# Share your mindless website links here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291 "2003-08-11T00:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mala)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/21 "2003-08-12T03:05:59Z")
www.b3ta.com ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/22 "2003-08-12T03:22:46Z")
The grand-daddy of time wasters, Fark [For all your Evil needs](http://www.villainsupply.com/) [Random movie stuff](http://www.aintitcool.com/section.cgi?type=Coolnews) [The Site for all your slash needs!](http://www.codehappy.net/bmemories/memories.cgi?action=0):rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/23 "2003-08-12T03:45:34Z")
The website for the movie [Donnie Darko](http://www.donniedarko.com/) is pretty good for one-time time wasting, or multiple times (it’s been a couple years since I went through it, and I don’t really remember anymore). Also, the website for [Requiem for a Dream](http://www.requiemforadream.com/) is interesting and bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/24 "2003-08-12T12:37:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*I see that **jr8** fully appreciates the _significance_ of time well wasted… \*\* Thanks very much I think. On that note, nothing wastes time more pointlessly than filks, especially ones that marry [H.P. Lovecraft with Abba](http://www.khaosworks.org/filk/). That’s just wrong on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/25 "2003-08-12T13:29:27Z")
[http://www.will.do.straight.dope.forfood.org/](http://www.will.do.straight.dope.forfood.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/26 "2003-08-12T14:20:37Z")
[X-Entertainment](http://x-entertainment.com/updates/) Good for at least 2-3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![eeclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@eeclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eeclem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/27 "2003-08-12T14:38:58Z")
[www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html](http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html) , a list of entertaining fake sites [www.museumstuff.com/museums/unusual.html](http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/unusual.html) , ridiculous museum sites ---
**Author:** ![stick\_monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@stick\_monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stick_monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/28 "2003-08-12T14:47:19Z")
[www.lowbrow.com](http://www.lowbrow.com) for interesting stories, quotes and pointless info. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/29 "2003-08-12T21:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mooney252 \* > \*\*[http://www.will.do.straight.dope.forfood.org/](http://www.will.do.straight.dope.forfood.org/) \*\* Oh jeez, that’s a real link! OTOH, so is this one: [http://www.help.I](http://www.help.I)’[ve.been.superglued.to.this.newspaper.machine.send.forfood.org/](http://ve.been.superglued.to.this.newspaper.machine.send.forfood.org/). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/30 "2003-08-12T21:39:36Z")
Y’all realize some Mod will have to come check out all those links, right? ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/31 "2003-08-12T22:03:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Y’all realize some Mod will have to come check out all those links, right? \*\* I sort of thought the point of _posting_ them was that they would get checked out. As I understand it, some Mod has to check out every pointless and mundane post in every pointless and mundane thread on this pointless and mundane forum. What’s _your_ point? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/32 "2003-08-12T23:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*I sort of thought the point of _posting_ them was that they would get checked out. As I understand it, some Mod has to check out every pointless and mundane post in every pointless and mundane thread on this pointless and mundane forum. > > What’s _your_ point? 😕 \*\* Somthing [Euty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1938859&highlight=every+single+frigging+link#post1938859) posted a year and a half ago. Of course, that thread was a bit extreme. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/33 "2003-08-13T02:45:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Somthing [Euty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1938859&highlight=every+single+frigging+link#post1938859) posted a year and a half ago. Of course, that thread was a bit extreme. \*\* Ok Jeff. Now you have my attention. Sorry if I came off like an ass there, it was mostly a bad attempt at humor. As far as what Euty said, I think it bears repeating right here in this thread: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\ ***Just a little food for thought here …** > > Please try to remember that we, as moderators have to check out _every single frigging link_ here to insure that it meets our guidelines. You think we’re overworked now? Posting massive lists like this is going to drive us over the edge pretty quickly. > How about just posting one or two of your favorites and letting it go at that, hmmm? \*\* Well spoken Eutychus. I imagined that collecting links like this into a single thread would make a mods job easier. I wanted to share several links but I didn’t want to start 6 threads. Eutychus made it pretty clear that this sucks from his end, and I can understand that. Point taken **Jeff**. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/34 "2003-08-14T22:38:33Z")
I only posted one. 😃 Let’s face it when you see a dozen links all in one posting, do you want to go to any of those? By the way, why do moderators have to check out links anyway? ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/35 "2003-08-14T23:20:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolf\_meister \* > **Let’s face it when you see a dozen links all in one posting, do you want to go to any of those?** Sure **wolf\_meister**. Each link has it’s own merit. Why would having 12 links in a row diminish the value of any one of them? I don’t follow your logic there. I will say that a link with no reference to what it is about is not very useful. A short description next to the link can save a lot of people who would not be interested from having to visit a site to just find that out. As for why the mods have to check each link? They are checking to make sure that the links don’t lead to porn or other sites which violate the board rules. In the other thread mentioned above, the problem was that there were literally _hundreds_ of links posted. Some of the people were posting the _entire_ contents of their favorites folder and the mod simply pointed out that this was overkill. I imagine posting a few links here and there is no problem at all. Posting 40 or 50 in one post on the other hand, is a complete pain in the ass for the mods to check. I wish a mod would chime in here and state exactly how they feel about a more reasonably sized group of links such as this one. I don’t want to create unnecessary hardship for them, on the other hand, I have found some great new sites through this thread so I feel it may have served some value to the community. I guess comes down to a bit of a balancing act to keep everyone happy. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/36 "2003-08-15T00:54:31Z")
never leave home without it … [http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html](http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/37 "2003-08-15T01:29:45Z")
Sorry SkyBum I was making a generalization about a lot of the website links. You took the trouble to put descriptions on all of yours. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291/38 "2003-08-15T01:33:27Z")
Click [here](http://www.geocities.com/muckerscluckers) if you like rubber chickens and you think like a teenager. \*Special thanks to Dylan of 6th grade math fame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-mindless-website-links-here/194291.md?page=1)