The sad part is that they do use <a> tags! The site just does other stupid shit to break basic expectations about primary functionality, because "design! (handw

The sad part is that they do use <a> tags! The site just does other stupid shit to break basic expectations about primary functionality, because "design! (handwave)". This is the kind of sewage that bubbles up when programmers learn about the web through single page app frameworks. There's a whole generation of front end developers now who seemingly don't know what a hyperlink is or why they might be worth using. Not every stupid website needs to be an app.