You know you are addicted to technology when...
Thursday, December 4, 2008 by ALMonty | Discussion: Community
You know you are addicted to technology when...
You can't sit through an entire movie without having at least one device on your body beep or buzz.
You think of the gadgets in your office as "friends", but you forget to send your father a birthday card.
In computer shops, you eavesdrop on a salesman talking with customers, butt in to correct him and spend 20 minutes answering the customers' questions, while the salesman stands by silently, nodding his head.
You say "digital compression" in a conversation without thinking how strange your mouth feels saying it.
You constantly find yourself in groups of people to whom you say "digital compression". Everyone understands what you mean and you are not surprised or disappointed that you don't have to explain it.
You say "voice number" instead of "phone number" as the majority of phone lines in any house are linked to contraptions that talk to other contraptions.
You back up your data every day.
On holiday, you read a computer manual and turn the pages faster than those who read John Grisham novels.
You go to trade shows and map out your path of the exhibit hall in advance. But you can't give someone directions to your house without looking up street names.
You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon.
You are so knowledgeable about technology that you feel secure enough to say "I don't know" when someone asks you a technology question instead of feeling compelled to make something up.
You understand all these jokes.
If so, technology has taken over your life. We suggest you go lie under a tree and write a haiku. And don't use a laptop.
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Reply #3 Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:21 PM
Am I addicted??? nah, just because I have one of the USB coffee warmers and have had my chair custom made into a toilet, and I just tried to make toast in my burner 
Reply #4 Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:28 PM
Thanks AL, just out a bit here and there, but I'm starting to feel better. Fling a big poo over at that big ape for me.
Reply #5 Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:30 PM
Oh you are so far gone. Is there any hope?
Reply #6 Thursday, December 4, 2008 6:27 PM
What....yours doesn't do it?....
Reply #9 Thursday, December 4, 2008 7:29 PM
Are you talking about the retractible cup holder?
Reply #10 Thursday, December 4, 2008 7:58 PM
You know you're addicted to technology when you're playing *real* spider solitaire and you wait for the fireworks when you get it out. 
Reply #11 Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:16 PM
Good to know i am not the only one
who waits for the fire works 
Reply #12 Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:22 PM
I'm in a bit of a pickle I have to admit.. my hand has become fossilized, I can't tell where my mouse starts, and hand ends I may need surgery to remove it!
Reply #13 Thursday, December 4, 2008 9:42 PM
who waits for the fire works
Hehe.... me too. Like ever so glad somebody else has admitted it. 
I don't think Medicare covers things like that... self inflicted technological injuries... or in your case, growth removal and long-term occupational therapy for electro rodentitis.
Reply #14 Thursday, December 4, 2008 9:50 PM
Then I'm lucky I had my chair remodelled into a toilet 
Reply #15 Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:01 PM
do think we need help
naw we're fine
Reply #16 Friday, December 5, 2008 3:27 AM
I just realized I never have to get up again!!
I was actually GETTING UP, to lay down on the floor to watch DVD's, I totally forgot I can watch them on my pc.. besides, I can no longer feel my butt.. I think I've become fused to the chair.. err.. toilet 
Reply #17 Friday, December 5, 2008 3:50 AM
That's probably because of the mouse in one hand and that awful 'dead' hand feeling in the other...
but hey, I'm a generous bloke, and I'd happily lend you a hand to feel if it's still there. 
You know you're addicted to technology when you start looking for a power point to recharge your disposable razor. 
Reply #19 Friday, December 5, 2008 4:39 AM
you know your tech addicted when:
You choose vacation spots coresponding to Wifi accessibility.
You meet people and measure them by CPU Standards * hes a 486* *shes about as quick as a K.6 2/@500*
You Visit the inlaws and you instantly wish to "disconnect from this chat room".
You leave the room and yell BRB!.
You click the invisible mouse buttons on your cars stick shifter.
You see a sticker saying "C:\ Dos, C:\ Dos run, run Dos run." and laugh.
You cant find the on switch to your hair brush.
You wish you could photoshop your hair instead of trying to brush it.
You carry a Laptop,Ipod/Mp3 player,Phone, all which have the same functions but you need all three to go anywhere.
The last thing you touch at nite and the first thing you touch in the morning, has lights and beeps.
You can "by memory" program the dam clock on the DVD player.
"Speed dial" is way too slow.
You understand this Phrase "IlCUL8r@Wrk"
When the power goes out at home you cant call anyone with the house line, as the base needs power to run the cordless phones. *but you dont realize it til you try to dial out*
You frantically run to the store in the middle of the night, because your keyboard batteries died.
You have raided the batteries out of remotes for the TV,VCR, etc, because you didnt want to run to the store in the middle of the night, when the keyboard or mouse batteries died.
The above 2 reasons Inspired you to buy rechargeable batteries and a quick charger.
Tiger Direct and newEgg Send you Christmas cards..
Reply #20 Friday, December 5, 2008 5:14 AM
You know you're addicted to technology when you have to hand write a letter then search high and low for the spell checker.
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:08 PM
The capacitor burns
Dark spots on the board
Life is at an end