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That's Depressing
http://www.thatsdepressing.com
ThatsDepressing.com seeks to provide you with the saddest, most pathetic news stories out there. Whether you're looking for global catastrophes or simple screwups, you'll find them here with ample commentary.
- Added on: Jul 7th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Michael Giuffrida
- Listed in: News & Media Satirical News
- Tags: news commentary sad pathetic depressing
Recent Posts
It’s not just chocolate — about the global food shortage
Globally, food prices have risen by 65% over the past half a decade. Globally, we’ll spend 21% more on imported food than we did just last year. Globally, food reserves haven’t been lower in 35 years. EcoWorldy has an eye-opening article ...
Farenheit 451’s seashells and 1984’s Newspeak combine to make “all other modes of thought impossible”
The sound-producing microwave ray gun the Sierra Nevada Corporation has been designing is now ready to be built through a Navy research contract. The ray gun, Medusa (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio), emits microwave radiation that heats up y...
Bertha becomes hurricane
Almost a month later than last year’s first hurricane (Andrea), Bertha has become a hurricane, kicking off the Atlantic hurricane season (well, it technically starts June 1st and ends November 30 anyway). At a maximum of 75mph, Bertha has almos...
Chocolate supplies short
CNN.com is running an article predicting chocolate to become like caviar within 20 years, due to overworked soil, unsustainable farming techniques and the destruction of the rainforests. Now THAT’S depressing....
Jet’s nose punched in
The nose of a Northwest Airlines jet caved in somewhere between Detroit and Tampa. How does that even happen? The only bird massive enough to do that is a penguin. Wait a minute.....
Merriam-Webster adds new words, is wrong
Merriam-Webster is trying to stay up-to-date on the new lingo and just barely missing the mark.. well.. failing miserably. MW has added over a hundred words to the eleventh edition of its Collegiate Dictionary, which is weird since the eleventh editi...
