Thought Provokers: 4/3/2024

Part of getting older is watching all your favorite restaurants become crappier versions of themselves until they eventually go out of business.

Some people are so poor all they have is money.

In less than 26 years, referring to decades as the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s will become ambiguous.

By modern standards, medieval jousting was unfathomably dangerous.

Word count is, by definition, the most accurate measurement for book-length, but everyone only cares about the number of pages.

We won’t know when AI is successfully used to hide a crime/ falsely convict someone because it will have been successful.

We spend most of our lives doing things we don’t want to do for X minutes so that we can do things we do want to do for X minutes.

The potential the human body has for experiencing pain vastly exceeds its potential for experiencing pleasure.

A lot of good people don’t believe that they’re good people.

Getting ready in the morning is just cleaning and organizing different parts of your head.

Your teeth are warmed mainly by the inside of your mouth and are almost always wet.

Our digestive tract is a contiguous tunnel or hole that goes through the middle of us.

There are many stories about women falling in love with ugly men, but rarely stories about a man falling in love with an ugly woman.

The fact that “palindrome” is not a palindrome itself seems like a missed opportunity.

It doesn’t matter how thirsty you are; the second glass of water will always be much slower to drink.

Despite our technical advances, we’re still peeling boiled eggs like people did hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago.

Our legs are in a bent position almost all day.

Future generations will categorize art and creativity as either before or after AI’s emergence.

It’s nearly impossible to multitask while brushing your teeth.

A watch isn’t handy; it’s wristy.

The most common rhythm for CPR is either a song about dying or a song about staying alive.

Ironically, most people spend parts of their lives wishing they were older, only to try to look younger when they reach old age.

Stars and moons are some of the most famous symbols on country flags despite the fact that no country is on any star or moon.

Humans proposing with lovely gems on rings is similar to penguins that propose with small rocks.