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My niece called my favorite old site 'broken' and it stung
She was looking at my bookmarked 'Space Jam' movie site from 1996 and said the animated construction gif and tiled background meant the page didn't load right. It hit different because she's never known a web that wasn't slick and perfect. Does anyone else get sad that this whole aesthetic is just lost on people now?
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the_cora1mo ago
Honestly I just pulled up the old Homestar Runner site for my nephew last week. Tbh his face was pure confusion at the low-res cartoons and the weird navigation. It kinda made me realize we're the only ones who get that this was the good stuff, you know? I told him it was like finding an old comic book in the attic, and that seemed to click a little better for him.
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wyatt_chen861mo ago
Yeah, the "old comic book in the attic" thing is a perfect way to put it. It's like you had to be there when the internet itself felt like a weird, shared secret. Now it's all so smooth and normal that the janky charm is totally lost on them.
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