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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?






   Fri Oct 12, 2007    Reply         

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. :P







   Sat Oct 13, 2007    Reply         

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.

   Sat Oct 13, 2007    Reply         


QUOTE (nummell)

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....Are you addicted to the internet?......
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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

   Sat Oct 13, 2007    Reply         

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...

   Sat Oct 13, 2007    Reply         

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....

   Sat Oct 13, 2007    Reply         


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 =)...

   Fri Oct 19, 2007    Reply         

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.

   Sat Oct 20, 2007    Reply         

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.

   Mon Oct 22, 2007    Reply         

I could say that. I also check my few mails 10-20 times /day and I'm administrating 4-5 hours/day my Counter-Strike 1.6 dedicated server (well, when I have enough time :P Now the teachers in BG are in protest, but when they return to job, I will study all that time).

I use Skype, like my friends, but not addicted to it as them. They put it online 24/7 B)

   Tue Oct 23, 2007    Reply         

The internet is crazy!!!! You can do almost anything you want on it. From your personal life to learning new things about the world. I use it everyday. If I don't have the internet i would die cause basically my hobby and job is creating websites. Long live the internet!!!!!! :rolleyes:

   Wed Nov 7, 2007    Reply         

QUOTE (nummell)

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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i absolutevely am.. not as much i was before.. but yea.. it just seems liek i can find everything online! GAMES, movies.. tv, friends, musoc.. music is a big thing. its my passion.. my baby my passtime.. my amazing friend.. dont you agree> and graphic design.. OMG i cant make the smallest thing without having to goand change it a gazzilion tuime suntil it looks absolutevey amazing! AJJ! haha.. yea im weird and obssesed but who cares.. at least im not gettting kiny with someguy outside school.. or stealing cars,.,. or stripping in a bar.. or doing dfrugs u know!

   Sat Dec 8, 2007    Reply         

i would say i am very much addicted. im addicted to myspace. tagged chatrooms are the best thats where i met this amzing guy that i now kno personaly and some chick from cali who is the besttest ever. shes the best supporter who supports artists and runs fansites for them not for money but because they love to do what they do. i also love diaryproject and finding photography and icons and quotes and poetry. mostly myspace like i said at first lol sadly i guess i'd rather give up a liver to keep myspace and the interent still a part of me hahaha but then i wouldnt live to sign on again and that wouldnt be cool lol

   Sat Dec 8, 2007    Reply         

yes i am indeed addicted to internet beacause of the good knowledge which i gain and also due sites like trap17.com and orkut.com
There is also lot more to learn on the net
its like u can't leave it ........but i have to leave during my examz

   Fri Dec 14, 2007    Reply         

:P i am so addictid i caculated my uptuime to be 86.7%, i haredly sleep, cant really spell but least im having a good time :D

   Sat Dec 15, 2007    Reply         

20 facts that we all are addicted to the internet:
1.When you turn off your PC u have a feel of emptyness
2.Your dog and your 3 year old doughter have their own web site
3.When you want to meet some girl,you dont ask her for her number,you ask here for email adress.
4.It happens that you say after evry word .com
5.When you turn of your TV,you wait to show "Shut down" message
6.You cant talk with your parents and grandparents,becose they dont have a PC,or an internet .
7.You have a tatoo on your body where you can see "This body is best seen with Mozilla Firefox"
8.When youR inbox will show that there is no new messages you feel depress and lonely
9.You dont know the sex of your 3 best friends
10.Your familly always knows where you are
11.In normal situationS you dont laugh anymore, you just say LOL! or rofl or roflmao
12.ThE girls you hang out are only in JPEG format
13.Your best friend is a guy you've never seen beFoRe
14.You deside to go to college in a year-two just to use the free internet
15.Your Favourites list scrols in 10 minutes
16.You are convinced that the surfing on the internet is better than sex
17.You laugh at the people that have modem 56K
18.You start to use smileys at official letters
19.When you wake up at 5AM,you go to the loo and stop to check your email on the way back to your bed.
20.Your glasses have Mozilla Firefox in them
Sorry for my English,i think you can understand:)

   Sat Dec 22, 2007    Reply         

I sure am, not in the way that I would die if I couldn't come online over a month, but if I have to possibility of coming online, I will do so, there are some great online communities (like this one, as far as I can tell :) )

   Mon Dec 24, 2007    Reply         

I would call it addiction.

Yes I am addicted to the internet. I only found it recently, to some use, but basically, it's got me hooked up almost immediately.

I mostly go on forums. I don't play games, or anything like that. Forums and Communities are what I'm after. Oh, and also website building..

I don't think I can live without the internet. Just because it kills time so effectively.

I wouldn't beat up my parents, no. But fantasizing it, is that addiction? And going on about it ect.

You don't want to be over-addicted, as it can ruin your life in a sense, that if you're a schoolkid, your grades might slip.

I don't think I've gotten to that stage yet. I try and go on the computer every day, for 3 hours and above. But my grades, I don't think, have slipped.

I'm not a social person, so joining forums such as these, kind of helps in a way.

Most of my friends were found via the internet.

The internet isn't bad, but it can be bad. It's your choice whether to make it that way.

   Thu Dec 27, 2007    Reply         

I'm totally addicted to the internet. Especially Trap17 and Youtube.

   Thu Dec 27, 2007    Reply         

Yes, I am a addicted to the internet.
It all started when I was 10 years old, and realiced that we had a program on our computer that I had never tried before! This "program" was called Internet Explorer and I did not find it fun... untill my brother made a msn adress for me. He explained that I needed this IE-thing if I wanted to chat with my friends. I hated IE, because sometimes it did not work. :) When my brother came to help me, it suddenly worked again.

Soon I used msn so much, that my mom bought broadband. I visited the homepage of one of my friends, and I thought it was amazing. She helped me make my first page, and yes it was piczo. It looked horrible! Every day I learned something new about this, so I found a new host. (Without that "drag&drop")

...I am not going to tell you the rest of that story, but now I am addicted to it. I chat with my friends, do my homework online, visit my friends sites and much more. I do not know how I will survive without internet. :(

   Tue Jan 1, 2008    Reply         

i'm addicted to the internet. as soon as i get home i get on check my email, go to some sites and stay on for about 5 to 8 hours. and i have a palmpilot that i carry around with me to get on the internet with. so yeah i'm addicted to the internet.

   Tue Jan 1, 2008    Reply         

My name is SM and I am Semi addicted to the internet (stage 1 denial), I only use it to communicate with people (stage 2 still in denial), I used it for school (stage 3 blaming others) to communicate with teachers and classmates. I also read news and articles of interest, and build my knowledge of computers and programming as well.

So yeah I am not addicted to the internet I just use it a lot to get that high for knowledge :).

   Tue Jan 1, 2008    Reply         

*Shrugs*
I consider myself addicted to the internet.
I spend far too much time on it for myself not to consider myself addicted to it.
Hell, I definitely spend more time on the internet than I do off it, even including things like sleep and such.

   Tue Jan 1, 2008    Reply         

I voted yes and no, mainly because I am not addicted but I really couldnt live without the internet. I am always looking for updates or reading a couple of music forums and checking webpages like myspace and the like. I also chat a lot, I keep the messenger on for a major part of the day, I feel like I cant live without it, it sort of makes me feel lonely when I dont have it. I dont know, I guess you could call me an internet addict after all, but it definitely comes after music addiction.

   Wed Jan 2, 2008    Reply         

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