Fun things to do on my laptop? I've forgotten how to use big internet.

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Turtlefrog89@reddit

So sad I recovered all my old accounts (why did I make 4 as a kid?) and all my stuff was gone!! Don't know if it resets after a certain time!!!

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pixie-goblin@reddit

I was just about to comment this lol. Still playing 24 years later I just have no desire to stop 😂

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crispydietcokex@reddit (OP)

I have actually setup a new account. 10/10 for nostalgia.

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Carry the laptop around the house under your arm as if you're actually attending the meetings. Let it get really hot if you can when you've got a big away match against a Turkish team to replicate the conditions. Start doing Gary Neville analysis to explain emails to others.

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Gloomy-Sink-7019@reddit

I don't even like football and accidentally put in over 600 hours on my first play through as I learnt how to play the game.

I think I'm finally ready to start a proper save

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AngryGardenGnomes@reddit

When I played it as a kid, I used to create a second manager for another club and either sell their players to my own team for ridiculously cheap, or buy my shit players for a huge price.

If there was a tough match, I'd appoint the second manager to that club so I could win the match.

Not sure if you can still do that now. I haven't played those games for a very long time.

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Gloomy-Sink-7019@reddit

The first you probably still can, haven't tried.

The second I don't think you can do that anymore, I've gone to do that once against Wolves because they pissed me off because I could never beat them.

Now you just have to save before a match if you really want to win it and reload until you do

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AngryGardenGnomes@reddit

Lol bloody Wolves. That's wild. Who were you playing with?

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Gloomy-Sink-7019@reddit

Arsenal.

I was 3 or 4 seasons in and my front line was something like Osimhen, Saka, Bellingham and Musiala.

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red_black_red0@reddit

And remember to put on a suit and tie if you every reach a cup final.

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goran2308@reddit

Learn coding, networking, Linux, take some courses, and invest in yourself. It is tax-free, and you only need to pay attention! Games are fun, but bring nothing more than that. Play games, but manage your time wisely.

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CuteMaterial@reddit

Big internet 😂

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double-happiness@reddit

I'm a web dev, and I like crazy websites such as http://x20xx.com/shtmp/, and also hilariously bad ones like https://www.arngren.net/

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DeinOnkelFred@reddit

I'm a web dev

Then you are lost; you should be over on /r/unixporn

(Or off reddit entirely... perfecting your Neovim config 👍️)

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bananamugcake@reddit

I've spent an ungodly amount of time on the sims

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GotAnyNirnroot@reddit

Gotta grind for that agility cape before you do anything...

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SenorButtmunch@reddit

Surprised no one’s said Old School RuneScape. Always OSRS. The same answer to this question since 2005

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porkchopbun@reddit

Cat videos.

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ouzo84@reddit

Xkcd webcomic

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zombiejojo@reddit

The other day I introduced a colleague to xkcd, Thing Explainer, and up goer 5 in particular. We're software engineers and I needed to explain why I often say "we are having a bad problem and will not go to space today" or "fire comes out of here"

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ouzo84@reddit

Using the most common ten hundred words of course

If you like "not going to space today" you might allay want to check it Scott manly on YouTube. Scottish rocket enthusiast who lives in California.

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zombiejojo@reddit

Thanks I'll take a look!

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epicmindwarp@reddit

I create spreadsheets to manage my life... For fun.

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crispydietcokex@reddit (OP)

What kind, out of interest?

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DizzyCuntNC@reddit

I still prefer Roller Coaster Tycoon on the laptop (version 2).

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Boul_D_Rer@reddit

If it’s a MacBook download OpenEmu and gain access to tones of retro consoles to play locally.

I’m playing Pokémon Platinum at the moment and I’ve completely lost track of time. Thankfully, it’s too hot for me to do anything outside atm.

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crispydietcokex@reddit (OP)

It is a MacBook. Excellent recommendation, thank you!

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BackgroundFederal144@reddit

Stay away from the internet while you still can. Run, run you fool!!

