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65% of Americans Spend More Time With Their PC Than SO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-talk-now-honey-i'm-clearing-auchindoun dept.

Ant writes "PR Newswire reports that 65 percent of consumers are spending more time with a computer than with their significant other (SO). The "Cyber Stress" study confirmed consumers' growing relationship with technology in their everyday lives. In fact, more than 8 out of 10 Americans (84%) say they are more dependent on their home computer now than they were just three years ago."

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  1. I Would Comment On This... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but I have to go have sex with my wife.

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    1. Re:I Would Comment On This... by mockchoi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can you at least wait until I'm done?

  2. My PC is my SO by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    You insensitive clod!

  3. Coincidence.. by zyl0x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, on a completely different topic, World of Warcraft subscriptions have exceeded 8 million.

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  4. I can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for National Mandatory Sex and Cuddling Day.

    (Verify word was "nearby"? Must be a sign....)

  5. The reason is simple by Snarfangel · · Score: 5, Funny

    The PC does what you tell it to.

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  6. Hmmmm... Significant Other... by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Funny

    I seem to remember having one of those... Someone nagged me when I was upgrading our router... but the memory is dim... Anyway, the food miraculously appears and somehow the children get to bed, so I suspect someone is in the house doing these things...

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