I've always found it ironic the premise of computing machinery was to make human production more efficient. Socially, however, computers and the internet are associated with being distracted, playing games, and arguing on forums.
Innovation be damned, as a tribute to our online culture, here is my top 5 favorite time-wasting blogs. Yes, I know I couldn't possibly do justice to all the time-wasting blogs out there, so feel free to recommend blogs you like in the comments below. These are just my 5 favorites.
If you like Jay Leno's Monday headlines segment, you'll appreciate the Probably Bad News blog which features errors and oopsies in print and television.
This week, a man is aquitted for farting during arrest, a man is not aquitted for grabbing a nurse's breasts on his way to seeing the birth of his son, a zombie preacher is interviewed on his murder, and a cop pulls over a car (the end).
Some one is sneaking into your parents' houses and finding old photos of you that were once trendy or just felt like a good idea at the time. Awkward family photos features pictures, not only of cheesy family photos, but non-photo opportunities that someone thought would make great photo opportunities.
Oddee makes lists. That's all they do. How they find the material to fill these lists? Don't ask, don't tell. Oddee makes lists like the 15 most misplaced ads, unbelievable genetic accidents, and 10 mispelled tatoos. You can't read these titles and not waste a good fifteen minutes at least. Just sayin.
Emails from crazy people would be full of enough absurdity if it really were just emails from disgruntled ebay sellers, facebook stalkers, and angry neighbors, but the site also manages to squeeze in notes from psychotic landlords and lesees or...well, stalkers again.
No list would be complete without FAILblog, the popular site features embarrassing pictures of failure so severe it earns the big red "FAIL" stamp of disapproval. See cars severely misparked (on other cars), parenting FAILs, and humerous homework answers.