# Straight Dope mentioned in Cracked.com article! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-cracked-com-article/677365 "2013-12-28T19:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-cracked-com-article/677365/1 "2013-12-28T19:27:36Z")
The full article starts here: [6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day](http://www.cracked.com/article_20601_6-ridiculous-myths-you-believe-about-stuff-you-use-every-day.html). The SD mention comes on the second page, in Myth #2 (“Your Mattress Doubles in Weight Every 10 Years from Dead Skin and Bugs”): [ > [@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](http://www.cracked.com/article_20601_6-ridiculous-myths-you-believe-about-stuff-you-use-every-day_p2.html)) …and here is the article the author was referring to: [Does a mattress double its weight due to dust mites and their debris?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2545/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! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-cracked-com-article/677365/2 "2013-12-28T19:50:27Z")
Woot indeed! Go SD and [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) (love that site!). ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-cracked-com-article/677365/3 "2013-12-28T21:39:56Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Woot indeed! Go SD and [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) (love that site!). Too bad it has a useless comment system. It really could use something more structured and accessible. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-cracked-com-article/677365/4 "2013-12-30T06:25:03Z")
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…