Public sector Memes

The modern web: muscular SpongeBob flexing with cutting-edge frameworks and sleek designs. Government websites: derpy SpongeBob looking like he was coded in 1997 using a potato. Nothing says "we handle your taxes and personal data" quite like a website that looks like it was designed during the Clinton administration. The digital equivalent of using a rotary phone in the age of smartphones. Fun fact: Some government sites still support Internet Explorer because apparently bureaucracy moves at the speed of continental drift.

Behold the duality of the web! While the private sector is out here flexing with React, Vue, and whatever framework dropped last Tuesday, government websites are still rocking that sweet HTML 3.0 vibe with Times New Roman and blue hyperlinks you've already clicked. Nothing says "we take digital security seriously" like a website that looks like it was built when dial-up was considered high-speed and "cloud computing" meant checking the weather forecast. Yet somehow these ancient digital relics still manage to collect your taxes with 99.99% efficiency. Priorities, am I right?

Ever notice how government websites look like they were built when Netscape was still cool? While the rest of us are over here with reactive SPAs, CSS grids, and responsive design, government sites are like "Hey, tables and Comic Sans work just fine, thank you very much." It's like they found a developer time capsule from 1998 and said "Perfect! Ship it!" Nothing says "we value efficiency" like a website that takes 15 seconds to load a PDF form you can't even fill out electronically.