You Know You Are Addicted to the Internet When...

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  1. You place your refrigerator beside your computer.
  2. Tech support calls YOU for help.
  3. You start to experience “withdrawal” after not being online for a while.
  4. Being called a newbie is a major insult to you.
  5. Your teacher or boss recommends a drug test for the blood shot eyes.
  6. You get up at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom and turn the computer on instead.
  7. You block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet.
  8. It takes you 15 minutes to scroll through your bookmarks from top to bottom.
  9. When you check your mail and it says “no new messages”, you check again just to make sure.
  10. You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
  11. You ask your doctor to implant 1 GB in your brain.
  12. Your wife says communication is important in a marriage so you buy another computer and install a home network so you can chat.
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Source: http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/30/cybernotes-you-know-youre-addicted-to-the-internet-when/
 
hehehe... it's good

i would add 13. every time someone has a doubt in a conversation you say "i'll check the wikipedia/imdb"
 
You place your refrigerator beside your computer.
would buying a laptop and taking it to fridge count? :rolleyes:
You start to experience “withdrawal” after not being online for a while.

Being called a newbie is a major insult to you.

You get up at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom and turn the computer on instead.

When you check your mail and it says “no new messages”, you check again just to make sure.
guilty
It takes you 15 minutes to scroll through your bookmarks from top to bottom.
Not quite guilty.. but getting close
Your wife says communication is important in a marriage so you buy another computer and install a home network so you can chat.
Umm... I have suggested that she should get on IM so we could talk more.. :)
 
Oh boy fitz... You have issues. =)
 
Don't forget

14. You spend valuable time posting a list made up by some random person on teh internets many moons ago.

I kid, I kid. :)
 
Wow, I love the internet but I guess I'm not considered addicted.

You place your refrigerator beside your computer.
Thought about it, but never actually did it.

Tech support calls YOU for help.
I have come close to that, I have had tech friends call me to fix a problem they are fixing for someone else.

You start to experience “withdrawal” after not being online for a while.
Nah, I welcome a break away from this ugly place. :p

Being called a newbie is a major insult to you.
haha, sometimes.

Your teacher or boss recommends a drug test for the blood shot eyes.
I have had someone mention that before

You get up at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom and turn the computer on instead.
Never done that

You block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet.
Nope

It takes you 15 minutes to scroll through your bookmarks from top to bottom.
It takes a little bit, but not that long.

When you check your mail and it says “no new messages”, you check again just to make sure.
I definitely do that one...

You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
I welcome it

You ask your doctor to implant 1 GB in your brain.
I have made a joke regarding that.. I have a horrible short term memory.

Your wife says communication is important in a marriage so you buy another computer and install a home network so you can chat.
Not married!
 
You get up at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom and turn the computer on instead.

Eh? Computer should already be on.
 
What if you don't go to bed till 2am?
 
heheh... that reminds me of another possible item

You usually come back from a party/disco/concert at almost dawn and check a few sites before going to sleep.
 
Hey I've got one: You are a addicted to the internet when you use chat speak in normal face-to-face conversations.
 
Being called a newbie is a major insult to you.

being called that during cs makes my blood boil :p

they then change their tone after a few rounds ;)
 
Hey Lord and MFG carried on in chat rooms, while living in the same flat...of course they were bachelors at the time.
 
being called that during cs makes my blood boil :p

they then change their tone after a few rounds ;)

Oh heck yes, I've seen that in action....hehehe...they should be calling themselves n00bs...:lick:
 

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