History Website / TheBestPageInTheUniverse

* RiceBurner: He has a field day with them in [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic this article]]. He then points out that even if one does invest in an actual performance car rather than needless decorations for an economy car, the illegality of driving over 200 miles per hour on public roads [[ShaggyDogStory ultimately renders performance cars worthless too]]. May be HypocriticalHumor, as his own car, as shown in his hate mail section, is as "pimped out" as the wannabe-sports cars he rants about.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: ''So'' averted. After the death of Creator/ChristopherReeve, Maddox updated his article about Reeve... by changing the title from "Christopher Reeve is an asshole" to "Christopher Reeve [[strike:is]] ''was'' an asshole."
** Averted a second time when bin Laden was assassinated, and he promptly declared that anyone posting depressing quotes about how they wouldn't wish death on anyone was being a wimp, and suggested celebrating instead.
** Even those celebrities he actually likes aren't entirely immune to this. His [[http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=abc_classy article on]] Creator/RobinWilliams' suicide, and ABC News' refusal to honor the family's wish for privacy that they themselves were reporting, ends with Maddox stating that every gracious thing anyone has ever said about Williams was true, "even though I still think Film/PatchAdams was shit and [[ChildHater had too many kids in it]]".

Maddox also appeared in an eighth season episode of Series/PennAndTellerBullshit about old people and the stereotypes about them. Maddox thought that old people sucked. In 2015, a full 5 years later, he fianlly made a video and article about his experience, only for PennJillette to apologize immediately on Twitter.

** [[HypeBacklash Don't bring up]] ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' or tell him to watch it.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He once got an e-mail talking about how dull his site was. He responded by banning the person's ''entire ISP''... [[OhCrap with a message explaining that the banned individuals should send this dude an e-mail of gratitude.]]

Maddox also appeared in an eighth season episode of Series/PennAndTellerBullshit about old people and the stereotypes about them. Maddox thought that old people sucked.

-->'''Liberal media:''' Whiny, bitching, cry-baby conservatives love to prattle on and on about the "liberal media." To be fair, except for Creator/{{FOX News|Channel}} ([[Series/TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]], Sean Hannity, John Gibson, Neil Cavuto, Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill, Brian Kilmeade, Brit Hume), Creator/ClearChannel, Laura Ingraham, Dr. Laura, Radio/RushLimbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Ann Coulter, Newsmax, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Reagan, Michael Savage, The New York Post, Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLOS13, Fox 45, WTTO21, WB49, KGAN, WICD, WICS, WCHS, WVAH, WTAT, WSTR, WSYX, WTTE, WKEF, WRGT, KDSM, WSMH, WXLV, WURN, KVWB, KFBT, WDKY, WMSN, WVTV, WEAR, WZTV, KOTH, WYZZ, WPGH, WGME, WLFL, WRLH, WUHF, KABB, WGGB, WSYT, WTTA), David Horowitz, RupertMurdoch, [[Creator/{{ION}} PAX]], and Creator/{{MSNBC}}'s Joe Scarborough, they're right.

* RiceBurner: He has a field day with them in [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic this article]]. He then points out that even if one does invest in an actual performance car rather than needless decorations for an economy car, the illegality of driving over 200 miles per hour on city streets [[ShaggyDogStory ultimately renders performance cars worthless too]]. May be HypocriticalHumor, as his own car, as shown in his hate mail section, is as "pimped out" as the wannabe-sports cars he rants about.

* RiceBurner: He has a field day with them in [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic this article]]. He then points out that even if one does invest in an actual performance car rather than needless decorations for an economy car, the illegality of driving over 200 miles per hour on city streets [[ShaggyDogStory ultimately renders performance cars worthless too]].

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In his review of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' Maddox spends most of the review RootingForTheEmpire without shame, loving every second of Immortan Joe and his army almost literally wallpapered in RuleOfCool. Keep in mind that A) ''Fury Road'' is an unconventional FeministFantasy, and B) the Maddox persona is a mild satire of being RatedMForManly and writes BlackComedy about mistreating women.

