Side hustle Memes

Nothing ruins a casual catch-up faster than the dreaded "So I have this app idea..." moment. It's that special hell where you're suddenly trapped between honesty ("your idea already exists in 47 different apps") and friendship ("sounds revolutionary, buddy!"). Every developer knows the pain of becoming an impromptu technical consultant the moment someone discovers what you do for a living. The worst part? They always think their idea is worth billions, but the payment offer is "exposure" and "equity" in their non-existent startup. Next time, just say you're a professional mime.

The five stages of being ambushed with an app idea: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally reaching for your beer while contemplating how many "million-dollar ideas" you've heard this month alone. Friends somehow believe coding is just typing random characters until an app appears. Bonus points if they offer "exposure" as payment or say "it's like Uber but for [literally anything]." Most developers have mastered the art of the thousand-yard stare while mentally calculating how many weekends this conversation is about to cost them.

Every developer's internal reaction when a non-technical friend starts with "I've got an app idea." The threatening pose perfectly captures that mix of dread and irritation we feel when someone's about to pitch their "revolutionary" app that's basically "Uber but for hamsters" or "Facebook but people are nice." What they don't realize is they're the 500th person to think they're the first to come up with it, and no, we don't want to build it for free in exchange for "exposure" or a mythical 2% equity that'll totally make us rich someday.