Type in the words “what to do” into the Google search. The list of most common search sentences will pop up beneath the search bar. The very first one, at the very top of the list, is:
“What to do when your bored.”
I’m feeling thoroughly disheartened by this. Just thought I’d share. I’d like to hear all of you’re views.
It shows just how empty and meaningless our lives have become, by way of the most searched phrase for “what to do” is searching for a way to allieviate our crippling malaise-like boredom
Google’s autocomplete provides a uniquely depressing view of the world.
Start typing “What’s the latest…” and you could be looking for any number of exciting developments in the worlds of scientific discovery, world events and so on.
No, you’re more likely to be after
what’s the latest fashion
what’s the latest on michael jackson
what’s the latest on jordan and peter
a god
anyway i can get this popular guy to get me pregnant (must be a googlebomb?)
a way to see who views your facebook
going to be a high school musical 4
going to be a transformers 3
going to be a pirates of the caribbean 4
a cure for swine flu
For the letter “B,” alone, the top 10 results do not include Barack, and for the letter “O” they do not include Obama. This was surprising to me, as was that none of the results for “H” included “health care,” nor even for “he,”. The top 10 results for “ir” do not include Iraq, though Iran is number two - and unbelievably, “Twilight” is not in the top ten for the letter “T,” though once you enter in the “w,” ALL of the results are about Twilight except for “twitter” and “two and a half men.”
Okay I know I just posted the last one but now I can’t stop doing this.
“can you”
get pregnant on your period
be pregnant and still have a period
get pregnant right after your period
get pregnant right before your period
get pregnant from being fingered
have your period and still be pregnant
can you get pregnant if he pulls out
Can we use this as evidence we need better sex education?