Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
New study on monkey drunkenness:
Monkeys drink more alcohol when housed alone, and some like to end a long day in the lab with a boozy cocktail, according to a new analysis of alcohol consumption among members of a rhesus macaque social group.
Sadly, the article does not answer the question "How drunk were the researchers before they decided that getting their lab monkeys drunk would be an AWESOME idea?"
Internet addiction test. I score 29-"You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage."
Basically, I think, because I have no stress about being online forever, and because I don't hide it.
I got a 26. Same spiel.
I scored 35, which is average.
Basically, I think, because I have no stress about being online forever, and because I don't hide it.
Well, they do say:
Everyone's situation is different, and it's not simply a matter of time spent on-line. Some people indicate they are addicted with only twenty hours of Internet use, while others who spent forty hours on-line insist it is not a problem to them. It's more important to measure the damage your Internet use causes in your life.
The internet doesn't damage my life, hence, not a problem.
36, probably because I am secretive and an insomniac.
If you can answer those questions, however, you don't really need the test. What I want to know is: who the hell fantasizes about getting online? That's like fantasizing about, like, walking the dog.
Also, with some of the questions, like
2. How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on-line?
It's not my internet obsession that's the problem there.
who the hell fantasizes about getting online? That's like fantasizing about, like, walking the dog
Having written LJ posts in my head on the drive home, I did have to answer "occasionally".
wrod.
What I want to know is: who the hell fantasizes about getting online? That's like fantasizing about, like, walking the dog.
I've totally had "OMG I can't wait to post that" moments, which is really more anticipating than fantasizing, or been at a movie wishing there was a watch and post, which - okay, fair cop on that one.
I've totally had "OMG I can't wait to post that" moments, which is really more anticipating than fantasizing, or been at a movie wishing there was a watch and post, which - okay, fair cop on that one.
In both those cases, it's NSM "I can't wait to get online" as "I can't wait to tell other Buffistas." Which is different (in my head, anyway).