Winter is upon us, and there will probably be plenty of boring days ahead. It is too cold to go outside, and the holidays have maxed out your social quota for the year. Driving at night is dangerous, and chilling at home is free.
There is just one problem. Home has a high occurrence of boring moments. The best way to remedy the issue at hand is to expand your mind’s rolodex of interesting things to explore… and have internet access. Check out a few funtastic suggestions for things to do online when you are bored.
Go check out Bored Panda
Bored Panda is one of the most stimulating places on the internet. The name could not be more perfect, and the purpose more fulfilling. Bored Panda specializes in posting all things new and visually appealing in travel, photography, animals, DIY, technology, and so much more.
You can even create an account with the platform, and vote posts up or down to create the perfect boredom serum for lackluster emergencies.
Exercise your mind and watch TED
If you seek out educational stimulation, TED talks are becoming all the rage with younger generations. The TED logo is “Ideas worth spreading,” and their online presence holds true to their mission. You can explore all kinds of ideas, technologies, social issues, and more when you visit TED.com.
Learn about science at Vsauce
Vsauce is an excellent YouTube channel that centers its posts around interesting, educational topics. The creator of the channel, Michael Stevens, has recently been referred to as the modern day Bill Nye. Stevens has attracted over 10 million viewers, so he must be onto something.
If you like the weirder things
If you like the weirder things of the world, then you might take your boredom time to check out Oddee. It is a blog, featuring some of the weirdest, craziest, strangest, and most bizarre pieces of content you can imagine. If you want plenty of quick, list-loaded, blog posts to explore, Oddee’s got your back.
Zone out and play games
An easy fallback for those stale down times in life is to hop online and play some simple videos games. There are millions of free games from which to choose, and you can find plenty of difficult games as well. You just have to know where to look.
Explore the scale of the universe
Sometimes you just want to explore the scale of the universe, and the internet makes it all possible. Check out Htwins.net, and you will quickly understand just how tiny you really are in the scope of the universe.
Work with little digital dudes to create funky mixes
Go visit Incredibox.com, and start creating immediately. The site is a cool little spot to design little hipster dudes and make music at the same time. The clothes represent different looped sounds, and mixing them together will create a killer jam.
