 Internet, Are you addicted to the internet? |
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 Oct 12 2007, 11:40 PM
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Member [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Portugal Member No.: 51,339  |
Looking at the last posts on this thread I see that they are almost all about cigarretes/smoking. I´m a smoker and I´m addicted to it, I´m not even thinking about quitting...
But beeing in a online forum there´s one question that comes to my mind... Are you addicted to the internet? I´ve been reading news about kids that beat up theyr parents because they´re forbbiden to use the internet... Talk about addiction... I really like being online and when I was a kid internet was something that we never heard of... I have two daughters and I´m wondering if they will become addicted to the internet... I hope not... And you... Are you addicted to the internet? |
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Oct 13 2007, 01:24 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 537 Joined: 26-January 06 From: New Durham, NH Member No.: 17,651 myCENT:64.68 |
I definitely am, unfortunately.
When I get bored, I don't play video games or read or go outside. I go online and go to MySpace, Facebook, and Trap17 to talk to my friends, and talk to my friends on AIM, MSN, and Yahoo... and sometimes IRC. I find myself doing this after work, after school, and in between for hours on end, refreshing my social networks to see if I got any new posts or new messages or anything else I could interact with. Now that I said all this... it's rather pathetic. 
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Oct 13 2007, 05:43 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 519 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 38,519 myCENT:ZERO |
I voted yes and no. Yes because if I'm on the computer it's completely boring if I can't get online and talk to my friends, but no because I can actually survive without internet if I'm off doing something else. I think the whole interactive aspect of the internet is what makes it so attractive.
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Oct 13 2007, 10:06 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 297 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Melbourne Australia Member No.: 9,909 |
QUOTE(nummell @ Oct 13 2007, 09:40 AM)  ... ....Are you addicted to the internet?...... You can not say that somebody is addicted to the internet but u can say he/she addicted to play game and/or gambling and/o non-objective long chat OR watching adults pictures. That because internet has many function and services and you can go from one to another searching, browsing, studying, reading articles, watching news, emailing,.... As long you gain knowledge then you are not addicted. But it is called addiction if you repeat the same things without adding new information and loose time while you need these time to study or rest. That the case in games, bambling, watching unnecessary videos The same is chat without purposes and for long times. Exactly as we say about phoning by hours. Phone or chat can be concluded in minutes |
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Oct 13 2007, 10:38 AM
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NERVE: Interception Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 596 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Holy Terra Member No.: 41,610 myCENT:90.82 |
i am, but i can control myslef so i won't go over the edge.
But i can't live (speaking metaphorically) live without it... |
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Oct 13 2007, 02:26 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 328 Joined: 1-October 07 From: India Member No.: 50,968 |
Yes... I am addited to internet bigtime....
This is my routine daily.. 1. Checking my mail (gmail) atleast 20-30 times a day.... or online most of the time... 2. Online in gchat for almost the whole day... 3. Addicted to yahoo answers.... 4. Trap17 forums... 5. Stumbleupon (this is just awesome.... have been addcted to this and not able to come out) 6. Reading blogs through google reader ...also individual blogs.... 7. Random articles in wikipedia... (nice stuff...) Also some more time of pointless browsing.... some time.... |
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Oct 19 2007, 06:38 PM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 19-October 07 Member No.: 51,793 |
I wouldn't say i'm addicted... I could seperate from being online for some time... But it's a lot better not to be seperated =)...
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Oct 20 2007, 12:13 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 536 Joined: 19-May 06 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 23,963 |
Of course I am, I go online about 6 hours a day and if I'm not online I'm thinking about going online. Especially when I break to go to the toilet or eat or something. I want to come back. In fairness it's only so I can talk to my friends but it's still on the internet.
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Oct 22 2007, 06:28 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 22-October 07 Member No.: 51,899 |
I would not necessarily consider myself addicted to the internet based on the simple fact that I spend more time doing things offline than doing things while relying on the internet itself. During my free time, I will spend about two hours on my computer in which an hour and a half could be spent doing something on the internet while I may spend the other half hour spending some time on something offline. Most of my activities are within the usage of the internet considering that I spend some time with a few friend in IRC, but I do spend other time on the computer frequenting a few other sites while at the same time, I like to write on paper with a pen.
I would have to say I agree with what 'gooper' said in his post, I could spend my time offline. However, I enjoy my computer much more when I am connected to the internet because there is a lot more to do. |