The Future is Bleak

The comments for YouTube videos and phone apps (iTunes, Android Market, etc.) are home to the stupidest people in the world. They pop up in Facebook groups and to a lesser extent, special interest forums, but in terms of the sheer volume of ridiculous comments, video and app comments are unrivaled.

For instance, one of the comments on the "Metal Detector" app for Android reads, "the way this app works is by using the camera and looking for a reflection." Umm, right, that's why it works when it's set down on a table with the camera pointing downwards.

Why is it that people also seem to lose grasp of the English language when they comment? "...2 people told me da sam thin" is just incomprehensible.