All the absurd business ideas

Every idea on this site has its own page, so you can read it, share it and argue about it. They are in no particular order, and none of them is a good idea.

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  1. Create a personal weather system for people who dislike the actual weather.
  2. Sell a stamp collection of stamps from a country that has not been named.
  3. Launch a streaming channel that shows a loading circle in various colors.
  4. Start a school bus for adults who prefer a predictable route.
  5. Provide custom-written passive-aggressive notes for the office fridge.
  6. Sell a lantern that lights up only the thing you already see.
  7. Open a coffee shop where the barista asks how you really are.
  8. Offer a membership for one chair, in a coffee shop, near the outlet.
  9. Create a luggage tag that says "mine" in several languages.
  10. Sell a stopwatch that cannot be stopped.
  11. Start a delivery service for the last slice of pizza.
  12. Charge a fee for agreeing that it was a good movie.
  13. Provide a certificate for a successful nap.
  14. Sell a quieter version of your usual alarm.
  15. Open a stationery shop where every notebook is on page two.
  16. Sell a doormat that says "welcome" only to people you expected.
  17. Rent out a cheerful ringtone for difficult phone calls.
  18. Create a monthly box of ice, sent in a regular envelope.
  19. Start a company that translates office jargon into slightly different office jargon.
  20. Launch a weather app that predicts only your mood about the weather.
  21. Provide a speaker who reads aloud the last page of your to-do list.
  22. Sell a map of your own house, in case of emergencies.
  23. Open a florist that sells a single flower, with confidence.
  24. Offer a subscription for one extra minute in the morning.
  25. Charge for the courtesy of laughing at the right moment.
  26. Sell a thermostat that sets the temperature to "fine".
  27. Create a moving walkway that goes at walking speed.
  28. Start a recruitment agency for jobs that last exactly one long weekend.
  29. Rent out a briefcase that appears to contain something.
  30. Sell a recipe that requires the ingredients you do not have.
  31. Open an art gallery displaying the empty frame from the other gallery.
  32. Offer a magic trick in which your money disappears and nothing else happens.
  33. Provide a prompt for "what shall I do with my life" that returns "tomorrow".
  34. Sell enlarged photographs of very small decisions.
  35. Start a hot-air balloon company that stays on the ground for safety.
  36. Launch a pen that signs documents with a more confident signature.
  37. Create a podcast where the host says they will return soon, every episode.
  38. Sell a pillow that has heard everything.
  39. Offer an annual review of your year, in four words.
  40. Offer a service that returns your shopping cart to its place, with a nod of approval.
  41. Charge for the first line of an apology.
  42. Sell medical excuses for skipping your mother-in-law's birthday. Symptoms sold separately.
  43. Open a hardware store that sells the tool you were going to borrow.
  44. Provide a pedometer for the steps you thought about taking.
  45. Sell a coupon for the inconvenience you experienced earlier.
  46. Start a choir that sings only the part of the song everyone knows.
  47. Create a trophy that says "participated" and also "well, kind of".
  48. Offer a guided meditation on the sound of someone else's blender.
  49. Sell the first sip of coffee, separately.
  50. Launch a kitchen gadget that peels one grape.