The 30-Second Read team returns today to a topic of supreme (un)importance: big questions, those without answers. ’Tis a public service merely to ask them. You’re welcome.
Why, when two or more paperclips cohabit in any container, do some clips wind up bound together? Clips making whoopee? Weird.
Speaking of hanky-panky, why do mugs accumulate by the dozens in cupboards? Are they, like paperclips, making whoopee in the dark? Also weird.
Why are most “Modern Love” columns in The New York Times written by women? Like, no kidding, 95% of them. Many feature a guy – often a sweet or attentive fella, sometimes a dad or son, occasionally a scoundrel. But seldom as the author. Doubly weird.
Why do highly paid – nay, highly overpaid – cable TV hosts so often commit acts of colossal, towering, hypocritical stupidity? And get caught. Cable TV is a demeritocracy for creeps and liars and grab-handsy idiots who can lean left or right but always toward the cash. Wee–eird.
Why do humans, the most social of mammals, break our bonds through serial acts of selfish unkindness? Sad.
