A lot has been lost in the year 2016:respect for Rory Gilmore, American democracy, and many beloved stars.

The year started with January's devastating David Bowie and Alan Rickman one-two punch and has stayed consistently awful since.

Twitter user @L3GSV paid tribute to those lost with an In Memoriam Christmas tree, recalling everyone from Nancy Reagan to the guy who played R2D2, Leonard Cohen to the European Union.

It's the circle of life: celebrating the birth of Jesus while mourning the deaths of heroes.

Here's the list of the late, great ornaments, to be read while listening to "Hallelujah."

• David Bowie
• Toblerone
• Alan Rickman
• The EU
• Vine
• Prince
• Lemmy
• Phife Dawg
• Pete Burns
• Leonard Cohen
• Ronnie Corbett
• Fidel Castro
• Gene Wilder
• Muhammed Ali

We'll remember you. Always.

On Thursday, CNNNew Day reporter Alisyn Camerota was so gobsmacked listening to a Trump voter try to tell her that illegal voting was somehow legal in California that she pulled an actual facepalm.

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump, who did not win the popular vote, tweeted, without citing any proof, that he did win the popular vote, if you don't count the "millions of people who voted illegally."

So now, of course, people believe that there were millions of illegal voters, when there really weren't. If there were, you'd think that Trump would want to know about it, but clearly he doesn't, as he is trying to stop the recount in Michigan.

In the clip, Camerota, who was speaking that day to a small group of Trump supporters, is told by one woman that three million people voted illegally in California. When Camerota asks the woman where she got that information, she answers "the media." Ah, yes, THE media.

When pressed to name which media, specifically, she heard that from, the woman replies, "Some of it was CNN, I believe." (It wasn't.)

The Trump supporters also said that President Obama had said that millions of illegal people could vote (he did not), and when Camerota asked them where they heard that, the answers were "Google it," and "Facebook."

Camerota found the source of that "information," which, as it turns out, was from Fox Business. Surprise!

Camerota then asks the group if they really believe that millions of people voted illegally in this country, at which point the same woman informs her, "California allows it." Illegal voting. California ALLOWS "illegal" voting. And Camerota literally facepalms.

God help us all.

In mid-November, rumors swirled that reality show royalty Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick may be back together after splitting in the summer of 2015. Now, multiple sources have confirmed to E! News that the two are indeed a couple once again. You have our permission to exhale.

Apparently, the two have been romantically involved for a few months, but have been keeping it quiet (no small feat, considering that the tabloids are all over them and they're on a reality show). They're still not living together, but have been spending a lot of time together, both alone and with their three kids Mason, Penelope, and Reign.

Like so many Kardashian relationships, part of the reason for their split had to do with too much partying—in this case, by Scott. But according to a source, "Scott's mellowed out a lot and hasn't been partying." Now the only party he's interested in is the long, slow party of committed monogamy and fatherhood (a.k.a. passing out watching Netflix).

Although they've been apart for more than a year, Kardashian and Disick were still amicable the entire time. They continued to see each other to spend time with their children—maybe all that facetime is what rekindled their romance.

Will it last this time? Or will they continue to be our favorite on-again-off-again celebrity couple? Either way, our trust in true love hangs in the balance.

"Sometimes God just sends you the material," wrote Mohammed Amer.

The Arab-American comedian was en route from New York to Scotland when he was bumped up to first class and seated next to none other than Eric Trump, charmingly assigned to spend six hours side-by-side. He knew he had the privilege of proximity to the royal family, not only because of Trump's unforgettable face and the TRUMP FAMILY CREST on his baby blue sweater.

Amer did not throw away his shot to ask the incoming-First Son and integral part of the Trump propaganda corps a few questions about the future of America.

“Good news guys Muslims will not have to check in and get IDs. That’s what I was told," he wrote in the post.

The accomplished comedian, best known for being a third of the trio Allah Made Me Funny, told BuzzFeed,"So when I walked into the plane I was like, ‘what is this?’ This is obviously from Allah, Allah is just trying to hook me up right now. That’s what’s happening."

