A programmer made a plug-in to tone down Upworthy-style headlines. What happened next will restore your faith in the Internet.

Alison Gianotto is sick of the Upworthy-style headlines that have made CNN a laughingstock in recent days. So Gianotto, a programmer, did something about it. Enter "Downworthy," Gianotto's brilliant and hilarious Chrome plug-in, which automatically changes hyperbolic headlines to their more literal meanings. "This is awesome" becomes "this is probably slightly less boring than working." […]