A Cracked Thread

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-07 15:11:19

Because I read Cracked often enough that I feel a thread is warranted.

anyway

I found this interesting in an unfortunate sort of way.

Tapioca Pudding · 2012-08-07 15:41:00

lol

Justice4243 · 2012-08-07 15:45:20

I've seen several funny articles recently, but am at work, so can't bring them up.

The one about baffling toys was great. Especially the Rocky toy line.

Yarrun XIX · 2012-08-07 19:30:58

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Tre · 2012-08-07 22:50:56

Cracked is pretty good as long as it stays out of "THIS SUCKS YADA YADA" territory.

Justice4243 · 2012-08-08 02:21:13

This one is great:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19625_the-36-worst-action-figures-from-iconic-toy-lines.html

Eelektross · 2012-08-08 06:30:06

Wong is an ass.

Yarrun XIX · 2012-08-08 06:59:45

Wong's intelligent, if a bit pessimistic

lee4hmz · 2012-08-08 11:06:31

Justice: I had the music from "action figure" stuck in my head the whole time I was reading that.

DickGrabrod · 2012-08-08 11:32:51

David Wong has a way higher proportion of message and philosophy in his articles than comedy - he's impelling you, the reader, towards specific ends, always. Frankly, it gets on my nerves.

lee4hmz · 2012-08-08 13:17:36

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-unhealthy-mentalities-internet-turned-into-movements_p2/

All of these are deplorable, but the most potentially dangerous have to be the drunk-driving legalization site and especially the "meet other married people for sex" site. That last one has Dateline NBC and Scorned: Love Kills written all over it. :P

Odradek · 2012-08-10 11:45:15

I liked today's Cracked article.

It's hard to go wrong with "here are some odd animals"

Justice4243 · 2012-08-10 12:29:57

Yeah, it's often times when they talk about movies or other forms of media where they author might slip into "I'm going to tell you about my opinions".

Their articles about animals rarely fall into that category.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 16:29:31

I had one of these as a kid.

My grandma got me it as a present. It creeped me the fuck out and I refused to name it.

My next goldfish was much more normal.

Justice4243 · 2012-08-10 20:51:49

http://www.cracked.com/article_19269_the-16-most-baffling-pieces-official-merchandise-ever.html

#9 made me pull a "WTF" face.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 20:56:27

hooray!

Justice4243 · 2012-08-10 20:57:57

Oh yeah, I read the beginning of this last night and forgot about that one.

The Dune Coloring books are straight out of a Something Awful Photoshop phriday event.

lee4hmz · 2012-08-10 21:03:04

A cereal full of dicks. If Ralston actually got this to stay on the market for more than a few weeks in 1991, I would be very surprised. (I remember the movie, for sure, but not the cereal!)

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 21:07:36

hooray!

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 21:10:51

Honestly? I'd totally wear this.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 21:17:53

the best article

BEAT-MAGNUM TRUE HERO

Justice4243 · 2012-08-10 21:21:20

Honestly? I'd totally wear this.

I think one of things they mentioned was that they accidentally released something bad-ass for The Little Mermaid.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-10 21:26:12

are you guys aware that

Obā-san · 2012-08-10 22:25:07

lee4hmz · 2012-08-11 05:28:20

Just read the entries about the Olympics. Wow, you'd think that this was 2002, not 2012 the way London is carrying on with the security there.

Then again, the Olympics have been further and further up their own asses since, oh, 1984 or so. It's bad enough that the IOC can come in and abuse trademark law in a way that might well be unconstitutional because they're afraid of upsetting their Official Sponsors.

I hope we boycott Rio if this shit gets any worse. NBC in particular can suck my dick.

lee4hmz · 2012-08-11 06:07:40

Also, there are a few links on Cracked to a site called StyleBlazer. Don't click on them; the ads there are awful (at least one is a video feature that auto-plays and can't be muted).

lee4hmz · 2012-08-11 07:52:24

Also also: I have no idea who this Katie person is, but great googly-moogly is she cute. XD

Justice4243 · 2012-08-11 13:20:16

lee4hmz said:
Also, there are a few links on Cracked to a site called StyleBlazer. Don't click on them; the ads there are awful (at least one is a video feature that auto-plays and can't be muted).

