Addiction to technology is becoming the fastest growing Illness of the 21st century

[kiwi_2005]

What the title says got me thinking



This wow vid is an example of gaming addiction this kid has & the stoopid mother who cries yet all she has to do is PULL THE INTERNET PLUG!! or disable his wow account and dont pay the monthly fees!

The commenter says 'Addiction to technology is becoming the fastest growing Illness of the 21st century' - its no different than a person hooked on ciggarettes or heroin.

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

Yeah addiction to Technology on a whole as an illness is just overrated. Computer gaming though, would i be pushing it by including txt messaging as well. My sons and friends are glued to their PC's/Consoles, its the same everywhere with young ppl, im too pretty much addicted to gaming to be honest and i have no intention of giving it up for good.

No matter whether you play games, visit forums, or chat all day on msn if you can't put it down and walk away from it for a few weeks/months without another thought then your more than likely addicted.:hmm:

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

I know what you mean. I used to have a whole host of traditional art tools like markers, paints, airbrushes, etc. All retired in favor of faster and cleaner digital doo-dads. Pretty much just the pencils and layout paper left these days. Can't imagine ever going back to the old cardboard counter wargames or minatures either. They just gather dust. However, the computer hasn't replaced books yet though. Amazon can keep their Kindle. :p

[Rotary Crewman]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

Playing on my Xbox 360

Oh sorry, thats not what you meant! I suppose I would probably watch more TV, read books, try and release my creative side once again. But then again I wouldn't be able to hunt down top tonnage!

[joea]

Irony. :hmm:

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

PC: What have I done the first almost 20 years of my life? And I must say, it was not a bad one. Internet: what have I done the first 30+ years of my life?

If somebody does not know how to spend his time and enjoy it without PC and internet, then his life is a really poor mess.

Yeah addiction to Technology on a whole as an illness is just overrated. :hmm:

Regarding games and internet, no. German health system and insurers are short off acepting games addiction and internet addiction being added to the catalogue of addictions for whose treatement the insurers will pay. It best compares to "Spielsucht" cumpulsive gambling. The point is that in the pathologic cases, subjects start to show the same symptoms and social downfalls like "real" addicts to gambling, substance abuse, etc.

Technology as a whole can'T be deleted from the present, but I am sure that it is massively overrated, yes.

However, a PC in the household is fun, and practical, no doubt. It is not as worse than people startzing their car just to drive those three hundred meters to the baker, and return. That is not just a massive increase in fuel, since the engine never gets warm, it also is an increase is wear and tear by a factor of around 7 for the same reason (says Germany's and the world biggest autopmobile club ADAC). but most important: driving a car for 300m in itself is - idiotic. - so when there is a PC, don'T feel bad when you make pragmatic use of it - but don'T cry, if there is none (when I visit friedns for a couple of days, for example, I miss neither the PC nor any forum nor any games a bit). I myself totally reject to depend on computers in my pirvate life. All the important mail I do not via the web, but paper post. All important banking issues I do manually. Loosing my database of items, codes, texts and bilances and all their backups as well wouödn'T hurt me a bit - and that is how it should be.

[kiwi_2005]

I have notice in the last 5 yrs ive become way more dependant on PCs than before, 5 yrs ago i didn't even have the internet, I just moved to broadband last year. Trouble is like a drug alot will fail to see whats it doing, or ignorant to the fact it is controling until they burn out. Hence like that kid on the wow video, thinks he can give up anytime well i hope hes right but i doubt he will without plenty of help.

Creeps up on you. Then bites you in the ass

[TteFAboB]

Originally Posted by joea

Irony. :hmm:

Touché.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.

Use my PS2 :rotfl:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Oh, and I didnt particularly appreciate how that guy said:

"And thats what you refer to them as? Friends?"

Once again, its us gamers blamed for societies ills. Listen to his mother "2 hours turned into 4, 4 turned into 6, 6 turned into 12"

So she was just oblivious to that as it was happening?

[TteFAboB]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

us gamers...

Us gamers? Speak for yourself! I'll pass being associated with these pixel brain eating zombies.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

Well, I have no problems with having no PC. I spend alot of time on the PC, but when summer comes, I cant wait to go to our summer cottage on weekends. It's in it's own island, so no power, expect what the small generator gives to power the lights when the nights get darker in Fall.

[JSLTIGER]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Well, I have no problems with having no PC. I spend alot of time on the PC, but when summer comes, I cant wait to go to our summer cottage on weekends. It's in it's own island, so no power, expect what the small generator gives to power the lights when the nights get darker in Fall.

That seems so...two centuries ago...

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

That seems so...two centuries ago...

It's a paradise compared to the city. When it's calm and no clouds in sight. You can literally hear the silence. Now, take the sunny day, calm waters, the silence and the beautifull finnish nature and add a nice smooth rock to sit on and a beer to your hand. Priceless, wouldnt give that away with any price.

[FIREWALL]

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:


All the above posts. That was easy.


After 5 minutes i'd run to Fry's Electronics and go Puter parts shoppin.

Great excuse for upgradeing.

[STEED]

Drink more beer. :p