Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Internet Addiction May Be One Click Away
Medill Reports ^ | 07/30/08 | MANUEL BAIGORRI

Posted on 07/30/2008 7:30:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-92 next last
To: Incorrigible

I can post from my Motorola Q...(IF VERIZON DOESN’T FAIL ME!!!)


21 posted on 07/30/2008 7:40:18 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I am still bitter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: PennsylvaniaMom

I’m afraid to ask JR who logs the most hours. !!!


22 posted on 07/30/2008 7:40:31 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers
Yep, those were the good old days. I remember this website called Free Republic. Had potential, it did, but it just faded away. Don't know why, exactly. Probably people just liked pictures of naked, voluptuous supermodels better. Like THIS ONE
23 posted on 07/30/2008 7:41:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers
PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket
24 posted on 07/30/2008 7:41:54 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers

It’s me.
Shhhhhh.


25 posted on 07/30/2008 7:42:03 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Why would anyone make "Hairspray 2"? (Free Corny!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers

(PaMom...looking sheepish)...ahhh, they keep track of how long we are here? I just forget to log off...yeah, thats it...I just walk away and get busy...and, ahhh, you know I just don’t log out. Ever....


26 posted on 07/30/2008 7:42:17 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I am still bitter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill

LOL!


27 posted on 07/30/2008 7:42:52 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers
To help people with their diagnosis, Young developed a test that uses a 20-question survey to measure levels of Internet addiction.

Is it available online????

28 posted on 07/30/2008 7:43:04 PM PDT by keepitreal ("I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. . . until I don't.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PennsylvaniaMom

I am sooooooooooooooo embarrassed.


29 posted on 07/30/2008 7:43:56 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: keepitreal

>>Is it available online???? <<

You owe me a keyboard.


30 posted on 07/30/2008 7:44:02 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Why would anyone make "Hairspray 2"? (Free Corny!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill

“Hello. My name is dighton, and that guy there is a webaholic.”


31 posted on 07/30/2008 7:45:41 PM PDT by dighton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers
I think the last time I was 'logged out' was when my son took our motherboard out to upgrade something. Like maybe a few years ago...

There used to be a way to see how many posts, threads, etc., you have under pajama belt...anyone be able to tell me...I am (blushing) curious, ahem, to see how many comments I have made.

32 posted on 07/30/2008 7:47:02 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I am still bitter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: netmilsmom

hehe


33 posted on 07/30/2008 7:47:43 PM PDT by keepitreal ("I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. . . until I don't.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers; devolve

Ummmm, that can happen! Lol


34 posted on 07/30/2008 7:47:59 PM PDT by potlatch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: PennsylvaniaMom

“Or hitting refresh over and over and...”

Wha...me?


35 posted on 07/30/2008 7:49:08 PM PDT by CitizenUSA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers

36 posted on 07/30/2008 7:49:12 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BunnySlippers
I’ve seen a lot of growth in the field of Internet addiction,” said Young. “More research and studies (are) trying to understand it better. … It’s a global problem.”

Just another liberal trying to set the stage for taxing the internet. I can just hear them "If we tax it enough people will use it less and run less chance of becoming addicted!" As if the internet is some sort of mind altering drug! You can't become addicted to the internet, you can become used to it, grow to appreciate it, even get quite fond of using it, but addiction is a stupid word to use concerning internet usage.

As I said, setting us up to tax us, trying this on for size to see how it flies with the ignorant people that will allow them to pass yet more invasive and onerous laws.

37 posted on 07/30/2008 7:49:56 PM PDT by calex59
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

Every night I prove that I’m not addicted to the Internet by turning off my computer. And every morning, I turn on my computer and immediately go to the Internet so I can prove it again.

The very fact that I can turn my computer off each and every night proves that I’m not addicted.

And just because most of my time on the Internet is in FR, doesn’t mean I have a particular Internet addiction. Just an interest in a certain area of possible addiction. I can quite anytime, I have control ……………

Oh, gosh, I have a problem!

Is there an IA (Internet Anonymous) 12 step program?


38 posted on 07/30/2008 7:49:58 PM PDT by doc1019 (I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: doc1019

(FReeper chorus) “Hi, Doc!”


39 posted on 07/30/2008 7:52:17 PM PDT by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: doc1019

I’m calling you out doc...you only turn off your computer because you don’t have an uber good surge protector...yeah, that’s it. Mine stays on because its ‘protected.’


40 posted on 07/30/2008 7:54:08 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I am still bitter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-92 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson