# In the name of fuck website designers, WTF is wrong with you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687 "2022-07-09T22:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/161 "2022-07-20T21:31:02Z")
You would think they would have a lightning rod. Google says that lightning rods still exist and work, it’s just that we don’t put them on houses anymore. Probably because the overall odds of getting hit are so low. But tall buildings have them, and I would think gas stations should as well. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/162 "2022-07-20T23:06:44Z")
Go to Walt Disney World in Orlando. They have lightning rods every ten feet long the roofline on even the short buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/163 "2022-07-20T23:15:47Z")
Not every roof. > ~Max ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/164 "2022-07-20T23:18:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Google says that lightning rods still exist and work, it’s just that we don’t put them on houses anymore. Probably because the overall odds of getting hit are so low. I was told it wasn’t necessary because the house’s entire electrical system was hooked to a grounding rod. Don’t know whether that’s true, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/165 "2022-07-20T23:46:46Z")
Do they just assume that the computers with keyloggers installed won’t also have mouseloggers? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/166 "2022-07-20T23:47:05Z")
And have your house wiring carry the current to ground? No, thanks. When I was visiting my parents in southern Virginia, the neighbors across the street had their house struck by lightning. We were watching the storm out the back window when there was this really bright flash and an instant bang. “Wow, that was close.” Twenty minutes later the neighbor was knocking at the door. His phone was not working and he wanted to use ours. It turned out they’d been heading for home, maybe 75 yards away from the driveway, when it hit. We went over to look at the damage. It had struck the chimney and a couple bricks and fragments of others were lying in the yard. Inside, above the mantel you could see where it had jumped into the radiant heating wires in the ceiling and they’d heated to the point of turning the plaster dark in long rows zig-zagging about 4-inches apart. The thermostat cover had been blown off. I noticed his golden retriever was lying on his feet rather than at them. He pointed to a dog bed along the wall with a potted plant in it. Above, the cantilever arm the pot had been hanging from was dangling from one screw. “This time of the afternoon she’s usually taking a nap.” ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/167 "2022-07-21T00:13:14Z")
Interesting. The house I grew up in was struck while I was a kid. All the light bulbs that were turned on broke (not in shards, as I recall it, but as in needing replacement because the filaments broke), and some appliance that was plugged in was also fried. No damage to the house or residents. Dogs were a little freaked out, but in no danger. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/168 "2022-07-21T00:23:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Do they just assume that the computers with keyloggers installed won’t also have mouseloggers? But they randomize the positions of the buttons, so mouseloggers won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/169 "2022-08-01T04:03:30Z")
That’s weird. When I go to Reddit, I see a little indicator that says how long ago any post or comment was made, right after the name of the poster. This occurs whether I’m on the front page, a subreddit page, or the comments page. Though it does seem to be light gray by default. Unless you mean they should show a date stamp for the actual link? That may or may not be possible, depending on how the site works. Some always show the date of when you accessed the page, not when it was created. (And that is, IMO, something that should be fixed. But it’s not web design so much as web development.) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/170 "2022-08-01T04:13:49Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > > [@Max\_S](#): > > > > I could probably do it _myself_ in a half hour. ⁢ > > [Generic website - JSFiddle - Code Playground](https://jsfiddle.net/c718poq0/) > > ~Max ⁢ Sure, that’s a functional site (assuming that the placeholder text stands for text that would be given to you). But it’s not really complete without styling or images or anything. Your boss’s idea of using a template makes more sense. But it sounds like he could have used more knowledge about the best templates to use (though it wouldn’t surprise me if the website is not considered a high priority item. I definitely would have wanted a bit more to it when researching a doctor’s office online). That said, I do agree that it shouldn’t take all that much time to make a static page, and that you shouldn’t need to pay $1000/mo in perpetuity. All you should have to pay for continually is hosting and domain registration. Well, that and you need to update it every so often. But there’s no reason that couldn’t be yet another one-time expense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687.md?page=8)