scary

  • Responding to this ad would seem to be a really, really bad idea

    The person who spent good money taking out this ad may very well be as frightening as a man who grabs random butts in public places is disgusting. Responding to the ad would probably be a bad thing for everyone involved. ...
  • Brozo the Creepy Clown threatens Twitter imposter, lives up to name

    Victor Trujillo, the guy behind Brozo el Payaso Tenebroso (Brozo the Creepy Clown), had this to say about an anonymous Twitter user who impersonated co-star Marissa Rivera. Ya estamos sobre tí. Estamos muy cerca de tí. Ya estás en peligro ya te chingaste. Approximate translation: you are in...
  • Woman travels 200+ miles to kill rude commenter

    Most people who have grown up with computers have dabbled in little comment trolling at one stage or another. Many times, it is just a bit of semi-harmless fun, where nobody really gets hurt – but some people carry things too far, or react too strongly to things they...
  • Better ways to earn a Darwin award: Roping into an active volcano

    Rappelling, abseiling, whatever you want to call it is a reasonably safe activity when you control all of the elements of risk and don’t have a lake of molten rock bubbling away beneath you… not to mention the toxic gases. All ended well this time. From Mike: Lava lakes...
  • Brave man shuts down club with own urine

    Guenther Hart managed to kill the party at Munich’s Americanos club when he urinated on an electrical outlet. Fortunately for 27-year-old Guenther, his urine short-circuited the electrics and not his penis. He was escorted out of the club by bouncers but was unable to explain why he did what...
  • Thousands die texting and driving

    Here is a staggering statistic: in 2008 almost 6000 people died in cell phone-related accidents in the United States. Cell phone-related means that the people involved in the accidents were using their cell phones in some way while operating their vehicles. Whether they were text, calling, or just browsing...
  • Bus driver Kindles and drives

    A 40-year-old TriMet bus driver in Portland, Oregon is on administrative leave after a passenger filmed him reading a Kindle while he was driving. The passenger in question – who wishes to remain anonymous – decided to start filming when saw the driver, Lahcen Qouchbane, reach into his bag,...
  • Space, it’s hell on your fingernails

    Apparently, the worst thing about going to space is what happens to your fingernails. A recent study of the injuries suffered by astronauts found that at least 22 had experienced fingernail delamination (fingernail loss). While 22 separate cases might not sound like a lot, when you consider how many...
  • Trojan horse uses porn browsing habits for blackmail material

    A new piece of malicious software doing the rounds on file sharing networks packs a nasty surprise. Kenzero Trojan, which come by way of Japan, gathers information about porn browsing habits (including browser history, favorites, illegally-downloaded porn, and clipboard content) and then uploads said information to a public website...