Wednesday, January 11, 2012

What You Get If You Ask the Web If It's Cool to Be a Virgin

The website "First World Problems" had this intriguing item:

My daughter wants to know if it's cool to be a virgin. I'm not sure, but I know that if I Google the answer, it'll result in firing or divorce.

I am in little danger of being fired or divorced for pursuing such a question, so I did.


The first answer that Google yields is, surprisingly, a Yahoo! Answers Q & A from 2006 (!). The lead answer given then was "it's up to you."


A query from last year is a little scarier: "Is it OK to be 16 and a virgin?"  This, I am happy to report, brought several sensible and well-reasoned "yes" answers.

A similar query brought this response from TheSite.org, a British advice site for young adults:


I'm 78, still a virgin and so cool, I piss ice cubes.

You're doing the right thing.

 

3 comments:

Kerri said...

One phrase I never really imagined to see on your blog. =)

Gruntled said...

Ice cubes?

Kerri said...

...yes, more or less.