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Broadband Life and Internet Anxiety Disorder

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-what-now dept.

ChipGuy writes "Broadband brings the world right to your laptop or your handheld. With it comes information, and along with it comes desire to stay connected, and on top of everything. Om Malik calls it Internet Anxiety Disorder. 'The rush to catch-up and living a six megabits per second lifestyle, is what I think is going to be first major malaise of the 21st century - Internet anxiety disorder,' he says. Firefox developer, Blake Ross thinks that 'Internet hardwires developing brains with a click-happy sense of urgency that will not defer to reality. We are addicted to information and seek it even when we know it's not available.' Others have described this info-addiction as Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder."

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  1. True. by Poromenos1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My line went down yesterday. Longest 10 seconds of my life.

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  2. Brings out other disorders too by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obsessive compulsive disorder for one. And masturbation! And anti-social disorder. And nerdiness!

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  3. Women Rejoice by Physician · · Score: 5, Funny

    While nerds are kept busy with the internet and counseling sessions, gorgeous women everywhere are free to live their lives without fear of nerds asking them out.

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  4. Strange by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    The rush to catch-up and living a six megabits per second lifestyle

    and yet the first site they jump on is Slashdot, which usually has the effect of slowing the servers it mentions down to a crawl...

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  5. One problem with the Internet by konkani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to the Internet, the majority are alienated from the mainstream.

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  6. This is so old news... by joelparker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've already read about this on Fark, Boing Boing, and Wired. Blogging on it's so last month and I've already IM'ed on it with my FOAF pals. If you want to know more-- oops gotta go-- my Treo's got an SMS!

  7. Nice acronym by ZorMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, like I'm going to tell people that I have NADD.

  8. N.A.D.D? by Deitheres · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, am against the usage of any acronym that is so close to nad. In fact, the pronounciation would be exactly the same.

    That would like the Society for Trendy Undeserving People Instigating Debate

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  9. Gimme a break.... by HockeyPuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    The rush to catch-up and living a six megabits per second lifestyle...

    I'm sorry but this line kills me... some computer dork trying to sound cool was like a car guy quoting Vin Diesel in Fast and Furious...

    I live my life a quarter mile at a time, nothing else matters, for those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

  10. For a prime example of this by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shutdown slashdot for a few days, see whether all the geeks become anxious.

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  11. F5....F5.....F5..... by Asprin · · Score: 4, Funny

    F5....
    F5....
    F5....

    Come on! Post a new article already!

    F5....
    F5....
    F5....
    F5....

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  12. Log off by sammyo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can log off anytime I want. This is not an addiction, I just choose to be online. I don't have to be connected, it's just, you know, like chocolate, it's good, satisfying, it's where it's at.

    But I could stop anytime I want. Really.