Cracked Archive - Weird World
4 Words That Someone Should Have Invented by Now
Every once in a while, I have to explain a situation in a full sentence, because one word to represent that situation doesn't exist. And I hate doing that, because I am a whirling, spinning, terrifying, motherfucking HURRICANE of efficiency.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- August 31, 2012
23 Small Changes That Make Adorable Things Terrifying
There's a fine line between photos that make you pronounce the phrase 'look at the little kitten' as 'wook at da wittle kitty,' and images that will haunt the inside of your closed eyelids at night.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 29, 2012
5 Insane Falls You Won't Believe People Survived
The laws of physics are weird. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it -- especially considering that these miraculous, one-in-a-million survival stories happen surprisingly often.
- By Eric Yosomono
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- August 27, 2012
16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances
Don't try to deny it -- you've had those violent daydreams occur when the guy in front of you at the Hardee's can't decide if he wants three burgers or four. Fact of the matter is that we all tend to mentally inflict punishments upon those who apparently can't carry out the simplest tasks. We asked you to show us those punishments.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 27, 2012
The 5 Strangest Felonies Ever Committed by Animals
The best thing about being a wild animal, aside from being able to shit wherever you want, is that crimes that would get a human put away for decades are written off with a comical headline.
- By Will Millar
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- August 25, 2012
5 Signs the Townspeople Are About to Turn on You
Experienced travelers all agree that one of the hardest and least rewarding of these cultural obstacles is the experience of arriving in a new town and discovering that everyone there is going to try and murder you.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- August 24, 2012
15 Old Photographs That Prove the World Used to Be Insane
From those bullshit seatbelt laws to Big Kindergarten trying to tell you which preschools you can and can't take your gun into, it seems like today's nanny nation is intent on making our lives as safe as possible at the expense of any and all excitement. That's not how it used to be, though.
- By Robert Brockway
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- August 22, 2012
The 5 Most Ridiculous Drinking Myths You Probably Believe
Considering that booze is one of the pillars of human civilization, it's kind of shocking how little we know about it.
- By Pauli Poisuo, Adam Wears
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- August 22, 2012
6 Things People Get Way Too Worked Up About
Everybody enjoys the guilty pleasure of going on a self-righteous rant every once in a while like an Aaron Sorkin character or something, whether it's about the way politics and the media are these days, or more everyday things like people with more than 15 items in the express lane.
- By Christina H
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- August 21, 2012
16 Hidden Messages You Never Noticed in Famous Ad Campaigns
We asked you to show us some of the subtle hints we missed in famous ads.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- August 20, 2012
The 7 Sneakiest Ways Corporations Manipulated Human Behavior
Al ot of times the only thing between mediocrity and market dominance is the kind of devious plan that would make a supervillain proud.
- By Karl Smallwood, Jack Hall, Sara Ohlms
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- August 20, 2012
3 Kinds of People That Need to Go Away
A sadness comes from knowing that people like this will always exist, and even if you beat them to death whack-a-mole style with your hammer of justice, more will merely rise up to take their place.
- By Gladstone
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- August 19, 2012
The 6 Most Baffling PSAs Starring Famous Superheroes
In theory, superheroes should be a perfect fit for public service announcements. In practice, well, judge for yourselves.
- By Adam Hirschfeld
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- August 19, 2012
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