The Importance of Monsters

"5 Reasons Humanity Desperately Wants Monsters To Be Real"

Definitely not an uplifting article, but an important one, especially given how true it is. We need other people to be monsters, to de-humanize them - so we have a reason to be the worst kind of human we all crave.

Read the article, David Wong (editor of Cracked) makes a very good argument.

Article written by David Wong, and published by Cracked.com

My Brain Hates ... Me? Or Was It Another Guy?

A Cracked article following in the fine tradition of Cracked.com in pointing out precisely how our body and mind screws with us; specifically, through the formation of bad habits.

Sitting here at 3am, it's clear that #5 is especially dangerous for graduate students - "Your Brain Thinks Your Future Self Is a Different Person"

If this is the case, then not only does my present self not want my future self to have a good night sleep (so you know, I'm writing this at 3am), it apparently also hates my future self.

What a coincidence! As it so happens, my future self (soon to be my contemporary self) hates my past self, too. Everybody wins!

This really reminds me of the Calvin & Hobbes comic, where Calvin attempts, through time travel, to convince his future self that he should do his homework - but the future Calvin convinces him that his past self is the one to blame. Of course, they all end up fighting (and thus hurting each other), and 3 versions of Hobbes get the last laugh.


"5 Ways Your Brain Tricks You Into Sticking With Bad Habits" was written by Dennis Hoag and published by Cracked.com

Comic image is from Calvin & Hobbes, copyright Bill Watterson, and presented courtesy of the Calvin & Hobbes Wiki

Obama is NOT Getting My Vote!

.... to be the next antichrist. As Soren Bowie explains:

"Needless to say, those of us who expected Obama to reveal himself as the beast of sorrow and despair are more than a little disappointed. Instead, we got universal health care and environmental protection acts. And now he has the nerve to ask for another four years to get everything done. Yeah right, Barry. If you're not going to take this seriously, we'll wait for the next antichrist, thank you very much."

Read the article, it's quick, and very funny. 

 Article written by Soren Bowie, and published by Cracked.com

Why the Matrix Sequals Suck - And Make No Sense

10 Minutes After the End of 'The Matrix' Trilogy 

Really funny stuff, give it a read. Why yes, it is a Cracked article, why do you ask?

Article written by Luke McKinney, published by Cracked.com