I am seriously addicted......to

[silentwarrior]

DU! I just cant help myself. I may not post alot but I love

to read others posts. Its 4.48am here, and Im not sleeping.

I do sleep, but only for a few hours, then its back up, turn on PC

and Im back again!!

Its a safe addiction, dont you think?

[NYC_SKP]

1. hai

where on earth are you?

[silentwarrior]

5. Hiya

Im in England

[PoliticAverse]

2. It's all fun and games until you wander into Meta... n/t

[silentwarrior]

6. Havent ventured into Meta

Yet, it scares me

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I have correlated two things.

The first, that a study claims that if you are sedentary for three hours a day, cut off two years of your life.

Since I sit for at least three hours a day as I work on the laptop (which includes dropping into DU), it means that DU is bad for my health.

So, yes, it must be an addiction.

[silentwarrior]

7. well I do try

to fit housework in around DU, therefore I do have to

get off my Butt.....ocassionally, oh and I do have to

run up the stairs to use the bathroom alot, so that kinda helps

[Baitball Blogger]

14. True. If you have a bladder infection, I guess it would neutralize the two year

sedentary effect.

[silentwarrior]

15. Its definitely not that

could be more because of all the excitement on here has me running up dem starirs

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear silentwarrior!

I think this addiction is pretty benign! I hope so, since I'm similarly addicted!

I'm wondering where you are too...Asia? Ah, I see...England! One of my favorite countries!

[silentwarrior]

8. Hello there

I remember seeing that it was your birthday?

Happy belated wishes to you

[NYC_SKP]

9. Yes, it was her birthday earlier this week. She just turned 29!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. LOL!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Yes--last week.

Thank you!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. Try it for 11 years.

It's changed though. i guess everything does.

[silentwarrior]

13. which do you prefer?

[In_The_Wind]

16. this place.

I've been glued to my PC since finding DU about 8 years ago.


It's a safe addiction. [img]

[silentwarrior]

19. Wow thats a long time

I dont think my chair could take me sitting on it for 8 years though,

perhaps I should stay in bed with a Laptop

[In_The_Wind]

21. I took a break for about 2 years.

Over the road pilot car work didn't always stop near wifi.
I do miss seeing different places but I'm happy to be sleeping in my own bed [img][/img] with or without my Laptop. My computer chair is the same one I've had since getting my first pc 11 years ago.

[pink-o]

17. 'Ello, Mate!

Where in England are you? I spent 5 years in London and the Home Counties when it was actually cheap to live there. (Hint: Harold Wilson was PM when I first moved there!)

And as for DU, I've been here for ten years, and during the Dark Ages of W it was my pillar of sanity. People get down on GD, but it's not so bad. Loungers Rawk, tho!

[silentwarrior]

18. Allo there!

I remember Harold too Ive lived down south then moved up to Newcastle.

Its too cold, I might move back again

[Aristus]

20. Well, it certainly is an impossible addiction to shake, anyway.

I've been here for over eleven years. I have no intention of ever leaving for good. This place has become my family. And it's not as if I'm lacking for family IRL. I have a large extended family I frequently see for dinners, barbecues, and holidays.

But DU saw me through the awful B*sh years, especially since many of my extended family above are Repubs.

So here I have my liberal, Democratic, loving, extended, on-line family, with whom I celebrate, mourn, laugh, cry, joke, and flirt.

When my father died in May, 2009, my announcement thread in the Lounge eventually ran to over a hundred replies. Everyone was warm, sympathetic, and consoling. It was wonderful.

I know you'll love it here, silentwarrior. So many of us do...

[silentwarrior]

22. Hi there

My stepfather died the same year, in July. I am sorry for your loss.

To be honest, I found DU rather scary at first. Everyone here knows what to say to each other.
And I couldnt hold a political argument to save my life

Coming on here has helped to distract me from some personal problems and I can relate sometimes
to other posters on here.

[Aristus]

24. Don't be intimidated.

Most people here are very warm and accepting. Say what's on your mind. It's easy to make friends here. In order to make enemies, you almost have to be trying.

I mostly hang out here in the Lounge, which is a good place to come to when you want to have non-political discussions.

[applegrove]

23. There was an article on here that

talked about the social media sites and how they give you a dopamine hit. So it is a real addiction.

[Hayabusa]

25. That's kind of funny, because

The name of this thread in my internet browser was "I am seriously addicted .....to - Democratic Underground."