# Limit the internet to 10 websites. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460 "2011-07-18T16:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/41 "2011-07-19T15:05:28Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Yes, I too would be lost without the Straight Mope Dressage Board. 😃 > > …ducks and runs Was probably thinking IMDb… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/42 "2011-07-19T15:11:55Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Was probably thinking IMDb… Maybe, but since the S and the I are nowhere near each other, I think SDMB would be a better guess. I always have to type those four letters carefully to make sure I get them all in the right order. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/43 "2011-07-19T15:24:27Z")
1. Dope 2. Wiki 3. ELJay 4. Facebook 5. TBW (the Bathroom wall, a post as you go site that has some of my bestest internet friends) 6. [Brunchma.com](http://Brunchma.com) 7. Youtube 8. KOL 9. _mumble mumble_Pron 10. [Hotmail.com](http://Hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/44 "2011-07-19T15:47:52Z")
SDMB Google (including map/mail/iGoogle spawn) Redfin YouTube New York Times My Public Library Goodreads Amazon Wikipedia Local News ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/45 "2011-07-20T02:01:12Z")
1. Straight Dope Message Board. 2. Google. 3. [MSN.com](http://MSN.com) (E-mail). 4. Skip’s Magic Board. 5. Batari Basic - AtariAge Forums (Batari Basic is a basic to make Atari 2600 games). 6. Wikipedia. 7. YouTube. 8. MetaCafe (For the videos that YouTube doesn’t have). 9. Facebook. 10. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/46 "2011-07-20T10:59:32Z")
Does it have to be 10, I’d manage fine with 5 An email provider Wikipedia (and all it’s associated Wikis) A site for storing/sharing your photos and videos A message board An instant messenger ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/47 "2011-07-20T11:15:30Z")
Straight Dope. 🙂 Wikipedia (except I suppose the reference links would no longer work, right?) Google/gmail. New York Times. HuffPo Mlive, so I can keep up with Michigan news (I don’t own a TV.) Hulu (because I don’t own a TV…) Yahoogroups - the only yahoo feature I use. YouTube I can’t think of a tenth. Oh! Yeah. eBay! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/48 "2011-07-20T16:18:28Z")
1. Google (even though it would be much less useful without being able to visit the search results) 2. Wikipedia 3. Straight Dope 4. [Wired.com](http://Wired.com) 5. [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) 6. [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) 7. [Digg.com](http://Digg.com) (lack of linked sites would be a problem) 8. [YouTube.com](http://YouTube.com) 9. [Hulu.com](http://Hulu.com) 10. Some porn site ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460/49 "2011-07-21T17:12:30Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > What would you pick if you had to limit your internet access permanently to 10 websites? 1. Amazon 2. Google (email, Google+, calendar, etc. are still useful even if I can’t go to any search result sites) 3. Wikipedia 4. Bank website 5. NYTimes 6. [Reason.com](http://Reason.com) 7. [Thepioneerwoman.com](http://Thepioneerwoman.com) 8. Youtube 9. Netflix 10. Ebay I thought about [weather.com](http://weather.com) but I figure I can just use my Dashboard Widget. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-the-internet-to-10-websites/589460.md?page=2)