People lie for all kinds of reasons on the internet and in real life. They lie to cover up their mistakes, they lie to make themselves seem like good people, they lie to push agendas and beliefs and, of course, they lie for attention. Honesty is always the best policy, but these folks don't seem to agree. The worst kind of lie is the kind that is so obviously a lie because of how insanely poorly it was written. They have way too many unbelievable elements; they are usually impossible, and they almost always end with a crowd applauding them.

These are the kinds of stories found in Reddit's sarcastically titled /r/thatHappened. This subreddit was made for people to share all of the obviously fake stories they find while scrolling the web. The stories these people tell are borderline insane. Here are just 26 of them so bad they're making people cringe.