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"FacebookPinterest\n\nPhoto: YouTube\n\nEarlier this week, GQ proved that four out of five adults can't watch all of The Fault in Our Stars, the teenage cancer weeper starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, without collapsing into a heap of blubbering emotions. (We also proved that one out of five adults is a stone-hearted cyborg disguised as a person, but that's besides the point.) The jury is still out on whether or not the film, which is released today, will go down as the saddest of the year, but one thing is certain: When compared to the parade of misery the Internet has been stockpiling for the last decade, it still pales in comparison. Want proof? We've compiled a definitive list of the saddest, most tear-inducing things ever seen online and categorized them here for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure, depending on how in touch with your emotions you are). Do you think you can make it to the end without the floodgates opening? We dare you to give it a try.\n\n\n\nSADDEST COMMERCIAL: Thai Life Insurance Commercial: Silence of Love\n\n\n\n Thai life insurance company Thai Life is known for its long, emotionally manipulative commercials. (You may have already found yourself weeping in front of Unsung Hero, and Father &amp;amp; Son.) Silence of Love, however, which has racked up more than 3 million views since it was released in 2011, is considered the Citizen Kane of sad life insurance commercials from Thailand, and not just because of the twist ending.\n\n\n\n  SADDEST SPORTING MOMENT: Derek Redmond and Father Finish Olympic 400 Together\n\n\n\n After his hamstring snapped halfway through a 400m Olympic semi-final in Barcelona in 1992, British runner Derek Redmond was determined to cross the finish line. His father, who had to dodge security after he jumped onto the track, was determined to help him. And I was determined to watch this clip without crying for the twenty-seventh time. No prizes for guessing which one of didn't make it.\n\n\n\nSADDEST LOCAL NEWS REPORT: Band of Brothers Rally Around Boy, 6, to Stop Teasing\n\n\n\n After their 6-year-old water boy, who suffered a brain hemorrhage at birth, was being teased for wearing a tie to school, a pee-wee football team decided to show their support by showing up to school in exactly the same getup. The scene is incredibly touching, and, lucky for us at GQ, a ringing endorsement for ties in general.\n\n\n\nSADDEST LOVE STORY: \"Danny &amp;amp; Annie\" from StoryCorps\n\n\n\n An elderly couple recounts their twenty-seven-year romance, from their first date to what is about to be their last day together.\n\n\n\nSADDEST DOG MOMENT: Loyal Dog Stands by Dead Canine Friend\n\n\n\n A stray dog sits in the middle of a freezing intersection in Western China after its friend was reportedly struck and killed by a car. Local residents took notice, and, after alerting a local news crew, set up a stool so cars would know to drive around them.\n\n\n\nSADDEST MOMENT FROM A TV SHOW: Sad Scene from Fresh Prince\n\n\n\n Hey, remember The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? The show about a loveable inner-city rapscallion sent to live with his wealthy aunt in an upscale California neighborhood? Just a bit of carefree, early-'90s fun, right? Wrong. (NB I predict big things for this \"William Smith\" guy.)\n\n\n\nSADDEST FRIENDS TILL THE END: Mr Chi-City Kicks It With a Friend\n\n\n\n A man films himself talking to his deceased friend in a cold, snowy cemetery.\n\n\n\nSADDEST COMPILATION: Soldier homecoming surprise mix\n\n\n\n What's got more raw emotion than one of those soldier homecoming surprise videos? Simple, ten minutes of soldier homecoming surprise videos mashed together into one giant supercut.\n\n\n\nSADDEST VIRAL MOMENT: \"29 Years Old and Hearing Myself for the 1st Time!\"\n\n\n\n The minute a 29-year-old woman, who was born deaf, has her new hearing implant turned on and she hears herself for the first time.\n\n\n\nSADDEST MOMENT FROM A FILM: Carl and Ellie's Relationship from Up\n\n\n\nUnlike other cartoon companies, Pixar doesn't just dial up the sad when it wants to hit an emotional home run. As anyone who has seen the incinerator scene from Toy Story 3 can attest, they have an uncanny knack for staring deep into the human psyche, and are somehow able to use the story of a missing anthropomorphic fish to remind us of our own mortality. They pulled out all the stops for the opening five minutes of Up, which is, again, an unexpected mediation on the fragility of life, and, I'm not ashamed to admit, had me quietly sobbing into a packet of Junior Mints within ninety seconds. If this doesn't get you, nothing will.\n\n\n\n[h/t] The You Tube \"No Cry\" Challenge by Starving Dietitian\n\nMore: This Is the Most Bruce Wayne Way to Break Up With Someone\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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