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Are Americans Addicted to Technology?

Posted by Zonk on from the i-actually-need-the-high-speed-internets-though dept.

jomammy writes "According to a recent Wired article, the majority of Americans are becoming increasingly dependant on their gadgets. High speed internet seems to be the one most determined to be a 'necessity'. A third of the country is said to pay more than $200.00 a month for their addiction, where 4 out of 10 pay between $100.00 and $150.00 a month. Other items in this list of 'gadgets' include, mp3 players, dvd players, laptops, handhelds, etc." How addicted are we? How addicted are you?

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  1. Moderator Please! by name*censored* · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can someone mod this entire article as Flamebait? It _is_ slashdot, after all.

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    Commodore64_love: I don't comprehend people who're so frightened of death that they'll bankrupt themselves to stay alive
  2. Moderator points useless! by Cafe+Alpha · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why oh why won't Slashdot let me mod down the whole idiotic article!

  3. Whoa great discovery! by alien3456 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Technology is actually useful!? Americans should be ashamed of themselves for taking advantage of such great convenience!