Stanford University did a study and found that “Some Americans are Internet addicts.”
SHOCKING!!!! Thoroughly SHOCKING!!!!Â
The average is a single white male who spends 30 hours a week online. That is a mere 4 hours, 16 minutes, and 7.5 seconds per day. Sounds pretty average to me.
Out of the 2,513 people surveyed (Was this an online survey, or did people have to get up from their computers to respond?) they found the following:
- 68.9% were regular Internet users (I’m not accustomed to being called regular anything). The remaining stats are from within this group.
- 13.7% had a hard time staying away from the Internet for more than a few days (that sounds scary)
- 12.4% said they stayed online longer than intended (what about those who intended to stay on all night?)
- 5.9% felt their Internet usage was hurting their “real-life” relationships (does that count IM?)
Elias Aboujaude, MD, a clinical assistant professor in psychiartry [sic] (redneck psychiatry, I assume) claimed that many people are seeing him about compulsive issues with checking email or online chatting. Knowing the single young white mail population we can only assume that for everyone going to the doctor for this there are thousands of others suffering silently, in a dark room, lit only with the glow of an LCD, and filled with the woedul sounds of cooling fans.
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