@fluffy This is the most effective solution I've found:
[swiley@stfrancis ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
# Static table lookup for hostnames.
# See hosts(5) for details.
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
192.168.1.22 localhost stfrancis stfrancis.swiley.net vpn.swiley.net
127.0.0.1 4channel.org
127.0.0.1 boards.4channel.org
127.0.0.1 4chan.org
127.0.0.1 boards.4chan.org
127.0.0.1 twitter.com
127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 old.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 m.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 i.reddit.com