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- Yuglooc, on 01/26/2008, -2/+62Was I the only one hoping for a little corny quiz just to prove that I am addicted?
- f3rg, on 01/26/2008, -5/+51I'd rather be addicted to technology than nicotine or alcohol. Why is it anytime someone likes something a whole lot, there has to be something wrong with them?
- DiggCommando, on 01/26/2008, -1/+38My name is DiggCommando and I am a Technoholic.
- fudsak, on 01/26/2008, -2/+31bangbang123's last five posts:
"you ***** americans definitely are... no wonder your economy licks balls and your country is falling apart"
"who the ***** cares you *****? your economy is going to the *****... "
"yup. arrogant *****. the whole world watches your economy collapse while we ***** your mothers in the *****..."
"go max your credit card on your toilet cleaner's salary *****..."
"good job you ***** retards. dumbass american bitches who spend more than they make...."
***** off and eat a dick. We don't need your trolling here. Oh, and it says you live in California. By the way you said "You Americans" makes it sound like you're not an American. If you don't like it here, please feel free to go back to wherever the hell you came from. - Yuglooc, on 01/26/2008, -1/+25(everyone) "Hi DiggCommando"
- JoeVet, on 01/26/2008, -0/+22Crackberries have nothing over Digg for adiction.
- Zanevalon, on 01/26/2008, -1/+18Since this is Digg i was expecting a List.
Sadly it was an article instead. - badwithcomputer, on 01/26/2008, -1/+11well then you should take comfort that the whole globe is about to hold hands across the internet to bury your absolutely retarded/poorly hammered out first comment. btw, new digg algorithm? let this submission hit front page with zero comments/37 diggs.
- everlast88, on 01/26/2008, -0/+10"This article will be hilarious in fifty years" it will be less than fifty, hell, i was at goodwill a few months ago and saw a book called "are you addicted to email?" that was written in '99, i almost pissed myself laughing
- vap0r, on 01/26/2008, -1/+11You're addicted to technohol?
- slamtv7, on 01/26/2008, -1/+9I'm not really sure why you are being dugg down, what you said was sensible.
- chaoswings, on 01/26/2008, -0/+7This is Digg. There are 3 ways to get dugg down:
1. People digg you down just because other people dugg you down (your comment does not even get read)
2. You say something bad about Ron Paul or mention religion.
3. This is digg you get dugg up for cracking jokes not being sensible - KSUdesigner, on 01/26/2008, -0/+5Unless you use said crackberry to check digg's feeds.
- JoeVet, on 01/26/2008, -0/+5Jealousy is such a etty emotion.
- NikoKun, on 01/26/2008, -2/+7Is it any wonder? People get addicted to what they like, thats just how it goes... Why are we trying to define new addictions... Are we going to start saying that having a hobbie is an addiction? sheesh...
Just because people cling to something, and wont let it go, doesn't mean their addicted to it... lol Just means they like it... And who's to say their wrong? - Yuglooc, on 01/26/2008, -1/+5I just googled "bangbang123" and found a live journal profile. 18 year old female from MICHIGAN. lol...
- KSUdesigner, on 01/26/2008, -1/+5I wish some people would cling to a dictionary instead.
*hobby
*they're
*they're - islingt0ner, on 01/26/2008, -5/+8Lets just say, I would have Wikipedia's babies and go gay for Google.
Dont judge me ;__; - blast_flame, on 01/26/2008, -2/+5Of course I'm addicted to technology and I have no desire to change that fact. It is technology that keeps us from falling into the death and destruction that is nature and the wilderness. Bring on the implants say!
- offspring06, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3"The Internet goes down and you lose your mind"
That sounds like me. - antdude, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3Funny, I know a psychatrist who is addicted to technology too. ;) Ironic!
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2So people are using technology to better their lives and its labeled as an addiction. Back in the 1950s were people addicted to their landline phones because they didn't want to go back to writing letters and sending telegrams?
- n0c0ntr0l, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2I think I'm a technoholic. The internet going down does drive me insane.
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2In summary:
"O'Neill admitted that there is not enough research to establish whether excessive technology use qualifies as addiction"
""People use the term 'addiction' pretty indiscriminately, without considering the formal criteria that need to be met," said Robert A. Zucker, director of the Addiction Research Center at the University of Michigan.
