WTF, World: Volume IX

It's not Michael Jackson, and this is not "Thriller".

It's another "WTF, World" Wednesday. 

Enough Run DMC references. Let's get to the links.

• Often times, I wonder why the rest of the world thinks Americans are idiots. Then something like this pops up. People like that are the reason that "Idiocracy" is not just a comedy, but also a chilling look into our future. Jesus. Pick up a fucking book, America.
• Medication is expensive. Why? Partly because pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than on research and development. I honestly don't understand this. I get prescriptions when my doctor tells me to need them. I don't watch TV and go "AW SWEET, NEXIUM IS PURPLE" and then run down to the pharmacy before ultimately being rejected by the pharmacist because I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY A DOCTOR. So why spend billions advertising your product to the Average Joe when he or she can't even buy it without a doctor's approval? The answer may lie in this week's first link.
• Why would people like myself want comprehensive sex ed instead of abstinence-only sex ed to be taught in schools (besides the fact that it works better)? According to a panelist on Fox News, it's because we "benefit when kids end up having STDs [and] unplanned pregnancies..." Yup, every 14-year old with herpes puts 5 bucks into my pocket. I'm busted.
• You know what shouldn't be taught in science class? Science. I think my favorite leap-of-faith in this one is the attribution of a toddler's death at the hands of a 12-year old to the teaching of evolution. Today's first link is just making more and more sense.