Thought Provokers: 8/2/2023

At a movie theatre, which armrest is yours?

In the word scent, is the “S” silent, or is it the “C”?

There is now a generation of kids who grew up with the internet without ever touching a keyboard or a mouse in their lives.

People with autism just have a different operating system in their brains.

Why is there a “D” in the word fridge but not in refrigerator?

Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

The bigger someone’s favorite number gets, the weirder it is.

6, 7, 8, and 9 never appear next to each other on a digital clock.

There’s a little Barbie in all of us thanks to microplastics.

People are disgusted by touching old pornographic magazines or DVDs but think nothing of touching another person’s phone.

For most of human history, no one looked at the clouds and saw the shape of a dinosaur.

There is no victor when arguing with someone who is too stupid to realize that they are, in fact, stupid.

People are much happier if you solve their problems than if you prevent their problems.

Cowboy boots are high heels for men.

Communicating with strangers online is much more fun and appealing than doing it in real life.

While it is true that money cannot buy love or happiness, both do require financing.

Salt is the only rock humans are 100% OK with eating.

Ants live on every continent except ANTarctica.

People born today have enough media (movies, music, etc.) made to keep them busy for the rest of their lives.

The sane need drugs to get high, and the insane need drugs to get sane.

In a few years, most people will aspire to go on holiday somewhere cold and not hot.

When the last living thing in the universe dies, there will be nothing left to witness it; therefore the universe’s existence technically dies with it.

The second most abundant liquid on Earth is urea.

With the Statue of Liberty being made in France, technically she’s a French immigrant.

Jacket zippers are the only functional zippers you don’t need to be immediately concerned about when unzipped.

We will never truly know when humans go extinct.

Billionaires expect everything around them to be immaculate and yet can’t seem to take care of their own bodies.

We buy trash bags and then throw them straight in the garbage.

There’s no real limit to rage.

You can pretend to be asleep, but you can’t pretend to be awake.