Classes are over for the day. Your homework is done (mostly), and your friends are either doing homework or sleeping (*heavy sigh*). There’s no way you’re getting to bed this early, so what do you do? Jump on the internet.
It’s one of those slow days. Nothing but old posts on facebook, and pinterest isn’t giving you anything in your feed you haven’t seen before. You haven’t watched real TV in so long you don’t even know what’s on. And you’re between shows on Netflix. How are you supposed to move on with a hole in your heart the size of the last show? You aren’t in the mood to watch those same mindless YouTube videos again. So what now? It’s not like you have the time to read a book.
Here are a few interesting sites that will not only keep you busy, but might introduce you to some new knowledge, as well. Click on the pictures to visit the sites.
- Quora Think sophisticated Yahoo Answers. This site is full of short or pages long intellectual answers to all sorts of questions. You can ask your own or dig around to find the topics you enjoy reading. Explore the work of the top writers, some of which are renowned professors at the world’s best schools. They have fluff questions, deep questions, open-ended questions, story sharing questions. Collect them all!
Read up on Richard Muller, writing on everything from relationships to physics! - SciShow/MentalFloss/ CrashCourse If you’re on the internet, you know these ones. The MentalFloss shows, CrashCourse Videos, and SciShow videos have probably helped you on your homework at least once. But there are more videos being put out every day by the lovable and hilarious Green brothers. Stop by SciShow to have your questions answered by the quirky Hank Green and his colleagues. Try to keep up with the fast talking John Green in CrashCourse World History. Need a breather from all the information? Go watch John attempt to debunk life hacks on the MentalFloss channel.
Hang out with Hank and John Green! - NaNoWriMo This one is seasonal. Check out camps in the spring/summer or National Novel Writing Month in November. If you miss those months, check it out anyway. The forums are full of writing games that you can join if you’ve ever had a hankering to write stories. Maybe consider being a part of one of the events once you get to know the site.
Who says writing has to be hard? Why not play writing games with fellow amateurs? - TEDTalks/TEDed More YouTube videos! These are lecture style videos sponsored by an organization that promotes the sharing of ideas. All across the country, TED communities invite speakers into their lounges to give talks on any subject they feel passionate about. There have been spoken poetry readings of the best kind, scientists, psychologists, even some dating advice. The speakers are always engaging, and usually funny. You can also head over to TED Ed to watch short animated and voiced-over videos explaining how our world works the way it does.
TED has everything you've ever wondered about and then some. Expand your worldview! - UnplugTheTV.com Can’t decide on what to watch? Check out this handy site that automatically supplies you with a video on a subject you might not have considered looking into before. One day it’s whales. The next it’s space. Who knows what the next one will be? This site uses TedTalks and other resources that are intellectual and engaging.
Aliens? Creepy...Let me grab the popcorn...
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