Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:32 AM UTC

domaaju wrote: post #35

Thanks for sharing, I have my wedding in two days and have been a nervous wreck, the cry was a good release.

Enjoy the day! Congrats

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:32 AM UTC

shannifin wrote: post #24

Hmmm... Nothing made me cry. I will diminish and go into the west.

Godspeed

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

unclekev wrote: post #65

Well the site definitely works. Currently going through a extremely difficult time at the moment with my amazing cat that is dying of CKD/CHF. First video this site showed me is "A scene from the movie A Dog's Purpose (2017). A family's dog reaches the end of his life." Now I cant stop crying.

So sorry to hear about your cat. Sending you strength through this difficult time.

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:34 AM UTC

kp25 wrote: post #66

First video was about Hachiko and it made me cry. Bookmarked, will revisit in a week. Thank you for making this.

That one hits hard. Thanks for visiting and crying.

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:35 AM UTC

Babkock wrote: post #15

You made me cry, you jerk! I just had eye surgery, and you make me watch a dog dying. You'll be hearing from my lawyers!

See you in court

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

stepupmakeup wrote: post #7

Bandai Namco made a (Japanese-only) DS / Mobile game that did the same thing, 99 No Namida. Got a tiny bit of western media coverage due to the absurdity.

Interesting. I haven't heard of that before. The idea for the site was actually inspired by a Japanese researcher who teaches people how to cry once a week.

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:37 AM UTC

jagged-chisel wrote: post #38

How can I grab a link for a video to share that specific video?

All the videos are linked on vimeo which you can copy and share. But be sure to share the site as well :)

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

higgins wrote: post #8

When did you launch this? 300 tiktok followers in a day seems like great engagement

I actually launched it like a year ago. I'm working on a new project now called Feel (https://www.feelapp.io) which I've grown to over 40k followers on IG and tiktok

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by johnnymaroney » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

hinkley wrote: post #53

Is it just the first ten minutes of Up?

Yes

Re: Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry

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Post by devjab » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

Hobadee wrote: post #26

rc5150 wrote: post #22

I want this in literally every other emotion, except for anger, because there's already a site for that called reddit.com

IT here. I don't need a website; I have users.

I've been in SWE in non-enterprise for decades and right now I'm seated with IT and operations because our two teams total less than 15. The amount of users who open tickets with "I have this issue" and then send a screenshot of some error in a browser with absolutely no context... Not even the full browser image, just a small snapshot of the completely meaningless error... As though they expect the IT support people to just know what they were doing? My twin todlers who haven't learned to speak yet are still somehow better at telling me what is wrong when something is wrong.

I'm always amazed at how friendly the IT support people manage these things.