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Watch the World Yo-Yo Contest Because Everything Else in the World Is Awful

There's nothing like adults competing to see who is better at playing with toys to make you forget that the world is hurtling toward impending doom.

Between the Olympics and the presidential election, this year's most anticipated competitions have been reduced to rivers of shit, both literally and figuratively.

But today, luckily, you can forget about all that and just immerse yourself in something that feels all too wholesome for 2016: the 2016 World Yo-Yo Contest. All week long, yo-yo enthusiasts will storm what looks like an elementary school auditorium stage in Cleveland to Walk the Dog or whatever until one champion will emerge victorious and be crowned the global yo-yo champ.

Sure, things are looking pretty bleak out there right now, but there's nothing like adults competing to see who is better at playing with toys to make you forget that the world is hurtling toward impending doom.

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