If You’re Angry About the Gorilla, Here Are 14 More Important Things To Be Mad About Take Your Pick

Here are fourteen things other than the gorilla story that you can be mad at:

1. Dozens of dead tiger cubs were just found in a freezer at Thailand’s “Tiger Temple” (a tourist attraction where visitors could take photos of themselves feeding baby tigers). Authorities think that animal trafficking and abuse are implicated.

2. The recently published “Global Slavery Index” estimates that there are 46 million people around the world who can be classified as slaves. That there are so many classifications of human exploitation is deeply depressing.

3. We still don’t know what caused the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 and the deaths of 66 people. Though investigators think they might have found a signal from the flight’s “black box“, the truth of what happened remains murky.

4. Alligators are eating people and/or strolling around carelessly on golf courses. Not only is that terrifying, but it also suggests that they might take over the role of sharks in this summer’s headlines.



5. General Mills is recalling ten million pounds of flour because of concerns about E. coli poisoning in homemade baked goods. So even cookies and cake are ruined.

6. An Idaho man has been jailed for driving his fourteen-year-old daughter to Missouri and forcing her to marry the 24-year-old who raped and impregnated her. Why Missouri? Because state law there allowed the marriage to take place.

7. A new study suggests that there might be a connection between cell phones and cancer after all. Another study has tied air pollution to high blood pressure. You could be forgiven for feeling like everything is trying to kill you.

8. Using a public restroom seems like a high-stakes situation. Which is exactly how you want to feel in the bathroom.

9. Someone just paid $300,000 for a crocodile skin purse. On a totally unrelated note, the per capita GDP in Zimbabwe (a major producer of crocodile skin) is $1054.

10. The World Health Organization just doubled the recommended waiting period for couples who might have been exposed to the Zika virus.

11. Three years into the Flint water crisis, authorities now say that the municipal water is safe enough for bathing and hand-washing. Drinking and cooking, however, are still out of the question.

12. Every week there seems to be a new story about an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and student. A middle school teacher was reportedly impregnated by a thirteen-year-old student.

 13. The endless Instagram-based march to make all your food rainbow-themed, including sushi.

And finally….

14. We’re still five months from the election.



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