch goofy million dollar ideas that you had in the shower, as you were falling asleep, or during a fever dream. Think of it is as shitty Shark Tank.

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The "I'm not dead" button: An alarm clock that automatically calls emergency services if it's not stopped within a certain number of hours. (lemmy.world)
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This isn't really meant to save anyone's life. But it would let someone know to come pick up your corpse before it melts into the carpet and your cat starves.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

yes you can also set this up in Gmail, but why you would have it contact emergency services is beyond me. if it's been that long, it's no longer an emergency!

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

For example, assisted living facilities require a check-in every day or else emergency services are dispatched.