Ahhh to be young and full of cringe. That lore did give us bacon reader, back in its day one of THE apps to use before reddit exploded in 3rd party apps.
This site-wide irreverence brings me back to what the internet felt like to me in like 2007 though. Like sure you could get this in individual subreddits or things or Discord communities but I’ve missed this more open sense of mischief across communities more than I realised!