Questions of the Week October 9, 2001 1. Do you believe that Rush Limbaugh suddenly going deaf was punishment from God? 2. Which is worse: your mom in a thong, or your dad in a Speedo? 3. Do you suspect that you are currently suffering from an undiagnosed and potentially serious medical condition? 4. Is there a movie or song that you always criticize in public as hating, but deep down inside it's secretly your favorite thing in the world? 5. If you could have a full-time personal chef or maid, which would you choose? October 15, 2001 1. Do you think the Taliban are wishing they wouldn't have wasted all those rockets knocking down the giant Buddha statues? 2. Would you still eat meat if you had to kill the animals yourself? 3. Do you care in the least who wins the World Series? 4. Does a guy look better with his ear pierced? 5. In general, are men or women nicer? October 22, 2001 1. Are you more afraid of small pox or anthrax? 2. Do you think that 20+ year old virgins are losers? 3. If someone doesn't want to date outside of their race, are they 'racist'? 4. If your biggest celebrity crush met you and wanted you, would you cheat on your spouse/mate to be with them? 5. Would you fight for your country? October 28, 2001 1. Have you picked out a Halloween costume yet? 2. Is it acceptable for African Americans to casually refer to each other using 'the N word'? 3. Have you grown up since high school? 4. Did you think the plastic bag blowing around in the wind in "American Beauty" was beautiful? 5. Would girls rather date a guy who reads Maxim or a guy who reads Wired? November 5, 2001 1. Do you think the US and its allies should launch a full-scale ground war in Afghanistan? 2. When a woman says "no" does she sometimes mean "yes"? 3. Do you have an unrequited love? 4. Would you rather have people think you were really hot or really intellectual? 5. Are you planning to quit your job? November 12, 2001 1. Have you ever wanted to be a different race? 2. Would you rather be made fun of by many or be ignored by many? 3. If you took two Ex-Lax pills and two Immodium A-D pills simultaneously, which one would win? 4. Would you rather be with someone that you didn`t really love than be alone? 5. Would you rather go to jail for two years or see your best friend go to jail for ten years? November 19, 2001 1. Which sequel are you looking forward to most: The Matrix II or Star Wars II? 2. Is cheating the actual sex act, or the emotional connection? 3. Is there anything of which too much is never enough? 4. Are you a fan of typical gender roles? 5. Who would you rather have for your dad: Homer Simpson or Al Bundy? November 26, 2001 1. Have you started Christmas shopping yet? 2. Now that Hillary is a Senator, should she push for her healthcare plan again? 3. Does the arrival of 'Cheers' and 'Family Ties' on Nick at Nite make you feel old? 4. Do you think Americans are too patriotic? 5. Should white Americans feel guilty about slavery? Decmeber 3, 2001 1. Are you having a hard time getting in the holiday spirit this year? 2. Who would win in a fight: your best friend or your worst enemy? 3. Do you think Miss Piggy was constantly sexually harassing Kermit the Frog on "The Muppet Show"? 4. Do you think rap music gives an accurate depiction of African-American culture? 5. If you were deaf, blind, and had no sense of smell, touch, or taste, could you be sure that you existed? December 10, 2001 1. Do have a lot more respect for George W. Bush now than you did a year ago? 2. Do you feel that medication can really cure depression? 3. If someone is uncool in real life, are they still uncool in cyberspace? 4. Do your parents embarrass you? 5. Would you rather change the past or see the future? December 17, 2001 1. What do you find more attractive in members of the opposite sex: beauty, or willingness to have sex? 2. Is there a maximum amount of money a person ought to be "allowed" to make? 3. Does it disturb you that we live in a time where "nuke the bastards" is a term now reserved for Terrorists and not Communists? 4. Would you prefer to know the truth about the world and its dangers or stay innocent and hidden from danger? 5. What would make pornography more appealing to you: better looking actors/actress or better script/story line? December 24, 2001 1. Would you rather unwrap 1 big box or 20 tiny ones? 2. If your best friend of many years (of the same sex) told you that they were in love with you, would you still be their best friend? 