Ze Frank's Human Test

I really like this TED Talk by the American Humourist Ze Frank.

This is the Human Test, a test to see if you are a human.

Please raise your hand if something applies to you. Are we agreed? Yes?

Then let's begin.

Have you ever eaten a booger long past your childhood?

It's ok, it's safe here.

Have you ever made a small weird sound when you remembered something embarrassing?

Have you ever purposely lower cased the first letter of a text in order to come across as sad or disappointed?

Okay

Have you ever ended a text with a period as a sign of aggression? Okay Period!

Have you ever laughed or smiled when someone has said something shitty to you and then spent the rest of the day wondering why you reacted that way?

Have you ever seemed to lose your airplane ticket a thousand times as you walked from the Check In to the Gate?

Have you ever put on a pair of pants and then much later realised that there was a loose sock smushed up against your thigh?

Have you ever tried to guess someone elses password so many times that it locked them out of their account?

Have you ever had a nagging feeling that one day you will be discovered as a fraud?

Have you ever hoped that there was some ability you hadn't discovered yet that you were just naturally great at?

Have you ever broken something in real life and and then found yourself looking for an "undo" button in real life?

Have you ever marvelled at how someone you thought was so ordinary could suddenly become so beautiful?

Have you ever stared at your phone smiling like an idiot while texting with someone?

Have you ever subsequently texted that person with the phrase "I'm staring at the phone smiling like an idiot"?

Have you ever been tempted and then gave in to the temptation of looking through someone elses' phone?

Have you ever had a conversation with yourself and then suddenly realised you're a real asshole to yourself?

Has your phone ever run out of battery in the middle of an argument and it sort of felt like the phone was breaking up with both of you?

Have you ever thought that working on an issue between you was futile because it should just be easier than this or this is supposed to happen just naturally?

Have you ever realised that very little in the long run just happens naturally?

Have you ever woken up blissfully and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you?

Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that was no longer in your life?

Have you ever looked back on that event with the sad smile of autumn and the realisation that futures will happen regardless?

Congratulations.

You have now completed the test. 

You are all human.