Sadness

At what passes for its best, technology would seem equipped to provide a slight relief from tedium/despair, or a…

Take a look at this booth. What does this company do or sell? I have no fucking idea, but I’m pretty sure that this…

No matter what else went wrong with the Amazing Spider-Man movies, Andrew Garfield’s passion for the character was ne…

The desert pupfish, a fish on the verge of extinction due to the simple misfortune of living in Death Valley, has…

Invisible Girlfriend and Invisible Boyfriend aren't the first apps that promise to be your virtual partner. But they…

If Television Without Pity had never existed, the internet would be a very different place — but it's also hard to…

We can cry because we're happy. We can cry because we're sad. We can cry because we're cutting onions. We can cry…

One of the best baseball players ever has retired today: 42-year-old Mariano Rivera threw his last pitch and…

How would you like to work for minimum wage, and work on every holiday, and always be prevented from hitting the…

Before committing suicide, Operation Iraqi Freedom's veteran Daniel Somers wrote a letter to his family. Like many…

Do you want to be a superhero? Rest assured you don’t want to be Spider-Man or Daredevil. Their lives suck.…

Look at these two. On the left, 18-month-old Jaxson Denno—so sad when he realized that Robert Downey Jr. doesn't…

You thought Sharper Image died a horrid bankruptcy death and faded away into the overpriced ether, right? So wrong.…

The new iPad will arrive in stores on Friday. But hey, look at these idiots! They're ready, folding chairs and…

Of all the crushingly depressing booths sprinkled throughout CES, we've successfully identified the saddest. By far.…

So today is my last day at Gizmodo. Or, well, Friday was, and by now I am relaxing somewhere not thinking about…

There are millions of gallons of oil in the ocean, and we have no idea how to get it all out. And the latest set of…

It's all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up…

A new study found a direct link between the time teenagers spent staring at screens and their inability to have…

Sometimes, editorial cartoons are more sad than funny. No matter what you think of Microsoft, nobody likes seeing…