Wait,
what? What "major internet sites"? What money?
Anyway, about Encyclopedia Dramatica...
NOOO! Please tell me someone archived it!
Now where am I supposed to go to ironically look at pornographic gifs and bigoted descriptions of 4chan memes?
...But seriously, this actually really is bumming me out. I don't know why... I know it was a professional deal behind the scenes like any other website, but there was something entertaining about a place so shamelessly perverse as that existing, to help people make sense of pop culture and viciously mock it at the same time. Now, all that's left is another clean 'n' corporate webpage--at least KnowYourMeme was relatively inoffensive to begin with, before it got ensnared by the Cheezburger network. Am I the only one who thinks "the internet" stops being funny when you compile it like that? Next thing you know, Google will buy 4chan.
See, this is one of the reasons why print is better than digital: Back issues. Oh, well--
you know which song this calls for...
EDIT:
Yes, I know that picture is from Senor Gif.