I often wonder quite seriously how people survived before there was the internet. I mean, what on earth did those people do all day?! Talk to each other or something weird? Do things outside? Brr, just the thought of it. There are a few of those sites that are part of the daily essentials (Amayzine, DailyMail, PerezHilton) but every now and then you come across something new that makes you think, how did I ever live without it. To delight you with such sites without having to search endlessly for them myself, here’s a list of things that can go straight into the favorites folder and never have to come out again.
1. Fake Name Generator
Do you need to order something or log in somewhere and don’t feel like filling in all your own details? Or have you gotten involved in shady practices and need to lead someone astray with a non-existent name? This site provides a solution. Three clicks on the button later, you suddenly become Ilya Crooijmans, residing at Koningin Emmalaan 130. And you also have a credit card number, weight, and height. Why you need such things is another question, but I can keep myself entertained for quite a while by becoming a new person over and over again.
2. Rainy Mood
Don’t ask me why I like this so much because I can’t explain it to you. I actually hate rain, so why on earth would I want to play fictional rain sounds? Because that’s what this site does, it gives you the sound of rain. Very nice to have a little mope about, for example, and then have very deep thoughts while staring out the window. For instance.
3. Wolfram Alpha
Another site where I can spend hours. You ask a silly question and you get a scientifically based answer back. Or well, sort of. Try it out, it’s fun.
4. Geo Guessr
No vacation in sight but still in the mood for foreign views? This is your site. You get dropped somewhere on Earth via Google Streetview and based on what you see around you, you have to determine where in the world you are. The closer you get to the right answer, the more points you earn. Be careful, you can spend hours on this.
5. You’re getting old
Now it’s getting really fun. You enter your birth date on this site and you get a whole list of totally useless facts that you immediately forget, related to the day you were born. For example, I am 26 years and 19 days old. Okay, I could have thought of that myself. But also, I was born 9449 days after Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her apartment. When I was born, there were about 5,165,795,213 people on Earth. I have taken about 226,426,685 breaths since my birth and my heart has beaten about 951,634,590 times. HOW FUN IS THAT!
6. What the fuck should I make for dinner?
There’s not much explanation, the hardest question of the day is solved for you with a lot of fuck and fucking.
7. 10 Minute Email
At least as handy as number 1 but just a bit less illegal-sensitive: an email address for 10 minutes. Ideal for when you need to log in somewhere to get WiFi, for example.
8. Does the dog die?
You can show me a movie where 100,000 people die and I won’t flinch, but if even one animal dies, I’m crying on the couch. This site prevents such tears because it tells you how many animals give their lives, so you know a bit what to expect in life.
