Occasionally I like to spotlight websites and social media accounts that I’ve found to be fun or informative.
I do this partly to take a snapshot of things I find interesting and entertaining. I also like to check back on these sites later to see how the web decays over time because many of the websites I’ve written about have disappeared over the years.
Without further ado, here is my latest batch of favorite websites:
Failure Museum
Sean Jacobsohn runs a website called
Failure Museum that spotlights memorabilia from failed companies like Enron, FTX, MoviePass, Napster, Pets.com and Webvan. The website also features failed products like Jarts lawn darts and New Coke.
The Dor Brothers
The Dor Brothers run an AI video production company for commercials, music videos and brands. They’ve also made some crazy deep-fake viral videos, such as ones that depict world leaders like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as modern urban gangsters.
I’ve mostly seen work of the Dor Brothers shared on
social platform X, formerly Twitter.
Trudeau is a Clown: AI Generator
The website
Trudeau is a Clown: AI Generator allows visitors to create images of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a circus clown. The unpopular Canadian politician announced Jan. 6 that he will resign once a new leader is chosen.
GooBing Detroit
The website
GooBing Detroit shows the decline of residential neighborhoods in Detroit using archived images from Google Street View. It hasn’t been updated in a few years, but I doubt much has changed in the Motor City. (See article by the
Daily Mail.)
AARoads
A group of Wikipedia editors started a website that’s all about U.S. roads and highways called AARoads.
The goal of
AARoads is to provide comprehensive coverage of roads across the United States, including detailed descriptions and photos. (See article by
Gizmodo.)
Tourons Of Yellowstone
Tourons Of Yellowstone is a funny yet alarming Instagram account documenting the stupid things tourists do at Yellowstone National Park and surrounds, such as Grand Teton National Park. “Tourist + Moron = Touron,” the account says. (See article by the
Daily Mail.)
Snicker Cat
Snicker Cat is another entertaining Instagram account. The creator of the account uses videos of outrageous driving and then edits them to reveal that the car is being driven by a cool cat named Snicker Cat, aka the “Best driver in the world.”
Steve Inman: Non-Essential Commentary
Mixed martial arts and sports commentator Steve Inman narrates videos of thugs getting their comeuppance and people doing stupid stuff for comic effect. It’s a hoot. The videos are available on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as
Steve Inman: Non-Essential Commentary.
Influencers in the Wild
Influencers in the Wild is a TikTok channels that shows the efforts that social media creators go through to make their short videos of them exploring nice places and living the good life. These folks are annoying. (See article by the
Independent.)
Passenger Shaming
Speaking of annoying, how about those airplane passengers who do disgusting and disrespectful things and tick off other people onboard? There’s a great Instagram account for making them public called
Passenger Shaming.
Mugshawtys
Mugshawtys is an Instagram account that posts mug shots of attractive women who were arrested and booked by police. There’s also a companion
X account.
Rev. Ray Cistman
Finally,
Rev. Ray Cistman is a parody account on X that makes fun of the racist antiracist movement. The reverend describes himself as an “anti-racist anti-white black activist.”
