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Hello...
My name is AKA2D'91 and I am an online addict... LOL I go back to work on Aug. 17th, I think I need to implement a program so that I will not go into withdrawl during that time. [This message has been edited by AKA2D '91 (edited July 18, 2000).] |
Welcome AKA2D '91,
to our new forum on greekchat call GIA (Greeks on the Internet Anonymous) ask your self these questions: What is the first thing you usually do after you get out of bed in the morning? 1.Go to the bathroom 2.Let in/out the dog/cat 3.Check my E-mail 4.Something else What is the last thing you usually do before you go to bed? 1.Go to the bathroom 2.Let in/out the dog/cat 3.Check my E-mail 4.Something else Here are other signs to relaize you are addicted to the internet: You know you are addicted to the Internet when... You actually wore a blue ribbon to protest the Communications Decency Act. You kiss your boyfriend's/girlfriend's home page. Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. Your eyeglasses have a web site burned in on them. You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to search. You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines. You finally do take that vacation, but only after buying a cellular modem and a laptop. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap...and your child in the overhead compartment. All your daydreaming is preoccupied with getting a faster connection to the net: 28.8...ISDN...cable modem...T1...T3. And even your night dreams are in HTML. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one. You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading. You start introducing yourself as "Jim at I-I-Net dot net dot." Your heart races faster and beats irregularly each time you see a new WWW site address in print or on TV, even though you've never had heart problems before. You step out of your room and realize that your parents have moved and you don't have a clue when it happened. You turn on your intercom when leaving the room so you can hear if new e-mail arrives. Your wife drapes a blond wig over your monitor to remind you of what she looks like. All of your friends have an @ in their names. When looking at a pageful of someone else's links, you notice all of them are already highlighted in purple. Your dog has its own home page. You've already visited all the links at Yahoo and you're halfway through Lycos. You can't call your mother...she doesn't have a modem. You realize there is not a sound in the house and you have no idea where your children are. You believe nothing looks sexier than a man in boxer shorts illuminated only by a 17" inch svga monitor. You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again. You refer to your age as 3.x. You have comandeered your teenager's phone line for the net and even his friends know not to call on his line anymore. Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box. Even though you died last week, you've managed to retain OPS on your favorite IRC channel. You code your homework in HTML and give your instructor the URL. You don't know what sex over three of your closest friends are, because they have neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask. You name your children Eudora, Mozilla and Dotcom. You laugh at people with 2400 baud modems. Your husband tells you he's had the beard for 2 months. You miss more than five meals a week downloading the latest games from Apogee. You start looking for hot HTML addresses in public restrooms. You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape. You tell the cab driver you live at http://123.elm.street/house/bluetrim.html You actually try that 123.elm.street address. Your virtual girlfriend finds a new net sweetheart with a larger bandwidth. You tell the kids they can't use the computer because "Daddy's got work to do" and you don't even have a job. Your friends no longer send you e-mail...they just log on to your IRC channel. You buy a Captain Kirk chair with a built-in keyboard and mouse. Your wife makes a new rule: "The computer cannot come to bed." You are so familiar with the WWW that you find the search engines useless. You get a tatoo that says "This body best viewed with Netscape 1.1 or higher." You never have to deal with busy signals when calling your ISP...because you never log off. The last girl you picked up was only a jpeg. You put a pillow case over your laptop so your lover doesn't see it while you are pretending to catch your breath. You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in front of your computer with a toilet. You forget what year it is. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. You ask your doctor to implant a gig in your brain. You leave the modem speaker on after connecting because you think it sounds like the ocean wind...the perfect soundtrack for "surfing the net". You begin to wonder how on earth your service provider is allowed to call 200 hours per month "unlimited." You turn on your computer and turn off your wife. Your wife says communication is important in a marriage...so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat. As your car crashes through the guardrail on a mountain road, your first instinct is to search for the "back" button. The remote to the T.V. is missing...and you don't even care. The last time you looked at the clock it was 11:30pm, and in what seems like only a few seconds later, your sister runs past you to catch her 7am school bus. You create a homepage with the impression to cure the afflicted...but your hidden agenda is to receive more e-mail. Your hard drive crashes. You haven't logged on in two hours. You start to twitch. You pick up the phone and manually dial your ISPs access number. You try to humm to communicate with it. You succeed. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif ------------------ "the ORIGINAL soror from the dirtiest part of the south" (cheese grits, hogmahs and fatback) MaMaBuddha Delta Alpha/Epsilon Tau Spring 94 the 24th Diva of Perfection Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Gamma Gamma Fall '98 Order of Eastern Star Prince Hall Affilated Prince Hall #27 |
*laughs* I am an internet junkie too. It doesn't interfere with work or other aspects of my life, but there are so many fun things to do on the net!
