The 10 Most Asked Questions in the World: Answers from Science and Less Disciplined Disciplines

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By Shadesbreath


Mystery and Anxiety

Life is filled with mystery, and for many people, just trying to navigate the treacherous waters of our existence is a frustrating and even frightening thing. Terrible things happen for which there are no simple answers to explain them away. Wars and pestilence. Tornados and typhoons. Even our own bodies begin to betray us as we age. There are lots of questions that plague our minds causing grief and stress as we make our way through this jungle known as life. For many of us, if we could just get some answers, we could live more easily despite the worry all these stressors often cause. Even if the answers aren't exactly what we want to hear, at least the knowing would help us find some measure of comfort in a world that seems so cruel.

So, in response to this human need, this desire for comfort and some guidance along the path of life, I've decided to put my considerable learning and human insights to work for you, my fellow humanity. I take no responsibility for the questions or the answers that are to come. I merely gathered up the questions and addressed them with as much accuracy as learning, logic and my own metaphysical acuity can command. May you find peace in knowing.


1. What is the meaning of life?

This is by far the most perplexing question of any on the list. I have studied many religions and philosophies, some very deeply, and I can tell you that if one common lesson, one essential element of life could be boiled down from them all, it would be: Don't be an A-hole.

No, seriously, that's it. Just about every world religion says at least that much. I mean, yeah, they say other stuff too, but this is the common ground. This is what they all basically say. I wish I had something fancier to tell you, but if there is a universal truth out there common to all of religion, philosophy and social theory that points to a single successful navigation method to get through life, that's the one. Don't be an ass. That's it. So there you go, and you're welcome.

2. Is there a God?

Yes. Unless I am wrong, in which case, No, there is not.


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Notice what everyone is worried about.
Notice what everyone is worried about.

3. Will I get laid tonight?

This question actually gets asked far more often by people around the world than do the two above. However, because the first two get a great deal more consideration by guys with PhDs (mostly because guys with PhDs already know they aren't getting laid so they don't ask anymore), I decided to structure the list the way I have. Anyway, the answer to this universally asked and all consuming question is: Probably not, unless you are a hot chick, at which point it's entirely up to you.

Notice what no one here is worried about.  Coincidence?  I think not.
Notice what no one here is worried about. Coincidence? I think not.

            S U F F E R I N G  AND  D E A T H
S U F F E R I N G AND D E A T H

4. Why is there suffering and death?

Well, since nobody understands how to pull off the answer to number 1 up there and not be an A-hole with any kind of consistency, we are probably being punished by the god in the first part of answer number 2. However, if the second part of number 2 is true, well, then suffering and death just happen because nobody with the power to do anything about it gives a crap. So there you have it.

5. Is there life on other planets?

Yes. I've seen them. I'm still waiting for them to give me back my spleen.


Clear evidence of superiority.
Clear evidence of superiority.

6. Which are better, dogs or cats?

Cats.

Cats come with an instinct for crapping in a plastic box. It's one of nature's miracles, I tell you. Personality and intelligence just can't compete with something like that, sorry dog lovers.

7. How can I lose weight and keep it off?

Very simple: Stop eating. Close that yawning food-vacuum in your face and watch the pounds just melt away. I can't promise how healthy this is in the long term, but I know for a fact *it works.


... this dude lost 340 lbs.

It's not too good for you, but it works!
It's not too good for you, but it works!

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*While rapid weight loss will occur, research shows that at some point after death (an unfortunate and inevitable side effect) weight loss begins to decrease significantly. Once all soft tissue has decomposed, continued weight loss may be impossible to sustain, particularly if fossilization solidifies the remaining skeleton - this may actually result in minor weight re-gain.

8. Do I really have a soul mate?

Yes, but since you spend way too much time fawning over the idea, you'll probably never find one. Consider not doodling unicorns on your notebooks all the time, stop reading poetry, and just go out on a date. The best part is, if the first soul mate doesn't work out, you can get another one whenever you're in the mood. In Las Vegas you can even find people who will pretend to be your soul mate for a fee. So get out there, you've got nothing to lose.


"Hang in there baby!"
"Hang in there baby!"