According to BuzzFeed, Amer and Trump exchanged pleasantries, and Amer told him, "You have no idea how fantastic this is for me right now. My name is Mohammed. Salams. I’m a standup comedian. This is fantastic for me."

They talked for a good half an hour before E.T. fell asleep.

Amer addressed Trump straight-on about his daddy's proposed Muslim ban and registry, to which he replied, "Ah, come on, man. You can’t believe everything you read. Do you really think we’re gonna do that?"

The comedian got serious, asking Trump about the crazy, hate-filled campaign, to which"he basically acknowledged the fact that his father played this thing like a mad genius and that’s how he got elected and he admitted it."

Amer got a scary insight into the Trump machine, adding, “He also seemed disconnected from the reality of race attacks and violence. The vibe that I got, this was a game to them and they had no regrets and they did it to win and they will most likely keep doing it."

Hopefully meeting a real, live Muslim could somehow help the Trumps find the humanity in themselves to see the humanity in others.

Oh, also, it's worth noting that Amer told BuzzFeed that he didn't vote, but would have if Bernie Sanders was on the ticket. Never meet your heroes.

Prior to their courthouse wedding, Tennessee newlywed Ariel Desiree McRae went with her fiancé to a Pandora Jewelry store to purchase rings, but what they got were insults.

According to Ariel's post which has now been shared over 45K times, the two settled for a $130 sterling silver and cubic zirconium set that was within their modest budget. While the woman who had been helping them left to literally ring them up, another clerk came over and said, "Y'all can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic."

What do you even say to that?

It would be so tempting to lose it right there in the store, but Ariel recognized the moment for what it was, writing, "Old Ariel would have ripped that woman a new one. Mature Ariel said, 'It isn't the ring that matters, it is the love that goes into buying one that is.'"

Take that, De Beers!

As Ariel asks in her post, when did falling in love become a good reason to scam people our of their money?

Y'all I would have gotten married to this man if it had been a 25¢ gum ball machine ring. When did our nation fall so far to think the only way a man can truly love a woman is if he buys her $3,000+ jewelry and makes a public decree of his affection with said flashy ring? Sure they are nice, sure the sentiment is wonderful and I'm not trying to cut down any of your experiences, but when did it come to all that? Why do material possessions equate love??

Ariel breathed new life into what wedding rings should be about, touching hundreds of other women who began sharing their similar stories.

That awful clerk may have tried to guilt this couple into buying a ring outside of their means, but she ended up reminding everyone to buy a ring with meaning.

Here's the post in it's entirety:

My husband doesn't have a lot, neither of us do. We scrape and scrape to pay bills and put food in our bellies, but after almost 2 years of dating we decided that we couldn't wait anymore, so we didn't.

I wasn't even thinking about rings, I just wanted to marry my best friend, but he wouldn't have it. He scraped up just enough money to buy me two matching rings from Pandora. Sterling silver and CZ to be exact. That's what sits on my ring finger, and I am so in love with them.

While we were purchasing my rings however, another lady that was working there came over to help the lady selling them to us. She said, "Y'all can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic." When she said that I watched my now husband's face fall. He already felt bad because he couldn't afford the pear-shaped set that so obviously had my heart and covered my Pinterest page. He already felt like a failure, asking me again and again "Are you sure you'll be happy with these? Are you sure this is okay?" He was so upset at the idea of not making
me happy enough and of me not wanting to marry him because my rings didn't cost enough money or weren't flashy enough.

Old Ariel would have ripped that woman a new one. Mature Ariel said, "It isn't the ring that matters, it is the love that goes into buying one that is." We bought the rings and left.

Y'all I would have gotten married to this man if it had been a 25¢ gum ball machine ring. When did our nation fall so far to think the only way a man can truly love a woman is if he buys her $3,000+ jewelry and makes a public decree of his affection with said flashy ring? Sure they are nice, sure the sentiment is wonderful and I'm not trying to cut down any of your experiences, but when did it come to all that? Why do material possessions equate love??

