Forum:Regarding Cracked.com
Okay, I briefly mentioned this on the WIGO talk page awhile ago, but I'd like to start an active discussion about it. I believe that Cracked.com has greatly declined in quality, not only since its peak in 2010, but even since as recently as two years ago. I used to follow the articles all the time, as they were really funny and informative. Nowadays it seems like the addiction to and desperation for clicks has completely overridden everything that used to make the articles great.
I could deal with the dumb titles. I could ignore the fake Photoplasties all done by the same person using stuff recycled from existing articles. I could tolerate to an extent certain authors spending more time talking about how unjust the world is instead of being funny (I'd love for them to do both at once). The last straw, however, was when they got lazy when doing research for articles.
Specifically I'm referring to this. Now, we can all agree that fat shaming is a bad thing, and I enjoy seeing fat shamers getting the piss taken out of them (this article is a highly belated reaction to the closure of /r/fatpeoplehate). At the same time, I can't help but suspect that the last 2-3 points in this article go too far in the opposite direction, and might even be borderline healthy at every size. The comments section heavily criticized the author for misinterpreting the studies he used as citations to draw erroneous conclusions. This isn't the first time it's happened either; it started happening in force a few months ago.
It's gotten to the point where the only columnist I can read anymore is Seanbaby, and he posts maybe once a year at most. What do you guys think? Has Cracked stopped being funny? Has its educational side taken a turn for the worse? Really needed to get this off my chest. Blitz (Complaints Box) 20:53, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- While I generally like reading Cracked, I've seen my share of bullshit articles too. I'm not sure what's so bad about those last 2-3 points, though. It doesn't appear particularly healthy-at-every-size to me. 142.124.55.236 (talk) 21:28, 29 September 42015 AQD (UTC)
- Wow. That is a bad article. "Western lifestyles burn as much calories as Hunter Gatherer ones"? They cite a study, but all it says is that walking burns the same amount of calories in both groups("The metabolic cost of walking (kcal kg−1 m−1) and resting (kcal kg−1 s−1) were also similar among Hadza and Western groups."). Guess which one does less walking. But yeah, Cracked sucks.TheriziπosaurusG (talk) 03:27, a while ago(UTC)
For me, it depends on what you're complaining about. I don't mind Auntie Meme or the recycled content because I understand the point so excellently made by Randall Munroe about how many people are seeing it for the first time. I dislike when they buy into bullshit. The people bitching about the social justice, on the other hand, I despise, and have outright hoped they'd just end the comments section, because I'm sick of bigots whining on everything. --PosthumanHeresy (talk) 03:11, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Checking the top comments are also entertaining. Ɀexcoiler Кingbolt Mierda, shit, mierda, shit, mierda, shit... Look! 06:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC)