Topic: ...please help me out with this... (Read 11877 times)

sarah2005 · « **on:** June 01, 2005, 11:59:55 AM »

Hi, members of the Geek forum, I was wandering if you could please help me out with the British television programme I'm researching. It's about addiction (and yes, that includes internet addiction).

My name's Sarah, and you'll find my contact details at the bottom of this post. I look forward to hearing from you...

So, do you have an extra-ordinary addiction?
Are you, for example, addicted to:
Text messaging,
Pornography,
Jelly Babies,
The Gym,
Television,
Something even stranger?

Do you have a fascinating tale to tell?
What impact has your addiction had on your life?
Has it ever pushed you close to death?
Are friends and family aware of your addiction?
Do they understand?
Have you ever sought help?

Are you a forthright and honest individual willing to talk openly about your addiction on TV?
Can you take viewers on a journey into the darkside of your addiction?
Are you able to provide words of wisdom to other addicts?
Are you willing to confront your addiction whilst in front of the camera?

If so, you may be just the person to take part in a forthcoming
documentary about modern addiction for a mainstream terrestrial
broadcaster.
Please e-mail me, sarah@addiction.me.uk, telling me:
•   about you
•   about your addiction
•   your age
•   your gender
•   your contact details
•   and your locality
(all contact will be strictly confidential)
Deadline for applications: August 2nd 2005

I really look forward to hearing from you. Thanks again for your time.

http://www.addiction.me.uk

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2005, 12:02:47 PM »

I'm addicted to being rude to people on forums.

hackess · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2005, 12:13:50 PM »

WTFH are Jelly Babies?

I echo what my esteemed colleague Demosthenes said.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2005, 12:24:30 PM »

Wooo! "esteemed"!

That's much better than mongoloid.

TheJudge · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2005, 12:41:36 PM »

Hello i have a fascinating tell to tale and I'm embarased to say this but I've been hanging out with a stranger at the local gym and we've been text messaging each other ascii pr0n while eating jelly beans and human babies but the strangest thing of all is that i run on a threadmill at this gym and the threadmill makes a TV run and the other day martha stweard was on there talking about some fucking gourdes and shit so io stopped running in order to shut the TV off then i became fat but i kept text messaging the ascii pr0n all along and now i'm so fat i'm affraid i'll just drop dead and it's not like my family can help the bastards don't understadn what it's like to be a fat ascii pr0n adict so i join a fact ascii pr0n support group to find support from the group but it's not helping and i'm thinking about calling dr phil but i'll settle for dr judge if dr phil is booked but all i can say is don't text message ascii pr0n in a gym while runing on a threadmil that powers a tv which features martha steward's fucking gourdes because it will turn you into a fat horrible 28 year old man like myself who resides in eastern canada and can be contacted by pressing the email button below this reply. Also, I have a this habbit of emulating PB's posts.

ivan · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2005, 01:01:16 PM »

Timberwolf · « **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2005, 01:07:15 PM »

Also, I have a this habbit of emulating PB's posts. Thats horrible, ointment stat!

ivan · « **Reply #7 on:** June 01, 2005, 01:07:35 PM »

pbsaurus · « **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2005, 02:22:56 PM »

I'm currently addicted to this picture

Demosthenes · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2005, 02:41:36 PM »

reimero · « **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2005, 02:44:32 PM »

Demosthenes · « **Reply #11 on:** June 01, 2005, 02:46:10 PM »

TheJudge · « **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2005, 04:14:01 PM »

Can't... stop... laughing!

MISTER MASSACRE · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2005, 04:21:40 PM »

I CAN QUIT INTERNET ANY TIME I WANT

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Min · « **Reply #14 on:** June 01, 2005, 05:41:56 PM »

How are we going to find out what the fuck hell jelly babies are if she's banned?

Graham_UK · « **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2005, 02:53:54 AM »

Jelly Babies are small sweets.

Perversely they are shaped like babies. Even stranger the recommended way to eat them is either

1) Bite their heads off, seen as a quick and merciless death

2) Eat them from the feet upwards, a more cruel method of imbibing sugar

We in Europe have had many more centuries to become truly somisphacated, as can be seen by our culinary habits.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2005, 03:05:02 PM »

So kind of like human baby shaped gummi weasels or something.

sarah2005 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2005, 03:41:51 AM »

I see someone's corrupted my good natured poll - I must make this clear to any serious respondents.

reimero · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2005, 07:47:37 AM »

Sarah,

We've been getting a LOT of hit-and-run posters lately, generally falling into 1 of 2 categories: "OMG HELP ME WITH $something" or "OMG VISIT MY WEBSITE."

When you come to teh Geekery (OMFGLOL), the forum at the very top is the "Hi! I'm new here!" forum. Please, please, please, for the love of Pepe, post in that forum first and then lurk and/or respond for a short while before hitting us with a poll like this. We're a small community here. We notice new people.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2005, 08:48:39 AM »

I voted for the third option. It seemed to make the best sense.

12AX7 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 25, 2005, 08:43:53 PM »

GIS for corrupted, goodnatured pol... neh. Too easy.

hudders · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2005, 03:43:56 PM »

if someone truly was addicted to the internet, it doesn't seem likely that they would believe themselves to be.
same with pretty much everything else, i guess...

people who admit it to themselves are taking the first steps towards rehabilitation and therefore not being addicted anymore...

consider for example someone you know who smokes forty-eight packs of cigarettes a day and yet claims he can give it up any time he likes. this man is an addict although he says he is not. the man who says "i'm addicted" realises the problem and can give it up any time he likes.

Vespertine · « **Reply #22 on:** July 11, 2005, 03:53:28 PM »

Quote from: hudders

if someone truly was addicted to the internet, it doesn't seem likely that they would believe themselves to be.
same with pretty much everything else, i guess...

people who admit it to themselves are taking the first steps towards rehabilitation and therefore not being addicted anymore...

consider for example someone you know who smokes forty-eight packs of cigarettes a day and yet claims he can give it up any time he likes. this man is an addict although he says he is not. the man who says "i'm addicted" realises the problem and can give it up any time he likes.

I disagree completely. While realizing you have an addiction is important, it does not mean that you can then "give it up any time you like". Here's an example. I smoke. I am fully aware of the fact that I am addicted to it. I cannot just give it up any old time, because it's an addiction. You see, there's a difference in knowing that you have an addiction and taking steps to rid yourself of said addiction. I know that I have one. I choose not to do anything about it at this point in my life.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #23 on:** July 11, 2005, 04:34:38 PM »

Quote from: hudders

the man who says "i'm addicted" realises the problem and can give it up any time he likes.

Da nile ain't just a river in egypt, yo!

hudders · « **Reply #24 on:** July 12, 2005, 09:59:54 AM »

Quote from: Vespertine

I know that I have one. I choose not to do anything about it at this point in my life.

you know you have an addiction because you're told you have one. there's enough anti-smoking paraphernalia hanging about for you to be an informed individual and realise that you have an addiction. where addiction to the internet differs is in the fact that it is not widely publicised and, where it is, is not necessarily regarded as a good or bad thing - therefore the individual can make their own minds up about whether they do or do not have an addiction.

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