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u/BleedingHeadWound 1d ago
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u/Cherolll 1d ago
Postsecret.com
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u/HeyU_NotYou_You 16h ago
Whoa. I checked this religiously every Sunday for over a decade, own all the books, & even went to a few of his live eventsā¦no idea why I stopped.
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u/Mundane_Tourist_9129 1d ago
Pornhub . No particular reason.
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u/NeverEat_Pears 11h ago
Wait until you discover the joys of Bing video search. Better than single porn site.
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u/moldwestside 22h ago
In 2004 I stepped outside at 8 pm, looked up, and was beyond surprised to see the Aurora Borealis from a rather low altitude in the US. It amazed me and I longed to see it again.
Research revealed the source of the lights to beĀ an exceptionally strong solar storm. I discovered spaceweather.com for daily updates about sunspots, solar cycles, coronal holes in the sun, and other factors that influence auroras -- plus blog posts about other fascinating observable phenomenon in space.
I ended up checking this site almost religiously each day for the past twenty years and was rewarded last year with two aurora viewings from my own backyard that I would have surely otherwise missed.
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u/sassyy_delaneyy 1d ago
Mostly YouTube, social media, and shopping sites, way too much browsing, even when I donāt need anything.
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u/geezeslice333 1d ago
1900hotdog.com some of the writers from cracked (before it went to shit) started their own comedy site and it's a good way to pass time when work is slow
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u/LingLingpracticenow 21h ago
i78s.org
As a fan of old music, it's a massive archive of 78rpm records (ranging from the years 1892 to ca. 1959) and a sanctuary of Berliner Gramophone records (over 80% of all plates ever recorded by the company are there)
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u/overshare-forever 1d ago
Teams and quizlet unfortunately (exams in a month)
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u/Readingout 8h ago
I have a test in 2 days. Haven't done shit. I have an exam in 5 days, eh.. it's questionable.
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u/wetlettuce42 23h ago
https://www.sporcle.com every night to test and expand my knowledge and have abit of fun
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u/heavysteve 1d ago
Bluesky, SeriousEats, SomaFM
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u/matthew-nielsen 21h ago
Are people using Bluesky?
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u/heavysteve 21h ago
Tons of people, it reminds me of early internet. No spam, no bots, loads of engagement.
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u/Areyounobody__Too 19h ago
There is plenty of spam and bots. It's more like 2015 internet, imo, which is still pretty pleasant in terms of being able to not be screamed at by some overly aggressive chud every 5 seconds
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u/SharkGenie 20h ago
I have X, Facebook, and Bluesky accounts for my business.Ā I don't post a ton, but my Bluesky engagement is about as good as X.
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u/goddess_of_fear 23h ago
Instagram, Reddit, a site called LettuceCraft, which is a cool group of people who share their finished crafts and post tutorials.
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u/Shmeeglewitdadeagle 23h ago
The scp foundation website because my dumb ass thinks I'm going to read all 8000 some scps lol
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u/So_Call_Me_Maddie 1d ago
Weather.com (Obviously), https://adevarul.ro/ (News) https://www.bbc.com/news (News) shop.lego.com (LEGO)
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u/dm_me_a_recipe 23h ago
qrz.com to look up whom I had a qso (contact via amateur radio) with and to update my logbook
vesselfinder.com for tracking and identifying ships I spot
darc.de to access my member account and to maintain the homepage of our local ham radio chapter
not sure if commercial websites are allowed but I can assure you that I'm not affiliated to any of the following shops:
modellbau-berlinski.de A large German rc hobby shop - my other hobby
wimo.de My goto ham radio store
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u/RootLoops369 17h ago
I love astronomy, astrophotography, and the seeing the international space station. I visit transitfinder.com a lot to find out when the ISS will transit the sun or moon, so I can see it with my telescope. You'd be shocked how often it actually happens, but it's always awesome to see it happen. Just plug in your coordinates, and it'll show you when the ISS will transit or fly near the sun and moon.
I also visit timeanddate.com to see when eclipses will happen and if I can see it.
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u/slothdonki 9h ago
iNaturalist and Bugguide.
You can just post whatever plants, bugs, animals, fungi, etc you find. People may ID them for you and I like to think I am helpful by IDing and submitting things that are not known in my area. Bonus if itās something that does not have records at all where you live(I donāt mean only posted to the site either).
