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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… calls eye contact a folder friends a vine a new folder decisions myself throw up spectre boots hellstone bars |
why can't i have… you friends you cars nice things fun have a girlfriend kids a bowel movement |
why can't i buy… buy a canadian bullets zac ammunition 22 ammo ammo minecraft gems in clash of clans minecraft in illinois |
why can't i sell… my team players sell cars my house my car greg smith on amazon on ebay austin rivers a player on myteam |
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| how can i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
how can i… make money make money online make money fast lose weight keep from singing gain weight ease the pain get taller make my butt bigger |
how can i make… money money from home more money money online money fast extra money my butt bigger my boobs bigger my hair grow faster my boobs grow |
how can i have… a girl a boy more energy a baby a baby boy twins an abortion at home a miscarriage a flat stomach a lucid dream |
how can i buy… a house a star gold stock google glasses stocks online samsung stock a car with bad credit instagram followers bitcoins |
how can i sell… my car on amazon my hair my car fast my house fast on ebay my soul stuff on ebay my eggs my kidney |
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| why is my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why is my… internet so slow period late son crying computer so slow hair falling out mac so slow poop green dog shaking dog eating grass eye twitching |
why is my life… so bad so hard so horrible so perfect so awesome so sad boring so boring miserable falling apart |
why is my body… so hot always warm always cold so tired sore so sore shaking itchy aching sore when i wake up |
why is my boyfriend… so hot not talking to me mean to me so mean so cute so stupid so annoying so jealous ignoring me so clingy |
why is my girlfriend… being mean to me so mean to me so fat always mad at me jealous so jealous unhappy so controlling so moody a retard |
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| why isn't my | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| life | body | boyfriend | girlfriend |
why isn't my… internet working iphone turning on iphone 5 charging iphone sending pictures wifi working hair growing phone charging iphone charging imessage working ipod charging |
why isn't my life… my life isn't getting better 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 fat going down healing going into labor retaining water absorbing water absorbing nutrients absorbing iron ovulating absorbing vitamin d |
why isn't my boyfriend… getting hard talking to me calling me jealous romantic texting me back answering my texts as affectionate as he used to be affectionate anymore affectionate |
why isn't my girlfriend… getting her period getting pregnant pregnant yet ever in the mood my girlfriend isn't attracted to me texting back texting me back attracted to me anymore sexually attracted to me affectionate |
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| I don't understand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | why | how | who | where |
I don't understand… i don't understand life dance gif the ending of bioshock infinite in spanish meme hemlock grove the question and i won't respond to it |
I don't understand the… master bible matrix ending of bioshock infinite movie oblivion life of pi ending of lost shining question and i won't respond to it esurance commercial |
I don't understand why… i don't understand why people like me he loves me he likes me i sleep all day i'm so fat i can't get pregnant alice left wonderland |
I don't understand how… i don't understand how i feel to use twitter to date twitter works you're number one people can treat to kiss to play candy crush |
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… all of this is coming from you got this idea the wild things are |
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| 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 want to marry you therefore i am i wanna marry you about you austin and ally |
I think I… I think i'm in love love you love you better now love my wife I think it's going to rain today want to marry you I think i'd have a heart attack 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 your a nazi i think you're a contra i think you're swell i think you're freaky |
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 took his wallet likes me quiz |
I think she… i think she's the one ready likes me knows i think she's hungry was afraid to love sometimes knows interlude likes me jesse mccartney |
I think people… are out to get me are following me talk about me hate me are watching me are stupid think i'm weird are scared of me are watching me all the time are laughing at me |
I think everybody… i think everyone is looking at me i think everyone is against me i think everyone is better than me i think everyone is gay should like everybody i think everyone is stupid i think everyone is fake i think everyone hates me should like everybody shirt i think everyone is lying to me |
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