Pointless things you do on the Internet

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I miss going to the cinema and coming out and reading the trivia on IMDb on the way home.

Tattle for several hours a day!

I google a hell of a lot from DIY to recipes.

Social media - mainly Instagram.
 
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This sounds interesting, will take a ponder at that. If you like that, you might like the online game “geoguessr”



I am FAR too snobby for someone who has hardly any money when it comes to Right Move, looking down my nose at million pound houses because I don’t think the garden is big enough for my liking or it doesn’t “even” have an indoor pool 😂
i do that too ! especially critiquing the current owners decorating tastes 🤣
 
watching clips of old TV shows such as Eastenders, Orpah Winfrey Show, Crimewatch, Stars in their Eyes, Pop Idol, etc...

using a savings calculator to figure out what I need to save for holidays and moving out (I only have a temp job atm)

reading about random obscure actors/actresses or people that used to be famous

reading about Unsolved Mysteries cases on SitcomsOnline forum

reading people's opinions on random film and TV characters on forums

going on Reddit and Netmums to read about bad stuff that's happened to people (when I'm feeling down about my own life) - it's quite therapeutic and I feel less alone
 
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Some old les and LGB forums I used to frequent years ago before they turned woke and basically self-destructed with lots of strife and turmoil between the Old Schoolers and the Gen Zs
 
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watching clips of old TV shows such as Eastenders, Orpah Winfrey Show, Crimewatch, Stars in their Eyes, Pop Idol, etc...

using a savings calculator to figure out what I need to save for holidays and moving out (I only have a temp job atm)

reading about random obscure actors/actresses or people that used to be famous

reading about Unsolved Mysteries cases on SitcomsOnline forum

reading people's opinions on random film and TV characters on forums

going on Reddit and Netmums to read about bad stuff that's happened to people (when I'm feeling down about my own life) - it's quite therapeutic and I feel less alone
Ooh I like watching the older versions of the Bill and Jerry Springer... JERRY JERRY 😃
 
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Our work email got hacked not long ago and I kept getting all these scam emails demanding $8000 in Bitcoin or they would publish my internet search history. I couldn’t stop laughing at how boring of a read that would be 🤣🤣🤣
 
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I spend far too much time playing armchair detective for missing persons cases ... I'll see an article (usually in Daily Mail) about someone and off I go ... ditto in the case of conspiracies.

And, like a lot here, dreaming about which house I'd buy if I won the lottery. Except in all honesty I probably wouldn't move!

I do this after I watch a new film or TV show I liked. IMDb used to make great reading on the background, the making of and the errors made but ever since they got rid of the message boards, which was my main reason for visiting, I hardly go on the site anymore.
There is an American lady named Lindsay who used to run this blog:

... but now works for this one:

Just thought you might enjoy!
 
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Looking on Rightmove knowing fine well I’ll never be able to afford to buy. “Planning” amazing package holidays that again, I would never afford in a million years. I also SM stalk massively. 👀

ETA: I am addicted to gathering random facts about everything and anything. Wiki is my drug, have ended up down many rabbit holes there.
 
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i also go on John Lewis, harvey Nicks et al and buy anything and everything i want and when my basket is around £10k i close the window down and go spend £50 somewhere else and not feel guilty about it
This sounds like a plan!
 
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Wander around on Google Maps. (Usually in Paris or London.)

Read random strangers' arguements on Youtube comments.

Dig through 1stdibs to admire jewellery and be shocked at the price of some fugly pieces.

Look at the room photos in expensive hotels.

Window shop for houses I can't afford on Foxtons and Rightmove.
 
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Today I wasted time by listening to the only traditional castrato to ever be recorded. This was in the early 1900's when he was already in his 50's and past his prime. He sounded like a woman with a weird technique.



 
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I have loads, I'm a terrible procrastinator.

Looking at RightMove for homes I can't afford.
Looking at holiday cottage companies for holiday cottages I will never be able to afford - unique homestays is lovely!
YouTube for clips of old TV shows
Google StreetView because I'm nosy
Jigsaw puzzles when I'm bored and can't be bothered to do anything else
Browsing my local library's ebooks
Etsy can be a rabbit hole, as can Pinterest
Reading bad reviews on TripAdvisor/Goodreads/Trustpilot
 
Lots of house related searching, I spend hours on rightmove looking. Sometimes it's local or places I know or used to live in, other times I just hear a place-name and have a search. Also, house prices....fascinated! Also love streetview and look up all sorts of places. Went to pick stuff up from a school mum the other day and had not only done a map of directions but had streetviewed her road and knew how much she paid for it in 2013.

On a similar vein I've often researched people online, not to do anything with the info, more just to know I can. People are scarily open! Case in point, I liked a picture someone had put up on Instagram which is near where my parents live and she had lots of pictures from round about there too so I followed her. Got nosey one day as she had put a picture up of the view from her front garden and I recognised it as the same road as my parents. Didn't take me long to work out exactly where she lived, where she used to live, all her family members names and where she worked. Just as well I don't have ulterior motives 🤣
It is very easy to find some people's addresses, or certainly the roads they live in, purely from the information they post online.

I have loads, I'm a terrible procrastinator.

Looking at RightMove for homes I can't afford.
Looking at holiday cottage companies for holiday cottages I will never be able to afford - unique homestays is lovely!
YouTube for clips of old TV shows
Google StreetView because I'm nosy
Jigsaw puzzles when I'm bored and can't be bothered to do anything else
Browsing my local library's ebooks
Etsy can be a rabbit hole, as can Pinterest
Reading bad reviews on TripAdvisor/Goodreads/Trustpilot
I love Pintrest, but my God, you can't just look for one thing on there, you get sent everywhere and beyond!
 
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Today I wasted time by listening to the only traditional castrato to ever be recorded. This was in the early 1900's when he was already in his 50's and past his prime. He sounded like a woman with a weird technique.



That's fascinating, I'd never heard of this before.
 
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‘Pointless’ can be replaced with sad, embarrassing, weird, shameful, pathetic.. anything you wouldn’t happily admit to everyone really 😄

Mine is going on Trip Advisor to look up random places I have no intention of ever visiting or similarly, going on Amazon to look up products I have no intention of ever buying, filtering the reviews to show only the 1 star/‘terrible’ reviews and then reading and laughing at them 🙈
I do that with looking for the 1 star google reviews for cafes/ restaurants too, love a dramatic scandalous review. the most scandalous one i’ve found so far ( in my area) was a 2 paragraph’d complaint about “ not enough cheese on my cheesy chips “ 😂
 
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Go on clothes websites and add loads to my basket then close it off never to look again
Go round the town on streetview (once spotted my Mum on there walking to work :ROFLMAO:)
Read trip advisor reviews for places I know serve terrible food to make sure everyone agrees with me
 
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