9. When is the World coming to an end?

Great news on this one, the answer is: Never. That's right, you heard it, the world is NEVER coming to an end. Best part is, that's totally true too. Science proved long ago that energy can't be destroyed, it can only be changed. Well, all the elements comprising the Earth are derived of stored energy at some level, so no matter what, even when the Sun goes supernova or whatever, the Earth will still be around in some form or another.

You'll be dead, obviously, melted horribly into a little steamy pile, but, yeah, the good news is, the world will never come to an end. It will just get its parts moved around or maybe scattered as dust into a solar wind. But it will still be there. That's a real comfort in my opinion.


See a pattern here?

This is why it's called male pattern baldness and not chick pattern baldness.
This is why it's called male pattern baldness and not chick pattern baldness.
A typical woman after two weeks without shaving.
A typical woman after two weeks without shaving.

10. Why do men lose their hair?

This is the most complicated question, oddly, but the answer is: because men are more highly evolved than chicks. That's why. Darwin proved beyond doubt that humanity evolved from primate ancestry. Primate ancestry basically means monkey-people. So, as it is well established fact that monkeys are hairy, and given that through evolution's amazing processes humans became less and less hairy the further they evolved, it is obvious just by looking that men have climbed higher up the evolutionary ladder than women have. Look at how much hair grows on women's heads if you don't believe.

Women try to hide how hairy they really are by shaving all kinds of other places to throw us off. They think we don't know that if they let themselves go, their pits would look like they'd just slapped a pair of terriers under there. And their legs, hah, let's just say razor neglect would bring both meanings of the word "calves" together in a single place. It is a scientific fact that women grow 374% more hair than men and 600 times more rapidly. Or at least I think it is. So what else do you need to know?

Knowledge is Power

There are the answers to ten most pressing questions plaguing humanity today. Some of you may not care for those answers, but all I can do is nod politely and offer insincere apologies. Facts like these are simply impossible to make up. I hope that in the end, you can find some comfort in knowing the nature of the truth.

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dineane profile image

dineane  says:
2 months ago

Thanks for the laugh--and I totally agree with your answer to number 6!

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Thanks for laughing. And hah, yeah, that's my favorite. That's my cat too lol. His name is, Slayer. You'll notice the other kitty is waiting for it's turn. Heh.

pgrundy profile image

pgrundy  says:
2 months ago

This is so good! Thanks! I love it. My cat, however, decided to pee right IN FRONT OF his box about a year ago. I was able to coax him into using the box again briefly a couple of months ago after taking him to a vet and reading up on behavior issues in cats and yada yada. Bought him special litter that costs $27 for 20 pounds with special cat phermones in it. Bought him a special $59 litter box so he could feel safe and private. He used the box for a month and now is back to peeing IN FRONT OF the box. He does poop in the box. After all the research and vet bills I do finally know why he does this though:

He's a prick.

S now I have his box within another box--a box within a box--the inner box is for poo, the outer for pee. Soon he will figure this out too but so far, so good.

dineane profile image

dineane  says:
2 months ago

pgrundy--too funny! Well, not for you I guess :-)

And Slayer looks a lot like my Lucy. She has a small thumbprint on top of her head, but otherwise white with all those pretty pink accents.

pgrundy profile image

pgrundy  says:
2 months ago

The hell of it is, I love the cat--God knows why. He's the coolest cat I ever had. He used to unclog my sink for me, and he knows how to turn on the faucet and open the freezer.

He's still a prick.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Ok, the double box thing is hilarious. You should post a pic. I'd be worried about a cat that can do plumbing and cook for itself though. I mean, not too many steps from there to the top of the food chain.

pgrundy profile image

pgrundy  says:
2 months ago

I think he already IS at the top of the food chain.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Let's hope he doesn't start a training camp. We might all be in trouble. I'd hate for young Slayer up there to start getting ideas. I mean, he might be pissed off if he knew I had a pic of him pooping circulating on the Internet.

Constant Walker profile image

Constant Walker  says:
2 months ago

Funny stuff!

Dogs are better!!

...There. I said it. And I'm standing by it!

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Dogs are more fun and entertaining; that is not the same as better.  You stand corrected.  :)

funnebone profile image

funnebone  says:
2 months ago

wow..it was as if God was speaking to me right from Hubpages...now if you could just tell me why I have birthmark on top of my head AND I am losing my hair, all of my questions will be answered and I may rest in eteranl peace.

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Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Yes, well, if there's a God, I'm sure he'll apologize about that birth mark.  That was an accident.  However, the fact that it's shaped like an aroused gummy bear makes god (or the Universe should I be off on question 2 up there) laugh.  So, in truth, the reason you were selected to lose your hair was because A) you are male and therefore so destined anyway as stated in number 10, and B) your hair loss was expedited by God/the Universe because, well, horny gummy bears are funny and it/He/they wanted to look at it again.  It's been awhile since you were born and it's been covered up since your hair came in.  Cut the universe some slack, man, it gets boring up there just expanding all the time.

Now you know. Rest in peace.

Tater2tot profile image

Tater2tot  says:
2 months ago

LOL. I agree with you on the meaning of life. Although most people would phrase it as "learn from your mistakes" you phrased it much better. Don't be an A-hole. No body likes a-holes.

I do not know if there is a God. I like to think so but it is just a theory. And you know what they say about theories... "Theories are like A-holes, everyone has one and they all stick." LOL.

Good hub. I love reading your stuff! Dogs are better though.

Tayler!

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marisuewrites  says:
2 months ago

shadesbreath, you are one of the funniest people I've ever not met.  I was going to be brilliant and quote this or that in your article -- but I couldn't decide which one to quote so I'll just say  WHOOOOOPEEEEE!  a great read.  I saw myself in there somewhere, but I won't say which.  

I'm definitely an animal person, prefering dogs, cats, birds, and butterflies though I don't think butterflies qualify as an animal but you get the picture. I sure haven't told my dog or cat they are not human, so let's keep that just between us.
Keep writing, I'm a fan, man! 

C.S.Alexis profile image

C.S.Alexis  says:
2 months ago

Too FUNNY, love your mind! C.S.

Zsuzsy Bee profile image

Zsuzsy Bee  says:
2 months ago

Shadesbreath! If I were not a fan already I would be now for sure. I just love humor hubs the best.

I loved the before and after weight loss pics. Unfortunately I have to disagree on the cat/dog thing. I just don't think I'd like to exchange any of my collection for a s**t collection in plastic. (However I do love my barn cats)

Awesome hub regards Zsuzsy

C.J. King profile image

C.J. King  says:
2 months ago

too funny lol

C.J.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Tater, thank you and I agree with your assessment of theories. They are fun to bandy about though, especially in hubs.

Marisue, you've already proven you're brilliant in the stuff you write, so your very presence worked for you on that one. Although I would agree that anything quoted from stuff I say is obviously going to brilliant on its own merit simply because it is I that is being quoted <cough> so you would have had double brilliance going had you done so. lol And butterflies do count as animals in my book. Thank you for the kind words.

C.S and C.J. I appreciate your nice remarks too. Thanks for the read.

And Zsusy, thanks for your comment too. That weightloss system is pretty effective, eh? lol. I may start that diet somewhere in my 90s just to amuse the other geezers in the home.

Ana Louis profile image

Ana Louis  says:
2 months ago

Loved the hub! It is always interesting to look at the world through the lenses of someone else's glasses...this read was like going through the house of mirrors at the fair. What fun!

You have a new fan.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Wow, what a totally awesome to thing to say, Ana Louis. Thank you. I'm glad you had fun.

oberbreckling  says:
2 months ago

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Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

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sixtyorso  says:
2 months ago

Hi Shades I am glad to see that you can be serious and Philosophical. Just when I thought that your writing fingers were attached to your funnybone! (aside: Is this an extension of Darwinism?). The debate about cats vs dogs is almost as old as the universe. Just look at the ancient Egyptians and their heiroglyphics. They had everyone cold on boxes within boxes for cats or dogs for that matter (see the construction of pyramids). But then they went and spoilt it all by providing food and wine and killing all the servants and pets to accompany the fairies (or is that pharoahs) to the netherworld. So I refrain from entering into discussion on cats vs dogs as pets.

Great hub!

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Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Thank you, Sixty. So many people think I'm all about my looks and a laugh, but I have a deep side too, as this hub demonstrates.

