It's really weird because a lot of the images you see on homepage on the left hand corner of the site are actually new or more recent than you would think, it's just that the site and it's aesthetic hasn't changed since the 2000s. It's a lot like 2000s YTMND but in 2025 and it's a lot like 4cuck wishes it remained, but alas, they didn't "gatekeep" hard enough. If newfigs can lurk moar, oldfigs should gatekeep moar, or however muh secret internet society is constructed.
The joke was that I was mocking him. You know the stereotype of the middle aged woman who gossips to all her friends about the latest drama with that other middle aged woman down the street? that's what namefag drama is, but online. It's tolerable if you're a woman, but gay if you're a man.