Thought Provokers: 11/15/2023

The older generations often criticize the youth for being lazy and unmotivated, yet they have created infinite barriers in professions and hobbies, making it almost impossible for younger people to succeed without their approval.

Somebody on earth is close to 100% compatible with you but the probability you’ll meet that person is close to 0%.

Insurance is a lottery that everyone plays, but only the unlucky wins.

We universally agreed that up symbolizes good and down symbolizes bad.

Most people who work in high-end luxury hotels can’t afford to sleep there.

80% of all cars on the road are Station Wagons pretending to be something else.

For most people, a day that includes a helicopter ride is either one of their best or one of their worst.

Calling something a cliché is a cliché.

It’s more aggravating to miss the bus because it was early than to miss it because you were late.

People often forget that you can use spaces while creating passwords which are more secure than random gibberish.

A prison is easier to convert into an apartment complex than an office building for one main reason, plumbing.

Pregnancy symptoms really just train you to be empathetic to your baby’s needs.

Thanking someone and showing appreciation costs nothing and only takes seconds, yet people routinely don’t do it.

As we move towards paper bags, it will be harder to bring all the groceries inside in one trip.

Cities aren’t designed, they are grown like crystals and their structures reflect the environment and ingredients present during formation.

You don’t even get to know who wrote you the letter until you’ve read the whole thing.

There was a moment when James Cameron decided that the story of Titanic needed to be primarily a romance, and then he made a movie so good no one thought about what an insane decision that was.

Monday the 13th feels more ominous than Friday the 13th when it comes to work.

The bedroom is the real restroom.

When you eat at a restaurant you are being temporarily loaned food.

The third hand on a clock is the second hand.

People who demand respect have little reason to earn it.

There’s a tree out there that sprouted the same day you were born and has been growing with you.

Judgment keeps people in line.

Apple AirPods have free engraving so that someone is less likely to buy your used case.

All the water you save in a lifetime will be used as if it were nothing by a company that uses water.

String cheese has grain like that of a piece of wood making each piece you rip off unique.

No one has ever been in an empty room.

It’s always “wakey, wakey - eggs and bakie,” but never “waken, waken - eggs and bacon.”