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Hi, my name is Sexy Mocha and I'm also an internet addict. I am guilty of being one of those obsessed people that could have just put up a post and then check every two minutes to see if anyone has responded. I am in and out of the different forums at the speed of light checking for replies to my various posts. I go to sleep wondering if anyone is still chatting...Yall know the computers in the banks that allow you to bank online? Well, after I have made my money transaction I stand there wondering if I could somehow log on to the chat rooms or check my e-mail. Just last night, I went to the store to buy my son a juice...when I came back he already had a drink. I said (as serious as hell) " Boy, who gave you that Yahoo?!?" Needless to say, he was drinking a YOO-Hoo and not a search engine. Right now...as soon as I submit this post I'm going right back to the "Ghetto" topic to see if anyone has responded to the post I JUST typed 5 minutes ago. Lawd help me!
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Oh My Goodness!
Here I am again. MaMABuddha, Soror, you are too much. I was LMAO (now that I know what that means, and you know what I mean). Sexy Mocha: That was too funny. We need help. We really do... |
LOOK AT THE TIME!! LOOK AT THE TIME SPAN BETWEEN THE POSTS!! Ladies, we really need professional help here!
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Oh, my God!!! I've been in denial. I too am one of the one's who will check my email 3 or 4 times for messages thinking that the computer somehow made a mistake. I am also one to check my email and posts on the message board on the way back from the bathroom at 3 am! And don't let the ISP flash that message "You've been idle. Would you like to stay on line?"--I get a total attitude! I'm like "What do you mean? Yeah, I want to stay on line! Stop bothering me!!"
This is pretty sad! Now I'm worried http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif [This message has been edited by Wynna (edited July 18, 2000).] |
Yes...we do need serious assistance.
Because, don't let me check a topic (okay, check and re-check and re-check again in like 5 minutes) and find that my post is still the last one to be posted. I'm HOT!!! Also, my computer is one in which new posts won't appear unless I "get out" of that particular chatroom/website ("ghetto" perhaps). So it's not like I can stay connected and check a post and see the new ones. It took me a while to figure that out. I'd leave and just reduce the window on my screen and ACTUALLY WORK for a minute or two and when I'd come back, all the posts would be in the same order with the same number of responses...I'd be damn near suicidal...just joking...I am not THAT bad, but you get the picture. |
yes i am addicted http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif me and another soror have put ourselves in rehab by staying off for weeks at a time, now i find myself less intrigued by the whole internet thing, it does get old, but i do enjoy the conversations that go on in here, so i keep coming back http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
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Oh, My LAWD....
I AM A JUNKIE, AN ADDICT..... OH, NOW I AM LIKE WHITNEY! OH, MY STARS! Mama...Girl, you are too crazy! I am OMA laughing! That's too much for color tv, dvd, 8mm, beta, AND vhs! |
Hello, I am AXO Alum, and I'm an internet junkie.
MaMaBuddha - LMAO too! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif My favorite, and most true characteristic is: You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again. I don't think we have a problem...I think those people are just jealous 'cause they don't have any great chatrooms to be in (uhh...for all you psych majors - a little "projection" never hurt anyone...LOL!) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
No not me. Yall know I am no internet junkie http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif yea right! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
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What about those of you that have AOL...you hear "You've got mail!" and just wanna jump up and kick your heels. But what about when you don't have mail....you sit there and hold your breath thinking the little electronic man might have been busy when you signed on, so you go to the mail center anyway!!!!
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I'm still in denial. I'm like the substance abusers who still think they are in control of their life.
