What would happen if…

Sometimes I like to type the beginning of a question into Google and see how it suggests to complete it. Since these suggestions are based on popular search terms, it’s kind of a good indicator of what the world is interested in. Tonight, I typed in “What would happen if…” and here’s what I got:

1. What would happen if a girl took viagra?
2. What would happen if the earth stopped spinning?
3. What would happen if there was no moon?
4. What would happen if yellowstone erupted?
5. What would happen if the sun exploded?
6. What would happen if the sun went out?
8. What would happen if an asteroid hit earth?
6. What would happen if a woman took viagra?
7. What would happen if the moon was destroyed?

A couple observations. First, the obvious one: humans are as curious about chicks on viagra as they are about the sun ceasing to exist. A side note there…if it were only men looking for info about chicks on viagra, it probably wouldn’t rank as highly as these other gender neutral queries which leads me to believe that women are just as curious about chicks on viagra as men are.

Something about the phrasing of “What would happen if there was no moon?” is hilarious. What would happen if…in the future…the moon never existed.

I didn’t even know an eruption of Yellowstone was possible so that was quite a shock. Following that query led me to this answer on Yahoo Answers (voted best answer by the way):

“Well, that would be the biggest and the worst natural disaster in the history of mankind. It would surely wipe out many people (if proper evacuation would not be implemented) and it would surely block out the sun’s rays, possibly reducing the earth’s temperature by a few degrees. In line with the latter would be the devastation of crops, possibly worldwide, which would lead to starvation especially to those poor countries.
Huge amounts of volcanic debris would also cover the surrounding region of Yellowstone and the ash would cover huge areas, possibly the whole of US.
All of these might trigger a global population bottleneck (great reduce of world population) due to the great climate change produced, lack of food, and other related events, just like what happened during the eruption of Lake Toba in Indonesia, thousands of years ago (Yellowstone is mostly classified as a supervolcano, just like Lake Toba).” – ben

Sounds like ben really knows his stuff (creepily)!

Now what would happen if JELLYSTONE erupted? Pickanick baskets and neck kerchiefs everywhere!