When a trip to meet his new girlfriend’s grandparents ends in disaster (think a crashed ute, an angry wasp and a cranky farmer with a shotgun), Thomas Mitchell knows one thing for sure: bad days make for great stories.

While we might not like to admit it, we can’t help but find a sneaky pleasure in other people’s misfortune. It’s the reason fail compilations rack up millions of views on YouTube or television shows like Funniest Home Videos exist at all.

Deep down we’re addicted to the downfall of our fellow humans, and if there was ever a point in history when we needed a laugh, it’s now.

Today I F***D Up is a collection of tall tales but true that are equal parts hilarious and horrifying; a timely reminder that no matter how terrible things get, they could always be worse. So much worse.