Look, everyone cycles through Reddit like it’s no big deal. But if you ever want to see your friends again, I suggest NEVER visiting these sites unless you’re comfortable with disappearing for two weeks.
Warning: most of these sites are NSFW! Click through at your own peril. You have been warned!
Free Tetris
Starting the list out right: an addictive spatial-relations game that I see people playing on the subway almost as much as I see CandyCrush going. Free Tetris is that old standard, and you and I both know that when you get the L-shaped block when you need the tall skinny one, things are about to head south in a bad way. Don't tap your keyboard too loudly or people are going to wonder why you're about to have an apoplexy -- unless you're a programmer, in which case, carry on. Take a few rounds to get used to the controls before you try for ninja master, otherwise you're going to be cursing out your fingers' muscle memory instead of clearing rows at hyperspeed.
Thought Catalog
Thought Catalog is a site that accumulates user-submitted essays and op-ed pieces (and, lately, a huge number of lists) of varying quality. While not everything is top-notch, there's enough compelling pieces to keep a person clicking. Recent additions have included an "after dark" offering, consisting of more mature (read: sexually-charged) topics and musings. The archive averages 20 new articles every day on topics as varied as current events, feminism, relationships, life as a 20-something in a big city, and so on.
Imgur
Imgur might LOOK like just another image hosting service, but don't be fooled. The official image host of Reddit and Stack Overflow boasts a robust, weirdly engaging community in its comments section, apt to make snarky comments and explain the joke in the picture to passers-by. I can honestly say I've idly hit my right arrow and found myself sinking 3+ hours of a morning into looking at Imgur's top pictures for the day. The best (worst?) is when Imgur goes into the weird place between U.S. West Coast going to sleep and Australia / New Zealand / Japan / Singapore / India being at full wakefulness. Still: the comments section, the sheer array of what ends up on the front page, and the variety of content (cute! funny! nostalgia! interesting! lifehack!) makes Imgur a hidden gem of addictive content. Plus, Imgur tends to do a regular Tumblr roundup...meaning I haven't been on Tumblr in 3 months.
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