He said patients must display certain behaviors including craving, compulsive use, neglecting other responsibilities, withdrawal when the addictive object is not available, and other habits to be considered addicts."
"it's become a substitute for those **necessary** face to face conversations."
Seems Mr. O'Neil's problem is that he thinks he knows how humans should live. And just plain doesn't like people who spend what HE calls too much time using technology.
Are people addicted to technology? Nobody take the time to go look for wood and then making a fire and then spending 6 hours making dinner anymore. The stove has become a substitute for **necessary** looking for wood and burning it to make food. - atomicrobot, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2I'm addicted to sex and plasmas. (The two are mutually exclusive, tho.)
- reqage, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Digg this comment down. I got some type of posting error and I didn't figure it posted the first time...
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2My addictions: My PC. The Internet. Pot. God help me!
- subscriber, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2It kind of does insinuate that it's bad. Consider the difference: 1) "He is addicted to golf." 2) "He is a golf enthusiast."
Of course, I hope no-one ever calls me a golf enthusiast. I hope they just say I'm someone who likes to play golf. - inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Exactly, face to face conversations suck, and are pretty much unnecessary. I have to go to meetings every week and sit there for two hours listening to some *****, and nobody even pays attention. They'd be better off just sending out a memo.
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I'm in ur powerlines, messin wit ur voltages lulz!
- hollismb, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I hate with a passion people who talk on their cell phones at the gym. I'm not really sure how that relates (probably because the artivle made me think of it), or if you should call those people addicted to technology, but it annoys the crap outta me.
- marybaboo, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1First clue, you start your own tech blog: http://www.bauer-power.net
- tyywebb, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1Yah srsly they really should have just converted neutron stars into computronium AMIRITE?
- billybob217, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I've been free of technol for 4 months, and 2... OH wait... Crap... I got on Digg...
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1So when are we going to declare a national War on Technology and start throwing everyone who has an electronic device in jail?
- sexualpredator, on 01/26/2008, -1/+2the American consumer is ***** pathetic, it might not be addiction but is still some sad need to be important, cool, better than the next person, etc. When I worked for a cellphone kiosk for a while, you would have NO idea how many people just walk up to you, pull out their phone and ask "this a good phone?" And then proceed to argue how their version 1 razor's are as good as a day-old smartphone. It's as if people use their products to confirm their value/status as a person. The American Consumer is straight ***** retarded, they have no idea what they really want or need and are so susceptible to marketing it makes me want to cry.
- webcrumb, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1their on they're hobbie hoarse?
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Haha corporate types that want to sound cool by giving the illusion that they are "oh so burdened" by their phones always say crackberry.
- SeraphX, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Reading hobbie was pretty funny, though, you must admit.
- QuickeningYak, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1This decision tree should begin with:
Test #1: Are you a finger-blithering idiot? - tcdk, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Quit the lens addiction and you will be able to afford the rest of them... (Pentax K10D+lots of lenses owner)
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1You said it Fudsak.... this guy needs someone to love him..
- jiveturkeyblues, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1i don't know.. i spend all my time on the internet, when i used to read books and make art and other healthier things.
- reqage, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I read an article a while back about how learning to some people has the similar effect of how opium stimulates the brain. Take the old phrase "You learn something new every day." With the internet, I learn about 100 new things every day at least. My constant quest for knowledge leads me to constantly check my RSS feeds and read/post on sites. My gaming habit doesn't help either...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uos ... - inactive, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I also wanted the corny quiz... can anyone here make one to quench our corny needs?
- ArchAngel21x, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Yes, I am addicted. I like to buy the latest version of technologies while I couldn't care less how old my clothes are so there :p
- blast_flame, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1The problem with the borg wasn't their implants, it was their hive mind combined with the fact that joining them was not voluntary.
- b8man99, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1Is there anything that isn't addictive? Currently hooked on booze, coffee, pot, internet, SLR lenses, sugar, curry, paracetamol, valium, sleeping pills, money, sex, women, DIGG, porn and bloody red meat. My habits, my needs, my life.
- brotherfranciz, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1Wait... what? Wouldn't the Internet be more addictive than TV because you have full control over what you watch?
- troye, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1How about people who use internet on their mobiles like I do on my Samsung BlackJack.
BTW, Samsung just released the Windows Mobile 6 update for the BlackJack - http://digg.com/software/Blackjack_SGH_i607_Gets_O ... -
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