Somewhere in the world (let’s be honest — usually Florida) hilariously bizarre things happen every day. So when some people say that the news is boring, we bet they probably never stumbled upon ridiculous, weird, and straight-up stupid stories that made it both to TV and print.
Thanks to the "Internet’s Craziest Headlines" Twitter account, these people might be proved wrong. From "China may be using sea to hide its submarines" to "Large cat spotted" to "Man sold TV to buy remote", the creators of this account bring the most bizarre collection of titles and captions for you to enjoy.
So get ready to witness a whole new level of absurdity because Bored Panda has selected some of the best posts this account had to offer. Continue scrolling and upvote the ones that made you scratch your head the most! After you’re done with this post, you can find some more headline goodness right here and here.
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Some say "You can’t judge a book by its cover", but it seems that plenty of people decide whether an article is worth reading or a news segment worth watching just by their titles. According to Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger, 8 out of 10 people will read the headline, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest.
After all, getting your title clicked on is hard work. It has to be specific, rewarding, and intriguing all at the same time. Plus, it has to be useful if your goal is to reach more people. The headline is the first (and sometimes the only!) impression you make on a potential reader.
"Writing a great headline doesn’t guarantee the success of your writing. The benefit conveyed in the headline still needs to be properly satisfied in the body," Clark wrote. "But great body content with a bad or even marginal headline is doomed to go largely unread."
“Oh poor barney why did i? Officer arrest me please”
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I think this is the first time I've seen a mugshot with actual remorse.
And it's for the death of someone who doesn't even exist!
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He looks completely lost and distraught. I bet he’s a good friend and a wonderful person.
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This one is just sad. Nothing funny about a distraught, mentally ill person.
My imaginary friend was a horse called Vinegar. I'm assuming at some point I let her free to roam the wilderness.
I never had an imaginary friend and I felt left out since everyone else would tell stories about theirs....so I made up 10 clones of myself. Even I had trouble keeping track of where they were supposed to be.
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This happens to a lot of people with Schizophrenia. My best friend's dad had a mental break and called the police on himself because he was convinced he murdered his whole family.Everyone was just at school or work.
Oh god, the poor guy! I hope he got helpful help ... :(
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Oh no, this is very sad. That poor man. I hope he gets the help he needs.
Look at the remorse. Give that man a chance but give him some mental health therapy before releasing him.
My Dad flushed my brother's imaginary friend Judy down the toilet when "she" scratched his car with some keys. I imagine my brother's face looked a lot like this guy's.
Probably as crazy as wherever you are but due to not being allowed to say this person's name on the news. They say Florida man which became a meme.
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This isn't funny, it's sad as f**k. He's probably schizophrenic. Hope that shuts up the "edgy" kids who think it's "cool" to have SERIOUS MENTAL DISORDERS
At least he's remorseful. He's got a much lesser chance of killing again
He didn’t actually kill anyone—he was having schizophrenic delusions
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Florida Man - not the superhero we wanted, but the superhero we got stuck with.
After he does this five more times, he can then kill someone for real -- and get away with it. Everyone knows he's just a nut, so he would kill a real person only by accident.
Or back on his meds. I have a schizophrenic nephew and he says the meds make you feel unreal, like you’re made of plastic or something, and knowing that makes it much more understandable why so many schizophrenics go off their meds. He currently has a girlfriend, which in turn gives him a lot of impetus to stay on his!
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Dude needs serious rehab if he can't even get along with an imaginary friend!
I would have edited this headline. "Florida Man" and "On Drugs" is duplicative. Just go with "Man on Drugs Kills Imaginary Friend & Turns Himself In" or "Florida Man Kills..."
And don’t be schizophrenic kids—avoid it like it’ll kill ya
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florida man: he he sniffle nevr did anything wong i just was mad and we got into a sniffle fight and i killed him sniffle i miss jack already i deserve to die sniffle
Lina Survila, the editor in chief of Abstract Stylist online magazine, has years of experience working in the press. She told Bored Panda in a previous interview that "editors are often pressured to bring better results with each article, so headline wars have become the real deal today."
