It Can Wait: Procrastination Site of the Week

By Evan Petrack

There’s one thing that literally every single college student knows, and that’s that the internet is the number one tool for procrastination in the world. Between creepin’ around on Facebook, going into a comatose-like state because of Youtube or Wikipedia, and simply bullshitting around on the internet , college trains you to be a pro at procrastination.  Now, we all procrastinate a shit-ton, oh and for God’s sake, let’s just be fucking honest with each other, we all creep on Facebook. These are assumed facts about college students everywhere, from the meth heads at your community college to the tightasses across the pond at Oxford.

So Facebook and the like are the most popular tools for procrastination. But that doesn’t mean they’re the best (you can only creep on last night’s hook up for so long before you start to question your creepiness). So over the next few weeks I’m going to bring you the funniest and best websites out there, from satirical blogs to sites that bring you the newest shit around. Today I’m bringing you StumbleUpon.

StumpleUpon is actually not really much of a website in its own right. All it really does is bring you the best of other websites. But anybody that’s ever been on StumbleUpon before knows that the second you type in that URL, you just pushed your essay (that’s due tomorrow) back at least another hour. What interests you? Photography? Maybe you want to discover a new band? Or just play games? On StumbleUpon’s homepage, you can choose between 25 categories (it asks “What Interests You?”) and start stumbling. You can check as many categories as you want. Personal favorites are humor, bizarre/oddities, and internet. Humor brings you, well, shit that’s in-general funny, from videos to websites. Bizarre/oddities will bring up pages like phallic-shaped objects you can look for on Google Earth. Internet will bring you to other websites that it thinks are interesting, like “Greg Rutter’s Second Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re A Loser or Old or Something,’ and other internet memes.

So hey, next time you’re on fbook and are about to check out the album your ex just posted, or are about to Wikipedia “bonobos,” go to StumbleUpon.com instead. You’ll feel less creepy, and won’t feel horrible about yourself from seeing all the bros/slampieces your ex hooked up with other the weekend

*On a separate note, actually do try wikipediaing “bonobos.” That’s some funny shit.