Random questions
 

Why is an angry employee disgruntled? Doesn't "gruntled" sound like the sort of thing you'd be when you weren't happy? Why is being un-gruntled a bad thing?

The definition of gruntled.

Yeah, it was made after disgruntled came about, but it's an actual word now, so yeah.

Why do we humans think we're so great and knowledgeable when we're really only starting to grasp how much we don't know?

With artificial intelligence, the goal has become to find a way to duplicate our own minds. What makes us think this is a good idea? What makes us think beings that think like us are simply going to settle for second- or third-class status or worse? What makes us think that humanity is ready to deal with an entire race of mechanical people when we can barely handle the people on the other side of our borders? What will religion have to say about the soul after we've effectively duplicated what makes us human in code?

My guess:

Because our own normal world-view will invariably put us at the center, thus leading us to believe that we can't be wrong.

We look at the universe, and it seems like whatever idea we have at the moment is the obvious, correct solution. It seems obvious to me or you that that the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Moon revolves around the Earth, etc., etc.

But it seemed just as obvious and natural to earlier people that the Sun revolved around the Earth, that the Earth was flat, etc., etc.

Because science is based on the principle of "I wonder what will happen if I do this". We have no idea what'll happen if we create AI, or even if it can be created at all.

So we do it anyway, to find out.

Why the hell do Arizona iced teas only come in such huge sizes?

Seriously, I just want a 12 oz.

Our (American) culture has gotten into the idea of "bigger is better", which is reflected pretty much, well, everywhere.

Hence why we get stupid things like aforementioned size thing.

Though I'd say just buy a big jug, get a 12 oz. bottle, and fill it yourself.

See, that's exactly what I'm saying. "Gruntled" doesn't sound at all like a word you'd use to describe being put in a good mood. It sounds like the sort of thing someone tries to do to you and, if they happen to hold a management position at your place of business, you then file an enormous lawsuit against them for emotional pain and suffering.

"Hannah you'll never believe it! Don came into my office today and... and... he gruntled me!" "What? That bastard!"

Because every other Iced Tea here is like, $1.49 for your shitty 12oz, but the colossal $.99 Arizona cans are affordable and healthy alternatives to labs of gamers that provides a significant increase of juice.

i.e. don't fuck with my tea. <3 It's way less expensive for way more juice.

Yeah, the only explanation I can offer is that the English language is basically that chicken that had it's head cut off and ran around for years without it.

I was thinking more an adjective than a verb...

"I feel so gruntled."

You've managed to make it sound like something sexual.