Thought Provokers: 4/10/2024

Late-stage capitalism gets a bad rep, but the early stage had child miners and radium factories.

It’s physically impossible to watch all the movies ever made.

There is no doubt that considerable resources are invested in researching how thin a hamburger patty can be made without causing a consumer backlash.

A free boat is incredibly expensive.

More people die in a single day around the world than all the people who wait for an organ donor.

Golf is the only sport where the worse you are, the more you get to play.

Some people speak multiple languages, but few can type with different keyboard layouts.

Condoms are made by humans, for humans, to prevent humans.

Winning the lottery is the least evil way to become filthy rich.

The Earth orbits the sun slower each year. Eventually, the drinking age will be 12.

Grandmas are frighteningly good at giving backhanded compliments.

Proclaiming something atop the highest mountain is a lousy way to send a message.

Ventriloquists can have fluid conversations during a dental cleaning.

It’s nice that most milk brands use the same colors to denote different types of milk (e.g., whole, 2%, skim).

The solar eclipse is the space version of the DVD logo hitting perfectly in the corner of the screen.

Many popular children’s show plots are only possible with criminally negligent parents.

People don’t include their actual birth day when counting their birthdays.

The meat of predators is not as good(or eaten nearly as often) as the meat of herbivorous animals.

Movies, shows, and songs are some of the only things that can be bought for less than it cost to make.

The wizards in the Harry Potter universe seem to work hard to avoid integrating new technology and ignore its existence altogether.

Punishable by fine is the same as pay-to-play.

Sharp cheddar is the dark chocolate of cheese.

Read rhymes with lead twice for both pronunciations.