Computers are a strange drug. (606 hits)
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Submitted by John Doe <national_panel_beating.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-01-15 02:34:23 EST
It's sickening every time. You feel like you're smoking and you know it's bad for you, but you just can't stop. A million marketable skills and you squander them on ubersite, aim, downloads, or video games. It's computer addiction folks. We all know it exists because we are all addicts. In one form or another.
Many of you are such excellent writers. Better than many who try every day to make a living writing bad books. Though, to be honest, probably no better than the ones who actually do make a living. But you don't get paid to exercise your skills, you do it for fun and for a strangers benefit. Some of you have excellent hand-eye co-ordination or a gift for strategy, yet you spend all your free time playing video games, instead of practicing guitar, or coming up with new concepts in various fields.
You could invest in the stock market, it's feasible, my friend is a fellow freshman here at Ohio State, and he almost doubled his money in mere months on a company called Overstock. (Bad investment currently, he pulled out a little before some bad news was released, lucky bastard) You could invent something, and don't tell me we all haven't thought of something simple, like a pager on the remote for the TV, (already patented I checked). You could be out there doing your best to score and probably succeeding. I'm sure most of us could write decent books and make a decent living off royalties after a while if we took the time and effort. And found a good publisher. The possibilities are endless.
Never has something so good, done so much evil. Yet... we survive, and if indicators are correct, our society grows stronger. I have no idea how this happens. We sit here almost like ancient greeks, on our high chairs, philosophizing about various stupid things, discussing world events, and critisizing one another. How does this accomplish what is being accomplished? Perhaps we just sell what we discover in our discussions to the rest of the world and they support us... Except we give the rest of the world so much support that is ruled out. Ahh well.
Screw cigarettes- I get a better fix playing video games
Fuck Alcohol- I laugh harder reading your posts
Forget M.J.- I do more nothing faster on a computer. (maybe time dialation affected my judgement on that one, of this I have no idea)
Porn doesn't exactly replace sex, cause sex is a lot more fun than porn, but porn is always there and sex, well... isn't
So, you read a lot of nothing but that's why your on your computer anyway. So stop your bitching before you start.
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Submitted by drky (user info) at 2004-01-15 10:10:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm here because my lawyer told the court i'm an addict.
(takes drag on cigarette)
I'm not an addict though.
(sips coffee)
I'm not addicted ...
(takes drag on cigarette and finishes coffee)
... to my computer!
(takes drag on cigarette)
Can i get more coffee?
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-01-15 04:35:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
J'agree.
Submitted by KooIMang (user info) at 2004-01-15 04:20:22 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Cicciro (user info) at 2004-01-15 02:46:12 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
People make video games for a living, someone has to play them. This is a pointless rant and can be said about anything the world has to offer.
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-01-15 02:41:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Here's what I do on my computer:
-talk to people on MSN Messenger. Beats using the phone.
-post and read Ubersite
-play music and shit
-play games
Computers are here to stay, but I'm thankful that you have opened up acceptance that everyone is a computer addict, and it's natural to do so. It's really bad to criticize someone because they use a computer.