is the internet sucking out your soul? (539 hits)
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Submitted by corn flaxe <cornflaxe81.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2003-07-17 13:45:07 EDT
ok so this is message #1
I remember hearing a long time ago that the internet was bad for you. I myself enjoy using the internet in all its many splendored forms-I like e-mail, online research, games, shopping, and chatting. However I've noticed that on days when i spend a lot of time online I tend to feel a little down.
I was wondering if other people have experienced this, and here's a link to a site that discusses a study done on Internet Depression.
Anyway, check it out.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/NIN19980831S0001
http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/progress/research.html
this article says it reverses depression-
http://www.behavior.net/column/editor/hl010204.html
i just hope these links work, cause if they don't you will all make fun of me....
godamn computer illiteracy!!!
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Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-07-18 08:02:40 EDT (#)
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"i just hope these links work, cause if they don't you will all make fun of me.... "
No, we will make fun of you anyway.
Submitted by DavidAdventurer (user info) at 2003-07-18 05:02:06 EDT (#)
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i'net? is that how Bush pronounces Internet?
Submitted by yes at 2003-07-17 18:56:55 EDT (#)
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nope... i do feel antsy and am easly aggrevated if i don't get a couple hours online a day... or at least don't get to play playsation or nintendo... unless im camping, i can chill out in the woods for a week and not miss inet, tv, anything but food and sex.
Submitted by DavidAdventurer (user info) at 2003-07-17 15:15:31 EDT (#)
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Oh totally... It leaves me feeling drained... That's why I decided to stop, then I discovered Übersite. Damn that Bart.
Submitted by carmex9 (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:45:01 EDT (#)
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my mother died in a freak banana truck accident you pervy loser
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:35:26 EDT (#)
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Your mom sucked out something last night... but it wasn't my soul...
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:29:23 EDT (#)
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i'm on the internet all day at work, but trust me, i have too much face to face contact here as it is. i don't spend much time on the internet at home becuase beer, bars, videogames, chicks (the actual fleshy tactile kind), and friends (again, the fleshy kind) are more fun. not necessarily in that order of course
Submitted by carmex9 (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:20:03 EDT (#)
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but seriously-does anyone get a feeling of depression from prolonged internet use?
cause i'd definetly go nutzo at work if i didn't have it, but there's something to be said for actual face to face interaction...i think the internet makes you feel lonely cause it lets you see that there are all these people doing all this cool stuff, but then you don't really know them and aren't involved in the cool stuff at all.
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:13:59 EDT (#)
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i think if i didnt have the internet here at work, i would be dead, or clinically insane (more than i am already)
Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:12:26 EDT (#)
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I get tired from staring at CRT screens. I bet they'll be linked to brain cancer years from now.
Submitted by YoungMan335 (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:09:01 EDT (#)
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Internet depression? Why? How can you get depressed...ESPECIALLY WITH THIS KICK ASS CABLE MODEM I HAVE?! BOOYAH!!!
Submitted by Thanatos (user info) at 2003-07-17 14:00:28 EDT (#)
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The computer is telling me to kill people!
Submitted by hendrixjrr (user info) at 2003-07-17 13:56:32 EDT (#)
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You forgot porn!
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-07-17 13:55:26 EDT (#)
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nah, that's just me sucking out your soul.