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man i remember visiting this site called visualidiot.com a while back and it had a bunch of funny graphic design jokes and whatnot, so i visited it again and apparently the former webmaster is trans and is no longer doing webdev now.

that's... huh.

visualidiot.com

re the 'wacky elements' thing: i would probably call those post-brutalist websites maybe? or neobrutalist? idk i dont really feel they fit in the brutalist umbrella although in all honesty i know almost nothing about architecture so who knows

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also i haven't tested it yet but i'm 90% sure (barring the too-new HTTPS protocol) this webpage will display near-flawlessly on Internet Explorer 5 on Windows 98

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i think someone on here posted this last night, but i'm still really digging the idea presented here that brutalist websites are meant to be function-first, looks-second (compared to how BrutalistWebsites dot Com describes brutalist websites, which to them means 'webpages with sometimes white backgrounds, black text, and a lot of them have wacky ui elements that make things unaccessible for a lot of people').

brutalist-web.design/

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I'm just so fucking tired of negativity

I spend a lot of time thinking and talking to people about media. I used to think I was above pop culture but then I grew up.

Anyway the common thread I see in most places is that nothing is ever good enough. You can't even be excited about things without someone telling you that you're wrong.

Fuck that.

Enjoy things.

Recognize problematic elements, of course, but don't ignore everything that doesn't 100% match your worldview.

Enjoy things.

extremely lewd and sinful 

Samsung Means To Come

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meds: take in the morning, with food
me: incomprehensible. have a terrible day

er, sorry, [checks script] meant to say "amnestic"

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cognitohazard (not joking this time) 

alright, don't say i didn't warn you

hey remember that keyboard that had a screen on EVERY key and costed five thousand dollars

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TIL There are a bunch of characters in Unicode for Japanese that are actually meaningless

They were mistakes created during the transcribing process (for various reasons) and now they're in the standard and on countless systems across the planet

dampfkraft.com/ghost-character

the vinemon game was good, even if it did go on for just a _little bit_ too long

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Got an ad for this new "debate platform powered by reason" site, and they already have such a keen idea of the level of discourse they'll host

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