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Flax@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

What's your favourite niche website that is still running and hasn't changed much in 20~ or so years?

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What's your favourite niche website that is still running and hasn't changed much in 20~ or so years?

Flax@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago
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  • Epp2@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 days ago

    https://ytmnd.com/

    The progenitor of today’s modern memes.

    The clip that started it all, back in 2004: https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com/

  • lemonuri@infosec.pub
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    gamecopyworld.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.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Holy shit, ancient memory recovered!

    • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Thanks for the memory. I like how there is now a series of pre stripped strippers dancing on the right edge of the screen.

      • lemonuri@infosec.pub
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        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!

        • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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          My ad blocking is on the router and it didn’t block the strippers.

  • 4am@lemmy.zip
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    homestarrunner.com

    Home stat runner dot net! It’s dot commmmmm!

  • Madison420@lemmy.world
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    WebHamster.com

    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.

    https://www.webhamster.com/

  • PrincessCory@lemmy.wtf
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    Miniclip . Com …? 😅

  • AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      7 days ago

      Are you gonna post it?

  • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    I was going to say https://apatheticagnostic.org/ but some unapathetic asshole updated it.

  • Kiernian@lemmy.world
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    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.

  • Kissaki@feddit.org
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    Dunno about 20, but Geizhals.de

  • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
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    The Spoiler website for cheats and walkthroughs and hasn’t been updated for decades. Still running good. If you are looking for help on a major PC release for MS-DOS and 90s windows they probably have you covered.

  • Seefra 1@lemmy.zip
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    http://chakoteya.net/

    Not sure how old this website is, but judging by the design, it looks older than me.

    It’s has transcriptions of all my favourite TV series!

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    Zombo.com

    Still fully operational and has kept alll the rich features that made it indispensable when it was new.

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      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!

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    https://serebii.net/

    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 💚

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    https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/

    • Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz
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      Top site, the Ian Knot must have already saved me cumulative hours of shoelace tying time.

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    https://www.erowid.org/

    This is a cultural milestone in humanities history.

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      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.

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        My partner works in harm reduction and I introduced them to erowid. It seems it’s not well known outside early century ravers and such?

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      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.

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        Well you first try it slowly and carefully until you build confidence and take greater risks.

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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      My beloved

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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      Thank you for reminding me this exists!

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