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Post number 20877

Fabulon7 — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:51:34 -0800

HTML Gone Bad: We know that laughter is the best medicine, so our group of scientists work nonstop collecting and categorizing lousy web pages. We spend weeks exposing each page to constant ridicule and heavy sarcasm. After they are tested, we pass the links along to you.

By: kate_fairfax

kate_fairfax — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:58:56 -0800

I'm glad there is a home for stuff like this on the web. I'm not sure yet whether this link is featured on the HTML gone bad site, but if not, it should be. Another candidate would probably be the time cube guy (previously discussed for its contents here).

By: joemaller

joemaller — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:03:31 -0800

That's a bit too long for a MetaFilter tagline, but I guess MetaFilter is sort of the reverse process anyway (links first, followed by sarcasm and ridicule)

By: scottandrew

scottandrew — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:03:52 -0800

The best part of this site is the essay "If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers." Funny, 'cause it's true.

By: RubberHen

RubberHen — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:09:15 -0800

Did anyone check out the Asian Prince? Good God what a freak!

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:20:00 -0800

The site is pretty uneven. A lot of the supposed "HTML gone bad" pages really seem to be "Content gone bad" pages, of which there are an infinite supply on the Web. And although I found this site pretty entertaining, I doubt it was spotlighted in order to mock it.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:20:04 -0800

Great. Links to both Landover Baptist and Betty Bowers, as well as Bonsai Kitten, Peter Pan, and the venerable Engrish. It's just like this thread, only without the self-aware humor.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:24:49 -0800

yawn. amateurs.

By: Fabulon7

Fabulon7 — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:28:29 -0800

You are indeed, the King.

By: Modem Ovary

Modem Ovary — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:47:13 -0800

Screw Zod, I kneel before Quonsar.

By: archimago

archimago — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:47:40 -0800

That Peter Pan page is the goddamn funniest thing I have seen in a while. Check out the fashion pages! I'm choking on my own saliva and I can't stop laughing and the people at work are looking at me like I'M the freak!

By: patricking

patricking — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:10:24 -0800

so now we know where one-hit-wonder websites go to die. i think i can remember when each of these has been posted here. didn't laugh then, either.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:11:04 -0800

Imminent repostings of very old threads predicted.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:11:19 -0800

That's a bit too long for a MetaFilter tagline This, however, works rather nicely: Metafilter: constant ridicule and heavy sarcasm

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:18:16 -0800

The "If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers" essay reminds me of an list a buddy of mine compiled, called "No, The Customer is Bloody NOT Always Right".