Some things won’t die
One of the roguelike games I used to play – a version of Nethack, I believe – if you played as a thief, your deity was Ratgod. That always tickled me. Whenever something strange but harmless happened, we said it was the work of Ratgod.
So I registered the domain ratgod.com. I built a number of websites in the early Noughties just for fun, and this was one. I used it for silly quotes (a different one every time you refreshed the page) and one animation called Damien’s Jaunty Balls, celebrating the day I had my cat neutered (if I can convert it to a modern playable file format, I’ll post it). Then I let the registration lapse. Something like 2006?
Damn if I don’t still get mail to it – always addressed to Ratgod Dot. I think I must have arrived in some entrepreneurial list. Here’s today’s:
Hi [my actual first name],
Not sure if this is on your radar but if Ratgod Dot is making at least $20k/month, there is a solid chance you can qualify for same day credit line.
Up to $750,000, no PG or credit checks and you get it in under 24h
Can I send the options available?
– Gabriella
Who on earth has a website pulling in $20K a month?
Posted: April 7th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 4
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Comment from Uncle AL
Time: April 7, 2026, 8:54 pm
“Who on earth has a website pulling in $20K a month?”
I dunno, but I seem to recall a lot of comments scattered around that start off, “My girlfriend makes $20K/motnh working only 4 hours a day at home on her copmuter…”
Comment from QuasiModo
Time: April 7, 2026, 9:08 pm
In the movie ‘V/H/S 94’ there’s a segment named ‘Storm Drain’…there’s a monster that lives in the storm drains called ‘Raatma’ as in ‘Hail Raatma!’ and people worship him…he’s a Rat Man.
…just thought I’d toss that in there 🙂
Comment from Pupster
Time: April 7, 2026, 11:56 pm
Pretty sure I don’t wanna know who pulls that kind of scratch on the intrawebs.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: April 8, 2026, 4:50 pm
Who on earth has a website pulling in $20K a month?
Uh, OnlyRats?
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