She argued that there's a fine line between an informative headline and a fake one. “First, we all need to know that headlines play a big role in Google's ranking magic. Every editor has a wish for their article to reach the top position, meaning more clicks if a user is often searching for it," Lina explained.
"So because an editor wants to reach more people, they end up using trendy keywords which result in misleading headlines," Lina said and added that it happens more often than you’d think.
The founder of Abstract Stylist also mentioned that "clickbait headlines often mislead people, and those who do not bother to open the article might mislead other people too by spreading the wrong message. For example, recently, I read that K. Reaves is married to Winona Ryder, well, it was stated in the headline, and actually, they were married in the movie."
However, it turns out that readers also contribute to spreading misleading information — some people share links on their social media feeds without ever reading what’s inside. In 2016, satirical news site The Science Post published an article with a troubling headline: "Study: 70% of Facebook users only read the headline of science stories before commenting". However, the body of the article contained nothing more than "lorem ipsum” placeholder text. But nearly 46K people shared the post.
According to a study by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute, 59 percent of links shared on social media have never actually been opened and read.
"People are more willing to share an article than read it," study co-author Arnaud Legout said. "This is typical of modern information consumption. People form an opinion based on a summary, or a summary of summaries, without making the effort to go deeper," he said.
This is why I like to remind people that there's a sliding scale between "People who just think that anthropomorphic animals are neat/easy to draw" and THIS in the Furry Fandom. They're not all weirdos, I swear.
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Anyone else find it boring that like half of these are fake? I'd have thought there is enough crazy headlines out there to not having to include fake ones.
I mean... Just call it "Funny Fake Headlines." Seriously. Bored Panda thinks we're all idiots.
BP articles like this would be a lot better if you weeded out the ones that were actually satire
What I understand from this post : Florida is one heck of a crazy place
The real lesson here: Florida has public record laws that make it easier to write articles like this about the dumb things they do.
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As a Floridian I love reading these Florida Man posts because they are hilarious
This whole thing reminds me of a channel called Gray still plays!! Haha!
They're not crazy headlines if they're made up! Please don't put fake headlines to fake stories in posts like this.
I remember seeing a few of these such as the one about Michigan schools and kitty litter fir furries.
Well, my ex is from Florida, guess that explains a few things. I seem to have dodged a bullet
Just Google Florida Man and follow with your birth month and day... It never disappoints
I enjoy a "Florida Man" joke as much as the next person, but it should always be noted that the REASON Florida has so many crazy headlines is at least partially because of public record laws in Florida. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
Let's keep in mind that part of the reason we see so many "Florida Man" headlines that it's become a meme is that the media has more access to police records due to freedom of information laws in Florida. People from other states do crazy stuff as well, we just don't hear about it as much.
Anyone else find it boring that like half of these are fake? I'd have thought there is enough crazy headlines out there to not having to include fake ones.
I mean... Just call it "Funny Fake Headlines." Seriously. Bored Panda thinks we're all idiots.
BP articles like this would be a lot better if you weeded out the ones that were actually satire
What I understand from this post : Florida is one heck of a crazy place
The real lesson here: Florida has public record laws that make it easier to write articles like this about the dumb things they do.
Load More Replies... As a Floridian I love reading these Florida Man posts because they are hilarious
This whole thing reminds me of a channel called Gray still plays!! Haha!
They're not crazy headlines if they're made up! Please don't put fake headlines to fake stories in posts like this.
I remember seeing a few of these such as the one about Michigan schools and kitty litter fir furries.
Well, my ex is from Florida, guess that explains a few things. I seem to have dodged a bullet
Just Google Florida Man and follow with your birth month and day... It never disappoints
I enjoy a "Florida Man" joke as much as the next person, but it should always be noted that the REASON Florida has so many crazy headlines is at least partially because of public record laws in Florida. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
Let's keep in mind that part of the reason we see so many "Florida Man" headlines that it's become a meme is that the media has more access to police records due to freedom of information laws in Florida. People from other states do crazy stuff as well, we just don't hear about it as much.
