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1•kevinswint•1h ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Thnickels

https://thick-coins.net/?_bhlid=8a5736885893b7837e681aa73f890b9805a4673e
569•jxmorris12•7mo ago

Comments

kshehab1•7mo ago
Sadly I missed the window for thnickle pre orders but hopefully I'll be around for the thennies if the fog doesnt get me by then
bigyabai•7mo ago
It's only a matter of Thimes.
meepmorp•7mo ago
eventually, we'll have thalers (again)
PaulHoule•7mo ago
It's an urban legend at the very least that you can improve the power of your punch by grasping a coin roll. I'm not so sure it's good for your hands but unlike a knife or brass knuckles you have some deniability. (Reminds me of the time that the store manager of a supermarket wrongly thought I was shoplifting and he followed me out with his clipboard which I'm sure he planned to whack me with and say it was an accident if I gave him any trouble.)
sandworm101•7mo ago
A roll of coins, or any other heavy object, will significantly increase your punching power. Short of ninjas or mma fighters, the average person doesnt have the twitch ability to throw a significant punch. By adding mass, you increase power without needing the speed. Hands are very light. Even a small mass increase will make a big difference.
TZubiri•7mo ago
Nice, this knowledge will help me grab my keys in some self defense scenario. Will practice on sporting bag to avoid injury and verify force increase.
vunderba•7mo ago
Yup. In fact, while boxing gloves are ostensibly for the protection of the fighters hands, the increased mass (approx 10oz for heaver weight classes) significantly ups the chance of a concussive strike and/or knockout.

So... it is kind of a mixed bag in terms of if they actually make fights safer.

bichiliad•7mo ago
Relatedly: - The padding in fights is much lighter than in practice or sparring. The added weight is good for conditioning, blunts sharp impacts, and slows down your speed. - If you spar anyone, you're expected to have at _least_ 14oz gloves. If your gym says otherwise, don't spar there (and arguably, don't train anywhere that doesn't take safety seriously). - Luis Resto, a boxer, was jailed for swapping the padding in his gloves with plaster. He ended the career and permanently damaged the eyesight of his opponent, Billy Collins Jr.
dmurray•7mo ago
This seems a bit arbitrary since MMA gloves are lighter than boxing gloves. If you spar someone at an MMA gym you'll be throwing the exact same punches, but you won't be using 14 oz gloves.
globular-toast•7mo ago
I thought it was more because they can punch harder without breaking their hands.
sandworm101•7mo ago
Modern gloves are to spread out the impact to prevent cuts, blood, which was not allowed on TV once upon a time. The big puffy gloves only appeared when boxing looked to mainstream itself, to move out of the bars and become broadcast-quality entertainment.
bichiliad•7mo ago
That protection mostly comes from wraps, which you wear under your gloves
com2kid•7mo ago
Learning how to throw a punch isn't that much work and gives you a huge multiple on power output.

Also throwing a bare knuckle punch against someone's head has a large likelihood of the puncher breaking multiple bones, though depending on the outcome that may be preferable to other alternatives.

thechao•7mo ago
Most people tend to punch with a loose hand to the top of the head: this simultaneously increases the chance of breaking their hand; reduces the impact force; and, strikes one of the most insensitive & hardest parts of the body (the skull). Trained fighters are targeting an untucked chin with a short high acceleration punch (jab, uppercut), with a tight fist. It is technically very challenging to do this, even for professionals.

In general: use your sneakers; if necessary, push opponents away with with your palms and tightly held fingers.

com2kid•7mo ago
> In general: use your sneaker

This is indeed the 1st, 2nd, and frequently 3rd, suggested strategy from any good self defense teacher!

jasonjayr•7mo ago
Well, you're right about ninjas. They have Real Ultimate Power, this website told me so: https://realultimatepower.net/ (Don't click unless you're ready to get pumped!)
pierrec•7mo ago
OK, "urban legend at the very least" is a confusing way of putting things, it's kind of like saying "this is false at the very least, possibly even true!" (in this case it's true)
PaulHoule•7mo ago
I’ll concede it was a poor choice of language. I heard about it first in the 1980s but looking for confirmation I could only find low quality evidence such as discussions on Reddit, quora and the like. No newspaper reports, no confessions that “I broke somebody’s nose”, no criminal charges, no discussions by martial arts instructors, nothing.
waltbosz•7mo ago
I think this is a joke by Alan Wagner who goes by the handle truewagner. https://truewagner.com/ . You'll have to Google his socials to find his art.
n2d4•7mo ago
Almost — it was made by Legboot, who makes similarly weird stuff, but to my knowledge is not the same person https://x.com/LegbootLegit
idamantium•7mo ago
Yup. This supposed exchange with his neighbor making the coins is pretty amusing. Explanations the note on the website about the neighbor not having given them back yet. https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192
marssaxman•7mo ago
Thanks for the pointer! I hadn't heard of Legboot.

