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- IvenomI, on 07/18/2009, -3/+60Because you touch yourself at night.
- biofriendlyblog, on 07/17/2009, -0/+55Of course there's always the shortened answer to "Why?"...."Because."
- Fhwqhgads, on 07/18/2009, -4/+4942
- SumoSniper, on 07/18/2009, -1/+46Or, you know, you could just answer the question correctly and actually teach your kids something.
- sonicEd, on 07/17/2009, -0/+38I use the technique of giving an overly long and detailed answer. Once I see my 4-year-old get bored with the answer I know I can stop talking.
- Daemonus, on 07/18/2009, -0/+24Well I clicked the link, tried what it said, but when my son said "Why?" and I told him "Internal Server Error 500", all I got was a blank stare.
- mcstewart2112, on 07/18/2009, -1/+25because ***** you, thats why,
(doesn't always lead to the best solution, but it shuts people up) - bugwayji, on 07/18/2009, -0/+20 What are you smoking?
- dicer999, on 07/18/2009, -0/+16http://rorr.im/digg.com/odd_stuff/the_10_all_time_ ...
- popzero, on 07/18/2009, -1/+16You, sir, have the soul of a poet. He's trapped in you somewhere, but he's definitely in there.
- tymme, on 07/18/2009, -0/+13All coincidence; it's just Douglas Adams' random choice for a small, mundane number.
- TriplePlay2425, on 07/18/2009, -0/+11Louis C.K. on "Why?":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYWwJA
The "Why" part doesn't really start till 6:20 though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYWwJA#t=6m20s - BlitzkrIg, on 07/18/2009, -2/+12the number 42 is given as the ultimate answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. 42 is also the atomic number of the element molybdenum, the angle in degrees of a rainbow, the Messier designation of the Orion Nebula, the number of generations in St. Matthew's genealogy of Jesus and the number of months the Beast holds dominion in the End Times. There were 42 principles of Ma'at in ancient Egypt leading to the personification of 42 gods. And in the Babylonian Talmud and Kabalistic tradition, there are 42 letters in the secret name of God.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -6/+15WHY??? in my country many wonders. a mind of many wonders what god has evolved and what drives us to ask why. why did i marry my wife of a whore? why do birds sleep? why did i marry my country many wonders why do of many wonders why did i marry my wife of WHY??? in my life of many wonders. a mind of WHY??? in my country: my country, my wife, WHY??? in my country many wonders what god has given us. a mind of many children like to ask the questions we do animals curse? this is why. why the question is asked.
- GhostInAShell, on 07/18/2009, -1/+9If this isn't a meme...it damn well should be.
- dark2025, on 07/18/2009, -0/+842 isn't the answer to 'why?'
42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. However, we don't know what the question is. - gijoe86, on 07/18/2009, -0/+7But why was there a singularity?
I think his point is unless one concludes "It just is", the questioning continues to regress infinitely. - InTheUnion, on 07/18/2009, -0/+7This article wasn't as funny as I was expecting :(
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -1/+7look it up
- ophello, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6Because ice-cream doesn't have bones.
- Nintendesert, on 07/18/2009, -0/+5Use your pimp hand, it requires no verbal response.
- leif77, on 07/18/2009, -0/+5Are we, perhaps, replying to TriplePlay2425? if so...
___________________________________this button might help -----------------> - rowbot, on 07/18/2009, -0/+5I'm sorry to ask this, but if scientists are guessing the big bang was a sudden barf of energy from a white hole, then where did the white hole get it's energy? A black hole obviously, but from where? Another universe? And that universe? And that? And that? And that?
Infinity always scared me. I was afraid of heaven growing up...forever? AHHHHH! - natantia, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6heyy sonic, if u have time and "also" patience, how lucky for ur kids! i know kids dont have more patience but the good thing is that he knew that u cared about him!! not now but later he sould be a selfconfident boy that able to choose his priority in this damned neurotic era of our lives! Keep going!
- radialturkey, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4But never EVER Bing.
- TheSkunkMonkey, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4I always thought it fun to ponder a non-infinite universe. If the universe isn't infinite, what's on the other side?
In your example, what's on the outside of the balloon if the inside is where space-time exists? - KooperG, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4lol, in spanish Why = porque and because = porque... makes the whole conversation a lot different :D
ps I would encourage people to really take time to REALLY explain things to kids, even if it's above their current grasp (according to you). Don't push them away with answers like those in the list (except for '42', which might actually make them think more about it, but please also thank the questioneer for the fish if you do so). Kids are a lot smarter then they might seem, and giving them complicated answers will only encourage them to develop the skills they will need for the rest of their lives.
Saying 'because god (or even 'we') say(s) so' makes kids dumb!!!! - Eezyville, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4The only true answer there is.
- GamerXR72, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4"I already told you twice."
- biggestprick, on 07/18/2009, -2/+6504 Gateway Time-out
- HannibalLecter, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4Huh? The theoretical big bang doesn't come from a white hole. The theory postulates that the primordial universe at the instant right before the big bang was a singularity of infinite mass and pressure at a single point. When the big bang occurred, it wasn't just a release of energy, but more like an explosion of time and space. Imagine it like an indestructible and immensely small balloon. Everything within the volume of the balloon is time and space. Before you blow it up, there's nothing inside the balloon - space-time hasn't been created yet. The instant you blow it up, there is volume inside the surface wherein space-time exists. At least, that's how the theory goes. Fun to think about, ain't it?
- enevitable, on 07/18/2009, -2/+6and hopefully that something is founded in falsifiable evidence, rather then dogma
- rusty11, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3the third time, you'll feel it,
now get back in the kitchen - skipvt, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3Dugg for Louis CK
- BlitzkrIg, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3Well, yeah :D Thats what makes it so awesome.
And utterly powerful. - charlie6969, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Agree completely!
- Zarokima, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3Once they got to the "Great Chain of Being" in number 6 I started reading in the voice of Andrew Ryan.
- varchar255, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3@spdaniel91: If I may correct,
Why = Por qué
Because = Porque
Also a common mistake (or sometimes just laziness in not wanting to type the accent). - holyskeleton, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3why not?
- rowbot, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2The Balloon example helps, thanks! I was talking about the white hole universe thingy in the article...
Where did the singularity come from? - slimasian, on 07/18/2009, -3/+5...because you touch yourself at night.
- Cuongfu, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3"Parce que"
"Perché"
"Porque" - swimtwobirds, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2what about the darwinian model that fixes the anthropic problem - that the singularity our universe originates from is basically a sun giving birth to a new universe as it itself collapses to singularity/black hole. So successful universes are ones with plenty of suns which make plenty of singularities, which make plenty of universes, which Darwinian stylee, explains the make up of our universe, and, ultimately, us.
- PunkyFeople, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2If space and time were literally products of the big bang then asking questions such as what is outside of the singularity or trying to apply causation and asking why it occured are category errors. You are applying properties of our universe into a context which they do not exist and therefore your question is as nonsensical as asking "What color is a number?"
- sbluetruck, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2 Why? Because I told you so.
- crossmr, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2This is a better clip from his very short show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynS9eumsyYQ - MattBD, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3Of course, now you can say "Look it up on Wikipedia/Google/Wolfram Alpha" for a lot of questions you can't be arsed to answer yourself.
- Rocketbird, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2That was awesome.
- spdaniel91, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2@KooperG: If I may correct,
Why = Por que
Because = Porque
Still, it's a common mistake, pretty much like "Their" and "They're" - dethkon, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3This article is really dumb and unfunny. Bury.
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