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San Franciscans Are Now ‘Networking’ in Saunas

San Franciscans Are Now ‘Networking’ in Saunas

Hey, that’s how my uncle met his “roommate”!

By Braden Bjella

Featured 3 weeks ago in Facepalm

Bryan Johnson Says Eating 4.67 Grams of Magic Mushroom Was Like ‘Inception’

Bryan Johnson Says Eating 4.67 Grams of Magic Mushroom Was Like ‘Inception’

Of course he did!

By Peter Rapine

Featured 3 weeks ago in Facepalm

French President Released From Prison After Serving Just 1% of His Sentence

French President Released From Prison After Serving Just 1% of His Sentence

Justice was (very briefly) served.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 3 weeks ago in Facepalm

California Says Kim Kardashian Can’t Be a Lawyer

California Says Kim Kardashian Can’t Be a Lawyer

At least, not yet.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 3 weeks ago in Facepalm

Trump Reportedly Keeps Falling Asleep in the Oval Office, During Meetings

Trump Reportedly Keeps Falling Asleep in the Oval Office, During Meetings

Can we get one President with a functioning brain and nervous system, please?

By Braden Bjella

Featured 3 weeks ago in Facepalm

The U.K. Keeps Accidentally Releasing Prisoners, Then Apologizing and Trying to Catch Them

The U.K. Keeps Accidentally Releasing Prisoners, Then Apologizing and Trying to Catch Them

From March 2024 to March 2025, the country accidentally released 262 prisoners — a number known colloquially as “a lot.”

By Braden Bjella

Featured 4 weeks ago in Facepalm

The U.S. Government is Telling Soldiers Abroad to Go to Local Food Banks During the Shutdown

The U.S. Government is Telling Soldiers Abroad to Go to Local Food Banks During the Shutdown

There’s no better way to win hearts and minds than asking them to spare a can of soup.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 4 weeks ago in Facepalm

After Louvre Robbery, Investigation Reveals Their Security Password Was ‘Louvre’

After Louvre Robbery, Investigation Reveals Their Security Password Was ‘Louvre’

This is like making your PIN code “1234.”

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Crypto-Bros Have Started Betting Markets for Dares, and It Won’t End Well

Crypto-Bros Have Started Betting Markets for Dares, and It Won’t End Well

They did this on 'Black Mirror.'

By Peter Rapine

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Senators Are Complaining That Their Flights Are Delayed Because of the Shutdown

Senators Are Complaining That Their Flights Are Delayed Because of the Shutdown

Really makes you want to do something about that, huh?

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

People Really, Really Hate the New Windows Update

People Really, Really Hate the New Windows Update

Microsoft says 30% of its code is now written by AI — and it shows.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Harvard Students’ Mental Health Declines After Learning the School Just Gives Everyone A’s

Harvard Students’ Mental Health Declines After Learning the School Just Gives Everyone A’s

Really makes you want to do something about that, huh?

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

‘Go to TikTok. See for Yourself’: Kim Kardashian Says She Thinks the Moon Landing Is Fake

‘Go to TikTok. See for Yourself’: Kim Kardashian Says She Thinks the Moon Landing Is Fake

As evidence, she points to “TikTok.”

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Woman Scammed for $350,000 After Believing She Was Dating the Star of Squid Game

Woman Scammed for $350,000 After Believing She Was Dating the Star of Squid Game

If you think you’re dating a celebrity, no you’re not.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

An Airplane Had to Turn Around Because Someone Dropped Their Laptop Between the Seats

An Airplane Had to Turn Around Because Someone Dropped Their Laptop Between the Seats

They’re getting reaaaaally cautious these days.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

New Jersey Police Ask Residents to Stop Sending Them AI-Generated Monkey Images

New Jersey Police Ask Residents to Stop Sending Them AI-Generated Monkey Images

They say that the digital monkeys aren’t real and that you shouldn’t be scared of them.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Elon Musk’s New Wikipedia Competitor Is Literally Just Wikipedia

Elon Musk’s New Wikipedia Competitor Is Literally Just Wikipedia

It’s really easy to open your own Wikipedia if you just copy-paste the old Wikipedia.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

AI Bots are Getting Addicted to Gambling

AI Bots are Getting Addicted to Gambling

Turns out when you train bots on human behavior, they start acting like humans.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Idiots Are Inhaling CO₂ for Its Alleged ‘Health Benefits’

Idiots Are Inhaling CO₂ for Its Alleged ‘Health Benefits’

It’s basically the breathing equivalent of drinking your own pee — but that’s not stopping these people!

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Albanian PM Announces Their AI-Generated Minister Is Pregnant

Albanian PM Announces Their AI-Generated Minister Is Pregnant

You can’t… that’s not… huh?

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Man Pays $4,000 for Date With Pop Idol and Her Bodyguard, Only to Learn the ‘Bodyguard’ Was Her Husband

Man Pays $4,000 for Date With Pop Idol and Her Bodyguard, Only to Learn the ‘Bodyguard’ Was Her Husband

He says he regrets paying for all of them to go to Disneyland.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

OpenAI's New Web Browser Refuses to Search for Topics It Deems Too Sensitive

OpenAI's New Web Browser Refuses to Search for Topics It Deems Too Sensitive

Imagine your own web browser telling you to touch grass.

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Scottish Influencer Admits She Used a Silicone Baby to Fake Her Pregnancy

Scottish Influencer Admits She Used a Silicone Baby to Fake Her Pregnancy

Social media makes people do strange things.

By Peter Rapine

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Study Finds AIs Can Get ‘Brain Rot’ From Doomscrolling

Study Finds AIs Can Get ‘Brain Rot’ From Doomscrolling

Well, would you look at that.

By Peter Rapine

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

Lay’s Claims 42% of People Don’t Know Chips Are Made From Potatoes

Lay’s Claims 42% of People Don’t Know Chips Are Made From Potatoes

Do they think we’re stupid? I mean, we are — but do they think we’re *that* stupid?

By Braden Bjella

Featured 1 month ago in Facepalm

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