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...is...

a very asocial flower born in USA in 11991

a former Geocities user trained in HTML4

a pile of embers that burned out in 12017

filtering brain toxins gathered from teen years on the '00s WWW

a Computer Whiz with vast knowledge.. that anyone could've gained

collecting sites, stories, software, and Sony cameras

...enjoys...

classic PC hardware and software (DOS/Win9x)

old handmade websites and homepages

ANSI art, BBS and EGA aesthetics

platformers, boomer shooters, RPGs, RTSs, and collectathons

finding better and cheaper things and services to use

anime, movies, and music from the '80s and '90s

...detests...

post-truth anti-sex anti-science dumbasses

religious beliefs (god, sin, fate, souls, etc.)

sports, athletes, the Olympics, and dudebros

fighting, racing, sim games, TBSes, and visual novels

the W(WW) getting worse on purpose to benefit rich assholes/corpos

outrage addicts, inc'l puriteens and Only Conscious Humans

A hearty 'wazzap' to you, wanderer! Here's the lore on Bytemoth, a Digital Warlock harnessing the powers of sourcerors yet mightier, in attempt to conjure a virtual space I don't need to take vacations from. I am a highly asocial Computer Whiz with vast knowledge (that anyone could've gained), taking the shape of a pile of embers that burned out in 2017. The name itself represents a particular, peculiar fusion of analog and digital which I've strived- nah j/k, it's just the shortest thing I thought of that was hard to spell wrong and had no results on search engines when I started using it in late 12011.

Before arriving here, I was a resident of Geocities, well-practiced in the ancient magickal art of HTML4. Along the way, I've learned to enjoy collecting software, old digital cameras, and PlayStation games. But I do not yearn for simpler times, for the world was never simple; only I was.

Caution should be taken when attempting to befriend me, which is Not Easy to begin with, but we will especially not get along if you're an outrage addict, The Only Conscious Human, really into sports or crypto, conservative, of an Abrahamic faith, or hate furries. Being a completely non-spiritual post-theist who heavily leans left, what I'm trying to believe in is a universe that doesn't care, and people who do.

Due to being a Very Online Teen in the mid-12000s, toxins built up in my brain which I'm now attempting to filter out. I'm not proud of that whole 'racism is over so let's say the n-word' edgelord phase, but I won't pretend it didn't happen. What followed was a belief in some version of the just-world hypothesis that led to me briefly following the YouTube atheist/skeptic community into its anti-SJW phase. This was later corrected by Tumblr users sharing their lived experiences, prompting a realization that things were worse than initially assumed.

Extra tidbits about me include that I'm a teetotaler, possibly quoiromantic, and trying to reduce my sugar intake. I consider myself a social minimalist, physical midimalist, and digital maximalist - The Dream is owning a Toyota Sera and living in that sweet pad from the Umfend demo, where I'd have selected hardware atop an L-desk, each drive and flash cart within just absolutely loaded up with files.

And It Is Now Time For Behold A Few Of My Favorite Thinks

Fictions

Cave Story
Comm & Conq
Digimon
FNAF*/FNAC/PGP
Half-Life
H⭐R
Homestuck
Iji
SCP
Toonami
Warcraft
ZZT

Genres

mecha
postapoc.
shonen
action
cyberpunk
slasher
FPSes
platformer
(C/J)RPG
industrial
italo-disco
neo-synthpop

Heroes

Aaron Swartz
Abe Ghiran
ANSI artists
Carl Sagan
Elim Garak
George Carlin
Jason Scott
J.D.R.
Johji Manabe
The KLF
Olia Lialina
TimBL

Interests

computers
cooking
documenting
preservation
privacy
reducing
reusing
retrogaming
titties
websurfin'
writing
(and more)

(Norn wizard waving a wand in a circle, leaving behind trails of light)

Assigned Sonas

Gender: furry-ass idiot
Fursona: pastel potted plant that will yell when you least expect it
FemFursona: Bytemoth is a Large-Breasted Hyena Girl.
Monstersona: stoner radioactive cat demon
Monstergirlsona: Bytemoth is a hyperactive Dragon who is 187cm in height. They have short, fluffy white hair and golden eyes. Their bust would fit a B cup. Their first encounter was with a thief who they charmed for goods.
Pokésona: #791 Solgaleo
I scored 61.54% for psychic/steel, and the legendary was the first result with that typing.
Demonsona: Behemoth
Assigned to me by DuckDuckGo after a search for 'bytemoth' returned a correction of 'behemoth'.
Digisona: Dokunemon
Chosen by me because Mothmon was too obvious, but this guy can digivolve to that form.
DNDsona: Sapon, kobold bard made of animated soap.
Popped into my head after I said 'soap-barred' out loud.
Animatronicsona: Unmotivated spider that sits in an unfinished web watching people who are too afraid/disturbed to approach.
Classpect: I previously believed I was a Mage of Mind, but later inverted to my true alignment, Seer of Void.
Eurosona: Based on usage of the Ø character, blake-chan and 38caution have informed me that I am a woman of Norwegian descent.
Partner: Hot-tempered siren who hugs you tight and kisses you softly. They love that they can sit in comfortable silence with you.

