NationStates Jolt Archive


What do you do on the Internets?

Londim
04-10-2008, 16:45
Apart from NSG and Porn what other things to do you regularly do on the internet? Personally I catch up on the news, and waste so many hours (and so much money) on play.com. It has so many nice things I just want them all! Are there any sites you think your fellow Generalites would enjoy? Tell us!
Wilgrove
04-10-2008, 16:47
The Internet is for porn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpdCJKPHzh8)
Belschaft
04-10-2008, 16:52
Online chatrooms and forums. But not Facebook, Myspace or Bebo. I hate them and everyone who uses them.
Soleichunn
04-10-2008, 16:52
Are there any sites you think your fellow Generalites would enjoy? Tell us!

NS(2)G! Note: Doesn't exist.
Lunatic Goofballs
04-10-2008, 16:57
I barely have time for NSG(and porn). Most of the remaining time is spent either on cityofheroes.com forum or browsing for silly movies and pics.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
04-10-2008, 16:59
I play Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com/). Fear my chainsaw totting lord of Hell (http://www.nexuswar.com/characters/view.do?characterID=129280)!
Other than that, I read Something Awful, skim news sites, and research movies that I must watch.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
04-10-2008, 17:00
The Generalite Mafia forum, Skyping the bf, Stumble Upon, The New York Times, CuteOverload, online banking, shopping for stuff on Amazon and Ebay and Etsy and elsewhere, asking Google all the things I don't know, downloading pirated torrents of TV shows, playing board games online.
Cannot think of a name
04-10-2008, 17:02
I look for work, I play games at gamestableonline.com, which just got Axis & Allies but I haven't played it there yet, watch movie trailers, read news, talk to other split window bus owners.
Articoa
04-10-2008, 17:10
Youtube junkie, right here! :D
Sdaeriji
04-10-2008, 17:15
I lurk the ESPN.com boards, because I find it amusing how much the rest of the country hate Boston sports teams and their fans.
Dinaverg
04-10-2008, 17:19
I play Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com/). Fear my chainsaw totting lord of Hell (http://www.nexuswar.com/characters/view.do?characterID=129280)!
Other than that, I read Something Awful, skim news sites, and research movies that I must watch.

Dude, Chainsaw-wielding Melee DO high-five!

http://www.nexuswar.com/characters/view.do?characterID=102924
Poliwanacraca
04-10-2008, 17:26
I read GM, NSG, UMP, LiveJournal, webcomics, lots of news articles, and a few fun blogs. I look for jobs on Craigslist and several dozen other sites. I make really low bids on random stuff on eBay in the hopes that I might win something nice for much less than it's worth (it's happened a couple of times!), I play WoW, and I talk to cool people on AIM, MSN, and, as of the last couple of days, Ventrilo. :)
Neesika
04-10-2008, 17:29
Same thing I do every night.

Try to take over the world.
Hurdegaryp
04-10-2008, 17:42
Try to take over the world.

And how is that working out for you? I mainly amuse myself with making my MyMiniCity grow, also I read a whole lotta webcomics.
Smunkeeville
04-10-2008, 17:44
I go to a few forums, I play some games, I feed my webkinz, I network, I failbook, I email, I talk to clients, I spam.
Neesika
04-10-2008, 17:53
And how is that working out for you? I mainly amuse myself with making my MyMiniCity grow, also I read a whole lotta webcomics.

Well, it gets boring fast, so the rest of the time I post on NSG, or on UMP, and send dirty TGs to GoG. The only other thing I use the internet for is porn and legal research.
Western Mercenary Unio
04-10-2008, 18:08
Newgrounds, TVtropes, NSG(which is my main news source),
Modern Firearms, Paradox Forums, The FUMP, read some fanfics, Rooster Teeth, Possible Oscar's site, The Pirate Bay, IGN and Peliplaneetta. Some more that I can't remember right now.
Sirmomo1
04-10-2008, 18:11
I work, download music, read papers, send e-mails, browse wiki. The usual stuff.
Vampire Knight Zero
04-10-2008, 20:36
I'm either on WOW, or talking to the girl I love on MSN.
Vetalia
04-10-2008, 20:37
Fuck around.
Pure Metal
04-10-2008, 20:38
stumbleupon
work: websites & servers
napster
youtube
software
greed and death
04-10-2008, 20:41
this about sums it up for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TA57L0kuc
Conserative Morality
04-10-2008, 20:42
Play Warcraft Three.
Dumb Ideologies
04-10-2008, 21:27
I hack all your computers, then I watch you all watching porn :p
Ifreann
04-10-2008, 21:35
I play Nexus War (http://www.nexuswar.com/). Fear my chainsaw totting lord of Hell (http://www.nexuswar.com/characters/view.do?characterID=129280)!
Other than that, I read Something Awful, skim news sites, and research movies that I must watch.

