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Melonking Website

144 points by thecsw 1y ago

bharatgel 1y ago
Pure genius!
userbinator 1y ago
I played the "guess what it's going to be about before clicking on it" game with this item, and lost badly. I won't spoil the fun, but only remark that this site is neither about [1] a melon farming business, nor [2] a certain famous man with autocratic tendencies whose handle in "last-initial first" format would be "melon".
- pxeger1 1y ago
  Oh I guess it is supposed to be Melon-King, but I firmly read it as Melonk-ing at first. What could it mean to melonk?
  - nine_k 1y ago
    Ascribe a meaning to it, make it a viral meme, and the meaning will stick. Words like "quiz" and "blog" came to existence this way.
- schoen 1y ago
  I thought it was likely to be like the onion sales story. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132
- YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
  Yeah, it's not about Melon Usk.
okonomiyaki3000 1y ago
This is the World Wide Web? This is what the World Wide Web is supposed to be.
- uncircle 1y ago
  The reality is this is on the HN front page probably because it was trending on Reddit/Twitter or whatever the kids use these days. Without the grace of the benevolent algorithms, you would never ever have found out about this website.
  - thecsw 1y ago
    The reality is that I was browsing the annual HTML Day submissions [1] and stumbled upon this super wholesome webpage. [1] https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html
throwanem 1y ago
No thank you! I've never melonked in my life and I surely don't mean to start now.
- Mistletoe 1y ago
  I thought it was about something like spelunking but you just explore yourself. Basically just the 21st century.
  - mwcz 1y ago
    Mellon is Sindarin for "friend", so maybe mellonking is exploring one's friends?
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
  - throwanem 1y ago
    What's wrong with exploring oneself? Obviously not too much nor wrongly in public and never to excess, but if the modern spelunking is just urbex - which it is, in my view, and much more appealing than any dank smelly old cave - then, though I won't repeat the hideous portmanteau, I don't suppose I see too much of a problem with this practice, either. After all - γνῶθι σεαυτόν, wasn't that the phrase? No accident at all we find it incised over the gateway to an oracle. You might want to think about that, who has just finished reading this now.
    - Mistletoe 1y ago
      [dead]
YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
No infinite scrolling, no AJAX and the back button works. The entire world wide web used to be just like that, back in the Good Old Days of teh Internets, or so I'm told.
- bombcar 1y ago
  “There used to be an end to the page!”
- ethan_smith 1y ago
  This is a perfect example of the "neocities" movement - a modern revival of the 90s/early 2000s web aesthetic that explicitly rejects the homogenized, corporate design patterns that dominate today's internet.
aspenmayer 1y ago
Came for the linkbait, stayed for the midi renditions of popular hits gone (g)old. Say it ain't so.
fleebee 1y ago
I feel a bit warm and fuzzy inside when the forum (and the guestbook) seem reasonably active even if they're hidden under a rock. It's a treehouse kind of vibe.
camgunz 1y ago
My fave website of this ilk is superbad.com. I go back here and there and I'm instantly 17 again, hee-heeing at the postmodernity of it all
treetalker 1y ago
The link rings are at the bottom of the Fav Hyperlinks page, in case anyone was looking.
neom 1y ago
Pretty cool. Nice to see iframes, don't think I've seen those in a long long time. Also very good that the forum has a post your desk thread[1], very 2005 internet of them. One thing I can't figure out, are these old people who lived old internet or young people who have recreated old internet for themselves to live? Either way, cool site. [1]https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=641b114d1686cd9fb8426fa562252cdb&topic=644.0 https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=641b114d1686...
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righthand 1y ago
It definitely will heat up your cpu.
Rendello 1y ago
I ran into one of these neo-geocities-style websites in the wild when telling my friend about a trendy pizza place I liked. Even the EN-FR switch is animated: https://pizzabouquet.ca/ https://pizzabouquet.ca/
- ben_w 1y ago
  Much, much better than most websites today, IMO.
  - anonzzzies 1y ago
    It's fast here. That's a win over 99% of modern sites.
- news_to_me 1y ago
  Here's Seattle's version of that: https://www.dinostomatopie.com https://www.dinostomatopie.com
crtasm 1y ago
>You can read a profile about me on Rhizome :o What a wild outcome for what started as a weekend homepage project ~ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/jul/29/artist-profile-daniel-murray/ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/jul/29/artist-profile-dan...
uncircle 1y ago
> Works best in Firefox! The Internet is cool again.
PenguinRevolver 1y ago
A website that closes on Mondays? Stupid, stupid concept. As stupid as Steam's Tuesday Maintenance... Fortunately, you can skip it very easily: https://melonking.net/melon https://melonking.net/melon
PinkMilkshake 1y ago
Wonderful site. How are they sneaking in the auto-playing music? Firefox even displays a little icon saying audio is being blocked.
- chao- 1y ago
  Firefox on Android blocked it. They gave me a nice message: >Oh no! You have autoplay Music disabled! Please enable it to enjoy this site fully
scumola 1y ago
closed on mondays. :(

144 points by thecsw 1y ago

Pure genius!

