NEW YORK (AP) – For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us — and the majority of young adults — go online for no good reason at all.

The report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that on any given day, 53% of 18 to 29 year-olds go online just to have fun or pass time.

That should explain all those kitten videos.

The report finds that the amount of time people spend tooling around on the Web doing nothing corresponds with age. Only 12% of people over 65 say they went online the previous day for no particular reason. Of those aged 50 to 64, the study found 27% answered yes to the same question.

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