3. Have you tried to leave YouThink yet? 4. Is that voice in your head really you? 5. Do fish really count as pets? January 2, 2002 1.Does putting "(sp?)" after a misspelled word really make you look any smarter? 2. Do you think your parents still have sex? 3. Which are better: Cartoons now or back when you were a kid? 4. Have you ever felt sexual attraction to someone much, MUCH older than you? 5. Who`s the better author: Stephen King or Charles Dickens? January 7, 2002 1. Do compliments and praise make you uncomfortable? 2. Winter or Summer Olympics? 3. Would you be willing to buy a house that someone had died in? 4. Approach others or hope others approach you? 5. Can something be both "new" and "improved"? January 14, 2002 1. Lurch or Thing? 2. Are you on a mission from God? 3. If someone tried to mug you, and you killed him, would you take his wallet? 4. Can you instinctively tell when you are being lied to? 5. If you could have just one thing, would you want it to be an emotional or a material thing? January 21, 2002 1. Is there a celebrity that you are so obsessed with that it seems no one you date could ever compare? 2. Do you have a pet name for your computer? 3. Do you think the Taco Bell dog died from stress, or high cholestoral? 4. Did the invention of the air conditioner destroy America? 5. Are sports just a soap opera for guys? January 28, 2002 1. Is it possible to be hot and cold at the same time? 2. Do you have a role model? 3. In the "Popeye" cartoon, was Popeye's nemesis Bluto or Brutus? 4. Should single men be allowed to adopt children? 5. Which do your friends come to you more for: Advice or Fun times? February 4, 2002 1. Should Mike Tyson be allowed to box again? 2. Super Bowl or Super Bowl Commercials? 3. Are you the smartest one in your immediate family? 4. If there were brain transplants, would it really be a "brain transplant", or would it be a "body transplant"? 5. Do you ever feel like you're the parent and your parents are the kids? February 11, 2002 1. Is there anyone on YouThink who you`d like to be your Valentine? 2. Do you care at all that next month is women`s history month? 3. Should expensive gifts (i.e. gold necklaces) be returned after a break-up? 4. Are your photos organized in an album or are they stuffed in a box? 5. Would you try a drug once just to have a valid opinion on it? February 18, 2002 1. Do you think the Olympic judges give special preference to American and Canadian athletes? 2. When you order a stack of pancakes, do you cut into the stack or eat it pancake by pancake? 3. Have you ever used the Internet as an anonymous confessional? 4. Have your parents ever shocked you in public by displaying previously unevidenced racist, lewd or larcenous tendencies? 5. Are we really more civilized because we do lethal injections in the present verses choking to death by hanging in the past? February 25, 2002 1. Does diversity strengthen or weaken a society? 2. Were your best friends made in childhood or adulthood? 3. Do you sometimes have really mad ideas, but you never tell people about them? 4. Can you define in one sentence what in life holds meaning for you? 5. Does alcohol affect women differently than men? March 11, 2002 1. Do you suffer from March Madness? 2. Which is better to be: trusting and vulnerable or paranoid but safe? 3. Does your diet consist of more salt or sugar? 4. Do you think that it's cheating to dance with someone while you are going out with someone else? 5. Do you think allowing Barry Williams to be pulverized on Celebrity Boxing was the lowest form of television ever? March 18, 2002 1.Do you find driving more of a stressor or stress reliever? 2.If I told you we were at BLUE national security level, would you know what to do? 3.Is your lucky charm a person or a thing? 4.Do you think the verdict of the Andrea Yates case was fair? 5.Do men prefer to do the approaching, or would they rather have a woman walk up to them? March 24, 2002 1.Did Jesus die and come back as the Easter bunny? 2.Is life an energy that can neither be created nor destroyed? 3.Do you and any of your close friends have a weekly tradition to go do something? 4.If people start talking about things such as urination, eating, or getting tired, do you start feeling the effects of what they are talking about? 5.Are you creative with Duct Tape? April 1, 2002 1.Does Israel have as much right to counter terrorism in Palestine as the USA did with their invasion of Afghanistan? 