My husband was so afraid of me not wanting him because he couldn't afford a piece of jewelry. He was afraid that the love I have for him would pale because he couldn't afford the wedding set I wanted. The world has made it this way and it is so sad.

But here I am though, Court-House married, $130 ring set, the love of my life by my side and happier than I could ever imagine.

On Thursday, the House Science Committee, whose official position on climate change will now be that it isn't real, tweeted a link to an article from Breitbart, the "alt-right" (translation: racist, anti-Semitic) website at which Trump's Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was executive chair. In exchange for the article, written by noted non-scientist James Delingpole, they were treated to a bit of humor from former Democratic presidential candidate and current Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders.

Sanders, responding to the article from such an unreliable source, tweeted back, "Where'd you get your PhD? Trump University?"

Hopefully Sanders' hot take doesn't add too much to what is already the hottest year on record. Hey, Science Committee, need a little Neosporin for that burn?

Precious jewel Kendall Jenner was taking no chances at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris this week, the same city where her sister was robbed at gunpoint in October. According to Page Six, Jenner had her own security detail on top of the crazy amount of security precautions already put in place at the fashion show. That's pretty damn secure.

A source said that the Grand Palais was outfitted with a "sky-high" amount of security for the world famous underwear show, even having sniffer dogs and barricades on the premises. There were also strict rules put in place to keep the models and performers safe. For example, no cars were allowed to park at the venue, and were only allowed to drop off talent and immediately drive off. Even VIP's like Lady Gaga, Adriana Lima and Bruno Mars had to walk around the block and wait to be picked up.

An insider told Page Six that Jenner was only interested in interacting with her team and fellow model Gigi Hadid. They divulged that the 21-year-old model "wanted nothing to do with anyone except the people doing her hair and makeup, her handler and Gigi." Jenner also had her security team on hand while attending the after party. Hm, maybe she was just using them as an excuse to be anti-social, which would kind of be a brilliant plan.

This insane story from Reddit's infamous "TIFU" subreddit is almost too classic a cheating trope to be real. It's like if you turned Jerry Springer into a sitcom. But at least it has a valuable lesson at the end.

Well, not really. But at least it's some fascinating drama you can munch popcorn to while you decide if there's really a dude out there living a sitcom-style misunderstanding and finding himself pantsless out in the cold.

I'll start with some background. This woman and I have been dating for about 2 months now yet I have never seen her residence. After a week of me pestering her she finally says yes, tells me to come over after work. We get off at 2 in the morning which made me assume I would be staying the night, bought a bottle of booze to help the night along.

This is where the FU starts. I pull up to the address she gave me and park a house away as per her request, it is a very nice house way out of the price range of what we make. Seeing this I assume she still lives with her parents which isn't to odd for a person in their low 20's (we both are), explains why she didn't want me over. Right?

Spoiler alert: WRONG.

After a very fun night of drinking and watching movies she leads me into a bedroom that looks like my grandparents, no color, a nightstand with pill bottles and a real alarm clock on it. Didn't think to much about it, big mistake. After doing the deed and being rather drunk we pass out. Waking up to her phone alarm going off and her yelling "OH SHIT OH SHIT HIDE NOW" I get shuffled into a closet, NAKED!

If this were a TV show, and it may as well be, this would be the first commercial break. So let's enjoy a commercial now.

Now welcome back to Oh Woops: Cheaters!

