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12 pointsby JFrolichabout 11 years ago

7 comments

kawsperabout 11 years ago
From the about page:<p>&gt; NOTE: For some reason, I’ve been getting a LOT (like more than 1, which is a lot for me considering how long this site has been going) of messages from people asking me if I’m some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something.<p>&gt; Whilst I wish I was this famous and did get this much attention, unfortunately I’m not. I’m just a dude trying to turn his life around and take a bit of control over what’s going on.<p>&gt; In saying that, please feel free to send me any gifts that you were going to send this dude and I’ll be more than happy to have them :-)<p>Not sure if trolling, but it doesn&#x27;t sound like _why.
MattBearmanabout 11 years ago
This doesn&#x27;t seem like THE _why, and according to wikipedia, it isn&#x27;t.<p>On 5 January 2013, _why&#x27;s site[7] was found to be back online,[8] though as of October 2013 it was only serving a blank page.[7] In March 2014, the site re-launched as the personal blog of an anonymous individual from Australia with no apparent connection to _why. Apparently not being aware of the site&#x27;s previous owner, the new owner notes on his contact page that he has received a lot of mail asking if he is &quot;some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something&quot;<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Why_the_lucky_stiff</a>
prediusabout 11 years ago
<a href="http://whytheluckystiff.net/contact/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;whytheluckystiff.net&#x2F;contact&#x2F;</a><p>From the owner of the domain:<p>NOTE: For some reason, I’ve been getting a LOT (like more than 1, which is a lot for me considering how long this site has been going) of messages from people asking me if I’m some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something.<p>Whilst I wish I was this famous and did get this much attention, unfortunately I’m not. I’m just a dude trying to turn his life around and take a bit of control over what’s going on.
swombatabout 11 years ago
That doesn&#x27;t sound or look like _why...<p>Someone must have hijacked the domain?<p>Well, unless this is some kind of epic troll attempt by _why... But even as a troll it doesn&#x27;t strike me as his style.
Fuzzwahabout 11 years ago
The moment the header image rotated to one which was a different height and made the content move around as I was trying to read it, I knew it wasn&#x27;t _why.
iancarrollabout 11 years ago
Someone bought the domain and is using it. Old news.
thought_alarmabout 11 years ago
_why seems to have lost his edge.