What Can Google Teach Us About Relationships?

Google auto-complete has proved to be very revealing feature about our society.
When you type something in, it brings up the most searched and goggled phrases that, in the algorithms eyes, best complete what you're about to say.
Sometimes it's downright spot on, lending credence to that whole 'if you have a question, 5 other people do too' saying my teachers always used to say when nobody would ever raise their hand.
But sometimes, it's a bit wierd...

How do people feel about their boyfriends?

What about their girlfriends?

So there's a decent amount of syncing up there. Looks like pretty much everyone is suspicious of their partners, terrified of being pregnant, and seriously doubting their mates character, considering the amount of 'is my girlfriend/boyfriend cheating on me' variants that appear.
Of course, I'm sure that all changes when you get married...

How do people feel about their husbands...

...and wives?

Surprise, surprise...the exact same trends emerge.

What Can Google Teach Us About Life? March Edition.

This is part of a (someday) long running series where I post what Google auto-complete seems to feel is the burning questions of the month by asking it the very elementary What, Why, When, Where, and How?

These are the results on March 1st, 2010.
For next months results, go to (next month hasn't happened yet.)

Pretty boring for this month.

I am so curious to now why people were asking google 'Why can't I own a Canadian?' 

Also, I wonder if there is a faint overlap between the 'Why is my poop green' and 'Why do dogs eat poop' people?

Where is Santa right now? In March? Seriously? Probably has something to do with the Justin Bieber mania. 

It's a bit sad that Haiti is so close and nobody seems to know where it is, though I guess it's good that they're looking.

When will I die? You're asking Google that?

How to kiss, how to lose weight fast, how to get pregnant. It almost tells a story.

Well, there's the March 2010 results. Click here to go to the next month and see what's changed!

Kim Jong-il Redubbed : Part 2

Continued from Part One

These pictures are from the Boston Globes Big Picture Blog- for more context, please go to Part One and read the introduction.

Kim Jong-Il : The Redub (Part 2)

"This is the worst buffet I have ever seen. I'd rather go to the Royal Fork then eat this dreck."

"Dear Leader, our sweatshops are staffed with the only finest of underage slaves."

The worst day in Dear Leader's life was the discovery that gummy bears were not, in fact, magic.

Even though they'd run out of food, at least they had shoes. Glorious, glorious shoes.

The new law that Kim Jong-Il get first taste of every birthday cake was not terribly popular.

Dear Leader spent 30 minutes berating the head of wheat until someone gathered the courage to tell him he was facing the wrong way.

North Korean sperm bank technology is several decades behind the rest of the world.

"...And this is the right way to grab a grape. If I see anyone doing it a different way, they will be shot. Are you watching? Is everyone watching? I'm not going to repeat it."

Though he'd never let on, there was only one thing Dear Leader feared more then a populist revolt: The Dreaded Back Pig, Messenger of God and Destroyer of Dictators.

"What is this 4Chan I keep hearing about?"

Kim Jong-il Redubbed

The Boston Globe's Big Picture Blog is pretty amazing.
They recently ran a series photos of candids shot by the North Korean Central News Agency depicting Kim Jong-il's conducting a series of unannounced guidance visits to a bunch of businesses and factories in North Korea.
In all seriousness, the photos paint a dismal picture- no one is smiling, everyone looks like they might get shot at any second, and everyone is watching every motion of 'dear leader' as if their life depends on it. And it probably does.
But, as I scrolled through the list, a number of the pictures made me laugh out loud. We know Kim Jong-il is insane- but with a little creative re-captioning, we realize we didn't quite know the extent.

Kim Jong-Il : Redubbed

" You call these crackers? You are making our nation a joke! From here on out, all crackers must be at least 4" by 6"- any less, and our motherland weeps with tears of shame."

"With these buckets, we are now able to complete phase 5 of my world domination plan- Operation Sand Castle Overload."

Dear Leader always wondered what the sound of one hand clapping was. No one had the heart to tell him he was doing it wrong.

"Do you have a copy of Wuthering Heights? No? What about Lady Chatterly's Lover?"

" You see? Proof that snow grows on trees. Have the Weather Minister shot."

"With all this fruit wrapped in plastic, no one will be able to tell it's not real."

"Is this a joke?! The real school will have to be...at least 3 times bigger!"

"Dear Leader finds the purity of your urine...to be satisfactory."

ON TO PART 2