The internet is both ephemeral and eternal. Websites and memes erupt into popularity, only to disappear as quickly as they came. But these paint splotches of fleeting greatness remain online forever.
A perfect example is Christian Lander’s masterpiece of a website, Stuff White People Like. Begun in 2008, it paid mocking tribute to a very specific breed of wealthy, white progressive who savors Wes Anderson movies, loves to wallow in bad memories of high school, and brags about not having a TV. Eighteen years later, all of it still rings true.
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