Testimonials

man youre the coolest fat kid i now: SplatterSocom (12008-08-22)
you know it's a good server because bytemoth is in the member list: BytemothOwns#4633 (12019-03-22)
Bytemoth is god, but he lost his powers for some reason and falled on earth: Randy (12020-01-07)
Bytemoth I'm gonna fucking kill you: Nekojiru (12020-01-23)
please think of bytemoth, who is likely observing right now: Rosek Night (12020-03-11)
bytemoth always comes in hot with the informative messages out of no where lol: Jack O'Mix (12020-05-07)
i think sometime in this server someone said bytemoth had 11 braincells: moss#6587 (12020-06-02)
"Shout out to Bytemoth-"*smacks his headset* "Aw fuck.": Joppiesaus (12020-07-27)
bytemoth is bytemoth: Ribbit Ribbit#0203 (12020-09-02)
bytemoth finnagonna make us watch wendys training videos: moss#6587 (12020-09-12)
I genuinely shiver in actual FEAR every time I mutter your unholy name: Retromaniac#6997 (12020-10-10)
I wish I was bytemoth cool lmfao: P. Comfy (12020-12-06)
moth is spooky [...] he's the ultimate deity: Jac Komix (12021-03-07)
"Sometimes I think Bytemoth can read my mind.": BattyCathy#4580 (12021)
this site is 100% certified hood classic: plash#2860 (12022-01-30)
We're fucked if Moth is typing: Owly after pinging @everyone (12022-02-06)
ngl as soon as i saw you typing i knew i was gonna get saved: Jackomi X (12023-06-19)
this is like when you watch a YouTube video and it puts the Wikipedia page below the title ..but actually helpful, for once: koyo #1 boykisser (12023-07-16)

Miscellanea

(This user PISSED ON THE MOON, you idiot!)

My 1/5 years: 12001-12002, 12019, 12022
My 5/5 years: 12006-12007, 12012, 12015

First cellphone: Motorola RAZR V3 (12006-12009)
First smartphone: Motorola Defy Mini XT320 (12012-12013)
Favorite phone: Nokia Touch and Type X3-02 (12014-12018)
Current phone: Samsung Galaxy A02s (12021--)

WWW is a fuck
Break Em All 11993
I am trash spider
410,757,864,530 DEAD LINKS

Primary Social Media

11999-12004: AIM
12005-12010: Newgrounds/WLM
12015-12018: Tumblr
12018-12021: Discord/Mastodon
12022-: Tumblr/Discord

Quick Stances

TP goes over
Han shot first
It's pronounced GIF
7 was the last good Windows
The WWW peaked in 2012
The Simpsons died after season 8 (as 9 on are not covered in A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family)
Software '''piracy''' is preservation
autoplaying music always has been and always will be fucking rude
but most of all, samy is my hero
I visited Melon's profile!!

The Colbert Questionert (Click/tap to expand)

And so can you! (H/T maya)

Best sandwich?: ~~The Rodeo King burger! #LordOfSodium~~ Meatball marinara sub with swiss, parmesan, mayo, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. (Make it futuristic by assembling on garlic bread! #chea)
What’s one thing you own that you really should throw out?: A collection of microUSB cables accumulated from years of device purchases. Get rid of 'em and replace them with USB-C adapters.
What is the scariest animal?: Cats bruv. Who knows how much murder they're dreaming about when they sleep all day.
Apples or oranges?: If I'm not allowed to be specific, I'd go with oranges, which seem to be more consistent across their varieties. But if I get to choose the type of apple, pass me a Pink Lady or Kanzi.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?: No. I am the one who GETS asked.
What do you think happens when we die?: Cessation of existence. No further consciousness. Life ends. Hope you made it a good one.
Favorite action movie?: Feels like I should answer 'Predator' but I haven't rewatched it recently to verify. So.. why not, Killer Bean Forever.
Favorite smell?: Cedar, petrichor, or tomato sauce depending on context.
Least favorite smell?: Cheap earbuds.
Exercise: worth it?: Maybe for some people, but I've never been able to have a good time with it.
Flat or sparkling?: Without additives, flat. If I can throw in some Crystal Light, sparkling.
Most used app on your phone?: "Fast Shopping" from F-Droid. Don't like using phones that much.
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?: Been quite fond of REALM: Fraternization (Soundtrack) since I first heard it a few years ago.. Either that or Sister Location's Venta Black.
What number am I thinking of?: It's 'which number'. And, you aren't; you're currently thinking about the word 'discombobulate'.
Describe the rest of your life in 5 words?: "more effort with fewer results"