Ken M. is another name to watch out for, if you like this kind of thing.

pierrec•7mo ago
I could not find any direct evidence but it's a good theory. Legboot and Wagner sometimes comment on each other's (uniquely similar) stuff. This also seems like an evolution of Wagner's "Williamcoin". Compare:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Killtony/comments/1i9czr5/williamco...

https://old.reddit.com/r/TrueWagner/comments/1ld4lix/big_upd...

mkmk•7mo ago
The best giveaway is that the sentences are short and punchy. If it were made by the character it claims to be made by, it would actually devolve into a long ramble, and nobody would make it to the bottom of the page.
xnx•7mo ago
How does this website load so fast? Must be some advanced framework with JIT edge hydration. /s
eclipticplane•7mo ago
> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98
TZubiri•7mo ago
You know how antiques have a binomial distribution of value over time? They are valuable when new or very old, but trash when freshly obsolete.

I think classic style websites are going to come around. Not quite space jam whacky era but better mother fucking website for sure

stego-tech•7mo ago
The success of NeoCities and static blog sites in general suggests you’re correct. Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible - it’s a hallmark of authentic human creativity, under construction banners and all.
zxexz•7mo ago
I can’t produce a website that is half as endearing and fun as my 8yo self’s first attempt around y2k after earnestly reading my dad’s copy of “HTML For the World Wide Web” by Elizabeth Castro. The excitement of page counters, discovering CGI, even creating a really bad click which didn’t two time with JavaScript.
williamdclt•7mo ago
> Best of all, AI can’t produce sites that awesomely terrible

I don’t have time (or enough interest) to try it, but I’d be surprised if they couldn’t with some half-decent prompting

Cthulhu_•7mo ago
Is that a new LLM code assistant?
Mtinie•7mo ago
Given the audience on HN I expect will be up on Hugging Face within an hour or so… :)
1oooqooq•7mo ago
trained with data up to 1999.
imp0cat•7mo ago
Now you're on to something.
acheron•7mo ago
I like your joke and agree wholeheartedly with your point, but it is awfully difficult to upvote a comment that contains “/s”. Usually that’s an auto-downvote.

Just let your comment stand. You don’t need to call attention to the fact that it’s a joke.

buggy6257•7mo ago
you would be both surprised and deeply sad by how many downvotes and comments they would get if they removed the /s
yallpendantools•7mo ago
The Paradox of acheron: In order to point out character sequences that are insufferable in a comment, one's comment must also bear the insufferable character sequence.
Cthulhu_•7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
vpShane•7mo ago
It channeled when the internet was good.
Cthulhu_•7mo ago
Has to be Rust based SSR using a custom WebRTC based transfer technology.
mystified5016•7mo ago
I'm going to be using "JIT edge hydration" from now on, thanks
Chant-I-CRW•7mo ago
Dang...sure would like some thnickels of my own. After that tree fell on my house it is really windy here. I could use something heavy to hold down my punch cards.
CoastalCoder•7mo ago
I suggest buying a Three Wolves t-shirt.

I once saw a guy in a similar predicament. To address this, he donned his Three Wolves shirt and stood in an empty meadow by his house. Within 15 minutes there were 10-12 attractive women (some single, some not) circling him in a tight formation.

He returned to his house and sat near the pile of punch cards (or coupons, I forget). His ad hoc harem sat as well so they could study his chiseled features, which kept the coupons safe from blowing away.

I've heard that although the coupons have long-since expired, the women happily remain.

