A storm more violent than anti-SOPA rage is sweeping across the otherwise serene plains of the internet. Families are turning against fathers, mothers against children, flocks against shepherds: is this advanced, non-Euclidian planking, or just something else entirely?
An Australian man plunged to his death today, with officials saying the fall was due to a new Facebook phenomenon called planking. Planking, or strategically lying on peculiar things and snapping a picture of it, suddenly seems less fun.