Previous Special Interests (Click/tap to expand)

Previous Special Interests

12000-12004

.theprodukkt/Farbrausch
b3ta
Kane (Command & Conquer)
Kane (WWE)
Metroid 2 'Secret Worlds'
MS-DOS games and emulators
Namco/Midway and Williams arcade games
Neopets
Rob Zombie
Roswell Crash mythology
StickDeath lore

12005-12009

Cave Story modding
Commodore 64 cracktros (esp. Chromance)
Fredryk Phox
Look Around You (series 1)
micronations (esp. Republic of Molossia)
Net neutrality
Newgrounds culture (esp. Clock Crew and spinoff groups)
Starcraft alpha/beta versions
web-based ARGs (esp. ILoveBees and Year Zero)
Viznut/PWP demos
UMPCs

12010-12013

alternative date formats (esp. Tranquility Calendar)
Anthrocon
Atheism/agnosticism/secular humanism
Copyright alternatives/Creative Commons-licensed media
Carl Sagan
DECORATE (ZDoom scripting language)
esoteric conlangs (esp. Solresol and Ithkuil)
HTML 4.01/CSS 2.1 web standards
hydroponics
Johji Manabe manga
NANP/telephony history
numbers stations
P2P darknets (esp. I2P)
Reddit culture
retro game collecting
Spaghetti Westerns
Telecomix/WeRebuild/DataLove

12014-12018

68000/PowerPC-based Apple computers
BBS aesthetics and culture
the FNAF timeline(s) (+ FNAC, Popgoes, TNAR)
Frog Fractions 3 / Eye Sigil / Txt World
Geocities and Neocities
HTML 3.2
K6/Athlon-era PC hardware
learning to cook
Modern Talking songs (esp. Atlantis Is Calling and In 100 Years)
passive income/data brokerage
pixelated (meta)horror games
politics (sliiide to the left)
pre-Blink web browsers (IE, NN, Firefox, Opera)
pre-ESRB rating systems (esp. RSAC)
Teletext
Tumblr culture
vending machines
video codecs
WCW/the Monday Night Wars

12019-12021

30-day flip-phone challenge
bar soap
car-hostile city planning/'superblocks'
dishwashers/kitchen appliances
Fediverse culture
Gopherspace
GPU tech demos
hydroponics again
italo disco music
Linux DE/WMs
MiSTer/FPGA (hardware) emulation
obsolete AV technology (esp. VHS, cassettes, LaserDisc, MiniDisc)
off-grid living/solar battery banks
PDF/HTML zines
"So bad they're awesome" videos (esp. Killer Bean, Nyan Neko Sugar Girls, and Bulgarian Treasure Planet)
Sony FD-Mavica, CyberShot, Bloggie cameras
tiny and efficient homes/'microlofts'
Toonami bumpers
The Walten Files
Warcraft lore

12022-12025

Geminispace
Reusable/cartridge/fountain pens
Dividend stocks and index funds
Console and handheld flash carts/softmods/ODEs
batteries
mini-PCs
AI image generation

Childhood TV Shows/Blocks (Click/tap to expand)

Childhood TV Shows/Blocks

Cartoon Network: [adult swim] (12001-12006), Cartoon Cartoons (11996-12003), Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Miguzi, SVES, Toonami (TOM1-3 eras), Static Shock,

Comedy Central: Chappelle's Show, The Colbert Report, Reno 911!, South Park,

D****y Channel: Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Dave the Barbarian, Even Stevens, Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch, Lizzie McGuire, The Proud Family, Sister Sister, That's So Raven,

Nickelodeon: All That, The Amanda Show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Blue's Clues (Steve era), Nicktoons (11991-12004), The Nick Cannon Show,

ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Animaniacs, Boy Meets World, Breaking the Magician's Code, Celebrity Deathmatch, Digimon (Adventure/02), The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Futurama, Home Improvement, I Love Lucy, King of the Hill, Lloyd in Space, Mad TV, Married... with Children, Malcolm in the Middle, The Outer Limits, Recess, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Smart Guy, Star Trek Voyager, That '70s Show, Tiny Toon Adventures, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, WWE SmackDown (Attitude & Ruthless Aggression eras),

