~ Early Web Links ~

A brilliantly minimalist joke site delivering a single, definitive answer to the question on everyone's mind during the LHC's launch era. The entire content is a deadpan 'NOPE,' making it a classic piece of early internet humor about fears that the Large Hadron Collider would create a world-ending black hole.

Something Awful is the legendary comedy and satire site known for its irreverent humor, Photoshop contests, flash cartoons, and scathing media reviews. This directory page catalogs the full breadth of SA's columns and features, from 'Photoshop Phriday' and 'Comedy Goldmine' to 'Your Band Sucks' and 'Awful Anime', giving visitors a map to the site's sprawling archive of internet comedy.

A classic BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell) excuse list, this page compiles hundreds of absurd, technically-flavored reasons to give clueless users when their computers or networks aren't working. From 'fat electrons in the lines' to 'nylon underwear static,' it's a beloved piece of sysadmin humor that has circulated in computing culture for decades.

Roadkills-R-Us is an elaborate satirical 'company' site created by Miles O'Neal, built around the absurdist premise of a roadkill-themed internet nation complete with its own executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Packed with parody news, fake corporate culture, a music section, and a long-running dispute with Toys-R-Us over the '-R-Us' naming convention, this classic old-web oddity is a deep rabbit hole of irreverent humor.

Greg created a playful year-in-review page documenting every restaurant he ordered from via Uber Eats in 2023, presented as a mosaic made from food images alongside his humorously self-aware reflections on food delivery guilt. The writing is candid and charming, touching on late-night cravings, a heartwarming soup-to-Montreal story, and half-sincere resolutions to cook more in 2024.

Frankenweb is a creatively themed personal hub by Max Crunch, built around a spooky aesthetic with links to mini-sites covering haunted attractions, gaming, music, and retro video rental nostalgia. The site serves as a playful portal to a collection of small projects including Phantom Manor, a year-round haunted attraction page, and adoptable pixel art.

Hellmouth Finder is a playful interactive map revealing all 746 supposed portals to the underworld hidden across the UK, presented with a straight face and genuine geographic detail. Part of the vole.wtf collection of silly browser-based diversions, it sits alongside other absurdist British humor projects like Comic Sans Maps, Dog Poo Golf, and How British Are Your Teeth.

Created by Matt, this is a satirical password-validation game that parodies absurdly strict password requirements found on real websites, challenging visitors to submit a password that satisfies an intentionally over-the-top, inconsistent, and Easter-Egg-filled validator. Part two of a series, it pokes fun at web developers who force impossible password rules while sneaking in genuinely useful advice about two-factor authentication.

A playful archive cataloging the history of internet cat memes, tracing characters like Happycat, Ceiling Cat, Limecat, and Longcat through their many pop-culture permutations and parodies. Created by Helene Dams at Merz Akademie, the site presents 164 images organized as a taxonomy of classic lolcat and early internet feline phenomena.

LOL is a TFL-listed fanlisting dedicated to the universal experience of inside jokes, inviting fans of those hilarious, friend-specific moments to join from around the world. With 46 members and a simple sign-up process, it celebrates the niche joy of shared humor among friends.