The worse phenomenon, which I picked up on while reading fark regularly, is the quite frequent (about 3 or 4 a year but that is entirely too much IMHO) incidence of taking drugs and cutting off one's penis.
Occasionally the people are just crazy, like this one guy who got in a fight with his wife and thought that cutting it off would be a good idea. Usually it's just someone who's drunk or hallucinating.
The worst part of it all is that these things get in the papers and now you're "that guy".
"... read the whole thing." Presumably with your legs crossed. It reminds of the punchline to the old "Dr Bennet, Dr Bennet" joke.