# Good Time-Wasting Sites That Will Get Through Most Firewalls **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486 "2011-06-22T20:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/1 "2011-06-22T20:51:14Z")
It can be news, games, gossip, etc. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/2 "2011-06-22T20:52:26Z")
You mean you need something _besides_ the Straight Dope? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/3 "2011-06-23T18:36:04Z")
> **[Sporcle - A World of Quizzes](https://www.sporcle.com/)** > > Play millions of free online trivia quizzes. There is a fun quiz about virtually every topic imaginable: Geography, History, Sports, Music, TV and more! You don’t know time-wasting until you’ve gotten addicted to that site. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/4 "2011-06-23T18:42:42Z")
[Cracked.](http://www.cracked.com) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/5 "2011-06-23T18:47:02Z")
[TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/6 "2011-06-23T19:43:30Z")
wikipedia ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/7 "2011-06-23T22:53:11Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > [Cracked.](http://www.cracked.com) This +1 million. I’m deep in the black hole of Cracked in another tab at this moment. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/8 "2011-06-24T02:43:59Z")
Not sure if this will get through a firewall, but [http://www.pointlesssites.com/](http://www.pointlesssites.com/) has consumed days of my existence. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-wasting-sites-that-will-get-through-most-firewalls/586486/9 "2011-06-24T12:04:11Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS.