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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by Y_Y »

Pxtl wrote: post #28

There's a popular web comic called questionable content where a running gag of the author is to buy bizarre offensive domain names for his comic: questionablecontent.net boner.moe fart.computer dildo.pizza ass.golf mydickandballs.com dong.zone butt.church sexual.fish unionrobotics.net 69.bingo poop.rodeo boners.lol piss.farm swole.dog burgerking.sex powerful.dog cum.energy qc.bike rectal.dentist questionablecontent.h…

Shit, I wanted fart.computer! I don't remember what the project was, but perhaps it's better that way.

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Post by smcl »

I used to own “taps.af” based on a way you might describe the weather in some parts of Scotland - if it’s warm it’s “taps aff” (tops/shirts off) weather. It checked your location, fired off an API call to some service and showed either AYE or NAW (yes/no) depending on whether it was over 20°C in that location. It’s gone now (the .af domain was pricey for a joke service) but there’s screenshots at https://blog.mclemon.org/taps-aff

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by jkellermann »

I did my first internship in IT in 1999 and worked for the predecessor of NTT Data in Germany. They generously offered me some domains for free "for lifetime".

Somewhen in the mid-2000s, I decided to add another domain to my account: "sonneausdemarsch.de" (sunshine out of the arse.de). Unluckily, they noticed I'm no longer on their paylist and they cancelled the subscription completely.

So long, my "lifetime" account :(

This is also how I lost marienkinder.de (marienkinder being a technophobic christian cult with the most hilarious pamphlet brochures you can imagine.

Ah, those were the times :D

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Post by lexapro »

metanonsense wrote: post #60

Back in university, some students (or was it only one?) put lots of effort into making a thing of the "Rautavistic University of Eschweilerhof". At that time, Eschweilerhof in Germany had only a population of 70 (now, its more like 71) and definitely had nothing that resembled a physical university. However, they wanted to come as close as possible to a real university and obviously having a web page was part of it:…

The 404 page is great

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Post by yesbabyyes »

_3jh0 wrote: post #58

Not sure if I qualify but I own https://searchableguy.com I wanted a unique username that would let people find me on google and social media but whatever I entered, it was already taken so being frustrated - I typed in searchableguy and it was available.

Nice. I have a friend who uses ungoogable.com.
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