Ah sweet! Something incredibly common that I'd never given second thought to is actually terrible in a way that seems blatantly obvious in hindsight

Jesus fucking christ.

The UK, and I cannot emphasize this enough, must be destroyed . Balkanization would be a far too kind fate for perfidious albion.

And it's not just .io, there are a bunch of other ones as well, things like .sh for Saint Helena, and .ac for Ascension Island. The more you look, the worse it gets. There are some exceptions like .tv, which is for Tuvalu, but funds from .tv actually go to the people of Tuvalu and are used to fund things on the island like their "Future Now" project, which provides mitigation plans for infrastructure and maritime boundaries affected by climate change.

Every time I think I know enough about the colonial powers to paint a picture of their barbarity, I am proven wrong with more horrors beyond my comprehension coming forth.

This reminds me that the TLD .nu was stolen from the island of Niue, along with it's profits, by The Swedish Internet Foundation in 2013. Apparently important for Sweden's national security or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nu

While on this topic, does anyone know what became of the .zip thing?

I always thought these trendy tech domains were kind of silly.

Wow, I'd never heard of this. Horrifying.

amazing read, thank you

Fuck icann

great read, now im depressed.

"I had dogs which I brought to the beach with me. At low tide they would go out and catch fish and bring them in and lay them at my feet."

sweet as fuck