''The Best Page in the Universe'' originated from a text document that Maddox wrote in 1996 aptly named "fifty things that piss me off!" He gave the list to several people on [=EFnet=]'s #coders and a few coworkers, and the positive response led him to create the website. Maddox decided to name his site "The Best Page in the Universe" specifically due to his knowledge that Yahoo! blocked sites with the phrase "the best" in the title from inclusion in its search engine at the time. The Website consists of satirical written articles by Maddox. Topics of the articles vary wildly, from humours observations of everyday life, reviews of film, video game and other media, political satire, parodies of other websites, to random {{Non Sequitur}}s. Articles tend to written in a [[CausticCritic harsh, demeaning, and sometimes offensive tone]], with consistent themes of Maddox's own perceived [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and intelligence, as well as mocking of others for behaviour he perceives as stupid or mindlessly conformist.

* SelfDeprecation: "These corporate sites have promotions, games, and discounts, yet more people come to this site every day and read stupid bullshit about how big my balls are."

''The Best Page in the Universe'' originated from a text document that Maddox wrote in 1996 aptly named "fifty things that piss me off!" He gave the list to several people on [=EFnet=]'s #coders and a few coworkers, and the positive response led him to create the website. Maddox decided to name his site "The Best Page in the Universe" specifically due to his knowledge that Yahoo! blocked sites with the phrase "the best" in the title from inclusion in its search engine at the time. The Website consists of satirical written articles by Maddox. Topics of the articles vary wildly, from humours observations of everyday life, reviews of film, video game and other media, political satire, parodies of other websites, to random {{NonSequitur}}s. Articles tend to written in a [[CausticCritic harsh, demeaning, and sometimes offensive tone]], with consistent themes of Maddox's own perceived [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and intelligence, as well as mocking of others for behaviour he perceives as stupid or mindlessly conformist.

* BatmanGambit: He managed to do this against a hate-mailer. Instead of ripping apart the hate mail as he usually does, instead he told the mailer [[FreudianExcuse how he used to be abused]] and that his writing was a way to express himself. The mailer wrote back in sympathy, only to have Maddox responded back: "Just kidding. Tool."

** Don't bring up ''Film/{{Tita|nic1997}}[[HypeBacklash nic]]'' or tell him to watch it.

* BlackComedy: For example, in his article ''[[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone The iPhone is a Piece of Shit and so is Your Face]]'' he wrote, ''"When the iPhone was first announced, CEO Steve Jobs spewed enough BS to cover a football field full of babies 3 feet deep in bullshit, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot which sounds cool because he could have potentially murdered a football field full of babies]], but he passed on this opportunity by introducing the phone instead."''

* BrickJoke: [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq The site's FAQ]] contains the question, "What does that number at the bottom of each page mean?" He explains that each page has its own counter, with a unique phrase for each one. The FAQ's own counter, of course found at the bottom of the page, says, "''X'' people still don't understand how the counters work on my site."

* DelusionsOfEloquence: Maddox received a hatemail from a junior highschooler who used lots and lots of big fancy words. He accused Maddox of having "a life as squalid and decrepit as Music/{{Eminem}} and Fidel Castro"

* GagPenis:
** A lot larger than the sun! Which he actually used in his rant against the original Xbox, where he referred to the enormous controller as "almost as big as my nuts".
** Subverted in the article title [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=owned "How is it possible that a guy with a small penis and a hairy back is more powerful than Pepsi on the Internet?"]] Though he maintains that his nuts are still huge regardless.

* GrammarNazi: One of the ways that Maddox took apart a hate mail is by pointing out its numerous grammatical errors. He's had to deal with a few thinking that the words "inane" and "homage" are [[CriticalResearchFailure not actual words]], assuming he meant to write "insane" and "homepage".

