21 Moments That Were "Controversies," But Left Level-Headed People Face-Palming

I can't believe how upset people got over some of these things.

Recently, u/HappyGilOHMYGOD asked Reddit, "What is the dumbest controversy of the last 10 years?" Below are some of the best responses:

1. "Changing the shoes of an animated M&M. Who cares what it's wearing? It's an advertisement for candy. The people who got bent out of shape about it are weird."

Mars

—Fawqueue

(People went into a rage over an animated green candy.)

2. "The blue-gold dress."

—Ok-Consideration1883

(Some saw blue and black, and others were wrong.)

3. "Harry and Meghan. They were plastered everywhere."

—BYOB2ME

4. "Storm Area 51. 'They Can't Stop All of Us.' I think the dumbest part was when people actually showed up."

13 Action News

—non-newtonian

5. "A beer company did a small marketing thing to show that it was open to all kinds of people enjoying their beer. This so enraged some people that they bought cases of the beer to shoot with AR 15s."

—Big-Figure-8184

(You may need a beer after reading about these outraged drinkers.)

6. "CRT (Critical Race Theory). A master's or Ph.D. or post-doc (whichever it is) college course is not indoctrinating children via elementary school math textbooks."

—BronzeAgeTea

7. "dOeS PiNeApPlE bElOnG oN PiZzA!?"

Lauripatterson / Getty Images

—AlpacaTowel

8. "I may be slightly biased, but Deflategate was the absolute dumbest shit I’ve ever witnessed in my life, from the 'investigation' to just blatantly ignoring the laws of physics, so so dumb."

—warriorofinternets

(After getting stomped 45–7, the losing team of a football game claimed the Patriots cheated by deflating footballs [can you tell that I'm a Patriots fan]. Did Tom Brady cheat, or is there science behind this scandal?)

9. "Laurel/Yanny"

—VlaamsBelanger

(This debate again? Really? People listen to a recording and hear two different things.)

10. "Honestly, the Will Smith slap fiasco. I still don’t understand why everyone was so twisted up over that."

Neilson Barnard / Getty Images

—Vanillacaramelalmond

11. "Twerking."

—ctw1271

12. "Chicken sandwiches."

—richardec

(Let the chicken wars begin. The world argues over fast food chicken sandwiches.)

13. "The NFL kneeling controversy."

Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images

—s4burf

(Colin Kaepernick protested police brutality by taking a knee during the National Anthem. People had WAY too big of a kneejerk reaction...pun intended.)

14. "Blaming millennials for killing basically anything."

—AshleyWinchesters

(The battle between the old and the young rages on, as Gen X constantly blames the world's problems on younger generations.)

15. "Obama's tan suit."

Alex Wong / Getty Images

—slappy_mcslapenstein

(The president wore a tan suit, which some thought was "unpresidential." Thanks, Obama.)

16. "Is water wet?"

—WesH01

(People online and in schools asked the same meaningless question.)

17. "Tide Pod debacle. Are people so sheltered or naive that they'd really eat Tide Pods for internet fame?"

Debbismirnoff / Getty Images

—tehcpengsiudai

18. "Trying to ban books."

—cls21463

(Efforts to ban books in schools are only growing.)

19. "'Is a hotdog a sandwich?' Please just stop with that."

—Insomnia_Dino

20. "Starbucks’s red cup controversy."

CBS

—SuvenPan

(Starbucks didn't put a snowman or Rudolph on their cup one year, and people actually got upset about it.)

21. "Batman dick."

—JoshAllensBallbag

(CONTEXT FOR NON-COMIC BOOK FANS lol. Yes, a comic book panel exposes Bruce Wayne's unit, and people were upset.)

Can you think of any controversies that you think are just plain ridiculous? Comment below!