# Favourite wastes of time - best Cracked.com articles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144 "2011-07-15T16:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/21 "2011-07-26T23:14:44Z")
[13 Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Ads Aimed At Kids](http://www.cracked.com/article_18772_13-wildly-irresponsible-vintage-ads-aimed-at-kids.html) is one of my favorites. I think I get caught at the imagery of the baby rotisserie the imagine to have been sold as an accessory to the DuPont Health Tan Sun Lamp. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/22 "2011-07-27T02:25:05Z")
This has been one of my favorite threads ever and I have wasted all evening here. I always forget that [cracked.com](http://cracked.com) is there. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/23 "2011-07-27T03:19:22Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I never saw a tanuki while living in Japan, but I am told the males really do have noticeably large testicles compared to their body size. But they do not really turn into statues. > [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > How in all holy heck do you creat an account there? I want to leave a comment correcting the misinformation on Purim in “Six Insane Holidays”, and I go to the registration page and I fill out the spaces and click the create account button, and nothing keeps happening! I never had any problems. If you still can’t get in, post it here, give me a link, and I’ll post it for you, if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/24 "2011-07-27T03:24:27Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But they do not really turn into statues. Oh yeah? Where do all those tanuki statues come from, then? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/25 "2011-07-27T09:30:13Z")
pulehoopo writes: \> How accurate are their articles? Obviously some are completely humorous but \> some seem like they are legitimately factual. Some of them seem like the rough drafts for major investigative reporting news articles that need to be thoroughly fact-checked. Consider this one, for instance: > **[10 Stories About Donald Trump You Won't Believe Are True](https://www.cracked.com/blog/10-stories-about-donald-trump-you-wont-believe-are-true)** > > He's made such a joke of himself in the process that it's easy to miss the immense balls required to do what he does in public, and get away with it. At a certain point, you have to take a step back and marvel at the rap-sheet of dick-headed insanity... I have no idea how much of this is true, but if any substantial amount of it is, these facts should have been all over the news while Trump was claiming to be thinking about running for President. A couple of the ten points are minor, but the general gist is that Trump has spent his entire career publicizing projects which lost money for all the investors but which didn’t hurt him because he didn’t invest any of his own money in them. He always took a fee off the top for publicizing the project. He has threatened to sue people who publicize how bad those investments are. There should have been news stories in all the major newspapers and on television which investigated this situation. This should be Pulizer Prize stuff. Yeah, there were short mentions of how the size of Trump’s fortune is apparently overestimated by Trump and how some investors want to sue him, but there wasn’t nearly enough publicity given to the entire situation. The only thing I can hope is that various newspaper and television networks did thoroughly investigate this and had a huge news story ready to run the second that Trump actually declared his candidacy. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/26 "2011-07-27T16:08:36Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > There should have been news stories in all the major newspapers and on television which investigated this situation. And if Trump had been viewed as a serious candidate and not a joke by just about every professional reporter, I’m sure these investigations would have occurred. As it is, they didn’t bother. Why put in the time to discredit Trump when he’s clearly just a vanity candidate? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/27 "2011-07-27T16:38:38Z")
I think almost any of their lists involving animals is a win. Just the other day I was re-reading [The 5 most horrifying Bugs in the World](http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_the-5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html). But I think my favorite is [5 Advanced Technologies Still Catching Up to Invertebrates](http://www.cracked.com/article_19282_5-advanced-technologies-still-catching-up-to-invertebrates.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/28 "2011-07-28T02:41:50Z")
Bryan Ekers writes: \> Why put in the time to discredit Trump when he’s clearly just a vanity candidate? Because he was running near the top in polls of possible Republican candidates. Trump could have stayed in the race and come close to being nominated, at least. And because anyone who had screwed over so many investors should be exposed even if they aren’t a political candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/29 "2011-07-28T04:05:13Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Bryan Ekers writes: > > \> Why put in the time to discredit Trump when he’s clearly just a vanity candidate? > > Because he was running near the top in polls of possible Republican candidates. Trump could have stayed in the race and come close to being nominated, at least. And because anyone who had screwed over so many investors should be exposed even if they aren’t a political candidate. Yeah, running near the top… for what, a few weeks, 16 _months_ before the election? Did anyone actually believe he was in for the long haul? I’d be surprised if there were any serious reporters (as opposed to sweaty-palmed and wild-eyed bloggers) who thought Trump was a serious, viable candidate. Even the Fox News reporters can’t have been that clueless, despite what they spouted on air. And, sure, Trump’s financial dealings may as well be publicized. Frankly, anyone who invests money on his say-so is kind of a chump. It’s much more profitable to just view him as a self-aggrandizing game-show host. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/30 "2011-07-28T04:06:16Z")