Yeah, I've been avoiding those lists.

Justice4243 · 2012-08-11 13:21:29

I have like...over fifty Cracked Articles open in tabs...

This is a habit of mine when I read Cracked.

Oh well, here's one of Seanbaby's better ones:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-marketers-think-were-retarded/

Princess Alice · 2012-08-12 16:59:56

Before the days of DVDs, Blu-rays and illegal downloads, cinephiles had to spend between $50 and $150 to own a digital copy of their favorite movie. The big digital format was laserdisc, and movies were released on discs the size of record albums, because back then no one trusted any technology that was smaller than your dinner plate.

> laserdisc
> digital

What does it say about me that I recognized this as bullshit as soon as I read it, despite never having used laserdisc myself?

Imipolex G · 2012-08-12 18:36:13

I think a lot of people assume laserdiscs are digital. I did, until the Corporal disabused me of that notion not too long ago.

Tre · 2012-08-12 18:40:13

...They aren't?

Imipolex G · 2012-08-12 18:41:29

I rest my case

Justice4243 · 2012-08-12 20:15:01

Yeah, I'm in the same camp. Apparently "laser" does not necessarily equal digital and LDs are technically an analog format.

I learned something because of Heaper's Hangout. Who knew?

Justice4243 · 2012-08-12 20:16:04

For Tre reference:
http://www.heapershangout.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2355/format-wars-the-elitists-strike-back-1997-part-deux/p1

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-12 20:16:16

I think it has to do with the way the laser is used.

Relatedly, there is such thing as a laser record player, and I think those are technically analog too.

Spacey · 2012-08-12 22:30:53

science

Justice4243 · 2012-08-12 22:47:53

"Yes, I can understand you, I'm Leonard Nimoy"

I can accept that Leonard Nimoy understands crystals that speak in symphonizer by virtue of him being Leonard Nimoy.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-13 15:45:27

Remember that horrifying pets article from the other day?

Counterpoint

Odradek · 2012-08-14 11:09:00

Gladstone is still pretty terrible.

lee4hmz · 2012-08-14 11:22:08

Myr: Wow, did anyone (except maybe Gladstone) think those songs were by the artists mentioned? I think someone was stretching here. And no, screenies from Yahoo! Answers don't count as citations, because they're all either idiots or trolls.

Oh, and #2 and #1? Gladstone, admit it: YHBT. YHL. HAND.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-08-14 14:40:17

lee4hmz said:
Just read the entries about the Olympics. Wow, you'd think that this was 2002, not 2012 the way London is carrying on with the security there.

Then again, the Olympics have been further and further up their own asses since, oh, 1984 or so. It's bad enough that the IOC can come in and abuse trademark law in a way that might well be unconstitutional because they're afraid of upsetting their Official Sponsors.

I hope we boycott Rio if this shit gets any worse. NBC in particular can suck my dick.

The Security for London was about the same as it was for Beijing IIRC

Obā-san · 2012-08-14 14:54:47

Well China isn't exactly a place you should want to model yourself on in the internal security department.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-08-14 20:08:05

While "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" Is Terrible, It's Not by Jimmy Buffett

>implying either of these things is at all bad

glennmagusharvey · 2012-08-15 08:00:37

...I don't see a tub of liquid nitrogen.

...how else would you have a cracked thread?

Tre · 2012-08-15 13:20:02

-shrug- Piracy?

Then again, Vanilla's free and open source so I don't see why you'd need to do that...

:P

King_Friday · 2012-08-15 13:47:42

Leonard Nemoy looks very creepy with a moustache. I think it's where his lies about the product come from...

I also am questioning his sanity in talking to a rock. NOw if it was a puppet rock that's a whole nother story.

Princess Alice · 2012-08-15 13:52:06

^^ From what I can tell, it doesn't take much to crack Vanilla either way. :P

/biting the hand that feeds

Aliroz · 2012-08-15 17:41:20

Wong's a jerk who is whiny and pessimistic, wastes his intelligence on political tracts, and cynical.

I really hate Cracked for its cynicism, wasted intelligence, and obscenity. I hate that kind of humor.

Hexartes · 2012-08-16 23:10:38

Wong is often too political and vitriolic, but I tend to like his articles.

And I'm not fond of the excessive use of the word "hate."

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