2.Have you ever finished a tube of Chapstick before you lost it? 3.Would you make a good spy? 4.Do you think you will ever be ready to die? 5.Have you panicked today? April 8, 2002 1. Are we given natural rights to destroy any animal that we possess in any way, shape, or form? 2. Do you believe in hate at first sight? 3. Do you think Jesus Christ used magic or slight of hand for his miracles? 4. If superintelligent aliens landed on Earth and began farming and eating humans (because we taste like chicken, but we`re bigger) would that be karma? 5. Is it possible to wake up and not love somebody anymore? April 15, 2002 1. Is it worse to ritually sacrifice one human or 200 animals? 2. When reading posts written by different people, do you hear different `voices` for each of them in your head? 3. Would you prefer to live on a tiny deserted island or in an overly populated country? 4. Is menstruation disgusting to you? 5. Do you think it`s fair for a person to lose their right to vote forever because they were convicted of a felony? April 22, 2002 1. Has Ozzy Osbourne become a role model for fatherhood? 2. What place would you rather hang out at: the diner on Seinfeld or the coffee shop on Friends? 3. Have you ever worn your Youthink shirt and someone came up to you and asked you your screen name? 4. Have you ever poured macaroni and cheese from a box into boiling water, only to realize you forgot to take the packet of cheese out first? 5. Was Lassie the smartest dog ever, or did she just live with a very dumb family? April 29, 2002 1. If you had the opportunity, would you participate in a show like 'The Bachelor'? 2. Do men prefer to do the approaching, or would they rather have a woman walk up to them? 3. Which is more repugnant: slavery or abortions? 4. Do you cry more in movies or real life? 5. Is rape out of extreme animal desire or pure hatred? May 6, 2002 1. Do certain things in real life remind you of YT members every time you see them? 2. Who's smarter: Albert Einstein or God? 3. Do you think it's impolite to talk on the phone whilst using the toilet? 4. Is feminism now about equality or superiority? 5. Do you know how to get cat urine smell out of a blanket? May 13, 2002 1. Should putting soap in a kid's mouth be considered child abuse? 2. If someone you knew died on or just before their birthday, what would you do with the gift? 3. Are you more scared of yourself or other people? 4. Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now? 5. Do you think if sports were not around that there would be even more war in the world? May 27, 2002 1. Should pictures of animals having sex be considered pornography? 2. Do you remember your first slow dance? 3. Is misogyny built into our social ideals of masculinity, or is it practiced by a minority of men with emotional problems? 4. If nobody believed in God, would that make Him any less real? 5. If you were stranded on an island without any supplies, do you think you could survive for more than a year? June 3, 2002 1. Are the outcomes in the NBA playoffs predetermined? 2. Do you trust DNA testing? 3. Physical challenge or intellectual challenge? 4. If you could afford to buy a slave, would you like to have a Canadian or a Mexican slave? 5. Is the book forum as good as you thought it would be? June 17, 2002 1. Should women caught topless on film (such as in Girls Gone Wild) be permitted to sue because their images were used without permission? 2. Do you think Mary (Jesus' mother) was really a virgin? 3. Should every American own a gun? 4. Do you think buddy should just give you a star just because you are you? 5. Is Buddhism becoming 'trendy'? July 1, 2002 1. Would you like to thank a member of YT for something? 2. Have you ever been sexually attracted to a cartoon character? 3. Is there really such a thing as 'linguistic bias'? 4. Do you love Lucy? 5. Have you ever trunked it? July 8, 2002 1. Robin Hood - local hero or petty thug? 2. Can language define reality? 3. Have you ever been a part of Appalachia Service Project? 4. When you're at the end of an escalator, do you have to wait for the perfect step before you get on? 5. Do you think your life would be better if you were taller? July 15, 2002 1. Are you a victim of police brutality? 2. Should people be allowed to invest a part of their social security savings in the stock market? 3. Do you know the difference between terrorism and guerrilla warfare? 4. Would you let an FBI bug be placed in your home, if there was a slight chance that it would help in the War on Terrorism? 5. Do you have a list of things you'd like to do before you die? July 22, 2002 1. Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he himself could not eat it? 2. Do you believe that aromatherapy works? 