Ten signs the internet has become more important to you than you care to admit
- You sit in front of your PC even when you have nothing important to do ON it, just because the chair is now your ass’s permanent docking cradle.
- In your plans to buy a new home, the first item on your checklist is “check on available broadband services”. The most high-tech and connected communities are at the top of your list, even it costs $300 per square foot.
- The second item on your checklist is, how long it takes to get your PC plugged in and online.
- When you’re chatting and your IM client goes “so and so is typing a message” and then stops, and then it appears again, and then a message like “hehehe” appears, and you’re like, “hmm, I wonder what was it he wanted to say originally?”
- You check your blog at least 20 times a day for new comments. If there are no new comments, you check the stats to see who visited. The need to know you’re being heard (or, rather, read) and what people think of your opinions, including your latest trip to the bathroom, becomes an obsession.
- You read your RSS feeds, post comments and then check back on THOSE comments to see if anyone DARES to disagree with you and if so, join in a flame war. People who blog, and troll blogs, can no longer claim to be bored. We are too busy being heard.
- You have Outlook or your preferred email client in the background, and hit F5 or whatever key you use to receive emails, even when it’s on auto-receive. Email anxiety is on your list of neuroses.
- If you own a mobile device that lets you go online, you will be doing items 5, 6 and 7 in the car, in the can and pretty much everywhere.
- You wonder if there is a company out there that lets you do all these things for money.
- If not, you wonder if there’s a company out there that lets you do all these things for free (like those free WiFi hotspots!).
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mott
LOL! You are so righttt about everything!!! I baru dapat new PC and I purposely phoned for support to get online ASAP! And when we moved houses, first order of the day was to get online, not get the house cleaned up!!!!!!!
Plus, once the blog server was down. Even tho’ it was a free service, I was amazed at how many bloggers “demanded” via forum, for the admin/technical staff to get it up! There are MANY MANY addicts out there!!!!
Oct 13, 2006 @ 5:31 pm
mumsgather
No more cure. You’re badly inflicted by the internet and blog virus. In addition to above, I also suffer from GASS. GASS is…. following excerpt taken from Google Adsense blog.
“…..we on the AdSense team have seen a phenomenon develop that’s probably best described as G.A.S.S. – Google AdSense Stats Syndrome. The primary sign of affliction is the compulsive need to check AdSense stats every 15 minutes or so to see how much you’ve earned since your prior login. Sufferers face strong withdrawal when separated from a PC with Internet access and have been known to experience mild abdominal discomfort and general irritability.
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Oct 13, 2006 @ 5:37 pm
a&a'smom
DH’s complaint to me ” cant u just for a day not touch the pc!”. I’m on the pc 3-4 x a day!
Oct 14, 2006 @ 6:31 am
TC
yeah man, if I no computer/internet connection here, I die of lonlinesslah. Hurrah for broadband connection!!!! Now I need to add on gadgets – printer, webcam, etc…. hehehe. I am a total internet addict. I proudly admit it.
Oct 14, 2006 @ 6:51 am
Erna
I laughed at the mobile device thingo – thanks to WAP, I can check my email umpteen times even when on the train.
And this is a bit late, but congrats on the house!
Dreams do come true, it seems and may you keep finding joy in being a stay-at-home mom.
Oct 14, 2006 @ 10:21 pm
jean`
o.O I totally agree with the first one!
Oct 15, 2006 @ 4:33 pm
Lia
if I didnt have internet or access to my Pc, my life like missing something big! (sorry husband and kids LOL)… I think hubby is also the same though… finish man…
Oct 15, 2006 @ 5:03 pm
sweetisu
Many moons ago I purchased something that I didn’t need AT ALL (I still do thouse types of purchases now.. oops) only because a little mouse on it said:
“I can’t pry myself away from this most excellent butt-warming device.” (i.e. a CRT monitor)
A.D.D.I.C.T. all they way. And ditto, I met Jus because of the computer too.
Oct 15, 2006 @ 7:58 pm