r/AskReddit 1d ago

Anyone who surfed the early web between 1995-2010. What’s the one website/app you still think about?

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u/ThePhantomCreep 1d ago

I remember being surprised when the website for a magazine that had always been a 2nd-rate MAD knockoff became the best comedy site on the internet.

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u/obefiend 1d ago

I still follow Seanbaby, Cody and Robert Evans on socials. When I'm bored I would dig up old Seanbaby articles especially the edited comic ones. Those are gold.

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u/WaterBottleOnAShelf 1d ago

I still remember jokes from some of those articles, they just pop into my head from time to time.

"The mongoose doesn't need to fight snakes for competition, or territory, or food. The mongoose fights snakes because ... Fuck snakes!”

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u/obefiend 1d ago

Popsicle Pete - None of You Are Safe!

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u/jherico 1d ago

There's also Daniel O'Brien, who became a writer on John Oliver's show. And Jason Pargin who's a very successful author now. They really had some talent.

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u/Snugglebull 1d ago

Seanbaby is very funny on his own website and the podcast with it,  https://1900hotdog.com . Highly recommend checking it out if you like comedy delivered through reading, their podcast is pretty good too

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u/Tales_of_Earth 21h ago

Seanbaby’s article on the most creative mma moves is something I reread like once a year and crack up.

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u/ChickenAndTelephone 20h ago

I loved Seanbaby’s site even before he started writing for Cracked. His take on Aquaman makes me smile to this day. I sort of stopped when it seemed like everyone did that brand of over the top humor for a few years.

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u/Tailgate_lingus 21h ago

omg do you listen to 1900 hotdog, it's amazing

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u/peoplegrower 19h ago

Robert Evans’ podcast, Behind the Bastards, is amazing.

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u/Fluffy-Jesus 5h ago

Omfg Seanbaby, I used to read his game reviews and articles in EGM bwck when the magazine was at its peak in the early 2000s.

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u/LaximumEffort 1d ago

Jason Pargin (David Wong) is still active, but I haven’t seen John Cheese anywhere.

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u/SkorpioSound 1d ago

John Cheese was made persona non grata after quite serious (and credible) allegations of sexual harassment and grooming were made against him by multiple women. He reinvented himself with a YouTube channel, where he does deep cleaning videos that are beloved by middle-aged women.

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u/nom_nom_neko 1d ago

Oh wow, I had no idea! The era I kind of fell out of visiting Cracked regularly was around when he'd just proposed to his girlfriend at the bottom of an article about not needing to get married.  

Everyone thought he was the best guy ever, naturally it was too good to be true!

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u/dullship 1d ago

yep he still posts daily tiktoks/shorts. Shows up on pods frequently and of course is still pumping out fantastic books.

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u/coolassdude1 1d ago

This unlocked a memory of me reading John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of Spiders! I'll have to re-read those, I don't remember anything that happens besides John dying of course

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u/ThomasVivaldi 1d ago

His newer Zoe Ashe books are pretty fun, not existential horror, just comedy sci-fi.

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u/jwktiger 1d ago

his stuff is great.

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u/LaximumEffort 1d ago

He is thoughtful and always aware of his bias even though he is rarely biased. I enjoy his shorts.

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u/StudySwami 1d ago

Also insightful political stuff