CYBERSPACE - Apparently, 20-somethings are increasingly turning to the Internet to diagnose illnesses, physical maladies and spider bites.

"Take a breath and then cough ... er, type in "Y."

They’re so clever, those kids. Don’t believe us? Go here.

Of course, we laugh now, but as health insurance increasingly becomes a luxury item, maybe they’re on to something.

All we know is that we can’t discern between black and navy blue in dim light, so misdiagnoses are going to be a certainty, and bogus home remedies are sure to follow.

Welcome to the start of the new Dark Ages!

LOS ANGELES - The real story here, we suppose, is another one of those “behold the grass-roots power of the Internet” tales.

Excessive?

We just like the picture of all that bacon and sausage.

But don’t ask us to whip up this recipe. We’ve dropped our HMO plan due to the current economic downturn and we no longer have fire insurance. That thing looks like an accident waiting to happen.