Top 10 Web Fads

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday July 21, 2005 @07:54AM from the brace-yourself-for-a-lot-of-eyball-rolls dept.

Fantasy Football writes "CNet lists the top 10 web fads of all-time, including the HampsterDance, All Your Base are Belong to Us, Star Wars Kid, and more. It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago."

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Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Goatse.cx was a pretty popular fad around here
1. Re:Wharrabout... by Kjella · 2005-07-21 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Goatse.cx was a pretty popular fad around here
  
  Disturbingly enough, this makes me want to mod a post containing goatse.cx as +1, Informative. It's a good thing I don't have mod points or I'd have to kill myself afterwards.
  
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2. Re:Wharrabout... by Qwell · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  A first post about goatse gets modded Insightful...only on slashdot.
  
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3. Re:Wharrabout... by idontgno · 2005-07-21 08:22 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's even worse... a first post about goatse is on-topic and gets upmodded. Sigh. The world can end now.
  
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4. Re:Wharrabout... by Hogwash+McFly · 2005-07-21 08:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Goatse is not a fad. It's like the colour black - it never goes out of fashion.
  
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5. Re:Wharrabout... by atomico · 2005-07-21 09:03 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you mean what I think you want to mean, please write cojones.
  
  "Cajones" means "drawers", as in furniture. And I like the unintended effect on the reader ;)
6. Re:Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 09:23 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  As with most /.ers knowledge of english.
7. Re:Wharrabout... by daeley · 2005-07-21 09:29 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Soviet Russia fad > Goatse.cx fad
  
  Actually the "first post" fad is fad that may never die!
  
  But in Soviet Russia, the fad that may never die is the "first post" fad!
  
  Er, wait a second...
  
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8. Re:Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 10:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Moran.
Hello my future girlfriend? by Dwedit · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

How could a list like this leave out "Hello My Future Girlfriend"?
1. Re:Hello my future girlfriend? by Little+Pink+Bunny · 2005-07-21 09:23 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think that's this guy's brother Daniel (who sux at html).
  
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2. Re:Hello my future girlfriend? by NitsujTPU · 2005-07-21 09:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Haha,
  
  I clicked on your link at work, in the conference room. That will teach me to browse Slashdot at work.
  
  Sitting in here, and my computer blasts "Hello my future girlfriend!"
Heh, nice! by dbolger · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

A slashdot story which is about stories already covered on slashdot.

Since this hasn't been posted before, what is it, a meta-dupe? ;)
1. Re:Heh, nice! by DrEldarion · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-monster dupe!
2. Re:Heh, nice! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 08:11 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Uuuuuuuulllllllttttrrraaaaaaaaa Duuuuuuuuuuupppeee!
  
  Soon followed by the:
  
  D-d-d-d-d-dupe Breaker!
3. Re:Heh, nice! by sconeu · 2005-07-21 09:47 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I figured out why the editors post dupes! They want to nuke dupes, so they're waiting for Dupe Nukem Forever!
  
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Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet?
1. Re:Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by Fastball · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ...(buffering)...No.
2. Re:Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 08:10 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  N...(buffering)...o...,... Re...(buffering)...alMed...(buffering)...ia's new Heli...(buffering)...x techno...(buffering)...logy will rev...(buffering)...italize the...(buffering)... online world...(buffering)....
  Real will soo...(buffering)...n come to dominate the...(buffering).... market with this advan...(buffering)...ced technology.
spoiler by digidave · 2005-07-21 07:58 · Score: 2, Funny

1. Slashdot

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I *DON'T* kiss you! by tuxette · 2005-07-21 07:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Ugh. Every time I think I have forgotten about that Mahir guy, someone always has to link to that scary Speedo pic... *shudder*

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Not to mention... by revery · 2005-07-21 07:59 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago."

Some of them many, many, times...

On the brighter side, if this comment fares well, I can post it again when this article gets duped.
Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by gbulmash · 2005-07-21 08:00 · Score: 5, Funny

WHAT??!!
No Badgers?? There should be Badgers on the list!!

We don't need no steenking badgers!!!!

Sorry, someone had to say it.

-g

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Slashdot Top 10 by goldspider · 2005-07-21 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Along this theme, let's start a Slashdot Top 10, featuring the best (and worst) overused Slashdot cliches.

Let's get this started:

Hot grits
In Soviet Russia...
Goatse.cx
Stephen King, DEAD at 42
The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth

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1. Re:Slashdot Top 10 by tuxette · 2005-07-21 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Stop making fun of the /. clichés, you insensitive clod!
  
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2. Re:Slashdot Top 10 by jmking1 · 2005-07-21 08:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Imaging a beowulf cluster of... /. clichés!!!!!!!1111eleven
3. Re:Slashdot Top 10 by spaceyhackerlady · 2005-07-21 08:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  In Soviet Russia the /. cliches make fun of YOU!
Re:Top 10 Don'ts by AKAImBatman · 2005-07-21 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Shouldn't that be:
9: Really badly, rhyming poetry 8: Really bad Haiku
;-)

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Mullets by triceam · 2005-07-21 08:03 · Score: 2, Funny

what about this one? http://www.mulletsgalore.com/
Re:sad thing is... by Linker3000 · 2005-07-21 08:12 · Score: 2, Funny

It's now a ringtone (sigh)

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Self promotion by kevin_conaway · 2005-07-21 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Well since we're talking about stupid lists, I feel compelled to share my list of Signs you're an idiot on Slashdot.
Pass me a drill, my brain wants out by ReverendLoki · 2005-07-21 08:20 · Score: 2, Funny

I shoulda known better than to go reading these somments. I know have a demonic mash-up* of The Hampster Dance and The Badgerbadgerbadger Song, with an occasional "You're the man now, dawg!" thrown in for good measure.
* Though I normally dislike the use of this term, in this case it's the only word I can come up with to accurately describe the cacophony that is in my head right now.