I played the "guess what it's going to be about before clicking on it" game with this item, and lost badly. I won't spoil the fun, but only remark that this site is neither about [1] a melon farming business, nor [2] a certain famous man with autocratic tendencies whose handle in "last-initial first" format would be "melon".

pxeger1 1y ago
Oh I guess it is supposed to be Melon-King, but I firmly read it as Melonk-ing at first. What could it mean to melonk?
- nine_k 1y ago
  Ascribe a meaning to it, make it a viral meme, and the meaning will stick. Words like "quiz" and "blog" came to existence this way.
schoen 1y ago
I thought it was likely to be like the onion sales story. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132
YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
Yeah, it's not about Melon Usk.

okonomiyaki3000 1y ago

This is the World Wide Web? This is what the World Wide Web is supposed to be.

uncircle 1y ago
The reality is this is on the HN front page probably because it was trending on Reddit/Twitter or whatever the kids use these days. Without the grace of the benevolent algorithms, you would never ever have found out about this website.
- thecsw 1y ago
  The reality is that I was browsing the annual HTML Day submissions [1] and stumbled upon this super wholesome webpage. [1] https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html

throwanem 1y ago

No thank you! I've never melonked in my life and I surely don't mean to start now.

Mistletoe 1y ago
I thought it was about something like spelunking but you just explore yourself. Basically just the 21st century.
- mwcz 1y ago
  Mellon is Sindarin for "friend", so maybe mellonking is exploring one's friends?
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
- throwanem 1y ago
  What's wrong with exploring oneself? Obviously not too much nor wrongly in public and never to excess, but if the modern spelunking is just urbex - which it is, in my view, and much more appealing than any dank smelly old cave - then, though I won't repeat the hideous portmanteau, I don't suppose I see too much of a problem with this practice, either. After all - γνῶθι σεαυτόν, wasn't that the phrase? No accident at all we find it incised over the gateway to an oracle. You might want to think about that, who has just finished reading this now.
  - Mistletoe 1y ago
    [dead]

YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago

No infinite scrolling, no AJAX and the back button works. The entire world wide web used to be just like that, back in the Good Old Days of teh Internets, or so I'm told.

bombcar 1y ago
“There used to be an end to the page!”
ethan_smith 1y ago
This is a perfect example of the "neocities" movement - a modern revival of the 90s/early 2000s web aesthetic that explicitly rejects the homogenized, corporate design patterns that dominate today's internet.

aspenmayer 1y ago

Came for the linkbait, stayed for the midi renditions of popular hits gone (g)old. Say it ain't so.

fleebee 1y ago

I feel a bit warm and fuzzy inside when the forum (and the guestbook) seem reasonably active even if they're hidden under a rock. It's a treehouse kind of vibe.

camgunz 1y ago

My fave website of this ilk is superbad.com. I go back here and there and I'm instantly 17 again, hee-heeing at the postmodernity of it all

treetalker 1y ago

The link rings are at the bottom of the Fav Hyperlinks page, in case anyone was looking.

neom 1y ago

Pretty cool. Nice to see iframes, don't think I've seen those in a long long time. Also very good that the forum has a post your desk thread[1], very 2005 internet of them. One thing I can't figure out, are these old people who lived old internet or young people who have recreated old internet for themselves to live? Either way, cool site. [1]https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=641b114d1686cd9fb8426fa562252cdb&topic=644.0 https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=641b114d1686...

deleted 1y ago

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righthand 1y ago

It definitely will heat up your cpu.

Rendello 1y ago

I ran into one of these neo-geocities-style websites in the wild when telling my friend about a trendy pizza place I liked. Even the EN-FR switch is animated: https://pizzabouquet.ca/ https://pizzabouquet.ca/

ben_w 1y ago
Much, much better than most websites today, IMO.
- anonzzzies 1y ago
  It's fast here. That's a win over 99% of modern sites.
news_to_me 1y ago
Here's Seattle's version of that: https://www.dinostomatopie.com https://www.dinostomatopie.com

crtasm 1y ago

>You can read a profile about me on Rhizome :o What a wild outcome for what started as a weekend homepage project ~ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/jul/29/artist-profile-daniel-murray/ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/jul/29/artist-profile-dan...

uncircle 1y ago

> Works best in Firefox! The Internet is cool again.

PenguinRevolver 1y ago

A website that closes on Mondays? Stupid, stupid concept. As stupid as Steam's Tuesday Maintenance... Fortunately, you can skip it very easily: https://melonking.net/melon https://melonking.net/melon

PinkMilkshake 1y ago

Wonderful site. How are they sneaking in the auto-playing music? Firefox even displays a little icon saying audio is being blocked.

chao- 1y ago
Firefox on Android blocked it. They gave me a nice message: >Oh no! You have autoplay Music disabled! Please enable it to enjoy this site fully

scumola 1y ago

closed on mondays. :(