We've talked about browsers, we've talked about search engines, now I wanted to bring up: What browser extensions do you use, and which do you think you could recommend to others?
Here are some I consider indispensable:

uBlock Origin: A well know ad blocker that also blocks a lot of other stuff too.
LibRedirect: An extension that automatically redirects sites to alternative front ends, like youtube to individuous and wikia to BreezeWiki.
I don't care about cookies: Gets rid of cookie warnings.
Tab session manager: Allows you to save an entire session (i.e your tabs) with one click and then restore it later.
Simple translate: Allows you to translate bits of text or an entire web page.

I'm currently looking for a spell checker extension too, but haven't found any so far. Any suggestions?

I'm pretty sure everyone here has already seen the social media topic. A common theme I saw there, and that I can very much relate to, is that people saw a need to be distracted, and almost instinctively went on a social media site. To me, for a couple months, I even started using tumblr and youtube again just because I couldn't focus and needed to stop doing what I was doing.

The alternative I found was music. Whenever my thoughts feel cluttered and I feel like I need to take a break from what I'm doing, I just listen to whatever. It has the benefit where you can choose whether to actually pay attention to it, or to just let it be in the background. So it gives you a chance to organize your thoughts and regain your focus.

I feel like a good alternative has to be something where you, yourself, don't put in any effort. But it shouldn't be like social media where it occupies your head just enough so that you can't think of anything else. It should allow you to recompose yourself.

Anyone else have things that they used to scratch the "itch" of social media?

Gaming is generally considered one of the most expensive hobbies out there. Not only do you have to pay for powerful hardware, but games themselves cost a pretty penny.
But I'd argue that the best games out there are incredibly cheap. Instead of playing a copy and paste open world AAA game for $60 that needs a NASA pc to run, you can play some of the most creative and interesting games out there on a potato for little to no cost.

1- Emulation / Old games / Abandonware

This one is pretty obvious and already known to most, but it would be a crime to make a thread about cheap games and not include it.
There is a vast library of old games out there. Enough classics for an entire lifetime, most of which hold up surprisingly well today! Instead of playing the newest title on a franchise, you can play the one that made that franchise famous in the first place.
For abandonware, you can check out myabandonware.com.
For emulation, all you need is to google the best emulator for the console you want. Always make sure you're downloading from the emulator's official site. Roms out there are generally pretty safe to download from google (just search [game][console] ROM). But know that roms will NEVER come in exe format. They will always be a file that can be opened with an emulator (usually a rom/iso that is packed in a zip file).
For old games in general, check out gog.com.

2- Itch.io
Indie games! Some of the most creative games to be released the last few years are on itch. While the front page of the popular section looks like a blob of similar looking horror and romance games, I'd recommend sorting by either "New and popular" or "Top Rated".
A lot of the free games are either demos or made for game jams, meaning they're pretty short. But still very enjoyable. The paid games are usually pretty cheap and of very high quality. This is the best game marketplace out there today in my opinion.
They also sometimes make charity bundles, which not only support good causes but include a lot of good games.
My only advice for this one is to get out there and discover!
Edit: I recently went on gog.com again, and remembered that it was also a good place for indie games. Especially if you're looking for the medium range stuff that isn't AAA but still made by a professional studio.

3- Steam
There is a whole world of niche/indie games on steam that almost no-one sees. The interactive steam recommender is great in this regard. Crank the slider to niche, adjust the games on the left to reflect what you're looking for, and you'll find games you never even heard of that cost very little but match your tastes perfectly. Do this during a sale and you'll find games that cost less than a dollar. Keep experimenting with the settings!

5- Visual Novels
Even a computer that came with windows xp can run a book. You can usually discover newer VN's through itch, and older ones on vndb.org. Though with the latter I'd recommend searching with the "No sexual content" filter on (Not that there aren't VN's with sexual content that are worth playing, but without this filter you will usually find stuff that was mostly meant to be a dating sim/porn).
If you want recommendations, my votes are here. These go from LGBT stories, to puzzle games, to 1200000 word long mystery novels. If you've never played VN's before, If Found, 9 persons 9 hours 9 doors, Ace Attoreny and Christmas Tina might be good starters depending on your preference. I'd highly recommend any game I gave an eight or more.

6- Misc sites
To be honest, I only have one site to put here, but I'm hoping the people in the replies will add to the list!

  -Vgperson
  All the games on this site are free and easy to run. Some are made by vgperson, while most were just translated by them. A lot of them are classic, must play rpgmaker games.

What is the piece of media that changed you the most?

For me it's Ace Attorney. While there are a couple, more serious, books that changed my worldview, I can't think of anything else that changed me as much as that series.
I mentioned before in my introduction that my main interests are narrative games and murder mysteries, and Ace Attorney is the game that introduced me to both. I even remember thinking that the premise was stupid when I was 10, and downloading it as a joke.
This game pretty much set a chain reaction that made me into who I am today, as silly as that may sound. Both in my tastes and what I want to create.

Did anyone else have a similar experience?

Hey, I'm Version. I've been lurking around this forum for a while, and I finally decided to make an account.

On interests, I like games (In particular narrative ones and VN's), reading, coding, and murder mystery novels/games. I'm also trying to write some mystery stories of my own but I can never get a project past the planning stage, though I'm trying!
On languages, I speak English, French and Portuguese.

I don't have a personal site yet, but I started and dropped work on one about two months ago. I feel like getting back to it soon, I made a lot of cool assets for it I don't want to go to waste!

I really like the idea of forums, and as someone who started using the internet just after they started dying I never got around to using them. So I'm looking forward to my time here!