Questions list

[Antares]

One sentence answers please:

1) How far will the trade war between the US and the China escalate?
Very far, as long as we have this spray painted clown leading us.

2) What is the solution most likely to succeed in solving America's gun problem?
Stricter background checks. Ban high capacity magazines. Improve our mental healthcare. I've been a gun advocate most of my life but a must admit, I have no need for a semi auto rifle or hand gun.Ban semi autos. I would turn mine in today.

3) How can we achieve sustainable economic growth without first depleting the Earth's finite resources?
We need to first address our overpopulation issue.
4) What is the pound going to do against the euro this month?
I don't keep up with that anymore.

5) What is the next Microsoft / Google / Apple / Bitcoin to invest in?
Hmm...
6) How do we clean the seas of plastic pollution?
Engineer a super flu that will wipe out all of mankind. The sea turtles will be ecstatic.
7) Will religion ever die out?
Hopefully but doubtful
8) Why is something funny?
Because the idea stimulates your giggle bone
9) How does consciousness arise from the brain?
Not sure
10) Can I sink a rowing boat by inflating a condom with compressed air many metres below it?
No
11) Waffles or pancakes?
French toast

[ignoramus]

One sentence answers please:

serious answers.

1) How far will the trade war between the US and the China escalate?
Not too far. Both countries economies rely heavily on each other's exports.
2) What is the solution most likely to succeed in solving America's gun problem?
Some sort of cataclysmic event - nothing less.
3) How can we achieve sustainable economic growth without first depleting the Earth's finite resources?
Isn't that question an oxymoron?
4) What is the pound going to do against the euro this month?
Haven't been following, our dollar is based on the greenback.
5) What is the next Microsoft / Google / Apple / Bitcoin to invest in?
Yeah, spotify shares are going through the roof! I don't invest in tech stocks. The dotcom bubble bust left a sour taste in my mouth.
6) How do we clean the seas of plastic pollution?
Not sure we ever will or can.. All we can do is minimise our pollution going forward. It may be too late though.
7) Will religion ever die out?
There will always be people needing to believe in something greater than us.
8) Why is something funny?
Because our brains short circuit
9) How does consciousness arise from the brain?
It's just a manifestation. It's the byproduct of thoughts via neurons firing, that's all.
10) Can I sink a rowing boat by inflating a condom with compressed air many metres below it?
No real reason why you couldn't.
11) Waffles or pancakes?
Waffles. Because we rarely eat them here.

Where's my $20 Blackberry voucher?

[Edwardo Piet]

1) How far will the trade war between the US and the China escalate?

As far as it goes (kind of like how the answer to "How long's a piece of string?" is "Twice the length of the measurement from its middle to one of its ends" ).

2) What is the solution most likely to succeed in solving America's gun problem?

The one that results in no one shooting each other anymore.

3) How can we achieve sustainable economic growth without first depleting the Earth's finite resources?

By realizing that we'll all become extinct long before we deplete them all.

4) What is the pound going to do against the euro this month?

Suck donkey balls.

5) What is the next Microsoft / Google / Apple / Bitcoin to invest in?

The one that has Google making all the other companies look like amateurs.

6) How do we clean the seas of plastic pollution?

By allowing the human race to become extinct.

7) Will religion ever die out?

Yes because we will become extinct and other mammals aren't creative enough to come up with really stupid shit.

8) Why is something funny?

Because nothing can't be.

9) How does consciousness arise from the brain?

As a natural side effect of neurological complexity, at least in the case of humans and almost certainly all other mammals at least on some level.

10) Can I sink a rowing boat by inflating a condom with compressed air many metres below it?

Yes, especially if you use a gigantic condom full of a fuckton of air.

11) Waffles or pancakes?

Waffles because they're the tastiest fucking thing thing that ever existed.

[Neo-Scholastic]

1) How far will the trade war between the US and the China escalate? Until both parties figure out it is in their best interest to negotiate a fair trade pact.

2) What is the solution most likely to succeed in solving America's gun problem? Policies that reduce single-parent motherhood and encourage responsible fatherhood.

3) How can we achieve sustainable economic growth without first depleting the Earth's finite resources? Developing safe nuclear power and asteroid mining.

4) What is the pound going to do against the euro this month? Cry

5) What is the next Microsoft / Google / Apple / Bitcoin to invest in? Please visit my GoFundMe page.

6) How do we clean the seas of plastic pollution? Maybe find a way of turning it into its own ecosystem.

7) Will religion ever die out? It’ll be a cold day in Hell…

8) Why is something funny? Things are funny when they are too painful to cry over.

9) How does consciousness arise from the brain? The better question is how does consciousness descend into the brain.

10) Can I sink a rowing boat by inflating a condom with compressed air many metres below it? I’ll pass.

11) Waffles or pancakes? Never heard of chicken and pancakes, have you?