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Net Addiction Gets Finnish Soldiers Out Of Army
nerdb0t writes "Reuters is reporting that the Finnish Defense Forces have allowed some men to be excused from military service because of 'Internet Addiction.' The service period is 6 months - but that's too long away from the internet for these guys. Is this a joke? Is this a legitimate illness? Hm..where can I apply for disability..."
apparent b/c i got first post.. i must be addicted to the net or at least slash dot
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"If I can't get my daily dose of slashdot, I'll go crazy and kill some endangered animals" - Finnish soldier
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does constantly hitting F5 on slashdot, 24/7 count?
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Put them in a treatment program. Don't just let them go back and their computer.
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Sure this does mean I get to sue the arse off my boss if I'm fired for inappropriate use of company resources when I'm caught surfing pr0n at work, right? I mean he's discriminating against my disability! Shame on him!
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Man, if you could stay 2 months without net, you have no freakin' idea what you are talking about. No clue! Eight years ago I was supposed to spend two weeks without net with friends at a lake. Your typical summer holidays. I made it one week before hitchhiking over 600 miles back to "civilization". And that was 8 years ago. I know people who lost big bet that they could stay *one day* without cell phone. A "disconnect" is a serious problem for growing segment of population and net addiction is a real thing(tm).
If programs would be read like poetry, most programmers would be Vogons.
Try to look like we're enjoying it so we dont have to do another take.
-In finland the army service is mandatorial.
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No no no, in Finland the army is _Mandalorian_
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Can I get disability and/or workmans comp for this malady?
they only need to look back to the 90's (yah i know its hard to remember) when MOST people got their porn from magazines! God the 90s sucked...
You know, if Linus Torvalds can do it (He served in the Finnish army too, remember!) then any computer addict can. Suck it up and get a technical position, solider!
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That's right -- ligitimate!
Check out the poll and submit your thoughts to their hi-tech CGI script, and you'll see for yourself:
Thank You For Filling Out This Form
Below is what you submitted to netaddic-data@netaddiction.com on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 02:12:49
Ligitimate_Mental_Disorder: No
Wait. I voted "no," so it's not ligitimate, but maybe it's still legitimate. I'm confused.
Aw, screw it -- I'm going to play some Doom3.
everything in moderation
Tell the addicts about this stuff and they will sign up in a flash for the ultra-realistic first-person shooter immersion experience!
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Slashdot took out a few soldiers. What service can't we deny?
"Derp de derp."
I have several friends here in Norway who were rejected by the military after their first meeting for compulsory service because they were deemed "too intelligent" to be worthy of service ;-)
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
Well, I guess they are Finnished!
Once upon a time I had a psychology professor who started talking about how hard it was growing up in a predominantly Finnish neighborhood in, as I recall, Gary, Indiana ( Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana. . .oh, sorry), because the Finns hated Americans.
Someone in the class asked him, "If they hate Americans, why did the come here?"
The answer?
"Because they hate Russians even more."
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Finland.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
It's the country for me.
Verse: You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan.
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Chorus: Finland, Finland, Finland.
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Verse: You're so sadly neglected,
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Chorus: Finland, Finland, Finland.
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Repeat: Finland, Finland, Finland.
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all.
Fade: Finland has it all...
Putting syrup in coffee is some form of blasphemy.
Armies must be constantly tested in the real world (that means wars) or they will not know what is effective
Indeed. Where would the US be if all those valuable naked human pyramid skills would become obsolete?
"I'm sorry I can't join the Army because I have to play Counterstrike."
I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by 'social skills' here.
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Well the problem is most of the yankee imperialist bastards don't even know what Formula One is... If they did the "greatest nation in the world"[sic] would obviously produce the greatest F1 drivers in the world.
Does anyone other than me think that having a web site to combat net addiction is a little messed up? "Help, I've got net addiction, I need to spend less time online!" - "Oh, hey, there's this great web site that can help you with that, you want the URL?"
Isn't that sort of like having your Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar?
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"But Sir, I know how to slashdot the enemy!"
Table-ized A.I.
If my experience is any guide, the affliction doesn't get any better with age.
Surely you mean "tourist attack"?
COWBOY: Tough break for Hand Job. He was all set to get shipped out on a medical.
JOKER: What was the matter with him?
COWBOY: He was jerkin' off ten times a day.
EIGHTBALL: It's no shit. At least ten times a day.
COWBOY: Last week he was sent down to Da Nang to see the Navy head shrinker, and the crazy fucker starts jerking off in the waiting room. Instant Section Eight. He was just waiting for his papers to clear division.
So, I guess the "net addiction" excuse isn't bad, comparatively, considering it cost me about 400 bucks in shrink's fees to get out of the Swiss army (like about 30% of their recruits every year, incidentally.)
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Yep, this is standard practice in the Finnish army. If you break down and say you can't take it anymore, for whatever reason, you can get out.
So, if George Bush had been born elsewhere ...
If a foreign Army did this they'd be *cough* Finnished [ducks for cover]
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Hm..where can I apply for disability...
Why, online of course.
-Dizzle
"I most likely AM so interested in myself."
I work for a Swedish company, in which I've heard the following joke:
Q: How do you spot an extroverted Finn?
A: He looks at your shoes...
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