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These extremely amusing headlines are a far cry from investigative journalism, but we are definitely completely engaged. It's amazing to see the kind of crap that slid by the attention of "editors" during the heyday of print. These headlines will make you laugh, face-palm, and maybe even smile at their sheer stupidity. Happy reading!

Who knew that unloading $35 worth of Victoria's Secret gear could result in such a roller coaster ride? Certainly not this poor soul. This Facebook seller thought she had a buyer - and then the cheap college student basically admitted she'd rather go out with her friends than pick up the clothes - just after asking that the seller offer her a payment plan. We understand it's tough to to pay your way through school, but this is clearly a case of shitty priorities than anything else. The frustrated seller seemed to agree, and took the opportunity to sarcastically offer to give the college princess the clothing for free. Unfortunately, stupid people don't really pick up on sarcasm, and things really devolve from there. 

People have been talking a lot about "emotional labor" lately, and most people have the concept wrong. Emotional labor actually refers to how we manage our emotions in the context of work - often adjusting how we feel and express our feelings to please a customer or an employer. In contrast, as people become more aware of the time and energy they put into taking care of the emotions of others, they use "emotional labor" to describe that very "chore." 

A new Twitter meme has definitely made us think about this misused term - and for good reason. Earlier this week, Melissa A. Fabello tweeted a bout a text she received from a friend asking if Fabello had the emotional capacity to entertain some venting. After expressing gratitude that her friend had thought to ask (and that she absolutely had the capacity) she offered up a text template for when you need to tell a person that you can't help them through their moment.

"Hey! I'm so glad you reached out. I'm actually at capacity / helping someone else who's in crisis / dealing with some personal stuff right now, and I don't think I can hold appropriate space for you. Could we connect [later date or time] instead / Do you have someone else you could reach out to?"

The tweet quickly went viral, with many users criticizing the tweet for its cold, almost businesslike tone. And once something goes viral on Twitter, it's safe to assume it will become a meme. This has definitely been the case with this template. People mocked it heavily on Twitter, sharing their own versions of the text. It's also spread around Instagram and Reddit in image macro form. We're enjoying the meme, but there's nothing funny about treating your friendships in a transactional matter. Maybe this text will help people realize they should open their hearts instead of closing them. 

Craigslist can often be a nightmare of scamming, illegal activity, and insane entitlement. But sometimes, the "scam" is actually a hilariously entertaining troll having his way with an unsuspecting person who just wants a cat. This trolling session goes from 0 to 100 extremely quickly, and while we had a good laugh, we just hope the person who posted the ad found a cute cuddly cat to call their own.

If you're not completely familiar with Reddit, it could be seen as an overwhelming place. The myriad subreddits and all the "karma." Unfortunately, it's also the epicenter of dank memes. So we decided to save y'all a trip and bring them right here for some one step scrolling action.

Life can suck. It can feel pointless, monotonous, and draining. Every now and then we need something to remind us that there's good in this world. While we're not claiming that the internet makes everything better, these sweet, happy, and heartwarming posts are a great reminder that sometimes, just sometimes, the world doesn't suck. 

When I was a permanently annoyed teenager, my mother would say it's her right to embarrass me. Why? Because she popped me and and subsequently raised me. I did not agree with this logic and loathed the way she insisted speaking Spanish to anyone she assumed spoke the language. And as I sat fuming, at least I had the comfort of knowing that I was not alone: it's a proven fact that ALL parents are embarrassing. 

Twitter user @mrnickharvey has more than backed this up with an incredibly entertaining Twitter thread asking people to share their most embarrassing parental moments. The tales are pure gold, and some of the stories actually make us want to hang out with Mom and Pops! 

If there's one thing kids have no lack of, it's imagination. Hell, they create entire languages with one another. So when @Jon_Bois asked his Twitter followers to share "the most outrageous lie another kid ever told you when you were a kid," the results, while incredibly entertaining, were hardly surprising to us. Of course a kid would tell his friends he spent his absent days fighting Shredder of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame. And of course people believed him. Imaginative and gullible kids are truly a blessing to the the world. And here's a crap load of their amusing lies in one convenient place.

Congratulations on making it through another depressing Monday. If you live in the Northeast like us, you enjoyed bone-chilling cold humidity and frigid spit from the heavens. If you're somewhere warmer, well, screw you. Just kidding. Whatever your hemisphere or temperature, we'll wager you deserve a break from the grind. That's what these memes are for.

Remember that "bot-written" Olive Garden commercial from last summer? Well, Keaton Patti is back with a brilliant rendition of a bot-written Game of Thrones episode. It's got all of our favorite characters, and spoiler alert: it's good. So good that it really got us missing the show that made us laugh, cry, and rage at its writers. If you're in the same boat as us, you can enjoy some of our GoT memes of yore here and here. 

Kids really say (and believe) the darndest things. As a gullible kid, a friend once told me that she and her father were addicted to shawarma. She said there was nicotine in the meat and that the two of them absolutely had to get their fix daily or they'd become cranky jerks. I believed this for at least a year until my own family took me for some tasty sandwiches. 

While some AskReddit threads can feature dark and unsettling tales from peoples' pasts, this one has proved to be some seriously wholesome respite from our case of the Mondays. And is a pleasant reminder that nobody is alone in believing some seriously weird (or seriously funny) tidbits or ideas.

We thought there was nothing quite as laughable as an teenager on Instagram complaining about their myriad trials and tribulations, but man, some of these cringe-filled pictures are starting to change our mind.. This pseudo-deep shit that people are putting out there is completely bonkers. And of course, we love it.