Yesterday I lost a little more faith in the human race.
Unfortunately I’m not referring to the college student who ran out in front of the car while I was driving, pretending as if putting his arms up and not making eye contact doubled as a human shield. Though it comes as another close runner up, I’m also not referring to last evening when I watched Red Riding Hood.
Why did I do that?
No, I’m referring to something much, much sadder. Something that lowers my intelligence quotient just hearing about it. And now I’m going to do the same to you in order to even the score. I’m sorry it has to be this way.
Yesterday, a family called 911 because they got lost in a corn maze. 
You’ve read it. You can’t unread it.
Picture it: you go out with your family to a corn maze for a little bit of autumn fun. Thousands of people come from all over every year to cherish the wonders of the corn. This year you finally decide to make it out. But after you pay your entrance fee, you’re twenty minutes into the maze and have no hope for finding an exit. It’s been at least five minutes since you saw that kid with the strange blue goop all over his cheeks who keeps staring at you like he knows something. And then it hits you: you might never get out of here. You could spend your life here, looking for the exit. And though that would be okay for you – you’d make do with gnawing on the corn and then fashioning yourself a hut of husks, but wait. What about your baby?
None of that was actually in the story. Just the concern for the baby.
I have a lot of questions, some many of which may never be answered.
Now, I know you may be struggling with this. You could be shocked that corn mazes pose such a current and real threat to our society. You could still be wondering what kind of puree could be made out of the corn and mixed with breast milk to keep a small baby alive in such a dire situation. Or maybe you’re just cradling yourself and rocking back and forth as you think about the tax dollars that were wasted in this and of the resources that went down the drain to make it a national headline.
Personally, I’m saddened by the watering down of our intelligence over the course of time. This poor family is just a product of our terrible stupidity breeding with itself.
Do America a favor, folks. Watch this video. Then go find your kids/parents/siblings/pets and force them to listen to you read an entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Your country will thank you. ♣
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