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It is a sublime example of the good old-fashioned “motherfucking website” of 20-odd years ago. http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

It is a sublime example of the good old-fashioned “motherfucking website” of 20-odd years ago. http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ I would buy one, but I live in California, where I cynically expect it never to rain again.

Joeboy 11y ago
It's more like an example of what happened when people started deciding a motherfucking website wasn't good enough. It doesn't have parallax scrolling or underscore.js or whatever it is the young people are digging in 2015, but it does have an entry tunnel, a disgusting colourscheme and an ineptly embedded soundtrack. Edit: That said, if you want to find out about Protective Rain Hats and maybe buy one, this website probably provides an above average user experience for a 2015 website. Loads fast, tells you what you need to know, probably works (well enough) on anything.
- icefox 11y ago
  You are amazingly right. For all of the horrible things it is doing it does function pretty well. On the biz side this might be a solution in search of a problem. I would go and ask my mailman (in person with the product, not show him the website) if such a product would be useful. If he/she said no (probably with some good reason) then it would be dead. Out in the rain or out in the desert/sun all day were my first two thoughts.
  - a3n 11y ago
    > For all of the horrible things it is doing it does function pretty well. "The irony ... the irony ..."
  - culturestate 11y ago
    In China, I see custodians/tradesmen/anyone whose job is primarily outdoors wearing hats like this [1] in concert with a plastic poncho all the time. Seems to work quite well. 1. http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-SW-0014-Umbrella-Hat/dp/B0006GK724 http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-SW-0014-Umbrella-Hat/dp/B0006GK...
a3n 11y ago
Thanks for that link. I just looked at it from my laptop and from my phone, and it reflows on my phone so that I don't have to scroll, or embiggen and then scroll, just to read it. Why have people forgotten how to do that?
- Joeboy 11y ago
  Making a website like that takes maybe ten minutes. There's no way a designer can make a living from the markup on that.
  - schoen 11y ago
    I loved the dual sense of "markup" here.
  - a3n 11y ago
    But a designer could still do all the value-add that they currently practice, and make the text reflow. Not everyone uses the same screen that the designer uses. I consider a site that does not reflow text to exhibit a similar attitude that "Best viewed in Internet Explorer" used to imply.

Joeboy 11y ago

It's more like an example of what happened when people started deciding a motherfucking website wasn't good enough. It doesn't have parallax scrolling or underscore.js or whatever it is the young people are digging in 2015, but it does have an entry tunnel, a disgusting colourscheme and an ineptly embedded soundtrack. Edit: That said, if you want to find out about Protective Rain Hats and maybe buy one, this website probably provides an above average user experience for a 2015 website. Loads fast, tells you what you need to know, probably works (well enough) on anything.

icefox 11y ago
You are amazingly right. For all of the horrible things it is doing it does function pretty well. On the biz side this might be a solution in search of a problem. I would go and ask my mailman (in person with the product, not show him the website) if such a product would be useful. If he/she said no (probably with some good reason) then it would be dead. Out in the rain or out in the desert/sun all day were my first two thoughts.
- a3n 11y ago
  > For all of the horrible things it is doing it does function pretty well. "The irony ... the irony ..."
- culturestate 11y ago
  In China, I see custodians/tradesmen/anyone whose job is primarily outdoors wearing hats like this [1] in concert with a plastic poncho all the time. Seems to work quite well. 1. http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-SW-0014-Umbrella-Hat/dp/B0006GK724 http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-SW-0014-Umbrella-Hat/dp/B0006GK...

a3n 11y ago

Thanks for that link. I just looked at it from my laptop and from my phone, and it reflows on my phone so that I don't have to scroll, or embiggen and then scroll, just to read it. Why have people forgotten how to do that?

Joeboy 11y ago
Making a website like that takes maybe ten minutes. There's no way a designer can make a living from the markup on that.
- schoen 11y ago
  I loved the dual sense of "markup" here.
- a3n 11y ago
  But a designer could still do all the value-add that they currently practice, and make the text reflow. Not everyone uses the same screen that the designer uses. I consider a site that does not reflow text to exhibit a similar attitude that "Best viewed in Internet Explorer" used to imply.