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Ask HN: Which websites/blogs do you visit which makes you happy?

62 points by saaspirant ↗ HN
Sites that makes you feel joyous, triggers your imagination, etc.

I visit the following sites:

https://bbc.com/travel https://reddit.com/r/FoodPorn https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw

Amazon's ecommerce site

https://bjornfree.com/travel/

Thanks

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yesenadam
Scary Pockets https://www.youtube.com/c/ScaryPockets/videos

Funky covers of pop songs done by various LA singers and musicians, often incredibly good.

MonoNeon https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMonoNeon/videos

Crazy + amazing bass player plays over music and speech, also recently does his own songs w. videos, and live gig videos.

https://thepiratebay.org/search.php?q=user%3ASpud17

Non-english series torrents posted by TPB's Spud17, with english subtitles. e.g. recently watched Manayek (Israel), Vida Perfecta (Spain), Aruanas (Brazil), Thin Blue Line (Sweden) - all seriously great. (I always read the user reviews on IMDb first, to find out which are the ones to watch.) Before him, Snowhiter was doing a similar great job about 2012-19.

unbanned
>Amazon's ecommerce site

Amazon.com or something else?

saaspirant
Amazon.com I browse cool interesting products
jaclaz
I wonder how exactly you manage to do that.

What happens to me (the extremely rare times I go on Amazon) is that I search for something and get as result something very different that sometimes (not often) is a cool interesting product.

I find much more interesting Aliexpress for this kind of entertainment.

saaspirant
I search for a "joy" product such as lights, cool gadgets, plants and chemicals. Then I scroll through the "People also bought" section and the rabbithole begins
barbe
Good News Netework (changes daily) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/

OpenCulture (changes daily) https://www.openculture.com

The Browser (subscription, changes daily) https://thebrowser.com

Food52 (changes daily) https://food52.com

The New Yorker Cartoon Bank (look up any word, phrase) https://cartoonbank.com

1930s, 40s, 50s comedies free on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Nn95jd6kYV-3_2MHflf...

this piece of music (5th movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ijCZIc9W8

blockwriter
The Substacks of my friends that are fiction writers. Reading their work rather than random internet chatter is like listening to an album rather than listening to a podcast. It is a boon to contemplation.
notdonspaulding
https://www.servethehome.com/

News from the datacenter and networking world.

https://rumble.com/c/russellbrand

I disagree with almost every policy Russell Brand proposes, but he points out behavior that should be equally alarming to everyone across the political spectrum.

And more generally...

https://rumble.com/

Because none of the videos on there had to be approved by a Google-paid moderator. I'll gladly sift through the 90% crackpot conspiracy theories about why Trump is still the president to find the 10% of actual news or opinion pieces that exist outside the YouTube filter bubble.

And, without a doubt, the one website on the face of the planet that has consistently brought me the most joy is:

https://desiringgod.org/

Specifically the Ask Pastor John series where John Piper takes on literally any question about the Christian faith and seeks to answer it in the most biblically-consistent way.

brudgers
jvns.ca
sambhu
+1 for this and her youtube videos and talks
stevenhubertron
There are a couple great YouTube channels that I watch when I want something low stress/drama

Duzer TV (Most positive guy on earth)- https://www.youtube.com/duzertv

Adventure Archives - https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventureArchives

Matt's Off Road Recovery - https://www.youtube.com/c/MattsOffRoadRecovery

Venture 4wd - https://www.youtube.com/c/venture4wd

Cody Townsend Fifty Project - https://www.youtube.com/c/CodyTownsend

Dom Whiting DNB on a bike - https://www.youtube.com/c/DomWhiting

Sam Pilgrim Crazy bike guy - https://www.youtube.com/c/SamPilgrim

If these are new to you, check out videos from a few years ago and go from there. Tons of great content, no drama.