Egyptian fairies... lol. You know it was probably both. I wonder if the pharoahs had like a tooth phaire and Tinkerbell-ankhamun in their mythology and it just didn't make it onto the walls. That's not really the kind of stuff that your average graphiti artist paints when he's doing his thing. I can see how it might have been skipped over when those guys were tagging the pyramids.

mumz  says:
2 months ago

omg LOL, I love it!

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Thanks. :)

silvalinings profile image

silvalinings  says:
2 months ago

This was hilarious - can't decide between the cats and dogs though. The two cats at my house tolerate the dogs and don't even seem to mind being occasional chew toys. The dogs think they're people - at least they are always in a good mood, so that's an improvement. Don't think I could trade any of them in. However, I do have two grown kids at home -- offers, anyone?

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

No way.. I got three kids myself. Maybe we could get together and have a group yardsale and try to pawn them off like that.

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B.T. Evilpants  says:
2 months ago

I thought about putting my kids up on EBAY. No reserve!!!

Shirley Anderson profile image

Shirley Anderson  says:
2 months ago

Hilarious, Shadesbreath! I do wish you'd left that pic of me unshaven off of here, that was kinda mean.

Cats are definitely a higher life form and they know it.

Thx for answering all our really important life questions. The world is now an easier, better place to live.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Yay B.T. Ebay is a no go, been trying to ditch them that way for years.

Ad, Shirley sorry about the pic but that's what you get for tromping through my back yard like that. And you're welcome for the clarity. :)

IndyScout  says:
2 months ago

Awesome!

I am a big fan of cats myself...yes they use the litter box MOST of the time; but, if you are the one that has to clean said litter box you would not be as fond of cats. Now don't get me wrong, they are still better than dogs.

I think an additional post explaing why cats insist on sitting or laying down on the book/magazine you are trying to read or your qwdq31q3...keyboard (dang cat) or even your hand that you are trying to use to manipulate the mouse would be in order. I would really like to know if my cat is also simply a "prick" like pgrundy's or if it really feels like it is helping me with my task.

And I always thought the answer to the meaning of life was simply 42...guess I should stop being an a-hole.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

I've often wondered about that sitting on the book/paper thing too. I may have to do some deep research on that before constructing my inevitable cat hub. And yes, I've read that 42 is the answer to that question, but I don't buy it for reasons too complex to delve into now.

salmon  says:
2 months ago

Friggin' hilarious.

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Shadesbreath  says:
2 months ago

Ty. :)

Jewels profile image

Jewels  says:
5 weeks ago

Thank you Shadesbreath, you've saved me a hell of a lot of time. At the end of the day, yes I think number 1 is the most intelligent answer there is. Although....... if one were to be an asshole, best be a really good one. Perfection in all things remember.

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Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Yes, if you are good enough at being an asshole, then eventually you elimante all those who see you as one and the very polarity of the asshole scale flipflops and "unassholeness" is redefined. At which point the new answer to the universe becomes "Don't Not be an Ass."

I realize this is very deep philosophy so be careful with it lest someone gets hurt.

jreuter profile image

jreuter  says:
5 weeks ago

Hahaha! Awesome! I agree on the cats, it's like Deniro said in Meet the Parents, "you gotta work for a cat's friendship, they don't sell out like dogs." (Or something like that) Great hub SB.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

LOL, I forgot that line. That's actaully true. Dog's do sell out in a fashion don't they. Hmm.. that's food for thought. Shoulda put that in my dog hub heh.

Jewels profile image

Jewels  says:
5 weeks ago

As above so below. Exactly. Rhyme and Reason is so hazardous to the mind.

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marisuewrites  says:
5 weeks ago

I read this again and laughed again and I needed it today...shadesbreath, you do entertain in a very unique way. I wonder how your brain was created...to think of all this stuff is just not normal and we all thank you!!!

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Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Hah, Jewel, except my emerald tablet is really just an old clipboard spray painted with a can of green rustoleum, and the three parts are apoplexy, sarcasm and beer. :P

Marisue, for me it is just abnormal to think normally, but you are quite welcome and I am just glad I'm not the only one who is amused. Well, at least this time. Frequently, it's just me basking the hilarity of my own... hilarity, but, well, that's how it goes sometimes. The crickets chirping at the back of the room don't scare me. I'll just make a hub about them if they piss me off.

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
5 weeks ago

You are a very twisted man...

