{"id":38350,"date":"2015-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/38350\/five-times-the-lebanese-overreacted"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:55:27","slug":"five-times-the-lebanese-overreacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/38350\/five-times-the-lebanese-overreacted\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Times the Lebanese Overreacted"},"content":{"rendered":"For a nation that is purportedly hooked on Xanax, Lexotanil, and several other anti-anxiety medications<\/a>, it is intriguing that the Lebanese have not managed to calm down yet.
Here are four times we can say the Lebanese collectively overreacted:

1. SelfieGate: Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel<\/big><\/big><\/b>

(Photo via mashable.com<\/a>)

Saly Greige:<\/i>\u201cYou photobombed my selfie!\u201d

Doron Matalon:<\/i> \u201cNo, like I didn\u2019t!\u201d

Saly Greige:<\/i> \u201cYes you frikkin\u2019 did don\u2019t lie, Miss Israel \u2013 YOU CAN\u2019T SIT WITH US.\u201d

This is a summary of the media frenzy that has taken place over the last couple of days when a photo surfaced of Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel sharing photo with Miss Slovenia and Miss Japan at the Miss Universe pageant that will take place this Sunday. The photo sparked outrage and criticism, forcing the Lebanese beauty queen to release a statement saying that she had been \u201cvery cautious to avoid being in any photo or communication with Miss Israel[.]\u201d

Hey, Lebanese people, you want to be mad at somebody? How about you channel that anger towards people who actually legislate and rule? Social media is already such a huge part of our lives, and people tend to get carried away with the little details when they are missing the big political picture. This selfie has as much social and political weight as the #ootd photos that you so gladly share (and over-share) daily. The fact that the Lebanese beauty queen made all the effort she could to avoid being seen with Miss Occupied Palestine should be enough, and what everyone should really go crazy about is that women and men still take pride in beauty pageants as an institution, because let\u2019s not lose sight of what\u2019s important here: beauty pageants are really stupid.

2. Mia Khalifa Takes the Heat<\/big><\/big><\/b>

(Photo via huffingtonpost<\/a>)

When news surfaced (probably after someone was engaging in a late-night masturbatory session) that a Lebanese expat was getting paid to do things many of us do for free, we all lost our minds. It developed into a huge ordeal everyone (including us) felt they needed to denounce or defend. Calm down, Lebanon.

3. Amal Alamuddin Marries George Clooney<\/big><\/big><\/b>

(Photo via daily telegraph<\/a>)

AmalAlamuddin warranted our attention years ago when she became an accomplished barrister and scholar, selected for United Nation\u2019s commissions investigating war crimes. However, when she married George Clooney, we all felt entitled to a portion of Ocean\u2019s Eleven earnings.

4. Abou Faour \u201cMeats\u201d Health Standards<\/big><\/big><\/b>

(Photo via radio2moro<\/a>)

Oh, you\u2019re going to THAT supermarket? Avoid the red taouk! You feel like Lebanese sweets? Well they\u2019re covered in human feces! Your parents have probably warned you against going to a bunch of places to eat after the verdicts on Lebanon\u2019s food and beverage institutions came out a few months ago. In this particular case, people were convinced that the meat they are eating is garbage, which spiraled into a series of nauseating slaughterhouse tours, press conferences that made people across the country cringe, and probably turned one or two of your snooty friends into a vegetarian for a good week. Let\u2019s not forget Lebanese families\u2019 inability to eat out without garishly asking the waiter where the restaurant gets its meat. Let\u2019s be honest, you\u2019re going to have that steak and you\u2019re not going to know the difference.

5. Recycling Causes a Stink<\/big><\/big><\/b>

(Photo via Facebook<\/a>)

A group of Lebanese entrepreneurs have decided to sue Environmental Engineer Ziad AbiChaker for the slogan he has selected for his nation-wide recycling initiative. The entrepreneurs claim that the phrase used, \u201csar lezim rassak yifroz\u201d is very similar to one they pitched for an advertising campaign last year titled, \u201csar wa2et tifroz.\u201d The fact is that both slogans are not copyrightable since they are commonly spoken words. The suing party has gone as far as to call it \u201cintellectual terrorism.\u201d That\u2019s like saying you invented the phrase, \u201chi\u201d \u2013 you didn\u2019t, calm down.
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