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No matter your personal opinion of the show, Saturday Night Live has been a comedy staple in America for ages. Beginning in 1975 with Chevy Chase as the original news anchor, the Weekend Update is the show's longest-running segment, and is even said to be the birth place of the satirical news sketch for the likes of the Colbert Report and The Daily Show.

As a positive recap of 2018, we're bringing you the best and most heartwarming news headlines of the year that you probably missed!

A new Oregon gas pumping law passed in June of last year is causing a stir on social media. The law, which allows people in towns of under 40,0000 to pump their own gas, is inspiring rage, confusion, and quite a bit of trolling from people in other states. Here's a selection of the best reactions to the law, inspired by a poll from a Medford Oregon CBS station. We're not sure which we enjoy more, the temper tantrums or the trolls. 

A whole bunch of famous influencers got pranked into spending way too much money on inexpensive shoes!

We love The Onion because it never fails to relate to us all with its spicy takes.

And just in case you live under a rock, or were planning to show this to your innocent grandma, we gotta give the disclaimer that The Onion is a satirical publication.

Now *this* is the kinda fake news we can get behind!

We can't make this sh*t up!

Bad news for all of you who've been procrastinating doing your taxes - parts of the IRS website just crashed. While some people are celebrating in speculation of not having to do their taxes, the IRS is apparently still making people file their taxes on time!

We live in an age of fake news. Why not celebrate all the news that *sounds* fake but is actually very, very real? From drugged up raccoons to suicide machines and escapee baboons, we've tracked down some of the week's strangest headlines. Click through to the publishers for each full story. You'll either have a laugh or have a serious head-shaking moment.