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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html
Can I spend the rest of my life asking you questions?
sure
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Do you have a favorite trail to walk on, or is it about exploring?
city streets
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What sorta crowd do you hang with?
none, unfortunately
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How do you introduce yourself to other people?
i don't have that skill set
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i came to this planet to learn. you too?
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how does one attempt to be a person?
you already are
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What's wrong with America? Lol
they took the lowest layers of the social/economic ladder and re-located them to other countries, so as a result, most americans are unaware of how low the ladder goes
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Can you do more videos like "History of Japan"
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do you believe in magic
yes, the whole world is magic
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have you ever gotten carpal tunnel?
no
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i really enjoy your notebook section, when do you know to add something to it
i update it every few months, and search my hard drive, phone, and tweets for things that belong there, and date them according to when they were written
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Are you tired of all the people asking you about "history of" videos?
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bill r u ok
are you ok, and what is your name
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what sharpie color smells the best
i can't decide
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how many times does a question have to be asked before you make a separate page for it? and how many such questions are there?
usually when it gives me that special feeling. there are about 120
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what should we know about the government?
their hobbies include governing, cosplay, etc
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can we get too smart for art someday? I just can't see futuristic blob-like humans painting
i think art will always get smarter. except the elders will always think the new art is dumb
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Is selective breeding a type of genetic engineering?
i would think so
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how does one fall asleep
it will happen automatically after you are awake for long enough
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What if memes too dank?
go to the hospital
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You seem/are a musical person. What is your favorite chord? Why?
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do things like "life is an illusion" and "nothing is real" make you dissociate? i'm sorry if i've ever sent you something like that
i don't think i know what dissociate means
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Why are people mean to each other
usually as a reaction to another mean thing
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Why are people mean to each other
usually as a reaction to another mean thing
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do you believe in solipsism?
i don't know what that is
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Does science interest you enough that you'd make some sort of informative video at some point? (Science of light, colours, etc.)
absolutely
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have you made any commercials for companies
no
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how do i improve my pianoing
any way you choose
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why am I alive?
because it's possible
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have you ever thought about being a therapist?
no
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Is there a reason periods aren't used on your questions.
you would have to ask the people who asked them, which might be impossible because the questions were submitted anonymously
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why isn't the sky purple
i'm not sure, but sometimes it is
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Do some questions feel like the same person asked them or is it all just a big pile of anonymous questions to you?
some feel like the same person. sometimes i get a string of questions very quickly that are obviously from the same person, who also might seem to be having a manic episode
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have companies asked you to make commercials for them
yes
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Why don't you enjoy being asked about your opinions?
things are what they are. they are their own multi-verse of qualities and non-qualities. the reality of any item is already a dream come true. it is none of my business
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can you explain why you are so different
everyone is different
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why do people keep living
because there are more things to do and learn
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how would you solve global warming
maybe cool the globe a bit
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are you thinking about doing more content?
i have been thinking about doing content for my entire life. update: i have started doing it
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Were you driving when you made the audio journal entry of you talking about how much effort went into the Japan video? It sounded like youmwere turning a corner
almost all of them after 2012 are car journals. except maybe during dec 2013 when i had no car
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what is your deal?
trying to do stuff
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Do you skip questions some times?
i skip most of them
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have you shaved your piano recently?
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Do you prefer highly intelligent questions or dumb meme questions? Also which one is this?
this one is very reasonable. i think the ones that are the longest and use the most academic language are absolutely not the smartest, often the shorter ones are "smarter." i think memes and post-memes are dead, so i am treading lightly on that subject. some of the "smartest" questions are very simple and to-the-point things (like where do you live, etc), although most of those ones have already been asked already, and many of them i am unfortunately not ready to answer
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Are you afraid of death?
more afraid of birth. oops too late
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What is your opinion on this question?
i think it's lousy. a waste of time. it wastes time. a "time waster" is what i like to call questions like these
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do you think that mental illnesses are being romanticized?
i would certainly romanticize it. i think if you are not mentally "ill" you are doing it wrong
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What are your thoughts on the phrase "Born to late to explore the earth, but born to soon to explore the galaxy."
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what is your opinion on opinions?
my opinion is that i don't like being asked opinions. no one should have as many opinions as the amount of times i get asked about them
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WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON CAPITAL LETTERS
i'd say they are a pretty decent size
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will the new music video you're posting have your face in it?
no
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Do you have a pet? Would you like a pet? Do you like Animals?
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Do you use old-timey words in conversation?
absolutely not
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is there a genre of music you don't feel confident you could actually pull off, like if someone was all "bill i am paying you 400 bucks to make a heavy metal song" or so, or do you think you could tackle pretty much anything?
i don't respect genre names, and that's one of the reasons i absolutely never record songs for hire
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what is your opinion on antidepressants?
