I think we can officially call the
internet an addiction. The thought of
traveling to a country where I
couldn’t have immediate access to the
web is terrifying. Heck, I can’t leave
home for more than a couple hours
without wondering whats going on
around the world wide web.
Is the internet making us more or less
social? I guess that all depends what
your doing on the internet. But there
is no real substitute for good old
fashioned person to person contact.
So what makes the internet so
addicting? I put together a list of the
things about the internet that is
so inviting, enticing, and addicting.
1)Facebook - No matter how hard you
try to avoid it at some point you will
wind up with a profile on the largest
growing social media site on the web.
And once you’re there… Facebook is
like a drug pusher feeding the
addiction by constantly alerting you of
new people to bring into your network.
They are always telling you who is
active in the community… forcing you
to succumb to the peer pressure of
updating status, writing notes, adding
friends, and basically just acting as a
Viewer towards all the friends in your
network. Yes, I am officially a
Facebook addict.
2)Celebrity Gossip- Admit, you can’t
resist taking a sneak peak at TMZ or
Perez Hilton to see the latest antics
that Brittany Spears or Lindsay Lohan
are up to. I don’t care if you’re the
world’s most alpha male… you probably
followed the Madonna-Arod scandal
like crack. I know I did. There is just
something invigorating about reading
about the latest drug arrests, sex
tapes, divorce scandals, fashion
miscues, and Hollywood hookups of the
rich and famous.
3)Youtube- This addiction has no
limits. Whether it’s 13 year old boys
watching the latest Avril Lavigne
video, or it’s your mom forwarding
you a video of some goof ball getting
hit in the head with a hammer, it
seems every one is addicted to the
craze that is Youtube. And with over a
billion people out there all looking to
capture their fifteen minutes of
fame… there will be an endless supply
of content to keep the jonesing
masses happy.
4)Email- This is a no-brainer. But the
question is; what is the severity of
your addiction? Do you check it once a
day? Once in the morning and once at
night? Do you check every couple
hours? Every hour on the hour? Or are
you like some of us mind warped
individuals who have it tied into our
phones so we don’t miss a beat. There
is a special place reserved in the
recovery ward for the Blackberry and
Iphone addicts.
5)Twitter- Spending hours every day
instant messaging and texting our
friends isn’t enough. We need more…
so from that desire Twitter is born.
Twitter allows you to communicate
with thousands of people at once
through a combination of text
messaging and IMing. Want to play
Viewer on your favorite internet
celebrities… follow them on Twitter.
You can read about what they had for
dinner, or what website their reading,
or how they are constipated and just
can’t seem to squeze that last turd
out.
6)Hot Chicks with Douchebags- This
is the cultural phenomenon that went
on to become a coffee table book .
What makes this site so addicting? Is
is the curiosity of the nature of
hottie/douche commingling… is it
simply the attractive girls decked out
in club gear… or is it Douchebag 1’s
insanely funny bits of social
commentary? I don’t know. But what
I do know is that once you get a taste
of Hot Chicks with Douchebags…
you’re bound to go back for more.
7)Google- Google is like the
internet’s come down drug. When
you’ve maxed out all of your other
vices… and its three in the morning
and you can’t sleep, this is when you
find yourself googling obscure terms,
childhood friends, long lost lovers,
cities you’ll never visit, cartoon shows
from your youth, Wade Bogg’s 1988
batting average, movie quotes, Ashely
Olsen’s weight, the best burrito joint
in Jersey, can you really go blind from
masturbating, bikini pictures of Sarah
Palin, who designed the Millennium
Falcon, Brett Farve’s high school
girlfriends name…. I have one piece of
advice for all of you out there: After
an all night Google binge… be sure to
clear your search history. What you
find might scare you!
8-Porn- Ah… an oldie but goodie!
This one is for all the guys out there
that pretend they’re only going to
take a peak! All you guys can relate to
what a struggle with will power it is
knowing that naked women are just a
mouse click away? This is an addiction
that varies in intensity from the guy
who dabbles occasionally when his wife
is working late, to the guy who barely
leaves his house and refers to porn
stars by their first names… But even
the best of us fall victim to porns
subtle way of roping us in. Admit your
disappointed number 8 didn’t come
with a link!ť

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i'm nt addicted to 1,3 n 5...i am not even using dem

even 8...

cutieberie1:
i'm nt addicted to 1,3 n 5...i am not even using dem

even 8...

You wish

Arbiola:
You wish

smh... wah z dis 1 sayin...pls kindly dnt quote me