Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Acts of Baffling Selfishness We Just Sort of Accept
These are not just acts of awfulness; they're acts of extreme self-centeredness.
- By Gladstone
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- August 24, 2014
5 Myths You Probably Believe About Major Religions
Relax. We're just going to point out some popular misconceptions about certain religions. No big deal.
- By Pat Carnell
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- August 24, 2014
6 Realities of the Secret World of Paid TV Audience Members
Almost every show that features a live studio audience has hired me or people like me. Here's what I learned getting paid to pretend to be interested.
- By Amanda Mannen, A. Smithee
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- August 24, 2014
5 Jobs That Only Exist to Make the Modern World Look Dumber
These are the sorts of jobs you can only qualify for if the reason you flunked out of DeVry had something to do with drinking Listerine and a donkey.
- By Felix Clay
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- August 23, 2014
6 Surprising Realities of the Legal Weed Industry
Cracked wanted the lowdown on getting high the respectable way, so we sent a 'reporter' up to America's Drug Basket: Northern California.
- By Anonymous
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- August 23, 2014
4 Uncool Fashions We Should Consider Bringing Back
If we can somehow move past the stigmas attached to some of these no-longer-cool-but-crazy-useful items, I think we'll all be much happier people.
- By Luis Prada
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- August 21, 2014
4 Creepy Drinks That Prove We Can Ruin Anything
In my unerring Book of Shit That's Totally the Worst, these drinks are the potable equivalent of a Michael Bay-directed Nickelback video.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- August 21, 2014
5 Shocking Ways the Modern World Screws Blind People
Due to a rare genetic disorder, my father and three of my uncles are blind. So even though I've had sight my whole life, I know that most people's definition of blindness misses a huge chunk of what going through life without vision is really like.
- By J.F. Sargent, T.L. Swedensky
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- August 19, 2014
The 6 Stupidest National Outrages About Fictional Characters
Characters in children's entertainment are constantly finding themselves at the center of absurd controversies manufactured by misguided people who apparently exist solely to tear the joy out of everything they see.
- By Pat Carnell
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- August 18, 2014
5 Bizarre Studying Hacks You Won't Believe Improve Learning
Recent research reveals that you can improve your grades the study-less way by simply doing these things.
- By Dennis Hong, Tristan Cooper
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- August 18, 2014
5 Awesome Things No One Is Cool Enough to Own (Part 2)
There is apparently no shortage of things I don't feel cool enough to own that have nothing to do with items you'd find in a Raymond Chandler detective novel.
- By Gladstone
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- August 17, 2014
5 Insider Tips for Not Getting Screwed by Car Salesmen
Statistically, most people would rather get stabbed in the eye with a steak knife than talk to a car salesman.
- By Anonymous, Chris Radomile
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- August 17, 2014
If Every Lie on the Internet Was True
People like to sarcastically say everything on the Internet is true. But what if everything WAS true? What kind of world would we be living in right now?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 17, 2014
5 Animals Who Taught Themselves Eerily Human Skills
Monkeys wearing bow ties are always welcome, but as soon as they're hunting with spears and cooking hamburgers, we start worrying about how difficult it will be to learn their language once they take over the world.
- By Matt Pass, Ivan Farkas, Ruy Platt
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- August 16, 2014
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