A woman has been praised for refusing to pay for her unemployed boyfriend’s business idea.
The 24-year-old, who goes by user Rich-Painter-9008 on Reddit, explained that her 29-year-old partner has always been “wacky,” but recently he has “outdone himself.”
“A few weeks ago, he told me he had a ‘groundbreaking’ idea that would ‘change humanity forever.’ Entertaining him, I asked what it was. His answer? He wants to invent a new color,” she wrote.
The Wednesday post quickly gained a lot of attention, amassing 5,800 upvotes so far.
The poster said she is a biochemistry graduate, while he has a philosophy degree.
She wrote: “I tried to gently point out that colors exist as part of the visible spectrum of light, so unless he was …