Friday Fun: You Know You’re Addicted To The Internet When…
I’m ashamed to say I’m guilty of 2,3,4 and 9. I’m almost guilty of 1 as we have a small fridge next to our desks at work we recently plugged in! Thanks to CyberNetNews for making me face up to my addiction.
- You place your refrigerator beside your computer.
- Tech support calls YOU for help.
- You start to experience “withdrawal†after not being online for a while.
- Being called a newbie is a major insult to you.
- Your teacher or boss recommends a drug test for the blood shot eyes.
- You get up at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom and turn the computer on instead.
- You block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet.
- It takes you 15 minutes to scroll through your bookmarks from top to bottom.
- When you check your mail and it says “no new messagesâ€, you check again just to make sure.
- You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
- You ask your doctor to implant 1 GB in your brain.
- Your wife says communication is important in a marriage so you buy another computer and install a home network so you can chat.
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Comment by Brown Baron on 6 April 2007:
Heh nice list. Mine would be 3, 4, 9, 10, and 12.
Comment by Everton on 6 April 2007:
12 is worrying. Are you sure it’s even your wife you’re talking to online?
Comment by Enblogopedia on 6 April 2007:
still have one to go (#12)
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Mine:2, 3(for sure!), 4, 10(somehow correct), 11(I prefer 2GB 1200Hz
Comment by Michael M @ freshome on 7 April 2007:
Funny, and true, but not all of these.
Comment by Brown Baron on 7 April 2007:
@Everton: Heh yeah I’m sure. She usually asks me for a glass of water every 15 minutes - through the computer.
Comment by Mathew Browne on 21 October 2007:
It’s deeply disturbing how many of these I can honestly answer yes to. #9 especially.