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13 responses to “Open Thread Update: Your Favorite Online Timewasters”

1. Watching short dramas on Facebook. Really like the vertical actors.

   Reply to Renee F

2. I’m obsessive about the midnight release of the NY Times word games- the mini crossword, wordle, connections, strands, and tiles. At 3am we get the new spelling bee and letterboxed. Then I can go to bed. Of course, during the day there’s also dictionary.com’s outspell – playing scrabble against a computer. And just for fun, bored panda – a wonderful subreddit (if you don’t mind their puerile censorship!)

   Reply to Ellen Ross

3. Substack – pick any topic or writer I like and I can’t stop paging through the comments and steering off into some other string of contributions from a wide divergent audience with interesting points of view.

   Reply to Robert Ettinger

4. Online puzzles: NYT Wordle, sudoku, NYT connections, jigsaw puzzles, karaoke, solitaire. Facebook reels. All on my tablet.

   Reply to Barbara

5. You Tube is my go to in the evenings. I watch gamers, and movie reviewers. But my favorites are people who make stuff: Artists, crafters, art journalers, and the like. Occasionally I’ll fall down a rabbit hole watching people fix and shoe horses with messed up hooves or groom dogs that haven’t ever seen a groomer, or watch an antique restored to life. But then I go back to my usuals.

   Reply to Virginia Small

6. Every morning I do NYTimes puzzles: Spelling Bee, Wordle, Connections, Strands, Mini Crossword. Other online word games Quordle, Octordle, Blossoms. And Instagram YouTube

   Reply to Corinne Curcio

7. I like Dot to Dot puzzle
   Word search puzzle
   Color by number

   Reply to Leah Hodges

8. I do online jigsaw puzzles using image files I collect from FaceBook and other sites. It is the perfect “mindless” activity that gets me off my mental train of thought. This is the site I use. They have many puzzles available as well as the link to upload a jpeg file.

   Reply to Ruth

   1. What is the site you use, please?

      Reply to Rebecca Lemos

9. Love cat videos. Card games: solitare, hearts, free cell. Word search. Crosswords.

   Reply to Susan Lord

10. My most recent online time wasters are the “reels” on Facebook! I get hypnotized and there’s always just one more. . . . I check “follow” on ones I like and that brings me more of them.
    Here are some of the ones I follow:
    History with Amy
    The Passinis
    Story Corps
    The Good News Girl
    Swisher 3X
    Global Arts and Culture Community
    Artlust
    The list keeps growing.
    Caution: could lead to greater screen addiction!

    Reply to Jane Guard

11. Short reels from the old sitcom Friends. Nothing makes me laugh the way those four do.

    Reply to Mary Lou Wachsmith

12. YouTube:
    Oliver the Beagle…so intelligent and handsome. Love to see
    his perspective as he travels with his owner.
    Travel Vlogs…cruise takers, train takers, foodie lovers.
    The Deal Guy… he goes to stores and tells you all the
    great deals. He also tries the products so you can see it
    for yourself.
    Music or artist reaction videos…the Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z’s reactions to music and artists we grew up listening to.
    Cooking Videos…Pick up Limes and Allrecipes.

    Reply to Michele Slater