Exactly. How could you have known it would be used for what's it's used for now. That's the entire point of the conversation someone from the future could tell you. Why is that unclear? Maybe you're assuming a negative conversation? There are many decisions in my life that if a future me or someone else could show me exactly how things will play out in ways not foreseen by me at the time, I'd be less hostile than you apparently are at the idea.

Somewhat probably, don't take it serious. You did good.

- I invented cookies. They’re my baby.

- Why didn’t you have the foresight to predict that it could be used for what it is used for now?

- Whoah there. Kind of out of left field. I had nothing to do with WWW cookies.

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Seems like you can just tell those friends that you invented the great-grandfather or the fifth cousin once removed on the uncle’s side to the modern cookie and be done with the conversation a lot quicker.