Finally! The people will learn...some stuff.

Via Reuters, the most Google'd search terms of 2011 are:

10. iPad 2
9. Steve Jobs
8. TepCo
7. Adele
6. iPhone 5
5. Battlefield 3
4. Casey Anthony
3. Ryan Dunn
2. Google Plus
1. Rebecca Black.

Some notes on these:

- Only one of the two singers is an actual singer, and she didn't even make the top of the list.
- Steve Jobs, who died this year, revolutionized the personal computer and telephone. Ryan Dunn, who died this year, revolutionized sticking a toy car up his ass, and outpaced both the iPhone and Steve Jobs.
- And for the record, the iPhone 5 still doesn't exist. Yes: The world searched something above everything else that doesn't even exist, in name or concept. That's crazy.
- Everything on the internet is awful.

fkamer@observer.com

You haven't heard? Okay:

Type the words "do a barrel roll" into Google. Your screen turns around. Whee.

Have you played Star Fox 64? It's a reference to Star Fox 64. It was a good game.

Now do it again.
Re-load the page, and do it again.
Have you done it again yet? Great. Do it again.
Do it again right now, hurry.
Do it a few more times.

Have you puked yet? No? That's too bad, we were hoping you might've puked. That's the only thing that might happen if you keep doing it.

Meanwhile:

"Google 'Do A Barrel Roll' Is One Of The Coolest Thing Google Has Ever Done" - The Huffington Post.

Yes, the court of public opinion has weighed this very important issue, and we are in fact amused by incredibly stupid things.

You get the internet you deserve, people. And seriously: we hope you puked.