Chant-I-CRW•7mo ago
Legend. I could use a harem too. These punch cards aren't going to punch themselves.
Mtinie•7mo ago
Your unexpected anecdote perfectly encapsulates why I love HN!
IAmGraydon•7mo ago
I miss this web.
komali2•7mo ago
Apparently it still exists! My friend keeps trying to get me to join his webring, whatever that is, sounds like a potential way to connect together websites like this though.
patates•7mo ago
Start something in neocities and join a webring!
rambambram•7mo ago
No you don't. The web misses you.
gtbcb•7mo ago
How much were they?
CSSer•7mo ago
The design is ancient, but the dates are current.
theden•7mo ago
In the HTML there's a cool comment

      <!-- Hello this is Theo. Yes I know how to do web design. -->
      <!-- You have found my secret message. -->
      <!-- It is a coin emoticon picture. -->
      <!--
                     ______________
        __,.,---'''''              '''''---..._
     ,-'                                       '`-.
    |                      ONE                     |
    |                    THNICKEL                  ,
    |'-.._                                    __,,-
    |      ''`---.....______________.....---''     |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
    |                                              |
     '-.._                                   __,,-`
          ''`---.....______________.....---''
    -->
vpShane•7mo ago
Epic.
kmoser•7mo ago
That "stretching" (!) the definition of "emoticon." I would call it ASCII art.
bigyabai•7mo ago
If it was emoticon-sized then you wouldn't be able to appreciate the tasteful thickness of some wide wampum.
snarfy•7mo ago

    ()_)
fitsumbelay•7mo ago
... which makes it grrrrreat
curveship•7mo ago
it's an emothickon
dredmorbius•7mo ago
Clearly, this is neither.

It's an emoticoin.

jasonm23•7mo ago
Proudly built with Frontpage 98 ... I nearly spit my coffee.
account42•7mo ago
This is exactly what the internet should be.
kcplate•7mo ago
It made me happy to see it and updated in 2025. I miss this internet.
schoen•7mo ago
Since there's no specific verb in the Latin motto, perhaps it should be in the nominative ("nummi crassiores omnibus")?
Freak_NL•7mo ago
Romanes eunt domus!
theoreticalmal•7mo ago
People called Romans they go the house??
yard2010•7mo ago
"Romanian people go home"
1-more•7mo ago
Very amateur latinist but I'd say it works as Accusative of Exclamation with an implied "dō"
photios•7mo ago
So, no "thicc" jokes yet? Come on, people!
Cthulhu_•7mo ago
No need, the pun is in the title / on the website already.
lqet•7mo ago
> Website proudly built with FrontPage 98.
Mtinie•7mo ago
You know it’s old school when it’s not “built with love”. :)
nartho•7mo ago
"Built with ♥ by our code monkeys"
65•7mo ago
"Buy me a coffee"
alexjplant•7mo ago
I proudly built my grandpa's photography website with a sheet-fed scanner and a copy of FrontPage 98 when I was in the third grade. Sadly it was hosted on the municipal utility commission's site and wasn't crawled by Archive.org so it's lost to time :-(.
gazpachotron•7mo ago
One of the best things about FrontPage is the book that Charles Ferguson wrote about starting it, building it, and selling it to Microsoft: High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars.
morkalork•7mo ago
Takes me back to grade 9 and doing a group project in the library where everyone had to make a website on their topics in FrontPage. Whoever came up with that idea must have a tech true believer gen-Xer. It was actually kinda fun.
fergie•7mo ago
I like the vibe, but is this vibe coded?
Cthulhu_•7mo ago
No, the footer says it was made in Microsoft Frontpage 98.
1oooqooq•7mo ago
the O.G. vscode!
skinwill•7mo ago
The way Frontpage would vomit in the source code was the OG AI hallucination.
jcattle•7mo ago
I love where he describes his minting facility:

"My new state of some art facility is equipped with several tools and a powerful workhorse (me)!"

atomic_cowprod•7mo ago
Theo: I'm not sure if you still read this echo, but I've been trying to call you about my pre-order, but it looks like your BBS is still down. If you can get back to me, send me netmail. I'm at 1:342/76 for Fido and 11:420/69 for MJNet.

-- SLMR/2 2.4b Origin: Sunnyside Acres -- (203) 555-1212 -- 1:342/76

Windows is not a virus, viruses DO something.

crike•7mo ago
He’s busy minting with his hammer.
theodorenichols•7mo ago
Hello Mr. Prod,

I do not understand your message but you may send me an e-Mail or reach me here

Aardwolf•7mo ago
I like the throwback 1998 design while it's created in 2025. They got it down even to the colored grain on the photographs and text with jpeg artifacts on them - even though that is something that actually did improve in 2025 :)
qsort•7mo ago
It might be 1998 design, but I'd much rather visit a 1998 website than the vast majority of "modern" stuff. My other screen has Teams on it and without a shred of irony and before accounting for the waste of resources, that website looks way better to me than an allegedly professional application does.
bartread•7mo ago
> that is something that actually did improve in 2025

Aye, but the old skool way fits the overall aesthetic better. They've even got a few animated GIFs.

