Single-Serving Sites

added Apr 24, 2009 at 03:21PM UTC

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Single-serving sites are web sites comprised of a single page with a dedicated domain name and do only one thing. While such sites have existed since the dawn of the internet, the meme was detailed & named by popular linkblogger Jason Kottke in 2008

In fact, one of the earliest intenet memes was a single serving site: the Hampster Dance

List of Notable Single-Serving Sites

Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle in particular has enjoyed a great deal of success and has been transformed into a book.

You’re The Man Now Dog was a single-serving site created by Max Goldberg and inspired by an irreverent audio snippet from the film Finding Forrester. The format — one piece of looping audio, one piece of repeated image, quasi-3D text effects — was so widely replicated that Goldberg established ytmnd.com as a community hub for this particular style of SSS. YTMND has gone on to launch many notable memes, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, lol, internet, and Ueleleleleu (Batman)

The single-serving concept has more recently spread to platforms like Twitter & Tumblr, where people create “themed” blogs/microblogs, such as the Puddle Blog (which features daily photos of the same puddle) and Twitter accounts like the Tower Bridge, which documents the opening & closing of said and lets you know which ship was passing through.

There are also Single Serving Sites based around instant reactions.

Instant Rimshot: the earliest and best-known reaction site. Follows a successful joke or one-liner. Equivalent to “BADUM-TISH!” in spoken conversation.

Sad Trombone: follows an ironic or tragicomic observation. Equivalent to the vocalized “sad trombone sound” in spoken conversation.

Buuurn (that’s three ’U’s): follows a stinging insult, comeback or retort. Equivalent to “Burn!”, “Zing!” or “Oh snap!” in spoken conversation.

Instant Crickets: follows a failed joke or non sequitur. Equivalent to an awkward silence in spoken conversation.

Is Kanye West a Douchebag? There’s a little more to this one than first meets the eye.

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Captain Blubber
Apr 24, 2009 at 04:51PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

Here’s a site I just love,

http://www.excusemewtfrudoin.com/

james
Apr 24, 2009 at 06:51PM UTC , james wrote:

great episode, made me lulz, but i’d advise toning down the hampster dance music over halfway through the episode, its a little hard to hear

rschroed
Apr 25, 2009 at 12:58AM UTC , rschroed wrote:
Oblong_Cheese
Apr 27, 2009 at 12:27AM UTC , Oblong_Cheese wrote:

One of the original (and best):

http://zombo.com/

Zan
Apr 28, 2009 at 12:59PM UTC , Zan wrote:

How is this missing istheshit.net ?

buck
May 02, 2009 at 06:59PM UTC , buck wrote:

There’s a list of single serving sites at http://singleserved.com. Single serving sites – art!

topple
May 23, 2009 at 10:55AM UTC , topple wrote:

this kinda is one, i think?

http://marcelduchamp.co.uk/

Down10
May 24, 2009 at 09:38PM UTC , Down10 wrote:

One of my long-time favorites:

http://www.abevigoda.com/

Displays the current mortal status of actor Abe Vigoda. It’s also an early one, as it dates back to 2001.

Be sure to listen to the Bauhaus parody on that page as well!

stoopdapoop
Jun 09, 2009 at 05:52AM UTC , stoopdapoop wrote:
r0dman
Jun 12, 2009 at 02:28AM UTC , r0dman wrote:

Just came across this and got a good laugh out of it..
http://www.beer404.com

James Woods
Jun 13, 2009 at 08:30AM UTC , James Woods wrote:
fletcher mackay
Jul 02, 2009 at 12:54PM UTC , fletcher mackay wrote:

this isn’t a meme.

Xippy Xippo
Jul 11, 2009 at 02:53AM UTC , Xippy Xippo wrote:

I run a pair of single serving sites.

http://www.manymanymen.com
http://www.womanywomanywomen.com

The former has one picture of men every day. The latter has one picture of women every day. It changes around 7-9AM Tokyo time and there are no archives.

Have at them, internets.

LALELILOLUL LULOLILELAL
Jul 20, 2009 at 03:09AM UTC , LALELILOLUL LULOLILELAL wrote:

i remember a page called ismichaeljacksonalive.com, and the answer is: NO

gopherchucks101
Aug 03, 2009 at 09:32PM UTC , gopherchucks101 wrote:
Gavin
Aug 08, 2009 at 11:13AM UTC , Gavin wrote:

http://www.gianthorsecock.org/

Love that one…not what you think it is.

cybergon
Aug 15, 2009 at 01:26AM UTC , cybergon wrote:

my personal favorite

http://www.step3profit.com/

noahd1
Aug 24, 2009 at 10:21PM UTC , noahd1 wrote:
Skootch
Aug 26, 2009 at 12:36AM UTC , Skootch wrote:
Skootch
Aug 26, 2009 at 12:37AM UTC , Skootch wrote:
TheErwinator
Oct 31, 2009 at 11:45PM UTC , TheErwinator wrote:

http://smouch.net/lol/

WARNING: You have to control-alt-delete to close this page. The site is not harmfull though :P

pokecatchsoul
Nov 09, 2009 at 01:23PM UTC , pokecatchsoul wrote:

watch out! it’s a trap! it’s WREAK ROLL!!

Emerelds5 Hay
Nov 18, 2009 at 06:19PM UTC , Emerelds5 Hay wrote:

@RandomPicAndClipPoster
No, you just gotta finish the lyrics

Shadowfury
Nov 18, 2009 at 07:03PM UTC , Shadowfury wrote:

@RandomPicAndClipPoster:
Kind of like Nimp?
Yeah, not clicking. Nice try.

TheErwinator
Dec 02, 2009 at 03:57PM UTC , TheErwinator wrote:

It took to long. It looked like it never ended D:

CaptainCornbread
Jan 04, 2010 at 03:01AM UTC , CaptainCornbread wrote:
k1llz d4'n00bz
Feb 03, 2010 at 03:14PM UTC , k1llz d4'n00bz wrote:

there’s one that’s just red green and blue flashingin a cool pattern with music, but I can’t remember what it was… __

Kip Skyper
Feb 07, 2010 at 09:28PM UTC , Kip Skyper wrote:
shroomsMan
Feb 21, 2010 at 08:34AM UTC , shroomsMan wrote:
ogreenworld317
Feb 22, 2010 at 02:58AM UTC , ogreenworld317 wrote:

what about the infamous “These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be Displayed”?

There’s an archive here:
http://www.fitzpat.com/cole/

Cat-Monster
Feb 22, 2010 at 03:07AM UTC , Cat-Monster wrote:

Here’s one.
http://www.youfail.org/

Andrew Baron
Feb 26, 2010 at 02:40AM UTC , Andrew Baron wrote:
Kittyismaster
Mar 02, 2010 at 05:06AM UTC , Kittyismaster wrote:

Dunno if this counts, but:

http://alum.hampshire.edu/~bjk02/princess/

braincloud
Mar 02, 2010 at 11:39PM UTC , braincloud wrote:

For any aspiring pirates:

http://www.istheseaangry.com

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