A few years ago I went on Reddit to see what it was all about. Let’s just say I saw what it’s all about and I made a quick one-way exit.
You should try Hacker News. It's Reddit done right, more or less.
FR is where I go when I'm bored about politics. HN is a good place to go when you're bored, period. Out of the thirty stories at any one time, at least one is likely to be interesting.