> The problem isn't that we had nothing to do, but that we had to pretend to do something. We couldn't just stay home. We had to show up every day and waste 8 h

> The problem isn't that we had nothing to do, but that we had to pretend to do something. We couldn't just stay home. We had to show up every day and waste 8 hours at our desk before going home. Why slashdot, digg, reddit, hn, etc exists. The good old days of maniacally refreshing until a new link or comment popped up. A generation's saving grace.