Americans Giving Up Social Life for the Web 299
Stony Stevenson writes "A survey into how the Web affects American adults has found that surfing the net has become an obsession for many, with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web. The survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web and found that 15 percent said just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and another 19 percent said a few days. It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online."
Obsessed? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not obsessed with reading Slashdot. I just happened to log in here in the middle of the night to get the first post, after having lots of sex.
Alright, I lied. Stroke my ego, mod me funny.
Less sex? (Score:5, Funny)
Proof that the internet as reached the masses... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obsessed? (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Sirs. (Score:5, Funny)
Huzzah! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sample bias (Score:1, Funny)
No, but I'm horny. Wanna cyber?
Re:Obsessed? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Less sex? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know, is it possible to have negative amounts of sex?
And the Vatican says... (Score:3, Funny)
Oblig. Calvin and Hobbes (Score:5, Funny)
Hobbes: "Death comes to mind..."
Does anyone read articles? (Score:5, Funny)
It didn't say they have LESS sex, just that they spend less TIME doing it. Obviously, the Internet has made them more efficient.
Probably has to do with the massive hard-ons they can now achieve thanks to e-mail offers. What a truly wonderful age in which we live!
Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed (Score:5, Funny)
Your Economics teacher walked in while you were at the counter didn't they ?
Suggested new moderation (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe we'll start seeing sexier posts.
(Friend) (Friend of Sex Partner) (Sex Partner of Foe)
Re:can go a week or more. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Less sex? (Score:3, Funny)
Hardly a dilemma (Score:3, Funny)
And I solved the sex issue by putting the computer in the bedroom. It worked out even better than expected because of the special USB attachments. And putting the big LCD screen over the bed? Genius, I think.
I just need to figure out a way to deal with the shaky mousework.
Re:Obsessed? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Less sex? (Score:2, Funny)
Close enough. And it sounds a lot like UNIX too. Go figure.
T
Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed (Score:5, Funny)
So who do you think need the excuse more? The correct etiquette in these situations is just to politely ignore each other.
Re:Sample bias (Score:3, Funny)
*** Dunbal is j.bauer@gateway.cia.com (j.bauer)
o_O
Re:Obsessed? (Score:4, Funny)
Porns for nerd, stuff that matters (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot, porns for nerd, stuff that matters.
Ahem- you are wrong on one important fact. (Score:3, Funny)
http://realdoll.com/faq.asp#silicone [realdoll.com]
they aren't life!
Re:Less sex? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Too busy having sex to be first commenter... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obsessed? (Score:3, Funny)