I lost 3 hours to these 20 useless websites (no regrets)
There's a website that does nothing except show you where your mouse is pointing. Another that's just an endless horse. A third where all you can do is bounce cats. And yet — millions of people visit them. Every. Single. Day.
The internet promised us infinite knowledge and instant productivity. Instead, we built Cat Bounce. And honestly? That might be a win.
This week, we're embracing the absurdity. Here are websites that serve zero purpose — and are somehow impossible to close.
The Deep Dive
🌎 Neal.fun — the gold standard of pointlessness
If useless websites had a patron saint, it would be Neal Agarwal. His site, Neal.fun, is a collection of beautifully designed interactive toys — from spending Jeff Bezos's money to watching the size of the universe scale to nothing.
It's the rare kind of time wasting that makes you feel smarter while going nowhere. That's an art form.“Show, don’t code: if a robot can learn your workflow from a video, your process is a product.”
Quick Hits
6 more rabbit holes, ranked by danger to your afternoon
Move your mouse. The internet will point at it with a photo of a real human. Deeply strange, weirdly meditative.
A button that sends you to a random pointless site. A portal to the void. Click responsibly.
Mash any key and look like you're hacking NASA. Every open-plan office needs this running on a spare screen.
It's a horse. It has very long legs. That's it. That's the website. (endlesshorse.com, scroll down — we dare you.)
$100 billion. No rules. You'll buy 100 yachts and still have money left over. Humbling and hilarious.
Tool of the Week
Think of any real or fictional person. Akinator asks questions and guesses who you're thinking of usually within 20. It's been running since 2007 and still stumps people less than 10% of the time. That's legitimately impressive machine learning disguised as a party trick.
MrWebsiter
The internet didn't have to be this weird. It just is. And the fact that Purple.com a website that is literally just a purple rectangle has existed since 1994 and still gets millions of visits tells you everything about what humans are really looking for online.
Sometimes you don't want information. You just want to watch a horse with infinite legs and feel something.
Until next time — go waste five minutes on something wonderful.
Fact of the Day
Cherophobia is the irrational fear of fun or happiness. Somewhere out there, a person with Cherophobia clicked on Zombo.com and had a full crisis. We hope they're okay.
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