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Bad Ideas
Sept. 30, 2014
Woman Arrested for DUI Just Wanted Some Pizza
“Police say the Dominos Web site was loaded on her phone’s Web browser.”
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 26, 2014
Mail Carrier Actually Mail Hoarder
That’s a lot of undelivered mail.
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 25, 2014
Teacher Resigns After Telling Students She Wants to Program Robots to Kill Them
What’s the big deal?
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 19, 2014
Maybe Don’t Wear Shirts With ‘ISIS’ on Them, Especially While Flying
Not the brightest idea.
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 18, 2014
Lawyer Suspended for Photoshopping Herself Into Dozens of Celebrity Pictures
You mean she
doesn’t
know Fran Drescher?
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 17, 2014
American Man Tries to Swim to North Korea to Chill With Kim Jong-un
… Dennis Rodman?
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 15, 2014
Urban Outfitters Kent State Sweatshirt on eBay
“I’m gonna give 50% of the profit to The Southern Poverty Law Center.”
By
Jessica Roy
Sept. 11, 2014
Teen Petitions School for Cat Yearbook Photo
You’re gonna regret this, kid.
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Sept. 10, 2014
Teen Remembers Beloved Pet Rat by Turning Its Dead Body Into a Helicopter
The best way to solve this city’s rat problem is to turn them into helicopters.
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
Aug. 12, 2014
Columbia Cancels Concert, Solves Campus Assault
“We feel strongly that this is a band-aid, not a solution, in the fight against sexual assault on Columbia’s campus.”
By
Jessica Roy
bad ideas
July 13, 2014
New York Beachgoers Fail to Appreciate Nazi Symbol Banner
A good way to ruin a sunny day.
By
Caroline Bankoff
bad ideas
July 10, 2014
White House Ditches Bowling Alley Renovations
Just hours after soliciting bids. Someone messed up.
By
Adam K. Raymond
bad ideas
June 20, 2014
Obama Caricature Becomes Urinal Cake at Faith and Freedom Conference
Today in poor taste.
By
Joe Coscarelli
horrible racists
June 2, 2014
Donald Sterling Showed Up to a Black Church Service: The Awkward Photos
Why, Donald Sterling? Just … why?
By
Joe Coscarelli
neighborhood news
May 15, 2014
New Hostel Changes Domestic Violence Room Names
“I just don’t want to offend anyone,” said the owner.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
May 8, 2014
Throwing Things Over the White House Fence Still Not Allowed
Two people were taken into custody and the building was locked down for the second time in three days.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
Apr. 23, 2014
Columbia Served Sexual Violence Prevention Cake
Unsurprisingly, no one ate it and it was promptly removed.
By
Joe Coscarelli
new jersey man
Apr. 23, 2014
What’s Worse Than Blowing $135,000 at a Strip Club?
Using the credit card you share with your father.
By
Joe Coscarelli
unhappy employees
Apr. 3, 2014
Court Reporter Wrote ‘I Hate My Job’
One way to get the point across.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
Feb. 8, 2014
George Zimmerman’s Celebrity Boxing Match Has Been Canceled
This is probably for the best.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the bitcoin economy
July 1, 2013
The Winklevoss Twins Are Starting a Bitcoin Fund
If that’s your kind of thing.
By
Kevin Roose
bad ideas
June 10, 2013
Man Mails White Powder, Innocently
Oops.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
June 3, 2013
Father of ‘Adolf Hitler’ Fights for Custody in Nazi Uniform
Good luck with that.
By
Joe Coscarelli
goldman gods
Apr. 12, 2013
Goldman Sachs Invests in Innovative Web-Based Muppet Factory
You, too, can lose money buying stocks!
By
Kevin Roose
bad ideas
Apr. 8, 2013
Guantanamo-Themed Coachella Party Offers ‘Pleasurable Torture’ [Updated]
Start your outrage engines.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
Feb. 8, 2013
School Field Trip to Shooting Simulator Frowned Upon
Too soon.
By
Joe Coscarelli
photo op
Feb. 5, 2013
Standing on a Frozen Pond: Still Dangerous
Two people were rescued from Central Park today after falling into the frozen pond.
By
Dan Amira
bad ideas
Jan. 8, 2013
Very Patriotic Man Arrested for Climbing Sunken Sandy Roller Coaster
He “did it for America.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
hurricane sandy
Nov. 27, 2012
Sunken Roller Coaster Will Not Remain As a Shrine to Death and Destruction
The mayor of Seaside Heights regrets his idea.
By
Joe Coscarelli
technology
Jan. 18, 2012
Teens Are Supposedly Showing Each Other Their Passwords, All Willy-Nilly
It’s like sex, but stupider.
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
Aug. 12, 2011
NYC Gym Offering 9/11 Deal
Read the fine print!
By
Joe Coscarelli
bad ideas
June 19, 2011
Obama Impersonator Asked to Leave Stage at Republican Leadership Conference
Even Republicans didn’t find the Obama impersonator funny.
By
Bryan Hood
bad ideas
Mar. 25, 2011
Meet Another Contender for the Worst Mother in the World
Because 8-year-olds shouldn’t even know what Botox is.
By
Julie Gerstein
bad ideas
Mar. 2, 2011
New Hero: California Woman Survives a 35-Mile Ride on the Hood of a Minivan
California is quickly gaining on Florida in crazy-making.
By
Julie Gerstein
ballsy crime
June 11, 2010
‘Wall Street Warrior’ Guy de Chimay Used Client Funds to Pay for Divorce, Hamptons Mansion
So alleges the SEC, gleefully.
By
Jessica Pressler
bad ideas
Dec. 6, 2009
CBS Encourages People to Give the Gift of a Pap Smear
That’s probably not a good idea.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Oct. 22, 2009
Newt Gingrich Will Reenact a Revolutionary War Battle on Twitter
This should be interesting.
By
Adam K. Raymond
bad ideas
May 5, 2009
Lower Manhattan Flyover Photos Won’t Be Released
Apparently, these publicity photos have outlived their usefulness.
By
Dan Amira
bad ideas
May 4, 2009
Brooklyn Steppers Leader Accused of Sexual Relations With Band Member
He says he’s innocent; 2,999 texts in one month, and a lot of other damning evidence, say otherwise.
By
Dan Amira
bad ideas
Apr. 29, 2009
FAA Not Oblivious, Just Indifferent
Memo shows the FAA knew the White House photo op would freak people out.
By
Dan Amira
bad ideas
Apr. 28, 2009
Everybody’s Furious Over the White House’s Plane Debacle
Doesn’t anyone in the White House know how to use Photoshop?
By
Dan Amira
bad ideas
Apr. 27, 2009
Low-Flying Plane Causes Mild Freak-out
Buildings were evacuated downtown after planes and fighter jets were seen circling the city.
By
Dan Amira
terrorists of the sky
Feb. 12, 2009
Scientists’ Bird-Tracking Program Doomed to Fail
Sure, let’s just hand some high-tech equipment over to the terrorists. Unbelievable.
By
Dan Amira