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that’s cold turkey, arkady. I am curious what gentler remedy they might be using in Italy to wean addicts from the web.
And I’ve been “online all night to chat with someone in, say, Nepal.â€
Nepalese guys are HOT, especially the Gurkas.
SFarm – Power outage.
“They don’t talk to their neighbors and hardly go out”
I go out and talk to my neighbors…on my stoop! ; )
What’s the internet addiction equivalent of the patch? Or methadone? Some of us may need it.
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(today’s resulting in my daughter not getting educated)
doesnt she go to public school? they get like 4 minutes of education a day in nyc. the rest is all fluffer nutter.
*rob*
More “firsts” out of Italy besides meatballs & pasta……
Rome Hospital Starts Treating ‘Booming’ Web-Addiction Disorder
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Rome’s Policlinico Gemelli hospital,
whose former patients include Pope John Paul II, has opened a clinic to treat Internet Addiction Disorder, a pathology linked to the obsessive need to be online.
The center, which opened yesterday, is a unit of the
psychiatric department and has received its first patients,
according to a statement on the hospital’s Web site. The Gemelli is one of the Italian capital’s biggest medical centers.
“The disorder is linked to the booming use of the
Internet, especially among the younger generation,†Lucio
D’Alessandris, a psychologist at the center, said in an
interview. “Many of the patients have interpersonal problems: They don’t talk to their neighbors and hardly go out, but are online all night to chat with someone in, say, Nepal.â€
FYI, “Gemelli” is also a corkscrew shaped pasta.
I like voting for people under their “alternative” party designations. I think it makes voting more fun!
I can’t vote – but if I could, it would be for Snappy!