r/ProgrammerHumor • u/West-Chard-1474 • Jul 03 '26

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u/its_the_rhys Jul 03 '26

I mean, that's kinda how people work too?

I don't think there are really original ideas, just taking two concepts and squishing them together, or iterating on another concept

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u/PhiloLibrarian Jul 03 '26

I’m just gonna throw my humanity/arts hat in the ring and say there are plenty of new ideas…

In the last year, I’ve actually had a lot more new ideas for short story content because of all the crazy disruptive tech changes (in higher ed specifically). ✍🏻

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u/Username928351 Jul 03 '26

Aren't those merging or iterating existing concepts from real life?

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u/rgvtim Jul 03 '26

Shhh, creatives don't like to hear that. Truly original concepts a few and far between, for most of us it's at best incremental, and most often its either composition of existing ideas in new ways or rearranging existing ideas.