Straight Dope mentioned in Cracked.com article!

[Snowboarder_Bo]

The full article starts here: 6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day.

The SD mention comes on the second page, in Myth #2 (“Your Mattress Doubles in Weight Every 10 Years from Dead Skin and Bugs”):
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@Cracked.com

So who is responsible for this outrageous pack of lies? Surprisingly, it can be traced back to The Wall Street Journal, which in 2000 ran an article featuring the incredible statistic. The mythbusting website The Straight Dope contacted the article’s source directly, Ohio State University researcher Emmett Glass, who set the record straight that he never said any such thing. Evidently the journalist flat-out made it up in order to make the story “more interesting.” A nation of mattress salesmen thank you, ma’am.

](6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day | Cracked.com)

…and here is the article the author was referring to: Does a mattress double its weight due to dust mites and their debris?

The Straight Dope continues to have meaningful impact on an apathetic civilization! WOOT!

[Shayna]

Woot indeed! Go SD and Cracked.com (love that site!).

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@Shayna

Woot indeed! Go SD and Cracked.com (love that site!).

Too bad it has a useless comment system. It really could use something more structured and accessible.

[BigT]

I saw this, too. I wondered if calling it a “myth fighting website” was really all that accurate. I mean, I guess ignorance is a form of myth…