To hell with domain squatters

I dunno, maybe they're not all bad people. It's not nice to wish bad things on people you don't know so maybe the rest of this post could be walking back its title, but it won't be.

Instead, I'd like to talk about the URL of this site: onionsandpeppers.com, and what it could have, should have been. Let's be honest, it was available because nobody says it in that order. Instead everybody says "peppers and onions". I'm not sure why that is exactly, but I do it too.

Unfortunately, peppersandonions dot com was taken. Not taken by someone with a love for the subject matter who wanted to do a food blog or recipe site or anything whatsoever. Instead, it was taken by someone who wanted to profit, so they parked it with godaddy who wants me to pay $70 + a 20% commission to a broker who will negotiate the sale with the turd who's sitting on the domain. No thanks.

Typically a domain squatter will plop themselves down on any relevant alike domains. I once had a cousin who tried to cash in on squatting every permutation he could think of for "St Louis Rams Super Bowl Champions 2000".com - I don't think he sold a single one. Anyway, in my case the squatter didn't even bother with onionsandpeppers.com because nobody says it that way.