Cracked Archive - Weird World
'Plus Sized' Clothes: Translating the Baffling Euphemisms
I am not exactly morbidly obese, but I am fat enough to worry about things that fat people worry about, like clothes. The world has not wanted to see fat people naked since the Renaissance, so we are pretty much forced by our fascist society to wear SOMETHING.
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- By Christina H
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The 7 Most WTF Origins of Iconic Pop Culture Franchises
Name your favorite Rocky sequel. Ours is Predator.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 7 Most Baffling Products Ever Released By Famous Brands
Some celebrities drastically misjudge their demographic and we wind up with releases of classical Renaissance ballads as sung by Brock Lesnar or a line of fur coats sponsored by Moby.
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- By Cole Gamble
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Cracked Round-Up: Road Trip Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Insane True Stories Behind The Stage Names of Celebrities
A person's Hollywood career pretty much banks on their name. Some of these stories, though, are just downright ridiculous.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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8 Real Grade Schools That Went Completely Insane
We know teaching is hard and salute our teachers on the frontlines. The ones who aren't insane at least.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach You In School
When Cracked finally opens its line of private schools, you're kids won't graduate without having learned these essential skills.
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- By Jason Pargin
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Cracked Round-Up: E3 Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Most Insanely Misguided Attempts at Viral Marketing
Viral campaigns are all about pushing the envelope. You have to shock people to get their attention, and this is where the potential for disaster lies. Awful, hilarious disaster.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Organizations You Didn't Know Were Secretly Badass
Grandma down at the Salvation Army? She could straight ruin your day if she wanted to.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Worst Parts of Being Chinese (Not In The Stereotypes)
This is the stuff that is annoying real actual Chinese Americans every day.
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- By Christina H
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The 5 Greatest Books With Psychotic Fanbases
Crazy fanbases aren't anything new. It's when crazy turns to psychotic that we regret these books were ever written.
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- By Connor Thorpe
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5 Things We Are Making Fatter (In Addition to Ourselves)
If your own health won't get your fatass on a treadmill, at least do it for the health of your friends and Mr. Snuggletons.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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Cracked Round-Up: Astrology Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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VIRAL ON CRACKED
Beloved Movies (That Aged Horribly)
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- By JM McNab
15 Cringiest Lyrics of the 2000s
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- By Amanda Mannen