11/2/09: Internet/Gaming Addiction

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" There's a great story about it with the corniche is a correspondent for them. Talking about Internet addiction this pull out of Stanford says one in eight Americans. Are addicted addicted to electronic media this would include GM -- not Marjorie is it would what does addiction main. Well if you hit if you can control ING totally. Can't control it. Like a journal of their -- the last commercial dimensions in the whole time you know they're people that cannot stop checking their email obsessively. That are teaching their crackberry that detect texting constantly. Which all of which you do during the show. And nobody gaining in your off our Christian -- people there -- to war of World of Warcraft they play it nonstop apparently in Korea and China. With they have a 50% addiction to electronic media they're people that go to these cafes Internet gaming to phase. They don't eat they don't sleep one Korean guy died after fifty hours of night eating sleeping or even going to the bathroom. I was playing this game on the line from tissues with this doctor that I hope is gonna join us for Children's Hospital points out that people are bringing their children. To their position thinking that their addicted to drugs because they're acting so strange that they're getting. Rose and depressed and distracted than at their school work is is is not going whether French is not going well he's they're on drugs in fact you know they are now. -- hooked on line to. These these."

" You know also other than to say even though -- totally wrong about me if one you're. -- none -- admit that they have and they -- do you admit -- I don't. I'm not let's say six and eight and no I would say it on the -- it's like to generator three annoyed yeah and because people can't admit I don't know about the what their own problem is we're gonna talk about this hour is do you feel you have such an addiction. If you do. Why are you not able to control for those like me who is able to control my access to and usable -- yeah -- that's right we'll discuss how you do it but I -- even if this number is real again I think it's far too -- one out of the look around how many coworkers -- 443. View according to the Stanford server market -- cultures naked naked back at the back on -- boyfriend back. Back in that book and one out of eight if you admit that you have an addiction to to electronic media this is done."

" Okay how much is too much postal quizzed him and company text messages to decent day send via -- hundred. Unser has been gone. And saw hundred during the show party times two to three realize that every."

" Time I think of maybe a hundred -- the fifth and they've been -- one."

" Checking it now that we do email -- you this agenda today."

" Who is is calling you get ignorance and as well I don't -- all the warnings and you have all your in your news source."

" actually I have news sources what I get is that all the newspapers you enroll Marjorie considers is an addiction you know I call it show preparation. What essentially happened is every newspaper and I think it is subscribe to and some -- emails you their top stories in the morning -- that they can't."

" Is ruining the world it is ruining the world market ignored and -- and is now. I'll definitely have a conversation. Is steal our favorite -- was admitted to me this out to dinner with his wife and has -- crackberry. Public hidden text of the chairs on the and is checking it every little -- the bathroom during the -- the -- seven times during the neurons are definite of aggression on. That additional anywhere you can go anywhere without to crack and Ernie too he can't even with all the time he like stopped like it's eventually."

" As I was trying to say addiction means that you can't control yourself you can stop if you said to me if I wanted to I don't see any need to. If I wanted to notch value they'll put out on a day or text people -- keep up to speed up on things -- it."

" Most people that are borderline sick to begin with which might be some like -- chance to really get further into their antisocial shall I just texting holiday electoral terrible. What tactic that."

" We don't use those fingers users' phones and English you know nothing about the I'm not and I can. Not text messaging market launch and on trying to maintain healthy check the larger human and I think it's I have a disease being honest here how often do you check. Remote monitoring and reporting that she does she checks her email like twice what I tell people what kind all the is that you call me you don't. Don't -- online -- in -- res photos either in the dishwasher the washing machine the toilet or topical -- six. That's one question 672 to. 19269 pound 96 when you suffer from an addiction if you don't explained martyrs like control what's involved don't."

" By the way that this this quote this kid from tufts university in the story personally he's a computer science major there he talked about how they had to -- house overtimes. That disrupted Internet access. And people went dessert. Because they couldn't checked -- in apparently never occurred to them that. If you couldn't get online to check email -- could send email either so they were sort of insulated from that disaster recently we just. It in a total panic but it could be saved my email from outside of three it was his fifth. The they have plastic paddle their head they went to a meltdown because the couldn't get -- This is a sickness to -- and Europe in the forefront. Leading the disease go."

" Because if I can I can control and my assumption is it -- and that why you are left now is since you said that since you said to me six minutes ago you check your emails and text -- three times have pulled my block room on pocket. You you've done it twice. Other than those two time. Stalinists astonishing piece it would be in a room I'm very restore a threat don't tell the story about going to meet with a boss anymore yes it's getting old is known here."

