BumWine.com and Other Forgotten Websites -

[oldTireWater]

I think there may be a thread on old websites, but I can't be assed to look for it.

While researching a race-hate post I was putting together earlier today I stumbled across this website: http://www.bumwine.com/

It's a great example of what the internet used to be capable of. Succinct and witty delivery, narrow scope, visually simple, and little mission creep. It reminds me of The Spark, with it's scientific approach to The Stinky Meat Project, The Stinky Feet Project (http://web.archive.org/web/20001109055800/http://www.thespark.com/health/stinkyfeet/day1.html), and The Date My Sister Project.

Anyway, I just wanted to share the Bum Wine reviews.

 

[Cast Iron Pan]

MD 20/20 review:
It's the malt liquor of wines. Its like chugging mildly fruity drain cleaner. I recommend it not.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

For some reason I always had an instinctual revulsion to those beverages.

It must have been some kind of genetic memory passed on by all the drunks in my bloodline.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Bum Wines Reviews as well, thanks for the reminder.

The ultimate forgotten website to me though is YTMND https://ytmnd.com/

Easily some of the most fun and laughs I've ever had on the internet was thanks to this website, it died in 2019 but was thankfully brought back to full functionality earlier this year and it's still worth browsing all the older sites for a laugh.

There's also the long defunct blog Ectomo, which I think was owned by the same parent company of Destructoid https://web.archive.org/web/20110813101444/http://www.ectomo.com/

They talked about anything Lovecraftian, steampunk, cyberpunk or just flat out weird.

 

[Coffee Druid]

Reminds me of when I used to go to old fansites for games and anime when I was a kid. Similar menu formats and basic layout. Super nostalgic.

 

[Harlay de Champvallon]

Buckie, Scotland's national tonic

Buckfast Tonic Wine
17% alc. by vol.

Huge demand from our friends in Scotland made it impossible to ignore this drink. However, the difference in the American English dialect has caused a misunderstanding about the purpose of this web site. The word "bum" in the US more commonly means a homeless person, also known as a "tramp," a "hobo,"

or a "wino." The purpose of this web site is to review wines that are popular with homeless people.

Buckfast is made in Devon, England at Buckfast Abbey by Benedictine monks. True to its name, Buckfast will get you "bucked up" real fast. Buckfast was thick, with a strong taste of molasses. There was also a hint of some type of herb reminiscent of oregano, and a soapy aftertaste. Like some of its high-sugar American counterparts, Buckfast gets you fired up and full of energy. A report from BBC News and one from the New York times shows a connection between Buckfast and violent crime. Of the offenders who had been drinking immediately before their violent offence, more than 40% had been drinking Buckfast! According to the report, each bottle contained 281mg of caffeine - the same amount as eight cans of Coke. Despite its reputation for violent hooligans, with Buckfast's hefty price of about $8 US per bottle, we were skeptical that homeless winos would spend their hard earned coins when there are cheaper alternatives. Our contacts in Scotland tell us that only the most hardened alcoholics drink this beverages, but the homeless winos reach for cheaper alternatives.

Like the great Sherlock Holmes, our UK investigator hit the alleys of London to see if there was any bumvidence to support Buckfast as a popular drink among homeless people. The discarded bumvidence littered in bums' nests pointed to the much more economically viable hard cider in 3 liter plastic jugs as the drink of choice rather than any of the wines. Our reporter brought a 3 liter jug of "White Ace" cider back to the states, which is 7% alcohol per volume and only about $3.50 US for the whole 3 liter jug. When the test subject drank the whole bottle of "White Ace," in Las Vegas, the effects were severe. He got kicked out of 4 Queens casino for washing his hands in a urinal, then fell asleep for 3 hours and woke up soaked in his own urine (see picture to the right). He woke up and got into a 6 year old's pirate costume, ran around slapping gamblers in the gut, got kicked out of The Imperial Palace, and became so obnoxious that his friends put him on a plane and sent him home early.

In summary, there are readily avaliable cheaper alternatives to Buckfast that have similar alcohol content. As far as we can determine, Buckfast is a wine for alcoholics, but out of the price range of the destitute homeless. Nevertheless, we salute it!

 

[Rupert Bear]

Not really old websites, but i really like bookmarking and going through personal sites from any era.
https://www.it-he.org - Gaming blog that looks an awful lot like an old 90's site. Including some articles for modern games like Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim
http://www.sullla.com/ - Same, mostly centered on the Civilization games
http://duke.a-13.net/ - "Things that have released before Duke Nukem Forever"
http://stumblingon.com/ - Useful and moderated tool to find sites like these

 

[Ligoskj]

https://www.it-he.org - Gaming blog that looks an awful lot like an old 90's site

Oh, man, that icon alone brings back so many memories

 

[Ralph Barnhardt]

www.nes-snes-sprites.com

https://web.archive.org/web/20150330005910/http://www.nes-snes-sprites.com/

They had almost any soundtrack from any NES or SNES game and a number of sprites for said games. It got nuked years ago, I think when Nintendo went hard or rom sites.
This wonderful tribute for the site.

 

[tehpope]

The ultimate forgotten website to me though is YTMND https://ytmnd.com/

Easily some of the most fun and laughs I've ever had on the internet was thanks to this website, it died in 2019 but was thankfully brought back to full functionality earlier this year and it's still worth browsing all the older sites for a laugh.

the youngins might not know about YTMND, but the old fags do. I don't think I can ever forget that site. All the memes that came from there. the songs I discovered from the memes. The soundtrack volumes.