Talking about Irrelevant Things

Have you ever, at any point in time, thought about which came first, the chicken or the egg? If you answered yes, then here's my question... or rather, questions to you, "how is it relevant to you? How does knowing that answer change your life? Will that knowledge now empower you to make some amazing contribution to the world? Will you wake up the next morning, a changed individual?"

If you spent more than... mmm 5 minutes (a completely arbitrary number) thinking about this... then you've wasted your time. You can never get those few minutes back... and worst of all, you probably didn't find an answer either. Why didn't you just make an assumption and move on, like you would have if it was a test... or would you?

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, going on and on talking about irrelevant things is actually a lot of fun... so maybe you should spend those 5 minutes. Or even better, turn it into a full on discussion (getting serious amount trivial things takes the fun to a whole knew level).

Think of it as a game... a really cheap game that you can play with friends, that doesn't involve and electricity or cell phones, a game that encourages creativity and communication. It doesn't even have to be about the chicken or the egg... pick something else, something completely random.

Sure, the arguments raised will probably make no sense and will offer no educational value... but it could still be fun. Look on the bright side, now you'll have an excuse to actually talk (discuss, shout... whatever) to your friends without relying on posting, tweeting, commenting, messaging... ("insert other forms of faceless communication here") etc.


Think of it this way: what if, you actually enjoyed the discussion about that irrelevant topic? Yes, there are still people who enjoy discussing things (face to face).

If you had a discussion that you enjoyed, but the topic was irrelevant, does that mean that the discussion was irrelevant? I think in such a case, the value lies in the enjoyment gained, rather than the knowledge transferred or the relevance of the topic.


Go discuss something random with friends... the more random, the more fun.