The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular shows on television right now, with its highest rated episode in 2014 clocking in at around 18 million viewers. Anything that popular with the masses seems kinda suspicious, but it has also won loads of Golden Globes and Emmys. Basically, the elite voters like it too.

Of course, the more popular you are, the more likely you are to draw out the haters. The Twitter account of "Lyle McDouchebag" shared a clip on Wednesday of what they think is wrong with the show.

Mr. McDouchebag's complaint is that the show doesn't really write jokes, it just makes nerdy references. At this point, he's been retweeted over 24 thousand times, so plenty of folks agree, which he finds heartening:

There's hope for us all yet.

The NFL put these Super Bowl 50 statues around San Francisco in honor of the upcoming game, and one outstanding individual has taken it upon him or herself to make some improvements to them. 

The statue in front San Francisco's City Hall has been changed so that instead of reading "Super Bowl" it now says "Sup Bro." 

And the statue at Alamo Square has been altered to say "Superb Owl." 

It's great to see San Francisco coming together over the shared love of something truly important—vandalizing public property.

J.K. Rowling—beloved writer, human woman, actual advocate for social justice—made an enemy of a British politician yesterday for an incredibly odd reason: the politician thought that Rowling tweeted words of support at an Internet troll for his misogynistic comments. In fact, she didn't. The Internet: it's a weird place.

Apparently, Natalie McGarry—a member of British parliament who, by the way, is also currently experiencing a potentially career-ending scandal that doesn't have anything to do with insulting the creator of Harry Potter—thought that Rowling was BFFs with some random non-famous dude on the Internet named Brian Spanner, a man who apparently once said something sexist. "Huh, that doesn't make a lot of sense," you're thinking right now, correctly.

Eventually, according to BuzzFeed, McGarry sent this screenshot to Rowling with the caption "This guy, the one you chat regularly, nice guy":

So Rowling said this:

And soon after McGarry apologized. 

Dumb Twitter fight ended? Not at all! At this point, another Twitter user stepped in to defend McGarry, and the politician unwisely retweeted him:

Rowling pointed out to Ferrier and McGarry that those screenshots were manipulated to make it appear like she was responding to a crude comment. In fact, she was responding to a tweet Spanner made saying that he had donated to Rowling's charity. 

(It's also important to note here that Spanner's Twitter feed is not exactly a total cesspool of misogyny, at least from a quick glance—there is, for instance, a transphobic insult, but that's buried under mountains of jokes about weird Scottish things only Scottish people understand. Also, keep in mind that the word "c*nt" is considerably less offensive in Great Britain. It is, in other words, completely understandable that J.K. Rowling would tweet a word of thanks at this completely random person without vetting his entire timeline.)

Anyway, at this point Rowling threatened to sue:

That was enough to make McGarry set her Twitter page to private; Ferrier, for his part, apologized. Believe it or not, one of the richest authors in the world came out on top again!

In the days leading up to yesterday's GOP debate, Donald Trump entered a furious rage primarily directed at Megyn Kelly. Just like fellow entertainer Kanye West, Trump likes his tantrums to play out over social media. One of his tweets was a wildly offensive degradation of Megyn Kelly over a GQ photoshoot.

But another was a wildly inaccurate characterization of the relationship between Fox News (and "Mygan" Kelly) with Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Most offensive of all is the implication that everyone in the world can't tell this image is really, really poorly Photoshopped:

The atrocious Photoshop job sure didn't escape bin Talal:

Linking to an article that disproves the Photoshopped image of bin Talal with his sister and Megyn Kelly, the Saudi Prince confirmed that he never posed with Kelly. Nor does he "co-own" Fox News. According to CNN, his stake is closer to one percent.

