Facepalm Moments From The Virtuosos of Dumbness

Self-awareness is a skill, but there's nowhere to take lessons. These facepalm moments of human moronitude are a good reminder that most of us are playing with a full deck in the brain department, even if we don't feel like it sometimes. We may lock ourselves out of our houses from time to time, but at least we're not posting one star reviews of national parks complaining that the animals are loose. That's some facepalm-level behavior that we can keep a little bit of distance from, at least most of the time.

Girlfriend Ghosts After Bad Boyfriend Steals Her Credit Card and Spends Over $500 on Some Fresh Kicks

This guy sounds like a real piece of work. How on earth did he think that he was going to get away with that stunt? As if she wasn't going to miss the $500 on her card and then not be at all suspicious when the transaction was linked to his friend's address. 

In no way is the girlfriend at fault for anything here. At this point, it's absolutely her right to get herself out of a situation where the person she is living with is actively stealing from her. 

Time to make tracks. Just like the girl whose immature boyfriend wouldn't stop interrupting her during an interview.

Conflict Grows Between Sisters When the Elder Can't Pay For Her Sister's Grad School

This older sister has probably gone above and beyond in her service to her sister as a replacement for their parents. She has done things for her that some parents might even not do and that is something that she should be proud of. It is probably a little bit entitled of her sister to thing that she would continue to pay for her grad school for her when that is something that most parents do not do. But we can also understand that if the older sister is making THAT much money... then perhaps she could continue to pay.

Mother-In-Law Forcefully Grabs Grand-Baby From Its Mother, Then Demands Apology

These in laws need an attitude check. You probably shouldn't be grabbing a baby away from its mother. Especially when said mother is in the process of grieving the profound loss of the loss of a sibling. 

Hubby needs to step up and support his wife and stand up to his parents. There is no reason that she should need to apology here. Even if her actions had been incorrect the circumstances would be understandable. 

Blunderous Foibles of The English Language

If there's anything to learn from all the regrettable and dumb spelling fails we see on a daily basis, it's that absolutely no one is immune to really stupid mistakes when it comes to their mastery of the English language. Non-native speakers and people who have been speaking English their whole lives all succumb to the fun and frustration of the English language, and at this rate it looks like there's no way to stop it.

Funny Tumblr Gems of The Sparkling Variety

If you find yourself either bored or boring it would behoove you to indulge in some funny tweets and tumblr gems to quote later. Those quirkmongers of the internet are out to make brilliantly stupid observations whether you like it or not. Even just a small pocketful of shiny tumblr gems is enough to turn today's snooze fest into a snooze vest, which is more fashionable, breezier and therefore more exciting.

Life Hacks And Pro Tips To Get an Edge on Life

You never know when one of these could come in handy. Maybe someone has just drawn a giant wiener on your whiteboard in permanent marker and your boss is coming in. Maybe you're freezing and all you have is a match and a bunch of Fritos and crayons. Life pro tips can come in handy when you least expect. On the other side of things, here are some dumb and bad life pro tips to avoid.

Petty and Absurd Reasons People Refused to Date Someone

There are a lot of extremely good reasons to not date someone. It could be that the first date was just bador that they just throw up a lot of dating red flags. There are also much more absurd reasons. Maybe they say stupid things with complete seriousness. Maybe she shops at a store you don't like. Maybe he makes weird mouth sounds. Maybe she lives 5 minutes further away than you'd like. People come up with some Seinfeld-level reasons to refuse dating people, and they're spectacular.

Guy Retrains Terrible Roommate's Brain to Sleep Through Multiple Alarms When He Won't Stop Setting Several

This might be evil genius incarnate. This clever gentleman uses Pavlovian training techniques to train his roommate's brain to sleep through multiple alarms in the morning after he won't stop setting tons of them and keeping his roommate awake. This roommate sounds terrible in general. Maybe he has learned his lesson and will behave better in the future. 

Woman Takes Back Gift After Mother-In-Law Rudely Rejects It, Gets Told That She "Ruined the Party"

The nerve of some people. If it were me... My mother-in-law would never be receiving a gift ever again after the initial incident. It's honestly baffling how someone could possibly be so entitled about something that is being given to them as a gift.

There's got to be other reasons why the husband was "unable to be present" at his mother's birthday. If I were him I'd make sure to have a scheduling conflict every year. 

That in mind... It's cruel to send your wife in your place to your mother's birthday. Either you both go or no one goes. 

This isn't the first we've seen of entitled in laws and one can imagine that it won't be the last. 

Normal Things That People Find Super Weird At The Same Time

We live in a great big world with all of these features. And it doesn't take a whole lot of cognitive estrangement to realize that this world we live in has some very particular and off-the-wall junk that we totally take for granted. Like how your tongue is just in your mouth, like all the time. Or that a bath is like you making you-flavored soup. To really freak out the squares, here are completely legal but super weird things one can do.

