Americans are lazy...

...as the whole world may be to some degree.

Checking Google reader just moments ago, I read the following:

Tips and tricks

You can hit the space key to page down and/or move to the next item. This way you can move through your reading list by using only a single finger.

I find it somewhat humorous that Google took hours of programming time and money to design a usable interface requiring only a single finger to scroll through blog posts... and even more hilarious that they took more time to let us know it was possible.

Thank you, Google Reader, for supporting - maybe even encouraging - obesity in America. Your parents should be proud.