10 Moments That Will Place Your Face Firmly in Your Palm

According to Google Trends, the term “facepalm” started to take off in early 2008, reached its zenith in the summer of 2014, and has been tapering off in use ever since.

But I’d say it’s time to reverse that trend. Because there are so many things we’re all encountering today that simply have no other proper reaction. They must be facepalmed. They must needs place our faces within our palms.

How else do you deal with moments like this?

10. Wut?

…wut?

Why is that people always try to understand estimate my intelligents?! They should never do that!

— Robyn DeBanc (@Stardusth2o) August 10, 2020

9. I claim this for Spain!

You heard it here first folks, white people aren’t allowed to be bilingual.

https://www.tumblr.com/niedolia/161941590079/robloxgf-aeternuseternus-if-you-are-white

8. Russia, Russia, Russia!

Maybe do a little research, graphic designers.

That's the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy pic.twitter.com/FJKsRYU1g0

— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) October 13, 2019

7. Go left, right?

I’m not even sure who to be mad at with this one.

https://twitter.com/samuelpsalt/status/1394956088387252228

6. Not a Planet

That was the name of a cool local band when I was growing up.

The Earth is not a planet.

— Flat Earth Society (@FlatEarthOrg) August 18, 2020

5. Going global

And don’t even get me started on the ~200 continents.

how did beyonce's album go #1 in 100 countries when there are only 7? Asia, Africa, Antartica, Australia, North and South America and Europe

— young, gifted and black (@CakeLikeDylan) December 14, 2013

4. Curious cures

Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan all had cancer at some point and that’s just the ones we know of for sure.