Honestly, that’s the biggest thing that attracted me to fedi. In a lot of ways, it feel like the old internet, where people make and share things out of passion instead of for commerce. Not to say there’s not people pushing their Patreon or OF on Fedi, cause there def are and I have nothing against that per se, but I am hopeful we get to see a renaissance of that magical era of the internet someday.
Yes, same. I went back and watched a bunch of old flash animations that I found hilarious back in the day, and they did not hold up. lol Funny how drastically my sense of humor has changed over the years.
I will say, though, Homestar Runner? Particularly Strongbad Emails? Still hilarious.
A while back I showed Arfenhouse to a gen-Z student of mine who was curious about what early-00’s Internet culture was like. Prior to that I hadn’t watched it myself in so, so long.
Yet the whole time it was going I was wondering what about it I found funny even as a teen. Should’ve stuck with The Demented Cartoon Movie, which I do still enjoy even now, though less so.
I also noticed that certain trends in that style of humor (mainly the absurdism) are carried on in things like, say, Tim and Eric’s stuff, particularly Tom Goes to the Mayor (which on lookup actually came out in '07 – I thought it was more recent than that, but nope…!), which I love so dearly that it’s basically a core part of my personality. I guess what I’m saying is that it comes as no surprise that my sense of humor evolved in that direction.
Flash animutations in general. Jamezbond or Arfenhouse come to mind - that kind of style.
I probably would not find them funny at this point, though.
There was a time when the internet was both very creative and not focused by money, people just made and shared; be it games, animations, videos, etc…
I’m pretty tired of the hustling economy and how it seems that every single creative output goes towards Patreon, onlyfans, becoming an influencer…
Honestly, that’s the biggest thing that attracted me to fedi. In a lot of ways, it feel like the old internet, where people make and share things out of passion instead of for commerce. Not to say there’s not people pushing their Patreon or OF on Fedi, cause there def are and I have nothing against that per se, but I am hopeful we get to see a renaissance of that magical era of the internet someday.
Yessss! Came here to mention the animutations. Was gratified somebody beat me to it.
Yes, same. I went back and watched a bunch of old flash animations that I found hilarious back in the day, and they did not hold up. lol Funny how drastically my sense of humor has changed over the years.
I will say, though, Homestar Runner? Particularly Strongbad Emails? Still hilarious.
A while back I showed Arfenhouse to a gen-Z student of mine who was curious about what early-00’s Internet culture was like. Prior to that I hadn’t watched it myself in so, so long.
Yet the whole time it was going I was wondering what about it I found funny even as a teen. Should’ve stuck with The Demented Cartoon Movie, which I do still enjoy even now, though less so.
I also noticed that certain trends in that style of humor (mainly the absurdism) are carried on in things like, say, Tim and Eric’s stuff, particularly Tom Goes to the Mayor (which on lookup actually came out in '07 – I thought it was more recent than that, but nope…!), which I love so dearly that it’s basically a core part of my personality. I guess what I’m saying is that it comes as no surprise that my sense of humor evolved in that direction.
Saw a video on the history of stick fighting animations the other day and I miss it so much