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How to waste time on the internet?

34 replies

clunkyinthebackend · 22/03/2020 07:33

Now lots of us are going to be at home more I would love to hear about your favourite internet blogs/sites/apps/games.

I like farm heroes and fishdom

28 days later - urban explorer site

Wikipedia - pick a random topic and read all the links. Graveyards especially in London and Hollywood are fascinating and have links out to loads of different people from history.

BBC sounds app for graham norton and pick of the pops

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LaneBoy · 22/03/2020 07:44

Sporcle is fun. Quizzes about pretty much any subject, and you can make your own

DontBiteTheBoobThatFeedsYou · 22/03/2020 08:30

Following.

Lamebook is always good.

HeyChief · 22/03/2020 08:39

I used to play a game where you guess a location by looking at street map images. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I will post a link if I manage to find it.

HeyChief · 22/03/2020 08:44

Found it!
www.geoguessr.com/

happypotamus · 22/03/2020 09:08

This is great! I was previously able to waste all my time on MN and facebook, but at the moment there are times when I need to avoid threads about coronavirus for my own sanity, and that's not possible, so I need new ways to waste time.

JenNtonic · 22/03/2020 09:11

I like www.boredpanda.com and also, doing a fantasy shop at expensive places (just filling the basket but not hitting "buy".
Disclaimer ; I'm sad 😂

strawberrylipgloss · 22/03/2020 09:11

YouTube
Get sucked into videos of funny animals, bad parking, funny kids...
Watch some old music videos.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 22/03/2020 09:13

radio.garden
Basically it's a spinnable globe, and as you spin and zoom you get radio feeds shown by green dots.

clunkyinthebackend · 22/03/2020 18:48

Bump to da evening crew (yes I have been at the wine)

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JenNtonic · 22/03/2020 19:24

@clunkyinthebackend BIG UP YOURSELF RUDE GIRL ✌🏼😁🥂

Zisforstripyoss · 22/03/2020 19:28

I like Listverse. I can waste hours on there.

clunkyinthebackend · 22/03/2020 19:43

@JenNtonic Word. Peace Out 😘

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JenNtonic · 22/03/2020 19:44

@clunkyinthebackend ✌🏼Nuff Love. 🥰

HarrietThePi · 22/03/2020 19:45

I keep thinking about buying some vodka. I haven't drank in years and am a bit scared of the hangover but I think it could be fun.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 22/03/2020 19:47

I can waste ages watching cake decorating videos on Facebook- in the knowledge of I was to attempt it it would be a diaster zone!

Notonmyshift · 22/03/2020 19:49

I do virtual tours of museums and zoos
Listen to podcasts
Try and learn a language

hokolo · 22/03/2020 19:50

I'm passively learning Korean by watching trashy dramas on Viki with the Learn setting turned on. (Amazing! Daebak! ) Grin

JemilyJ · 22/03/2020 19:50

If you haven’t, have a look at fanfiction. Archive of our own is a good place to start...

OffToSingapore · 22/03/2020 19:55

Websleuths forum, for reading long and in-depth discussions on missing persons cases and murder investigations around the world.

kitk · 22/03/2020 20:00

I'm really boring online so please excuse the place marking!

VivaLeBeaver · 22/03/2020 20:01

Tiktok.

AgeLikeWine · 22/03/2020 20:05

Cricinfo. I can waste endless hours looking up cricket stats going back over a century.

But then I am very, very sad.... Blush

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 22/03/2020 21:07

DH and I are currently sending each other messages... In Morse code (written, we haven't got buzzers or torches out!)

clunkyinthebackend · 22/03/2020 21:58

@VivaLeBeaver What is tiktok? I keep seeing snippets of it but (despite my earlier street talk) I’m not really down with the kids

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clunkyinthebackend · 22/03/2020 22:00

@ Aroundtheworldin80moves is morse code the one with the flags? (Please say yes)

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