..... Been hiding for a while between a wall of clothes and damn GUN SAFE. I am trying to decide if I should yell "Leroy Jenkiiiiins!" or "no one expects the Spanish inquisition!" to start my naked dash to my clothes and then freedom, then comes an older sounding voice and the sounds of love making shortly after.... 'Oh shit her parents are home!' I think to myself, now my options are trying to sneak out or doing the respectable thing and introducing my naked self as their daughters boyfriend. I make the safe choice and sit there for what seems like hours. Eventually the door opens and my girlfriend is standing there signaling me to be quiet and come out. I lunge from my throne of old shoes and face plant hard, my legs have never been more asleep. I hear a voice from bed saying "babe what is going on" and then i see a 60+ y/o general manager from a different shift sit up and stare into my naked soul. All hell breaks loose and I sprint towards the door eating shit on the wall outside as my legs are apparently in a coma, hearing a thud behind me I pick myself up and run for my life not knowing if he is going for me or the gun safe. I make it outside with only a bloody nose and a few sore spots that I blame my traitorous legs for.

That concludes act two (he should have tried breaking into the safe and hiding in there), so now it's time for another commercial break. It's only right that this time they're interrupting with a promo for an upcoming rerun of Maury.

Now let's tune back in for the grand finale.

Now here I am outside naked, bloody, no phone and no keys. I hide a few houses down for about 30 minutes. My little soldier is trying to make a full retreat into my body for warmth and my fingers are bright red. Sneaking to my car I jump in the back with only a winter hat from the floor of the car and the fetal position to keep me warm. After a few hellish hours of thinking death was at the door my now ex-girlfriend opens the door and tosses me my stuff and says get out quick. I floor it out and find a spot to get dressed and check my phone, 5% battery and 20 minutes to get to work... great. I get to work and keep my head low until the shift before me finishes leaving, not knowing if the GM knew me or not. A 10 hour shift with no sleep was ahead of me. I eventually get to talk to the woman and the first words out of her mouth are 'please don't be mad it's not like you asked if I had a boyfriend'....

TL;DR Didn't ask a woman if she had a sugar daddy before getting romantically involved.

So here's your promised moral of the story: Always ask your girlfriend if she has a boyfriend before getting involved. Hey, no one said the moral would be groundbreaking.

For the author's part (his name is Hairmountainman on Reddit), he followed up on his post to say he's all good after the incident, and he has certainly reconsidered moving in with his (now ex) girlfriend. He also seems very real.

Now go buy more popcorn, you almost ran out.

Pirelli, the tire company that famously, incongruously publishes a prestigious calendar every year, unveiled the photos for the 2017 edition. Photographer Peter Lindbergh took this year's stunning shots, featuring raw, real pictures of people like Helen Mirren and Julianne Moore staring into your soul. He featured 14 women, even though there are only 12 months.

No makeup. No retouching. Just genetically spectacular people.

Nicole Kidman

Uma Thurman

Zhang Ziyi

Alicia Vikander

Helen Mirren

Rooney Mara

Penelope Cruz

Charlotte Rampling

Robin Wright

Jessica Chastain

Lupita Nyong'o

Julianne Moore

Léa Seydoux

Kate Winslet

Watch these beautiful people move in video form.

Thanks to a radical gust of wind, we learned yesterday that billionaire and President-elect Donald Trump uses Scotch tape to hold his clothes together. Sad! The big reveal occurred while he was deplaning in Indianapolis before his controversial visit to the Carrier air-conditioning and heating company. As many were quick to point out on Twitter, this is a pretty apt metaphor for his entire campaign and possibly the future of our country:

Others noted the irony since Trump literally owns a tie company. Most were just plain confused. Here were some of the best and funniest responses to #TieGate from an equally amused and concerned internet:

This person literally got to the bottom of it:

However as someone else pointed out, Scotch taping his tie may not be Trump's greatest offense:

Touché, @imatoofbrush, touché.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary does not want "Fascism" to become their Word of the Year, but the amount of people searching for it on their site may have forced their hand.

I think we all know why this is happening. Trump isn't a fascist per se, but to be sure he's definitely the reason people have been looking up the definition.

This kind of politically fueled definition search has become a trend for Merriam-Webster in recent election years, though perhaps not as severe. In 2012, the WOTY was "Socialism." For 2008, is was "bailout."

While getting a WOTY that is synonymous with Hitler definitely says something about America's future, word fans out there have started doing their best to end 2016 on a more positive note.

