Recent questions tagged world

Description : Is the world overpopulated? Why or why not?

Last Answer : No, there’s just not enough energy.

Description : Why is Central/South America so violent? What is the solution to the violence there?

Last Answer : I haven’t looked any further, but I heard much of it is due to policies the US has there. But I don’t know.

Description : Would you want your country to acquire other countries?

Last Answer : We can’t even run our own vast country successfully. I can’t imagine any benefit to anyone of us taking over another one!

Description : When, and how, did the United States fall so drastically far behind the rest of the world academically?

Last Answer : Maybe caused by “the captains of industry” buying technology overseas. Captains are in it for a profit, little or no profit for them if health care goes to universal health care !

Description : Who do you think is ranked the best among the Fortnite players in the world?

Last Answer : Probably some anonymous 12 year old playing somewhere in a suburban basement.

Description : According to you, which continent is more spiritually developed?

Last Answer : Antarctica. Only scientists and researchers.

Description : What parts of the first-world would Trump consider to be substandard ?

Last Answer : I’ve taken to referring to supporters of President Shithole as shithole-Americans. His support is strongest in shitholes with economies based on disability checks, meth, and opioids. So, to answer the question, all the red portions on a county-by-county map of the 2016 election results.

Description : According to you, is the world violent because there are 7,5 billion people?

Last Answer : You seem to be making a supposition that the world is violent (first), and then that the cause of that violence is the increasing human population of the planet. In the first place, that ... generally does, and it's certainly not perfect, either! - to support the populations of the planet.

Description : How can we, as the human race, come together and make this world a better place?

Last Answer : Sometimes I feel that there is nothing we can do and then someone lets me in when my lane runs out or smiles a genuine smile when I buy a coffee and thank them. All I did was smile and say thank ... And, who knows, maybe in the long run all the little moments will make the big picture a better one.

Description : How many countries do you know exist?

Last Answer : I know most countries other than pacific islanders and the tiny African countries which I know little.

Description : Which is more powerful- atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb? why?

Last Answer : They are both atomic bombs, and the hydrogen bomb is more powerful, because more energy is released during fusion than fission.

Description : Assuming the most optimistic scenario, how serious a problem is global warming going to be?

Last Answer : There is not but many will wrongly claim that there is. As far as how serious it will be is a complete unknown. Um . Bad, probably. I'm not even touching the cause here because it's pointless to ... . At least change will happen slowly enough to give us time to adapt. What else is there to say?

Description : What were you doing on 9/11/01 and how did your day go?

Last Answer : I was annoyed that the TV programming was disrupted by it. Thank god I no longer have TV. Otherwise Paris, Belgium and Munich would have annoyed the hell out of me, too.

Description : Are there any parts of the world that benefit from climate change?

Last Answer : In Canada the growing season will be longer and resource extraction would be easier with the permafrost gone.

Description : American national pride and patriotism is socially acceptable for the day. How is it going for you so far?

Last Answer : answer:I’m in Florida. Yet to see any Americans. It’s just tourists here. I’m spending my first 4th of July at Disney World. It’s probably not the best way to experience it

Description : What do you think about global warming?

Last Answer : Yes, it’s the worst crisis we’re facing right now, and it bugs the hell out of me that we can’t get our politicians to give a shit.

Description : What are your state/province/city's major imports and exports?

Last Answer : answer:Pineapples Our biggest industry is tourism.

Description : If there was no terrorism or war in the world, would you be in favor of opening all borders?

Last Answer : There would still be large difficulties involved with open borders. Everything from economic disruptions, through the elimination of national sovereignty as the first world is swamped with the world’s poor. The threat from transmissible diseases alone would be a public health nightmare.

Description : Are closed borders ethical?

Last Answer : It really depends on if the open arms are curing a humanitarian crisis or are just going to be taken advantage of. There is no good answer unfortunately. It has got to be handled on a case by case basis.

Description : If your country sells everything it owns could it pay off its bills?

Last Answer : answer:The U.S. government doesn't own the equity instruments underlying the Dow, so that won't work. But it does own a LOT of land (including the National Parks and military bases that the Koch ... nation-held assets would have a lot to do with whether or not liquidation will pay all the debt.

Description : Is it a little obnoxious that "America" thinks their policy change with Cuba will drastically change Cuba?

Last Answer : answer:People (whoever they are) are jumping the gun. Yes, Cuba will change, but gradually, over a span of years – maybe a decade – and definitely not right away. Come back in 10 years and ask the same question.

Description : Do you know all the two letter postal abbreviations for the states?

Last Answer : answer:No, I don’t. “Does the whole world have two letter postal abbreviations?” No, not at all! There are very different ways to do this.

Description : Do we need patriotism?

Last Answer : Sure the wealthy want to give you the illusion that you are free, so when the time comes you will go to some foreign land and fight for their, OOOps your way of life so they can keep screwing the working joe back on the home front.

Description : How would you change the world if you could?

Last Answer : Exterminate Humans.

Description : Is the world a great place?

Last Answer : oh absolutely

Description : If you had a time machine what major world events would you change?

Last Answer : I really, truly feel the Kennedy assassination spun this country into Bizzaro World. Stopping that would probably stop Viet Nam, Watergate, the 60’s revolution, and much of the pain of this nation.

Description : Are you a world person?