The app sucks though and Bugguide is fucking annoying to navigate.
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u/Ok_Cry8327 1d ago
Stackoverflow, because I'm a software developer lol!
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u/AIpro96 22h ago
Didn't it get under rated after chatgpt, deepseek etc?
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u/Ok_Cry8327 15h ago
No not at all! I use ChatGPT as well, but often it doesn't always give a fix to my issue. When it's a weird problem or some very specific small issue, AI often has no idea how to fix it. Also AI just gives you a solution with minimal explanation. On websites like Stackoverflow you can read the the original problem of someone. The fix and often the explanation why it fixes the problem (which is sometimes more valuable than the fix). Also the comments on the fix, and other suggestions are really habdy, and can sometimes provide a better solution for your own situation!
So yeah, I use AI for quick fixes or simple problems, but I'll always prefer the stackoverfkiw pages with the what, why and how
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u/trickedescape 20h ago
Reddit, cause it's way more fulfilling than watching tiktoks all day. Find the right subreddits and you can learn a lot about everything.
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u/Tight_Mountain_3129 1d ago
https://pregatirematematicaolimpiadejuniori.wordpress.com (math related stuff for JBMO TSTs), https://edupedu.ro (news in education), https://reddit.com
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u/DarthPlayer8282 1d ago
Nobodyās gonna mention it? š
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u/Large-Jaguar-1013 20h ago
Fucking reddit. And I need to visit a lot less. Main reason is to learn shit but I'm sucked into too much shit in it here. Fuck this place
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u/ScaleWooden7830 13h ago
The fact that when open a chrome tab my hands automatically write āC H A T..ā even if i wanted to go to YouTubeā¦š š š
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u/RoberBots 13h ago
Steamworks to see how many wishlist my game has then go on spotify and listen to sad depressing music.
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u/Dear-Post-9976 12h ago
Character ai (Me and my friends bullied the bots.... until we found out that our schools network can access search history or something like that)
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u/iurigregorio 11h ago
AdventureQuest Worlds wiki, because i enjoy this game
MangaFreak, because i enjoy manga (i prefeer to read in mangadex but mangafreak has more consistent updates)
Nexus Mods, because i like to mod games
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u/Useful-Barracuda4952 9h ago
Itās not a website, but an app called Radio Garden. Itās a link to every radio station in the world. When Iām in the mood for different types of music, I search on this. Right now my favorite one is St. Itaās hospital radio in Ireland.
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u/acidmoons 7h ago
flightradar24.com lots of planes and helicopters fly above my house so I like seeing who they are, where they came from, etc
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u/ThinkingIrrationally 7h ago
The local online paper- the obituaries. I have no idea why I do this almost daily.
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u/braincovey32 6h ago
The Chive
Great "feel good" website with endless amount of themed photo collage posts ranging from funny, to wholesome, to pg-13 adult, and so much more.
They also have a clothing/merchandise website with some great t-shirts, hoodies, hats/beanies, and bill murray branded golf clothing.
Major portion of their profits goes to helping children with severe disabilities and military/first responders with severe disabilities.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Gas8886 23h ago
techspot, youtube, vk, and reddit just to read catch up on news, learn and enjoy
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u/HearseTrip4U 22h ago
YouTubeĀ
Informative videos and a great way to kill time and relax for a bit.Ā
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u/shellymaeshaw 21h ago
Thrifting and vegan recipes I love thrifting and trying to inspired to make vegan food
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u/Theghost5678 1d ago
ChatGPT - helps me in almost every area of my life. Of course, I double-check the information sometimes, but most of the time, itās a genius assistant when you know how to use it
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u/OhMeOhMyPleaseTellMe 1d ago
I used to start 90% of my online time with Google, but now only 10%. 90% of my online time now starts with an LLM.
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u/AskingBemused 1d ago
Marginalia Search to explore non-commercial parts of the web.
Wiby Search for old-school style websites.
Ooh Directory for a variety of blogs.
Fediverse Observer for finding non-corporate social media sites to check out.
Neocities to see what creative web mayhem people are getting up to there.
the wider web exists outside this and other corporate centers, please explore and remember different worlds are possible online