Thought Provokers: 8/30/2023

Crappy WiFi is much worse than no WiFi at all.

People don’t become what they want to be, they become what they can.

A society where strangers are able to be naked around each other without sexualization is a society less barbaric than ours.

Love at first sight is technically judging a book by its cover.

The thicker your thighs are, the more puppies you can have lying on your lap.

Someone owns the sharpest knife on Earth and doesn’t even know it.

Pets and plants have more impact on mental health globally than psychologists and health professionals ever will.

People go out of their way to become famous, but when they do, they hide their faces to avoid being recognized.

It takes a village to raise an idiot.

Kids play Hide & Seek because it activates the primal instinct to hunt for prey or hide from predators.

The tooth fairy teaches us to sell our bodies.

Waking up and getting up are two completely different negotiations.

Kicking the toys to the corner is disrespectful; throwing the toys in the corner is cleaning.

Actors, musicians, directors, writers, etc. do backbreaking work to create the content that we lazily and mindlessly consume while sitting on the couch eating popcorn.

It’s stupid that radio stations aren’t allowed to play entire albums from start to finish.

You find rubber bands at random times and places, but when you actually need one they are impossible to find.

Every night when you go to sleep, your brain does system maintenance to check if you can be paralyzed or not.

Dinosaurs went from having massive legs and skinny arms, to skinny legs and massive arms as birds.

So many people believe social media is a toxic and negative place, yet so few decide to stop using it.

Studying neuroscience is the brain studying itself.

People eventually get tired of everything and everyone, including themselves.

It is amazing that while we cannot agree on whether to use inches or centimeters, every credit card around the world is exactly the same size.

Earth does not get heavier with buildings because the materials were already here.

Most people think of cheese as yellow despite the most common cheese they eat is likely closer to orange or white.

Deer can never see their antlers.

By definition, everyone’s life story is always a tragedy.

No one thinks they are an idiot, but mathematically, half of people are below average intelligence.

We store most foods in the kitchen safely shut away in cupboards, fridges, etc., but fruit is normally displayed unprotected in a bowl in the living room.

Children are more intrigued by boxes than the toys that came in them because they long for the feeling of the mystery the box once held.

There are babies born in 2023 who will be alive in the year 2123.