questions to ponder before you die

or not

1. If the real problem is micro-plastics, big data, structural inequality and fascism why why did I spend my childhood worrying about body image, clear-cutting, globalisation and nuclear war?

2. If I told you I thought people who believe in the Zodiac should be denied the right to vote would you guess I’m a Scorpio?

3. Why did it take nearly a century of air travel for suitcases to grow wheels?

4. Why does everyone seem to believe beautiful people are inherently more good when it’s clearly not true?

5. Can an affluent sovereign country without a functioning fourth estate justifiably call itself a rules-based democracy?

6. Does anyone actually prefer the taste of oat milk in their coffee?

7. Let alone tea?

8. If I died alone in my house would my cat really eat my face?

9. How can political pollsters still be a thing?

10. Why is it normal that most of us spend most of our waking lives doing chores we dislike for modest amounts of money in the company of people we wouldn’t choose as friends?