Feel sad from being "human"? great news now you can buy pills from me
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any tips for a begginer learning the bass guitar? im trying to practice fretting but i don't see any improvements and im getting stressed out.
throw yourself into a band situation. bass is a supportive instrument (like drums) and it really makes no sense by itself. the sooner you start playing in a band setting, the sooner you will start learning what it's all about. playing that instrument by yourself will really just make you more and more confused
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Can you tell me how to make a potato salad?
no
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Do you have secrets?
hell yeah
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Can you do a "history of" video on Somalia please? Also, what are your opinions on Snape killing Dumbledore? Was it justified? Is climate change for real? If you were a toy what toy would you be? do you have any piercings or tattoos?
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Do you like books?
seems legit
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Are you a cat or dog person?(if you are a person at all)
i am a human person
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What's it like to be friends with you?
i've heard it's pretty tiring. all you wanna do is chill and maybe watch the oscars or whatever, meanwhile i am constantly trying to explode the universe
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Will you ever do another history episode?
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What's your opinion on being alive?
seems legit
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How long do you have to make videos?
hopefully several more decades
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Do you do this for a living.
do what
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Are you going to make more History Of video's?
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Do you have any "rules" you try to maintain for your videos? If so, what would some examples of these rules be?
i did when i first started the 5-day
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What is this?
what is what
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r u ever gonna do another history of [country]
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Have you considered using this date format: yyyy.mm.dd ?
it's good for file names, because it puts them in the right order. but i don't think it is pleasant for the human reading experience
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As a musician, do you ever think to teach other musicians on a slightly larger scale? Like as a Band Teacher/Director or something?
no
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Is your answer to this question going to be no?
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Does this question remind you of another question?
almost
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If you had all the money you needed ever, what will you do to occupy your days?
the same thing i am doing now
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I know you don't want to put advertisements on your youtube videos for ethical reasons and I respect that. I pay for Youtube Red so I don't see ads on your videos anyway. Do your videos generate any revenue from people with Youtube Red subscriptions?
if they do, i am not receiving it
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All of known reality came from an explosion(if you believe in current scientific understanding). How does this make you feel?
i don't quite understand the theory, i'm a little unclear about the location of the explosion
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But for real- it would be good to know if you were going to reply or not because I like closure. I don't mind either way I would just like to know for sure without having to just wait and see
reply to what? (i can't see names on this questions page)
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do you love japan
i don't really know that much about it
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How long after sending an email should someone stop waiting for a reply?
that would depend who the email is from, who the email is to, and the contents of the email. also, how is waiting different from not waiting?
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what's the maximum amount I can donate to you over paypal
maybe 2 trillion dollars? i don't really know, no one has ever donated more than 1.5 tril
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Is there a term for the type of music you typically use in your videos? I am a musician/person who occasionally makes sounds in return for money and the chord progressions you use are not the kind of thing I'm familiar with. Thanks in advance. Also, Your work is awesome. Thanks!
it's not my job to decide, it's my job to make it
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Are you lonely? Do these questions make you feel less lonely?
yes and no
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What's the largest creature you won a fight with?
hesitation
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Why do you put so much effort into your website, and subsequent outlets (YouTube, Twitter, etc.) that branch from it? Personally, I feel like I would do more "productive" things, but you're really committed to your website, posting things and answering questions. Why?
what would be an example of something more productive
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do you climb trees?
no
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Hi Bill, I am falling in Love with someone. Actually, I'm not, she sent me like thirty text messages today (I'm makin' this one ZANY LIKE BILL) I was thinking, when Love was elusive it was so important but now that I have it it's meh. What is it about human nature that makes us take for granted what we have and yearn for what is painfully out of reach?
this whole planet and life in general as we know it is based on the idea of improvement
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What was the most difficult part about creating "history of japan"?
staying sane while people kept asking me 'where are you' 'why aren't you posting vines' 'why did you stop making videos' etc
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Did you get the idea for your "what is love" video from all the people on here asking you what is love?
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What's your favorite fish?
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are there any musicians who inspire you?
sometimes
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Can you tell me where I am supposed to go from here?
from where
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If you were rich (which you might be) would you still be doing what you're doing right now?
yes, but certain elements might be better
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Do you think universals exist as real and distinct entities, or only as mental constructs?
i think i know what a 'universe' is, but i don't know what a 'universal' is. i only know that word as an adjective
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why are you so gay?
not sure i understand the question
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Are you homosexual?
no
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Are you gay?
if by gay you mean very happy, then yes sometimes
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How can I be sure that I exist?
if you exist enough to ask a question, you exist as least as much as anything ever has existed
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Doesn't ur hand hurt from holding your phone answering questions?
answering questions is much much slower on the phone so i try to knock it all out on the computer
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Have you considered making more longform content after the recent success of your breakout hit, "history of japan?" While the brevity of your other bite-sized content is enjoyable and welcome, certain viewers may enjoy learning about as well as learning from bill wurtz.
i've been working toward longer material for most of my life, so of course there will be more