Naw, even worse is thinking of something, creating a prototype, using one of the patent help services and not hearing anything back until a few years later when you see a commercial for your idea.

How about “Ooo, that’s a good idea” “oh, someone else thought of that thirty years ago and it went nowhere”

actually me way back in high school. i had heard about bitcoin and went “ooh what an interesting way to make money” set up the miner and opened a wallet and everything, never mined and forgot about it. fast forward to the crypto boom 10 years later and i was sad