Cracked Archive - Weird World
We live in a culture that doesn't exactly value anonymity. It's difficult to grab lunch at a drive-through without having to check in on at least three social media sites, for example. To get an idea of how much things have changed, there are some people who have become world-famous icons, but whose names no one knows.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- July 19, 2011
Modern advertising constantly straddles the line between creative marketing and straight-up bullshit. But back in the old days, advertising companies got away with winning their bread and butter through straight poker-faced lies.
- By Matt Culkin
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- July 18, 2011
One of the most annoying things about going to an amusement park is all the stupid precautions. Amusement park owners weren't always so cautious, though, and even these days, there are still some reminders of why all that crap is necessary.
- By Robert Peck
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- July 17, 2011
Many of the great symbols of Liberty we Americans cherish are actually not American at all.
- By Seanbaby
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- July 14, 2011
And you know what, if people are going to spell 'receive' wrong or complain about
- By Christina H
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- July 12, 2011
Part of the appeal of being a homeowner is the ability to customize your house the way you like it. For some, that means adding a deck, repainting or expanding the bathroom. For others, it means entering the realm of madness and becoming its eternal ruler. We know all of these houses make you want to scream, 'Fake!' but we promise: They're all asto
- By Eric Yosomono, Mike Cooney
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- July 12, 2011
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
- By Matt Culkin
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- July 10, 2011
Memes are just the grown up world's version of 'down-down-baby, down-by-the-rollercoaster.'
- By Kristi Harrison
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- July 08, 2011
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.
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- July 08, 2011
Can't we have legal controversies over sillier and more anticlimactic speech issues? Well, it turns out we can. If we Americans can stop being so self-centered for a moment and look around abroad, we can find a wealth of weird old free speech issues, like:
- By Christina H
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- July 05, 2011
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.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- July 05, 2011
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