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Vivian_I-Hate-You@reddit

....WELCOME TO THE INTERNET

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_Nefarium@reddit

Have a look around

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ouzo84@reddit

Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found

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WilkoCEO@reddit

Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found

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auntie_climax@reddit

I can lose hours here and it's so much better viewed on the laptop than a phone

Complete map of life, it's crazy to see what's related to what or you can go right back to the beginning of life and chose where to go from there

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CedrikNobs@reddit

I'm not engaging with this as I'm on a mobile and I have stuff to do

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JohnCasey3306@reddit

Damn you, I just lost about an hour

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Djinjja-Ninja@reddit

Oh you bastard! Amazing.

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No_Pea-1@reddit

Have you tried the NCBI lifemap too?

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auntie_climax@reddit

Noooo?!

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bdonldn@reddit

Watch The Kiffness on YouTube for a bit.

Type really long replies to Reddit posts with no spaces in them!

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superclassysalmon@reddit

Minesweeper!!! Also google sheets keeping track of everything in my life (meals, spending, holidays etc).

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REALQWERTY11309@reddit

An excessive amount of software you'll never or only once use.

Basically all my laptop is for, hoarding even though my pc has more room.

Never know when I'll need a touchscreen soundboard with 12,000 fairground jingles.

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ddmf@reddit

I make music and play wow on mine, oh and occasionally hook up my DJ controller.

But mostly it all just gathers dust.

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Mel-but@reddit

Download some games duh. I’m a huge fan of mini metro and mini motorways for casual games. Depending how nice this new laptop is I bet it could run some older console games, think stuff made for the Xbox one. I’ve managed to get slime rancher (an Xbox one era game) running on a 2012 MacBook pro 13” on the integrated graphics, it looked pretty awful, lowest graphics settings possible but it was just about playable around 20-30 fps

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REALQWERTY11309@reddit

I have a massive nostalgia thing for indie games on low settings on a laptop. The just feel different.

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Original_Bad_3416@reddit

The Sims

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UniquePotato@reddit

r/openttd

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ServerLost@reddit

Some Nigerian princes really need your help, get to it sailor!

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WanderWomble@reddit

I've been playing Kingdom of Loathing again for the first time in ages. 😆

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snittersnee@reddit

Im genuinely surprised they're still going after all this time. I know they made a proper game in the last few years too

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WanderWomble@reddit

I forgot about it for ages then binge play. Will have to check out the game!

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snittersnee@reddit

In fact it seems they did two, West of Loathing and Shadows over Loathing, so plenty of homework

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WanderWomble@reddit

Thank you!

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spLint3r990@reddit

https://oldgamesdownload.com/

Some awesome old games that will run on anything.

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Lopsided_Soup_3533@reddit

I shout at professional rugby players who can't hear me and with the rugby knowledge i have which is significantly less than theirs

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SilkySmoothRalph@reddit

Get Steam or Gamepass installed and get to some quality games!

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Sensitive-Question42@reddit

Using Excel to make a spreadsheet of my budget.

Doing my uni work.

Actually neither of these are fun, but that what I use my laptop for, so I have no idea.

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Atompunk78@reddit

Videogames

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

Minecraft is fun. Especially once you get into modding.

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Jen_redjen@reddit

I like to have a walk round holiday destinations on Googlemaps. Sometimes it's places I've been to and already fallen in love with, and other times it can be places I'm interested in visiting at some point. I can get lost in this for hours. Especially when I'm meant to be working!

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Novel-Structure-2359@reddit

Pop a few good emulators on there - sega mega drive and snes are banging.

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Icysadness-24@reddit

Recording studio.

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atomic_mermaid@reddit

I don't know why but big internet made me laugh.

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stevebucky_1234@reddit

Read classics on archive.org. Play games on what was flash player.

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Judging_Jester@reddit

Download Battle.net. Buy Diablo 1. Play.

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good_as_golden@reddit

Sims!

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shaneo632@reddit

Blows my mind that so many people just use their phones/apps for everything now. Easy to forget as a staunch desktop user.

Basically just enjoy everything being easier to navigate and less restricted

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Please keep it clean).

Ah. Well, in that case, I've got nothing.

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jawide626@reddit

Games!

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Kickkickkarl@reddit

Get free goodies from them websites which like to give away free things to people.

Alternatively close the laptop lid and go outside and play like before we had the internet and stay out until the street lights come on.

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abracadabrabeef@reddit

Civilisation vi

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LastofAcademe@reddit

Po-...

(Please keep it clean)

Oh... Games, and stuff?

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