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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… poop sleep get pregnant lose weight why can't i get a boner facetime get a girlfriend cry get a job |
why can't i make… friends myself throw up a snapchat a new folder money calls in app purchases eye contact a decision any friends |
why can't i have… sex you a baby her fun a slice of that pie friends nice things both |
why can't i buy… minecraft feral flare gems in clash of clans anything on steam health insurance rp comics on comixology a house alli buy |
why can't i sell… my zentorno my car tf2 items on ebay my car in gta 5 my house on amazon phot stock sell my bifta |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | ||||
| how can i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
how can i… keep from singing make money get taller make money from home lose weight watch game of thrones find my iphone get pregnant gain weight |
how can i make… money money from home my hair grow faster money online more money my computer faster money today my hair grow my hair thicker my butt bigger |
how can i have… twins more energy a boy a baby a lucid dream a baby girl 2 instagram accounts twins naturally a flat stomach a miscarriage |
how can i buy… stock a house bitcoins alibaba stock gold a star a home with bad credit google glass viagra followers on instagram |
how can i sell… my car my eggs on amazon my hair my house fast my soul my timeshare my car fast my kidney my wedding dress |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | ||||
| why is my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why is my… poop green eye twitching internet so slow period late computer so slow pool cloudy printer offline mac so slow hair falling out iphone so slow |
why is my life… so hard so boring so miserable so bad so horrible boring like this so sad a mess so awesome |
why is my body… sore itching shaking aching always hot so hot always cold so tired so sore retaining water |
why is my boyfriend… so mean so cute so stupid ignoring me so jealous a jerk being distant so hot acting distant gay |
why is my girlfriend… mad at me so emotional so loose so annoying so clingy so weird always tired unhappy always mad at me acting different |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | ||||
| why isn't my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why isn't my… iphone charging facetime working imessage working phone charging wifi working iphone turning on iphone ringing internet working facetime connecting ipod charging |
why isn't my life… going anywhere better like a movie my life is not working my life isn't exciting like a situation comedy my life isn't moving forward my life isn't getting better my life isn't perfect like skins |
why isn't my body… burning fat absorbing water retaining water growing changing absorbing iron going into labor absorbing vitamin d digesting food properly losing weight |
why isn't my boyfriend… sexually attracted to me talking to me texting me back affectionate texting me romantic jealous romantic anymore attracted to me affectionate anymore |
why isn't my girlfriend… affectionate getting her period sexually attracted to me texting back texting me back getting pregnant my girlfriend isn't talking to me getting wet ever in the mood pregnant yet |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | ||||
| I don't understand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | why | how | who | where |
I don't understand… i don't understand meme gif in spanish in french you in japanese |
I don't understand the… poor movie enemy leftovers question and i won't respond to it bible world cup movie oculus ending of edge of tomorrow matrix ending of lost |
I don't understand why… i don't understand why i sleep all day he likes me in spanish |
I don't understand how… i don't understand how i feel to lose weight to play 2048 to kiss the world cup works to make out to play watch dogs twitter works to use twitter |
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's what she said jokes i don't understand i don't understand dr who |
I don't understand where… i'm sorry all of this is coming from |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | |||||
| I think | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | you | he | she | people | everybody |
I think… therefore i am we're alone now i wanna marry you i'm turning japanese i love my wife i'm fallin for you i love you i want to marry you |
I think I… wanna marry you I think i'm turning japanese love my wife I think i'm fallin for you love you want to marry you I think im pregnant I think i'm in love |
I think you… i think you're swell i think you're wonderful i think you're a contra i think you're crazy i think your a nazi i think you're cute i think you're really cool vine better call tyrone |
I think he… likes me loves me took his wallet i think he's the one i think he's gay likes me now what likes me quiz i think her name's debra hates me has a girlfriend |
I think she… likes me ready i think she's the one knows hung the moon beer i think she's got it hates me |
I think people… |
I think everybody… should like everybody tryna play me i think everybody's weird i think everyone is better than me i think everyone is fake i think everyone's out to get me i think everyone hates me i think everyone is trying to kill me i think everyone is nathaniel i think everyone talks about me |
| retrieved on 31-07-2014 from Google | ||||||