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 skrebbel » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

jesterson wrote: post #165

skrebbel wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements.

I think some people just support countries the way they support football clubs.

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

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Post by ramon156 » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:29 AM UTC

jesterson wrote: post #165

skrebbel wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

Yea, but I wonder how they try to justify (if those silly emotional bursts are justifiable) those statements.

I don't think they think as far as "justifying" it. They just get their opinions from the internet

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

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Post by geoffmunn » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:32 AM UTC

skrebbel wrote: post #159

jesterson wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest Mind to explain why?

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

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

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Post by oneeyedpigeon » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:37 AM UTC

I haven't investigated the site because I don't want to cry right now, but I think it's a great idea! A good cry can be cathartic, and once a week sounds about perfect. I have a 'songs to cry to' Spotify playlist for precisely this reason.

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

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Post by compass_copium » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:38 AM UTC

geoffmunn wrote: post #173

skrebbel wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

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https://www.politifact.com/iraq-war-polls/

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

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Post by CMay » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 10:45 AM UTC

I've been collecting videos for years that make me shed tears. I don't easily shed tears if it feels a little too manufactured. Usually what works best for me is just seeing actual genuine unprompted emotion, though sad scenarios without any emotion can do it if the sentimentality is balanced well.

Tried maybe 5-6 videos on the site and none of them worked. :/ Just watched one of my old videos, boom, instant tears.

Don't know about the health implications of crying once a week or anything, but sometimes if I'm feeling a little out of touch with life, watching something sad does help.

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

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Post by layer8 » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

johnnymaroney wrote: post #87

layer8 wrote: post #36

Is that what they mean by cryotherapy? ;) Anyway, this seems to be a covert ad for https://www.feelapp.io/ .

It's not a covert ad, that's just my new project

It’s not clear why the page would link to the app if it isn’t to promote the app.

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

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Post by ochronus » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 11:03 AM UTC

johnnymaroney wrote: post #134

shishqa wrote: post #114

Seems that website is hosted on cloudflare and doesn't open in Russia, which blocks all cloudflare traffic. This makes me cry, thanks! App works 100%

Mission accomplished

Mission failed successfully

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

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Post by volemo » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 11:08 AM UTC

geoffmunn wrote: post #173

skrebbel wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Standard "boo Russia, yay Ukraine" vibes + forgetting that Russian people are just regular people with regular-people hopes and fears.

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I'm sure among those Russians who want to go from Hacker News to "Cry once a week" site the portion of the Government supporters is minuscule.

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

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Post by ochronus » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 11:08 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.

Been there, sending love