Excluding, say, here or the fediverse more broadly.
There have been some nice corners of the internet that have somehow kept going along their way that I’ve enjoyed lurking around like some alien observer. They are the few spaces I dare not pop in and ask, out of fear it would somehow break things.
All the Chaos Computer Events are like a different dimension. You can leave your laptop somewhere unattended and the worst thing that may happen to it, is that someone plugs it in to charge.
Going by the title it sounded like a place where you can destroy a laptop in different ways - smashing, falls, crush, blender.
Shout-out to r/TESLore. I remember the exact moment I was hooked: Someone started her comment with the phrase: “We all know what the enatiomorph is, where it comes from, and how it’s formed, but…” and I’ve gleefully been indulging with those other weirdos ever since.
Also, truestuhl.
midnight.pub - Chill place for people to write extremely niche and detailed blog posts.
IRC - Lots of technically competent people who are fun to talk to.
rawtext.club - I haven’t joined this because I don’t think I would really contribute much but it is a good idea.
Or just Gemini/gopher in general are cool places to be.
Both of mine are offline and involve something in an everyday space that others wouldn’t understand the significance of or possibly notice at all
First, the Hash House Harriers, the self-proclaimed “drinking club with a running problem”. It’s fun seeing chalk marks on pavement and knowing that a hash had recently passed by, even if it’s been some time since I’ve been.
Second, geocaching. Tons and tons of containers hidden around you that you might never see if not actively looking for it. It’s always a blast running into another person suspiciously looking about under a bench or whatever.
When someone I know who I went to different schools together with invites me to their school (as someone who never liked my own).
who I went to different schools together with
This is one of the most confusing clauses I’ve ever read.
What does this mean?
I phrased it in the form of an inside metajoke. Often a common dad joke is to name a celebrity and say “I knew Abe Lincoln, we went to different schools together”. It’s a fancy way of saying “I know them but that’s it”.
I’ve never heard that in my life.
And your dad didn’t know Abe Lincoln, so I don’t get why it’s a fancy way of saying you only just know someone, lol
Visiting a school that you yourself are not a student at by accompanying someone who is a student at that school. I think the “together” was not necessary in the strict sense.
I exactly remember that feeling and I haven’t been a student for 15 years now lol It’s indeed a parallel universe experience.
vogons.org - we’re all stuck in the 90’s, tinkering with old computers.
Offline: a martial arts dojo. A bunch of goofballs wearing Japanese undies play fighting and smiling.
Offline: kink spaces. A bunch of goofballs in fancy undies play torturing and smiling.
Offline, go to any jam band concert like dead & co, dopapod, the werks, or dark star orchestra or glitchy bass music concert like Mersiv, Tipper, detox unit, or 3AM. even better, go to a small music festival held on private land (no law enforcement)
NeoCities always feels like a portal to an older internet
Tell me more?
I see it allows you to create your own site. How is the hosting done? As in who pays?
How do you find other cool sites etc. I like the idea just not sure on all the deets.
Neocities came up in another question I asked, and so I looked into it. They have a couple ways they handle funding, via donations or becoming a supporter and subscribing for a little each month.
You may have already looked this up by now, but for anyone else that comes across this and was wondering too, there ya go!
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