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[–] astralala@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

http://thewartburgwatch.com/ has years of dirt on nearly every megachurch pastor

https://krunker.io/

Browser based game with slidehopping. I like to call it the only non dead movement shooter.

[–] faberfedor@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Http://www.kiddofspeed.com

Woman got special government permission to go motorcycling in Chernobyl. She took pictures.

The site is still around.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 20 hours ago

There used to be a site called mingers.com

It was just pics of really ugly people

Obviously doesn't exist now!

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] 1ns1p1d@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amazing nostalgia. I can't remember how to do it!

If it makes you feel better, I don't think I ever really knew how to do it.

I've missed Sodaplay and Sodaconstructor!

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

https://www.keshiheads.co.uk/

A fansite for Takeshi's Castle

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I mean it's not good but https://jesus-is-savior.com/ is just rabbit hole upon rabbit hole. CW: gore, sexism, queerphobia, probably other bigotry

spoiler because finding it yourself is definitely an experiencesomehow the most insane part of the website is when you find the Hawaiian music https://jesus-is-savior.com/sounds/music_from_my_heart.htm

Mahalo, spelunkers


[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I actually had seen one page from this site because it talks about how a niche religion is WITCHCRAFT and SATANIC, but that front page is a work of art.

[–] nnullzz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The amount of insane content on that site is astounding. It was kinda nice how fast the plain HTML pages loaded though.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Holy fuck that is unhinged. Side note, who is behind that site, and why do they have so many ads for Alex Jones? Kind of liking how they all link to the infowars domain, which is going to be owned by someone else soon hopefully though.

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

http://www.vk2zay.net/ Maybe this is obscure enough?! I miss hobby sites like this!

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

A Girls World.

Back in the 2000s, a place for young girls. Articles, recipes, I think games? I edited articles for a bit. I use to be able to directly connect where I'd been online to there, in the sense of, "banner on website suggested this website and talked to people there which lead to this and then that and now to here" but my memory is bad now so I can't.

If it still exists I doubt it's anything like the original.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] B0rax 2 points 18 hours ago

Taxonomy of bread fasteners

https://www.horg.com/horg

Impressive… that’s what I call dedication.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

https://spaghettimodels.com/ aka, Mike's Weather Page

It's just incomprehensible that Mike has resisted organization and web design so long. It's like a fossilized web site from the early Internet, preserved in amber for us to see.

[–] mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

woah I love this. No navigation bar needed, you just zoom and scroll at will to whatever takes your interest

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I actually agree. I feel like there was a different ethos back in the earlier web that information density was a-ok. It feels like years more usable than just-in-time loading modules and constant clicking through pages.

[–] nnullzz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I use his site all the time! Took a while to get the hang of where to find stuff but most important links and data is all there.

https://tonmo.com/

Cephalopods galore! Octopalooza!

[–] gt24@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

If you want to see what various license plates look like from all of North America (as well as what they looked like in the past), there is a website that with a short URL. Strangely enough, the website never gone to https. The link is http://www.15q.net/

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

pouet.net

Tons of retrocomputing/demoscene resources.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Leisure Town

A comic, made with photos of posed bendy figurines. Was very influential in certain circles (like other, more obscure websites I won't name). Still up, but hasn't been updated in 20 years.

Shit, as long as I'm posting websites from the 1900's that are still up, there's also Zombo.com.

websites from the 1900s

how dare you

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

All hail Zombo.com

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Actually a useful site and from my friend's company! stremecoder.com

It's a graphical node-based platform to write and learn python

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TendrΓ© que explorarlo

[–] orsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Spent way too long solving a sliding puzzle. Love the pop up "Puzzle solved!" at the end.

Mulletsgalore.com

[–] tacomama@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago

PLASTERof PAradISe. It was one of the first websites I came across accidentally back in about 1995, I just checked and it still exists (on Geocities!) It’s a fetish site with links to every instance of movies, shows, books etc. with people wearing full body, arm and leg casts. I remember it even had episodes of the Simpsons where casts were depicted. β€œTo each his own”, I guess!

[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I know that one thanks to another post I saw here, days ago

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

There used to be a site in the 90s that was my go to for... anime research purposes, yeah. Vham.com.br if memory serves (Viciados em Hentai, Anime e MangΓ‘), it has probably been offline for more than 17 years now.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There was a website I remember back in the early 2000s about a fictional communist Canada. It was hilarious and awesome and wish I could even remember what it was called…

[–] tomsh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

AI: It sounds like you might be thinking of "The People's Republic of Canada," a satirical website that depicted a fictional communist version of Canada. It featured humorous content, including fake news articles, propaganda, and other comedic takes on Canadian culture and politics.

Also AI: The domain for "The People's Republic of Canada" was typically found at prc.ca. It was a humorous site that parodied a communist version of Canada.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

For a loooong time I kept 'Amish Rake Fight / GFY' on a bookmark to send to people.

It was just a page with a middle finger saying 'Go Fuck Yourself' and a counter saying how many people have been told to go Fuck Themselves.

After a decade or so, there was a page added with hate mail & various threats....the owner I'm sure had lots of fun with it. AFAIK it stopped working about 5-6 years ago.

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The temple of the screaming electron

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Not obscure enough, cool site though! Used to post there and amateurpyro, mtbs3d and a few others

[–] yuri@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

butts.移动

[–] Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://wiby.me/surprise/

lots of weird sites that exist that probably only their creator visit

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Hannu’s Boatyard

This site has probably the best disclaimer I’ve ever seen at the bottom of the page.

And even more You must understand, that using a boat may be dangerous:
-The boat may fall over.
-You may fall out of the boat.
-The boat may hit a rock.
-Your shoes may get wet.
-The boat may get filled with water.
-The boat may sink.
-Another boat may hit Your boat.
-The boat may drift a long distance away.
-You may get lost with the boat.
-When rowing, You may get blisters in Your hands and butt.
-If You get into water, You may drown or get hypothermia.
-Killer sharks may attack You.
-Anything else may happen

πŸ‘Œ

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Anyone remember technorati? What about the nethernet? Ah that brings me back...

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