" What it is it's meeting with your boss is going up for drinks somewhere having dinner with average -- how special it is. Jim is texting and answering his messages off to tonight is so annoying annoying and I take -- to that thing. On your hand and throw in this --"

" River let me ask -- questions healthier behavior checking your email relatively regularly out of courtesy to people who need your forever purposes or checking it twice week which is which is a better solution until."

" Making it twice -- week is perfectly sufficient. If it's a big deal now calling a typically reach these people."

" Don't call him more -- people don't call it call me agent in a call you know when -- Conroy do knowledge that different from your phone I don't it's worth a I think it's like --"

" Is text and vehicle program. That's right he's a very important and very famous -- can't really -- and human interaction he just has text everybody package your herbal Marjorie I Iranian. What is it you remind me up when your sales there. --"

" Like enhanced service on the utterly ill Marjorie."

" Let's assume that those emails heating up against the Battle -- goes."

" How long -- there is one of -- quality honestly it's one of arteries best qualities I should say and I mean this sincerely is if you stopper on the street. The wanna talked her three hours later if you wanna talk she's the talk. I'm serious about this how many people let's get a -- it is -- I don't think you just can walk and don't make iconic never your gender Deutsche Bank and it. I don't much like what I'll I'll keep it. Thabeet is center of course he's divide people begin -- know we in fact it's going to be -- and you know I am I don't want people to keep. -- Guys. And margins -- but an accurate answer this question would you like -- not average conversational take five minutes correct. So you're talking to one person I can text or email. Fifty people in the time that your talking to one which I. I would argue is for more courteous to a larger spectrum of people in the individual -- deal was sort of Internet addiction according to the Boston Globe story. A survey telephone survey of US adults 18 people consider themselves addicted to electronic media and the reason number so low is because those people couldn't answer the telephone. Because there's so addicted I'm serious are these people getting sick of people don't even answer the phone --"

" Great story at at. -- I was at least a year ago about. Crackberries at recess that nickname for blackberries about little kids being so enraged by the parents with the crackberries that -- take a -- based troubling the toilet and -- into the woods. The parents go to -- school plays now that go to their parent teacher conferences. Think it would ever soccer games it -- texting. All of those are people who have a problem I'd like quality as some people she. You can still -- denies it and people fortunately. 6782219. I'm her eyes and -- paradise that. So just too much and emails. On the texting. Just too much on being online playing -- giving -- those that are really realize kids to playing. There and MLB baseball game for three hours a day is that too much if -- substitute for TV don't watch the TV is okay. Is it written that in there. That the hamsters like to double controller is on packet with their bodies okay. That that their bodies you don't play that -- laugh -- kids into their rooms and bedrooms that is along with computers. Or does that mean you. -- kids have blackberries you -- is too -- its addiction to begin out of the womb."

" Kids' shoes as soon as they're out of the womb and able to get as symbols -- digits are working it's good to get them started -- is that there. In contact with -- 67221969. Internet addiction it's in effects -- effects. One out of 812% of Americans admitted. Which even I would admit means in numbers much fire let's say it's one of five Mora for Peter who lost -- you were first on this issue at least -- 96 time Boston talks --"

" The guys directs and think about -- on this topic do we Rhode degenerate. Junkie that dollars us. -- two weeks ago. Okay yeah. And yeah sometimes cellphones and people would account and I texting in his pocket does this fulfill. Look at look at the screen still put it back and pockets. Frantically trying to text -- somebody back a grown man term. Thank you lose a -- this."

" I can't think the last time I went to an event that was large whether it was a school play aware there was -- or funeral or a wedding. We didn't hear yourself uncle laugh and he didn't see specially if it's dark the little light sort of make texting during the performance really."

" Mystic River is that Mystic -- the guys texting Jack Nicholson who was essentially -- that we are not I think that only -- wasn't -- the departed the departed yes it depart depart at all it's yet -- it's unbelievable Peter you're sending us emails by the boatload who were used to be accusing me of anything."

" I think I'm you know I'm playing with a kid. Right -- a lot and the thing is is that I've got that you got to tell you can get a can of regular automotive -- there. -- stupid kid stuff that she thought let's bring it between the six -- out."

" I did try that for the -- is a six foot 7822199. Verizon -- pound and -- How much is too much I would say if you if you're text messaging. Every thirty seconds is Jim what do during the commercial -- I don't know the answer that you'll isn't my problem too much as we cannot up if you could not go to the bathroom without your Blackberry should do every commercial I do it in the -- That is a problem if you -- text messaging at the urinal I would say."

" That is was gonna be doing this is a problem that. Is your line."

" 6722196. Incidentally if anybody in addition continues discussion obviously if anybody knows. If the woman in tone who passed out drunk on the second floor for daycare center last week has passed out yet again. Today she's back at work the states that's fine so as though ones tanked upstairs it was about 672216."

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