Just a quick reminder that we’re still taking suggestions for Life’s Unanswerable Questions, which we’ll be featuring on an upcoming episode of the Jacke Wilson Show. Tell me (either by email or by leaving a comment) what questions have long tormented you, and I’ll do my best to alleviate your curiosity…or at least join you in marveling at the mystery of it all!
Jacke Wilson 
why do fashion designers put pockets on womens clothing? Are our breasts not enough. or why cannot the world just all drive on the same side of the road?
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This one makes me laugh! But good questions, both.
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i wrote in a psot about why do gardening implements – lawn mower, etc – have to be so noisy? try that one.
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Yes! Why do we tolerate that? Gardening should not be so hectic and stressful…
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why is it called a blog/ why not something more appropriate for all of his technology.
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Why we have changed to concept of money. Does the concept of trade through exchange of goods, like in ancient times, possible now ?
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Hmm. That’s a good question. I suspect there’s a lot out there already. I’ll throw my two cents in as well. (No pun intended.)
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Why is doing something bad, so much more thrilling than doing something good?!
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Ooooohhh, I love this one. Thanks!
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Both of my questions are in regards to the United States (of which I am a citizen).
1. When I was in elementary school, I was told that by the time I was an adult everyone would be changed over to the metric system. Why are we digging in our heels on this? Why are we the only ones to still measure temperature in fahrenheit?
2. Am I missing something with the Electoral College or are they just getting away with something? How come they weren’t around until 1950? My gut says it is because it was a dumbass move that the founding fathers and subsequent generations would have never gone for i.e. a government of the people, for the people, by the people. We have no control what happens there and that bothers me.
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Aha! These seem connected to me… and are definitely worth exploring. Thank you!
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You’re welcome. Can you elaborate on ‘connected to me’?
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Ah, I didn’t mean “connected to me” so much as “to me, these feel connected.” Sorry for the confusion!
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It’s no trouble. Happy new year to you
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My question may be trite… But here it is:
Why is it that the amount of fabulous things you desperately wish to buy decreases in direct inverse proportion to the amount of funds available?
In other words, it’s a couple of days before payday and you tag along with a friend who’s doing some shopping. As you wander around the shops you see approximately 73 items you’re convinced will a) change your life and b) you cannot live without. However, without funds, purchasing any of these items is not an option. Then, a week later you head out again to the same shops, wallet full, gift cards in tow, and find that the 73 fantastic items have been mysteriously replaced with a large amount of disappointing crap and you come home with one small bag containing socks, which you needed anyway.
These are the small things on which I sometimes ponder.
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Yeesh, this is a tough one! But a good one to tackle. Thank you!
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What makes a work of art beautiful? (which necessitates the prolegomenous questions: what is a work of art? What is beauty? What is ‘is’?)
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