No wonder I enjoy your hubs so much :)

While your hub has been very informative, it has in fact, expanded my knowledge to the point where a new question has come up. I am hoping in your infinite wisdom that you could perhaps offer your insight...

If the cat is superior to the dog...and folicly challenged men are that way because they are more evolved than the female of the human species...Why is it that a dog is known as "man's best friend." Is it because most men require a dumb sidekick? As in the "Gilligan Theory."

Respectfully Submitted (yada, yada, yada)

spryte

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

You realize that chicks asking insightful questions of great poignancy is how the whole patriarchy thing started right? It's better if you, the smaller, lighter, less physically robust gender just accept the facts that we men give you. It's just better for everyone. I mean, reality is a matter of point of view anyway, right?

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
5 weeks ago

*spryte, seeing only the words "insightful questions of great poignancy", decides to quit while she is ahead and beats a hasty retreat to wreak mayhem and havoc elsewhere*

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

I can't wait till you find my Excrement, Inc. hubs. God you are going to wreak so much havoc. Sixty was actually lamenting your slow arrival. Frankly, given the withering nature of their blooms, you and Jewel are the rains the Serengti needs.

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
5 weeks ago

*hugs*

:)

Give me time! I'm trying to savor all of your work. Greedy wench that I am, I have to watch my tendency to gulp down anything I've enjoyed as much as I have your hubs.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

You should write a hub on good IRC channels and how to work that crap to find them. LOL. I think I've paid for IRC (mIRC) like four times and never figured out how to make it work enough to use it long enough to remember passwords etc.

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Eric Graudins  says:
5 weeks ago

Spryte,

You're a charming young gal.

For the sake of your sanity, I STRONGLY advise you not to go anywhere near Shadesbreath's Excrement hubs. Or you'll end up in the pit with the rest of us!

[Invisible mode=ON]

(Aside: Psssssst - Shadesbreath. That should do it. She'll be over there checking them out in milliseconds ! )

[Invisible mode = OFF]

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

[invisible mode on] Eric, yes, I have the automatic sprinklers set for baby oil, she'll never even know what happened... she'll glisten then fall into the pit and end up carrying the round number signs around before she has a clue. [invisible mode off]

Eric, what?  I never know wtf you are saying.

Eric Graudins profile image

Eric Graudins  says:
5 weeks ago

[invisible on]

Great idea. And a couple of minutes in the pit will cure her of gulping anything down !

[invisible off]

That makes 2 of us. I don't know what I'm saying most of the time either.

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Uh, me either.

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
5 weeks ago

LOL! You two crack me up!

Hmm...re: IRC and mIRC (which imho is the BEST chat server program available) I'll have to think on it. I was on it long before the programmer charged for it, so when I reinstalled a test version of it about a week ago just to take a peek and see what was going on, I was a bit surprised to see a cost associated with it now. Not that it isn't worth it...

I went straight back to my old server...Austnet. I found a few remnants of what used to be there...

*gets an evil idea and slowly smiles*

Perhaps one day when the muse escapes you...I could show ya around

[invisible on]

spryte...what are you up to?

nuffin...

I know you better...you are up to something...even if Shade doesn't.

really...nuffin.

uh huh...

[invisible off]

As for the Excrement hubs...I very NEARLY read it one day, but my boss walked in. I'll try again today... :)

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Whatever you are up to I will trust my ninja skills to protect me, so I am not afraid.

And you do that.

talented_ink profile image

talented_ink  says:
5 weeks ago

Wow! After all of my huntering, gathering, fact finding, and all other methods of gathering knowledge, it's been this easy?! Thank you Shadesbreath for opening my eyes and I hope I'm never an A-hole again!

Jerrico Usher profile image

Jerrico Usher  says:
5 weeks ago

Pretty funny! I love it.. don't be an a-hole.. that about sums it up.. although the meaning of life is to grow and suffer because in suffering were motivated to grow and in growing were motivated to suffer (chicken and the egg?).. but in both instances not being a jerk fits :)

Your next hub should be "How to not be an a-hole"

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Talented, you are quite welcome. I'm glad I could share this deep philosophy with you.

