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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by myrmi »

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…

Ryan North, the author of Dinosaur Comics, does a similar thing. Normally found at qwantz.com he also has

chewbac.ca

dromiceiomim.us

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by eevilspock »

gmurphy wrote: post #3

One night a few months ago, after two large beers I imagined up a domain name that was SO PERFECT that I HAD TO BUY IT and swore that this time, unlike all the others, I was TOTALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. The next morning, looking for an excuse to not get out of bed, I actually followed through: https://haikupotamus.com/

Hiphopopotamus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by petecooper »

Back in the old days, I had iam.coop (my work nickname at the time) for a few weeks. It turns out that when domain registrars say they’re going or check your eligibility, they mean it. I failed. They took it back. For two glorious weeks my email address was hello@iam.coop

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Post by PinguTS »

jkellermann wrote: post #63

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…

But both are still available as Denic reports.

I still have: mussesfüralleseinedomaingeben.de

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by DataCrayon »

I bought https://m8.fyi because I wanted a URL shortener to use for my work - it's hard to expect someone to type out "https://datacrayon.com/posts/plotapi/showcase/pokemon-types-..." from a GIF/MP4.

I thought it was good at the time, i.e. "Mate, for your information...", e.g. "m8.fyi/something". However... it seems that many people don't recognise "m8.fyi/item" as a URL!

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by teddyh »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #50
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…

> unionrobotics.net One of these things is not like the other....

That’s a reference to the web comic itself:

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3481

The exact domain name is visible here:

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3500

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by superice »

ketzo wrote: post #24

some time during a long night of talking about dumb shit with friends, I became the proud owner of http://thedarkweb.online . some day… some day I will figure out the right joke for that page.

In the meantime you should obviously have it serve a page that is nothing but a #000000 background

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by yitchelle »

DataCrayon wrote: post #86

I bought https://m8.fyi because I wanted a URL shortener to use for my work - it's hard to expect someone to type out " https://datacrayon.com/posts/plotapi/showcase/pokemon-types-... " from a GIF/MP4. I thought it was good at the time, i.e. "Mate, for your information...", e.g. "m8.fyi/something". However... it seems that many people don't recognise "m8.fyi/item" as a URL!

Love this. Are you an Aussie? Only an Aussie would start with a conversation with "Mate", or "Maaaate" for when emphasis is needed.
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