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15 FUN WEBSITES TO INSTANTLY BEAT BOREDOM ONLINE

By Saikat Basu Updated Jun 16, 2021
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Feeling downcast and bored? There's a lot to do online! Check out these fun
websites and cure your boredom now.



Looking for websites to go to when bored? Don't let boredom get boring. Even
Steve Jobs was a fan of boredom. He believed that boredom allowed room for
creativity. We all know how that turned out.

Even science says boredom is good for the brain. So, trust the boffins and take
on boredom with these fun websites.




1. 100,000 STARS



Open this interactive visualization in the Chrome browser and cure your boredom
with a trip through space. The artistic rendition maps the real location of over
100,000 nearby stars and our solar system.

The Chrome experiment isn't for astronomy buffs alone as it gives everyone an
idea of the universe around us.




2. MUSEUM OF ENDANGERED SOUNDS



Want a dose of serious nostalgia? Maybe, the sound of a dial-up modem will do it
for you or the dial of a rotary phone. The Museum of Nostalgia will send you
back in time. The single-person effort from Brendan Chilcutt aims to preserve
the signature sounds of old technologies.




3. A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH



A good movie is an obvious thing to do online when bored. But the sheer number
of options can feel overwhelming. This fun website is a movie recommendation
engine with a difference.

It will only filter movies with a viewer score higher than 70% (e.g. 7/10 on
IMDb) and a critic score higher than 70% (e.g. on sites like Rotten Tomatoes and
Metacritic). So, you get to see a selection of the very best films that stand
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4. NSA HAIKU GENERATOR



The National Security Agency isn't one of the places to go when bored. So you
wouldn't connect the NSA and poetry even within a few words of each other. But
this automatic haiku generator manages to pull it off. So, go ahead and stoke
your wildest imagination with weird mashups of wonderful syllables.

The source of the random words is the NSA's database of search terms it uses to
red flag terrorist threats.




5. SKETCH SOMETHING DAILY



Creativity is the magic pill to zap boredom. Sketch Something Daily is one of
the artistic things to do online when bored. So, pick up a pencil, pen, or even
a paintbrush, and test yourself with the daily illustrations on the site.

Try it as a daily habit and stifle the yawns as you interest yourself enough to
learn the basics of drawing with the help of other sites on the web.





6. STUMBLED



Remember StumbleUpon? The popular site was shuttered, but several StumbleUpon
alternatives rose up in its wake. Stumble works on the same principles of random
discovery and that makes it a worthwhile website to go on when you are bored.

The links are carefully curated and as of the last count, there are at least
2400+ sites on their radar.




7. 2 KINDS OF PEOPLE



Another humorous Tumblr blog. Another dosage of laughter. The simple
illustrations show that there are only two kinds of people in the world. Those
that have a sense of humor and the rest who don't.

If you fall into the former, then you will have cured your boredom. If not, read
on.




8. THE EVOLUTION OF TRUST



Mistrust is as deadly as minformation. And both have been part of or human
experience for a long time. This interactive game uses game theory to simplify
the problem of mistrust for us.



Game theory itself is a complex subject, so the visualization uses a "cheating"
mode and a "cooperation" mode to reveal the neuroscience of mistrust. If you
have time to spare, try this fun link when bored.




9. GROSS SCIENCE



YouTube alone can give you enough things to do on the internet. So, I am
cheating by mentioning the Gross Science channel. But, I couldn't help myself as
I got pulled in by all the bizarre but scientific videos here.

So, find out about clothes made of slime. Or, why your pee can change the world.
As I said, I couldn't help myself.




10. INNOVATION STATION



While we are on the subject of science and videos, could I also mention
Innovation Station? This is a little known but cool website to go to when you're
bored. It showcases the latest videos on innovation and futuristic technologies.



It is a wonderful learning platform. As their charter says, "We aim to inspire
and educate by putting innovations and innovators in the spotlight."




11. WEIRD OR CONFUSING



Wonder how unicorn meat tastes. This site will make you wonder about things like
that. Press the button and it will beam you into the crazy aisles of eBay and
its shopping universe where everything can be sold.

Well, it's not all useless. That inflatable unicorn horn for cats sounds like a
better deal than unicorn meat. Just hope it's not a new eBay scam. Sometimes,
you will hit a page without any funny eBay product. Just click on that pink
Please button again.




12. THE SYMPHONY OF BLOCKCHAIN



Visuals can help you understand even the most complex of technologies.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are all the rage now. The Symphony of Blockchain
takes you on an interactive, visual and auditory exploration of what it's all
about. It's a way to mix online fun with a dose of education.

Try it. It's wonderfully hypnotic as the 3D Bitcoin blocks move and expand
against the background of music. Click on each block and it opens to give you
more information.





13. THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PASSWORD MACHINE



Let's not underrate the value of a strong password in keeping the world safe.
The PaP Machine is a neat little side project that can bring you out of your
boredom fairly quickly with its funny and honest feedback on the strength of
your passwords.




14. ARBITRARY AWARDS



Did you know that most awards are paid for? Well, if you didn't then that's what
this site tells you. The developers here made their own awards and gave you a
platform to gift yourself one with the many choices available.

You deserve an award if you have scrolled so far down the page. And, if we
managed to cure your boredom then we deserve one too. Just a nice word in the
comments will do for now.




15. ACTIVITY SUGGESTION



A fun website can be a simple website. This is one of those simple one-page
websites a developer can put together in a few hours. But the idea is worth a
second look when you want to kill your boredom.

Don't know what to do? Just pet the cat and it will suggest an activity you can
do when bored. As action comes before motivation, it's time to get going and use
your boredom creatively.




THERE ARE MANY MORE FUN THINGS TO DO ONLINE

Instead of trying to zap it away and who knows you just might light up a spark
of motivation.



Boredom should be anything but boring. Sounds ironic, doesn't it when you
consider that you can pick up something to do with a click of the mouse.



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Saikat Basu (1521 Articles Published)


Saikat Basu is the Deputy Editor for Internet, Windows, and Productivity. After
removing the grime of an MBA and a ten year long marketing career, he is now
passionate about helping others improve their storytelling skills. He looks out
for the missing Oxford comma and hates bad screenshots. But Photography,
Photoshop, and Productivity ideas soothe his soul.

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