Mobile Phone History (Click/tap to expand)

Mobile Phone History

Cingular Wireless: Everyone has their start, and this was where I got mine.
12006-09: Motorola RAZR v3: Didn't really want a phone, but this was a sleek and compact one to have. I knew substantially less about technology back then, so to get photos off the phone, I had to upload them to a Yahoo service which I would then visit on my PC. (This as opposed to plugging in a mini-USB cable.)
Cost: (provided by carrier)
Consumer Cellular: To save a bit of money, we later switched to a provider offering cheaper plans. Every bill was $45 except when overage charges hit, and when they did, they hit hard.
12009-10: Motorola W259 (rebadged W270): Something simple to call and text on.
Cost: (provided by carrier)
12012-11: Motorola Defy Mini XT320 [512MB/Android 2.3]: Decided to give Android a shot and see what was up. These were SUPER tiny - I had to download alternative keyboards to be able to use it.
Cost: $132 ($10.16/mo)
12013-12: Samsung Captivate Glide l927 [8GB/1GB/Android 4.0]: Eventually got tired of the mininess of the Mini and upgraded to something full-size, with a slide-out keyboard for typing/texting.
Cost: $150 ($12.50/mo)
12014-12: Nokia Touch and Type X3-02.5: Promptly got sick of smartphones and their one-day battery life. Switched to something with a T9 keypad for a while.
Cost: $78 ($1.95/mo)
Ting Mobile: Then, we decided to give this tiered payment system* a try. It was still use more pay more (but not as much), but also use less pay less. Also, extremely helpful customer service.
* (phased out for new customers on 2020-11-17)
12018-03: Blu S1 [16GB/2GB/Android 7.0]: Switched back to Android to run Beermoney apps for low-effort free shit. Victim of a bloating battery.
Cost: $172 ($19.12/mo)
12018-10: Blu R2-4G [32GB/3GB/Android 7.0] (Auxiliary): Loads of storage, huge RAM, and a battery that started bloating five months after purchase. Kept randomly turning on Bluetooth despite not being asked to?
Cost: $87
12019-01: Samsung Galaxy Prime J3-27A [16GB/1.5GB/Android 7.0]: Switched to a phone with a removable battery because I was tired of non-removable bloating batteries.
Cost: $136 ($5.92/mo)
12020-06*: Sony Xperia XZs [32GB/4GB/Android 7.1]: Switched to a phone with VoLTE so Ting would stop bugging me about not having one. The non-removable battery started to bloat two months later. Apparently it doesn't actually have VoLTE, so thanks for putting it on the 'List of phones with VoLTE support' article, Wikipedia editors!
* Remained unused until December
Cost: $163 ($16.30/mo)
12021-09: Samsung Galaxy A02s [32GB/2GB/Android 11]: Forced upgrade because T-Mobile shut off its pre-LTE networks. But, being able to switch to Ting's cheaper Flex plan means it'll pay for itself in six months.
Cost: $160
Paths Ahead: I'm considering traveling one of the following routes when the battery in that current Android smartphone begins to noticeably swell.
~~Paradigm shift (Smartwatch%)~~: ~~Use an Apple Watch Ultra for all communication and payment needs for the next decade.~~
Unattainable due to requiring an iPhone to activate the device.
Switch sides: Pick up an iPhone SE 4 (or SE3 NOS) in 2-4 years, and use that for as long as feasible (until device failure or 5G shutdown).
🎵 Get loose, kid; go stupid 🎵: Downupgrade to an unsmartphone such as the Kyocera DuraXV or Sonim XP5 and find the cheapest plan possible to justify rounding-error usage of it.
Even Simpler: Decide being constantly reachable is incompatible with my personality, discontinue mobile phone service to save money, and switch to a pager plus home VoIP phone setup (~$13/mo cheaper). Delete all the accounts!!
Tablets
12016-08: Fire HD 6 (Gen4) [16GB/1GB/Fire OS 5.7]: Perfect pocketable size, from the only generation with SlimPort video out. Cool as hell.
Cost: $90
~~12018-10: NeuTab i7 [8GB/1GB/Android 7.1]~~: Some cheap generic I got to try running money-making apps on. Turned on, connected to wifi, then the screen immediately stopped working.
Cost: $50
12018-12: Fire HD 8 (Gen8) [16GB/1.5GB/Fire OS 7.3]: A BeerMoney buy that I ran autosurfing websites on, until I got tired of it randomly turning off its wifi antennas.
Cost: $60
12022-12: Kindle Paperwhite 5 SE (Gen11) [32GB/512MB]: Got it on sale for Black Friday after hearing good things. Why not. Really should try reading more books anyway.
Cost: $129 (32% off)

