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Jack O'Brien

I:
Am the Editor-in-Chief of Cracked.com.
Still laugh out loud at your article (that's me laughing out loud in my avatar).
Am a contributor to the micro-blogging site Twitter.com: https://twitter.com/jack_obrien

I have:
Two sisters and a wife who are cooler than me.
Two dogs and a wife who are all smaller than me.
A column on Cracked: http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/

A Genealogy Of Modern Fear

If you turn on the TV or scroll through Facebook for any short period of time, it seems like we're consumed with fear.

Authors: By Kristi Harrison, Jack O'Brien, Michael Swaim
Published: July 27, 2015

Horrifying Things Implied By Famous Movies

Think about every time a movie villain asks the hero something like,

Authors: By Tom Reimann, Jason Pargin, Jack O'Brien
Published: July 20, 2015

The Gun Show

The recent tragedy in Charleston, SC sparked, among other things, another flurry of debate in what appears to be our new twisted national pastime: arguing about guns.

Authors: By Jason Pargin, J.F. Sargent, Jack O'Brien
Published: June 29, 2015

Secret Rules That Determine If A Movie Is Successful

Last year, of the ten highest grossing films at the American box office, nine were adaptations of one of the following: a Marvel property, a Disney property, a line of toys, or a fantasy novel.

Authors: By David Christopher Bell, Jack O'Brien, J.F. Sargent
Published: June 22, 2015

Weird Ways Repeating Sounds Hack The Human Mind

Why is it that if you hear a pop song like 'I Kissed A Girl' more than two or three times, you feel like you're going insane, but when you play an old video game you can listen to the music for hours?

Authors: By Daniel O'Brien, Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien
Published: June 08, 2015

Unspoken Stereotypes Movies Trick You Into Believing

Source material aside, did you find yourself watching 'Daredevil' on Netflix and thinking: Matt Murdock is a very capable blind man in New York, why does he need the cane, the sunglasses, and the wide-eyed stare?

Authors: By Jack O'Brien, Jason Pargin, J.F. Sargent
Published: June 01, 2015

The Horrible 90s Hit Song That Explains The Modern World

In his new column going up tomorrow, David Wong uses the hilariously outdated Billy Joel song 'We Didn't Start The Fire' to illustrate a confounding problem with dominant white and western culture.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien, J.F. Sargent, Jason Pargin
Published: May 18, 2015

California: The Secret Murder Capital Of The U.S.

In 1848, on the eve of the California Gold Rush, there were less than 1000 white settlers living in the California territory.

Authors: By Robert Evans, Daniel O'Brien, Jack O'Brien
Published: May 11, 2015

Why Florida Is So Weird

Dave Barry spent over 20 years of his life writing a nationally syndicated humor column every single week like clockwork.

Authors: By Soren Bowie, Jack O'Brien
Published: May 04, 2015

Great Movie Sequels That Don't Exist

If you recall the 2006 movie 'The Prestige,' you'll remember the plot is roughly about how 2 Batmen fight an army of Wolverines created by David Bowie.

Authors: By Daniel O'Brien, Soren Bowie, Michael Swaim, Jack O'Brien
Published: April 27, 2015

Racist Stuff Smart White People Believe

The entertainment industry has a great way of being subtly racist while proclaiming their open-mindedness.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien
Published: April 13, 2015

Behind-The-Scenes Stories That Improve Movies

Pop quiz, hotshot. Did you know that 'Speed', the Keanu-on-a-bus 90s action tentpole was originally developed as a completely different film?

Authors: By David Christopher Bell, Jack O'Brien
Published: April 06, 2015

Why 4 Famous Documentaries Are Full of S#!%

Anthropomorphic goatee and director of 'The Jinx' Andrew Jarecki has recently taken criticism from many sides regarding the ending of his documentary series.

Authors: By J.F. Sargent, Jason Pargin, Jack O'Brien
Published: March 30, 2015

6 Celebrities You Didn't Realize Lost Their F#@%ing Mind

Here are two scenarios that might properly contextualize Harrison Ford in light of his recent plane crash into a Santa Monica golf course.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien, Soren Bowie, Kristi Harrison
Published: March 16, 2015

Why The Black-Blue/White Gold Dress is Reality's Sorting Hat

Our senses are about as trustworthy Brian Williams' war memoirs.

Authors: By Jason Pargin, Jack O'Brien, Michael Swaim
Published: March 09, 2015

Money Myths in Pop Culture

When your favorite sitcom characters take their obligatory once-a-series trip to Vegas, unless that specific episode is about how Chandler loses it all on black, or Kramer comes up with a scheme to count cards, we never see them face the mundane consequences of taking an expensive vacation: eating ramen for a few months, missing the trip back home

Authors: By Kristi Harrison, Jack O'Brien, Jason Pargin
Published: March 02, 2015

13 Crazy Fan Theories the Internet Invented

As we've previously covered on the site, before JK Rowling had even finished the 'Harry Potter' books, an interesting fan theory started popping up on Potterverse fansites.

Authors: By Michael Swaim, Daniel O'Brien, Jack O'Brien, Adam Tod Brown, Soren Bowie, Alex Schmidt, Cody Johnston
Published: February 16, 2015

Tiny Mistakes & Dumb Lies That Shaped Huge Parts of History

We've all heard about the butterfly effect: a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, and weeks later that results in a hurricane somewhere else.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien, Michael Swaim, Daniel O'Brien
Published: February 09, 2015

How Internet Subcultures Combat Free Speech

Here's the easiest experiment in the world. Go to YouTube. Click on ANY video. Scroll to the comments.

Authors: By Jason Pargin, Jack O'Brien, Tom Reimann
Published: February 02, 2015

6 Upcoming Movies You Should Be More Excited About

In the last two weeks, the internet was blessed with new trailers for both 'Ant-Man' and 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'.

Authors: By Jack O'Brien
Published: January 19, 2015

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