3. Do you think 1984 is happening? 4. If you could, would you want to communicate with the dead? 5. Are most artists depressed? July 29, 2002 1. Has road rage increased because life is so stressful these days or because many people just won't swallow their pride anymore? 2. When you eat a taco, do you bite into it from the side or from the top? 3. Would you consider dating someone with a disability? 4. Who gets treated better: Animals in zoos or prison inmates? 5. When you walk up stairs, do you place your whole foot on the stair or just your toes? August 5, 2002 1. Would you opt to have your body frozen in a cryonics facility after death if you could afford it? 2. Have you kept YouThink a secret from the people in your life? 3. Is there a difference between the brain and the mind? 4. Is it morally correct to kill someone with a good reason? 5. Have you ever experienced autophobia? August 12, 2002 1. Do you have a favorite Urban Myth? 2. Is there such a thing as a 'good' kind of selfishness? 3. Are you butt ugly when you're mad? 4. Do you cross your sevens or Z's? 5. Are you still dwelling on yesterday? August 19, 2002 1. Were you `sweet sixteen and never been kissed`? 2. Do you talk about your job a lot when you are not at work? 3. Do men really care if a woman has implants? 4. Do you set your table for every meal, even if it`s just something like pizza? 5. Do you try to avoid falling in love because you`re afraid of being hurt? August 26, 2002 1. Do you have a quick and easy recipe you'd like to share? 2. Were you under 5 feet tall entering high school? 3. Are you obsessed with a TV show? 4. Where are you most ticklish? 5. Does it ever bug you when people say it's a free country, but it really isn't? September 2, 2002 1. Have you ever successfully changed someone? 2. Is America`s `War on Terrorism` the next Vietnam? 3. Are leaders born or made? 4. Do you understand how someone can be bisexual or homosexual and still be a Christian? 5. Have you ever had a sexual identity crisis? September 9, 2002 1. Do you own your dream car? 2. If you could have two celebrities as parents, do you know whom you would choose? 3. If you were writing the story of your life, do you know what the title would be? 4. Do you have a creepy basement? 5. Have you ever been interviewed for a newspaper article? September 23, 2002 1. Is there a photograph that haunts you? 2. Do you keep a compass in your car? 3. If you live outside of the United States, do you want to visit the U.S. someday? 4. Are you a compulsive pen thief? 5. Do you think there is a point to life? October 21, 2002 1. Would you leak any clues to the media if you were a Police Officer? 2. Would you rather have people talk bad about you to other people and not find out, or have them say it to your face? 3. Do you take it personally when someone `blocks` you on AIM? 4. Do you have a lucky trinket of any kind? 5. Do you cheat when you play games? October 28, 2002 1. Do you think that Youthink.com is saving lives? (see story) 2. Is success different the second time around? 3. If laughter was frowned upon, but it still makes you feel good and happy, would you try and stop yourself from laughing? 4. Will you put your parents in a nursing home when they get old? 5. Are there some girls where it's hard to imagine them playing with Barbies as kids? November 4, 2002 1. Do you lock you car door when you stop in traffic next to a homeless person asking for food? 2. Should the death penalty be applied to rapists and pedophiles? 3. Is glitter sexy or annoying? 4. Who`s more racist, black people or white people? 5. Do you gain weight during the colder seasons? November 11, 2002 1. Do you think the economic gap between the rich and the poor will be smaller in the future? 2. Do you think Abortion should be legal for medical purposes only? 3. Are you bad in everything you LOVE to do and good in everything you HATE to do? 4. Is it rude to ask a woman how old she is? 5. Which is worse: to violate your own self-devised moral code, or to rigidly, mindlessly hold to an arbitrary code you were taught by others? November 18, 2002 1. Do you ever wonder if we are in someone's dreams while they are sleeping and our reality isn't real? 2. When you are on someone else's computer do you poke around? 3. Should an actor actually experience what he's acting? 4. When you meet a deaf person, do you know what to do when introducing yourself? 5. In an all you can eat restaurant, do you eat way too much, just because you can? |