Favorite Foods (Click/tap to expand)

Favorite Foods

I am a vegetable hater and can't stand the taste and texture of most anything in that entire me-forsaken food group, with the exception of potatoes and peppers. Ketchup is fine, but tomatoes otherwise suck completely. Onions and mushrooms are good in powder form, but completely ruin a meal when diced or sliced. Lettuce, pickles, and olives belong in the trash. Carrots, peas, and green beans deserve to be extinct. Any feedback about this topic will be immediately discarded.

Other least favorites:

Only cowards don't eat the crust
Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza
Candy corn sucks
Coconut is a garbage-tier cake topping and candy ingredient
Alcohol and drinking culture are bad and dumb
Anyone whomst claims to earnestly enjoy black licorice is a liar

Favorite snack:

Early childhood: Snyder's of Hanover Honey Mustard & Onion Nibblers
Late childhood: Doritos, Salsa Verde flavor
Teenage years: Flamin' Hot Limón Cheetos
12015: Sun Chips, Garden Salsa flavor
12017: Tillamook Beef Jerky, Honey Glazed flavor
12019: Golden Island Pork Jerky, Korean Barbecue Recipe
12021: Love Crunch Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Peanut Butter flavor

Favorite hot sauce:

~~Tabasco Original~~
~~Huy Fong Sriracha~~
~~TryMe Tiger Sauce~~
~~Secret Aardvark Habanero~~
Jempol Sambel Asli

Favorite instant noodle:

~~Maruchan (Chicken flavor)~~
Indomie Mi Goreng (since 12017)

Favorite soft drink:

11997: Cactus Cooler, Inca Kola, and Jones Soda Green Apple flavor
12006: A&W Root Beer
12011: Vanilla Coke
12015: Sprecher Root Beer Soda
12019: Sparkling Lemonade (mineral water + liquid lemonade mix)
12022: Sunkist Orange Zero Sugar
Marketing campaign: Sublymonal Advertising
Honorable mention: SoBe Elixir, Strawberry Banana flavor
Honorable mention 2: Dr Pepper Cherry Zero Sugar
Honorable mention 3: Dublin Bottling Works Tart-n-Sweet Lemonade

Favorite candy/protein bars:

Childhood: Nestle Crunch / Tiger's Milk
Teenhood: Twix / PowerBar Vanilla Crisp
Adulthood: Reese's FastBreak / Kirkland Signature Choc. PB Chunk

Favorite apple variety:

Childhood: Golden Delicious
Teenhood: Granny Smith
Adulthood: Pink Lady and Kanzi

Favorite fast food chain:

Childhood: McDonald's
Early teens: Carl's Jr. (that pastrami burger)
Late teens: Jack in the Box and Sonic
Early 20s: Arby's and Subway
Late 20s: Burger King and Papa John's

Favorite frozen pizza

Childhood: Tombstone
Teenhood: Red Baron Deep Dish Singles
Early adulthood: DiGiorno Cheese Stuffed Crust
12013: MaMa Rosa's Mini Deep Dish
12015: Screamin' Sicilian Holy Pepperoni
12017: Freschetta Naturally Rising Crust
Honorable mention: Roncadin Salame Piccante and Pepperoni Pizza

Favorite cereals

Childhood: Apple Jacks/Froot Loops, Cinn. Toast Crunch, Oreo-Os
Teenhood: Cap'n Crunch, Honey Bunches of Oats
20s: Apple Cinn. Cheerios, Golden Grahams, Cocoa Krispies

Favorite ice cream flavor:

Childhood: Rocky Road, Cookie Dough
Teenhood: Mint Chocolate
Adulthood: French Vanilla

Other favorites

Jar pasta sauce: Francesco Rinaldi meat-flavored
Chicken dip: Caesar Vinaigrette (unbreaded), Ranch (breaded)
Tube steak: Kirkland Signature Beef Hot Dogs, Nathan's Famous
Cheeses: White American, Vermont/NY (Extra) Sharp White Cheddar, Dubliner, Peccorino Romano, Colby Jack, Cotija-style, Garlic & Herb BellaVitano
Canned chili: Stagg Steak House, Wolf Brand
Top 5 convenience store items: BBQ pork rib sandwich, Chester's Fries, SoBe Elixir Tsunami, extra-long beef & bean microwave burritos, Coke Icee

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