Jerico,

That's a great idea. As soon as I figure out how to do that, I will write it up. lol

Squimpleton profile image

Squimpleton  says:
5 weeks ago

As ridiculous(ly fun) as this hub is, I could actually see these answers as true. To think people have been overthinking these questions for centuries and you can come up with a simple way to answer them.*bows down* You must be God, that's how you're sure he exists.

And so what if we women are less evolved? Some of the creatures to survive the longest are the "less evolved" ones. There can be strength in simplicity.

Eric Graudins profile image

Eric Graudins  says:
5 weeks ago

Squimpleton,

Don't encourage him any more. His wife told me that his head is having trouble fitting through the doors!

Squimpleton profile image

Squimpleton  says:
5 weeks ago

That's what butter's for :).

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
5 weeks ago

Squimpleton, just ignore Eric. He's just jealous of me because he's still got his hair.

You do bring up an interesting point, btw, I suppose a comparison to cockroaches is a bit extreme, but I can see where you're going with it. I'd not dare to make such a claim myself, but I'm glad you brought it up. Very interesting.

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
5 weeks ago

Such magnificent and epoch-making work! And yet, pearls before swine. Completely ignoring the most significant facts, such as number 10, your readers (many of them female, I might add) start a discussion about their pets! Such a shame, such a shame… *lol*

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

The rungs on the evolutionaly ladder are separated by a lot of space.

*runs*

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

I know; my anxiety of heights has kept me at ground level

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

LOL Ok, that's fricking hilarious.

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
4 weeks ago

Ananta:

I've been told it's safer to humor delusionary individuals...

Jerrico Usher profile image

Jerrico Usher  says:
4 weeks ago

How to not be an a-hole

  Chapter I:  Stop praying to yourself in the mirror, although you worship yourself your decipals- wait was that decimals? eh never mind- you don't know everything so stop pretending you do

  Chapter II:  Kindness counts.. but stop counting your acts of kindness true kindness doesn't keep track

  Chapter III: If you walk in front of someone say excuse me, stop interrupting people when their still talking.

(realize it takes a gear shift of mental state to go from talking to listening, so interrupting them is like driving 60 miles an hour then shifting directly into Reverse in your car without using breaks or going into neutral)

listen when people talk, don't rehearse your next sentence. It's ok to forget what you were going to say.. that’s a sign your doing it right.

  Chapter IV: If you ask someone out or to lunch/dinner/breakfast crack open your wallet, you invited you pay- don't be rude

  Chapter V: Take a lesson from the reality of the internet- If you have nothing nice to say shut up- because someone will be recording it on their phones voice recorder or camera, they will upload it to YouTube and allow YOU to make an as* out of yourself.. Don’t give the guy who is holding the gun bullets to shoot you with.

Make no mistake. Privacy doesn't exist anymore.

  Chapter VII: Men are not dogs, women are not B*****, if you have a problem take responsibility for your own emotions and realize that if you don't like something in someone and it truly upsets you to "see" it then your not upset with them, your upset because their mirroring back what you dislike about your own actions or self.. You cannot get upset if you cannot truly relate. If you can relate and have healed that part of yourself you won't feel anger, you will feel humor at your old self.. Hope you don't drown in that comment :)

  Chapter VIII: Be humbled and take nothing for granted, ask not what people can do for you, ask what you can do for people

  Chapter IX: Think for yourself, you don't have to impress anyone but yourself.. And if your not being yourself your not even impressing him/her.

  Chapter X: Don't be an a-hole. If in doubt see chapter 1-9

 *smiles* theirs a start my friend :)

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sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

Shades, how the heck did we go from cats and dogs to evolution? I started off on a superior plain with ancient egyptians. oh what the heck! But I see we snared Jewels and Sprite into the excrement. As you reap so shall ye sow. So eat up and look forward to some light relief (pun intended of course!)

Eric I am beginning to suspect that you and shades are Laurel and Hardy reincarnated!

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Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Jerrico, that is an excellent and very well thought out beginning. Now we just need to send that to some certain key heads of state and see how it goes. They'll probably be practicing their responses in their heads half way down though and miss a ton of it (as usual lol). The up side is, at least I always offer to pay for meals and stuff, so I'm 1/10 of the way there! WOOT!!!!

