15 Ridiculous Current Events That Make Us Yearn For A Bygone Era
![15 Ridiculous Current Events That Make Us Yearn For A Bygone Era](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/889372_320x180.jpg)
Ah, the world of 2023. It's a strange, strange place. A place where Satan's got your back with an abortion clinic, a place where you can shoot down a balloon with a gun, a place where groundhogs are replaced by kids, a place where a Congresswoman complains about her salary, a place where steering wheels can fall off while you're driving, a place where contestants are left shivering in a hanger, a place where election conspiracists get caught committing voter fraud.
A place where a 72-year-old janitor gets locked in a cell with no food or meds, a place where a guy sues a woman for $3 million after she turns him down, a place where people regret voting for Brexit.
It's a wild world out there, and it's only getting wilder. So, buckle up, because here's a list of some of the weirder things that have happened in 2023 so far.
Well, that's one way to end an interview.
![CRACKED A GOOGLE RECRUITER GOT LAID OFF WHILE TALKING TO A JOB CANDIDATE. Не couldn't log into an internal website, and his team had the same problem. Their manager said it was a tech issue, but then they got an email about layoffs.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/5/889245.jpg)
Gillian Anderson is... writing a book of women's wildest dreams?
![CRACKED GILLIAN ANDERSON IS COLLECTING WOMEN'S SEXUAL FANTASIES. She's apparently trying to make a book out of women's most intimate fantasies, and it's not a joke. She wants women to share their most personal desires to make it revelatory and profound.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/4/889244.jpg)
Racism doesn't pay.
![CRACKED A 48-YEAR-OLD FOREIGN WORKER IN CANADA WAS TREATED TERRIBLY BY HIS SUPERVISOR. This involved racial slurs, threats of deportation, and even a hit to the testicles that resulted in the removal of one. The Ontario Superior Court ruled the company had to pay $295, 158, with the supervisor responsible for $25,000 of that. SP](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/3/889243.jpg)
MLK said it best?
![CRACKED A TECH COMPANY CEO APOLOGIZED FOR QUOTING MLK IN A LAYOFF EMAIL. At the end of the email, the PagerDuty CEO said the situation made her think of a quote from MLK that said a leader is judged by how they act in difficult times, not when everything is going well. Indeed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/2/889242.jpg)
Wingin' it with taxpayer money.
![CRACKED A FORMER SCHOOL OFFICIAL IS ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF CHICKEN WINGS. This official, from Harvey, near Chicago, must have really wanted to spice up their life or something during the pandemic. They allegedly ordered 11,000 cases of chicken wings on behalf of the school district without permission.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/0/889240.jpg)
Oops, looks like we made a mistake?
![CRACKED IN THE UK, PEOPLE HAVE STARTED USING THE TERM BREGRET. It describes, of course, feeling regretful about voting for Britain to leave the EU. A poll of 10,000 people in every constituency in Britain (except for three) showed that more people agreed with the statement that Brexit was a mistake than disagreed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/8/889238.jpg)
Friendzoned and litigious.
![CRACKED A GUY IN SINGAPORE TOOK A WOMAN TO COURT FOR $3 MILLION AFTER SHE TURNED HIM DOWN. Не also sued her for an extra $22,000, saying she broke a promise to make up with him. Не claimed she caused him a lot of emotional distress and hurt his reputation.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/1/889241.jpg)
72 and locked up with no food or meds, but at least she had... water from the tap?
![CRACKED APPARENTLY, DEPUTIES IN ORLANDO DON'T BELIEVE IN BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. A 72-year-old janitor ended up locked in a cell at an Orlando courthouse for 3 days with no food or medicine - all she had was water from a faucet. The deputies who found her didn't take her to the hospital.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/9/889239.jpg)
Oltmann's 'election conspiracies' come full circle.
![CRACKED A COLORADO ELECTION CONSPIRACIST COMMITTED VOTER FRAUD HIMSELF. Joe Oltmann voted in 2021, 2022 primary and general elections after saying he moved out of state. Не even asked Colorado's Secretary of State if he could vote there despite not living there, and they said yes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/5/889235.jpg)
Safety measures taken, contestants left shivering anyway.
![CRACKED NETFLIX'S SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE WAS ALMOST AS HARROWING AS THE ORIGINAL STORY. The show's contestants were left freezing in a Bedford hanger, some collapsing due to the cold and exhaustion. Netflix and producers said all safety measures were taken. 218 456](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/2/889232.jpg)
Another wheel-less ride on the highway of life.
![CRACKED LOOKS LIKE TESLA'S QUALITY CONTROL IS STILL STUCK IN 2020. In Jan 2023, a Tesla Model Y driver tweeted that their steering wheel fell off while driving on the highway. It's the second time this has happened, the first in 2020.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/3/889233.jpg)
Apparently, she's doing all this for altruistic reasons.
![CRACKED MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE CLEARLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF A PAY CUT. Rep. Greene griped about her $174K salary, saying she made more before Congress, when she owned a gym. A solution to the problem suggests itself.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/4/889234.jpg)
Fred's gone, but winter's here to stay.
![CRACKED FRED LA MARMOTTE'S UNTIMELY DEATH WAS A REAL BUMMER. Fred, Quebec's beloved groundhog, died before Groundhog Day 2023, so kids had to step in -- they predicted six more weeks of winter.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/7/889237.jpg)
Gastonia's not ready for sky-shooting season.
![CRACKED NORTH CAROLINIANS WERE ASKED NOT TO SHOOT AT THE SKY. Police in Gastonia, North Carolina asked people not to fire their guns into the sky in an effort to shoot down a huge Chinese balloon that was expected to be in the area the following morning.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/6/889236.jpg)
Satan's got your back with... uh... Alito's mom's abortion clinic.
![CRACKED THE SATANIC TEMPLE IS PROVIDING A DEVILISHLY HELPFUL SERVICE IN NEW MEXICO. They opened an online abortion clinic in New Mexico called The Samuel Alito's Mom's Abortion Clinic, in reference to Roe V. Wade being overturned by Supreme Court Justice Alito.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/1/889231.jpg)