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[–] dichtbringer@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

We used to play a drinking game in our dorm called Wikipedia in 30 seconds. Someone would pick a specific topic/article and you had to get there using only links and random article, in 30 seconds.

If you failed you had to drink. If you succeeded, everyone else had to drink. I once succeeded to get to Ghadaffi by starting at breast cancer.

We played on a projector while blasting funky mid 2000s tunes.

[–] gothicdecadence@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This sounds incredible

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

We used to do exactly this while goofing off at work. Minus the "alcohol" of course.

im trying this rn

without the alcohol though

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

If you like the Wikipedia rabbit hole, check out the Wiki game on your given app store. The basic idea is that you have two separate topics, and you have try to link to the second from the first in as few clicks and time as possible. It's actually quite fun and you end up reading about some really random stuff.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIP John Dunsworth. You were the liquor.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And always will be

[–] z500@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just another little linky-poo

[–] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look Rand, I'm clicking more links

[–] Stabbywithsocks1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The shit links...

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Cheers genitals

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm extremely prone to this. On several occasions, I've looked up a word using kindles built in library, then see an interesting related word, then I see an unfamiliar word on the same page, then there's a link about pronunciation, before, finally, I think to myself "Motherfucker, have you been reading the dictionary for an hour?"

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just gifted a dictionary of etymology. The Barnhart one. I might be leading you down a dark path here, but you may want to consider adding it to your word-lookup routine if you're having fun with what you're doing already.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Ha, that does sound interesting. Thank you for the recommendation.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Username checks out

[–] JaymesRS@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] flicker@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I will not see tvtropes.org! I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon!

[–] JaymesRS@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There’s a reason I didn’t type it with the markdown for clickable link.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still a clickable link on Jeroba, but I didn't get sucked in because I don't have the energy for that right now.

[–] JaymesRS@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a couple of them compensate, Arctic on iOS does too.

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Relevant xkcd (which tbh is also a high risk site for this kinda stuff)

xkcd #609: Tab Explosion

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In high school I used to sit there reading article after article on Wikipedia about space and physics. By the end of the night I would have like 40 tabs open on my computer trying to learn everything about space.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This happened to me a few days ago. I went from looking at the map of the City of Miami, which then led me looking at The Bahamas, which then led me to looking at all the small islands that make up The Bahamas. Then I wondered why the largest island, Andros (technically 3 islands really close together), only had like ten percent of the total population, yet Nassau (their capital) was tiny in comparison but had like 80% of the population. This led me to reading all about the history of The Bahamas and poverty, which then led me to West Virginia.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All roads lead to West Virginia

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

To the place I belong!

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When the tabs start to pile up so much they lose their labels.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Me after being on Walking Dead wiki for 6 hours even though I don't even watch that show.

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I donated for the very first time last month. I couldn’t feel prouder of myself

[–] Slyme@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I have this Wikipedia game I like to play that I'll call "Conspiracy." Basically, load a random page and find your way to Richard Nixon as soon as possible. My strat is find a way near the United States and you'll find him lurking in a corner somewhere.

All roads lead to Nixon (mostly because every road can get you anywhere within a few pages)

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I go on Wikipedia to look up a region in central Europe and an hour later find myself reading about obscure events in the 30 years war.