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Just thought I'd share a piece of true internet gold

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:58 pm
by poehalcho
I don't ever hear anybody talk about it so I figured it's not too well known :/

Requires some basic computer literacy but I'm hoping you're all good enough to get the gist of it...
Hope you can enjoy it.

http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

Re: Just thought I'd share a piece of true internet gold

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:19 pm
by ltsune
I've never come across that before.

Is it very popular? I watched one of their videos, and it was actually better than I expected. The website seems to have some issues, though, or maybe that's just part of the "the website is down" joke.

Re: Just thought I'd share a piece of true internet gold

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:47 pm
by poehalcho
ltsune wrote:I've never come across that before.

Is it very popular? I watched one of their videos, and it was actually better than I expected. The website seems to have some issues, though, or maybe that's just part of the "the website is down" joke.


The first vid has near 2 million views on YT, but it was posted 5 years ago. I'd say it's not really anywhere near as popular as it should be, though I can understand why. There's more Chip's out there than Web Dude's after all :P

Regardless, it's a true internet classic in my opinion. A lot of effort has gone into making it seem like the real deal.

I don't know why so much of the site is broken though. I guess it might be part of the joke, but credits in one of the newer vids mention a special thanks to people that bought goods while the shop is dead :/

Re: Just thought I'd share a piece of true internet gold

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:20 pm
by *BlackFox
ROFL
It seems like the movies it's based on...
tech support horror stories.