Oh young people ...

[blamebrampton]

I caught a news snippet while rushing to get dressed this morning. It was on the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia, and the journalist was interviewing a schoolboy who looked about 17. He told her that he used Wikipedia regularly and found it to be a good source. When the journalist asked him about the varying credibility and skill of Wikipedia contributors, he stared in wide-eyed horror.

After a moment, he replied, 'Well, I've only just found out about that. I thought that there was a central place it all came from where everything was checked! This is big news. I am going to have to think about this at length!'

Twelve hours later, I have nearly stopped giggling.

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I had a journo who pointed out a Wiki page stating that Egyptian women painted their breasts with liquid gold to prove that she was right and I was wrong. I took it graciously from her, and then reminded her that gold melts at nearly 1000 degrees Celcius. She took the sheet of paper back, tore it up and tossed it in the recycling, declaring, 'Let us never speak of this again.'

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

*winces at the mere thought*

That would certainly be beauty at any cost!

Yipes. *shakes head*