Are you an addict?

[Norman Stansfield]

OK, local news here just had a story about Chinese kids who are being put into boot camps and subjected to low-level shock therapy in some cases because they're 'addicted to the internet.'

Doctors (whomever they are) define internet addiction as anyone who spends four or more hours a day online.

If that's the benchmark, how many of us here would be considered addicts?

I raise my hand to start, although I'll be damned if I'm gonna get shock therapy to help kick the habit :D

 

[imjustagirl2]

If the limit is four hours before noon, then I'm screwed.

Four hours all day? I'm like three-times screwed.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

No. I can quit any time I want to.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm ****ed.

 

[zeke12]

I'm ****ed.

Or not, as the case may be.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm ****ed.

Or not, as the case may be.

Touche, Mr. Twin.

 

[BYH]

I'm just doing it to keep up with everyone else.

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm just doing it to keep up with everyone else.

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

What do you do for the other seven hours? Sleep?

 

[zeke12]

I'm just doing it to keep up with everyone else.

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

What do you do for the other seven hours? Sleep?

Five hours and fifty two seconds, actually.

You forgot getting laid and 90210.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm just doing it to keep up with everyone else.

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

What do you do for the other seven hours? Sleep?

Five hours and fifty two seconds, actually.

You forgot getting laid and 90210.

Of course. What was I thinking?

 

[Chi City 81]

I'm just doing it to keep up with everyone else.

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

What do you do for the other seven hours? Sleep?

Six hours, 59 minutes and 52 seconds, yes.

 

[BYH]

Bless you Zeke.

If you ever need a laywer, look up Matt Durning. He's in the book.

 

[zeke12]

I'd love to, but I'm on my way to my skating lesson with Gena Kincaid.

How many freaking figure skaters did they have on that show, anyway?

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Neither here nor there, but if ever there was a thread built for post-padding, this would be the one ...

 

[zeke12]

Neither here nor there, but if ever there was a thread built for post-padding, this would be the one ...

How so?

 

[pallister]

If I'm not on the Internet 17 hours a day, someone else will be.

Remember, if you're not posting online, someone somewhere else is, and when you meet, they will win.

 

[mike311gd]

We're all winners.

 

[Tom Petty]

We're all winners.

nope. only honorable mention.

 

[Blitz]

All I do is check my e-mail.

And come to this site