Bored at work

How do you guys maintain sanity when things are slow at work, specifically when you're in the office? Besides reading WSO, scrolling instagram, and blowing up the group chat , does anyone have any advice for using this time in a somewhat productive manner, or at least (discretely) entertaining myself in a way that doesn't leave my brain rotting for the long stretches of time when things get slow? Almost always have the WSJ up, but that gets boring as well. Appreciate any and all advice and suggestions.

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Go to the restroom on another group's floor and fap off for 20 minutes. Just make sure you aren't doing it in your nearest bathroom because sooner or later you will forget to check that all the stalls are empty and you don't need your MD on a manhunt trying to find the daytime fapper. Much smoother if the Compliance MD believes he's got a daytime fapper on his hand and the witchhunt takes place several floors above/below you.  

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