Thought Provokers: 7/31/2024

It’s impossible to always experience higher than normal call volumes.

Removing episodes of TV shows deemed “inappropriate” or “offensive” will result in a new version of the Mandela effect.

People have gotten crueler, not kinder, since the pandemic.

Cashiers at liquor stores could more accurately diagnose alcoholism in a person than their doctor could.

Most Americans who work in India make more than most Indians ever will, and most Indians who work in America make more than most Americans ever will.

The unofficial accepted minimum speed for the passing lane is often fast enough to get you a speeding ticket.

The average human has probably seen far more animal species than the average animal has.

Mario and Luigi, defined by the colors Red and Green, must be annoying for color-blind people.

The guy who first tried to convince people that alcohol can be used medically must have sounded like he just had too much alcohol.

The click-through rates on mobile ads are useless as statistics because they’re so easy to accidentally click.

You could make a fortune designing software for automated phone systems that randomly change menu options so that people really do have to “listen carefully because the menu options have changed.”

If you wish on a genie that it would be free after fulfilling your other two wishes and wish for ball A to always be bigger than ball B, then your third wish for B to always be bigger than A, will the genie ever be free?

We are at the point where “Old School” is an old-school comedy.

Kids' movies do so well at the box office, thanks to all the adults who have no interest in the movie but still have to pay and go with their kids.

Humans could stop making clothing now and probably have enough for several generations.

Considering we ideally spend a third of our lives asleep and practice every day, insomnia is surprisingly common.

Kids have superpowers because they heal twice as fast as adults.

Some human bedding uses feathers, and some bird bedding uses hair.

Being a caveman with a photographic memory probably wasn‘t all that impressive.