Last Answer : I watch the news and all the good and terrible things that go on in other parts of our planet. I know we live in a global economy now and things around the world do impact some aspects of my life. ... things to attach to right here were I live that affect me in a greater way each and every day.

Description : Other than using the expression "it's a small world" with its traditional meaning, in what other ways do YOU believe our world is indeed a small one?

Last Answer : answer:It's a small world means several things to me. People are interconnected in more ways than we realize. I meet people and find out they lived in the same town I did as a child. Or, their sibling is married ... ) in FL on the east coast of the state. I've moved back and forth to FL a few times.

Description : What would you not trade the world for?

Last Answer : answer:I’m with you on that. Also, and related, my eyesight. I wouldn’t want to live blind for anything.

Description : How do I get to find out all the languages in this site?

Last Answer : I am pretty sure Fluther is all in English.

Description : If you had one minute to speak to the world, what would you say?

Last Answer : Get over yourselves and your petty differences and work together.We all live on the same planet and basically want the same things so let’s try to get along.

Description : How would Utopia even work?

Last Answer : I never read the book, or if I did, it’s too long ago to remember, but what you describe sounds a lot like communism to me.

Description : When was the last time the world wasn't falling apart?

Last Answer : It’s no more falling apart now than ever. In my own life, I guess when I was 0–3. And by not falling apart, I should specify, I mean when there wasn’t some kind of darkness haunting me.

Description : How do you feel when you see beggars?

Last Answer : answer:I feel the same. I usually give some loose change, but I realise that that doesn't really solve anything. The injustice is systemic and so deep-rooted that most people barely bat an eye- ... circumstances, and perhaps even in my own future if things go terribly wrong, I could be that beggar.

Description : If you dug straight through the center of the Earth to the other side, where would you pop up?

Last Answer : I’d end up as shark food somewhere in the southeastern Indian Ocean, a few hundred miles off the western coast of Australia.

Description : How much would it cost to buy one ( or minimum ) of every stock in the world stock market?

Last Answer : There is no World Stock Market. Not saying that to be a jerk. Do you mean what it would cost to buy the minimum purchase possible in an index fund that covered a broad variety of stocks in each ... Russell Globall Index would be helpful? I am not sure of a company that offers a fund tracking that.

Description : What is the sales tax or GST where you live?

Last Answer : 5% ... I get it back in credits $95 four times a year. It is annoying because you have to guess the 5% extra on the ticket price… that most likely is not pre rounded to the nearest dollar, so you get more unwanted change in your pocket… and I know that some vending machine is going to get it.

Description : Did the "baby boom" after WWII make up for all the deaths?

Last Answer : Now here is an interesting thing. My dad was a pow of ww2. My mother was a war bride. She told me, ( she was a very different sort of thinker always) that, according to Edgar Cayce: They returned so ... was a little girl, because I dreamt of war until I was a young adult. Make of it what you will.

Description : If continents weren't separated by large bodies of water, and the entire world lived on one piece of land (but still with lakes and rivers) do you think there would be less hatred and ignorance in the world?

Last Answer : No – I think it would be as bad or worse since some of the worst conflicts are between neighboring countries or tribes.

Description : Do you ever feel like there's just no more hope for the world?

Last Answer : Step away from it all and get out in the country or by chill out by a lake. Just sayin’.

Description : How do you feel about your nationality?

Last Answer : answer:I'm Portuguese and I'm very proud of it. I think a few people here recognize me from always blabbering on about how greatly I think of my small country. I think we have a fantastic country, with a ... yeah, to sum this up I love being from Portugal and I recommend you come pay us a visit :)

Description : What does it mean to make a real difference?

Last Answer : Modesty is the best policy.

Description : What are your thoughts on society?

Last Answer : answer:I think you wrote a bunch of crap. And I only need one thank you.

Description : What encourages you and gives you hope in the miserable world?

Last Answer : Our capacity for love. Can’t let that ember die. Whatever hope we have depends on it.

Description : What smells do you find attractive?

Last Answer : What I most love is the smell of a woman’s neck where it meets her shoulder and her hair. I better stop here or this is going xxx. I like vanilla and lavendar, not so keen on jasmin. It’s a little strong

Description : So the world didn't end, is there a way I can get this data?

Last Answer : Look for vital statistics data. Every nation publishes them. The US would probably be easiest to get, although you may have to wait a little bit. It hasn’t been long enough to tabulate the data yet.

Description : This may be the last question on Fluther (details inside).

Last Answer : Here, man

Description : For non-American Flutherites: Where are you from and do you still worship us for what we have given the world?

Last Answer : answer:@rojo I'm a Canadian. To be honest, the notion that the rest of the world looks up to the US is funny to me. I think that's something Americans tell themselves to feel good; same ... , economically, and politically. So what is it that you think you have given the world , exactly?

Description : What do you think would happen in the situation of major shortages of resources?

Last Answer : Anarchy. I would have to think more about which countries will survive and which will not. I suspect most major Western economies would struggle. We don’t have the survival skills we would need to manage in such circumstances. Great question.

Description : Should Mars hold empirical evidence that indeed it contained life would it intrigue humanity to further explore space more as a collective?

Last Answer : Sometimes I wonder if somewhere out there there is life that looks or needs none of the things we humans need to live. And these scientists are assuming there is only a chance of life if the place they are looking at at the time is also a place that we could survive?