As far as his bailouts of the billionaire, bin Talal is referring to two times he helped Trump out of money troubles. The first was the time bin Talal bought Trump's "281-foot-super-yacht Trump Princess" during the future candidate's 1991 financial crisis, as reported in an article by Buzzfeed. The other was a sale Trump made to a group—which included bin Talal—to purchase the Plaza Hotel in 1995. The New York Times called it "a defeat for the real estate developer…"

And the "maybe" third bailout? Perhaps the prince is referring to his attempt to tank Trump's chances at the presidency. Being the president's a lot more difficult than hurling insults on Twitter, and Trump's in way too deep.

At least no one's accusing Trump of liking Nickelback.

Since the dawn of man, women have been shedding their uterine linings on a monthly basis. For many women, having a period has caused both shame and accidental stains. But that's changing. Since period blood is one of the last few taboos in our society, women have been using it as a symbol of strength, pride, and sometimes paint.

Here are times that grown-ass women refused to suffer in silence.

1. The woman who ran a marathon without a tampon.

Kiran Gandhi, a Harvard Business School Graduate and former drummer for M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, registered to run the London Marathon to raise money for Breast Cancer Care in April 2015. When the race coincided with her period, instead of having a wad of cotton chafe her insides for 26.2, she used it as an opportunity to raise awareness for women without access to feminine hygiene products around the world. She wrote in a blog post,

I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don’t have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn’t exist.

2. The woman who wrote a powerful post against stain stigma. 

Anushka Dasgupta is a young woman who, like many women, accidentally bled through her pants. She took to Facebook to write a powerful post about the natural phenomenon that occurs between 28-35 days. It reads:

To all the children who didn't give a damn, DO NOT BE ASHAMED. There will be many bloodstains on pants, on skirts, on bedsheets, on cushion covers, on chairs, on tables, against the wall, and on the battlefield where YOU fight the stigma by NOT BEING ASHAMED. Do not whisper when you utter the word "PERIODS", do not subtly offer a woman a sanitary napkin, or a fresh change of clothes. ASK her if she needs one, TELL her she has stained her clothes, DO NOT HELP HER HIDE IT.

I AM NOT ASHAMED. 
I AM NOT ON MY *period*.
I AM ON MY PERIOD.

3. The woman who made an artistic statement against Donald Trump.

Donald Trump had beef with Megyn Kelly way before he boycotted the most most recent debate. Back in August, Trump called Kelly a "lightweight" who had "blood coming out of her whatever." To make a statement about that crude, obnoxious comment, artist Sarah Levy painted his portrait with blood coming out of her whatever.

4. The women who livetweeted their periods at Donald Trump.

On the heels of that particular set of dumb Trump comments, women on Twitter launched the hashtag #PeriodsAreNotAnInsult to use their words (rather than blood) during menstruation to fire back at Trump.

5. The woman who protested the "tampon tax" by free-bleeding at the British Parliament. 

In the UK, tampons are taxed as "luxury items," undermining the necessity of the product. Young Londoner Charlie Edge wore white pants to show just how necessary tampons really are. 

6. The women who made a performance art manifesto.

Sangre Menstrual is a performance collective in Spain who staged a demonstration to protest the taboo of period blood. They wrote a "Manifesto for the Visibility of the Period," which states that the taboo around menstrual blood is to reinforce patriarchal systems and oppress women. 

7. The woman who fought Instagram for banning her period picture.

Toronto college student Rupi Kaur's photoseries about women on their periods was banned from Instagram not once, but twice. It was removed for breaking "community guidelines," despite the fact that the woman is fully clothed and it isn't racist or anything. The Instagram team apologized, and claimed it was a mistake.

They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but this video posted today by 7 News Sydney proves "them" wrong. There were 63,000 lightning strikes that hit within 150 miles of Sydney, Australia today, including these two that hit the iconic Sydney Tower.

An Aussie hoping to become the next Powder captured this epic pic of one of the lightning strikes.

Lighting striking twice in one spot: what force of nature could cause such a thing?

