22 Unflattering Sides Of The Modern World

Someone's being paid up to $75,000 to make sure Captain Miggles' food is delicious.
22 Unflattering Sides Of The Modern World

Modern living is great. We aren't sleeping on rocks, hunting animals with sticks, or wiping our butts with our bare hands (most of us at least).

But it all comes at price. And, well, it's probably a price most people don't want to know anything about. Which is why we're happy to present it to you here! Enjoy!

(PS: If you can't get enough of that guilty feeling, check out today's Quick Fix for more in-depth look!)

CRACKED COM This guy's job stinbs literally! Julio Cu Camara has been diving into Mexico City's sewage rystem for maintenance for 29 years. Despite be
22 Unflattering Sides Of The Modern World
COBALT IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF SMARTPHONES, CARS, AND COMPUTERS. MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S COBALT IS SUPPLIED FROM MINES IN T
CRACKEDGO A delicious Christmas dinner brings into the city sewers tons of turkey fat that create fatbergs, boulders of cooking fat congealed with e
Professional pet food tasters are paid $30,000- $75,000 USD to ensure that pet food has a good taste, pleasing texture, and is overall appealing to pe
CRACKEDCON It takes three or four ounces of milk to make one ounce of cheese or Greek yogurt. The rest becomes whey, an acidic watery by- product that
CRACKED C COM Hong Kong is the 4th most densely populated place in the world and due to and shortages, since the 1980s traditional burials have mostly
MINING SULFUR IS NO EASY FEAT- FOR ABOUT $I0 USD PER DAY, THIS MAN WILL RISK HIS LIFE INHALING NoXIOUS GASES... ...JUst so YOU CAN HAVE YOUR ACNE WASH

Museum Secrets

If there's one thing museums love more than hiding their Illuminati secrets, it's a Well- cleaned animal skeleton. To srid animal skeletons of tissue
WITH ALL THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS, REUSABLE BAGS HAVE BEEN GAINING POPULARITY THESE LAST FEW YEARS... WITH A COST A study by Univ
Who tabes care of your discarded chewing gum for you? In Britain, there is actually an occupation dedicated to removing chewing gum from sidewalks, wa
Where do old ships go to die? CRACKED COM Many of them are sent to South Asia, beached, and broken up by workers who are given no protective gear. The
22 Unflattering Sides Of The Modern World
TREE ROOTS. ATTRACTED TO VAPORS FROM CRACKS IN PIPES. GROW INTO PLUMBING IN SEARCH OF NUTRIENTS. UNCHECKED. THEY CAN GROW ALL THE WAY UP INTO YOUR TOI
GRAGKED.OON Scenic. harmless farm. right? + 00 Wrong. Farms produice huge quantities of nitrates. which makes its way into the water supply. High leve
Keurig's single serve coffee pods, called K-cups, revolutionized the coffee experience, with almost I in 3 American households having a pod-based coff
Premarin is an estrogen replacement drug that is marketed to menopausal women. Premarin pongate tstrotns einnl The nam e stands for pregnant mare's u
TWO MILLION TONS OF MEDICAL WASTE ARE GENERATED EACH YEAR. THIS INCLUDES INFECTIOUS, RADIOACTIVE, SHARP, AND JUST PLAIN GROSS MATERIAL. CRAUN HAZARDOU
CRACKEDCON HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THE FATE OF ALL THE ELECTRONICS YOU THROW AWAY? They are exported to far flung places where women and childr
TO MAKE SURE THAT DEODORANT PRODUCTS ACTUALLY WORK IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN. YES, THE ODOR JUDGES Odor judges are responsible
SWEET, YUMMY CHILD SLAVERY! 284,00 CHILDREN are SLAVE LABORERS on cacao farms in West. Africa. As many as 15,000 of them were enslaved via HUMAN TRAFF
CRACKED GO Due in large part to poor waste management, it's estimated that the world's oceans may have more plastic debris than fish by the 2050 year

We are offering so many opportunities for you to win some dough that it'd be insane if you didn't get in on this. Aside from our photoplasties ($100 per contest) and GIFs ($150 per contest) we are paying out 10 winners for our macro contests. And YES, you can win all 10 spots ($350 payout) if you've got the skills to blow our minds that many times.

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