Cracked Archive - Weird World
7 Obnoxious Behaviors That Should Be Punishable By Death
Like all well-adjusted individuals, I find myself wishing death upon people nearly constantly. And not people who deserve it like Genghis Khan or Jeffrey Dahmer (mostly because they're already dead) but people who just get under my skin. This raises several questions: Is wishing death justified? Is it productive? And what the hell is wrong with me
- By Gladstone
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- October 22, 2011
19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture
The elderly spent their better days fighting for our freedom, only to have the rug pulled out from under them by the rapid advance of technology. We have nothing but sympathy for them, but all their complaining does make you wonder just what it is they think we're up to with our damned gadgetry, and new-fangled hip-bop music.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 21, 2011
The 8 Most Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Toys
Molten glass, molten metal, hazardous chemicals -- all were included in toys back then ... on purpose.
- By Tracy V.
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- October 19, 2011
15 Cards for Getting a Jump Start on (Ruining) Christmas
Christmas cards are usually designed to spread Christmas cheer, while subtly bragging about how well you and the family are doing. We asked you to show us the cards that would ruin Christmas for someone involved in that transaction.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- October 19, 2011
6 Misleading Assumptions You Make About Quiet People
Quiet people face stereotypes too, they just don't have a spokesperson demanding you stop discriminating against them.
- By Christina H
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- October 18, 2011
8 Hilariously Insane Examples of Vladimir Putin Propaganda
When America wanted an action hero as President, they filmed Air Force One. According to the photographs coming out of Russia, the media there just had to follow around the real thing.
- By Luke McKinney
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- October 14, 2011
The 5 Craziest Soldiers of Fortune To Ever Cash a Paycheck
It takes a certain breed of person to be a mercenary. And that breed is batshit insane.
- By Xavier Jackson
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- October 13, 2011
6 Things They Say Hurt Careers (That Statistics Say Help)
It turns out that many of the ways we intuitively believe we're improving our success in the workforce are totally wrong. If you want to get ahead, you'd be better advised to just let yourself go.
- By Mike Cooney
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- October 12, 2011
6 Reasons We're In Another 'Book-Burning' Period in History
What's contained in this article is going to make 80 percent of you want to punch me in the face.
- By S Peter Davis
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- October 11, 2011
7 Reasonable Explanations For Looking Like a Hipster
There's a lot of innocent people that can get caught in the searchlights during a hipster hunt, who have perfectly reasonable explanations for why they exhibit some of the classic hipster signs. Like...
- By Christina H
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- October 11, 2011
25 Honest Lunchbox Letters From Parents to Children
Some parents have been putting notes in kids' lunchboxes for decades, presumably to remind the other children in the cafeteria what real love looks like, or to teach their own child the fundamentals of taking a punch. And now Pottery Barn and others are cashing in, manufacturing pre-written letters for parents on the go. Here are some suggestions .
- By Soren Bowie
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- October 10, 2011
6 B.S. Myths You Probably Believe About America's 'Enemies'
Spend five minutes listening to politicians and pundits talk about countries like Iran and North Korea, and you walk away thinking the world is a scary place. But politicians have agendas, and pundits want viewers. They aren't always the most reliable sources, but they're usually the loudest.
- By Mark Hill
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- October 10, 2011
The 5 Most Overused Jokes On the Internet
Comedic conventions that we all take for granted and use over and over again even though they've lost their humor years ago. Like 21st century rubber chickens and chattering teeth.
- By Gladstone
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- October 08, 2011
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