It's a new year, and with that comes countless new chances for your phone's autocorrect feature to ruin your life. Luckily, these mini-disasters are also frequently hilarious, which is why the heroes at Damn You Autocorrect go through the rigorous work of collecting them all. Here are the most uncomfortable and most hilarious autocorrects of January 2016.

1. This explains why you feel the need to pray to pizza.

2. Autocorrect clearly has a prejudice against Italian food.

3. Everyone's had that late night craving.

4. Spookily appropriate.

5. Must have been first class.

6. Swipe right on mermaids.

7. Moms can never find anything in there.

8. Phones hate when you blaspheme.

9. Sounds like a full day.

10. Did Karen drop her phone in the toilet?

11. Very offensive to Africans and Hydrox fans.

12. Melissa prefers walking.

13. There are some problems with this theory.

Last night, Kim Kardashian West posted a picture on Instagram of her daughter North's closet. Not surprisingly, it's extremely large for North's age. She is, after all, part of a wealthy celebrity family; heck, she's even already learned to yell at paparazzi.

North's gigantic closet is very LA, with lots of shoes and organizational design:

Kim captioned the post with "It's gonna be a long night." Maybe she's referring to how long it'll take to clean the closet if North pulls everything off the shelves.

A website that studies social media trends called Rantic recently surveyed 10,000 Facebook users about what annoys them most when they're scrolling through their news feed on the toilet. Then they made this handy map that shows the least desirable status updates by state so you can look and say, "I knew people were un-following me for that 30-pic photo album of my baby playing with a sock!"

The categories to choose from were: personal problems, selfies, political posts, food pictures, and, yes, baby pictures. Notice there wasn't a huge write-in campaign for cat pictures. Because they're great.

In general, personal problems were everyone's least-favorite thing to see their friends post. Rantic also divided up their data by gender, and it shows that both men and women don't care about the real issues in your life. Surprise! Facebook friends aren't actual friends:

The people have spoken. Political rants about selfies it is!

Dads: sometimes they're awesome, and sometimes they're embarrassing, but they're at their most "dad" when they're being awesomely embarrassing. Take this dad, for example. He's very talented as a human beatbox, and he won't lose touch with his hip-hop roots just because he has a baby daughter. He just makes her part of the act.

As adorable as this clip is, she'll probably be mortified to watch it when she's a teenager. Because by then, dubstep will be the only kind of music still around.

Lauren Graham officially confirmed that Gilmore Girlsis returning to television (or Netflix, anyway). You haven't been this excited since Lorelei finally kissed Luke.

According to Time magazine, most of the major actors are returning, including Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Sean Gunn, and Keiko Agena (noticeably absent so far is huge movie star Melissa McCarthy, perhaps for reasons of being a big movie star).

Netflix hasn't given out a premiere date or an episode count for the show yet, so stay tuned to find out how Rory Gilmore’s newspaper coverage of a then-obscure politician named Barack Obama turned out.

The Huffington Post made a wonderful discovery recently: men's lingerie exists, and it's every bit as sexy and revealing as women's lingerie. Just in time for Valentine's Day, Someecards made a guide to finding a pair for the man in your life—however he hangs.

For the hipster Bernie Sanders supporter:

The picture got it right: these boxers are perfect for a man who swings to the left. The colors say he's not afraid to be an individualist, but the fit and elastic waistband point to someone who values practicality, too. Underneath his artfully distressed tee shirt and tailored slacks beats the heart and the d*ck of a man who cares about the comfort of the working class, with a price point to match.

For the Wall Street prepster: 

Your money-chasing man will be yelling "buy!" when you show him this picture of ultra-feminine panties made for his body. The minimal construction means there won't be any embarrassing underwear lines under his power suit, and the lace means his balls will really be able to breathe during a particularly stressful meeting. The tight fit is flattering too. You'll yell, "You put the 'Big' in 'Big Short!'" while you wink at him from over a Cosmo (drink or magazine).

