On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Scott MacDonald doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Unfortunately, I think this is what happens when kewl teenagers who like memes started (apparently) by star-trek, meet adults who value actual communication in the language of Shakespeare.
FWIW, I've known the face-palm gesture for ages, and never knew it was in any way related to Star Trek. I suspect our article on the topic may be slightly over-egging things there. I've used and seen the facepalm gesture used more like the "doh!" gesture from The Simpsons. Is it lacking in civility to go "DOH!" when you get something wrong? Or is it only when you use such terms for what someone else says. I've also mentally seen someone else trip up and fall flat on their face over something (metaphorically speaking) and thought to myself "that's a facepalm moment". But only when something is so wrong it is funny, if you get my drift.
Carcharoth