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It wasn’t the graphics, or the jokes, or the N*Sync lyrics people had a problem with. It was that view counter, at the bottom of her home page. That view counter was into the hundreds of thousands, and that made some people very, very angry.

It’s an interesting reminder of how small the internet was in the late 90s. That this middle school girl could reach so many people by simply understanding how to make a website look good is remarkable. Her website truly didn’t have anything spectacular or unique or even that interesting on offer. Her popularity was based almost solely on her design abilities, and that is damn impressive. She was at the forefront of a revolution none of us were even aware was happening, and she was internet famousbecause of it. “I started it a long time ago, when the Internet was like slowly becoming popular, and webpages were like…whoa,” she wrote on her FAQ page. “Heheh so I think my page was like ‘extraordinary’ then, and it got people kinda hooked on it…now its just like any other webpage, but people come to it anyways.”

People came, in droves, and they signed her guestbook, and in their messages they berated Sara for her popularity. She wrote in her diary about the people who were harassing her about her extraordinarily high page views. She lamented (half-heartedly) that she wished she’d never added a view counter. She defended her popularity, and then down-played it, and then defended it again. She angrily, reluctantly, offered advice to other webmasters on getting views for their own pages: sign other people’s guestbooks, update often.

And then, the next entry, the mea culpa. The apologies for getting angry, for writing “all that stuff.”

If the internet is an archive of the things we make then it’s also an archive of the abuse we endure there, and our apologies for feeling outraged.

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BREAKING NEWS: PETER DUTTON HAS COVID-19!! HE HAS CORONAVIRUS! Amazing. I didn't realise potatoes could get the disease.

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Maybe it wasn’t meant to be sacrilegious, but now I’ve got my filthy hands on it. Found at a local thrift store in NW Georgia.

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My Boys, Lando and Lucas!

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The infamous Tooth Saw. My dad says it’s been at this thrift/antique store for at least 10-15 years now.

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1: round dice??

2: lowkey pink floyd vibes

3: euphoric wizard

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The Spool Stool

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Momma, can I have some more mealworms please

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Poto meems because i’m hilarious 

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film majors do you even know this movie

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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

More life quotes here (via nondualreality)

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“Great Scott, Luke! You must go back in time and prevent your father, Anakin, from becoming a Sith Lord.”

“This is heavy.”

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Working on brushing up old reviews has inspired me to provide these for everyone playing along at home: Bad Phantom Adaptation Bingo!

Categories are behind the cut. I suggest drinking, especially if played with friends.

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