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11 Diving Fails to Prep You for Summer

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:39 +0000

Memorial Day is coming up soon, which means the beginning of swimming season is quickly approaching. This also means plenty of painful belly flops, fully-clothed people falling into pools and our latest hilarious discovery, diving fails.

Seattle Man Dribbling Soccer Ball To Brazil For 2014 World Cup Hit By A Truck And Killed

Jay Sanin — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:28:21 +0000

A Seattle man had a noble idea leading up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He was going to dribble a soccer ball all the way from the Emerald City down to Sao Paulo, Brazil, arriving in time for the World Cup, to help bring awareness to One World Futbol Project, a charity he was involved with. He was hit by a pickup truck and killed yesterday in Oregon.

Never Do 'The Harlem Shake' By a Bonfire, People

Eddie Wright — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:49:09 +0000

They said the ‘Harlem Shake‘ was hot, but this is ridiculous. In case you were living in a cave for the past few months, the ‘Harlem Shake’ is a silly viral video trend that involves one guy or gal dancing alone to the dubstep-y Baauer tune. Then as the music reaches its crescendo, a big [...]

11 Email Fails You Don't Want to Experience

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:18:08 +0000

The internet can be a pretty tricky world to navigate, and e-mail is no exception. Cyber messaging makes most of our lives way easier, but just like any other modern day convenience, a whole load of fails are born from e-mailing. Luckily for us, many of the hilarious ones turn up online. By “fails” we [...]

19 Fails That Probably Cost Someone Their Job

Emerald Catron — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:40:44 +0000

Listen, we get it. Of all people, we get it. Sometimes you let an errant comma slip. Maybe you don't notice that something is a sentence fragment because you're riding the waves of hangover nausea. We understand that sometimes being an editor is rough, but how the how do you wind up with a headline that looks like it says "Rapefruit Good for every meal"?

10 Sign Fails That Totally Confuse Us

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:00:13 +0000

The epic, the permanent and the embarrassing. Fails are a hilarious reality that luckily give us (the non-failers) endless entertainment. This time, we’re rounding up unfortunate sign fails. It turns out a lot of signs are super confusing. Whether it’s a result of spelling mistakes or cryptic messages (see: free bakery smells), it’s all just [...]

29 People Who Had ONE Job, And Completely Failed at It

Emerald Catron — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:09:03 +0000

Sometimes somebody has one job to do…JUST ONE…and they can’t even get it right. These are those times. Here are our favorite examples of the latest internet meme that involves somebody screwing up one simple task. ONE. You had one job, bananas. You had one job, strawberries. You had one job, record store guy. You [...]

Watch This Ultimate 'Stairway Fail' Compilation

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:39 +0000

If watching others fall down is hilarious in and of itself, that means watching people fall down stairs is double the fun. The above video, which has compiled over three minutes of people taking horrid yet hysterical tumbles down stairways, was given to us by YouTube’s own WWideInterweb – the same user who has provided other FAIL compilations [...]

Eight Failed and Misguided McDonald's Menu Items – What The Hell Were They Thinking?

Bryen — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:49:34 +0000

Everyone gets so excited when the Shamrock Shake comes back, or even the McRib (like a zombie back from the grave) returns. We felt it was time to take a McLook back at some McDonald’s menu items that McFailed miserably. Some odd items are still available regionally, and some of these misguided food options were [...]

The Battle of Girl Versus High Heel Boots [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:15:13 +0000

Old “giraffe knees” here is clearly the underdog in this fight. She pretty much lost this fight the moment she left the apartment. I understand the importance of wearing sexy high heeled shoes, but let’s pick our battles wisely ladies. If you are a tall lanky clumsy girl who has trouble keeping your balance [...]

Girl Gives Herself 'Atomic Wedgie' Climbing Fence

Emerald Catron — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:09:45 +0000

A wedgie has to be one of the most humiliating, yet mostly harmless, experiences those people we gave all those wedgies too ever had. Don’t believe us? Watch this NSFW video. But now they can look on the bright side — at least they didn’t do it to themselves. In front of thousands of people. [...]

The Best Stupid Game Show Answers in One Handy Video

Emerald Catron — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:25:18 +0000

Why spend time clicking related videos on YouTube, when you can have all the stupid game show answers compiled into one convenient video? It’s no secret that we love game show fails, so obviously we’re big fans of this compilation. Plus it also takes us back to a different age of television, so we can [...]

YouTube Hair Tutorial Goes Terribly Wrong

Emerald Catron — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:30:21 +0000

Hopefully anybody who’s tempted to watch this for actual advice watches all the way through first, rather than just follow along. This girl straight up burns off a massive chunk of her hair using a curling wand. The best part is her confused reaction. Or maybe it’s when the hair just sort of magically (thanks, [...]

10 Hilariously Painful Treadmill Fails

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:55:20 +0000

If there’s one thing humans rule at most, it’s creating the funniest fails to ever hit the Web. This is particularly true when the circumstances involve a little risk, a lot of courage and a whole lot of oblivion. Ladies and gents, say hello to treadmill fails. Think about it– when you combine a speeding [...]

10 Hilariously Painful Moonwalk Fails

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:11 +0000

When it comes to gettin’ down on the dance floor, there are a few moves that have stood the test of time. Maybe you like a classic jig, or perhaps the percolator is more your style. But there is, however, one dance that gets people of all ages boogieing: the Moonwalk. It turns out YouTubers [...]

10 Awkwardly Hilarious Proposal Fails

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:30:13 +0000

February 14th is upon us, so it's time to whip out all the lovey dovey cliches, y'all. We're talking about the stuff we expect on V-Day-- the chocolates, roses and, of course, the proposal stories. It's a pretty cute idea to propose to your significant other on the most romantic day of the year, but with that comes a big, big risk-- that other person might say no. Yikes.

World Ranked Ski Jumper – Epic Fail

Wes Styles — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:05:58 +0000

This guy is “highly ranked” in the Top 10 of world of Ski Jumping but judging by this video, makes me wonder. This video was shot at a competition this past Sunday, Jan 30 A slip and a tumble gives us this new gem of internet fail. Enjoy

Epic Win Compilation Reminds Us That 'People Are Awesome'

Emerald Catron — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:34:05 +0000

Sure, we love a good “fail” video just as much as the next guy. How awesome is it when the person actually lands the jump, though? Pretty awesome, it turns out. Don’t take our word for it — watch this video. ‘PEOPLE ARE AWESOME 2013′ is the sequel to the incredibly popular original ‘PEOPLE ARE [...]

This is Easily the Lamest 'Wheel of Fortune' Fail Ever

Emerald Catron — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:00:07 +0000

Wow. This lady is going to have to attribute this to sheer panic, because this is just about the most unhip ‘Wheel of Fortune’ blunder ever. It’s one thing to make a mistake. It’s an entirely different thing to think ‘I Have the Wine’ is a song by Johnny Cash. We know who has the [...]

2012′s Best Water Slide Fails

Tom Blunt — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:30:05 +0000

Of 2012′s many fails, we have a soft spot for those involving water slides, mudslides, slip n’ slides, and… well, you get the idea.One or two from this compilation showed up in our summer roundup of water slide fails, but for the most part it’s a fresh batch of bumped noggins, scraped knees, and bruised [...]