It's still too early to call if "puppies" will become our Word of the Year, but until the results are in, here's Merriam-Webster's definition of Fascism, in case this has made you desperate to look it up:

Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.

The holiday shopping season is upon us and that means there are sales everywhere. We know how hard it can be to pass up a good deal, even if it's on an item you truly do not need. To show impulse buyers everywhere that they are not alone, we asked our readers to share stories of the weirdest things they've ever bought just because they were on sale.

And boy, have our readers bought some hilarious things.

1. There was a slight problem with the "cocktail dress" Sarah bought during a drunk shopping escapade. At least she got it on sale!

I have a habit of shopping online at night, especially if I've had too much to drink.

I was looking for a cocktail dress for holiday photos. Found a super cute one on sale!

Amazon primed that bad boy.

I forgot all about my drunken escapades until my super cute nursing nightgown arrived!

2. Jim from Facebook is now the proud owner of a rock that was bigger than all of the other rocks. Jim has the alpha rock!

There was a sale on rocks at a local flea market this spring. All sizes for the same price. So I bought the biggest one, about the size of a softball. So yes, i'm dumber than a box of rocks. Why???? Lol

3. MistressVader, another drunk shopper, was nearly the owner of an actual human skull.

I've bought 2 things like this, both were ordered when I was plastered.
1) bulk beef jerky and protein chips because why the hell not. Apparently drunk me is worried about my protein intake.
2) A real human skull. And there is kind of a story behind this. So my friends and I are super weird and we're talking about how awesome it would be to own a skull. So I found one in the internet from a reliable seller. It was like $1000, which is fairly cheap for a real human skull. I purchased it late at night and beyond blitzed. I woke up the next morning with a confirmation email. Before they could ship it out I emailed them and returned it. Unfortunately I never physically got my hands on it, but it would have been awesome.

4. Oh no! Will someone please find Chelsea another egg cuber so that she may once again enjoy her square eggs?

I bought an egg cuber at a thrift store one time. It was 99 cents and I had to have it. You boiled your egg, took the shell off, and put it into the mold. After it cooled, it was a cube and somehow tasted better than regular boiled eggs.. it ended up getting lost and I'm very sad now because of it.

:(

5. I feel like drunk Michael and myself would get along.

Almost all of my stupid purchases are when I'm drunk and the purchase is almost always made on credit...last time I was drunk I bought a "Animals Farting Coloring Book" and some colored pencils. My inner drunk is a 5 year old.

6. Michelle is just trying to keep herself safe, okay guys?

True. I bought a bubble wrap suit. I tend to fall when drinking so it seemed like a good idea at the time.

7. We know she doesn't need it, but come on guys. You really expected Heather to pass up something FREE?

I once bought 4 bottles of contact lens solution, because it was free with a sale and coupon. I don't wear contacts, ever.

8. If anyone ever needs to borrow half a set of gold teeth, Josh from Facebook may be able to help you out.

I bought a gold bottom grill because I saw an ad on Facebook saying they were free with the code Black Friday (just pay $10.00 shipping & handling). I don't know why. I don't wear grills, and even if I did it's only the bottom one, not even a whole set. I'm not going to walk around with half a set of gold teeth, but it was a $40 value and it was FREE!

9. Amy's husband couldn't pass up a good deal on fake doody.

I didn’t do this, but my husband did, and I still harass him about it.

Yes, that is what it looks like…a fake turd. He put it on the toilet just like this to try and freak me out. I asked him why in hell he’d pay money for a fake turd, and he said “it was a really cheap add-on item through Amazon”. So yes – it’s true….people will buy anything on sale! (Or at least my husband will….)

For those wondering: Yes, Amy did include a picture.

