"Have you even used the internet before?"

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So I was talking to this girl and apparently I have been near the internet without ever emerging myself in it. What are some must see webpages for daily life and entertainment? Specifically I was told that never having been on Craigslist was a sin worthy of death.

Building from Craig's List:

Cracked.com for humor
Ted Talks
youtube.com
amazon.com to order just about anything
hulu.com
pogo.com for games
Wikipedia
tvtropes.org
usajobs.gov to find a job with the government

Other notes in case you don't know:
Webcomics exist. Some of them are awesome. I love Dave Willis' "It's Walky," "Dumbing of Age," and "Shortpacked."
Fanfiction exists. Some of it is awesome.

reddit

The more you immerse yourself in the Internet, the more ugliness you will find.
Remember:
WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN.
Proceed with caution.

Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Google Maps, Salon.com and IMDB.com are some of my regularly visited bookmarks. And yes, Craigslist is indispensible if you are looking for an apartment, a job, or a free kitten.

Just look up memes. People are obsessed with them right now, so it's a huge thing. knowyourmeme.com is where I find everything that I don't know about. urban dictionary is another helpful resource, though pretty sick at times. I'd rather know the terminology being used than be ignorant about it, though.

some of those suggestions I have trouble with

craigslist = how to get ripped off buying or selling or killed while dating
hulu = TV with commercials that you have to pay for
reddit = read people who hate/ are ignorant

most of the others are good

Urban Dictionary
Etsy - great place to buy handmade stuff
Twitter - better than facebook

wimp dot com is quite uplifting - if being uplifted is yo thang

(Sorry, noobs can't post live links)

tvtropes.org is a nice wiki listing thousands of tropes appearing in thousands of media

tumblr.com if you want to see naked people but are afraid to open dedicated porn sites.

There is none such thing as a "must-see-webpage". What homepages might be of interest to you, simply depend on your personal interest, and then you will be anyway attracted on your own towards them. The reason why I read regularly at Star Wars homepages, is because of me being interested into that topic, so I searched for them on purpose. And because of links of other users and posters, after a certain time you will as well know of other good Star Wars homepages or pages with related topics (As the Wookiepedia or the existence of reddit, because of it having Star Wars subforums ...). If you have never ever heard of an certain homepage (as it is for me with about 2/3 of the here mentioned homepages), then it will hardly be of an interest to you anyway, so why waste time on them, only to please a self-centered childish person, that is unable to understand, that only because vanilla-pudding tastes good for her, that must not mean that everyone else needs to be interested in eating vanilla-pudding. ("Have you ever even eaten Vanilla-pudding?")

I think you misunderstood me. Normally you have already certain interests. For me it was Star Wars. So the first things you will do is going for Star Wars homepages. As mentioned, when being on Star Wars homepages and forums, then you will know about other potential interesting sites, simply by reading and discussing. The moment you read an Star Wars homepage, you will sooner or later meet an link, that will lead you to the Wookie-pedia. Because of many people using reddit as well you will sooner or later as well find a link for a Star Wars related topic of reddit. Going to reddit because of Star Wars, automatically introduces reddit to me... Reading about Star Wars LARP/CON will introduce you to links of Star-Wars homepages, offering you tailoring patterns or online shops specified on that topic...

Same is it with Pen and Paper roleplaying: If you do online discussions about pen and paper roleplaying, you will rather soon learn about pages with generic dices, webcomics about that topic, ...

I meant that, if there are certain homepages, that fit for your interest, then you will anyway read automatically of them sooner or later, simply by going anyway for your existing interest.

Tons of the homepages that were mentioned here, I have never heard of. So I guess, they wont be related to Star Wars or pen and paper roleplaying. So they hardly will be of any interest to me.

As example, its logical that I have never heard of that tumblr.com, simply because I dont bother for pictures of naked people. So anyway if I know now of it, why should I force myself to go there, if it offers nothing that interests me?