The world is sometimes a scary, lonely, and horrible place. It seems like whenever you open the news these days, something terrible has happened somewhere and it's becoming numbing and ridiculous to even consider that there's good news out there. Fortunately, there are the few news stories that slip through the cracks in the machine , blessing our feeds with some of the most ridiculous heccin' titles imaginable. So sure, maybe there's been a horrific bombing in the Middle East… but there's also…

'Your uniform doesn't comply with the dress code. IF pants have belt loops, a belt must be worn!'

Our eyes hurt a little from all the cringe.

The one time a government website is better than private sector…

Certified Baker Boy

Survey data from 10 years ago isn't exactly relevant

It's a rough job.

The news reporter and L.A. Times employee Vitus Spehar started the series last year and now millions of TikTokers say it's their most trusted source.

Is there a worse place to crash a plane? Like seriously, this guy was having a rough enough day as is. When a plane crash is just gonna be the start of your day in a rube-Goldbergian series of near-death experiences, it's time to seriously start questioning if the universe is just seeing what it can get away with.

“Birds Aren't Real” is a parody conspiracy movement with the express goal of getting the word out that the government has replaced every bird with a robotic replica. Given the opportunity to talk about his cause in the high stakes world of Chicago morning news, Peter McIndoe did this.

Oops.

It saddens us that print media isn't what it used to be. There was a time when if a newspaper decided to have an unintentionally filthy or stupid headline, the ink was set and that was that. Everyone just had to live with the fact that the front page said something like “New Anti-Smoking Law Will Eat Butts On The Street." At least we'll always have these wild classified ads that show humanity at its finest.

Just a reminder that this is a thing.

Nice.

Oof.