Ryan Menezes
Ryan Menezes has written over 1,400 articles, totaling over 1.7 million words, attracting over 150 million views and containing over 12 jokes. He broke down and set up a Twitter page, just for his Cracked fans, at https://twitter.com/MenezesCracked. You can also try reaching out to him through menezes.cracked@gmail.com.
5 People Who Became Unwitting Tourist Attractions
Sometimes, fame means little more than taking a full-time job as a depressing sideshow freak. Just ask some of the people who had the misfortune to become human tourist attractions.
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5 Iconic Pop Culture Moments That Weren't in the Original
Without these disrespectful bastards taking liberties with the sacred sources, we wouldn't have these iconic scenes.
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- By Ian Ury, Ryan Menezes
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6 Deleted Scenes (That Change Classic Movies)
Because it's such a long and winding road from script to screen, it's fascinating to go back and see what almost made it into the film.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Ryan Menezes
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The 5 Most Absurdly Difficult Video Game Puzzles (Pt. 2)
Sometimes developers just don't give a damn. Or maybe they hate us.
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- By Ian Ury, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes
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5 Movies and TV Shows With Brilliant Clues in the Dialogue
As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Lachlan M., Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes
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5 Ridiculous Things the Media Blamed Video Games For
If you're a politician or pundit, ranting and raving about the evils of video games is still a surefire way to get everyone's attention. And that is how you wind up with manufactured outrages like these.
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- By Henrik Magnusson , Will Leonard, Ryan Menezes
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5 Animals That Do The Exact Opposite Of What They're Supposed To
Some animals raise a middle finger (or claw, or tentacle) to stereotypes and flip our world upside down.
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- By Dyl Moore, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes, Sativa Savant
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5 Huge Brands That Pissed Off Whole Countries With Marketing
Always make sure to check if the mere existence of your product insults your entire consumer base so viciously that they show up at your factory with pitchforks.
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5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals
Sometimes, in their single-minded efforts to make the world a better place for animals, self-proclaimed animal-rights activists actually make things a whole lot worse.
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6 Sneaky Ways Movies and TV Shows Outsmarted the Censors
It turns out some come creatives aren't so easy to push around -- they have a message, dammit, and they'll do anything they can to get it to the people.
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- By Andy Kneis, Ryan Menezes
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5 Classic Movies Made By People Who Wanted Them To Bomb
Can a movie succeed if the very people behind it are doing everything in their power to make sure that it fails? (Hint: Yes.)
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- By Dustin Koski, Evan V. Symon , Soon Van, Ryan Menezes
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5 Awesome Things Invented by the Last People You'd Expect
Great inventions can come from anywhere. Even the last place you would ever expect.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Mind-Blowing Ways People Mastered Famous Video Games
Video games are one of the most enduring wastes of time out there, but what happens when you master a game so thoroughly that it no longer poses a challenge?
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- By Karl Smallwood, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes
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5 Shockingly Creative Ways Animals Are Using Our Garbage
Somehow, the natural world keeps finding a way.
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- By Ryan Menezes, A.C. Grimes
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5 Famous Symbols that Were Created to Be Horrible Insults
It's always weird to look at the pop culture symbols we just take for granted and realize how often the origins are somewhere between insulting and utterly horrifying.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Mike Floorwalker, Ryan Menezes
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5 Bizarre Animal Chain Reactions Our Daily Lives Are Causing
Some of the effects we have on Mother Nature are much less obvious and very, very weird.
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- By Ryan Menezes, A.C. Grimes
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5 Video Games With Disturbing Implications You Didn't Notice
There are often some mighty disturbing implications, not to mention collateral damage, behind even the simplest of actions in video games.
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- By Adam Wears, Michael Dawson , Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes, Zeus Montoya
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5 Famous Musicians Who Correctly Predicted Their Own Death
Who knows when and how death's grim hand will come to us? Musicians, apparently.
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- By Sam Jackson, Ryan Menezes
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6 Creepy Places Where Dead Bodies Just Lie Out in the Open
Why spend Halloween giggling your way through a haunted house full of plastic skeletons and fake corpses when you can go find the real thing?
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- By Eric Yosomono, Alfredo Marquez, R. Jason Benson, Ryan Menezes
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9 Horrifying Foods You Won't Believe People Actually Eat
Warning: Do not plan on eating anything while you read this.
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- By Zach Johnson, Ryan Menezes
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