Does

I was just about search Google for some information on how iTunes does its importing and storage in its internal library. I went to the search bar - you know, the little text field in the top right corner of your browser - and started typing.

does iTu

In between typing 'does' and 'iTunes', the bar popped up its list of suggestions, gathered from its continual evaluation of keystrokes of millions of monkeys around the world. Something caught my eye. BACKSPACEBACKSPACEBACKSPACE. There it was again - the list of search suggestions just based on the word 'does'.

The top hit: does he like me

I have to say this really made me stop for a second. I found it both sweet and innocent in its naiveté, but also a sad reminder of the irrationality of human beings, the uncertainty of relationships, the needless insecurities people burden each other with, and the sheer foolishness of typing questions like this into Google. A sign of our technology saturated times, or just the modern interpretation of the classic fortune teller? A sounding board for questions, giving vague answers that we can interpret however we like. A magic 8-ball, of sorts.

The full list looked like this:

1. does he like me
2. does obama smoke
3. does hydroxycut work
4. does extenze work
5. does smooth away work
6. does he love me
7. does it offend you yeah
8. does ups deliver on saturday
9. does rihanna have herpes
10. does alli work

I am seeing an overrepresentation of what I assume to be hair product/procedure queries. I am glad #6 and #1 aren't reversed, because #1 is a frivolous, but #6 is a little more distressing. Speaking of distress, #9 could be a bit of a bomb for Rihanna.