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    Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!

    Michael Arrington Wishes He Could Quit Us

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    Image of restless restless
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    Yeah, IDK. The term "addiction" being applied to hobbies that people devote time to, is, like, um kinda years away from BEING A JUNKIE.

    There's reading...and then there's stealing money from your friends and family to shoot junk through a dirty needle in some abandoned building while you lose your job and your home.

    Come on. Let's keep it "real".
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    problem? hells no. it's a cure.
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    Image of stevenstevo stevenstevo
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    Why is addiction with the internet but not with TV? Or what about someone who reads for 6 hours a day? Is that addiction? I would imagine girls with social phobia read more books than do those without social phobia.
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    if_i_only_had_a_heart promoted this comment stevenstevo was starred stevenstevo was unstarred
    Image of theartdodger theartdodger
    10/06/09

    @stevenstevo:

    Yeah, the TV thing immediately came to mind. Advertising pays bills, so it's unlikely TV watching will be classified as an addiction, even though it should.

    But, I can't sign off on the book thing. One of the things that helps classify something as an addiction is the way the brain fires off as you do it. I get the feeling when many people read books they don't have "drug-like" experiences.
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment theartdodger was starred theartdodger was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/06/09

    @stevenstevo: and write more poetry in journals
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    Image of Drunken Economist Drunken Economist
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    Oh hellyeah this is SO ME. Now fsck off.

    Now back to my new addiction:

    [www.bijint.com]
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    Image of not2techy not2techy
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    "I am shocked, shocked that people are addicted to the Internet."

    "Your winnings, Mr. Denton."

    "Thank you."
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment not2techy was starred not2techy was unstarred
    Image of Terrafractal Terrafractal
    10/06/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    As a female who has been clinically diagnosed with ADD and anxiety/depression...well...this actually makes sense considering my behavior, but the internet will never hold a fucking flame to alcohol, opiates, or thc.
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    skahammer promoted this comment Terrafractal was starred Terrafractal was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/08/09

    @Terrafractal: If by any chance you also have low standards, then you've basically hit the trifecta for being Exactly My Type.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    10/05/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    i prefer to combine my addiction to the internet with my addiction to weed. o sweet succor, deliver me temporarily from mediocrity and student loans!

    when are they going to develop a drug that works, you know, forever?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    10/06/09

    @shostakobitch: Come on-a my house.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    Why the hell would they perform this study on 11-year-olds?
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: Because the olds are hogging all the really fun addictions.
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    10/05/09

    @son of spam: Like oxycontin and viagra.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    10/05/09

    In reply to Depressed? Anxious? Internet Addiction Could Be For You!
    Goodness, they could have just asked my old therapist, and he could have told them this a year ago.
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    Image of WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough. WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough.
    10/05/09

    @Moff: This totally fits in with the meds I take for depression and anxiety. I don't really have an internet addiction though. Really. I could quit.
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    lionel-mandrake promoted this comment WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough. was starred WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough. was unstarred
    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    10/06/09

    @WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough.: It's just a really tough time right now, as soon as I get through this rough spot I'll stop. I promise.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    02/07/09

    In reply to Michael Arrington Wishes He Could Quit Us
    WTF is up with this guys picture? No offense. But chubby guy trying to camwhore to look hot and give ya fantasies.


    Sometimes I look at pictures and feel that is them. I don't realize them in real life. Instead, by their avatar smiling. Portraits connect us, they are symbolic.


    That tub of blubber is gonna get some serious game. That's all I gotta say.

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    Image of DaTruf DaTruf
    02/02/09

    In reply to Michael Arrington Wishes He Could Quit Us
    How can we miss him if he won't go away?
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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    02/02/09

    @DaTruf: Well, exactly. Perhaps our Dark Lord might have been happier if I had kept the post down to that.
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    Image of taterpie taterpie
    02/02/09

    In reply to Michael Arrington Wishes He Could Quit Us
    I prefer it when you keep your content about the industry business, for the most part. The feud with Arrington is kinda embarrassing to read. (On his side too)
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    02/02/09

    @taterpie: I love Arrington coverage but only if there's more of a narrative sweep. Who the hell cares whether he's going through with his retreat from the internet? Will we get blow-by-blow coverage of every minute shift in his mood? Shoot me now.
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