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The world is in trouble
Here are just a few of the important questions people are asking. Yes, it has come to this.
Questions like "Why can't I sell my kidney?" and "How can I keep from singing?" shake my faith. Deeply.
Zeitgeist Sampling
General Issues
How could I ask for more?
How do people do extreme couponing?
How can I sell my soul?
Who can I sue?
Why can't I hold all these limes?
Why can't I sell my kidney?
Why don't people like me?
Why do people hear voices in their head?
Why do I always feel like murdering everyone?
Why do I never see baby pigeons?
I don't understand how Lost ended.
I don't understand where I went wrong.
What's up with the World
Is the world really flat?
is the world being controlled by aliens?
Has the world gone mad or is it me?
What in the world is god doing?
How in the world can a poor man eat?
Who in the world am I, ah that's the great puzzle.
Will the world be a better place without religion?
What do people see when they close their eyes?
Why do I always see the same time on the clock?
Limits & Desires
I need to poop.
Why can't I make myself vomit?
Where can I find Chuck Norris?
What happens if I make a formal commitment to Satan?
Love & Heart
What is my husband doing online?
Is my wife right?
Will my girlfriend get fat?
How can my son get out of a gang?
Why isn't my girlfriend affectionate?
Why is my boyfriend so insecure?
Why is my girlfriend so emotional?
Why isn't my boyfriend romantic?
Money
Can money make me happy?
How do I finance an engagement ring?
How do I cheat at poker?
Career & Education
Is my job redundant?
Is my boss reading my email?
Can my job be given to someone else?
Should I study or sleep?
Health
Is my doctor useless?
Is my body hair normal?
My head is full of pretty lumps.
How do I heal a broken heart?
Why is my poop green?
Sizes & Extremes
What is the smallest unit of life?
What was the most common form of sacrifice in Aztec society?
Who is the most powerful Jedi?
Where is the hardest part of your head?
Religion & Faith
What will heaven be like?
Is faith a gift from god?
Is god an alien?
Can Jesus microwave a burrito?
Can I pray with my eyes open?
Should I pray for a husband?
World's Most Popular Questions — Today's Zeitgeist
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Man's Earliest (and Toughest) Questions
Even before we explored outside our caves, mankind has been plagued by unanswerable questions.
How do I heal a broken heart? · Why do I never see baby pigeons? · I don't understand how Lost ended
What we know defines us as much as what we ask. Let's look at who we are.
Modern Look at Questions, Old Yet Ever New
Using Google's autocomplete feature, which suggests the most similar searches to the one you have entered, you can discover a great deal about what kind of Google searches people perform.
This process yields insight into the zeitgeist of thoughts, interests and problems of the population.
Specifically, if you apply the autocomplete to words that start a question, you can discover the most popular questions of the time. Systematically constructing a question, term by term, can reveal very entertaining, if alarming, patterns.
To visualize a comparison between suggestions for two terms, use Web Seer.
Questions and Statements
While most of the phrases listed here are questions, some are statements (see Limits & Desires, e.g. I need to vent.).
Example
Below are combinations of the terms why can't I and how can I with the words make, have, buy and sell.
What are people looking to sell? What do people want to have, but can't? Autocomplete suggests an answer, in the form of a question!
