November 26th, 2002
The Top 10 Signs You’re
Spending Too Much Time Online (Part I)
Spending Too Much Time Online (Part I)
10> You refuse to join Internet Addicts Anonymous until they start webcasting the meetings.
9> Jeff Bezos personally thanks you for helping put his kids through school.
8> You’d rather have a laptop than a lap dance.
7> Instead of naming your firstborn, you assign him an IP address and let DNS do the rest for you.
6> You can navigate across EverQuest in your sleep, but you get lost on your way to the living room.
5> You saw the on-screen clock change to daylight savings time and back, all during one marathon online session.
4> You don’t bother with the lame “bookmarks” feature in your browser because it only holds 32,767 entries.
3> AOL has stopped mailing you disks since you used all 1,050 free hours.
2> You can see the image of your monitor burned into your eyeballs.
and the Number 1 Sign You’re Spending Too Much Time Online…
1> Your carpal tunnel pain has now reached your knees.
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Credits:
Selected from 78 submissions from 26 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 1
Rane Pollock, N Richland Hills, TX — 2
Ken Stone, San Jose, CA — 3
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3
Shane Looker, Mukilteo, WA — 4
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 5
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 6, 10
Chris Lipe, Rome, NY — 7
Todd Sinclair, Whidbey Is, WA — 8, 9
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — Topic
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator