# Has Cracked ever been humourous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835 "2017-02-14T18:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/21 "2017-02-14T21:57:05Z")
Some nice covers of the Mad imitator magazines on [this collectors’ page](http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2468448). There are examples from Panic, Riot, Wild and Flip. The success of Mad had companies falling over themselves to rush out imitations. Most didn’t last long! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/22 "2017-02-14T23:06:51Z")
Hah! That “Riot” cover reminded me of this old classic Strange Adventures cover. > **[PicClick • Search eBay Faster. Find it first!](https://picclick.com/)** > > Click to shop the largest selection of eBay Motors, Antiques, Art, Baby, Books & Magazines, Business & Industrial, Cameras & Photo, Cell Phones & Accessories, Clothing, Shoes & Accessories, Coins & Paper Money, Collectibles,... ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/23 "2017-02-14T23:13:56Z")
They can be funny. Sometimes. I do like their personal experiences entries. Those can be interesting and enlightening. I just wish they would lay off the Star Wars/Superheroes crap a little. Jesus, it’s getting to be every third column entry now. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/24 "2017-02-14T23:19:16Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Seanbaby has never disappointed me. This guy is one of the funniest people on the internet, he occasionally writes for Cracked. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/25 "2017-02-14T23:58:24Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Is that the Katie that had a lifetime supply of pudding and it drove the company out of existance?? Yes, haha. Cute, smart, totally hot. She is a talent above the Cracked level, wish she could do more in Hollywood or wherever. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/26 "2017-02-15T00:00:22Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > While I hate the term SJW, in this case, it’s accurate. Yes, if anyone proves that such a concept is valid, it is he. > [@](#): > > There’s some loser there who keeps posting “I am/was poor and o how horrible my life is/was. And bullies suxxxor! And here’s how you need to behave” articles that just set my teeth on edge. Sounds like John Cheese. Yes, pretty downer and annoying stuff. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/27 "2017-02-15T00:03:31Z")
Just to be fair, we really ought to start using the term “SIW” to describe some of the folks on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/28 "2017-02-15T00:10:24Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I was a regular submitter to Photoplasty for about a year, a while back; when I figured out that it was only possible to win twice a year (as I recall), I re-evaluated the amount of time I was devoting to those entries and stopped. That’s another change: their Photoplasty columns have greatly increased in number. Gokurosan on all that! > [@](#): > > But despite that bitter experience, I still frequently find Cracked funny. I think it really does depend on one’s politics: the more progressive you are, the more likely you are to find it genuinely humorous. The more irritated you are by progressivism (a good tell: you use “SJW” as a serious term of opprobrium), the less likely you are to find it funny. I’m Liberal and find myself using “SJW” out of annoyance myself at times. FJ Sargent exemplifies the kind of niggling, prissy Liberalism that drives people to vote for Trump. That doesn’t mean I hate everything he writes, but it does tend to be pretty downer and not very humorous or entertaining. I think only a small fraction of Cracked articles even try to be funny these days. Sure, they try to mix jokes into the serious content, but that doesn’t mean it’s all that funny overall. At the same time, they do have interesting analysis of stuff on there a lot, including some takes on current events. I find a decent percentage worth reading, but it’s not all that “funny haha.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/29 "2017-02-15T00:20:30Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Oh there were a whole bunch. Offhand I can remember in the 50s/60s Frenzy, Sick, Crazy but there were more too. Mad of course was head and shoulders above the rest. Cracked was its poor cousin but the best of the imitators. I’ll never forgive Cracked for hiring Don Martin away from Mad. I don’t blame Martin, though. William Gaines supposedly screwed him out of royalties for reprinting his work in paperback editions. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/30 "2017-02-15T01:18:09Z")
Wow, I had no idea people disliked it. I’ve only read it for…2 or so years. I don’t think it is hilarious. I do find the daily lists pretty good. There is usually one per day I enjoy. It’s sometimes funny. Sometimes just interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/31 "2017-02-15T01:26:52Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Yes, if anyone proves that such a concept is valid, it is he. > Sounds like John Cheese. Yes, pretty downer and annoying stuff. That’s the guy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/32 "2017-02-15T02:00:16Z")
I guess I’ll be contrary and say I still like it. It isn’t as silly or trivia oriented as it used to be but it has done some real reporting in guise of humor lists and I have liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/33 "2017-02-15T02:03:29Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Their podcasts are unwatchable. This made me laugh. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/34 "2017-02-15T03:27:15Z")
I read [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) a lot. If all you want is humor, go somewhere else. The articles are about information. They have lots of articles about movies and TV and video games and comic books and books and news sources and advertisements and medical issues and interesting little known places and American history and world events and science and unsolved mysteries and legal issues and true crimes and music and many other things. I like the (more or less) monthly series _After Hours_. I think John Cheese and David Wong are great writers. One of the things I don’t like are those weekly podcasts with Jack O’Brien and the other writers. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/35 "2017-02-15T03:46:50Z")
I’ve enjoyed John Cheese’s articles. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/36 "2017-02-15T05:09:26Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I read [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) a lot. If all you want is humor, go somewhere else. How about we first strive for “some”? I don’t think that expecting a significant portion humor out of a place that bills itself as a humor site is all that unreasonable. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/37 "2017-02-15T05:30:51Z")
That’s not what [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) is about anymore. If you want humor, it clearly isn’t your thing. Yes, they should quit advertising themselves as a humor website. Some videos on the site are mildly humorous, but it’s not the snide, obscene humor that it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/38 "2017-02-15T06:13:56Z")
Has Cracked ever been humourous? Yes - 45 years ago [faaark!] I would read it in the primary school playground and often had trouble keeping my lunch down, it was so funny. I was 11 at the time, but I’m sure that like fine cellared wine it has only improved. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/39 "2017-02-15T06:28:24Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > That’s not what [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) is about anymore. Welp, that would be the topic of the conversation then, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835/40 "2017-02-15T07:49:57Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I was a regular submitter to Photoplasty for about a year, a while back; when I figured out that it was only possible to win twice a year (as I recall), I re-evaluated the amount of time I was devoting to those entries and stopped. > [@Aeschines](#): > > That’s another change: their Photoplasty columns have greatly increased in number. Gokurosan on all that! I have participated in a number of Photoplasties, and even won a few prizes. They’re fun (to me anyway), and the time I spend on entries, I don’t consider to be wasted–my Photoshop skills have vastly improved since I began. That’s worth it–again, to me, anyway. And it’s a nice community in the Photoplasty/Macro part of the forums; people help each other out with what they’re trying to portray. I’ve received a lot of good advice there. As for the Cracked site itself, I have to agree with **Wendell Wagner** : it’s not all a laugh-a-minute humour site. It is certainly that at times, make no mistake; but at other times, it is thought-provoking, great for trivia-geeks, and an interesting look into worlds one might not otherwise encounter (e.g. such articles as “Working at a Dying Chain Restaurant,” “What It’s Like to be a Pro Wrestling Referee,” and “Realities of Surviving Mass Shootings”). These, I find to be certainly interesting, if not always very humorous. Perhaps they should tone down the “we’re a humour site” stuff, but that’s their call. It is what it is, and I still enjoy it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835.md?page=3)