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| - Cracked.com, founded in 2005, is a website spin off from the defunct Cracked Magazine, founded in 1958. Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour, dispensing interesting historical and scientific trivia surrounded by dick jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to Choose Your Own Adventure Gonzo-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.
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| - Cracked.com, founded in 2005, is a website spin off from the defunct Cracked Magazine, founded in 1958. Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour, dispensing interesting historical and scientific trivia surrounded by dick jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to Choose Your Own Adventure Gonzo-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates. Small time celebrities including Seanbaby and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as Subnormality, White Ninja and Daisy Owl), and has its own caption contest. It has taken on the "Cracked Wikipedia Project" now known as Cracked topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Steven Seagal to Punk Rock (including one about TV Tropes). For tropes related to the original mag, see Cracked. For a rundown of who's who on the current column writers:
* Jack O'Brien (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-)
* David Wong (Senior Editor, also the author of John Dies at the End) (2007-)
* Robert Brockway (2007-)
* Chris Bucholz (2006-)
* Cody Johnston (2009-)
* Wayne "Gladstone" Gladstone (2006-)
* Soren Bowie (2009-)
* Dan O'Brien (or DOB) (2007-)
* Sean "Seanbaby" Riley (2009-)
* Michael Swaim (Though his current priority is videos.) (2006-)
* Christina Hsu (H.) (2009-)
* John Cheese (2008-)
* Luke McKinney (2007-)
* Adam Brown, a frequent poster promoted to columnist. (2007-)
* Brendan McGinley, a person recently added to be a columnist.( 2011-) With frequent non-columnist posters:
* Kristi Harrison (also editor)(2007-) Formerly:
* Ross Wolinsky (2006-2008)
* Ian Fortey (2007-2010) They also have video content. The videos range from cultural to just random topics:
* Cracked TV (now Does Not Compute) hosted by Michael Swaim, whose content comes primarily from lists compiled by the Cracked forums.
* Cody Johnston produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos.
* Agents of Cracked, Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.
* After Hours, set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture.
* Other regular contributors include BriTaNick, Black 20, and Those Aren't Muskets. On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account and then post in this thread to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of This Very Wiki. If you're going to add tropes that have to do with Agents of Cracked please put them here. Reading and/or general association with Cracked.com will also make you irresistibly sexually attractive.[citation needed]
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