Nothing personal.
Just another observation-turned-rant.
Our generation has a wealth of information at our fingertips....literally. Whereas we can search websites like Google, Bing, and Wikipedia to find millions of answers to a question, generations before us had to make trips to the library. That, or they were too busy making history and seeking the answers to go in the library books.
So why are we so lazy?
It blows my mind that some people (I love the word 'some' because I try to avoid generalizing) want information handed to them on a platter. I reached this realization after two incidents. The first incident occurred last week when I informed my followers of a new blog posting. In response, I received a tweet from someone saying that I shouldn't write such tweets without giving the blog link. Where was the link? Well, you have to go to this website which will lead you to another page where you enter a secret password, clap your hands, stomp your feet, and...
...actually, it was posted under my profile picture.
The second incident took place when the "planking" trend swept Twitter. 50% of my timeline consisted of pictures of people of planking and the other 50% people asking "Uh, what's planking?"
Funny, because I searched 'planking' as soon as it appeared on my timeline and got 18 million+ results. And I won't even bother addressing the 'Who is Casey Anthony?' questions.
There is the Internet, television, books, magazines, newspapers etc. at our disposal so we shouldn't always have to turn to others for an answer.
Just look, for goodness sakes, LOOK!
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