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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… sleep poop get pregnant why can't i lose weight download apps download itunes get a girlfriend cry get a job |
why can't i make… friends a new folder myself throw up money a saddle in minecraft a decision a cod account eye contact calls a psn account |
why can't i have… sex you a baby fun nice things a bowel movement her friends a relationship |
why can't i buy… minecraft a ps4 rp dragonblade riven anything on steam games on steam anything on itunes an xbox one fallout on steam riot points |
why can't i sell… ps4 on amazon my ps4 on amazon my xbox one on amazon my adder xbox one on amazon on ebay my car in gta 5 my house on amazon my car |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | ||||
| how can i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
how can i… keep from singing make money get taller make money fast find my iphone lose weight gain weight buy bitcoins get pregnant not future |
how can i make… money money fast my hair grow faster money from home more money money online my computer faster my boobs bigger my internet faster a million dollars |
how can i have… twins a boy a baby a girl a lucid dream my baby early a lucid dream tonight an abortion swag two instagram accounts |
how can i buy… bitcoins stock a ps4 a house a house with bad credit a star google glass litecoin gold an xbox one |
how can i sell… my car on amazon my timeshare my eggs my soul my hair on ebay my kidney my car fast my breast milk |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | ||||
| why is my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why is my… internet so slow computer so slow poop green printer offline iphone so slow period late mac so slow dog throwing up wifi so slow phone so slow |
why is my life… so hard so boring so horrible so miserable so bad so sad like this such a mess so terrible so complicated |
why is my body… sore always cold shaking itchy aching temperature always low so sore so hot so cold always warm |
why is my boyfriend… so mean to me so cute so stupid so jealous so hot so annoying being distant gay acting distant a jerk |
why is my girlfriend… always mad at me so loose so weird so annoying so clingy always cold mad at me so emotional so cold so controlling |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | ||||
| why isn't my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why isn't my… iphone charging iphone 5 charging imessage working wifi working iphone turning on ipod charging phone charging hair growing internet working iphone syncing |
why isn't my life… better going anywhere like a movie my life is not working like a situation comedy my life isn't getting better my life isn't exciting my life isn't perfect like skins lifecam working |
why isn't my body… absorbing vitamin d absorbing nutrients developing healing absorbing iron digesting food burning fat absorbing water going into labor losing weight |
why isn't my boyfriend… texting me texting me back romantic talking to me getting hard attracted to me jealous affectionate sexually attracted to me romantic anymore |
why isn't my girlfriend… in the mood texting me back attracted to me attracted to me anymore texting me affectionate never in the mood talking to me getting pregnant pregnant yet |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | ||||
| I don't understand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | why | how | who | where |
I don't understand… i don't understand vine gif in spanish meme in french shirt in japanese american psycho |
I don't understand the… question and i won't respond to it bible taco bell commercial ending of lost doge meme movie her shining end of american psycho poor matrix |
I don't understand why… i don't understand why i sleep all day i owe taxes me i'm single i'm alive alice left wonderland he likes me |
I don't understand how… i don't understand how to use reddit to use tumblr to play disney infinity i feel you're number one it subtracts you can |
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 i don't understand i don't understand doctor who i don't understand i know who killed me |
I don't understand where… all of this is coming from the wild things are you got this idea sorry all of this is coming from i fit in barry michael sorry this is coming from i'm sorry all of this is coming from i'm sorry this is coming from i don't understand the movie where the wild things are |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | |||||
| I think | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | you | he | she | people | everybody |
I think… therefore i am i wanna marry you i love you i love my wife we're alone now i love you better now i'm fallin for you im pregnant |
I think I… wanna marry you love you love my wife love you better now I think i'm fallin for you I think im pregnant I think it's going to rain today can i think i can |
I think you… i think you're swell i think your crazy i think you're a contra might like it i think you're wonderful i think your mouth should be quiet i think you're freaky i think your a nazi i think you're cute |
I think he… likes me loves me i think he's the one took his wallet hates me likes me quiz i think he's gay knows i like him i think he's going to propose likes me now what |
I think she… likes me knows hung the moon beer ready foreign i think she's the one i think she's hungry hates me |
I think people… |
I think everybody… should like everybody i think everybody's weird johnny depp i think everyone hates me i think everyone is laughing at me i think everybody's after me |
| retrieved on 09-03-2014 from Google | ||||||