1. When Trump's candidacy went entirely unchallenged for months because he increased viewership on for-profit news sites.

2. When nobody covered the national prison strike because it was hard to sum up in Ron Swanson gifs.

3. When 300 words and ten gifs doesn't properly explain police bias against people of color.

4. When BuzzFeed released a quiz to find out what character from "The Office" you are but never covered the DAPL protests.

5. When you realize groundbreaking journalism has never come in the form of lists and primetime comedy gifs

6. When you know exactly what shows are leaving Netflix on Nov. 1 but have no idea what "civil forfeiture" is.

7. When your primary news source rates the content of its articles based on "OMGs" and "LOLs."

8. When defining "goals" solely through means of wealth and luxury is a classist world view.

9. When you've never heard of Aleppo but know exactly what Disney princesses would look like if they were Minions.

10. When you learned nothing new but the listicle only took two minutes to read so it's fine.