11 Hilariously Stupid Social Media Fails You Won't Believe

8. Penis Pollen - Benadryl

Benadryl There are several rules of the internet. One is that no matter what you write on, or how well you write it, you will always find a whole-heartedly committed troll who will spectacularly misread or misunderstand, and embark on a furious campaign of hatred against you, and another is that every argument on any forum will inevitably boil down to Hitler. The other, lesser expressed rules of the internet are often the most entertaining, such as the revelation that should come as a shock to precisely noone that if you open up anything official to external editing (like Wikipedia) you are essentially doing nothing more than giving someone licence to draw a penis on it, or write something hilariously defamatory. So Benadryl found out when they created an interactive pollen hotspot map, and invited sneezy users to track where the worst spots were for pollen. Naturally someone (these guys) decided to abuse the system, and draw an ejaculating penis using the handy icons. There is clearly nothing moderate about that member. They also invited their readers to do similar things, and the results were occasionally spectacular... Barnard Castle
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