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Dotcom Era Fads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slow-news-night dept.

prostoalex writes "Nostalgic USA Today looks at the fads of the dotcom boom era. The Dancing Baby, HamsterDance, I Kiss you dot org and the phrase 'All your base are belong to us' made the list."

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  1. I Think They Forgot One Thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jobs.

    Some days they seem like a thing of the past that might never come back.

    1. Re:I Think They Forgot One Thing by dipipanone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jobs.

      I think that's because Steve is still about and Apple are going from strength to strength.

    2. Re:I Think They Forgot One Thing by Nachtfalke · · Score: 4, Funny

      And for bonus points, make it into an extra verse of "We didn't start the fire" :-)

    3. Re:I Think They Forgot One Thing by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't forget the sweating, dancing, and screaming Ballmer videos! I've been trying to, but the images are burned into my brain..

  2. What about Goatse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously... probly the most seen thing on the internet during the dot come boom...

  3. It's you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They set us up the boom...

  4. all you bases are belong to us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    in soviet russia, belong to all bases are you.

    1. Re:all you bases are belong to us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      as a cowardly slashdot personality, he can be helpful for things such as rounding up people to toil in the meme mines.

  5. Nerdy colors by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Grey and orange!

    "All" trendy companies of 1999 had sleek logos in grey and orange (oh, yes, I used to work for one of those...).

  6. You kicked my dog... by B747SP · · Score: 2, Funny
    Does the prank call from the Paki guy accusing some chick of kicking his dog fall into this category? It certainly did at the place where I worked at the time - we roamed the halls shouting "You kicked my dog" and "I am going to sue you". To this day, my friends and I shout "YOU TRY TO CONFUSE" at each other. "Just because I'm Paki does not mean I stink".

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  7. dot com era continued... by hangingonwords · · Score: 2, Funny

    you forgot slashdot you insensitive clod!

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  8. All Your Base Are Belong to Us by atari2600 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The theme still lives on popping up on gaming message boards from time to time and providing a good laugh. Also the porn dot cum still lives on. Nostalgic? Yes. Slow Sunday? Yes. Sleepy? Yes. Loser? Yeeeeeeeee (damn 'S' key died on me)

  9. Another net fad that should die by pyrrhonist · · Score: 5, Funny

    All those graphics that say, "Powered by SomeFrigginTechnology(tm)". Sheesh, that is so 1997.

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  10. Re:Ah but... by JanMark · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I am destined to see the Hampster Dance at least once a year for the rest of my life as every female in the world forwards it to me.
    You lucky b***rd, all I get form those females is viagra ads and those enlarge your p***s in five simple steps. Which reminds me, is there anyone in the /. croud that knows if these two go together wel? (It's for a friend.)

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  11. Re:All your base? by Darth+Gambit · · Score: 2, Funny

    And all your base is older than the dot come fad :/

  12. This is all well and good... by GrodinTierce · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but think of all the things that didn't disappear, and should have.

    Tierce

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  13. no need to read : by snillfisk · · Score: 2, Funny

    for the first time, i actually think that the slashdot submission said everything that was worth saying; there is no need to read the article if you read the submission text :>

    so; RTFST!"

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  14. my favorite dotcom fad: ACTUALLY HAVING A JOB! YA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Woohoo! Those where the days, everyone and their mom had a job. It was crazy you could graduate from college and find work or you could be old 15 years in the industry and not have your resume flushed for being "too senior" oh ya what a great time.

    Ahhh jobs, what a luxury.

  15. All your base are not a flash in the pan! by Limburgher · · Score: 4, Funny
    Still with us it has no time!

    Use in every post, for great justice!

    What I say!?!?

    Someone set us up the long-running gag!

    All our taste are belong to bad.

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  16. hmmm, how about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What if we make a beowulf cluster of all our base? Then we could simulate pouring hot grits down natalie portman's pants in soviet russia.

  17. I beg your pardon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They set us up the boom

    In Zero Wing, the preposition comes before the direct object.

    They set up us the boom is more correct.

    Sheesh, me to need publish grammar?

  18. Somebody was paid to write this? by malus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. 4 whole "Dot.com" fads. Wheeeee. Now that's what I call 'thorough'

    Here's a dot-com fad that hasn't gone away just yet: The Dumbing down of the internet.

  19. Nostalgic by CGP314 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not sure Nostalgic is the right word to use for something that happened less than half a decade ago.

  20. Notice today's fortune by Animats · · Score: 2, Funny
    The fortune at the bottom of this page:
    • Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
    Yes!