Oh wow, fiddly, you're Saint Ralph? I did not know this. I'm a friendly leprechaun. I should totally agony curse you! I mean.....>.> <.<
UNIverseVERSE
04-10-2008, 21:36
NSG
e2
IRC (#afp, #xkcd, #xkcd-signal #debian-eeepc, bitlbee)
email and mailing lists (madsciunion, playadust, nowhere, thamesreach, west dragonshire)
adminstrate the gaslamp bazaar

That's about it, offhand.
Aceopolis
04-10-2008, 22:42
pardus (www.pardus.at) where I run a starbase for The Shadow Order in Orion and am a newb in Pegasus (no Artemis for me)

And nexus war I lost interest in a while back after having made two paladins, and can't seemto get it back.Pardusis better anyway
JuNii
04-10-2008, 22:52
Apart from NSG and Porn what other things to do you regularly do on the internet? Personally I catch up on the news, and waste so many hours (and so much money) on play.com. It has so many nice things I just want them all! Are there any sites you think your fellow Generalites would enjoy? Tell us!

wait... there's more to the internet than NSG and Porn? YOU LIE!!!!
Webcomics
general surfing...
Anti-Social Darwinism
04-10-2008, 23:30
My online Spanish class, games, NS, looking up random things (like Melungeons), Outpost Daria, other forums, MySpace, music....
Forensatha
04-10-2008, 23:36
Aside from NS? I plan ways to take over the world, buy and sell human souls, and trick stupid teenagers into thinking the variety of silly acts I'm telling them to do for my personal amusement really will summon Satan/demons/angels/fairies.
Fighter4u
05-10-2008, 00:59
NSG and thats it. And I spend 4 or 5 hours on it doing noting...

But if it a slow day I read tvtropes also.
The Lone Alliance
05-10-2008, 02:35
Between occasional bouts of UrbanDead.com, Hellrising.com, and Outbreakgame.com.

I have a list of around 30 Webcomics to view. Depending on the day of the week I could have 2 to 12 on the list.

Oh and occasionally go on unmoderated political boards and troll Racists and Religious nutcases.

I'm in a rut right now though. I used to do more.
Kyronea
05-10-2008, 03:42
Well, it gets boring fast, so the rest of the time I post on NSG, or on UMP, and send dirty TGs to GoG. The only other thing I use the internet for is porn and legal research.

You should clean those TGs up. Lots of dirt can make for more illness. /nodnod
Nikkiovakia
05-10-2008, 03:47
I manage to waste many hours accomplishing nothing online. Some of the things I do is read the news, stumble, play games at pogo.com, where I'm a badge whore and yes, I love myspace, even if I'm hated for it.
German Nightmare
05-10-2008, 04:03
I think the list of things I don't do would be a whole lot shorter, but right now I can't think of anything.

Lots of the activities that others have mentioned are among what I do. Especially some of those Londim, WYTYG and Poliwanacraca have referred to.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
05-10-2008, 04:03
Okay. E-mail, then NationStates, then LiveJournal. A couple minutes on Xanga, Facebook, and MySpace. I check my progress on Einstein@Home. Hit the college site to see if more homework has been posted. A myriad of news sites. xkcd, Questionable Content, Afterlife Blues, and A Softer World. BBC headlines. Then timewasting at ThinkGeek and Wikipedia.
Copiosa Scotia
05-10-2008, 04:16
I do pretty much anything that will distract me from reading for my contracts class.
The Romulan Republic
05-10-2008, 04:22
News, debating on forums, and gaming are the big three.
Soviestan
05-10-2008, 04:41
news, porn, gaming forums, gov sims, youtube
Wilgrove
05-10-2008, 06:29
Your mother. *nod*
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05-10-2008, 06:44
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Daistallia 2104
05-10-2008, 07:00
Same thing I do every night.

Try to take over the world.

Narf!
Svalbardania
05-10-2008, 09:24
Narf!

Zort!
Miami Shores
05-10-2008, 10:10
Apart from NSG and Porn what other things to do you regularly do on the internet? Personally I catch up on the news, and waste so many hours (and so much money) on play.com. It has so many nice things I just want them all! Are there any sites you think your fellow Generalites would enjoy? Tell us!

Apart from NSG in General, Internatiional Forum RP. Read newspapers, send e-mails, follow the USA election. Since I am a political addict, I am considering becoming a blogger on all the major blog sites.
The Romulan Republic
05-10-2008, 10:23
Apart from NSG in General, Internatiional Forum RP. Read newspapers, send e-mails, follow the USA election. Since I am a political addict, I am considering becoming a blogger on all the major blog sites.

I share a similar addiction to politics. Perhaps I should check into rehab.
Daistallia 2104
05-10-2008, 10:30
zort!

aypwip?
Dumb Ideologies
05-10-2008, 10:44
No-one really looks at porn. Its a myth.
Intestinal fluids
05-10-2008, 13:21
www.Straightdope.com

Its a forum based on a column from the Chicago newspaper

Its motto "Fighting ignorance since 1973. Its taking longer then we thought."

Any bizzare or formerly unanswerable questions can be found here, and the posters are simply incredibly humorous and brilliant people.
Hurdegaryp
05-10-2008, 18:25
It's a nice site, that's for sure. I just added The Straight Dope to my bookmarks.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
05-10-2008, 19:56
Oh wow, fiddly, you're Saint Ralph? I did not know this. I'm a friendly leprechaun. I should totally agony curse you! I mean.....>.> <.<
Get in the queue. For some reason, a lot of people have it out for dear, dear Ralph. Maybe it has something to do with all the violent dismembering?
Hurdegaryp
05-10-2008, 22:43
Violent dismembering is a bad thing now?
Rejistania
05-10-2008, 23:34
Well, I chat on IRC and jabber (TG me if you want to add me), I surf numerous sites, conlanging related ones like cals.conlang.org, various fora, moderating in one of them (ie: banning spammers), Wikipedia, various news sites per RSS, reading and writing mails, webcomics, downloading music (http://www.jamendo.com), chatting with this one special person in my life (hello Allanea), footstar (http://www.footstar.org) and ars regendi (http://www.ars-regendi.com) and of course: emerge --sync and emerge -u world :)

Edit: My only esperanto dictionary is online so I use that a lot when I chat with people.