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You are here: Home / Arts & Culture / Zen and the Art of Being Online: 41 Ways to Waste Time Online Until We Can All Go Outside Again

Zen and the Art of Being Online: 41 Ways to Waste Time Online Until We Can All Go Outside Again

May 1, 2020 by Christian Casale

  1. Watch videos of people building log cabins from scratch, and then think about how you’ll never be enough of a man to do something like that.
  2. Look through the IMDb Top 250 and get angry when you realize that Space Jam isn’t on it.
  3. Watch scenes from the few couple seasons of Game of Thrones on YouTube.
  4. Watch scenes from the final season of Game of Thrones on YouTube and become upset.
  5. Become clinically addicted to a video game.
  6. Listen to an entire podcast mini-series, and then forget every single detail within a week.
  7. Become so invested in the NFL Draft that your friends and family become afraid for your health.
  8. Learn a new language without having to be embarrassed when you try to practice in real life.
  9. Check your student loan debt for a sober realization about your future.
  10. Research the minimum amount of money to open a savings account.
  11. Break down and try to earn a TikTok dance.
  12. Type “trailer” into the YouTube search and see what comes up.
  13. Look up dogs for adoption and think of better names than they’re listed as.
  14. Watch online tutorials to perfect your grilling skills even though you don’t own a grill.
  15. Become a “hot sauce guy.”
  16. Get into internet arguments about the hidden themes in Incredibles 2.
  17. Watch a SB Nation sports documentary every hour.
  18. Try to find out what a “NASDAQ” is.
  19. Doze off on the couch while watching a documentary about World War II, thus passing your final test to become a suburban, American dad.
  20. Go on eBay for the first time since 2011.
  21. Zoom all of your friends and have an awkward call where your screens keep freezing and everyone is talking over one another.
  22. Watch a video on the opposite of your political views and get angry and scared, and then watch a video that agrees with your views and feel safe and happy.
  23. Look up people you went to high school with on social media. (Results may vary.)
  24. Watch endless cooking shows on YouTube while all you have in your fridge are four beers and half a bag of parmesan cheese.
  25. Try to find out if there are ways to make paper towels from scratch.
  26. Create an elaborate pros-and-cons chart to determine which food delivery app is best.
  27. Watch old episodes of Parts Unknown and fantasize about eating at a real restaurant.
  28. Spend a few hours looking up graduate schools when you’re not even positive you can afford lunch today.
  29. Learn how to confidently order Indian food.
  30. Buy a keyboard on Amazon with the intention to learn how to play it.
  31. Get distracted on Twitter while trying to learn how to play the keyboard.
  32. Try to do a 10-minute ab routine video, and then get so out of breath that your roommate can hear you from the other room.
  33. Take a Buzzfeed quiz of eight.
  34. Watch weird Vice documentaries, and then tell your friends about them so they think that you’re cultured and sophisticated.
  35. Buy a $20 pull-up bar on Amazon, try to use it at home, and realize why it was so cheap while you hold a bag of frozen peas to your head.
  36. See what the old people are up to on Facebook.
  37. Watch compilations of emotional sports moments while someone chops onions nearby.
  38. Try to make a meme.
  39. Find out which Hogwarts house you belong to. Lie on the second test if you’re not satisfied with the results.
  40. Watch a video on how to give yourself a haircut.
  41. Watch a video on how to give yourself stitches.

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Christian is a Journalism student at Valencia College and an editor for the Valencia Voice

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