# OTHER favorite websites to visit when bored... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881 "2006-12-28T17:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/1 "2006-12-28T17:21:23Z")
I am at work this week and it’s reeeeeaaaaaaally slow. Most of the base is on stand-down so there is little to do. Please recommend some SFW sites that you like to visit. I don’t have flash on this system, so watching video and stuff is out. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/2 "2006-12-28T17:35:05Z")
Go to any of the big photo-hosting sites, like [Photobucket](http://photobucket.com/) , [Webshots](http://www.webshots.com/) , or [Flickr](http://flickr.com/) . Find the button that says “browse”, and you get to see a random sampling of pictures that people take and upload. A lot of them let you search by category, sometimes I like to just keep hitting the refresh button to see what comes up. It’s like eavesdropping on people’s pictures. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/3 "2006-12-28T18:03:57Z")
> **[Upstract](https://upstract.com/?ref=pop)** > > FKA POPURLS - The Mother of News Aggregators, since 2002. Read the Entire Internet on a Single Page. Megasized news aggregator–hours of fun. Updates at an insane rate. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/4 "2006-12-28T18:40:59Z")
You can create your own hero [here](http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine2/heromachine2.asp), or generate your own [Silly Walk](http://www.sillywalksgenerator.com/)… ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/5 "2006-12-28T19:15:56Z")
I like boingboing.net. They’re a little slow over the holidays, but if you haven’t been there before there’s a huge backlog to look at. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/6 "2006-12-28T19:25:13Z")
[fark.com](http://fark.com) - Interesting news stories from all over, and funny Photoshop contests. [digg.com](http://digg.com) - Links to anything and everything, links are “dug” by users to raise their display rank. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/7 "2006-12-28T19:36:39Z")
> **[Engrish.com](https://engrish.com/)** > > Documenting the Engrish phenomenon from East Asia and around the world! Lots of hilariously, and unintentionally, mangled English from Asia. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/8 "2006-12-28T19:52:55Z")
If you enjoy picking TV shows apart until your brains come out your ears, [Television Without Pity](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com) is a pretty good place to head. At times reading their recaps for various TV shows can be frustrating, since the nitpicking can be unreal with some of them, but so long as you don’t take your favorite shows too seriously it can be a blast. The forums are fairly good, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/9 "2006-12-28T19:54:25Z")
Try these: Overheard in New York Post Secret Found Magazine Eric Conveys Emotions My Cat Hates You Stuff On My Cat ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/10 "2006-12-28T20:27:33Z")
[Googlewhack](http://www.googlewhack.com/tally.pl) is the most fun, frustrating and best time waster I have ever used. The rules are simple–find two words that are only listed together on one website. Then to up the challenge, try to have a conversation with others on the board. Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/11 "2006-12-28T22:46:32Z")
[zefrank](http://www.zefrank.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/12 "2006-12-28T22:49:53Z")
My favorite is [Go Fug Yourself](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/), all about “celebrities with unfortunate fashion sense”. The proprietors are “hilarious bitches” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/13 "2006-12-28T22:51:38Z")
[Random Personal Picture Finder](http://www.diddly.com/random/) [Look At This…](http://seehere.blogspot.com/) [Bits & Pieces](http://bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/14 "2006-12-28T22:54:10Z")
[http://www.popurls.com](http://www.popurls.com) - As mentioned above, it has links that even if you only load it in the beginning of the day, it will keep you busy 🙂 [http://www.wikipedia.org](http://www.wikipedia.org) - Random entry for the win! And then most of my online time is spent by reading my own RSS feeds, it collects about 85 different blogs 🙂 – IG ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/15 "2006-12-28T23:26:18Z")
[www.cuteoverload.com](http://www.cuteoverload.com) [www.neopets.com](http://www.neopets.com) Although if you don’t have flash some of the games might be out. [www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/16 "2006-12-29T00:09:46Z")
[The Bad Astronomy Blog](http://www.badastronomy.com/) [The Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com) [The Sandbox](http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox/) - blogs from deployed US Soldiers, brought to you by [Doonesbury](http://www.doonesbury.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/17 "2006-12-29T00:20:21Z")
Science Daily If you’re a tad bit geeky, this website has all sorts of info, updated daily, on a wide range of science topics ranging from Medicine and Health, Space and Time, Plants and Animals, Matter and Energy, Earth and Climate, Computers and Math, Fossils and Ruins, Mind and Brain…oodles of interesting tidbits. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/18 "2006-12-29T02:32:44Z")
For even more cat pics and videos: [www.amazingcatcollection.com](http://www.amazingcatcollection.com) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/19 "2006-12-29T03:05:44Z")
[www.pandora.com](http://www.pandora.com), online radio (sic) that you can train to your preferences courtesy of the Music Genome Project. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881/20 "2006-12-29T03:43:02Z")
[Homestarrunner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/main12.html) [Cockeyed](http://www.cockeyed.com/) [Cats that look like Hitler](http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/) [The Baby Name Wizard’s Name Voyager](http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html) [Flame Warriors](http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/) [Engrish](http://www.engrish.com/) [Superdickery](http://www.superdickery.com/) [Improv Everywhere](http://www.improveverywhere.com/missions.php) [Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About](http://thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-favorite-websites-to-visit-when-bored/385881.md?page=2)