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Post by zaphar » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 3:49 PM UTC

dragonshed wrote: post #17

echelon wrote: post #11

This reminds me of zombo.com. It's interesting how old memes stick with us and have a nostalgic feel to them. Things like "Harambe", the "such wow" doge, YouTube shorts, etc. don't make such an indelible impression. Homestar Runner, zombo.com, and "all your base" elicit actual feelings. Maybe it's getting older, or maybe it's the fact we're now increasingly innundated with content. Perhaps both.

I had the same association pop in my head, I just didn't think anyone would know what I was talking about. Bravo. Very occasionally I'll run across something which makes me think of the 'You can do anything at zombo com. The only limit is yourself.' line. To your point, I think it's definitely a combination of both. The interwebs are so large now that it's less likely others see the same content. I remember the exact…

Post by Grangar » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #11

This reminds me of zombo.com. It's interesting how old memes stick with us and have a nostalgic feel to them. Things like "Harambe", the "such wow" doge, YouTube shorts, etc. don't make such an indelible impression. Homestar Runner, zombo.com, and "all your base" elicit actual feelings. Maybe it's getting older, or maybe it's the fact we're now increasingly innundated with content. Perhaps both.

Post by mmanfrin » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 5:45 PM UTC

tdburn wrote: post #22

I'm a zombo.com evangelist, few things do it for me like zombo.com. Zombo.com amazingly still gets something like 600k visits a month according to similar Web.

Post by CodeMage » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC

spdustin wrote: post #19

echelon wrote: post #11

This reminds me of zombo.com. It's interesting how old memes stick with us and have a nostalgic feel to them. Things like "Harambe", the "such wow" doge, YouTube shorts, etc. don't make such an indelible impression. Homestar Runner, zombo.com, and "all your base" elicit actual feelings. Maybe it's getting older, or maybe it's the fact we're now increasingly innundated with content. Perhaps both.

"The impossible is possible, at zombo-com" Which led me back to "End of the World" and a bunch of other Flash animations. Back when Flash was used by animators and not advertisers and malware authors.

Post by qwertyuiop924 » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #11

This reminds me of zombo.com. It's interesting how old memes stick with us and have a nostalgic feel to them. Things like "Harambe", the "such wow" doge, YouTube shorts, etc. don't make such an indelible impression. Homestar Runner, zombo.com, and "all your base" elicit actual feelings. Maybe it's getting older, or maybe it's the fact we're now increasingly innundated with content. Perhaps both.