I read Cracked in the 70s. I would have never believed they would be one of the few voices of reason in the new millennium.

Yeah, Cracked in the 70s was simply the very poor imitation of Mad. which I weep for

When it came to Mad ripoffs, I was always more a Crazy man, myself.

... and Sick! "Why try harder?"

I'd love to see the citations for it. Very interesting article.

I made this comment on Cracked when the article was published over there, but something I really wish SOMEbody would address is the whole "Allah is the Muslim god" thing I've heard so many people say. I once even corrected a teacher in elementary school (the only time Islam came up in all my public school years).

What, do people think that Spanish-speakers worship a different God because they use the word Dios? French Dieu? Latin Deus? Gott, Gud, Dio, Jehovah? Then why does it make such a huge divide for Muslims to use the word Allah, which means--oddly enough--"God"?

I read Cracked in the 70s. I would have never believed they would be one of the few voices of reason in the new millennium.

QFT.

This was, huh actually reasonable.

This came up in a post-show talk, the sheer stupidity of some Cracked.com lists, I pointed out that some of them are quite good and they do their job- which is to be shocking ledes and link bait that people can read in 10 seconds in tab between, cause they produce so much, lots is gonna be crap, but if you're willing to shift or find particular authors you like, it's okay light entertainment with the occasional gem.

It's such a huge hose I can't really hate on it, SEO bullshit aside.

"Allah is the Muslim god" thing I've heard so many people say.

Wait WHAT? People say this? Uh People Of The Book anyone? Wow. I am way more cloistered then I thought I was.

hmm I don't know. if I didn't know Allah just meant "the one" in arabic and that Arab-speaking christians called god Allah I'd think of the term as designated for 'the muslim god' too. I mean why wouldn't you? Islam has a whole conception of god, it's not like there's some abstract god that every faith prays to they're specific in a way