Top 10 Most Addictive Websites
1. Fark
An aggregator for anything weird and wonderful. Includes offbeat and unusual news stories from around the world, bought together in one website. Read about; cross-dressing sensitivity training for policemen, criminal masterminds who steal chicken wings and naked air traffic controllers, to name just a few.
2. Despair.com
An antithesis to the motivational posters you often see in offices, Despair.com takes inspirational photography and captions it with negative and cynical slogans. The posters are guaranteed to raise a laugh in the office. You can even buy them online if your office walls are looking a little bare.
PopCap offers some incredibly addictive free games. One great feature of these games is being able to pause so that you can carry on mundane daily tasks (such as your job). Yes, it’s terrible how work always manages to get in the way of enjoying ourselves. Many favourites such as Bejeweled 2, Zuma, Pixelus, Atomica and Insaniquarium will keep you entertained until its time to go home. Loads of fun, just don’t get caught at work.
4. Facebook
Facebook is a great while to idly waste hour upon hour. Weather it is getting sucked into Farmville and Mafia Wars or just uploading the photos from your latest lads night out, it is amazing addictive. Sadly most employers are now wise to the fact that their productivity plummets from the use of Facebook and for many it is banned. For everyone else, enjoy, just don’t get too sucked into the world of Facebook.
5. 2Leep
2Leep is a hub for the millions of blogs and photo collections out there. Thankfully there is some great stuff on here. You will never be short of a strange story to tell at the pub, such as Bob Dullam’s homemade batmobile and the worst celebrity twins of all time. There is always a lot of new content so make sure you come back often.
6. Ebay
Ebay is officially the worlds largest online market place and there really isn’t anything you can’t buy on here. Apart from possibly Russian nuclear weapons but I wouldn’t but it past a disgruntled member of the Russian army giving it a try. Whether you are wanting to get rid of unwanted presents or set on making a business out of buying and selling on Ebay you will find it very addictive. Not recommended for those with an addictive shopping personality
7. Fail Blog
“Schadenfreude” is German for “deriving pleasure from the misfortune of others”. FailBlog has embraced this with aplomb to create the hilarious site. This photo and video blog captures some of the most tragic human mistakes ever caught on camera. You’ll find horrifying examples of car parking errors, sports mishaps, advertising faux pas and absurd human inventions.
Even if you’re not a pet owner like myself, I guarantee you will like this website. It is a photo blog of user-submitted pet photos and videos. The objective is to showcase the adorable and endearing qualities of our four-legged friends plus a few other random animal shots. Definitely a site to make you go “awwwwwwwwwww”.
How to make visual explosions with tongue depressors. How to turn your car into an armored tank. How to steal a Guinness record for free throwing. WonderHowTo.com is an amazing mix of engineering, ingenuity, and curiousity. It will have you hooked for hours. Just be careful if you ever want to try any of them at home.
10. YouTube
YouTube has recently celebrated its 5th Birthday, although given its popularity you would think it had been around longer. Although there is often a lot of absolute rubbish on the site there are also some absolute gems. It can take some digging but its worth it.