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I'm on vacation and can't even FATHOM how i am going to get by when the new school year comes around. Yeah....I'm hooked so bad that I jump to turn the computer off when I hear my husband coming. He just shakes his head and smiles. Do you think he knows?!
Ok, Ok....My name is Serenity and I'm addicted to the internet. Phew...the first step is always the hardest. ------------------ Sigma Lambda Upsilon: Sincerity, Loyalty, Unity http://www.sigmalambdaupsilon.org |
Welcome to Internet Anonymous Ladies! Remember, the first step is admitting you have a problem. We can help each other through this...I just know we can!
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*stands up, straightens clothes, clears throat*
Hello! My name is Kelli and I am also and internet addict. OK, let me tell y'all how bad I am. I started a temp assignment last week and, for some reason, the computer on my desk does not have internet acess http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif . Why did I try to reconfigure the settings to try and get on the net? Why was I upset when I couldn't get it to work?? What's even worse, why do I click on the IE icon every few minutes so see if miraculously I'm going to be connected. LOL....poor me. ------------------ Kelli Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 12-Delta Nu-94 MAL, Southern Region Savannah State University c/o 1997 |
I feel very bad for you all, but I DO NOT have a problem!!!! I mean sure I check my email about 8 times a day, but who doesn't? And yeah, I put in 2 hours overtime at work one thursday just to wait for the new SkeePhi soap. And I admit I sometimes refer to you all in conversation with others like I know you all personally (ex. "...so Deltabrat sayes, 'yadda, yadda, yadda', and you know the person was unregistered?").
But I stand firm in my orignial statement: I do not have a problem! I can't quit anytime I want. I just don't want to, really... REALLY. I don't care what any of you say, my mom probably put you up to this anyway... your all against me, but I'll show you. I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU!!!!!!!! I can be happy by myself, just me and AskJeeve. We'll be happy, just wait and see. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif HumbleBumbleBee http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
I am NOT addicted. I CAN STOP ANYTIME I WANT TO! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif But seriously, I check this site before I check my email. I mean, look at the times on my posts (like I don't have to get up in the morning! So sad, so sad...
(Humble, great minds think alike --- you and I were posting at the same time, but you beat me to the punch!) [This message has been edited by tickledpink (edited July 19, 2000).] |
Do I Need Help?
Hello all:
I was reading in a magazine (the Competitor is a mag for athletes/triathletes/marathon runners, etc.) and I noticed an advertisement that made me think...hmmm.... It went something like... Do you lose valuable work time to surf the Internet? Do you often find yourself unable to concentrate on important tasks due to constantly thinking about what may be going on in Internet chatrooms? Do you often ponder "conversations" or posts that you have read over the "net" and additionally obsess about what you will write in response to such posts? Then you may be addicted to the Internet. For consultation and/or rehabilitation, call Dr. XYZ at ....(you get the rest). I though to myself "Noooooooooo!" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif I noticed that often when I check this page people respond IMMEDIATELY to posts by other people and myself, as if they were literally WAITING for additional posts to come in on a topic. I'm afraid. AM I addicted? Do I need therapy/rehab? Sould I call chattersanonymous? What's going on here? Well I just needed to vent. I have to work now for approximately 5 minutes, then I'll check for responses to this and other topics. See there...I am NOT addicted... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif PEACE http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
soror...
like me you too are an addict... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif *lol* ------------------ "the ORIGINAL soror from the dirtiest part of the south" (cheese grits, hogmahs and fatback) MaMaBuddha Delta Alpha/Epsilon Tau Spring 94 the 24th Diva of Perfection Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Gamma Gamma Fall '98 Order of Eastern Star Prince Hall Affilated Prince Hall #27 |
This thread is just too funny! I'm internet addicted too but I'm working on withdrawal process. Very slowly.
