This is a fun deep thought. One could make a case either way, and of course in the literal sense, an “idea” requires cognition- so strictly speaking only some form of intelligence can “have an idea” to begin- which I am aware opens a door for a joke about how that automatically means most people can’t have ideas lol. But being more serious- that which exists exists, “gravity” just is, but the conceptualization of gravity requires intelligence. Assuming a rock can’t think, in a universe of only rocks, there is no concept of gravity. Gravity still acts, but the idea it exists doesn’t exist. Of course, most ideas aren’t “original,” not even that no one has ever had that idea, but the person with the idea usually didn’t come to that idea all on their own. Most commonly someone else exposed them to the idea and they adopted it, or factors like social engineering steered them to an idea. In which case, we certainly can argue the person doesn’t have the idea but the idea has the person.
I’d imagine most people know this, but for those who don’t, the character of Garfield the cat is/was a popular comic character from the United States who was for some time a merchandising and popular culture phenomenon and a leading comic in the news paper when that was a bigger thing.
Garfield was created specifically with the intent and purpose to be relatable and generic so as to sell merchandise and generate money. The creator has been very candid about this fact. Garfield is an exercise in branding and marketing, and despite the fact being widely known still maintains some level of marketability, even several recent major studio films, despite it being an open “cash grab” and decades old. There are more layers to this onion, but that is a fun fact and one of the main keystones to the overall joke. Even though this is funny enough because of the juxtaposition of the contents of the image lol.
Garfield was created specifically with the intent and purpose to be relatable and generic so as to sell merchandise and generate money. The creator has been very candid about this fact. Garfield is an exercise in branding and marketing, and despite the fact being widely known still maintains some level of marketability, even several recent major studio films, despite it being an open “cash grab” and decades old. There are more layers to this onion, but that is a fun fact and one of the main keystones to the overall joke. Even though this is funny enough because of the juxtaposition of the contents of the image lol.