Everything on the Internet Is the 'Best Ever' and That's Terrible

If you were on Facebook this past week you might be led to believe we're in a golden age of media consumption

First there was this segment from The Colbert Report on Johnny Cummings, the openly gay mayor of Vicco, Ky., that was dubbed his best ever. Then this Ashton Kutcher speech at the Teen Choice Awards went viral and was described as "incredibly insightful," "profound" and "as inspirational as it gets."

Elsewhere Jennifer Aniston had "the most awkward interview ever" with that weird BBC guy, we learned about what may be the "best Etsy store ever" and learned that Jennifer Lawrence's 22nd year (actually her 23rd — birth to one counts as the first year) was her "best ever" as well Read more...