# Are the headlines (and stories) getting weirder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071 "2012-06-04T20:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/1 "2012-06-04T20:10:47Z")
And what’s with those Canadians lately? On [sfgate.com](http://sfgate.com) today, you can see these three stories kind of buried in the 2nd tier of news. [CDC Assures there is no zombie apocalypse](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/03/national/a082650D25.DTL&tsp=1) [Bear euthanized after eating Canadian murderer](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/04/international/i071029D24.DTL&tsp=1) [Canada porn-actor murder suspect arrested](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/01/international/i070913D47.DTL&tsp=1) (these are all AP stories and AP has different headlines, the ones I’ve shown are the headlines on [sfgate.com](http://sfgate.com)). Just kinda makes me wonder … about … stuff. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/2 "2012-06-04T20:36:20Z")
Infotainment. Since media is no longer a semi-closed market, you’ve gotta catch eyes. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/3 "2012-06-04T20:41:42Z")
Another one just in. [Man beheads wife, throws body parts off roof.](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/german-man-beheads-wife-on-apartment-roof/story-fn3dxity-1226383911392) Something in the air perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/4 "2012-06-04T20:42:41Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > And what’s with those Canadians lately? I blame Harper. (hee hee) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/5 "2012-06-04T23:18:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > And what’s with those Canadians lately? > > On [sfgate.com](http://sfgate.com) today, you can see these three stories kind of buried in the 2nd tier of news. > > [CDC Assures there is no zombie apocalypse](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/03/national/a082650D25.DTL&tsp=1) > > [Bear euthanized after eating Canadian murderer](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/04/international/i071029D24.DTL&tsp=1) > > [Canada porn-actor murder suspect arrested](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/01/international/i070913D47.DTL&tsp=1) > > (these are all AP stories and AP has different headlines, the ones I’ve shown are the headlines on [sfgate.com](http://sfgate.com)). > > Just kinda makes me wonder … about … stuff. > Roddy YES. I read the same headlines from the same source and thought the same thing. Weird-o-rama. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/6 "2012-06-04T23:39:03Z")
There does seem to be an upsurge in stories about bizarre and extreme behavior. Another forum I frequent has been calling it “Mutilation Week”. Another: [Man throws bits of his own intestines at police](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hackensack-Man-Stabs-Self-Cuts-Skin-Intestines-Throws-Flesh-Police-155455985.html) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/7 "2012-06-05T05:13:01Z")
Cops swear that people act crazier on a full moon. There were episodes of \*Cops \*filmed on full moon nights. They did seem more crazy than usual. The fat nekkid guy breaking into a store comes to mind. Took several cops to get him down because they kept losing their grip on his sweaty bod. I wouldn’t even try to explain it. But the cops out there 7 days a week know it will be a wild shift on full moons. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/8 "2012-06-05T05:19:38Z")
I have been enjoying [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/wtf) for the past little while:Some Guy Turned His Dead Cat Into A Helicopter Canadian Cannibal Porn Star On The Loose Zombie-Proof Condos Sell Out In Kansas Some Guy In Baltimore Ate Another Man’s Brain And Heart Some Guy In New Jersey Threw His Own Intestines And Flesh At Police Zombie Apocalypse Begins In Florida ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/9 "2012-06-05T12:46:06Z")
The _[New York Post](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYPost.jpg)_ is an old hand at this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-headlines-and-stories-getting-weirder/624071/10 "2012-06-05T17:30:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Cops swear that people act crazier on a full moon. There were episodes of \*Cops \*filmed on full moon nights. They did seem more crazy than usual. The fat nekkid guy breaking into a store comes to mind. Took several cops to get him down because they kept losing their grip on his sweaty bod. > > I wouldn’t even try to explain it. But the cops out there 7 days a week know it will be a wild shift on full moons. It’s a definite fact that 50% of all crime occurs within one week of a full moon. Also half of all births. And 50% of all deaths.