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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…

why can't i

find a job

get a job

sleep

get pregnant

stop eating

lose weight

connect to itunes store

poop


why can't i make…

money

eye contact

a folder

a vine

friends

a new folder

decisions

myself throw up

spectre boots

hellstone bars


why can't i have…

you

you cars

nice things

have

fun

you ric

kids

a boyfriend

grapefruit with valium


why can't i buy…

buy

a canadian

zac

ammunition

22 ammo

ammo

minecraft in illinois

minecraft

gems on clash of clans

mjna


why can't i sell…

sell

my house

greg smith

my bills hat

on ebay

andre drummond

certain players on myteam

a player on myteam

luke walton

luke walton in myteam

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google
how can i
make have buy sell

how can i…

find my iphone

make money fast

lose weight

keep from singing

gain weight

ease the pain

lose belly fat

get taller

grow taller


how can i make…

money

more money

money online

money from home

money fast

extra money

my computer faster

my butt bigger

my hair grow faster

myself sneeze


how can i have…

a girl

a boy

more energy

a baby

a baby boy

twins

my baby faster

a miscarriage

a flat stomach

a lucid dream


how can i buy…

a star

a house

gold

silver

stock

a gun

stocks online

viagra

samsung stock

bitcoins


how can i sell…

my car

on amazon

my hair

my car fast

my house fast

on ebay

my soul

my eggs

my kidney

my timeshare

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google
why is my
life body boyfriend girlfriend

why is my…

internet so slow

son crying

iphone so slow

computer so slow

hair falling out

mac so slow

poop green

printer offline

eye twitching

imessage not working


why is my life…

so bad

so hard

so horrible

so awesome

a living hell

boring

so boring

so complicated

going nowhere

falling apart


why is my body…

so hot

always warm

always cold

so tired

sore

so sore

shaking

itchy

aching

twitching


why is my boyfriend…

so hot

not talking to me

so mean to me

so cute

so dumb

so jealous

a jerk

so clingy

ignoring me

so controlling


why is my girlfriend…

so weird

always sick

always tired

always angry

jealous

so annoying

unhappy

being distant

so retarded

so controlling

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google
why isn't my
life body boyfriend girlfriend

why isn't my…

dog eating

internet working

iphone 5 charging

sound working

hair growing

wifi working

phone charging

iphone charging

webcam working

imessage working


why isn't my life…

my life isn't getting better

my life is not working

my life isn't perfect

my life isn't exciting

like a movie

going anywhere

why isn't today my life begins on itunes

like skins

like a situation comedy

why isn't my sims life stories working


why isn't my body…

changing

healing

fat going down

going into labor

absorbing water

absorbing iron

absorbing nutrients

digesting food

ovulating

absorbing vitamin d


why isn't my boyfriend…

calling me

intimate with me

sweet anymore

romantic

jealous

texting me back

romantic anymore

attracted to me anymore

texting me

sexually attracted to me


why isn't my girlfriend…

getting pregnant

talking to me

getting her period

ever in the mood

attracted to me

texting me back

texting me

sexually attracted to me

sexually active

affectionate

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google
I don't understand
the why how who where

I don't understand…

people

i don't understand

gif

dance

in spanish

the ending of bioshock infinite

the question and i won't respond to it

meme

the harlem shake


I don't understand the…

bible

master

ending of safe haven

movie oblivion

ending of lost

ending of bioshock infinite

question and i won't respond to it

life of pi

shining

harlem shake


I don't understand why…

i don't understand why

people like me

people

he loves me

he likes me

i sleep all day

people cheat

i'm depressed

cupid was chosen to represent


I don't understand how…

i don't understand how

to use twitter

twitter works

you're number one

women can be religious

lost ended

my brain works

to use tumblr

to kiss


I don't understand who…

i am

i don't understand

i don't understand i know who killed me

i don't understand that reference

i don't understand doctor who

i don't understand that reference gif

castiel i don't understand that reference


I don't understand where…

you got this idea

the wild things are

all of this is coming from

this is coming from

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google
I think
I you he she people everybody

I think…

i love you

i love you better now

i love my wife

we're alone now

i'm turning japanese

therefore i am

i want to marry you

i wanna marry you


I think I…

I think i'm in love

love you

love you better now

love my wife

I think i'm turning japanese

I think it's going to rain today

want to marry you

wanna marry you


I think you…

might like it

i think you're wonderful

i think your crazy

i think you're cute

i think you're a nazi

i think you're a contra

freaky

i think you're swell


I think he…

i think he's the one

likes me

i think he's gay

knows i like him

loves me

i think he's cheating on me

i think he's retarded or something

took his wallet


I think she…

likes me

ready

knows

i think she's hungry

was afraid to love sometimes

knows interlude

knows justin timberlake


I think people…

are following me

are the greatest fun

are always talking about me

hate me

think i'm weird

are scared of me

are laughing at me

are trying to kill me

find me boring

are spying on me


I think everybody…

has to decide what the word

has to kind of decide

is fake

hates me

should like everybody shirt

should like everybody poster

should be a machine

i think everybody's weird johnny depp

i think everybody's nuts johnny depp

retrieved on 24-05-2013 from Google

me as a keyword list

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