The progenitor of today’s modern memes.
The clip that started it all, back in 2004: https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com/
It always looked like you would catch at least one Trojan per download, but it’s the real deal if you are looking for cracked game.exes or at least it was back in the day.
Thanks for the memory. I like how there is now a series of pre stripped strippers dancing on the right edge of the screen.
I just opened the page without adblocking – that brings back even more memories. And yes, the desktop strippers are still a thing, and now they dance on the entire website, not only in an add-window!
My ad blocking is on the router and it didn’t block the strippers.
Home stat runner dot net! It’s dot commmmmm!
A site that started as a forum for one particular class in one old (pre-dates WoW) MMO.
The population dipped a little when Facebook took off then nosedived again 6+ years later when reddit started getting super popular, but there are still a handful and change of us around with old friends dropping in to visit here and there.
This is what the Internet looked like in 2004. I love this site for both it’s stated purpose, and the nostalgia of the design. Click it if you dare.
Still fully operational and has kept alll the rich features that made it indispensable when it was new.
zombocom! Came here to say the same thing. I still pull it up once or twice a year for inspiration. You can do anything! The unattainable is unknown!
It’s not flash anymore and you have to start the music yourself but it’s pretty literally the exact thing it was in like 2000.
Miniclip . Com …? 😅
This is a cultural milestone in humanities history.
This brings me back.
I’d thoroughly learn everything I could before doing a drug, so I could use it responsibly, and then proceed to use it in as reckless and irresponsible fashion as possible.
Ah. To be young again.
Well you first try it slowly and carefully until you build confidence and take greater risks.
Great place for harm reduction and drug education, the world would be a better place if when people googled compounds or drugs google promoted erowid instead of burying them and putting some propaganda anti-drug websites on the front page.
Thank you for reminding me this exists!
My beloved
So I’m going to toot my own horn here lmao but personally? Mine lol. Sure, technically doesn’t precisely fit the bill for 20 years, given it’s changed domains, content and the such while I was ironing out my interests in life and future expectations.
But I’ve had variations of the site for different projects, purposes, employment needs, and more recently the whole starting my own organization thing lol. All in all however, I’d compare it to those 3 generation soups that are a big selling point in family shops throughout the Asiatic, sure nothing of the original exists per se, but the spirit is there.
I do have such a soft spot for the old ascii and plaintext site design, I’ve never really left the scheme since I first learned html. To me, the more basic a site has made it’s web design the more likely I am to trust it. Something about corporate web design just never sits right with me.
Are you gonna post it?
Joe Merrick, fucking legend, has been running this Pokémon database website for at least 15+ years. Basically the same layout, low/no ads, quality info for free. Got a Pokémon-related question? Serebii’s got the answer. Love it 💚
I love the energy from this site.
When I started learning webdev this was all too close to home.
Top site, the Ian Knot must have already saved me cumulative hours of shoelace tying time.
Ding ding, here comes the shit mobile
I would rather die in a fire than be rescued by this hairy piece of shit
Its honestly the best comment on the internet
I have a few niche sites. Many of them are dying slowly because, well us denizens are dying one by one. And there is very few that will replace us. The times have changed. Few care about old steam engines anymore. And 3D printing has supplanted machining metal in home work shops. And 3D CAD has replaced the drafting board.
[https://www.modelenginemaker.com/] is an example were us old machinists design and build model steam engines just because.
I only took up manual machining this year, there are a few of us young ones, but not heaps.
That’s great! You are going to learn a lot about problem solving and how to think! What machine(s) do you have? I swapped out all the big industrial sized machines for a pair of benchtop sized lathe and mill. I decided when I retired that I wasn’t going to ever machine anything that needed a piece of metal that I couldn’t pickup and hold in my hand.