Mom Confiscates Son's Gameboy as Punishment and Hides it.... For 18 Years

I feel like every family must have a story like this. If I had had it my way I would have been glued to my gameboy 24/7 when I was a wee lad. Obviously that made it a very suitable target for punishment when my grades slipped or I otherwise acted out. 

Mom would take my Gameboy and hide it away in a cupboard or up on top of the fridge. I was able to reach this easily and would sneak it down for a few minutes of game time when she was distracted. The arms race evolved and Mom started hiding it in places I wouldn't guess rather than couldn't reach, as this mother did. This inevitably led to some occasions where Mom couldn't remember where she had put it. 18 years, however, is a whole new length of time.

As far as parenting goes, there's a whole lot of crazy stuff that people do. This is definitely more tame and harmless (although possibly still traumatising) than other parenting gaffs.

Florida Karen Assumes Dad Works At Grocery Store, Reality Check Ensues

Oh boy, what a wonderful tale coming right out of Florida. It sounds like this Florida Karen was just a little bit lost. So lost that she mistook what was very, very clearly a dad shopping around with his family for being a grocery store employee. All in all, it honestly sounds like a pretty humorous situation. If you want to keep the Karen drama going check out this story about a Karen mistakenly bullying a fellow customer, and then getting mocked.

Boss Demands Employee Take Part In Company Kart Race, Malicious Compliance Ensues

It sounds like this boss had all kinds of Ricky Bobby-inspired illusions of grandeur. Basically, he'd force all of his employees to pull up for this company spirit building activity, where they'd hop in some go karts and then be defeated by their boss on the track. Well, the boss definitely underestimated their new hire. It sounds like after the malicious compliance was successfully executed, that the employee got themselves off the hook for future mandatory kart race attendance. 

Engineering Team Gets the Better of Their Management When They Start Enforcing "Strict Working Hours"

It's probably not a good idea to mess with a group of people who specialize in precision. Engineers tend to be pretty organized and when you bait them into putting that organization into malicious compliance you're going to regret it. 

I bet their managers were rolling their eyes for every second in the minutes before and after work. As a manager how can you have a hope in heck of getting things how you wanted them when the entire team is technically complying to every letter of your demand. 

My favorite type of MC is when an entire team of people band together for the greater good. Props to these guys.

Rare Insults That Dunked People In A Hot Bath Of Fiery Words

Since the internet's been around with its social media feeds and comments section we've always had people that are more than ready to go to verbal blows over a whole bunch of nothing. Or, you might say that every now and again there's that one loudmouth in particular who basically seems to bring the heat on themselves. These rare insults certainly didn't disappoint. They're inspired, ruthless, and you almost might not feel bad about laughing at them. 

Shameless Cheapskates Who Were Their Own Worst Enemies

When trying to secure a discount exercise bike, one has two options. The first is to politely offer a reasonable amount of money, or just the outright amount that the seller is asking for. The other way is doing whatever these people did. Demanding free things, bullying people, and just being hugely entitled people who decided to make the world a more miserable place.

Insane Boss Asks Employee to Come Into Work During Vacation Because They Are "Short-Staffed"

"But we're SO short-staffed!"

Nothing like getting that dreaded phone call on your day off asking if you can come in to help out due to your employer's lack of proper planning and permanent refusal to roster enough people to cover. Those are the major aspects of retail and hospitality that you're glad to get away from.

Getting that text/phone call during your vacation is a whole new level of which I have never heard. Pretty bold move by this manager, especially given her response when she was contacted on her vacation. 

For more horrible bosses check out this guy who quit on the spot when he was asked "do you know my name" by the owner's son.

Times People Had But One Job And Couldn't Get It Right

Not everyone is a skilled craftsman. And sure, if any of us had to install a toilet with minimal space we very well might land on the concept of a "kitchen toilet," but it's not something that anyone strives for. This stuff is needlessly off-center, amusingly sloppy, and just straight up bad. And baby, we're here for it. Here are 32 times someone had one job and couldn't even do that.

New Army Captain Forces Armorer to Sign and Comply to Illegal Order, He Signs the Order As “Under Duress” and Ends Her Entire Career

There's nothing worse than having a new superior who just marches in and thinks they own the place. These people often have the absolute incapability to listen to other people and their ego's get in the way of them possibly learning anything from the people who have been there long enough to become a part of the furniture.

If they would just stop and pay attention for a moment they might actually be good at their job and win the respect of those under them. Instead they try to trap their employees into unethical and illegal agreements.

Good on this stalwart armorer for sticking to his guns and getting this toxic CO removed from her command. 

