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    Headline Fails #9

    [caption id="attachment_25198" align="aligncenter" caption="I didn't know Clean Cookstoves could draw. I knew we were screwing ourselves with artificial intelligence, but I didn't know it was this far along."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25199" align="aligncenter" caption="Really, Apple and Facebook are threats to freedom. As opposed to giant corporations who are treated like humans but not liable for their actions. Or possibly small things like limiting speech, or you know, invading armies. "][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25200" align="aligncenter" caption="When did it become that whenever anything goes wrong the terrorists win? If we lose a game of chess, do the Terrorists win too?"][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #8: Looks like CNN is leaving work before 5

    [caption id="attachment_25193" align="aligncenter" caption="Yes, it's fucking OK to leave a job at 5 PM..."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25194" align="aligncenter" caption="Yes, it's fucking OK to leave a job at 5:30 PM... Also, Changing out story a bit CNN?"][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25195" align="aligncenter" caption="Really, You're now congratulating us for leaving at 5:30, aren't you special CNN."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #7

    [caption id="attachment_25186" align="aligncenter" caption="Aren't all magic tricks stolen from one another?"][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25187" align="aligncenter" caption="Slip-Sliding away? I'm surprised they didn't have Simon & Garfunkel playing in the background."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25188" align="aligncenter" caption="Really, searching on Bit-Torrent (Or an MP3 Player) can increase Accidents. Hmm... maybe because your attention is diverted. So can thinking I guess."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #6

    [caption id="attachment_25173" align="aligncenter" caption="Does this also hold true for "vertically challenged" men as well? "][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25172" align="aligncenter" caption="I'm all for punishment of people who wear 'saggy pants', but why not just de-pants them? Wouldn't the humiliation work better? Although having a big headline in the paper might work just that much better."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25183" align="aligncenter" caption="Really? How can a Trojan trigger a Typhoon."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #5

    [caption id="attachment_25166" align="aligncenter" caption="Really, Comparing Castro to Hitler? Bad taste"][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" caption="Did the Cracker Barrel really shoot somebody? Could have said "A Shooting at a Cracker Barrel..." would have made it much clearer."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25165" align="aligncenter" caption="Are there really notifications that say "Tornado Coming, Take shelter"? I thought it was just sirens."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #4

    Yet more headline failures and questions. [caption id="attachment_25147" align="aligncenter" caption="Army of Cloud Monkeys... hmm... I didn't know you could open source Monkeys."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25148" align="aligncenter" caption="Really... Google Put False Start SSL down like a pet? I think they realized it wasn't going to work, it wasn't a pet."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25149" align="aligncenter" caption="..."Nourish them"... while technically correct, shouldn't it be something like "as the Fungi that provide nourishment for them", or something similar? Weird wording on that one."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #3

    Yet more headline failures....

    [caption id="attachment_25027" align="aligncenter" caption="Does Reuters even have a clue as to what SNAFU stands for? I doubt it. SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Couldn't they be sued for libel or defamation because they're insinuating that UCLA's admissions is always fucked up."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25145" align="aligncenter" caption="Just because we use 'Green Jobs' in the Headline, do we have to automatically go to a plant-based pun?"][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25146" align="aligncenter" caption="Hmm... You might want to clarify that they're removing a Computer Virus, not condoms."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #2

    More stupid headlines from around the Internet.

    [caption id="attachment_25030" align="aligncenter" caption="Okay, It is "HP" no "H-P". This is not fucking Harry Potter."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25029" align="aligncenter" caption="Did we not account for an apostrophe? I don't think we did."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25028" align="aligncenter" caption=""Looses"? Is that even a fucking word? I know it is, what is this, Ye Olde English? Maybe "Unleashes" or "Loosens". Sigh..."][/caption]

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    Headline Fails #1

    Here are some headlines that are just completely and total epic fails:

    [caption id="attachment_25033" align="aligncenter" caption="Awkward wording on this one"][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25032" align="aligncenter" caption="Does there really need to be a dash? I don't think so. "Phone Hacking" would be alright."][/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_25031" align="aligncenter" caption="I know 'nearer' is an actual word, but wouldn't the word "closer" just sound better? I think so."][/caption]

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    Fubaring Snafus

    Let me forewarn you that there is quite a bit of colorful language is the following post. If you are not comfortable with it, stop reading now.

    Okay, since you're still reading you obviously aren't afraid of some language. Let's get some definitions out of the way first. FUBAR is an acronym that means Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. The 'R' can also stand for repair. SNAFU is an acronym for Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Below are my thoughts regarding these words.

    I was talking to somebody earlier today about how a certain situation is the same as it was before and that nothing has changed. We both remarked how it's just a big SNAFU. But then I got to thinking, the situation is really just fucked up. However, it cannot be FUBAR, since it's still recognizable.

    I then came to the conclusion that you cannot have a FUBAR'd SNAFU. Why, you may ask, it's quite simple. If something is FUBAR, by its very definition it's not recognizable.

    However, a situation can just be at its standard and normal way of being, and be fucked up. Since the situation is still normal, and thereby recognizable, it cannot be FUBAR. Since it's still recognizable.

    It's an interesting thing to think about when it comes down to it.

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