r/InternetMysteries • u/Weirdsitethrowaway • 1d ago
Internet Oddity Really weird website comprised of random chopped up bits of old dystopian novels
Title explains most of it, a few months ago I was reading H.G Wells' "The Sleeper Awakes", and felt the need to google "capillotomist", which lead me to this bizarre website:

At first thought, I thought this was something involving generative AI, but the quotes are actual quotes from older dystopian novels (I've been able to recognize stuff from Brave New World, 1984, When the Sleeper Wakes and The Machine Stops). The copyright information is similarly random pieces from these books, and the URL is a random mishmash of words. I tried digging deeper into this to see if its been mentioned anywhere else online, but I haven't seen anyone else mention this.
I've been wondering for months, and I wanted to ask here because I've seen a hell of a lot of Nexpo videos and I know you guys are good with this kinda thing, so please, if anyone knows, what is this website?
Thank you guys in advance!

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u/mars_was_blue_too 1d ago
Reminds me of the cut up technique William Burroughs used where you cut out bits of text and combine them to basically create gibberish poems. Other than that no clue.
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u/Weirdsitethrowaway 21h ago
OHHH, that definitely makes sense, especially the fact the site was a git repository (detail i forgot to mention but made it even more confusing). Thank you!
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u/worldinsidetheworld 1d ago
Interesting post and rabbithole! I wonder if this is something like an electronic version of blackout poetry or fridge magnet poetry, where they are putting pieces of books together to form a different story?