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Caroline Hagood
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I'm a poet and writer living in New York City. My articles have appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, Salon, the Huffington Post, and The Economist.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 11:21AM

7 Signs That You Have an Internet Addiction

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1) You have the ability to listen to Slate's Gabfest while simultaneously composing a blog post, madly consuming internet news, and beating the heck out of JabbaTheHutt420 at online Scrabble.


2) At different intervals in your non-cyber life, you've found yourself with a strange desire to press "Command-F" to find things and to Force Quit when the going got tough.

3) You often wake at night, dry-mouthed, just dying to know what new hijinks Lady Gaga is up to.

4) You privately believe you could tweet your way out of an alien abduction.

5) Your significant other has threatened to leave you if you don't stop carrying that Manga love pillow around, even though you've patiently explained that at least you stopped taking your virtual girlfriend to expensive hotels.

6) You have recently purchased fancy gloves to hide the claws your hands have become, even with your pricy ergonomic keyboard.

7) Once the whole love pillow/virtual girlfriend thing cleared up, your significant other still felt that you were cheating…with your Mac. You weren't worried. You suggested online couple's therapy.

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8) You keep hitting "Refresh" to see if any emails have arrived or new posts have been uploaded in the LAST 5 SECONDS! Which is how I ended up being first here.
Ha...weakling. I can stop ANYTIME.
This is awesome and a bit scary for me. Also, I love that you do list.

Cranky, yes, that one really hits home.
Gotta be addicted to something in life. It beats stamp collecting and heroin wears off too fast.
I very much appreciate this post. I really thought I might have a problem, but having read this, it turns out, I'm in the clear!
I was gonna say, nope, not yet...and then I saw Crank's comment.... ok, uncle.
ah, my problem with #2 has been revealed. that and thinking i can rewind/replay the radio in the car like i can the dvr/tv in the living room. i keep hitting that button on the steering wheel controls for the ipod but nothing happens.
Yes, indeed. My husband wants to know why the laptop is next to me in bed at night. He is obviously NOT an addict or he wouldn't have to ask.~r
Force Quit would be so useful! Now, is this a cry for help? :)
Caroline...I bought those gloves for driving! I do not have a prollem, I do not have a prollem! xox
thank God I remain, then, unaddicted !! r.
I don't tweet, but I privately believe everyone who does tweet is trying to escape an alien abduction - they just might not realize it, yet.
I could not keep track of all of these! OS and online news: those are enough for me.
1. If you rarely if ever talk to anyone but know more "copy-right" law details than any person on Earth including lawyers or judges.
2. If you figured out how to litigate circles around Google Inc attorneys and refuse millions of dollars to settle if they refuse to stop showing your nude photos to children, atheists, and Muslims or any anonymous person.
3. If searches for your name on any search engine company in the United States generate hundreds of pages of links actually about you.
4. If you are the most frequent commenter to the FCC and have sued the FCC and every United States search engine because of defamation and refusal to regulate WIRE COMMUNICATIONS.
I clicked on the link for the (Manga Love Pillow) knowing fully that clicking on links is a gateway activity for more hardcore Internet activity. Sometimes I roam the streets at night trolling for WiFi hotspots even though I have my own internet connection at home.
Phew. For a minute I was worried. I only have a few of these...
hee-hee! when I'm done typing my diary, I always want to press "send" :-)
Ah yes, all the while eating a turkey sandwich.
Does playing Free Cell while taking critical call from relatives count?
Ahh yes, guilty..great list!
I tell myself it's okay to be so attached to my computer because they have computers in elementary schools. They wouldn't let the kids play with them if they were dangerous. Right?
I just get a little jittery when the router is on the fritz...everyone does....that's why Starbucks is always full.
I'm not addicted to the Internet, now free porn? OH YEA!!

:D
I guess I don't have a problem. I don't have a virtual girlfriend, yet. R
I've been on computer all day and it is beautiful weather here, a little hot though, but I like to be outside on my day off.
My name is Clark and I...I...I pass.
Yes to the command f to find things...and command z to undo in the non-cyber world....
Cranky: yes, I most certainly should have added that (especially since its just the disease I suffer from).

OEsheepdog: suuuuuure you can:)

Anna: glad you liked the quirky list

Owl: glad to hear you're in the clear

Gabby: yeah, I think Cranky's comment made us all say "uncle."

femme: I feel like I spend most of my life hitting the wrong button

Joan H. Your laptop is totally hot

Linda: no, no, definitely not a cry for help:)

Robin: sure you did, haha

Jonathan: I don't know, you post an awful lot here…just kidding

consonantsandvowels: I think that's the best description of tweeters ever

anna1liese: sounds like you're pretty healthy then

mypsyche: it's that bad, huh? :)

Curtis: um, you're awesome

littlewillie: please, please write a funny post about that. I can see it already!

Pavanne: maybe you should and just see where it goes. It's funny because that reminds me of the similarities between diary entries and blog entries.

Lea: exactamundo

weezgirl: ha, most definitely!

Cindy: thank you very much

Bellwether: totally safe for kids and adults, I say

snarky: of course they do. I practically live at Starbucks

Tink: now you're talking

Trudge: glad to hear it

Patrick: glad I could make you smile

blindogjohn: good for you. outside is definitely good

Clark: good to hear that you're in the clear

dolores; yes! to undo the non-cyber world is something I always crave!
Okay... So I obsessively look for new emails every few minutes while online, but I'm not on Facebook or Twitter, and I've so far managed to learn as little as possible about Lady Gaga as our information society can stuff down my little Strasbourg Goose throat.

I'm not an addict! whee!
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Haha! I don't have a problem, really!
I love the irony in how I was just listening to Slate's Gabfest as I clicked on this post (it is quite addicting (even though they are slamming arcade fire in the episode I'm listening too).
Shiral: sounds like you're in the clear

Caroline: suuuure you don't :)

C.G.N. I love me that Gabfest.
Veronica: no, that should definitely be on there!