Time Wasters

Atlas Obscura ›

Strange places, weird histories, properly written long-form. A serious travel-and-curiosity publication since 2009.

Bored Panda ›

Aggregated viral content. Posts of the day, photo lists, animal stories. The ad-heavy end of the genre.

Hacker News ›

Y Combinator's 24/7 tech-and-curious feed. Often the comments are more interesting than the linked piece. No notifications, no ads, no algorithm.

Mental Floss ›

Daily fact-and-trivia publication. One fact a day on the homepage. Outlasted three ownership changes since 2001.

Neal.fun

Neal Agarwal's rotating collection of one-page experiences. Spend Bill Gates' money, the password game, the deep sea, the printing press. Each one a perfect tab.

Reddit r/all ›

The front page of the entire internet. Genuinely addictive, occasionally NSFW, never quite safe at work.

TIL (Reddit) ›

Today I Learned subreddit. Daily fact threads, often genuinely interesting, mostly with sources cited.

TV Tropes ›

Pop-culture wiki cataloguing every recurring narrative device, archetype and trope across all media. The classic five-hour-rabbit-hole site. Every page links to ten more.

Wikipedia Random ›

One click, one entirely random Wikipedia article. The original infinite rabbit hole. Free since 2001, no algorithm.

ComboVideos ›

Fighting game combo video archive since 2004, restored 2026. 69,000+ combos across Street Fighter, MvC2, Tekken, Mortal Kombat. A total time-sink for anyone who grew up in arcades.

Pudding Cool ›

Data-driven visual essays on culture and curiosity. Each piece is a proper sit-down read with custom interactives.

McSweeney's ›

Long-running humor publication. Smarter than the average aggregator. Short pieces, distinctive voice.