That really is a nice list, thanks for taking the time to do it. Normally I poke fun at everything, but I believe your list deserves to stand as it is and hopefully help some a-holes out. :)

Sixy,

Dude, Laurel and Hardy were my favorites growing up along with the 3 stooges (in re-runs, not originally, I'm not that old, sheesh). Haven't thought of them in eons. If we are reincarnate, I reckon Eric is Stan since I'm built like Oliver already. THat means I slap him around all the time. ROFL

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sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

I hardly dare to think of the three stooges (unfortuntely the original in B&W not colourised by technology). Eric, Shades & me? There are possibilities here. BTW I see Agrodonkey has disappeared. i havent come across him for a while.

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Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

I'll be Curly :)

And yeah, haven't seen Agro either. Maybe he's on vacation or got abducted by aliens.

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

Being abducted by aliens always seemed like a vacation to me. But what do I know? I'm still at ground level ;)

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

I don't know. All the probing would be, well, just not what I look for in recreation.

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

The fantasies I have about alien abduction are somewhat differerent from the general views on what might happen *grin*

sixtyorso profile image

sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

Ananta65 How about an irreeverent look at alien abduction through your eye(s) as a hub?

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

That's a great idea! I'll think about it. Give me some time to ponder on it :)

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spryte  says:
4 weeks ago

Sixty! What a great idea...I can't wait to see what you come up with Ananta :)

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Yeah, Sixty is awesome at generating hub ideas. I'm looking forward to that too, Anata.. there's a TON of room for fun with that idea.

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sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

Hey guys between comments I have actually written another hub. Come see and play LOL

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

I know, Shadesbreath, there's a challenge. With you and funnebone competition is hard, but I'll give it a shot :) I'll look at it tomorrow, sixtyorso

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Sling it out there, dude. Comedy is like belching, you never know how good it will be until you let it out. Sometimes they're weak and people just shake their heads at you, but sometimes they roar and carry with Stentorian dignity across a room, drawing aplause from children and nods of approval from other men.  (This analogy is not as effective if you allow women to be present in the restaurant in which the simile takes place, but, I mean, if you do, try to imagine cool, tolerant women who will at least, you know, like hide their smiles behind their little fans and only pretend to think you're rude.  That's my point.)

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Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

You've just proven my point there, Shadesbreath :) But i'll start drinking lots of coke :)

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sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

Ananta65 a little bit of diet Spryte could help too. heh heh

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spryte  says:
4 weeks ago

*grins evilly*

Coke...spryte...I've heard both are rather stimulating and capable of keeping people up all night.

*slaps myself*

there...I did it for you.

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Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

It would be a great slogan too, Sixtyorso:

"Spryte Light will keep you up all night!"

I better copyright that before someone else does *lol* 

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Do you people sleep? You guys post in the middle of the night. Sheesh.

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
4 weeks ago

Whadya mean....you and I are in the same timezone ya wussie! I went to bed prompty after 1 a.m. *nods*

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

That's what Spryte Light will do to you, Shadesbreath. *lol*

sixtyorso profile image

sixtyorso  says:
4 weeks ago

Ananta65 and I are more or less in the time zone but I swear you guys don't sleep.

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

I sleeptype, so I've been told ;)

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Sleeptyping might make for some ... interesting hubs.  lol.  I'd probably get banned.

(and I'm not a wussie, it's just that my wubbie and Mr. Whiskers Bear go night night and they miss me if I don't come too.)

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

I know how posessive they can get. Rory Rare Rabbit even insisted I'd call from work every hour!

spryte profile image

spryte  says:
4 weeks ago

LOL Shade...you crack me up! Now I have this image of you in Dr Dentons, dragging some poor stuffed creature along beside you.

There's no room for Mr. Wiggles once Foxy the real life cat assumes her usual positiion underneath my right arm. But then again...Mr. Wiggles never purred.

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Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

Ok then, here it is: http://hubpages.com/hub/News-from-the-Universe

Not quite the vacation maybe, but the abduction part is in it ;) I'm quite sure you will all like the video :)

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

Sweet... I'm a goin' now!

Ananta65 profile image

Ananta65  says:
4 weeks ago

Aliens at your frontdoor to pick you up?

Shadesbreath profile image

Shadesbreath  says:
4 weeks ago

THey started at the front door, but, not surprisingly, made a move for the back door almost immediately. I notice your story was remarkably sans probing. I expect that will come next segment. lol

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