Back before I discovered the SDMB, when I got bored online, I’d try typing in www.x.com, where x is whatever random word or phrase popped into my head, and see what came up. This lead to the discovery of a host of strange websites. My favorites:
No, but when I clicked on your www.x.com link for kicks, I was redicrected to a PayPal page saying “Payment Processing,” then immediately afterwards to the PayPal home page. Scary. :eek:
I like checking in with Pointless Sites from time to time. They feature sites that are … well … pointless. (And yes, purple.com is on it. But not roastchicken.com, probably because that’s not altogether entirely useless)
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] www.subservientchicken.com It cracks me up every time. There is an amazing amount of different commands, some of them pretty obscure.
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And the phrase “subservient chicken” just popped into your head one day?
Pretty much any of the “You’re the Man Now Dog” (YTMND) sites.
Here are some of the greats:
And my personal favourite YTMND Cosby Bebop. It’s caricatures of Bill Cosby, but edited in to the theme song of a cartoon called Cowboy Bebop (which I’ve never been able to stand for more than 5 minutes… Cool song though)
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No, but when I clicked on your www.x.com link for kicks, I was redicrected to a PayPal page saying “Payment Processing,” then immediately afterwards to the PayPal home page. Scary. :eek:
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I think that’s a phishing site it goes to. I think the “real” PayPal has an https://
Well, Tom Jefferson, the big swinging dick of the Founding Fathers, who this guy is going on about, was from Virginia. A southern state. And southern states are all Johnny-come-latelys? Is anything in New England as old as Roanoke?
Even if that rant is a joke, a lot of people really feel that way, and they’re just as bad as those ignint suhthaners they’re decrying.