Ken & Dana vs. Wikipedia

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Comment by Bob the Zombie on September 14, 2008 at 10:26am

Oh my, that it is hilarious. Is Ken going to seek out some sort of revenge on David? Does Ken have a new archenemy?

I do have to say, though, that Dana's apathy is defiantly the highlight of the clip. He makes a good point about real encyclopedias being edited by professionals whose job it is to edit encyclopedias; Wikipedia is an organized version of the Internet. I mean for crying out loud Wikipedia has become a proper noun! And like the concept of "Googling it" when you don't know something, people's new response is to ask "does it have a wiki?!" Of course it has a wiki! It has a wiki because people like David have time to "play God" and hang out on their portion of the world that they think is an island.

The worst part of it all is that people like David breed, and engrain in their children that "Gooling it" and asking "does it have a wiki," is socially acceptable. Then, when they come into my classroom after years of engraining this concept, I have to say, "Uh, no it isn't and your parents are silly knuckle heads for telling you so," as a bang my head on a desk with every unstressed syllable I have said.

Then, the breeding continues until someone purges Google and Wikipedia from the Internet, or the Mysterious Grand Marshals of Language decree that Google and Wikipedia are reliable sources.

Which brings be to the end of my rant, and the suggestion to go watch the film Idiocracy.