For the college student who mows your lawn:

He's over 18, so everything's okay, except for the fact that he's threatening to tell your husband. Smooth things over with this sexy little number with a French Maid aesthetic​​ that nods to the weird power dynamics of this thing. What even is this thing? What are you doing? Your kids are almost as old as him! 

For Michael Fassbender

If you happen to have access to Michael Fassbender, give him this! He'll look amazing in it. 

In honor of the X-Files miniseries currently airing on Fox, our shadowy government the CIA has highlighted some declassified "real" X-Files to throw us off the true conspiracy delight fans of the supernatural show. The CIA declassified the documents relating to UFOs in 1978, but in a blog post last week (because the CIA has a blog to keep tabs on us via cookies and other online-tracking tools communicate with the public), the agency highlighted some especially interesting selections from the declassified files.

In the blog post, the CIA noted:

...we’ve decided to highlight a few documents both skeptics and believers will find interesting. Below you will find five documents we think X-Files character Agent Fox Mulder would love to use to try and persuade others of the existence of extraterrestrial activity. We also pulled five documents we think his skeptical partner, Agent Dana Scully, could use to prove there is a scientific explanation for UFO sightings.

The truth is out there; click on the links to find it.

But that's what the governments WANTS you to think. They WANT you to think that the truth is just a link-click away instead of buried in a train car in Arizona. The government WANTS you behind your computers looking at 1950s drawings of UFOs, because that stops you from LOOKING AT THE SKIES.

You can view all of the declassified documents on the CIA's page UFOs: Fact or Fiction? Even if the files seem to have logical explanations, remember, X-Philes: all lies lead to the truth.

"A plague of locusts" sounds so old-timey and biblical that it seems like it shouldn't exist anymore, like burning people at the stake or judging the worth of a person based on their religion. But in Argentina, farmers are currently dealing with a growing locust plague that started in the middle of 2015, and that sh*t looks horrifying. The video below shows locusts in the city of Frias so densely crowded, the tree around the 1:17 mark looks like its bark is possessed.

Nope. No thank you. 

Julio Pena is a 38-year-old dad from Long Island who's currently raising four daughters with his wife, Kari. When Kari got pregnant again, they decided to have one of those gender reveal parties. The plan was to reveal the gender of the baby by cutting a cake to see whether it's blue or pink on the inside (which is a nice idea, even if that means that the cake can't have the far-superior flavor of chocolate).

Julio cut the cake, and the gender discovery made him so excited, he passed out. See if you can pinpoint the exact moment the screams of "oh shit, it's a boy!" turn to screams of "oh shit, that guy just collapsed!"

On Thursday, at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, a female shark ate a male shark over a turf war. The eight-year-old female sand tiger shark bit and then fully consumed the five-year-old male banded houndshark. Amateur shark enthusiasts might assume that the male owed her money or mouthed-off. It turns out she's just a bad ass.

Oh Tae-youp, an aquarium official, said that he likely bumped into her, and she assumed it was an act of aggression over turf:

Sharks have their own territory. However, sometimes when they bump against each other, they bite out of astonishment. I think the shark swallowed the whole body, because they usually eat it all when they bite the head part. 

All he did was accidentally bump into her. It then took her 21 hours to slowly swallow and consume him until just the tip of his tail was visible. While this is technically due to the shark's digestive system, it was also a warning to other clumsy males to remind them what happens if you bump into her or give her a weird look.

Some people got their DNA tested for the ancestral history, and while some results were expected, there were a few surprises in the bloodlines of the participants. Many people were confident about their origins and lineage, while others had a decent idea of where the family tree leads. And sometimes there was a dash of of something unexpected:

Now families can celebrate the fun new tradition of slowly spitting into tubes and mailing it away to a laboratory. It only takes six to eight weeks to lean if any of your grandparents took liberties with describing their ethnicity. It's a much more worthwhile exercise than testing beards to learn if they contain poop.