Fail Blog

Yesterday I discovered another gem on the interwebs. A while back I developed a soft spot for the now infamous LOLcat blog, ICanHasCheezeburger. For the record, my all time favorite LOLcat was the original FAIL (although this one was pretty good, too).

I guess the fail theme was so popular that it ended up deserving it's own site, and voilà! I spent a good chunk of last night clicking through these, laughing to myself. I think I made it to page 104- there are several gems, like this, this, and this, but one really got me thinking:

I don't even know where to start. First, it is tremendously stupid to think that scanning a mirror will make your computer a mirror. Do they know how pictures work? For that matter, do they know how mirrors work? But the really confusing thing is that this person can operate a computer, get on the internet and correctly use Yahoo answers, but still thinks that you could scan a mirror to make your monitor a mirror. I mean, this has really been vexing me.

It's like in The World is Flat, when they cite a rumor that quickly spread throughout the Middle East by text message that touching an infidel would make your genitalia fall off. It's amazing that someone could fully understand a cell phone, comfortably use text messaging, and still believe that simple contact with another human being could make your genitals fall off based on religion.

I'm still thinking about it. Do they think that you can take a picture of a mirror and the picture will show your reflection later? Do they wonder why they can't see themselves in mirrors on TV? It's mind blowing.