“According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.” WorldWarHappensTodayFiveTheoryPurePercentInventionFakeBoredomNinetyWorld TodayFireplaces Book:The Nimrod Flipout: Stories Source: The Nimrod Flipout: Stories
“There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism, or better living through exercise. It's because of hair dye. In the 1950's only 7 percent of American women dyed their hair; today there are parts of Manhattan and Los Angeles where there are no gray-haired women at all.” WayLooksReasonTodayUsedFeminismHairExercisePercentReason WhyFiftyFortyLos AngelesGraySixtyManhattanAmerican WomanHair Dye Author:Nora Ephron
“Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens raised for meat in America are the same hybrid, the Cornish cross; more than 99 percent of turkeys are the Broad-Breasted Whites.” TodayAmericaHalfPercentCrossesMajorityRaisedVarietyMeatChickensYieldBroadsOverwhelmingTurkeysMarathonNotableHybridAmerica TodayBroccoli Author:Michael Pollan
“I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certain night, or because birth control isn't one hundred percent, or for a thousand other reasons that really aren't very flattering.” PeopleIfsLooksChildrenHardReasonTodayEarthNightCertainBornToo MuchBabyBirthDrinkThousandPercentHundredAccidentsAliensFlatteringBirth Control Author:Jodi Picoult