Yahoo Still Loves Britney

Yahoo has released it's Top Ten Searches of 2010, I don't know about you, but I think I only searched for one of these items (and I'm not telling you which one). So I have to wonder why would a person spend time on the InterWeb looking up more information about topics that so saturated the media and popular culture. Take a look for yourself:

1. The BP Oil Spill
I can understand this one. It is the largest natural disaster in the Western Hemisphere, perhaps ever on the planet (although I suspect the Chinese have hidden all sorts of dreadful mishaps from the world). However, it was in our faces 24/7 for weeks on nearly every TV channel and news.com site so I don't know why a person would need to enter the term into a search engine.

2. The World Cup
Another reasonable topic for research. Certainly the largest sporting event on the globe would warrant further reading and unlike The BP Oil Spill, this was not on every TV channel

3, 4 & 5. Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian & Lady Gaga
We begin our move away from current events and descend into the idiot male brain stem.
Centuries from now, anthropologists (who eat food in pill form and wear tear-away paper jumpsuits) will summarize the 21st century male as being driven by three main interests: underage pussy, big asses, and crazy pussy.

6. The iPhone
This is the device most commonly used to search for Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian & Lady Gaga.

7. Megan Fox
This one was a surprise. In the fickle world of celebrity, interest in stars can turn cold faster than, well, faster than George Clooney loses interest a girlfriend. Megan Fox has not been in a successful film this year so is not relevant from an entertainment perspective. She has not had notable rehab/legal/boyfriend drama so interest is not scandal driven. Plus she so saturated the public consciousness over the past two years you would think there would be a backlash. I don't get it/ Like the Grinch, I have been puzzling till my puzzler is sore.

8. Justin Bieber
I believe this is only a "high hit" term if preceded by the word "kill".

9. American Idol
After at least 300 seasons and as many as two Idol winners who have gone onto commercial success, I would think the general public would no longer be requiring new information about the show. Fans would have bookmarked all the relevant creepy stalking web sites. maybe Paula Abdul is bored and spends a lot of time on her laptop.

10. Britney Spears

You can always count on some things: the sun rising every morning, McDonald's not having any dairy products the one time in the last 6 months you wanted a shake and people following Britney Spears. No matter how fat, drunk, crazy or generally red-necked she is, ms. Spears continues to capture the imagination (translation: masturbation fantasy) of the public. We can be assured to find her on this list next year too.