I wrote a conversational insult generator in AppleSoft BASIC, inspired by a program called "Abuse" that I saw advertised in a magazine, and of course by Eliza.
I found this in a dusty corner of my code archive, and it made me laugh, and thought it might do the same for others. I wrote this when I was first learning a fancy new language called "Javascript." Apologies for the juvenile humor. Sometimes NSFW.
The modern web seems to know nothing about it at this point, but back when CGI scripts were a new curiosity, there was a Shakespearean Insult Generator which was popular and quite a lot of fun.
This is great! I remember being extremely impressed by Boris Johnson's "great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies" insult. How does one come up with such a string of words? I would've used this as a study resource.
I wrote a conversational insult generator in AppleSoft BASIC, inspired by a program called "Abuse" that I saw advertised in a magazine, and of course by Eliza.
I'm partial to this complaint generator, on the internet since 1994 and semi-regularly updated since: https://www.pakin.org/complaint
here's a 1 paragraph complaint about Dang (which will be different on every load): https://www.pakin.org/complaint?title=&firstname=Dang&middle...
I wrote this many years ago:-
https://apps.repebble.com/rude-time_543459b072a84da55500004c
I found this in a dusty corner of my code archive, and it made me laugh, and thought it might do the same for others. I wrote this when I was first learning a fancy new language called "Javascript." Apologies for the juvenile humor. Sometimes NSFW.
Reading Damn Interesting every day, I had no idea. Someone used your insults on AOL, or something like that, repeatedly. Thank you for the laughs.
While it has now be retired, I was also partial to the "Theo" mode in mg for insults.
https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/checkout/src/usr.bin/mg/Attic/the...
The modern web seems to know nothing about it at this point, but back when CGI scripts were a new curiosity, there was a Shakespearean Insult Generator which was popular and quite a lot of fun.
See perhaps Shakespearean Insults Mug:
* https://philosophersguild.com/products/shakespearean-insults...
* https://www.amazon.com/Shakespearean-Insults-Coffee-Mug-Shak...
Altho' it be not a living CGI script, mayhap the Internet Archive shall regale us with nigh-on 250 bespoke insults, plucked from the very copper tendrils of ye olde webbe: https://web.archive.org/web/19990515000000*/http://www.webwe...
Wow. It's been probably 20 years since I thought of that thing . . .
Y2K Certified too!
I won't link it, here (the last time I did, it got flagged), but look up Guy Macon's Insult File.
Not a single word that would have tripped the content filters of the time.
Hey, don’t copy my daily affirmations
This is great! I remember being extremely impressed by Boris Johnson's "great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies" insult. How does one come up with such a string of words? I would've used this as a study resource.
They have a nice ring and cadence. One could string some of them along into a Pythonic poem to be recited from castle tops.
Now that's what I call programming.