America, Lover of Nonsense
by Danielle Smith on 12/03/2008 at 3:15 pm in Commentary, Industry News, Within Range
It turns out we live in a world that is completely out of its ever-loving mind.
While I realize that most of you know this, the recent release of Yahoo’s top 10 searches for 2008 merely confirms. Before we take a look at the psyche of American searcher’s though, let’s just quickly rattle off a few things we’ve collectively lived through these past 11 months. Hmm… let’s see. Our financial system has and continues to be a roller coaster ride invented by the Devil where the moments of reprieve are simply when there isn’t blood squirting out of your eyes, Michael Phelps ears have 4 medals hanging from each one, Hurricane Ike’s arbitrary swath of destruction, OH AND I KNOW!!! The first African-American ever elected president in the United States history……Really all pretty pithy.
America, here are your top 10 searches for 2008:
- Britney Spears
- WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
- Barack Obama
- Miley Cyrus
- RuneScape
- Jessica Alba
- Naruto
- Lindsay Lohan
- Angelina Jolie
- American Idol
Sure the Brittany thing is easy to be irritated with but the WWE absolutely undoes me. It’s not even real!
I did feel a bit guilty when reviewing my own personal search history. It might not be Brittany but it sure includes gruesome medical anomalies in image form (not just for me though – I share). We all have our secret escape routes but still…..This really makes me question the audience or at the very least the intention of Yahoo! users. I’m not going to make any sweeping statements yet. At least not until Google’s Zeitgeist year in review is released.
Until then I’m going to do some “work” and find out what some of these top 10 even are.
