Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Famous Ad Campaigns That Actually Hurt Sales
Jared has sold a shitload of Subway sandwiches. Ronald McDonald has become one of the most recognizable characters in the history of human civilization. They are what ad executives dream about: campaigns that become media sensations and make the company billions. But then there are the ad campaigns that only do the first part; everybody can quote t
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1122 Cracked Round-Up: Gang Violence Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Silly Childhood Rituals (That Explain Adult Behaviors)
Memes are just the grown up world's version of 'down-down-baby, down-by-the-rollercoaster.'
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- By Kristi Harrison
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The 5 Most Horrifying Things Corporations Are Taking Over
But sometimes corporate sellouts involve more than cringe-worthy ads and intrusive product placement. This is when selling out starts to get just a bit horrifying.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting
the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that thing last week with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
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8 Weirdly Sexual Products You Won't Believe Are for Kids
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- By Dawn Morrow
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Living the Dream: Teen vs. Adult [COMIC]
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- By Scott Meyer
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Cracked Round-Up: Hot Pants Holiday Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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Charting Patriotism By the Stupidity of Your Fireworks
You've got to lose a few fingers to earn this country.
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- By Matt Gallagher
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6 Beloved 80s Toys With Bizarrely Horrifying Origin Stories
When faced with new rules for advertising their products, toy makers opted to take their characters to strange and dark places.
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- By Alexia Franklin
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The 7 Stages of Not Doing the Dishes [CHART]
The worse it gets, the lazier you get, and it only gets worse.
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- By Sarah Wood
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The 6 Most Wildly Irresponsible Publicity Stunts in History
Amazing how easy it is for publicity "stunts" to get people hurt.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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A Successful Career Path: Then Vs. Now [Chart]
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- By Dr. Gentleman
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Cracked Round-Up: Hacker Drama Edition
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5 Crazy Street Performers (Who Happened to be Geniuses)
The guys on this list aren't your run-of-the-mill bums who've decided to take up an instrument to help with their panhandling. These are the guys with acts superior to what you're likely to see on a stage.
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- By Dustin Koski
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