google has this ‘intelligent’ search prompt in which it tries to ‘guess’ what’s on your mind by what you are typing. its guesses are probably from the top-ranking queries or maybe it has a dossier on me and anticipates based on that – i don’t know. but it does appear that google is trying to communicate with me. anyway, the last time i encountered its suggestions, i almost died laughing.
this time, i burst into tears.
here is what happened – the first set of prompt questions was offered when i was typing in ‘why do meerkats sleep standing up?’ and i had gotten to ‘why do me-’:
. i also wondered about how many people have to ask these questions for google to register them as top choices. must have been many anyway.
so, that got me curious about what men might be asking about women. i entered ‘why do women..’ and lo!
see? men get profound questions interrogating their sexuality and about the internal workings of their heads (although the presence of the question ‘why do men wear underwear’ amongst questions on men’s sexuality is bewildering). and all that people want to know about women is why do we put on weight after marriage? why do we bleed every month?
that frames my life in the most mundane perspective. and that is what is making this woman cry.