Sister Invites Herself Over For Christmas, Requests That Host's Dogs Be Left Outside

Christmas is a pretty big deal, ideally it's a time when families are able to come together and celebrate. Holidays are supposed to be family centered and cater to the needs of the family members. Well, sometimes the siblings bicker, the dogs become an issue, and other ridiculousness. OP has made it very clear that her dogs need to feel comfortable in their home. 

Unfortunately, OP's 9 year old nephew is very uneasy around dogs. So sis suggests that they leave the dogs outside while they celebrate Christmas, in freezing temperatures…in the height of winter. Yeah, nah. That's not a legitimate solution, and for some reason OP's sis does not understand why.

People Share the Things That Are Tragically, and Sometimes Thankfully, Disappearing From Our World

Some of these things are an absolute tragedy and some of these won't be missed.

It's hard to imagine a world without some of the natural wonders that we have grown up with and taken for granted. Imagine if suddenly the entirety of Yellowstone or Yosemite was to burn down and cease, utterly, to exist. That's basically what has happened to entire stretches of these underwater wonders of the world. Once beautiful and colourful worlds that were teeming with life are now barren and brown.

ahem...

On the other hand you have malls. Who is going to miss those?

Staff Sergeant Supervisor Gets Caught Lying About Doing His Job

Is there a better feeling than catching your supervisor in a lie? Yes, when it's in writing. And even better than that, when you can leverage that knowledge to make them give you a more accurate performance review. Interesting things happen when there's a strict chain of command, like this military wife Karen who demanded salutes and ended up getting mocked.

Spurned “Other Woman” Destroys Her Cheating-Lying Lover’s Life

"Heck" hath no fury as a woman scorned. When you mess with people to the degree that this guy does, be prepared to be brought down. 

The entire story comes off as being a bit incredulous. Especially as we get to the parts at the end where it kinda starts to feel like an "and then everyone clapped" type of situation. 

If this is real then the OP is no saint either. Her response involved and hurt several people who had no responsibility for what she went through. Her involving innocents makes her reprehensible as well. Especially because of certain methods of her revenge. 

43 Animal Photoshops That are Abominations of Nature

This is not what nature intended. These fantastic photoshops fall deep into the uncanny valley of what can and might have been. Someone tell Dr. Strange to un-cast this spell because it seems as if realities have collided. 

Afterwards be sure to check out these amazing photoshop trolls from the master of the game, James Fridman. 

 

Cheapskate Karen Tells Cousin He Can't Shower To Save Money, He Uses Sink Instead

To start things off, we'd like to asses the cost of water in various areas around the United States. As far as we know water is a relatively cheap utility bill for the majority of Americans. Sure it can't hurt to save a few bucks here and there when it's possible, but no one should be denied access to a hot shower based on the cost of water. And unfortunately, that's exactly what happened here when OP's cousin 'Karen' literally stood in front of him and blocked him from entering the shower, all in the name of saving a few pennies (literally). Now OP's cousin probably did not expect that he would take matters into his own annoyed hands and bathe himself in her sink instead, using along the way much more water than a shower would have needed. Nope, no one expected that. But boy are we glad that it happened. 

The Terrific Japanese Game Show That Was Just People Trying To Climb Slippery Stairs

Why do we need all this high-concept trivia junk and families trying to make Steve Harvey do his "uh oh" face when this whole time we could have just been greasing up people in body suits and making them climb slippery stairs? Seriously it's a damn shame that we even try to put together elaborate obstacle courses when this was always an option. 

Kid Gets Decked By Queen's Guard

Dang dude those guys don't give a damn. It feels like this is the sort of thing that feels like it came out of a Newspaper from a hundred years ago, but nah. Apparently these guards have strict orders to never deviate from their path, resulting in moments like these. These guys were doing their regular marching routine when a kid didn't get out of the way, getting a taste of what's left of the British Empire.

Teen Couple Breaks Up After 'Among Us' "Imposter" Meltdown

She sounds kinda sus...

Just going out on a limb here to say that if you're going to break up over a game of 'Among Us' it just wasn't meant to be. Nothing to do but have a laugh, pack up, and move on. 

For more ridiculous dating stories check out this guy who sent his Tinder date to the emergency room with a bag of trail mix.

Psychotic Daughter Gifts Breast Cancer Survivor Step-Mother Horribly Cruel Christmas Present

It is disturbing that this teenage girl thought this would be ok. What a dark and cruel stunt to pull. Either she has some serious issues or this comes from her mother, the ex-wife. 

We can't imagine how the dad's wife must be feeling in this instance. What an absolutely horrific thing to endure. Send that girl to counseling because she's going to need it. 

Otherwise, she's going to grow up to be like this woman who couldn't wait for her parents to die so that she could have their wedding rings.