U.S. Citizens Facing a New Addiction

I know that I spend entirely too much time online. There is a pretty good chance that I have a pretty hardcore internet addiction. I get online, log into my messenger to see if my husband is on, and immediately pop up 2 websites: BBC online and SG.

I flip through threads I've already posted on, check out any new ones, and peek through the day's headlines. Sometimes, I do this for hours. I do it at work, at home, sometimes even at friend's houses.

I've found out that I am not alone.

The problem has become so great that clinics are being opened to deal with internet addiction. But everyone is not so sure if it is actually a new addiction, or a manisfestation of other mental problems.

From a study of 2,513 people:

So, who is up for a support group? I'll email you the time & place.


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I attented a bachelor party two weeks ago and spent roughly two hours of it updating my fantasy football rosters. I also checked SG for a bit. Yeah...

yup, that sounds about right.

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I feel an intervention coming on in my life. I'm gonna get jumped at any moment!

But if you watch more than 30 hours of TV a week that's OK, right?

Jesus...the BBC is starting to sound like my wife.

Can't I hide online from being told that I hide online, anymore???

addicted to browsing the internet? foolish human beings, i am the internet! bwahahaha.

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So, I'm on you all the time?

it's good to be the internet.

Shut up and provide more porn.

That would explain why there's so many God-damned viruses.

And also why the whole thing reeks of spam.

you can add at least one canadian into those stats

I can quit anytime I want.

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I just have to move to Outer Mongolia is all.

It's only bad if you spend the entire 30 hours masturbating.

yeah, you're telling me. my hand is like a shriveled monkey's paw. my dreams of being a hand model? dashed.

Haha, I have to move you from coke to crack my friend, on a PC you can just hit 'F5'

I also have the "Go Back' and 'Go Forward' buttons toggled to the buttons on either side of my mouse. Other people use the mouse and it drives them crazy
I need to find a replacement mouse, because this one is wireless and it has too much latency in FPS games, but I can't find one that has a button on either side like my old school "micro innovations" mouse does and is wired

Seriously. TV isolates people, at least on the internet you can pretend to have a life

I think the solution isn't less time spent on the internet, its more bringing the internet to everywhere else.

Anywhere people can bring a folded up newspaper you should be able to have full and complete access to the net, at the exact same level of interactivity and computing power as you currently have at home.
Problem Solved!

this is what i have. it's a great mouse, but because it's ambidextrous, the side buttons take a little getting used to.

Omg thats perfect. Thats the problem I have, is I only use ambidextrous mouses, and the regular crazy "ergonomic" shaped right hand ones are impossible for me to use. Thanks!

In my experience, if it is "ergonomic" its just plain retardedly uncomfortable.

Yeah, thats what I was talking about other people freaking out when they tried to use my current mouse. They try to lift it up and push all the buttons. But I don't have that problem.

It's in the mail.

you will not be disappointed my friend. i remember making the switch from a basic optical mouse to the razer and immediately i noticed the difference. it's definitely helped out my game.

Yup... gives me a serious gaming boner. Combined with my Belkin Nostromo N52 gaming device and I'm a fraggin' mofo!