# Safe For Work Internet Timewasters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 23, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144 "2013-01-23T20:02:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/1 "2013-01-23T20:02:46Z")

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I have about two and a half hours to kill at work, and no work to do. Please suggest some light reading or other good “time-killer” sites. BUT:

No flash games or puzzles

No heavy graphics

No video

Shhhhhhh…If the boss walks by I don’t want to attract attention.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/2 "2013-01-23T20:08:31Z")

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[cracked.com](http://cracked.com) is always worth a few minutes, for their lists of things like: “4 foods renamed so you might actually eat them” or “5 Psychology Studies Every Awkward Teenager Should Read”

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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/3 "2013-01-23T20:51:30Z")

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[TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage). But once you go there, you can’t leave.

I also lurk on the [Something Awful Forums](http://forums.somethingawful.com/) but sometimes they have days where non-registered members can’t even read the posts.

[Fark.com](http://Fark.com) is also good.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/4 "2013-01-23T22:00:38Z")

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where am i?

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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/5 "2013-01-23T22:07:54Z")

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The Straight Dope! Why didn’t I think of that? Or perhaps I did. Or not. Or something. Whoosh is on me, I suppose. Maybe.

I don’t think the thread title needs to be edited or anything, but yeah, _besides the dope._

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/6 "2013-01-24T18:06:29Z")

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> [@johnpost](#):
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> where am i?

Damned if I know.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-for-work-internet-timewasters/648144/7 "2013-01-24T18:25:34Z")

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I recently started wasting a ton of time on [http://www.mentalfloss.com/](http://www.mentalfloss.com/)