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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 | ||||||