I’ll have to go with The [5 Circles of Baffling Web Comic Hell](http://www.cracked.com/article_17607_5-circles-baffling-web-comic-hell.html). Even XKCD and Oglaf can get a little infra-dig at times, and they’re the best of web comics, the ones in this article are so fricking weird they make Jack Chick look like the very font of rationality. Read it if you dare! ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/31 "2011-07-28T13:41:32Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Bryan Ekers writes: > > \> Why put in the time to discredit Trump when he’s clearly just a vanity candidate? > > Because he was running near the top in polls of possible Republican candidates. Trump could have stayed in the race and come close to being nominated, at least. And because anyone who had screwed over so many investors should be exposed even if they aren’t a political candidate. I remember his casino bankruptcies. I could never figure out how you could own the casino and go bankrupt. Remember, Trump inherited his start up money. He lost it. After the Taj Mahal casino fell apart, he was in debt for $300 million personally. He’s been able to sell an image without much money to back it. This was actually starting to come out, with the whole Trump university thing. It was right around that time he dropped out. And when NBC made him sign a new contract. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/32 "2011-08-03T15:39:58Z")
The videos are great too, my all time favorite is Swaim’s [“8 Great Foods Explaining Why Terrorists Hate Us”](http://www.cracked.com/video_18133_8-great-foods-explaining-why-terrorists-hate-us.html) Michael forces down a KFC family meal throughout the video. The joke about Japan being better at us at everything we’re good at, and the outtake at the end completely kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/33 "2011-08-03T16:03:54Z")
There’s a lot of funny on Cracked, but every now and then, they do get pretty insightful, too, and those are the articles I tend to like best – for instance, _[5 Reasons The Future Will Be Ruled By B.S.](http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s._p1.html)_, or _[10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On](http://www.cracked.com/article_15759_10-things-christians-atheists-can-and-must-agree-on.html)_. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/34 "2011-08-03T16:33:24Z")
[5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy](http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/35 "2011-08-03T16:46:28Z")
> [@pulehoopo](#): > > How accurate are their articles? Obviously some are completely humorous but some seem like they are legitimately factual. I’ve noticed that when I have first-hand knowledge of some of the stuff they talk about, it’s “true” but wildly exaggerated for the sake of comedy. So I just assume most of it is true, but not quite as “HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!” as Cracked makes it. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/36 "2011-08-03T18:07:36Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I’ll have to go with The [5 Circles of Baffling Web Comic Hell](http://www.cracked.com/article_17607_5-circles-baffling-web-comic-hell.html). Even XKCD and Oglaf can get a little infra-dig at times, and they’re the best of web comics, the ones in this article are so fricking weird they make Jack Chick look like the very font of rationality. Read it if you dare! I did. Seriously, I wonder if the number of those types of web comics would greatly decrease if their artists stayed on their meds. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/37 "2011-08-03T18:33:43Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/38 "2011-08-04T01:33:32Z")
Thanks for bumping (accidentally) [7-questions-you-didnt-know-could-be-answered-with-math.html](http://www.cracked.com/article_19360_7-questions-you-didnt-know-could-be-answered-with-math.html) This one was brilliant. I had a lot of fun with these equations. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/39 "2011-08-09T23:31:40Z")
Bump, because the Straight Dope has officially been ‘Cracked’ with this [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) list: [5 Ridiculous Secrets Only Two Living People Know: Part 2](http://www.cracked.com/article_19358_5-ridiculous-secrets-only-two-living-people-know-part-2.html). The article on the Symbols on Led Zeppelin IV (too bad, that’s what it is) links back to the Cecil column about the topic from 18 Sep 2001. (The Straight Dope probably has been Cracked before, but the timing with this thread is too good to pass up) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144/40 "2011-08-12T19:19:32Z")
And only two days later, there’s another new article linking to [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com): [6 Weird Fashions From History (With Weirder Explanations)](http://www.cracked.com/article_19347_6-weird-fashions-from-history-with-weirder-explanations.html). Item #5 links to Cecil’s 2005 article, [“Why does so much ancient Greek art feature males with small genitalia?”](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2627/why-does-so-much-ancient-greek-art-feature-males-with-small-genitalia) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144.md?page=3)