Internet addictions and maladies

sonicl · 12.20.2006, 06:58 AM

The Internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern addictions and maladies, the British weekly New Scientist says in its Christmas issue published this Saturday.

They include:

- EGO-SURFING: When you frequently check your name and reputation on the Internet.

- BLOG STREAKING: "Revealing secrets or personal information online which for everybody's sake would be best kept private."

- CRACKBERRY: "The curse of the modern executive: not being able to stop checking your BlackBerry, even at your grandmother's funeral." (A BlackBerry is a popular handheld device that can be used for phoning, emailing and web-browsing).

- GOOGLE-STALKING: Defined as "snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates."

- CYBERCHONDRIA: "A headache and a particular rash at the same time? Extensive online research tells you it must be cancer."

- PHOTOLURKING: Flicking through a photo album of someone you've never met.

- WIKIPEDIHOLISM: Excess devotion to contributing to the online collaborative encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. (Wikipedia even has a page where you can test whether you're an addict: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...pediholic-Test).

- CHEESEPODDING: Downloading of a song "so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter." Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s.

Anyone prepared to own up to any of these? Or other internet-based addictions?

fishmonkey · 12.20.2006, 07:16 AM

i'm guilty of em all i'm afraid.

jon boy · 12.20.2006, 07:18 AM

sure i am guilty of some of those.

i have taken the first step and it feels good.

king_buzzo · 12.20.2006, 07:21 AM

all of those?

ALIEN ANAL · 12.20.2006, 07:41 AM

ill tell u what im guilty of....needing to do a poo, bbs

king_buzzo · 12.20.2006, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALIEN ANAL

ill tell u what im guilty of....needing to do a poo, bbs

haha!

12.20.2006, 06:58 AM	#1
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	The Internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern addictions and maladies, the British weekly New Scientist says in its Christmas issue published this Saturday. They include: - EGO-SURFING: When you frequently check your name and reputation on the Internet. - BLOG STREAKING: "Revealing secrets or personal information online which for everybody's sake would be best kept private." - CRACKBERRY: "The curse of the modern executive: not being able to stop checking your BlackBerry, even at your grandmother's funeral." (A BlackBerry is a popular handheld device that can be used for phoning, emailing and web-browsing). - GOOGLE-STALKING: Defined as "snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates." - CYBERCHONDRIA: "A headache and a particular rash at the same time? Extensive online research tells you it must be cancer." - PHOTOLURKING: Flicking through a photo album of someone you've never met. - WIKIPEDIHOLISM: Excess devotion to contributing to the online collaborative encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. (Wikipedia even has a page where you can test whether you're an addict: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...pediholic-Test). - CHEESEPODDING: Downloading of a song "so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter." Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s. Anyone prepared to own up to any of these? Or other internet-based addictions?
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12.20.2006, 07:16 AM	#2
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	i'm guilty of em all i'm afraid. __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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12.20.2006, 07:18 AM	#3
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	sure i am guilty of some of those. i have taken the first step and it feels good. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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12.20.2006, 07:21 AM	#4
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	all of those?
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12.20.2006, 07:41 AM	#5
ALIEN ANAL invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5,461	ill tell u what im guilty of....needing to do a poo, bbs __________________ www.instagram.com/alienanal
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