Down The Rabbit Hole

"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 10/09/2014 at 22:11 • Filed to: None

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I was looking up wristwatches on Google which somehow led me to the Wikipedia page for double clutch gearboxes followed by bolt action rifles before ending up reading about the Antikythera Mechanism.

Inb4 Panasonic 3DO or 8-Tracks.

The Transporter > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/09/2014 at 22:14

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I have to limit my use of Wikipedia and TVTropes.org

ghosty - electric space wizard > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/09/2014 at 22:14

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I once heard of something called wikihunting. You start with one topic on wikipedia and try to reach another random topic by only clicking wikipedia links. A good time waster if nothing else. It could also give you a leg up if you're ever on a trivia game show.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > The Transporter 10/09/2014 at 22:17

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TV Tropes is my favorite productivity vortex.

The Transporter > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/09/2014 at 22:19

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Yeah, procrasterbating gets old after a while.

Tohru > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/09/2014 at 22:19

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There's a reason we have TVTropes and Cracked blocked on the router, and had Wikipedia blocked as well for a few months.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > ghosty - electric space wizard 10/09/2014 at 22:29

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You win the game buy ending up at the first page.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Tohru 10/09/2014 at 22:49

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Every time I watch a new series or film, I have to look it up on TV tropes. It's so addicting.

ly2v8-Brian > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/09/2014 at 23:02

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Frickin wiki, every time!

GhostZ > ghosty - electric space wizard 10/09/2014 at 23:17

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There's also a program out there that finds the number of links to "Philosophy", basically under the assumption that all wikipedia pages will end up on the page for "Philosophy" after you follow the first valid link in the article. You can play a game where you try to find the longest distance from Philosophy, or a never ending loop (and then try to find the longest loop).