THOUGHT PROVOKERS: 8/21/2024

Most would be hopeless on a battlefield, considering video games and movies have conditioned us to expect the enemy to be terrible at aiming.

The best-behaved child is often not the parent’s favorite.

If Disney can’t be sued by customers who have used Disney+, it has no financial incentive to keep its park rides safe.

Parking your car directly in front of someone else’s house when you have your own driveway is like a guy who chooses the urinal right next to you when other open urinals are available; it’s not against the rules, but you’ll get dirty looks.

Calling a black hole a hole is the exact opposite of what it is.

We give toddlers cuddly versions of Earth’s most dangerous creatures.

Eating Jelly Bellys in the dark is like playing candy Russian roulette.

Bart Simpson’s prank calls wouldn’t work today because if you wanted to call someone at a bar, you’d call their cell phone.

Given the density of gold, saying “Worth its weight in gold” would be less valuable than “Worth its volume in gold.”

Quiet server rooms are still solidly in the realm of science fiction.

When you call something ‘massive,’ it might be relatively small, just with a lot of mass.

Silence is the loudest of arguments.

No matter how big a number is, it is always closer to zero than infinity.

All trophies are participation trophies.

Many hands make light work, but too many cooks spoil the broth.

Microwaves should use specialized screws, given how dangerous their insides a

Children today grow up with a digital presence from birth. Hiding an adoption is much more difficult, since it would be suspicious not to have any photos before, during, or right after birth.

Some pets understand their owner’s language better than most humans do.

There’s a good chance that our first encounter with an alien civilization will be when a piece of their space junk floats into our solar system.

The greatest orchestral compositions on earth can be accurately represented by a single unbroken line of peaks and valleys.