Do you have an internet addiction?
02-08-07, 02:35 PM
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Do you have an internet addiction?
Do you have an internet addiction?
I definitely do and it's dangerous, EBAY!!! I can't stop searching, biding, and buying tons of CRAP. Why do I need 12 new rings? I hardly wear rings, but I got them for 3 dollars. LOL. I need help.
I definitely do and it's dangerous, EBAY!!! I can't stop searching, biding, and buying tons of CRAP. Why do I need 12 new rings? I hardly wear rings, but I got them for 3 dollars. LOL. I need help.
02-08-07, 02:59 PM
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I also had a serious Ebay addiction about 6 years ago. I was spending more on Ebay than I was making. I still shop on Ebay but nothing like I use to..My advice for anyone on Ebay...If you are going to buy alot sell also, it makes things a little easier...
02-08-07, 03:06 PM
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I've logged over 3000 posts on this forum in a little over a year. What do YOU think? 
Actually, however, there are times when my internet use seriously impacted my life. The first few years online I frequented chat rooms, I would spend entire weekends -- I mean, taking time out only for sleep from Friday 5 PM to Monday 7 AM -- online. My ISP loved me.
Since I don't have a computer at home anymore, I'm online at work all day, but I actually work too, though sometimes that's hard.
Actually, however, there are times when my internet use seriously impacted my life. The first few years online I frequented chat rooms, I would spend entire weekends -- I mean, taking time out only for sleep from Friday 5 PM to Monday 7 AM -- online. My ISP loved me.
Since I don't have a computer at home anymore, I'm online at work all day, but I actually work too, though sometimes that's hard.
02-08-07, 04:08 PM
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I will go days of being on the intenet as much as possible. Then I will go days of not even going near the computer. So I think if I average it out, I don't spend too much time online.
02-08-07, 04:23 PM
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A world of yes. I can't go a day without getting online. I always have to check something: email, bank accounts, bills, Fantasy TV scores, MySpace, here, etc.
02-08-07, 04:23 PM
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I think addiction is too strong a word. I don't have to carry around a cell phone, but that's how everyone contacts me now. It's the same with the internet. I don't have to be on the internet all the time, but everything I need for work school and entertainment is right there.
The internet has become the ultimate one-stop shop for everything. It's not an addiction, IMHO, it's just an upgrade in technology that has made our lives a lot easier.
The internet has become the ultimate one-stop shop for everything. It's not an addiction, IMHO, it's just an upgrade in technology that has made our lives a lot easier.
02-08-07, 04:59 PM
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I used to be addicted to the internet, but now I go on it just out of boredom (which happens a lot sadly..) Over two years ago I used to go online all the time. Seriously, if I was up for 12 hours, I would be online for 11 of them. After I met my ex, I didn't get online as much. Now that me and my ex are broken up, I tend to get online more then I want to. Combine that with the fact that it's like 0 degrees outside, means that I don't have much to do besides watch TV, and surf the net every now and then.
02-08-07, 06:28 PM
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That's almost like asking someone if they are addicted to driving. Or wearing clothes. We* need to wear clothes, drive our cars, and get on the Internet. None are really addictions. In this day and age, they are all basic necessities.
<small>* Most of us anyway. I suppose there are many who are nudists, or live in the city and don't ever drive.</small>
<small>* Most of us anyway. I suppose there are many who are nudists, or live in the city and don't ever drive.</small>
02-08-07, 06:43 PM
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its more of a compulsive behavior. i could go without the internet, if i HAD to, but...
since its allways on connection, and its right there, you might as well check your favorite sites. . .
like, 14 times a day.
since its allways on connection, and its right there, you might as well check your favorite sites. . .
like, 14 times a day.
02-08-07, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by namja
That's almost like asking someone if they are addicted to driving. Or wearing clothes. We* need to wear clothes, drive our cars, and get on the Internet. None are really addictions. In this day and age, they are all basic necessities.
02-08-07, 08:11 PM
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No. The internet really is not a basic necessity in any way, shape, or form, unless you depend on at is means to make a living. Getting news, entertainment, etc. from the internet is in no way necessity.
Unless you're a n00b to the Internet (are on it because of your fascination), I don't think being on the Internet "all the time" is considered an addiction. As lordwow mentioned above, "The internet has become the ultimate one-stop shop for everything." Before, you'd read a book, watch shows and get the news/weather from TV, go to the movies, go shopping at the mall ... now you can do all that on the Internet. You're still doing the same things; you're merely changing the way you do them.
02-09-07, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by namja
Depends on how you define basic necessity. Let's say you take public transportation to work and to the grocery store. Yet you drive everyday so you can go buy a newspaper, to go watch a movie, etc. Then, by your definition, you're addicted to driving?
Unless you're a n00b to the Internet (are on it because of your fascination), I don't think being on the Internet "all the time" is considered an addiction. As lordwow mentioned above, "The internet has become the ultimate one-stop shop for everything." Before, you'd read a book, watch shows and get the news/weather from TV, go to the movies, go shopping at the mall ... now you can do all that on the Internet. You're still doing the same things; you're merely changing the way you do them.
Unless you're a n00b to the Internet (are on it because of your fascination), I don't think being on the Internet "all the time" is considered an addiction. As lordwow mentioned above, "The internet has become the ultimate one-stop shop for everything." Before, you'd read a book, watch shows and get the news/weather from TV, go to the movies, go shopping at the mall ... now you can do all that on the Internet. You're still doing the same things; you're merely changing the way you do them.
I just thought it was a little silly to lump the internet with a car or clothing like you did.
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02-15-07, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by skiblet
its more of a compulsive behavior. i could go without the internet, if i HAD to, but...
since its allways on connection, and its right there, you might as well check your favorite sites. . .
like, 14 times a day.
since its allways on connection, and its right there, you might as well check your favorite sites. . .
like, 14 times a day.
Wait, I thought you'd be unemployed without the internet...
02-15-07, 07:32 PM
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Not according to the technical definition....but I am on the 'net A LOT during the day. I do research, check e-mail, post on a couple forums, etc. It is how I stay connected with a lot of friends....so yeah, not addicted, just dedicated.
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