Birds don't REALLY wear tuxedos, do they?

Apparently, stupid people are everywhere, as evidenced by this depressing tidbit in the New York Times:

Whether it's because computer-generated effects have gotten so good, or because penguins just seem to be from another planet, people are being fooled, and not just children. Gabriel Gigliotti, 26, of Los Angeles recently went to the movies with his girlfriend and her parents. "After a preview for 'March of the Penguins,' my girlfriend's mother leaned over and whispered, 'Are they for real?' " he said.

This calls for a long rant about the state of media-saturated stupidity in which America has buried its weak, unimaginative brains. But I will repress my vitriol, for I have television to watch.