Do you spend to much time on the net?

sabertooth1217 · **Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:45 pm Do you spend to much time on the net?**

After looking at myself and a few of the people that i chat with over the net on a daily basis i find that we are always on the net. Me more than some people. I spend maybe 5-10 hours on a computer each day. That is a lot of time. 35-70 hours a weel, 1825 -3650 hours a year! Thats 152 Days per year that your on the net. The res of the time i am At school, looking for a job or im sleeping/eating. Am i alone in the very sad fact? I know this is very bad not just for my personal life but also for my eyes. IS there any medical promblems people get from net? I dont know, but im sick of being a net junkie.

Starbuck · **Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:39 pm**

I spend almost from 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM online, EVERY DAY. That is 8 hours a day, 56 hours a week, 2912 hours a year, and 121.3 days a year. jeeze, phone bill must be high...............

Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

I don't need to spend as much time on the net as I do, but there is nothing else for me to do.

Arellia · **Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:51 pm**

sabertooth1217 · **Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:54 pm**

Well i see your point there Sydney. I have moved from Dallas to Houston to Amarillo and have lost all of my friends twice and i dont want to go though it again. The onle friends i have from houston are the ones that i have made over the net. That is one of the only good reasons that i like the net so much, it gives the world connected so much more. I never use the net for studing barely ever anymore. Its just Message boards and games.

Also people dont treat as bad as they do in real life by judging by looks and the way some people talk. That is another great plus the the Net.

Strife · **Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:37 pm**

I used to spend about all my waking moments on the computer/net. about 8-9 hrs on school days and almost the whole day during vacations

but doing my o levels this year and am really busy now but i still spend about 10+ hours on the comp each week.

Thomas · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:28 am**

Oh, definitely. I go online before school, at lunchtime and when I come home after school, if no one's on it. If I have no homework or anything to do, I'll try to stay on all night. My real life friends all make remarks about it... there was one day when one of them signed on about three times, hours apart, and I was online every time. Even my form tutor has noticed! My brother totaled up how many hours I'd spent on the internet one month, and it was more than my four siblings put together,

PrankishSmart · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:37 am**

I don't think I spend as much time on my comp as I used to. For me on a weekend I spend more time on it, but a weekday it's maybe about 3 or 4 hours a day.

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

I used to spend about 6 hours a day on the internet, but my parents got mad at me and were like "You need to spend more time with your family blah blah blah..."

Now I only spend about 2 1/2 hours, except on weekends sometimes a little more.

Theresa · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:42 am**

I did. Cut down alot the last two weeks, though. During the winter here, I'm online too much, but I'm a voracious reader, and there are all kinds of things to read on the net. I try to come on at least an hour at a time during the day, and longer if people are on that I like talking to. *shrug* I just need to keep my mind active, and tv, for the most part, doesn't do that. I've also started going out more, too, which I guess is good. I'm not a very social person,

, but I'm working on it. Actually, right now, I'll be late for a breakfast date if I don't leave now,

Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

Captain Dappet · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:09 am**

No, I don't think so. But everyone in my surroundings seem to think so.

I get on the net as soon as I get home, mostly. Sometimes I do homework first, like today.

imzadi76 · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:27 am**

Is the pope catholic?

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

You bet he is.

imzadi76 · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:29 am**

Then you can bet I do

Jeff Miller · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:11 am**

I don't think I do I leave it on all day but Im only on a hour maybe 2 in the morning a hour at noon and maybe a half hour at night depending if I have any homework or work to do. I used to be on it seemed like forever.

Leo Wyatt · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:08 pm**

I know I need to cut back on the computer alot to relax and enjoy myself.

sabertooth1217 · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:42 pm**

IntrepidIsMe · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:16 pm**

Yeah, I'm usually on for a few hours every day. During the summer on 24/7 though

Theresa · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:02 pm**

sabertooth1217 · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:17 pm**

That is a very strange fact. I have never heard anything about there where I live. Glad for the info Thanks.

-John

Theresa · **Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:02 pm**

Morphy · Forum Ogre Joined: 15 Jun 2001 Posts: 3858

Yes I do. I've made many excuses to play on the computer instead of going out. I like the net.

DemonClassY · **Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:05 am**

My mom wants to send me to STV.com's anonymous.

Leo Wyatt · **Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:56 am**

my husbands says the same thing. he says i am addicted to the internet. i am big time. i go crazy without it. my friends are online.