Internet habit? Dependency? Addiction? Pop psychology?

JMH;451591 [COLOR=seagreen said:
A tad of soul searching needed methinks.:p[/COLOR]
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Step #1. Admitted to ourselves that we are helplessly trapped inside the interwebz and have lost any control over our virtual lives...

:roflmao:
 

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Tews said:
JMH;451591 [COLOR=seagreen said:
A tad of soul searching needed methinks.:p[/COLOR]
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Step #1. Admitted to ourselves that we are helplessly trapped inside the interwebz and have lost any control over our virtual lives...

:roflmao:
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People, places and things, eh?


I know there's no need for me to take the test as if I didn't manipulate the truth my score would be up there with Jfar's. :roflmao:
 

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Hello, my name is Jacee and I'm an addict :o :p

Congratulations, your score is: 51
 

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My name is george and I am a hopeless addict. Score 72 and thought it would have been higher
 

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Tews said:
JMH;451591 [COLOR=seagreen said:
A tad of soul searching needed methinks.:p[/COLOR]
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Step #1. Admitted to ourselves that we are helplessly trapped inside the interwebz and have lost any control over our virtual lives...

:roflmao:
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Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. too late, I am hoplessly insane.
 

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Hello my name is " Doc " and my power oFF buttons are disconnected ! and my Bios is set to Auto reBoot to power ON after any power failure. I have been an addict for 26+ years :o

My score is 78 !
 

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My score 23 :sarc: ! In the test there should be a choice for never. I didn't know whether is was better to answer rarely or does not apply, some things I just never do. Now if the test was purely on computer usage (when not online), I would be in trouble :eek: !!!
 

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zigzag3143 said:
My name is george and I am a hopeless addict. Score 72 and thought it would have been higher
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Now my score should be about the same, but how on earth did i get 31 :huh:
 

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zigzag3143 said:
My name is george and I am a hopeless addict. Score 72 and thought it would have been higher
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Don't I know you from some place, George!
 

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I did take it but quite a few didn't apply to me as I live alone and I still got a 63. :roflmao:
 

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Lee K said:
Now if the test was purely on computer usage (when not online), I would be in trouble :eek: !!!
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Me too, as most of us I guess X)
 

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Congratulations, your score is: 62
 

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Stools
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lol, I got 27
 

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35.

Not a well constructed instrument IMO.

I do ALL my shopping practically on line. I have more on line friends than real friends. I'm off and on all day--hard to put a figure onit, as I'm at my desk at work a majority of the 9 hour day and the net's always "on". When I come home a good part of my evening is catching up fully with things I couldn't while working.

But do I think it's a problem....no. Because when I actually ahve something I want to do with a real person, or an exciting alternate activity, the Internet doesn't somehow beckon to me to forgo other such things.

I think the computer may be the downfall of us all eventually though..
why? Because we're becoming so dependent upon it, once cyber terrorists find a way to really f things up, we're going to be in serious trouble.

Financial and Emergency System Collapses, Power Outages Oh My DOOM I say
lol

But really when one thinks about it...well hmmm...we better just stay skilled in the old fashioned way of doing things.
 

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Congratulations, your score is: 30

20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.

I tried to be as honest as i could, but expected a higher/worse score.

Woohoo............room for more internet time.:geek:
 

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spinifex said:
Congratulations, your score is: 30

20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.

I tried to be as honest as i could, but expected a higher/worse score.

Woohoo............room for more internet time.:geek:
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The "handbrake" may not approve Jon. :p
 

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