What the fuck, PayPal?

By , on 4 January, 2012

Does this make any sense to anyone who isn’t A) a PayPal employee or B) brain damaged? I think the seller has decent grounds for a lawsuit.

PayPal: if you don’t like the violin you bought, smash it and we’ll give you your money back

Just when you thought PayPal couldn’t get any stupider, well, . . . → Read More: What the fuck, PayPal?

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Arizona’s Birther bill goes from stupid to batshit crazy.

By , on 15 April, 2011
Pic of hurr dog.

The average Arizonian legislator. *NotMeantToBeAFactualStatement.

The whole birth certificate horse has been beaten beyond death into a pulpy pile of unrecognizable gore, but that doesn’t mean the Republicans are going to stop whacking at it anytime soon. Over in Arizona they just passed what they’re calling the Birther Bill, which is pretty stupid to . . . → Read More: Arizona’s Birther bill goes from stupid to batshit crazy.

6 comments   Politics, Stupidity in Action   , , , ,  

April Fools prank goes badly for local woman.

By , on 1 April, 2011
Facepalm

I generally don’t care for commercial radio, but NPR has been on a Libya kick the past few days and I was, frankly, sick of hearing about it so today was one of those rare days that I voluntarily turned on a commercial station.

Just as I was pulling into a parking spot at work . . . → Read More: April Fools prank goes badly for local woman.

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SEB Safety Tip: Life doesn’t have a reset button.

By , on 30 December, 2010
Pic from the video game Frogger.

Kinda like this, but more painful.

Look, I’m as big a video game nerd as the next one, but even I know that it’s a bad idea to try and recreate a video game in real-life:

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson police said a game ended up with a 23-year-old man struck by an SUV.

Emergency . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip: Life doesn’t have a reset button.

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SEB Safety Tip: If you’re going to light your socks on fire, don’t stomp on gasoline soaked carpets.

By , on 28 December, 2010
Pic of idiot with his sock on fire.

This is not the stupid teen from this story, but a completely different stupid teen doing the same thing.

Not that I can imagine a situation where you would have a need to set your socks on fire while wearing them, but if you do then it’s probably a good idea to not do . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip: If you’re going to light your socks on fire, don’t stomp on gasoline soaked carpets.

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Lots of stupid people go nuts for new Air Jordan sneakers and end up being maced.

By , on 27 December, 2010
Pic of crazed shoppers.

It's gotta be the shoes!

I admit that I have no sense of fashion so it probably comes as a surprise to no one that I can’t envision ever spending $175 on a pair of sneakers. Or, for that matter, camping out in a line to be the first to buy them.

But apparently . . . → Read More: Lots of stupid people go nuts for new Air Jordan sneakers and end up being maced.

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U.K. woman dials emergency services to report stolen snowman.

By , on 3 December, 2010
Pic of a snowman thief.

Over in the U.K. when you want to report a fire or a robbery you pick up the phone and dial 999 and are immediately connected to helpful personnel who will assist you with whatever the emergency happens to be.

And, just like here in America, they have to deal with the occasional idiotic call:

. . . → Read More: U.K. woman dials emergency services to report stolen snowman.

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Here’s proof that if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.

By , on 24 May, 2010

Ah, the power of belief! Some say you can move mountains with it. Others that you can alter the flow of rivers.

But you have to learn to crawl before you can walk so you should probably start with a small-scale test of your belief in yourself. Something simple like, say, breaking a board over . . . → Read More: Here’s proof that if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.

8 comments   Easily Amused, Stupidity in Action   , , ,  

Daniel Hauser’s father now has leukemia.

By , on 21 May, 2010

Remember Daniel Hauser, the (at the time) 13-year-old illiterate kid out of Minnesota who was ordered by the court to get chemotherapy to treat his cancer over the protests of his alt-med preferring parents? His mother took off with him rather than follow through on the court order, but after a few days they eventually showed up . . . → Read More: Daniel Hauser’s father now has leukemia.

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SEB Safety Tip: Eating raw gastropods for a dare could kill you.

By , on 14 May, 2010

Ah the stupid things young people will do on a dare. Down in Sydney, Australia a young man is fighting for his life after eating a slug infected with rat lungworm:

The 21-year-old contracted rat lungworm disease – a rare form of meningitis – after the stunt.

Rat lungworm disease is caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip: Eating raw gastropods for a dare could kill you.

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