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If you watch TV, you're a fat couch potato.
If you read books, you're a know-it-all book worm.
If you surf the internet, you have no life.
If you play sports, you're a stupid jock.

...what exactly are we supposed to do in our spare time?

Well it used to be television and now it's the net,of course young people would be fascinated by such an interactive medium ,methinks that it would be better if young people were restricted to no more than a couple of hours per day because as a developing young thing there are cognitive and physical traits that have to be developed which absolutely require interaction with other living beings to say nothing of the needful development of their physical persons that they will need later in life,,in fact if a growing body is not regularly pushed to it's limits from time to time it will have an impact on their overall development and longevity as well as the quality of their life in their old age..

this is bullshit

@supertrek,
the answer is sleep

I find it funny everything is considered a health problem; I guess that keeps people who work in the medical field and drug companies in business…. I think half of the health issues that these doctors and drug companies create are phony and just another cash crop. Don’t get me wrong there are those who have
addiction to just about anything or use to much of something nobody is prefect. i am sure their is a drug, i lov the depression commercials on tv some guy looking out a window...omg take our drug...really i understand some people are sick, do crazy things like cut themselves and such please med them, but a guy who looks glum after a bad day doesn't require a drug to fix his problem.

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This is exactly the point. The governments of the world see us as only commodities. We are nothing more then production and they (and the Central Banks) want us to do nothing more then to link ourselves body and mind to the economies of the world.

What is the differance between sitting at you computer at home at night, and going out to the local hang outs? Answer : When you go out you spend money and are being a consumer that is feeding the machine.

However I have found in my studies that people who spend a lot of time on the internet tend to be more well informed on current events and even more, world events.

By the way it didnt seem to be such a bad thing in the 1970's when my father came home and spent the night tinkering away on his cars in the garage. Sure when i was a teen we didnt have the internet. So instead we drank a lot of beer and broke things. How is that any better?

Even if you are sitting at home on your pc cruising the internet whether it be porn or CNN you are and will always be a consumer, thus contributing to the economy.

i disagree, i can log off toms any time i want!!!

Addicts act like addicts, some people have addictive personalities. And this is news how exactly?

Everything is an addication or problem now-a-days.

So what if i'd rather peruse the web and play games than listen to self centered people talk about themselves in public?

I'm waiting for the "Internet Addiction Cure" to hit the shelves.

Weird... We already have gun stores...

But... Social phobia and depression? Those could LEAD someone to the Internet in the first place. And why are people hung on sociality? How is that a PROBLEM? The majority of people are idiots, and those that choose not to associate themselves with such now have mental issues? Great...

If I could find porn in a library, then I would be addicted to reading.

Internet users are consuming I count 12 adds on this page alone, all of which are paying this site, and whose parent company have some uber complex formula showing how all that makes them money.

So called "internet addicts" are excellent multitaskers not ADHD. Being ADHD is the exact opposite of sitting in a computer chair for hours on end. Depressed "addicts" were more then likely depressed before using the web to treat the depression.

Lastly according to Consensus Document: The American Academy of Pain Medicine, The American Pain Society, The American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2001: "In medical terminology, an addiction is a chronic neurobiologic disorder that has genetic, psychosocial, and environmental dimensions and is characterized by one of the following: the continued use of a substance despite its detrimental effects". By definition the internet can only be addictive if it is detrimental to the user. A person cannot overdose on the internet, it is not a substance to be abused. Yes if you sit at your desk for days without moving you can die, but the same can be said of TV, driving, or playing an instrument that requires sitting.


The truth is by making the web dangerous or a "public heath issue" our government moves just that much closer to justifiably regulating the web. They did it with narcotics (although they are used by every major drug manufacturer see what money buys) alcohol, tobacco, trans-fatsand thousands of other items. The internet represents a challenge to congress, they can't touch it because of the 1st and 10th amendments. But if the internet were deemed a public health issue well the greater good comes before constitutional rights, see above list if you don't believe me.

I spend all day in front of a computer and i'm not a dirty cave dweller, why right now i'm typing this from the bathtub

lol, how is the internet addictive? i don't recall anyone sniffing up the internet up their nose like coke.

I used to watch a lot of TV, I was a lazy idiot.
Then I got interested in sports, and I became a jerk.
Then I started to read a lot, and I neglected reality.
Now I spend all my time on my computer. I still have a social life, I'm in decent physical shape, and I think I'm a pretty decent person. I'm also learning all the time.

So, I'll take my internet addiction any day.

Just hungry for knowledge... In my country it is very hard to get information from book, TV shows, even schools teach us DOS, Pascal, and other obsolete stuff... So, for me it is the easiest way (read: cheapest) of learning about new technologies and solving computer-related problems.

EXACTLY! I had that problem. If a doctor had noticed it early on, I may have not become a successful software engineer at a well known company around the world. Instead I would be a looser of a baseball player thinking to be socially acceptable I need to be tall and athletic and play pro sports and have a dizzy blond for a wife.

Next pharmaceutical companies will have a drug to fix it. It will cost $20 a tablet you will need 2 a day for the rest of your life and the side effect will include nausea, vomiting, blindness and possible stroke. But you won't be addicted to the internet and you don't need to worry about being a successful software engineer one day.

I think you can find this in the public library. It just doesn't have pictures.

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i am addictet to Tom's. I read the news everyday at work and a little addicted to masturbation while i read Kevin's articles

[i was joking]

Im an addict and still "feed the machine" very well. Not only do I have over a grand spent online on my computer alone but apparently its a great source to buy other things with. Few hundred a week toward online spending due to this so called addiction.

hmmm, so I am ok if i drink plenty of beer while i play my MMOs? They cancel each other our right?

LOL, I am sure there is a study that can "prove" anything is bad for us

I'll take an internet addiction over drug addiction anyday. I mean, at least you're not puking your guts out, having migraines or having other physical withdrawl symptoms if your computer breaks down or internet connection is on the fritz.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read.

Next they'll be saying that every interest and hobby is a dirty, nasty addiction.
So I suppose watching sports on the television is an addiction? I know of men and women who watch it EVERY chance they get. They talk about it EVERY chance they get. And when they are not watching it or talking about it, they are playing sports related video games. Yep, guess Sports is an addiction too. Perhaps we should study 2,000 people to see just how much time they spend involving themselves in sports related things.

Ahh, but here is the thing. Society as a whole accepts sports as being healthy and good for you. You get exercise, interact with people, and develop team work. Yay! (Not)

Sure internet involves not doing much activity and leads to a lot of negative outcomes, but so do a lot of other things. Sports, for example, can lead to life altering injuries and addiction to drugs and/or steroids.

But hey, society is apparently all-knowing and if they say that it is good for you, then I guess they think we should all be lemmings and just go with it.