Join the club for only $5: http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/whang In 2012, a brawl on a Phoenix, Arizona train was stopped by a man with a katana going by the name Kairo Seijuro. After being interviewed by local TV, he became a viral meme online, gaining the nicknames “Light Rail Avenger” and “Subway […]
One of the most unique sites to come out of the early web 1.0 Internet was urinalpoop.org, a site which aggregated links relating to the act of putting poop in urinals. It also gave instructions on how to pull it off without getting caught, and what to do if you […]
After the cursed images tumblr and the cursed images Twitter, r/cursedimages became reddit’s top destination for all cursed images. But what is a cursed image? Confusion and debate over this topic, especially among newer users as the subreddit grew more popular, drove r/cursedimages into an existential crisis that affects many […]
A few months ago, I covered the disappearance of Plastic Lover’s viral upload of Mariya Takeuchi’s song Plastic Love due to a copyright dispute over the photo used. I am pleased to inform you that it is now back up! The situation has been resolved between Plastic Lover and the […]
Thanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring. Go to http://DollarShaveClub.com/Whang to get your first starter set for $5 In 1998, a mulleted kid named Mikey made a tripod website looking for his future girlfriend. The website gradually spread throughout the internet, reaching critical mass when it was covered on Tech […]
Old Angelfire websites can reveal many secrets. While looking at old Saved by the Bell fansites, I came across many that claimed Elizabeth Berkley’s real name was Nehama Pnina. So in the first episode of Angelfire Adventures, I investigate the origins of this rumor while enjoying some 90s Internet aesthetics. […]
Join Kraken’s League of Darkness for my missions: http://bit.ly/LoDQuizJustin In this episode of Angelfire Adventures, I look at some kid’s reviews of Saved by the Bell characters including his vendetta against AC Slater as well as the revelation that Jaleel White, Steve Urkel, was originally supposed to be in Saved […]
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Tool’s long awaited new album, Fear Inoculum, is slated for release on August 30, 2019. However, the band’s fans on reddit could not wait any longer. Fans became more and more restless as retail employees teased r/toolband with pictures of the album arriving at stores and warehouses. It was late […]
Blowfly girl was one of the most infamous copypasta to ever circulate on the Internet. Although many have credited to users on reddit or 4chan, it actually stems from a blog that can be traced all the way back to Geocities. Here is a look at the person behind the […]
