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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong (Creator/JasonPargin), author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the English language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.]]

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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or and later the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is was an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's It was run by webmaster David Wong (Creator/JasonPargin), author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd''. Cracked and former webmaster, who now works [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, when Pargin was hired as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. Executive Editor. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.

The forum has had a strict set of rules nobody seems seemed to bother reading, but were vigorously enforced by volunteer moderators, and [[SchmuckBait is was very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree agreed that these things are an essential, new-age component of the English language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure Newbies were encouraged to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats guaranteed to evoke a positive response from the community.]]



Ever since, [=PWoT=] has had one of the highest standards of comedy and intelligent discussion. Cracked and [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, and David Wong was hired as an editor and article writer. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.

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Ever since, Until its dissolution in early 2020, [=PWoT=] has had maintained one of the highest standards of comedy and intelligent discussion. discussion found on the internet, with boards dedicated to casual discussion of movies, TV shows, music, and video games, a heavily moderated board for serious discussion of weighty topics, a contest forum where anyone could submit entries for the weekly "Photoplasty/Pictofacts" image-manipulating contests, and a private Writer's Workshop where members submitted pitches to write articles for publication on the main site.

When Pargin resigned as Executive Editor to write full time, he wiped out the forums except the contest and writing boards, as he would no longer have control over them, but when
Cracked and [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, and David Wong was hired as an editor and article writer. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus changed from articles to social-media-friendly macro images by a small pool of contributors, the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.
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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the English language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.]]

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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, Wong (Creator/JasonPargin), author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the English language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.]]
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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the english language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.]]

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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the english English language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.]]



Ever since, [=PWoT=] has had one of the highest standards of comedy and intelligent discussion. Website/{{Cracked}} and [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, and David Wong was hired as an editor and article writer. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.

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Ever since, [=PWoT=] has had one of the highest standards of comedy and intelligent discussion. Website/{{Cracked}} Cracked and [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, and David Wong was hired as an editor and article writer. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.
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Not to be confused with [[ShaggyDogStory actual pointless wastes of time]], nor with ''Fanfic/ACompleteWasteOfTime''.

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Not to be confused with [[ShaggyDogStory actual pointless wastes of time]], nor with ''Fanfic/ACompleteWasteOfTime''.
''Webcomic/ACompleteWasteOfTime''.
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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the english language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.

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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and [[SchmuckBait is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the english language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.
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[[http://www.cracked.com/forums/ Pointless Waste of Time]], also known as [=PWoT=] or the Website/{{Cracked}} forums, is an internet forum on the Website/{{Cracked}} server. It's run by David Wong, author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', and former webmaster, who now works as Cracked's Editor-in-Chief. The forum has a strict set of rules nobody seems to bother reading, and is very tolerant of smilies, acronyms and memes. Forum moderators agree that these things are an essential, new-age component of the english language and should be encouraged in order to further progress world culture. If you decide to pay them a visit, be sure to open with a detailed introductory post filled with plenty of lolcats to evoke a positive response from the community.

Wong, along with his friend John Cheese, started [=PWoT=] in 1999 as an outlet for their writing. While Cheese focused on pure comedy (in the insane-sociopathic-adventures form), Wong, with less time, decided that he couldn't let his fans wait months for a thousand-word article about fucking a cactus, and produced more insightful material like [[http://www.cracked.com/article/14990_what-monkeysphere The Monkeysphere]]. The [=PWoT=] Forums debuted in 2001, '''the same year as 9/11''', which is all the proof you need that [=PWoT=] is "a [=CIA=] site."

Ever since, [=PWoT=] has had one of the highest standards of comedy and intelligent discussion. Website/{{Cracked}} and [=PwoT=] merged in 2007, and David Wong was hired as an editor and article writer. The forums were integrated into Cracked, and thus the most popular comedy site in the world (with one percent of the world in reader base) was born.

Not to be confused with [[ShaggyDogStory actual pointless wastes of time]], nor with ''Fanfic/ACompleteWasteOfTime''.

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