The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on September 01, 2008, 01:38:22 PM
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So, does anyone here (apart from Nick due to his many 'adventures' with his computer) suffer from this condition? rubschin:
LONDON (Reuters) - Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the Internet? Don't worry, you're not alone and now there's a word for it: "discomgoogolation".
Nearly half of Britons -- 44 percent -- are discomgoogolation sufferers, according to a survey, with over a quarter -- 27 percent -- admitting to rising stress levels when they are unable to go online.
"The proliferation of broadband has meant for the first time in history we've entered a culture of 'instant answers,'" said psychologist Dr David Lewis, who identified discomgoogolation by measuring heart rates and brainwave activity.
The term comes from "discombobulate," which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
"A galaxy of information is just a mouse click away and we have become addicted to the web," added Lewis. "When unable to get online, discomgoogolation takes over.
"It was surprising to see the stress this led to brain activity and blood pressure in participants both increase in response to being cut off from the Internet."
The survey also found 76 percent of Britons could not live without the Internet, with over half of the population using the web between one and four hours a day and 19 percent of people spending more time online than with their family in a week.
Forty-seven percent of those polled believed the Internet was more important in people's lives than religion, with one in five people paying the Internet more attention than their partner.
Commissioned by information service 118118, the YouGov poll questioned 2,100 Britons during the first week of July.
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Me.
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A big relief for Mr Wench then happy088
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Me.
Looking at my post count and the hours spent here me too redface:
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Get yourself a BlackBerry, you never need be offline again.
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My greatest fear scared2:
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It just means that the hound has a virtual leash whistle:
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Get yourself a BlackBerry, you never need be offline again.
It's on the list of things to get once the bank account is rather more in the black than it is at the moment. sad24:
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Do they make pink ones?
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Oh yes! cloud9:
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rubschin: Wouldn't that be a Raspberry?
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No it would be a strawberry! ::)
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But strawberries are red wenchyberry whistle:
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So are raspberries!
A cranberry then!
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Also red I'm afraid. whistle:
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Crushed Raspberries with double cream perhaps ~ that's pink
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cloud9:
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Who says the old hound doesn't know the way to a girl's heart? whistle:
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Donna was looking nice today cloud9:
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Donna was looking nice today cloud9:
Crushed Raspberries?
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She rubbed me cloud9:
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She rubbed me cloud9:
Out?
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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She rubbed me cloud9:
Up the wrong way...? rubschin: