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Americans Giving Up Social Life for the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-talk-to-me-while-I'm-browsing dept.

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."

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  1. Obsessed? by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:Obsessed? by khellendros1984 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    2. Re:Obsessed? by Stochastism · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    3. Re:Obsessed? by fractoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      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

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  2. Less sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online. Those must be the /.ers.
    1. Re:Less sex? by adona1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      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? ;)
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  3. Proof that the internet as reached the masses... by swalker42 · · Score: 5, Funny
    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
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  4. Dear Sirs. by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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  5. Oblig. Calvin and Hobbes by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  6. Does anyone read articles? by Bluesman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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!

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  7. Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Survey in a sex shop ?

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

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  8. Suggested new moderation by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    +1 Sexy

    Maybe we'll start seeing sexier posts.

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  9. Re:Online survey -- now that wouldn't be biassed by mgblst · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.