10. We sincerely hope Ann from Facebook found a dog to take all that food off her hands.

Yes about 30 yrs ago, I went to the supermarket, there was a gigantic sale on dog food, 48 cans case for about $2.50, lord I thought I died and gone to dog food heaven, I had to have someone help me put it on the car and the young man says wow Ms. you really hit the Jack pot and your dog will not need food for along time, so, I chuckled and said Son I don't even own a dog, it was so cheap and I could not pass up the savings. I know I looked mighty dumb to the guy. Lol

If you're a dyed-in-the-wool popaholic, you won't let a little thing like seeing a blade used millimeters away from someone's eye deter you from enjoying a good cyst pop. Your steely nerves will be rewarded with Dr. Pimple Popper's latest patient, a man suffering from multiple hydrocystomas on his eyelids. This brave soul came in for two sessions with Dr. Lee, and now he looks (and sees) good as new! And as a bonus, his pops were quite juicy and satisfying.

Here's part 1:

And fresh out of the oven, here's part 2:

Changing lives and filming great pops—it's all in a day's work for Dr. Sandra Lee.

Lil Hansen is keeping it 100 at the age of 105.

The Ludington, Michigan resident teaches yoga to people in their 70s and 80s, which is old enough to be her child (!!!).

Michigan's WZZT 13 caught up with Hansen at her class on her 105th birthday. Hansen was teaching her class at the local senior center (where she doesn't even love, by the way!), where she was treated to a surprise party, a very dangerous thing to do for a centenarian.

Hansen was born on November 30th, 1911. She's nine years older than women's right to vote, and almost as old as yoga itself.

She's new to the yoga game, having only picked up the practice back when she was 103.

Hansen just might be the only person who doesn't spend any time thinking about death. "I don't think about it," she WZZM 13. "I just keep going."

She also explains that she doesn't feel old, or "any different": "I'm just a little more careful than I was years ago," perhaps referring to wild times in her eighties and nineties.

Damn. If only I was as athletic in my twenties as she is in her hundreds.

Namaste, Lil.

John Olmstead, a 22-year-old college student from Illinois, had no qualms about showing off his relationship in his holiday card this year, even if it's an unconventional relationship. And his bravery won him the ultimate Christmas miracle: going viral.

At first glance this seems like a basic holiday photo from an annoyingly happy couple (no hard feelings, I'm doing great):

But a tweet of the photo, captioned "the holidays are better with you," reveals that this is not your typical couple:

Before you judge, you have to admit Olmstead and his paramour look really happy and cute together!

If anyone should be jealous, it's us. His tweet has been RT'd over 50,000 times! I'm pretty sure going viral releases way more dopamine than kissing under mistletoe. Plus, this guy's girlfriend seems really easy to buy gifts for—and that's true love.

Usually, when you lose a credit card or ID in a bar, it's gone forever and you just pray they don't fall into the wrong hands. Fortunately for redditor nydrewreynolds's friend, that wasn't the case, as she "received a surprise in the mail yesterday."

Found this on the floor of a bar about a year ago, hope you don't mind I used it for awhile. But— not I'm 21 so you can have it back! Thanks :) <3

A lot of bad things can happen during identity theft, but fortunately all this girl wanted to do with her new identity was shots.

Of course, the question still remains: how did this girl get into that bar without an ID in the first place?

When you've spent as much time at a spa as Gwyneth Paltrow undoubtedly has, you probably know how to give a great spa treatment, right? No, of course not. The actress and Goop goddess appeared on her friend Derek Blasberg's new series Derek Does Stuff with a Friend!where he had her go undercover as an aesthetician named "Gwendolere" to give failed facials and spray tans to a few unsuspecting spa customers in LA, before surprising them with her true identity.

Turns out, Gwyneth Paltrow and service industry jobs go together like Sandalwood oil and Fiji water (not well). No big surprise there. Just watch:

"I was a little nervous going into it, because practical jokes and pranks made me nervous," says Paltrow in the video. But she got into it, proving herself not completely incapable of being silly (but don't forget she drinks "moon dust" for breakfast).

Then again, maybe "Goop" empire was just a big prank this whole time. You got us, Gwyneth! We should've known a $15,000 vibrator and "vagina steaming" couldn't be real. Hilarious.