I actually really love the way this site looks - I miss the days when most websites looking something like this, especially where they've avoided going full Christmas tree with the design. And look at how fast it loads.

xnorswap•7mo ago
It hotlinks geocities via the wayback machine cache. I'd tut but hotlinking others' random images is very on-brand for 90's web design too.
1oooqooq•7mo ago
the design is old but it's marketing is very modern. showing feet to get money from strangers is very contemporary.
naikrovek•7mo ago
This is one of the best things I have ever seen.
nsb1•7mo ago
But why not 'Thickel'?? It was right there!
justusthane•7mo ago
Because "thnickel" is funnier.
layer8•7mo ago
Too close to thinckels. You might order the wrong ones.
dasil003•7mo ago
Shades of "you need a thneed"
lproven•7mo ago
Because it's a pun on his name, I would think.

THeo NICHOLS -> THNICHOLS -> THNICKELS

... no?

velcrovan•7mo ago
Admins/mods: you should strip the Beehiiv link id from the link. https://thick-coins.net/
LeifCarrotson•7mo ago
And HN users should run the "ClearURLs" extension[1] (or similar) to automatically strip these and other tracking links from their browser.

Or at least read the URL they've entered when posting and manually prune unnecessary parameters.

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/

jxmorris12•7mo ago
My bad. Do they make this for Chrome?
mrguyorama•7mo ago
Only until it affects Google's bottom line.
WorldPeas•7mo ago
I believe brave has this functionality, and an adblocker
lxgr•7mo ago
Or consider using Firefox, which has a native "Copy clean link" context menu option. Very useful!
igor47•7mo ago
Whoa the list of required permissions for you extension is long and scary.
RandomBacon•7mo ago
It is a "Recommended" extension by Firefox which means:

> The Firefox team, along with community input, handpicks each extension and conducts manual security reviews to ensure they comply with policies before being awarded the “Recommended” status.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-badges#w_recomme...

mhuffman•7mo ago
No ridges on the sides? This could be be trouble!
KaiserPro•7mo ago
more aerodynamic
michelpp•7mo ago
Usd nickles have smooth edges.
lordleft•7mo ago
This what I miss about what the internet used to be.
turntable_pride•7mo ago
you know what -- hell ya
theodorenichols•7mo ago
Hello This is Theo. I have paused sale of the Coins to handle pre-orders. There are some left for Later. Thank You for your interest in substantial coinage
sizzle•7mo ago
The man, myth, and legend himself! Can I get a coin?
theodorenichols•7mo ago
I will (benevolently) accept a trade of some of your thin coins for a thick one. Next week1

P.S. It will require aLARGE quantity of thin coins, due to their relative worthlessness and pathetic Nature

lxgr•7mo ago
Would feeble personal cheques or money orders be acceptable too, despite featuring at least 50% fewer dimensions?
theodorenichols•7mo ago
iF THE BANK ACCOUNT BACKING THE CHEQUE IS NOT SIMILARLY enfeebled
lxgr•7mo ago
Backed by the full faith and credit of a person you met on the Internet.
sizzle•7mo ago
Where may I send the thin coins or will digital coins suffice?
a_c•7mo ago
I like your page. Wish more web pages are like that. Would you ship to the UK when open to order again?
theodorenichols•7mo ago
YES--I HAVE ALREADY SENT SOME THERE
wsve•7mo ago
Do you plan to branch out to new coin lines?
theodorenichols•7mo ago
Yes I am considering an annual release of thicker coins nickels are not the only coin suffering from slight stature
shreyansdoshi•7mo ago
Love your page man! xD
cainxinth•7mo ago
If you thought getting hit with a sock full regular nickels was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
fitsumbelay•7mo ago
the Tweet about his neighbor suing him over thnickels self-injury tho ... https://x.com/LegbootLegit/status/1919745971673551192
dmitrygr•7mo ago
This is the internet i'll miss when it is fully drowned in ML slop.
korse•7mo ago
Has anyone called the listed phone number?
syedumaircodes•7mo ago
I want a thnickel so bad, hit me up when you start taking orders again
seniortaco•7mo ago
Coin.
hitautodestruct•7mo ago
Heres my 2 nickels: https://thick-coin-renaissance.lovable.app