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I'm not really sure what's so "cursed" about this website? http://www.hytechshotz.com/default.asp http://www.hytechshotz.com/default.asp The website design is

I'm not really sure what's so "cursed" about this website? http://www.hytechshotz.com/default.asp http://www.hytechshotz.com/default.asp The website design is pretty bad but based off of the OP saying "most of them are really deep and demonstrate some sort of twisted brain that was behind each site" I'm not really sure why this one is on the list.

mattnewton 6y ago
Some of these sites are just dope, like this 3d graphing software site https://cursed.llolo.lol/dpgraph.com/ https://cursed.llolo.lol/dpgraph.com/ But have hideous design :D
- tonyarkles 6y ago
  As it turns out, these are real sites that got scraped. http://www.dpgraph.com/index.html http://www.dpgraph.com/index.html works, and it looks like the software is free to download now. I’m too much of a chicken to try though...
  - bwooster 6y ago
    A lot of these sites don't support HTTPS, so they can't be iframed without being mirrored
- hinkley 6y ago
  I can't recall the last time I made a noise opening a web page. This one sounded somewhere between a hiccup and vomiting. Kind of a 'Hulp!'
hc-taway 6y ago
I'd say that one gets in for having photos with "2019-2020", so clearly still being updated, but for feeling so very much like it's from 1999. Choosing to lead with an unremarkable aerial photography shot, and something about the saturation in the images, is so 1990s, not just the design. @aol.com contact email. The name is reminiscent of "icy hot stuntaz". The whole package is very special.
- hedora 6y ago
  I think the “Buddy” and “sample” product images put it over the top.
dookahku 6y ago
Maybe like finding a Prada store in the middle of nowhere near marfra Texas... Either it's a cover or an artwork, or possibly someone That twisted at Prada headquarters decide that it was a good location
- guerrilla 6y ago
  Apparently that's just an art installation https://inspiredimperfection.com/adventures/prada-marfa/ https://inspiredimperfection.com/adventures/prada-marfa/
bpierre 6y ago
I don’t see how any of these is cursed really. I think it is fair to assume that most of these websites are the product of work and passion from individuals having put some time and effort into it. One can perceive them as ugly, outdated, funny, or even pointless (I don’t, but it’s not the point).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.
- xook 6y ago
  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.
- kid-icarus 6y ago
  Respectfully disagree. I take delight in observing these artifacts, it's unfortunate you cannot.
  - bpierre 6y ago
    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).
    - kid-icarus 6y ago
      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.
- JasonFruit 6y ago
hinkley 6y ago
Overlooking the ol' bezel trick, High saturation text on a black background does not cancel out the overuse of high saturation colors. This looks like a flyer for Hempfest 2021. (Why do pot smokers enjoy higher saturation than the rest of us? Has anyone studied this?)
- tomcooks 6y ago
  Blood in the eye area, and half-mast eyelids
  - hinkley 6y ago
    Do you think it's similar to fancy clothes in Kenya, where bold contrasts and high saturation seem to be the norm? Not because they're stoned, but because, as I learned as a child, if you spend all day in bright light and go inside you can't see shit because your photoreceptors aren't bouncing back quickly enough.

mattnewton 6y ago

Some of these sites are just dope, like this 3d graphing software site https://cursed.llolo.lol/dpgraph.com/ https://cursed.llolo.lol/dpgraph.com/ But have hideous design :D

tonyarkles 6y ago
As it turns out, these are real sites that got scraped. http://www.dpgraph.com/index.html http://www.dpgraph.com/index.html works, and it looks like the software is free to download now. I’m too much of a chicken to try though...
- bwooster 6y ago
  A lot of these sites don't support HTTPS, so they can't be iframed without being mirrored
hinkley 6y ago
I can't recall the last time I made a noise opening a web page. This one sounded somewhere between a hiccup and vomiting. Kind of a 'Hulp!'

hc-taway 6y ago

I'd say that one gets in for having photos with "2019-2020", so clearly still being updated, but for feeling so very much like it's from 1999. Choosing to lead with an unremarkable aerial photography shot, and something about the saturation in the images, is so 1990s, not just the design. @aol.com contact email. The name is reminiscent of "icy hot stuntaz". The whole package is very special.

hedora 6y ago
I think the “Buddy” and “sample” product images put it over the top.

dookahku 6y ago

Maybe like finding a Prada store in the middle of nowhere near marfra Texas... Either it's a cover or an artwork, or possibly someone That twisted at Prada headquarters decide that it was a good location

guerrilla 6y ago
Apparently that's just an art installation https://inspiredimperfection.com/adventures/prada-marfa/ https://inspiredimperfection.com/adventures/prada-marfa/

bpierre 6y ago

I don’t see how any of these is cursed really. I think it is fair to assume that most of these websites are the product of work and passion from individuals having put some time and effort into it. 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.

xook 6y ago
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.
kid-icarus 6y ago
Respectfully disagree. I take delight in observing these artifacts, it's unfortunate you cannot.
- bpierre 6y ago
  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).
  - kid-icarus 6y ago
    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.
JasonFruit 6y ago

hinkley 6y ago

Overlooking the ol' bezel trick, High saturation text on a black background does not cancel out the overuse of high saturation colors. This looks like a flyer for Hempfest 2021. (Why do pot smokers enjoy higher saturation than the rest of us? Has anyone studied this?)

tomcooks 6y ago
Blood in the eye area, and half-mast eyelids
- hinkley 6y ago
  Do you think it's similar to fancy clothes in Kenya, where bold contrasts and high saturation seem to be the norm? Not because they're stoned, but because, as I learned as a child, if you spend all day in bright light and go inside you can't see shit because your photoreceptors aren't bouncing back quickly enough.