It used to be.
I'm am old pre-WWW guy. We had a lot of whimsy, "back in the day."
Then serious money started to happen, and that changed everything.
It's not all bad -at all. I think a lot of modern stuff is very cool, and I'm glad folks are making money on this, as it helps with that ol' "rising tide lifts all boats" thing.
But I do sort of miss the "dorky" whimsy (I wonder if anyone remembers "Kill Dean's Inits!"). The current IT scene is fairly cutthroat and deadly serious.