This is it. I was expecting something qyestionable, or even mildly awful. Instead, they are quaint, and full of life. They are outdated only because of current UI trends, not because they are objectively outdated.
I miss the soul and work that went into sites of the 1990s where it was dense information with a point, not thousands of pixels filled with nothing.
Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring
by JasonFruit on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:35PM
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Exactly my feeling: this is the opposite of the hacker-in-the-best-sense appreciation for things done out of passion and personal dedication, even when they're strange or seemingly useless. This tears down without offering anything better.
Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring
by kid-icarus on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:46PM
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Respectfully disagree. I take delight in observing these artifacts, it's unfortunate you cannot.
Sorry if my comment wasn’t clear, I actually do enjoy browsing these websites. My concern is about the mocking tone I perceive from OP and the webring curator (not sure it’s the same person).
Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring
by kid-icarus on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:31PM
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I don't know how many of the cursed sites you've visited, but in addition to rudimentary styling, some of the sites contain some rather disturbing content.
Hence the "fucked up shit," and "twisted mind," comments. I don't think they are inappropriate or disrespectful.
I don't think tone policing is appropriate or beneficial.
One can perceive them as ugly, outdated, funny, or even pointless (I don’t, but it’s not the point). But using a domain like cursed.lol and a vocabulary like “twisted brain” or “fucked up shit” (OP’s comment) is a bit too much on the side of the mockery / disrespect / immaturity and doesn’t belong here IMO.