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The 6 Most Disastrous Attempts at Internet Damage Control
They call it the Streisand Effect, and it happens any time people try to suppress Internet criticism, then see it blow up hilariously in their faces.
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6 Ways Cities Are Getting Into the Attention-Whore Game
Sad attention grabs are something you expect from reality show characters or self-important activists, people who don't really have any dignity to lose. Surely our civic institutions are above all that. Right?
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- By Christina H
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6 Crackpot Conspiracy Theories (That Actually Happened)
in the course of looking down our noses at the nutjobs who spread urban legends and conspiracy theories, we have to sometimes stop and point out that there are downright terrifying historical precedents for even their craziest of claims.
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The 6 Most Pointless Supervillain Schemes Ever Hatched
Most supervillain schemes are pretty stupid, when you think about it: Lex Luthor wanted to get rich with a ridiculous real state scam in the first Superman movie, and that's considered a classic. Again: a real estate scam. YOU HAVE MISSILES, DUDE!
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- By Diana McCallum
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Cracked Round Up: 2011 (?) Edition
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The 5 Ballsiest Acts of Undercover Journalism Ever
As brave as undercover cops have to be to rub elbows with mob bosses and murderers, we submit that there is one group with even bigger balls: undercover journalists. So let's pause to salute these folks.
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- By Cornelius Appin
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How to Play 'Who Would Win?' [COMIC]
It's a game as old and retarded as time ...
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- By Scott Meyer
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How to Answer the Question 'What's Bothering You?' [COMIC]
Ways that don't end in your arrest.
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- By Scott Meyer
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6 Real People With Secret Identities Nobody Saw Coming
Exactly how unfeasible is Dexter or Bruce Wayne's double life? Well, not totally far off the map, apparently.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Weight Loss Tips for Cynical Bastards
I suspect that around 50 percent of the population thinks they're in the smartest, cleverest 3 percent of the species, and they're totally going to be the ones to beat the system.
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5 Things You Use Every Day That Are Getting Awesome Upgrades
These are all either experimental or still too expensive, but they give us a glimpse of how some of the little things in life could be a hell of a lot better in the near future.
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- By CRACKED Staff, Chris Montague
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How to Help Pick a Baby Name [COMIC]
The only thing worse than an ironic T-Shirt is an ironic baby name.
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- By Scott Meyer
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9 Major Stories Everyone Got Wrong This Year
The biggest stories that the media and the internet got the most wrong in 2010.
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- By Daniel O'Brien, Robert Brockway, Jack O'Brien, Kristi Harrison, Jason Pargin
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5 Real Deleted Bible Scenes In Which Jesus Kicks Some Ass
What would Jesus do? Whatever the hell he wants to, apparently.
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- By Brian Thompson, CRACKED Staff
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How to Choose a Nickname [COMIC]
And how to make someone else regret their own.
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- By Scott Meyer
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