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Thursday, September 20, 2007
4:48:00 PM EDT
Hearing Kill the Messenger -- John Wesley Harding
Apparently, we Americans really love our online lives:
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.
Only a fifth of those who took part in an online survey conducted by advertising agency JWT between Sept 7 and 11 said they could go for a week.
I can't go for a week offline because then I would lose this job. But I don't suspect most people have that excuse. Also, you know. Giving up sex to spend more time online? Insane. And that's about exactly as much as I'm going to delve into that, for which I suspect all of you are grateful.
That said, I actually find being online is useful for keeping a social life with friends. I live hundreds of miles away from many of my closest friends, you know. But I get to chat with a lot of them every day through IM and such. Until I can be in the same room with them, it's an acceptable substitute.
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4:48:00 PM EDT
Hearing Kill the Messenger -- John Wesley Harding
Yes, But How Many Were Likely to Have Sex to Begin With?
Apparently, we Americans really love our online lives:
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.
Only a fifth of those who took part in an online survey conducted by advertising agency JWT between Sept 7 and 11 said they could go for a week.
I can't go for a week offline because then I would lose this job. But I don't suspect most people have that excuse. Also, you know. Giving up sex to spend more time online? Insane. And that's about exactly as much as I'm going to delve into that, for which I suspect all of you are grateful.
That said, I actually find being online is useful for keeping a social life with friends. I live hundreds of miles away from many of my closest friends, you know. But I get to chat with a lot of them every day through IM and such. Until I can be in the same room with them, it's an acceptable substitute.
Your thoughts?
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I probably spend too much time online, but talking to my son on IM more than we used to on the phone. And I can actually say that I'm learning more than if I wasn't online. So.....
Smiles, Leigh -
Oh...I know I spend way too much time online...and I see how it's gotten in the way for many couples. But I've never said, "Not now honey, I've got an email".
Nancy
10/18/07 8:29 PM