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We love them because they suck us in and provide endless opportunities for laughs, disgust and amusement. We hate them because they make it difficult for us to get anything else done.
We’re all guilty of taking the occasional break during our work to pull up some of those time-waster websites that bring such pleasure. In fact, the whole reason this article started was because Leigh and I were instant messaging each other to plan a schedule for the following weeks, only to be sidetracked by these glorious and shameless indulgences of Internet fun.
We apologize in advance for the amount of time you’re bound to waste while browsing through these websites, but really, they’re worth a look. You’re welcome.
1. Lamebook - Poking fun at all those wackjobs who use Facebook.
2. Stop Making That Duckface! - You know the look: lips pursed, orange-tanned skin, classic camera pose.
3. Awkward Family Photos - Complete with 80s hair and engagement photos.
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4. People of Wal-Mart - Some people don’t believe in fashion.
5. Why the F*@# Do You Have a Kid? This hurts my heart.
6. Texts From Last Night - My favorite by a landslide. Are these people for real?
7. Fail Blog - The world’s stupidity on display.
8. Tasty Booze - Just some good bloggin’ fun.
9. Moe Jackson - Celebrity news and gossip.
10. Go Fug Yourself - Two hilarious girls blogging about celebrity fashion no-nos.
11. Manvite - “With the free Manvite service, men can finally send online invitations in keeping with their masculine natures – simple, straightforward and crude.”
12. I Just Made Love! - An interactive map of the world identifying where people have been getting down and dirty.
13. Awful Plastic Surgery - The title says it all.
14. Cake Wrecks - Deliciously awful cakes.
15. Reasons Why I Dumped You - From the site: “After we fell asleep after having sex for the first time, I woke up to find you cracking my knuckles.”
16. Regretsy - Handmade products gone awry.
17. Passive Aggressive Notes - From those who prefer to use the written word to give someone the finger.
18. STFU Parents - “You used to be fun. Now you have a baby.”
19. STFU Marrieds - Those annoying messages from the happily married couples who like to rub it in your single face.
20. F My Life - Short messages of misfortune.
21. Overheard in New York - Clips of crazy conversation from the city.
22 My Parents Were Awesome - How did your folks look before they were parents?
23. Super Poop - Funny photo comics by an artist named Drew.
24. Cute Overload - I dare you to browse this site without squealing.
25. Emails From Crazy People - The world is filled with all kinds of crazy, as proven here.
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I had never heard of Why the F*@# Do You Have a Kid? and I wish you hadn’t posted it here. Sick. Sick. Sick.
But I do agree that I could spend hours on Cute Overload. Did you see the little giggling kitten video they posted late last year?
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Is that the ticklish kitty?
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That’s the one! So cute! I could watch that video over and over again. Luckily I haven’t.
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I did…and showed all my friends!
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I love texts from last night – a total guilty pleasure. Kind of like the jersey shore on mtv…
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I actually have to avoid that website like the plague at work, it is SO GOOD.
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Candice I both love and hate you! As if I don’t already waste enough time…
My faves are texts from last night, reasons why I dumped you, and overheard in New York. Priceless!
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Pshh, you love me! My goal in life is to have a text featured on TFLN. Yeah, that’s my goal.
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I thought I’d seen some of yours on there ; )
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Not yet…but I have submitted!
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Well, I just lost 45 minutes of my life. Thanks! (the children with their mom stripping on “Why the F*@# Do You Have a Kid” is going to haunt me).
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Wow, that’s a lot of distraction in one place…I don’t know whether to love you or hate you, Candice!
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Hey, I bet I put a smile on your face!
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Look At This Fucking Hipster!!! http://www.latfh.com/
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Hahahhaa, for a second I didn’t realize you were pointing out a site…
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Ok, I wouldn’t call The Oatmeal, http://theoatmeal.com/, cringeworthy, but I’ve definitely wasted quite a bit of time on there.
Oh, and texts from last night, for sure. My friend sent me that one last April or May and it’s been downhill ever since.
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Ah, I meant to put that one up! Love it!
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sadly,I visit most of these on a daily basis…buut I had never heard of “Stop Making that Duckface”, and it is freaking hilarious. thank you.
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Lol, you are welcome!
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BRILLIANT.
This really makes me miss living in new york:
Young Latina: I want to get a tattoo.
Post-pregnancy mom friend: Your tits are going to cover that when you get old, your husband’s going to have to lift up your tits to see it. You’re going to be eating McDonald’s and cookies for the rest of your life.Classic.
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I think this website actually started my obsession with NYC. There’s also Overheard Everywhere and Overheard at the Office, but they’re not nearly as good, IMO.
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I knew this would be a Candice post I love it. Think I have wasted the last hour at work easily and I’m only at like number 4.
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Hahaha, a Candice post. So true.
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I wasted 3 hours and I’m only at 3, but I’ll stop now.
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Try to stop, I dare ya.
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I humbly submit the very un-PC, guilt-inducing hilarity of http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/
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Oh man, I need to make a new list so I can add the old lesbians and Sleep Talkin’ Man:
http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/
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This is frickin’ hi-larious. I’m now mad at you because I will be spending too much time clicking through to all these sites. How did you find all of these? lol
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Oh my god, how good is STFU Parents? Especially page 3 and the one about the vibrator. Having just spent last weekend visiting dear friends who have gone to the dark side and turned into the those people whose status updates are all about the baby, this has just made my day. I’ve wasted a lot of time, but it made my day.
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Here’s one for the list:
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Dammit Candice! In case I didn’t already have enough distracting me on the net, you round up more to do the job!?
Now excuse me while I go click through my 37 open tabs…
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I can’t wait to check these out, but one of my personal favorites is the “Best Of” section on Craigslist. Check it out!
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This one just started up. It has potential, but needs some help getting big..
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