So I finally got this crazy little idea of something to do for this blog on a regular basis: Facepalm News.
To understand it, you must first know what a "facepalm". "Facepalm" is when you bury your face into the palm of one of your hands when you here about something incredibly stupid. It's used when words cannot express how hard something just failed. Now that that's out of the way, let's move on to the first issue!
I was watching Fox News the other day, when I heard about a new children's book entitled "My Beautiful Mommy." Sounds cute enough, right? This glory-destined book isn't your typical children's book though, it's whole point is to explain to a child why his/her mom is getting...wait for it...plastic surgery. And no, not the kind that potentially saves lives, the kind done strictly for aesthetic purposes. Facepalm.
Again on Fox News (see a pattern here?) I saw a story of a class field trip to a dam. Cool enough, then one bright student, 18 years old nevertheless, decides he's going to get in the water...using a kiddie pool. Smart-guy got himself stuck in a spot where the circular motion of the water trapped him and ALMOST killed him. Facepalm.
This last one comes from my Anatomy class. We were going over nutrition, and how Asians are so healthy and skinny, despite being on a high-carb diet of rice. Lady Einstein sitting behind me raises her hand, then asks the following question that questions the intelligence of some people: "Is there, like, a reason that there feet are so small then?" Honestly, she asked that question. I didn't have the heart to tell her about foot-binding, but still, that's sort of a question you don't ask (and I was sitting beside an Asian...). Facepalm.
Hopefully you enjoyed it this week, come back for more in the near future!
-Matt
