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Signs You're Online Too Much

MaverickBP

Golden Member
1. Tech Support calls you for help.
2. Someone at work tells you a joke and you say "LOL."
3. You watch TV with the closed captioning turned on.
4. You have called out someone's screen name while making love to your significant other.
5. You keep begging your friends to get an account so "you can hang out."
6. Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
7. You've gotten on an airplane just to meet some people face-to-face.
8. You have to get a second phone line so you can order pizza.
9. Your wife goes into labor and you stop to type a special e-mail to let everyone know you're going to be "away."
10. You have a vanity car tag with your screen name on it.
11. You no longer type with proper capitalization, punctuation or complete sentences.
12. You begin to say "heh heh heh" instead of laughing.
13. When someone says, "What did you say?" you reply, "Scroll up!"
14. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is asleep.
15. You turn down the lights and close the blinds so people won't know you're online again.
16. You know more about your AOL friends' daily routines than you do your own spouses'.
17. You find yourself lying to others about your time online and when they complain that your phone was busy, you claim it was off the hook.
18. You have an identity crisis if someone is using a screen name close to your own.
19. You would rather tell people that your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (you were online all night).
20. You type messages to people while you are on the phone with them at the same time.
 
i hate lists like these, I can just imagine two 16yr old boys on irc coming up with the list andthen sending emails to everyone on what they just created.
 
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i hate lists like these, I can just imagine two 16yr old boys on irc coming up with the list andthen sending emails to everyone on what they just created.

umm ok michael
 
Originally posted by: MaverickBP
1. Tech Support calls you for help.
2. Someone at work tells you a joke and you say "LOL."
3. You watch TV with the closed captioning turned on.
4. You have called out someone's screen name while making love to your significant other.
5. You keep begging your friends to get an account so "you can hang out."
6. Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
7. You've gotten on an airplane just to meet some people face-to-face.
8. You have to get a second phone line so you can order pizza.
9. Your wife goes into labor and you stop to type a special e-mail to let everyone know you're going to be "away."
10. You have a vanity car tag with your screen name on it.
11. You no longer type with proper capitalization, punctuation or complete sentences.
12. You begin to say "heh heh heh" instead of laughing.
13. When someone says, "What did you say?" you reply, "Scroll up!"
14. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is asleep.
15. You turn down the lights and close the blinds so people won't know you're online again.
16. You know more about your AOL friends' daily routines than you do your own spouses'.
17. You find yourself lying to others about your time online and when they complain that your phone was busy, you claim it was off the hook.
18. You have an identity crisis if someone is using a screen name close to your own.
19. You would rather tell people that your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (you were online all night).
20. You type messages to people while you are on the phone with them at the same time.

nice list:

#1 happens all the time
 
Originally posted by: MaverickBP
1. Tech Support calls you for help.

Nope. Just everyone else.

2. Someone at work tells you a joke and you say "LOL."

Never done it.

3. You watch TV with the closed captioning turned on.

Nope, I hate CC. I have to watch it at the gym.

4. You have called out someone's screen name while making love to your significant other.

Nope.

5. You keep begging your friends to get an account so "you can hang out."

Nope.

6. Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Nope.

7. You've gotten on an airplane just to meet some people face-to-face.

A couple times, yeah.

8. You have to get a second phone line so you can order pizza.

Nope. That's what cable modems are for.

9. Your wife goes into labor and you stop to type a special e-mail to let everyone know you're going to be "away."

Nope.

10. You have a vanity car tag with your screen name on it.

Nope.

11. You no longer type with proper capitalization, punctuation or complete sentences.

Nope, thank gawd...

12. You begin to say "heh heh heh" instead of laughing.

Nope.

13. When someone says, "What did you say?" you reply, "Scroll up!"

Nope.

14. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is asleep.

Sometimes when I cannot sleep.

15. You turn down the lights and close the blinds so people won't know you're online again.

Nope.

16. You know more about your AOL friends' daily routines than you do your own spouses'.

Nope.

17. You find yourself lying to others about your time online and when they complain that your phone was busy, you claim it was off the hook.

Cable modem, and nope.

18. You have an identity crisis if someone is using a screen name close to your own.

Nope.

19. You would rather tell people that your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (you were online all night).

Nope.

20. You type messages to people while you are on the phone with them at the same time.

Nope.


Man, I gotta turn in my geek card.
 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
well I'm 0/20 on that list, so i guess i'm not online too much.

I mean....seeing as thought half of them deal with you having dial up....most of us they wont apply to!
 
i don't understand #3
if you have the closed captioning on, then you're watching the tv to read the cc.
when i'm on the computer, i have the tv volume turned up, not the cc on
😕
 
Originally posted by: HN
i don't understand #3
if you have the closed captioning on, then you're watching the tv to read the cc.
when i'm on the computer, i have the tv volume turned up, not the cc on
😕

i think it refers to that the fact you are on the net all the time makes you want to read everything rather than listen to it....seeing as thought most of the net is a visual thing...
 
haha I used to play lunatix online for about three years. I knew it was time to quit when I started reacting to peoples jokes by saying "LOL" 😛
 
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