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I don't mean gross stuff like SomethingAweful.

I'm talking someone's fever dream neocities page that details how to make a UFO engine using element 115.

A blog that is wild conspiracy stuff that has aged like fine wine.

Or some serial forum post that makes no sense but seems too complex to be performative.

17776 is a good example, if you're not familiar.

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[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I found out about icum.to (not porn but does have at least one NSFW image) on Lemmy at some point. It has some pretty good videos and the website is interesting but also a little weird. I've definitely been amused looking about.

[–] Avorn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Her manifesto certainly has some, uh, takes

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Wow, this young woman has recreated the vibe of 1999 internet perfectly. I'm all in.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not really that weird, but is a funny classic (around for at least 25 years) and I am still not completely sure if it is meant seriously or not.

It's basically a very detailed online course on how to apply butter to a pretzel:
http://butterbreze.de/

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I like it. It's fun. But, is it normal to slice a pretzel in half laterally like that?

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's the most popular take-away snack food in Southern Germany, so yeah, totally common!
It's also the most stereo-typical Bavarian food that I know of, besides Weißwurst.

In my city there are even booths scattered all over town selling nothing but sliced pretzels filled with dozens of different topings you can choose from.

The butter one is still GOAT, though.
You can get it in every bakery.

[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

But how would I ever find this....Lemmy? It sounds so strange and mysterious!

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

ZOMBOCOM

WELCOME. TO ZOMBOCOM.

THIS IS... ZOMBOCOM

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

This song just radicalized me to whatever happens when the "loading" bar finishes.

Edit: And now I'm part of the inner circle, so that's cool. I'm going to put that on my resume.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like the OG is finally gone. RIP

New one is up with similar spirit but it's not the same. https://zombo.com/

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh wow even the audio isn't the same

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yeah, I had to look up a video of the old song and now I totally remember seeing this site literally 20ish years ago.

I know it will upset people to say, but I like both songs. BUT - the original site was specific satire. The new song is epic, but doesn't have the same social critique.

[–] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://www.seafriends.org.nz/

A self-described genius decides that marine reserves do not work, and creates his own parallel science theories to explain trends in marine science. His most important discovery: The Dark Decay Assay which I think is him putting seawater in a test tube and measuring its pH over time.

I visited his laboratory/cafe/aquarium in real life, just out of curiosity. Almost all the aquariums were empty, and they served me the worst coffee I've ever had.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A really well done parody version of Windows...

https://www.windows93.net/

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Oh, the Windows default sounds give me flashbacks