** He also pointed out the idiocy of people who are opposed to the hiring of immigrant labor AND opposed to laws that would force companies to pay these immigrants fair wages. If they had to pay them fair wages, there would be no incentive for these companies to hire immigrant workers over local Americans (who are already protected by minimum wage laws). Apparently he even called in to a local radio show about this one, but the host was unable to follow his basic argument.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: ''So'' averted. After the death of ChristopherReeve, Maddox updated his article about Reeve... by changing the title from "Christopher Reeve is an asshole" to "Christopher Reeve ''was'' an asshole."

* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]] A lot of the things he expresses hate for are (or [[DeaderThanDisco were at the time]]) particularly popular, such as ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' at the time he wrote his anti-''Titanic'' article, and the iPhone (then without a lot of features and apps available nowadays).

** Governments, don't [[BannedInChina ban his website]] or he'll visit your country just to leave printouts of his website all over the place and make a [[GagPenis "cockery"]] of your buildings.

* GagPenis: A lot larger than the sun! Which he actually used in his rant against the original Xbox, where he referred to the enormous controller as "almost as big as my nuts".

* GovernmentConspiracy: Spoofed on the [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af07 "Unfastened Coins" sub-webpage]], where Maddox "proves" that the Titanic didn't sink because of an iceberg collision, but because of a government cover-up. He also mocked it with "There is no 9/11 conspiracy you morons", completely savaging LooseChange.

''The Best Page in the Universe'' originated from a text document that Maddox wrote in 1996 aptly named "fifty things that piss me off!" He gave the list to several people on [=EFnet=]'s #coders and a few coworkers, and the positive response led him to create the website. Maddox decided to name his site "The Best Page in the Universe" specifically due to his knowledge that Yahoo! blocked sites with the phrase "the best" in the title from inclusion in its search engine at the time.

The Website consists of satirical written articles by Maddox. Topics of the articles vary wildly, from humours observations of everyday life, reviews of film, video game and other media, political satire, parodies of other websites, to random {{NonSequitur}}s. Articles tend to written in a [[CausticCritic harsh, demeaning, and sometimes offensive tone]], with consistent themes of Maddox's own perceived [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] and intelligence, as well as mocking of others for behaviour he perceives as stupid or mindlessly conformist.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBiQE4hjOsk Now has a nifty show on Youtube.]]

Maddox appeared in an eighth season episode of Series/PennAndTellerBullshit about old people and the stereotypes about them. Maddox thought that old people sucked.

Related to the success of the website, Maddox has two books; ''Literature/TheAlphabetOfManliness'', and ''I Am Better Than Your Kids''.

-->'''Liberal media:''' Whiny, bitching, cry-baby conservatives love to prattle on and on about the "liberal media." To be fair, except for {{FOX News|Channel}} ([[Series/TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]], Sean Hannity, John Gibson, Neil Cavuto, Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill, Brian Kilmeade, Brit Hume), Creator/ClearChannel, Laura Ingraham, Dr. Laura, Radio/RushLimbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Ann Coulter, Newsmax, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Reagan, Michael Savage, The New York Post, Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLOS13, Fox 45, WTTO21, WB49, KGAN, WICD, WICS, WCHS, WVAH, WTAT, WSTR, WSYX, WTTE, WKEF, WRGT, KDSM, WSMH, WXLV, WURN, KVWB, KFBT, WDKY, WMSN, WVTV, WEAR, WZTV, KOTH, WYZZ, WPGH, WGME, WLFL, WRLH, WUHF, KABB, WGGB, WSYT, WTTA), David Horowitz, RupertMurdoch, [[Creator/{{ION}} PAX]], and Creator/{{MSNBC}}'s Joe Scarborough, they're right.

* DummiedOut: Looking at the HTML source of many of his pages reveals many bits omitted through ''[[color:green:<!-- HTML comments. -->]]''

%%* RatedMForManly

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Maddox is soft-spoken and level-headed in interviews. His voice in his videos is also much softer than one would expect from reading the website.
** Contrary to what people want to believe, Maddox doesn't take himself too seriously.