I am the Executive Editor of Cracked.com and NYT bestselling author David Wong, which is the pseudonym of a real person named Jason Pargin.
The Secret Reason So Many Video Games Are A Tedious Grind It has to do with the way the modern world puts us in a continuous state of anxiety and then sells us distractions. Authors By Jason Pargin Published August 21, 2019
14 Polls That Explain America (And Raise Huge New Questions) Who are Americans, and why are they more interested in saving their dog than a foreign stranger? Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published August 05, 2019
Reminder For 'Stranger Things' Fans: The Eighties Sucked Most fans of this show aren't old enough to remember the Reagan era. Authors By Jason Pargin Published July 18, 2019
The End-Of-The-World Mentality (And Why That’s Ridiculous) You’re going to live a long time. Congratulations! Now act like it! Authors By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin Published May 27, 2019
20 Facts To Understand America (Or Not) The following stats will tell you more about America than you probably want to know. Authors By Jason Pargin Published May 23, 2019
How Lousy Life-Shortening Jobs Became America's Gig Don't let the bastards use you to grind other people down. Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published April 29, 2019
5 Reasons We Don't Appreciate 'Game Of Thrones' Enough We are incredibly lucky to live in a world in which 'Game Of Thrones' exists. Authors By Jason Pargin Published April 14, 2019
5 Crucial Things To Remember About Our Wretched Hellscape Let's not get too crazy, kids. Authors By Jason Pargin Published March 07, 2019
5 Mainstream Health Habits That Trick You Into Feeling Lousy If we can convince the entire world to hear this show, somebody might start getting some sleep. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin Published February 25, 2019
7 Reasons Americans Have Stopped Trusting One Another We need to get to the bottom of this. Authors By Jason Pargin Published February 06, 2019
How A Loneliness Epidemic Snuck Up On Us (with Jason Pargin) Technology! Progress! And so many other things with surprising downsides! Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published February 04, 2019
21 Weird Health Facts That Everyone Should Know (Pt 2) The modern world is stomping all over your physical and mental well-being from several directions. Authors By Jason Pargin Published January 03, 2019
21 Weird Health Facts That Everyone Should Know (Pt 1) Statistically, there's an overwhelming chance that you kind of feel like crap right now. Authors By Jason Pargin Published January 02, 2019
Vote Like The Fate Of The World Depends On It Because it basically does ... Authors By Jason Pargin Published November 04, 2018
The Creepiest Hidden Truths Behind The Origins Of Monsters Dragons, werewolves, and aliens have more in common than you'd think. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin Published October 29, 2018
The Creepiest (True?) Story I've Ever Heard Buckle up. Authors By Jason Pargin Published October 14, 2018
9 Supposedly Important Words (That Don’t Mean Anything) Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published September 24, 2018
9 Common Pieces Of Life Advice That Are Bad And Stupid Some advice on bumper stickers and memes is just dangerous nonsense. Authors By Jason Pargin Published September 05, 2018
The Bizarre Way Marketers Boil You Down And See Your Future It's like 'Minority Report' (but if the pre-cogs worked for Netflix). Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published August 27, 2018
The Alarming Way Netflix Customizes Itself To Our Tastes Netflix monitors your viewing behavior closely. Authors By Jason Pargin Published August 05, 2018
