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If you’re reading this then you’re more than likely addicted to the internet according to a recent study conducted by British psychiatrists. A study which makes the bold statement “Obsessive internet use is a public health problem which is so serious it should be officially recognized as a clinical disorder”.

Sufferers spend unhealthy amounts of time playing online games, viewing pornography or emailing.

They suffer four symptoms: They forget to eat and sleep; they need more advanced technology or more hours online as they develop ‘resistance’ to the pleasure given by their current system; if they are deprived of their computer, they experience genuine withdrawal symptoms; And in common with other addictions, the victims also begin to have more arguments, to suffer fatigue, to get lower marks in tests and to feel isolated from society.

Let’s see, yup, I think I got most of those bases covered, except they forgot one, DENIAL because even though that describes my typical day to a T I’m going to deny that I have any such problem, unless of course it qualifies me for some drug that will increase the hours in the day, so I can spend more time playing online.

The study also noted that it’s becoming more of a problem for middle aged women, than socially awkward men. They say it’s because these women spend hours at home on their computers. I say it’s simply because they finally figured out what us men do when they’re not around!

Ok guys, I ask you, if you had to chose being locked naked in a room for days with her with nothing to do but entertain each other or being locked in a room with your computer and an internet connection which would you choose (Ladies, just substitute the hot chick for your dream guy)?

Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans 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.

A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web, to which 15 percent said a just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and another 19 percent said a few days.

I know, this has made the rounds somewhat today but come on, are they serious? I know it’s been a growing trend for years that people more and more isolate themselves from the outside world but to say you’d prefer to sit in front of the computer to having sex with your wife, girlfriend, significant other or some hot bimbo off the street, that’s just not right. I spend way too much time with my computers too, and yes the internet is a big part of my life but it’s not ALL of it. Sorry, but I just can’t see it happening, and I’m not going for the “online sex is better” crap either.

I don’t know, if Virtual Reality ever becomes a reality then I guess Second Life will become Real Life but then again, maybe The Matrix wasn’t just a movie and we’re really on the inside and the internet is the way to escape the tyranny of the evil race of computers we created hundreds of years ago and everything we know is based on some programmed algorithms and ……………. Follow the pink rabbit

Read the full report at Reuters

Not much need for chit-chat, it’s about 105 degrees around here and getting motivated to do anything is tough, luckily we have StumbleUpon to pass the time waiting for this rare phenomenon some people call rain. Here’s a little tribute to some of the more fanciful finds in recent days (completely unintentional of course). Photos should be mostly safe for work. Lots of photos after the jump.

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Just so you know, I laughed my ass off when I saw this. Why? Because it’s freaking funny, that’s why. Whether you like it or not the internet has been flooded with spoilers about the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Some guy by the name of Len decided to take the whole thing beyond the traditional “flood the internet” method and actually embedded spoilers in a DVD rip of the movie “Evan Almighty”, which was then put up on torrents for download.

Imagine, you’re a Potter fan but you’ve been taking your time, absorbing every last detail of this last book, when you decide to take break and watch a movie. Imagine as the film runs you’re watching a scene in a bar, where the patrons are watching TV, all of a sudden the TV starts flashing messages about the latest Harry Potter book. You know things like, “Harry Potter { insert spoiler here } “. Oh yeah, that’s some funny stuff there. I can sympathize with the Potter crowd though, if someone had told me Frodo managed to destroy the One Ring and save Middle Earth before I got to see it on the big screen, I’d have been pissed off but good.

That’s just what the Potter fans are too. Some have even resorted to posting death threats on Len’s site. Even Rowlings came out and asked that people not spoil the book for other fans. Ok, and one shouldn’t throw gas on an already burning fire. By the way, technically speaking it was Golum that caused the destruction of the One Ring and not Frodo. If you’ve got a problem with me spoiling that for you fine, I’ll be out back in about an hour, right after I find my Yoda ears and some sparklers to use as a wand. You’ve been warned.

TorrentFreak via CrunchGear

Well, looks like it’s time to find another hobby. Early reports are it’s terminal and those that can fix it are apparently still standing in line to get their copy of the final Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hollows.

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