Thought Provokers: 11/19/2025

If ignorance is bliss, then knowledge is misery.

Septic tanks under major international airports probably contain more human biodiversity than anywhere else on Earth.

It took the universe around 13.8 billion years to write a complete copy of Shakespeare.

Most women in the world probably know how to get blood stains out of fabric.

There’s no point in only charging to 80% to protect a battery; you’re effectively using it like it’s already degraded.

The number of suicides in our society is greater than the number of homicides.

Maybe if 15 is too young to consent to sex, it’s too young to be tried as an adult.

Trolls living under bridges in fairy tales may have just been medieval homeless people.

40 years from now, when Gen Z starts to retire, it’s likely that there will be an uprise in the number of elderly streamers and influencers.

Your old chat handle may well be someone else’s password, and a pretty good one, at that.

One day, admitting to using AI will be the writer’s version of admitting to using PEDs.

A pinhole reflection shows how the world actually is, because our eyes flip things upside-down on the way to our brains.

The events of Back to the Future Part I are exactly halfway between Back to the Future Part III and today.

It’s possible the first interstellar transmission we receive from an intelligent alien species will be an advertisement.

A recent science post said the younger generations have smaller jaws and larger craniums. Are stereotypical aliens just future-evolved humans?

Wearing surgical masks in photos is a 2020 timestamp.

Nowadays, we can typically judge a photo's age by its quality. However, in the coming years, there could be photos of you both, young and old, with the same crisp quality.

Drivers’ seats probably get farted on much more than any other vehicle seats.

Eating cheese & crackers at dinner can be a sign of both opulence and destitution.

Assuming my normal day is someone else’s dream, then someone else is living my dream day.