Americans Giving Up Social Life for the Web

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."

Comments

Obsessed?

[quokkapox]

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.

Re:Obsessed?

[khellendros1984]

I'm not stroking anything of yours, buddy. You can do that on your own time....and for goodness sake, shut the danged door!

Re:Obsessed?

[Stochastism]

No sex because we are online, or online because we can't get sex?

Re:Obsessed?

[fractoid]

Given the ratio of geek girls to geek guys, and the likelihood of a geek guy getting with a geek girl, and the pre-existing propensity of geek guys to like the internet... yeah. I can see 'sex' being negatively correlated with 'internet'. Not causation, though. Definitely. Never causation. :P

Re:Obsessed?

[Chrisje]

For most /.-ers, sadly the ego is the only thing that stands a chance of getting stroked by others.

Re:Obsessed?

[Anonymous Coward]

Those who lie on /. about 'getting laid' ? ;)

Less sex?

[Anonymous Coward]

It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online. Those must be the /.ers.

Re:Less sex?

[adona1]

It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online.

Those must be the /.ers.

I don't know, is it possible to have negative amounts of sex? ;)

Re:Less sex?

[mwvdlee]

The survey also showed that roughly 80% of those surveyed would give up web access completely for a hot date with Natalie Portman, with a hot date with CowboyNeal a distant second.

Re:Less sex?

[tehdaemon]

Close enough. And it sounds a lot like UNIX too. Go figure.

T

Re:Less sex?

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe when your wife's cheating on you?

Proof that the internet as reached the masses...

[swalker42]

From TFA:

... giving up friends and sex for the Web ...

It wasn't that long ago that users of the Internet had no friends or sex

Dear Sirs.

[Dr. Eggman]

Dear Sirs of this fine periodical, I wish to inform you of a social blight that has crept up upon our society! Our investigations reveal that the majority of Americans do not think they could withstand a single week without their radioelectronical talking box! Once of thrice interviews with willing persons revealed that they had neglected good social manners with there friends and even avoided full filling their marital duty in favor of box-communique! What hath God wrought, indeed,Samuel Morse, and what hath God wrought now?

Huzzah!

[sqrt(2)]

Finally, vindication!

Re:Sample bias

[Anonymous Coward]

ARE YOU LONELY?

No, but I'm horny. Wanna cyber? .....What? You're a bot???

And the Vatican says...

[zir0faive]

It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online. And the Vatican says... God bless the Internet!

Oblig. Calvin and Hobbes

[Ethanol-fueled]

Calvin: "I can't think of anything I'd rather anticipate than have right away, can you?"
Hobbes: "Death comes to mind..."

Does anyone read articles?

[Bluesman]

"It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online."

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

[Joebert]

Survey in a sex shop ?

Your Economics teacher walked in while you were at the counter didn't they ?

Suggested new moderation

[MillionthMonkey]

+1 Sexy

Maybe we'll start seeing sexier posts.

(Friend) (Friend of Sex Partner) (Sex Partner of Foe)

Re:can go a week or more.

[SL Baur]

More interesting than sex? Definitely. I was going to ask you what on the internet would qualify that statement, but on second thought, never mind. Let's not go there.

Hardly a dilemma

[Monsterdog]

Most people are scum, so i keep my circle of friends trimmed to a minimum -- mostly those who can't run fast enough to escape when I start shooting.

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:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed

[mgblst]

Your Economics teacher walked in while you were at the counter didn't they ?

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

[fractoid]

/who Dunbal
*** Dunbal is j.bauer@gateway.cia.com (j.bauer)

o_O

Porns for nerd, stuff that matters

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm currently logging onto slashdot *while* having sex!

Granted, my partner is my own hand, but that counts right?

Slashdot, porns for nerd, stuff that matters.

Ahem- you are wrong on one important fact.

[way2trivial]

while they silcone forms may be superior
http://realdoll.com/faq.asp#silicone
they aren't life!

Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed

[GungaDan]

No, the proper response is to pretend you just work there. "Hey teach, can I interest you in a vibrating pocket pussy today?"

Re:Too busy having sex to be first commenter...

[PitaBred]

How about "Porn, Blogs and P2P", so we keep with the same theme as Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll? ;)