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Traveling medicine shows and mountebanks shilling dubious to harmful "medical remedies" may seem like a thing of the past, we're sorry to say we've got plenty of 21st century iterations doing their thing on the internet. While MLM marketersmay not be promoting tonics of cocaine or opium, they are trying to convince them that essential oils will cure stuff like cancer. Which is probably more dangerous than any mountebank's claims. Beyond the obvious hokey pyramid scheme BS, there are plenty of people on Twitter and Facebook who for some reason fancy themselves doctors and spew ignorance to whoever will listen. Once you get over their absolute stupidity and the abysmal state of education, it's actually quite fun to laugh at this nonsense. Just don't let the idiocy seep into your brain. We need all the smart people this world has to offer. 

While we realize that not everyone qualifies for Mensa, these posts shout out people who have somehow managed to take stupid to the next level. And we have to admit we're completely here for it. There's something extremely satisfying about witnessing someone exhibit a lack of intelligence that rivals your own. It's a sick ego boost, but we'll take doses of elevated self-image when and where we can get them. We just hope these poor souls invest some of their time into exercising their brains and familiarizing themselves with common sense. They clearly need all the help they can get. 

It feels like every few weeks there's a new heinous food video being torn apart by angry people on social media. Remember February's horrifying nacho disaster? We sure do. At this point it's no secret that the internet loves to pick apart cooking videos. For one, cooking and eating is one of the only things that pretty much everyone is forced to do. You know, to survive. But there's also the whole "white people can't cook" stereotype that seems to come up every time a TikTok user makes something gross. As a white woman, even I am horrified by some of the absolute fails that are inexplicably hailed as "hacks" and food trends. But hasn't this nitpicking gotten a little old? 

You'd think that the internet would be tired of slamming wannabe food-fluencers, but maybe because everyone is so insanely bored, it's all they have left. That's definitely starting to seem like the case on Twitter, where people showed up to share their wholly unoriginal commentary on a video of a woman making some pasta. The dish, which involves an unholy amount of string cheese, is admittedly offensive to anyone who is trypophobic or lactose intolerant. But beyond that? It looks like a special at Olive Garden. And judging by many of the replies, it finally looks like people are starting to see that the outrage might not always be warranted. While we realize that this is still an instance of bored people fighting about food, it definitely looks like we're taking a step in the right direction. Just don't let us see you putting cream in carbonara.

Happy Monday, y'all. While Spring Mondays are a bit more tolerable than the dark, gloomy, SAD-tainted ones in winter, it's definitely not like we're springing out of bed with a smile on our faces like some kind of Disney character. To get us into the groove and hating our lives a little less, we turn to humor. And the easiest way to consume it these days seems to be memes. 

Some people take a long bath or treat themselves to a pastry when they're feeling low. Maybe they talk to a friend who can make them smile. But when we're feeling depressed or insecure, our favorite pastime is observing stupid people do what they do best: inflate our egos with their embarrassing antics. There's nothing quite as uplifting as seeing people f*ck up worse than we do on a day-to-day basis. And we've got a whole lot of that stupid for you to scroll through right here.

 Ever feel depressed and basically have someone tell you to "get over it?" Feel ill and have someone give you a recipe for some hokey "detox" smoothie or tea? These posts will feel pretty familiar to you. They're filled with insanely patronizing or deluded advice that certainly won't be helping anyone suffering from depression, anxiety, or general malaise. But at least they give us something to roll our eyes at. 

If you're feeling numb to the world, boy do we have an antidote for you. These mildly infuriating images and memes reflect little (and a few big) things that are wrong with the world. From inexplicable "new math" to terrible design, these posts and pics are pretty much guaranteed to grind your gears. And while that might not be the best feeling in the world, at least you'll feel something. 

Some of us may not want to remember the dumb things we would do as children. Whether it was peeing into the vents of the family home (Sorry, mom) or harboring the thought that women don't poop, kids really are apt to doing (and thinking) the darndest things. The r/KidsAreFuckingStupid subreddit is full of these sorts of anecdotes, submitted by people who are marveling at their own childhood stupidity, frustrated and bemused parents, and people who may have seen a tweet they couldn't help but share. And we've got a bunch of the forum's best tidbits right here to share with you. 

TGIF, y'all. We're back with your weekly dose of our favorite memes from the darkest corners of Reddit. This week was a tough one, as much of the popular memes this week centered around some seriously revealing photoshops of Big Hero Six's Aunt Cass. We were able to include a couple of 'em, but between Cass and the Lola Bunny redesign, it seems like a lot of people need to go to horny jail ASAP. Not that we're judging or anything.

It's not very nice to laugh at the failures of others and that's certainly not what we're trying to do here. We're laughing at the hilarious and unexpected results of failed attempts to fix something mundane, tell a blatant lie, get a point across, or simply do a thing. We've got to give an 'A for effort' to the ones who at least tried. On the other hand, some of these people failed so hard that it makes us question whether they even wanted their attempts to be successful. We've got a bunch of funny examples of when people got it totally wrong. 

While Dads might be the most prolific purveyors of corny humor, you don't have to be a father figure to appreciate this massive batch of memes and jokes. From eyeroll-inducing puns to Impact font cringe, these memes are accessible to people of all ages. As a bonus, they'll make you appreciate clever memes and tweets more than ever before. 

Pretty much everyone loves a good joke. And the internet is chock full of 'em. Netizens frequently use memes and comments to exercise their wit and sarcasm. But sometimes people will take these jokes too literally, or just don't get them at all. When they feel the need to express this in a public comment, their stupidity is often funnier than the gag itself. The subreddit r/woooosh is a place for people to share these unintentionally hilarious moments. It's a page that we could scroll for hours. To save you from that time-consuming procrastination hole, we've put together some of their latest and greatest posts. If you need more, you can dive right into our other lists here and here.

We love dad jokes. We also love bad jokes. Why? Because sometimes they're just so bad that they're good. The eye-rolling they induce, the moans and groans. "So bad it's good" humor isn't just relegated to dads and other punsmiths. There's an entire subreddit, called r/comedyheaven, that solely exists as an archive of content that's "so bad, it's ascended." The community shares everything from text screenshots to movie reviews and news headlines. And they're all deliciously weird, cringey, and oddly hilarious. 

The internet isn't a kind place to simple people. There's so much tone and nuance involved with posting online. Which means there's ample opportunity for weak-minded brainlets to completely miss the cunning wit of trolls and jokesters. Reddits r/woosh boasts an impressive archive of these instances of woeful stupidity, allowing big brained individuals to laugh at the misfortunes of the inferior. We've put together some of their more recent offerings of schadenfreude, but be sure to smash the subscribe button to stay up to date with the constant influx of dumbness.