| why can't i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
why can't i… get pregnant sleep find a job poop grow a beard why can't i download ios 7 lose weight get a girlfriend connect to itunes store |
why can't i make… friends a new folder myself throw up a crew in gta 5 money any friends decisions a horse saddle in minecraft eye contact a comic on bitstrips |
why can't i have… sex a baby you nice things fun kids friends a boyfriend a bowel movement |
why can't i buy… minecraft houses in gta 5 a car in gta 5 property in gta 5 a ps4 clothes in lumiose city gems on clash of clans a garage in gta 5 an iphone 5 summoner icons |
why can't i sell… my car in gta 5 on ebay my house my car on racing rivals my car in gta online ps4 on amazon sell a car in gta 5 my car in gta v my ps4 on amazon |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | ||||
| how can i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
how can i… keep from singing lose weight fast make money lose weight make extra money make money online gain weight fix my credit ease the pain |
how can i make… money extra money money online my butt bigger money from home more money my computer faster my hair thicker money fast money today |
how can i have… twins a miscarriage a boy a baby a baby girl wet dreams a lucid dream the same dream again a bigger load a bigger booty |
how can i buy… stock bitcoins twitter stock a house a ps4 gold a house with bad credit twitter ipo a star instagram followers |
how can i sell… my eggs my car my soul to the devil on amazon my timeshare my soul my hair my kidney on ebay my breast milk |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | ||||
| why is my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why is my… eye twitching poop green period late internet so slow computer so slow hair falling out printer offline iphone so slow mac so slow dog throwing up |
why is my life… so boring so hard so bad falling apart so horrible so messed up so sad boring so terrible hell |
why is my body… sore always hot shaking so itchy always cold twitching so sore so hot always warm itchy |
why is my boyfriend… ignoring me so mean so cute so stupid so distant so clingy mean to me so annoying a jerk so hot |
why is my girlfriend… so mean to me mad at me so jealous so moody always cold so clingy always mad at me mean to me so selfish so angry |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | ||||
| why isn't my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why isn't my… imessage working wifi working iphone charging internet working iphone 5 charging snapchat working phone charging hair growing ipad charging itunes working |
why isn't my life… better going anywhere like a situation comedy my life is not working like a movie my life isn't getting better my life isn't perfect like skins my life isn't exciting why isn't today my life begins on itunes |
why isn't my body… healing burning fat absorbing iron absorbing vitamin d going into labor digesting food absorbing nutrients absorbing water fat going down my body isn't losing weight |
why isn't my boyfriend… talking to me texting me back romantic jealous attracted to me calling me affectionate anymore affectionate texting me getting hard |
why isn't my girlfriend… texting me affectionate talking to me getting her period sexually attracted to me getting pregnant ever in the mood my girlfriend isn't attracted to me pregnant yet in the mood |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | ||||
| I don't understand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | why | how | who | where |
I don't understand… i don't understand vine in spanish meme in french in japanese these girls women math |
I don't understand the… i don't understand these girls girls girls question and i won't respond to it bible government shutdown shining doge meme movie prisoners sprint commercial new snapchat ending of lost |
I don't understand why… i don't understand why i sleep all day children he likes me i'm depressed people like me he loves me you love me people |
I don't understand how… to use twitter i don't understand how to coupon to kiss to twerk tumblr works you're number one you can smile tinder works |
I don't understand who… i am i don't understand who's afraid of virginia woolf i don't understand that reference i don't understand that reference gif castiel i don't understand that reference i don't understand i don't understand doctor who don't understand why people believe in god i don't understand i know who killed me |
I don't understand where… the wild things are you got this idea |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | |||||
| I think | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | you | he | she | people | everybody |
I think… therefore i am we're alone now i love my wife i love you i want to marry you i wanna marry you proposal about you i'm in love |
I think I… love my wife love you want to marry you I think it's so groovy now wanna marry you proposal I think i'm in love can i think i can |
I think you… freeky i think your crazy i think you're swell i think you're so groovy now i think you're a contra i think your a nazi i think you're wonderful |
I think he… likes me loves me i think he's the one took his wallet i think he's cheating i think he's gay knows i like him has a girlfriend i think her name is debra hates me |
I think she… likes me was afraid to love sometimes knows i think she's the one ready i think she's cheating on me hates me |
I think people… hate me are out to get me are stupid don't like me change bridesmaids are trying to kill me think i smell laugh at me find me boring should worship people |
I think everybody… should like everybody i think everyone hates me i think everyone is stupid i think everyone is better than me i think everyone is gay i think everyone is beautiful i think everyone is talking about me i think everyone's out to get me i think everyone around me is stupid |
| retrieved on 09-12-2013 from Google | ||||||