I am Cracked.com senior editor and columnist JF Sargent. Sometimes they call me "Josh" because that's what the J stands for. Other times they call me "Sarge" because "Sargent" is a badass name that I received due to a technicality. I am the only Cracked writer you can trust.
Sometimes the characters in these movies seem to know less about what they're doing than we do, and for every sensible decision they make, they stumble through a series of catastrophically terrible blunders that defy explanation.
Twitter commemorated seven years of glorious, typo-ridden existence by taking us through a montage of all the really annoying behavior they bring out in people.
Sometimes the media help us out by finding the next person in line for sacrifice and arbitrarily deciding that everything he or she does is awful. Like right now with the Biebs.
It's true -- our own psychology is constantly working against us. Our heads are full of destructive and downright wrong ideas that we just can't get past, due to biology, upbringing, or both.
There's a special kind of badass out there: The kind that overcomes horrific violence with nothing but willpower, skill, bravery, and (to be totally fair) a somewhat stupid disregard for personal safety.
While 16-year-olds don't have decades of debt and regret weighing them down, they do have a long list of biological and social pitfalls making their lives hell.
Whether they are deliberately courting controversy or just didn't think it through enough, advertising campaigns occasionally backfire in hilarious ways.
Spending too much time on the Internet is a surefire way to become hopelessly cynical, but we know there's a tiny glimmer of idealism burning away inside you. It's worth it to take some time every now and again to remind yourself that it's there.