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Don't forget Bonsai Kitten by ck1dog · 2005-07-21 08:21 · Score: 5, Funny

I remember Bonsai Kitten. All the ladies in the office were so mad about this back in the day.
I LIEK MILK? by TheFlyingGoat · 2005-07-21 08:24 · Score: 2, Funny

What about the I LIEK MILK site? That was huge in the gaming community in 98/99.

http://www.generation.nl/~hitoshi/

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Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by Rei · 2005-07-21 08:29 · Score: 4, Funny

The "Hot or Not" reference amused me, as I once knew someone who figured out that their voting system used to be really weak, and wrote a script to get a photo of a llama to the #1 spot.

I'm quite surprised by this - a couple things I'd never heard of before (for example, Ellen Feiss), and some that aren't "fads" (Blogger, Friendster, etc).

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Re:What no SuperGreg?? by the+MaD+HuNGaRIaN · 2005-07-21 08:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Numbah One!!!!

This is a travesty. I demand a recount.

Supergreg MUST have been in the top 10--if not Da Number One!
Here's a cruel joke... by EnronHaliburton2004 · 2005-07-21 08:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Here's a cruel joke to play on stoner friends.

Find some stoned college students. Point them to the Badgerbadgerbadger site. Tell them that the end of the video is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY funny!

Come back two hours later, see that they still staring at the screen, and have a good chuckle with them.

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1. Re:Here's a cruel joke... by CorporateWhoremone · 2005-07-21 09:12 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  If you leave the Badgers running long enough they get out of sinc with the sound. How do I know? I locked my dorm door, opened the windows, cranked up the stereo left the badgers running for 3 hours. They even tried turning off the power to that part of the dorm, but my UPS kept the badger alive and..."badgering" until I came back.
  
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2. Re:Here's a cruel joke... by EnronHaliburton2004 · 2005-07-21 10:29 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Ah yeah, we had someone like you in my dorms. Stupid rooster alarm clock in his room set to go off at 3AM when he left for a long holiday weekend (We didn't have annoying websites back then).
  
  We went to the room above his, tied some sheets together, sent down a brave soul to climb in through his window and smash the thing to bits.
  
  And yeah, he was a stoner.
  
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Ate My Balls? by blackmonday · 2005-07-21 08:47 · Score: 3, Funny

Anyone remember the 5,000 "Ate My Balls" websites?

Mr. T Ate My Balls!
Lion-o Ate My Balls!
Darth Vader Ate My Balls!
Erkel Ate My Balls!
Ronald McDonalad Ate My Balls!

WTF was that all about???
Internet Explorer by rlp · 2005-07-21 08:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Lot's of people are getting tired of this particular fad.

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Re:Jennicam by Khyron · 2005-07-21 08:50 · Score: 2, Funny

They were going to include her, but her colossal ass wouldn't fit in the space allotted for the article.

*rimshot*
Strong Bad by Jambon · 2005-07-21 08:53 · Score: 5, Funny

THE SYSTEM IS DOWN!
They forgot Strong Bad! I dunno, but putting up a list without him sounds kinda.....Dangeresque
Re:Napster? by damsa · 2005-07-21 09:04 · Score: 4, Funny

I kiss you. i invitate you to my country.
Slashdot is missing from the list by ginbot462 · 2005-07-21 09:08 · Score: 3, Funny

'nuff s......

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Personal Favorite by jjjpinkojjj · 2005-07-21 09:28 · Score: 3, Funny

The Effects of Alcohol and Smoking on Peeps
Yes, the marshmallow kind.

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I'd like to dip my balls in that.
Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by sp0rk173 · 2005-07-21 09:30 · Score: 5, Funny

That's because strongbad is not a fad. Strongbad is a revolution.
Re:Top 10 Don'ts by sconeu · 2005-07-21 09:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Really bad Haiku
Don't post it on your website
It drives us crazy

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Re:Was??? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 09:57 · Score: 2, Funny

The scary part is that Wikipedia has more information on goatse than, say, flutes.
Years ago? by daliman · 2005-07-21 10:51 · Score: 2, Funny

for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago.
And will no doubt be posted again in coming years, months or days.
Re:Jennicam by mrscorpio · 2005-07-21 11:12 · Score: 3, Funny

You'd still tap it. Admit it.
Re:Wikipedia beat you to it... by saskboy · 2005-07-21 15:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Thank you for contributing the new Wiki cliche, you insensitive clod.

No wait, that's not insensitive of you. Thank you.

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Re:Was??? by plumby · 2005-07-21 21:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Thanks for that. I've now got a hybrid goatse/flute image in my head that I can't get rid of.