31 Dumb Ideas That Actually Worked Out
Technically speaking, a dumb idea is only dumb if it doesn’t work. Nearly every idea seems stupid to begin with, but when it breaks through into successful territory, it becomes “genius,” or “an unlikely solution.”
One Redditor unwittingly segued from lackluster student to scholar in one swift move. He was a college freshman, and got so caught up in the freedom of being young that he academically whiffed it. When his strict dad asked to see his grades, he panicked and unleashed the only tool in his arsenal — the “inspect command” function, which he used to change all of his shitty grades to good ones. He showed the results to his dad, who was so impressed that he printed out the grades and took them to their car insurance company for a “good student discount.”
Ultimately, he committed a little bit of fraud, but college students have done far worse things.
Other Redditors have recounted the times they had a stroke of genius, including a fake marriage plot, accidental insider trading and the most obscure directions of all time.
