Does anyone else get sucked into Wikipedia's web of stories?

[NFS4]

After seeing the Civil War thread here in OT, I decided to head over to Wikipedia and start reading a bit. I got about a few paragraphs into the story and found myself clicking on Abraham Lincoln and reading about him, then clicked through to read about Mt. Rushmore, then clicked to Teddy Roosevelt and read about him, then back to Lincoln, then to a link on the greatest presidents, which led me to read some on Ronald Reagan, then it was off to read about the Secret Service, then back in time to President McKinley's assassination.

By the time I got back to the original topic I was looking at, the Civil War, I was totally uninterested

 

[Beev]

I've done that a few times. I usually open the new link in a new tab and finish the current story, then move on.

 

[makken]

oh, i get those all the time.
last one started with tropical fruits

 

[memories2002]

Yep. Been there done that..

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: NFS4
After seeing the Civil War thread here in OT, I decided to head over to Wikipedia and start reading a bit. I got about a few paragraphs into the story and found myself clicking on Abraham Lincoln and reading about him, then clicked through to read about Mt. Rushmore, then clicked to Teddy Roosevelt and read about him, then back to Lincoln, then to a link on the greatest presidents, which led me to read some on Ronald Reagan, then it was off to read about the Secret Service, then back in time to President McKinley's assassination.

By the time I got back to the original topic I was looking at, the Civil War, I was totally uninterested

LOL yes that has happened to me numerous times, though I usually am still interested in the original topic and after closing the links that started from the original page, I usually end up finish reading about the initial topic.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

lol that happens to me every time. i have like 10-15 tab open from wikipedia...those stupid links inside each article is what gets me. "oih i wanna read that...and that.."

Wastes so much time lol.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I know what you mean - The Problem with Wikipedia

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
I know what you mean - The Problem with Wikipedia

hahaha, so true. I've done that a few times.

 

[Oxaqata]

20+ Tabs :thumbsup:

 

[Colt45]

I blame wikipedia on my abundance of mostly useless information and sleep deprivation.

 

[skace]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Wikipedia is more affective than most pre-college classes at capturing someones interest in random topics. One day I spent like 3 hours reading about the different american generations.

 

[CKent]

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

 

[Tremulant]

Happens to me atleast once a week.

 

[sao123]

Wikipedia is full of elitist morons, I refuse to read or trust anything posted there.

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: sao123
Wikipedia is full of elitist morons, I refuse to read or trust anything posted there.

sounds like you.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
I know what you mean - The Problem with Wikipedia

LOL :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[clamum]

Yeeahhhhh... that happens to me about 90% of the time. I end up spending like an hour or hour and a half on there getting lost reading stuff.

 

[Feldenak]

Wikipedia is like an online Discovery channel...it's like crack.

 

[SirStev0]

All the g-damn time

 

[Geocentricity]

Mame chiski!

 

[ElFenix]

wikiwander

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: sao123
Wikipedia is full of elitist morons, I refuse to read or trust anything posted there.

Actually, I've found Wiki to be filled with misinformation AND accurate iformation from all sides of just about any ideological and political persuasion. Thankfully, most often they do not delete the competing ideas, they just add their own. It usually happens on the most divisive topics. Reagan is a perfect example. So many conflicting ideas that his page has been broken up into many pages.

 

[Abe Froman]

I have no idea how I get sucked into some of the crazy sh!t I find my self reading. Yesterday I was clicking through random popculture items and somehow I ended up reading a page on Genderfvck. That's a real page...

 

[Sphexi]

I just keep hitting Random Topic ...I love all of the pages that keep popping up about small towns you've never heard of.

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: NFS4
After seeing the Civil War thread here in OT, I decided to head over to Wikipedia and start reading a bit. I got about a few paragraphs into the story and found myself clicking on Abraham Lincoln and reading about him, then clicked through to read about Mt. Rushmore, then clicked to Teddy Roosevelt and read about him, then back to Lincoln, then to a link on the greatest presidents, which led me to read some on Ronald Reagan, then it was off to read about the Secret Service, then back in time to President McKinley's assassination.

By the time I got back to the original topic I was looking at, the Civil War, I was totally uninterested

Last year I had posted a game that you take two topics that are somehow related, and you find the link in them. You have to post how you came to the link. If you got it, then you post a new one.

I should post it again.