Cracked Archive - Weird World

Your anxiety is like black gold for society -- full of your tears, your stress, and your fears.

• By Jason Pargin
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• July 04, 2016

It's like you can't even trust product marketing anymore.

• By Aaron Kheifets
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• June 30, 2016

Not all business interactions are worthy of a congratulatory fap.

• By Felix Clay
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• June 29, 2016

Human hair can be a surprisingly lucrative harvest if you get hooked up with the right wig-maker.

• By Evan V. Symon
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• June 29, 2016

We spoke to three people who, in essence, deliver the worst possible news to what are often dangerous people in desperate circumstances.

• By Saundra Sorenson
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• June 28, 2016

Every once in awhile, what may look like a stupid conspiracy theory turns out to be something that very much happened.

• By Jacopo della Quercia , Sergei Korolev
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• June 27, 2016

Getting the hiccups is annoying, but unless you've angered a witch lately, they do eventually go away. 'Eventually' being a pretty loose term, here.

• By Anonymous, Amanda Mannen
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• June 27, 2016

The following politicians managed to disregard the law and all rules of a civilized society in the funniest ways possible.

• By Abraham Mireles, Cassowary Wong
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• June 26, 2016

Seriously, these people need just not talk anymore.

• By Felix Clay
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• June 25, 2016

We let ourselves down when it comes to technological innovation in the field of product packaging.

• By Felix Clay
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• June 24, 2016

We spoke with Trevor Paul, who taught English at a private school in Nanjing, about the whole sordid experience.

• By Evan V. Symon
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• June 24, 2016

Art you picture as 'easy' requires mastering insanely complex techniques or, even worse, math.

• By Rachel P.
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• June 23, 2016

It's been months since you signed up for that gym membership, and yet here you are, staring at a screen instead of working out. Maybe you're making the right choice.

• By Ryan Menezes, Ryan George
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• June 22, 2016

Kalymykia is a Buddhist republic in Russia. You read that right.

• By Michael Hossey
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• June 21, 2016

If you ever find yourself doing anything like the following, burn it all to the ground, hug your family, and apologize profusely for so coldly ignoring them all these years.

• By Jason Iannone
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• June 21, 2016