Re: what do you use the internet for besides poker and porn?
Reading any and all news
Reading any and all history
Reading wikipedia
Reading other resources that make me smarter and better able to have a conversation with anyone about anything.
People I know ask me how I seem to be able to hold an intelligent conversation about any topic that comes up, from the Russian presidential elections to why Larry Brown is a terrible coach for the Knicks to how and why Antony's (of Antony and Cleopatra (who was actually Ptolemaic, not Egyptian)) original children were removed from nobility and then reinstated. It's because I have a ton of downtime at work (and also I usually surf while I watch tv instead of watching tv exclusively or playing poker exclusively) and seek out as much as possible on the internet to make me smarter.
Just go to wikipedia and start following links. When you get stuck hit random until you get something interesting and then follow more interesting sounding links from each page. You will learn an insane amount.
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