Bored? Restless? Got nothing else to do but stare at the computer screen? Surfing the net doesn't have to be constrained to playing online games, scooping celebrity gossip or typing friends' names in the Google search bar. There is a wide variety of online hubs that will satisfy all types of appetites.
User-submitted Sites
Postcardsfromyomomma.com is like hot chocolate on a rainy day. Perhaps the online equivalent of Chicken Soup of the Soul, this "repository of modern day maternal correspondence" is flowing with letters, e-mails and text messages from lovable, but sometimes offbeat, mothers. The website was launched in 2008 by two journalists. It has since grown into an online community that is a guilty pleasure for anybody who is looking for a good laugh or simply misses his or her mom.
Excerpt: In an entry entitled "Headache Solution: Vibrator," a mother randomly asks her daughter if the daughter owns a vibrator. Puzzled by the question, the daughter inquires why her mother needs to know.
Mom: I need one, I have a headache.
Daughter: OMG I seriously did not need to know that’s what you do for headaches
Mom: What? It’s a sinus headache. If you put the vibrator up to your head sometimes it can break up all the gunk and relieve your headache. What did you think I was doing?
Thisiswhyyourefat.com may be the harshest website name ever. But it is also by far one of the most entertaining ones. Visitors are encouraged to submit some of the unhealthiest food they've been served with or their own self-made concoctions. This never-ending picture gallery of heart-attack-in-a-plate has been published into a book that adopts the same title.
For example, home-made dessert called Powdered Pancake Donut Surprise consisted of nine layers of "12” pancakes with 2 sticks of butter, 1 cup of chocolate syrup and 1 cup of maple syrup between each layer, all topped with powdered donuts and powdered sugar."
Love/Hate Sites
True to its namesake, cuteoverload.com, offers adorable images for all animal lovers. From videos of dancing puppies to photographs of newborn kittens, the site has more than enough cuteness on every page to melt the hearts of even the coldest readers.
Excerpt: The pictures speak for themselves.
Amiannoying.com is a smorgasbord of reasons why every known public figure on earth irks the nerves of the masses. The site indexes celebrities by names and collections. In all fairness, every entry is coupled with reasons why a celebrity is "not annoying." But ultimately, this site is for someone who is looking to unleash some hate.
From gossip rag favourites to sports icons, Amiannoying.com has plenty of hate to pass around. For example, Jennifer Aniston's "annoying" list includes that she smokes, sued a tabloid for publishing pictures of her sun bathing and that she was "rumored to eat the same salad for lunch every day since the mid-1990's."
So whether it's a craving of fawning over cute animal pictures or a nostalgic feeling of being back home in mom's house, these four websites redefine entertainment on the web.
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