awkward moments

One doesn't have to go rooting around in history books long to find something extremely weird about our collective past. There are too many history moments that are too dumb to seem real already, and we keep making more every day. If there's one reason to get into history, it's so you can get these sweet historical memes to become one with time.

Sure, children aren't exactly full-on people with cognitive skills or hand-eye coordination, but that shouldn't give them an excuse for being some of the stupidest and weirdest people ever. Kids are dumb and weird. Everyone knows it, and everyone remembers it. Whether it was when we tried to hid behind sheer curtains or try to make a point, we were just proving that kids are strange and dumb.

Sometimes we're not so good at making our intentions clear. Awkward moments happen, but that doesn't make it much easier to forgive ourselves for walking into a Subway and confidently asking for a Meatlab FruitLoop. For some more funny stuff, here are funny tweets to give tat day a boost.

Animals have just as many strange and awkward moments as people, probably more. Whereas you may have been embarrassed by what you did at the store the other day, a cat might have a similar feeling about having dunked its whole face into a bowl of nacho cheese. If you feel yourself overcome by the animals, here's a tumblr thread explaining how stupid people get around pets.

Wash your hands and get them ready to meet our face. Moments like these are ones where you wish with all your might that people are joking. Then you think about all the ignorance you've seen in person and you realize they're probably not. For another self-esteem boost, here are some more daunting moments of disappointing facepalm.

As technology surrounds us in its cold, lifeless iron grip, more and more old people are having to come to terms with social media as a part of daily life. They have, by no means mastered it. The people over at r/oldpeoplefacebook are committed to documenting this process, as well as the foibles that come with it.

There are times when the universe makes a very convincing argument to leave a particular situation.

These police officers are recalling all the times people probably should've exercised their right to remain silent.

Watch the sparks fly! And then fizzle out! And then say a half-assed pun and try to leave the conversation!