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    Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    08/22/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    I answered 'No' to all of those questions, in the context of how they relate to my internet access/usage.

    Several of those questions however I could answer 'Yes' to at various times for reasons other than surfing the web..
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    I can honestly say I scored a 1, to the sleep patterns, but that's not so much because I couldn't quit the nets as I stayed up too late many a night BSing with friends about politics and such.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    Admitting that you have a problem is the 1st step in recovery, which is why I wouldn't even take the test, because I don't even want to know. Not like I would make it to step 2 anyway.
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    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    I could stop any time. I just don't want to.
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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    Maybe spending $14,500 on a 45-day program isn't such a bad idea after all.

    Do you know how much bandwidth that would buy me?!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    And yet I, Ponies, only scored a 4. I don't know what you kids are doing, but y'all need to cut back.
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    Image of OblivionVII OblivionVII
    08/21/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: It's the people who actually *have* lives that are most interesting to talk to on the internet.
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    Image of Persistence Persistence
    08/21/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: No kidding. I'm in school for IT, I have an IT job, and I have 4 working computers in a household with 2 adults, and play WoW and still only scored a 6.
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    OOOO if we all went at the same time we could 'pretend' to comment about random stuff the staff does.

    Come on... it'll be a blast!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/21/09

    @Software_Goddess: For what it's worth, last week when I was without internet access, I walked by a Peet's Coffee with a particularly bad drawing (of a rabbit chugging an iced chai latte) on a sandwich board out front.

    It was all I could do NOT to post a note on the sign mocking it. That's when I learned that, when deprived of the internet, I will just post comments IN REAL LIFE!
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    08/21/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: in addition to my internet addiction I also have a 'Post-it' addiction. I have tablets in every color known to man and the little things flap in the breeze all over my house.

    I can suply the post-its... lets all head to re-hab!
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    08/21/09

    @Software_Goddess: They tried to make me go to rehab...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    Obviously it would never be in their best interests profit-wise to have a rather lax testing procedure in order convince as many people as possible that they are addicted.

    I'm no addict, I can quit any time I want!
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    Image of EBone EBone
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    I got a 5.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    08/21/09

    @EBone: hi 5!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/21/09

    In reply to Over 50 Percent Of You Need Serious Help For a Computer and Internet Addiction
    yes I need help.
    faster connection please, more local harddrive space....
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    Image of sgtteddybear sgtteddybear
    08/21/09

    In reply to Are You An Internet Addict? Take The ReStart Treatment Center Quiz
    Eh, if I need this program, I'll just download it.
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    Image of CaptCaveman CaptCaveman
    08/21/09

    In reply to Are You An Internet Addict? Take The ReStart Treatment Center Quiz
    ...I can quit anytime I want!
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    Image of citizen024 citizen024
    08/20/09

    In reply to Are You An Internet Addict? Take The ReStart Treatment Center Quiz
    • Increasing amounts of time spent on computer and internet activities

    - no, i always have spent almost all of my time online.

    • Failed attempts to control behavior

    - no, how can i fail if i dont attempt.

    • Heightened sense of euphoria while involved in computer and internet activities

    -no, that would be when i'm sleeping.

    • Craving more time on the computer and internet

    -no, i don't have more time.

    • Neglecting friends and family

    -no, since i quit social networking i see them more than ever before when they come by to bother me.

    • Feeling restless when not engaged in the activity

    -no, i love my sleep.

    • Being dishonest with others

    -no, why would i be that.

    • Computer use interfering with job/school performance

    -no, id be incapable of school without wikipedia.

    • Feeling guilty, ashamed, anxious, or depressed as a result of behavior

    - no, not usually.

    • Changes in sleep patterns

    -no, what sleep patterns?!

    • Physical changes such as weight gain or loss, backaches, headaches, carple tunnel syndrome

    -1/2 no, not as a result of computing but as a result of skipping workouts.

    • Withdrawing from other pleasurable activities

    -no, what other pleasurable activities??

    yay, I'm a healthy 0.5.
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    SQLGuru promoted this comment Edited by citizen024 at 08/20/09 7:50 PM citizen024 was starred citizen024 was unstarred
    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    08/20/09

    @citizen024: I'm surprised one of the questions wasn't "Do you take online quizzes/surveys?" Double points if they are on Facebook.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/20/09

    In reply to Are You An Internet Addict? Take The ReStart Treatment Center Quiz
    I don't have a PHD and could come up with a better list... Let's start with how many friends you have on facebook...
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/20/09

    In reply to Are You An Internet Addict? Take The ReStart Treatment Center Quiz
    Help!!! I'm an addict, and I can't post on Gizmodo anymore!!! My account is screwed up!!!
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