Today we looked at the story of a guy who finagled the government into paying for the removal of his racist tattoos. In these times? With our money? An outrage. Especially considering they could have employed this commenter's easy solution.

Today we heard that Bristol Palin, who wanted to get third place on Dancing with the Stars thank you very much, is deeply proud of her abstinence work. This made one commenter scratch their head in an amusing way.

Because Gawker is nothing if not a philanthropic organization, we're giving away two prints from the book Special Photographer, a collection of late, great Hollywood photographer Leo Fuchs' work. How to win one? Easy! Just enter a caption contest.

Today we looked at crusty ol' Gramps McCain's unending support of Don't Ask Don't Tell, frustrating everyone who read it. One commenter decided to do a little psychological digging to get to the real heart of the three-time centenarian.

Today we learned about a fabulous new Kentuckahsperience: a religious theme park that will feature a full-sized Noah's Ark replica, which is being funded with taxpayer dollars. Yay! crowed the faithful. Boo moaned the damned. Like this wiseacre commenter here.

Today we talked about drinking on planes and drinking in airports! Yay! Good times for all! Except: Bad times for all, it turns out. Yeah, so said one commenter, some sort of flying expert.

Today we presented a simple solution for Salon.com to stay alive and well. Though our headline caused some hilarious confusion!

Our second annual Thanksgiving Horror Stories contest generated many more tales of woe than last year's edition. But out of the thousands of awful holidays, these are the worst—or are they the best—as well as this year's winner.

Today we looked at a crusty old man who is scared that leering gay men will ruin troop readiness. Y'know, because it'll make them all uncomfortable-like! This sentiment stirred up a lovely rant by one of our own commenters.

Last year we had so much fun hearing your accounts of holidays gone horribly awry, we decided to do it again. Like grandma getting drunk and cursing you out, it's a new Thanksgiving tradition!

After reading our post about Rachelle Friedman, the bride-to-be paralyzed from the neck down at her bachelorette party, Gawker commenter and designer jchen1 wanted to help. So he contacted Rachelle's aunt Laura and, with her assistance, built Rachelle a website.

Today we looked at how the tuition is too damn high! Some girl spent $200k on Northeastern (oooops) and now wants help paying her loans. This made everyone angry, saying she was dumb. But one commenter came to her defense.

Today we looked at the alleged secret sex life of John Travolta, causing many of you commenters to make silly jokes and be generally ribald. Luckily one commenter took this matter deeply seriously. Observe their grave words.

Because Gawker is nothing if not a philanthropic organization, we're giving away four copies of the book Special Photographer, a collection of late, great Hollywood photographer Leo Fuchs' work. How to win one? Easy! Just enter a caption contest.

Today we looked at Fox News head Roger Ailes's descent into madness. What could be behind it? Some sort of psychiatric problem? Most likely, yes. Though one commenter provided a compelling alternate theory.

Last night we learned that Willow Palin, daughter of Sarah, has a very active Facebook life! This prompted your usual short, pithy Palin-related comments, though it inspired one commenter to compose a full-length original(ish) song/poem about the Alaskan archangel.

Today we briefly looked at how teacher training programs suck. It's true, they do. Boo hoo. It was the perfect opening for a well-placed joke, and one well-taught commenter took it.

Today we talked about the serious and never-endingly controversial topic of circumcision. Should he be, shouldn't he be, etc. Some parents worry their sons will get made fun of by other boys if they're not. Not so, says one commenter!

Hey, need something to put on that blank wall in your living room? Well, step right in and enter our caption contest, and a pretty little painting could be yours! This all out of the goodness of our hearts.

Today we read of the ruination of Williamsburg, starting much conversation about that neighborhood-in-flux. But, as one commenter reminded us, this problem is not specific to the L train, or even New York! Attend the sad tale of South Beach.