Soror Ma-I have one to add for your list do you listen to your e-mail by phone?---people who use collegeclub will know what I mean. RedAngel |
You mean it's not just me. I'm sitting here, reading through the greekchat posts and chatting in an internet chat room in an effort to double my exposure to the internet per second! Maybe we can gather together to form some sort of support group. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
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This is the funniest thread I've seen by far. Yes,I'm a internet junkie. I don't know how I go along in life before the internet. What did I do for fun before the net? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
Last semester I spent so much time in the computer lab in my dorm, I think my RA was about ready to set up a cot for me! LOL I think that my addicition has gotten even worst since I discovered how to download mp3's. I only learned about a month ago,but you'd swear that I have been doing it for years. |
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soror redangel....
how could i forget college club and checking my email by phone... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif *lol* i am an internet addict all the way...even uploading my palm pilot to check my email. ------------------ "the ORIGINAL soror from the dirtiest part of the south" (cheese grits, hogmahs and fatback) MaMaBuddha Delta Alpha/Epsilon Tau Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Innnnnncorporated. Spring 94 the 24th Diva of Perfection Alpha Phi Omega, Fraternity, Incorporated Alpha Gamma Gamma Fall '98 Order of Eastern Star Prince Hall Affilated Prince Hall #27 |
Hey all:
Just checking in to say Hi!!! Yeah, it's 1:34 p.m. in LA and I was having withdrawals. I was at the gym and overheard someone speaking a couple of people discussing how they HATE the internet/hate people who always give out email addresses vs. home phone numbers and despise chatrooms, etc. I couldn't believe it. I found myself being really HARD on them during the aerobics class ( I am the instructor). The nerve of some. Well anyways, I am here. I got my car serviced and ran into someone who said he could set upmy own Website, I was so wxcited I almost pee-ed my pants...well...not THAT excited but you get the picture. Good afternoon cyber-junkies anonymous. What would I do without my fello junkies? Hey are there any men out there? Women are usually more likely to admit they have a problem...seek help (really, even with healthcare which is why women tend to live longer than men). Where is the testosterone? Come out, come out, wherever you are...we all have a problem in here and we want to help you...hello out there. I am losing my mind. Help me, please. My name is Typhanye and I am a cyber-junkie. Aaaaaahhhhh!!! Feel so good to "come out." PEACE |
We men can just control our internet urges better. We can quit anytime we want! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
------------------ Steve Corbin Lambda Chi Alpha Theta Kappa Chapter Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. |
OK, my name is Blue_theatrics, and I am an internet Junkie
(crowd says....."Hi, Blue) It has been three seconds since my last log on and as I type this message I feel as if I can somehow sense that I have e-mail coming through The worst thing about me is that I work with a computer....yes, I am at work right now....I don't even have a computer at home and know that I am qiuting my job next month, why am I trying to figure out how long I can put off paying my rent so I can get a computer...I think I am terrible, but I think I figured it out, if I don'yt byuy food for the next two month and go with out electricity for a few weeks, I'll be fine. Pray for me, cause I gotta get a computer at home or find another job like this......yeah right Gotta cheack my e-mail...bye |
Hello, my name is ZChi4Life and I'm definitely an internet junkie. In fact, I just bought a new (supa fast) computer so that I could access the internet better. And I guess it doesn't help that I am a computer consultant either! For shame, for shame! I know I need help but that's ok though. B/c of my internet addiction, I have learned so many wonderful things about so many people. I've also learned some awful terrible things, but I won't go there! I think we should start a club (is anyone on CollegeClub?). I just got an account on here and I think I've posted nearly 10 things today! Plus I started a new topic as well. And you can count on it that I'll be back as soon as get up for class tomorrow to see if anyone posted anything! Oh will it ever stop!?
*Must s-stop typ-ing...must st-stop...b-b-but inter-net...t-too much fun!* ------------------ A Radiant Lady of Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. http://www.umich.edu/~zchi |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ZChi4Life
[B]*Must s-stop typ-ing...must st-stop...b-b-but inter-net...t-too much fun!* Hello, my name is Amy, and I'm addicted to the internet. |
OMG, thank you for finding this thread! ROFLMAO!!!
Okay, because we are all friends here and we're sharing, I have a confession. I *know* I am the only one here scary enough to do this. I actually use the option on greekchat that sends me an email when someone responds to a thread I've posted on or PMs me. So when I'm at home, I can have my yahoo messenger running, and every time someone responds to me on greekchat, I get the little "new mail" sound and a window pops up so I can check it right away. One day when someone was over at my place, the mail alert kept going off over and over -- he was like, "Wow, you're really popular!" not knowing that they were all just greekchat new post alerts. Haha. Okay, I'm scary. I'm going to do some work now. Really. |
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