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Inside A Korean Rehab Camp For Web Addiction

Posted by Zonk on from the place-you-never-want-to-go dept.

caffeinemessiah writes "The New York Times has a story about a Korean kids' camp for 'curing' Internet addiction. 'Seventeen hours a day online is fine,' said one such kid at the camp. From the article: 'Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming ... this year, the camp held its first two 12-day sessions, with 16 to 18 male participants each time. (South Korean researchers say an overwhelming majority of compulsive computer users are male.)'"

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  1. Fris! by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've cut back to only 4 letters a day now. I'm almost cured!

    1. Re:Fris! by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

      >I've cut back to only 4 letters a day now. I'm almost cured! Then I appreciate your effort in writing this post, seeing as it must have taken you twelve days.

  2. pfft. by ndelta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seventeen hours? Amateur.

    1. Re:pfft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah. They probably run Windows and the other 7 hours in the day are spent defragging, virus scanning, updating, and rebooting. If they ran Linux they would be Free to troll the the interwebs and advocate Free software 23.99976 hours a day like I do.

      -twitter

  3. Gold Farming... by Kedjoran · · Score: 4, Funny

    If all the Koreans are cured of their internet addiction, where will we get our gold farmers? China? They aren't nearly as dedicated! I bet they only get 15 hours of gold farming a day! Sleep they say! Who needs that?

    1. Re:Gold Farming... by Rebelgecko · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dude, I'm from the UK so I've never played American Football, but I used to play rugby, and if you were to train at that for 17 hours a day, you'd be dead pretty soon. Give me Starcraft any day! Sure, you say that before the Carpal Tunnel.
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  4. So let me get this straight... by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can either be an extremely powerful wizard ruling your domain with an iron fist or you can make pots and drum. Yes, that's a terrific alternative.

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  5. They should look at the bright side by JudgeFurious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those people who become addicted to the internet and spend all of their time online will be less likely to breed. That should eventually lead to an "internet resistant" strain of human being capable of using the internet to accomplish tasks and then walk away.

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  6. Re:Nothing to see here by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you have to attend in person, or is there an online version available?

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  7. Re:so? what else is there to do? by garompeta · · Score: 4, Funny

    So here is the deal, we reinsert you in the matrix if you give us the codes of Zion...