Quiz: Are You Addicted To Technology? [via Gizmodo]
Gizmodo has a fun quiz. Check it out [ http://gizmodo.com/5453262/quiz-are-you-addicted-to-technology?skyline=true&s=i ].
Apparently, I’m a pothead. LOL.
30-39: Pothead – You’re addicted, but you have no desire to quit. There’s a box of Ho Hos on the desk, and you had to brush Cheeto dust off the keyboard to log into your computer, which you keep password protected with heavy encryption. You hurried through this quiz because your guild is waiting for you in the other window. You really should consider counseling.
1. Do you eat most of your meals while at the computer or in front of the television?
> Always.
2. Do you sometimes bring your laptop when you sit on the toilet?
> No but phone, yes.
3. Do you check your feeds more than 1x per hour?
> Yes!
4. Do you make a nervous habit out of refreshing your inbox over and over, just in case someone emailed you in the last 45 seconds?
> Yes! Very!
5. Can you not remember the last time you didn’t check online reviews before eating at a new restaurant?
> Yes!
6. Do you freak out if you’re in a car and there’s no GPS?
> Of course! OMG! *firing up GPS on phone!)
7. Does the verb “tweet” come up regularly in your real-life conversations?
> Yes!
8. Have you ever changed vacation plans based on wi-fi availability?
> No but I do check for wireless network coverage prior to going somewhere.
9. Are there more than two portable electronic devices within reach right now?
> Yes, 3.
10. If your house were on fire, would you run in to rescue your laptop?
> Of course!
11. Are you closer with some online-only friends than people you actually see in real life?
> Yes! Online peeps rock!
12. Are you pretty sure you’d have killed yourself if you lived in the days before Internet?
> No. I’d have invented something like the Internet!
13. Do you buy things online that you could easily drive across town to get in person?
> All the time, yes. Online stuff are cheap!
14. Do “electronics” have their own category in your monthly budget?
> Yup!
15. Are you a member of any sort of online “guild?”
> Yes, baby! My peeps and I can raid your stash anytime.
16. Do you answer questions in support forums when you’re bored?
> Yes!
17. Do you bring your smartphone with you to church?
> I don’t go to church but I do have the smart devices on me all the time.
18. Do you own 3 or more video gaming systems? (Oh come on, portables count.)
> I don’t believe in gaming systems but my phones are on par with portable ones. So, yes.
19. Do you have multiple t-shirts with references to Internet memes, linux, or webcomics?
> No! I’m a gentleman hispter!
20. Do you know what the word “meme” means, for that matter?
> Yes! In Soviet Russia, memes define you!
21. Has your significant other (or mom, if applicable) ever banned you from your smartphone?
> No!
22. Do you spend more time on Facebook than you do in the presence of actual people?
> Yes! People in RL are intimidating.
23. Are you currently in a virtual relationship? (WOW, Second Life, etc)
> No. No. No. What the frak?! Ewwww…
24. Do you have 3 or more active social media accounts?
> Yes!
25. When something happens in your life, is your first thought usually “How can I fit this into 140 characters?”
> No. I stopped tweeting because it’s no longer cool. Live vlogging is the new cool factor in 2010 (MMX).
26. Do you need multiple wall outlets to charge all your stuff at night?
> Yes!
27. When you sit down in a coffeeshop, do you tend to position yourself close to a power outlet “just in case”?
> No! What the frak?! My devices don’t need charging. Acer & HTC Batteries FTW!
28. Do you generally spend most of your day looking at a computer screen and then go home… only to look at a computer screen for the rest of the night?
> How about stare @ any screen day and night?!
29. Have phrases like “BRB” and “ROFL” worked their way into your real vocabulary?
> No. I shall not contribute to the perversion of English in the real world. However, I do make use some acronyms in the virtual world.
30. Do you often skip meals because you’ve lost track of time in front of the computer?
> No!
31. Do you call people by their screen names when you see them in real life?
> No! Your virtual life should not interfere with your real life.
32. Do you have more than five tabs open in your browser right now?
> Of course!
33. Are there more than three screens of some kind in the room you’re in right now?
> Yes!
34. Are there more computers in your house than there are people?
> Yup!
35. Do you tweet or read blogs while watching movies at home?
> Of course (except for the tweeting part. Tweeting is uncool in MMX (2010.)
36. Do you put your phone on vibrate at the movie theater rather than turn it off, even though you’re not expecting anything important?
> Who the frak goes to the movie theater?! Ewww!!! Cinema is dead! Watch your BRs on your 3D monitor at home!
37. Have you ever turned down a romantic encounter in order to play video games?
> What the frak?! Why would I need a romantic encounter?! Romance is for girly men and women who don’t enjoy the virtues of the virtual world.
38. Does your Internet usage cut into the time you should be spending on personal hygiene?
> No! What the frak?! Your virtual life should never interfere with your real life.
39. When you see the last names Cerf, Otellini, Ballmer and Berners-Lee, do you know who is being mentioned?
> Of course!
40. Do you ever leave your laptop open in social settings, even though you aren’t actually doing anything on it?
> No! I frakin’ lock it!
41. Have you ever had a dream where you were surfing the Internet?
> I do not dream.
42. Can you type text messages faster than you can handwrite the same words?
> Sure!
43. Have you ever left an event or date early so you could get online?
> Yes!
44. Would you classify yourself as an “expert” multitasker?
> Yes! But I do admit that female women are better at multitasking in the real world than men.
45. Can you read machine code?
> What the frak?! Yes, I can read it but I cannot interpret the frak out of it! Anyone can spell a sequence of zeroes and ones out loud.
46. Do you regularly have to put blocks of ice, portable fans, or frozen packages of hash browns on or near your computer to keep it cool?
> No! My devices don’t need these!
47. Do you have carpal tunnel syndrome?
> Yes and it’s a bitch!
48. Do you keep multiple webcams around your house?
> No!
49. Are you up on the computer past 3am at least once a week?
> Sure!
50. Did you make it all the way to the end of this quiz?
> Yeah!
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Scores:
0-1: Clean as a Whistle – You are either 95 years old, or you lie compulsively to make yourself feel better about your internet addiction. Sorry to call you out like that.2-9: Social Drinker – You’re not great with technology, but dabble. You probably play sports and actually have a significant other. Either that or you’ve recently been released from Internet rehab and haven’t slipped back to the old ways yet.10-19: Coffee Fiend – You’re about as plugged in as the next person—but you gotta have your daily fix. Let’s face it, gadgets are everywhere nowadays, right? That’s what you tell yourself at least, but what you don’t know is everyone calls you “nerd breath” behind your back.20-29: Chainsmoker – You recognize that you’re a little too plugged in, and you’re trying to quit. Your tech addictions are starting to ruin your social interactions, between signing out of the real world every 10 seconds and stinking up the room when you enter. Take this as your cue to shower.30-39: Pothead – You’re addicted, but you have no desire to quit. There’s a box of Ho Hos on the desk, and you had to brush Cheeto dust off the keyboard to log into your computer, which you keep password protected with heavy encryption. You hurried through this quiz because your guild is waiting for you in the other window. You really should consider counseling.40-49: Crackhead – You get all shaky when you think about technology, always searching for your next fix. You’ve considered constructing a biotech bathtub for your body to lie in, so you can plug your consciousness permanently into the Internet. Family members are planning to stage an intervention and check you into a clinic. You look forward to the shock therapy.50: Permafried – There’s no higher brain activity going on anymore. Doctors should prescribe you video games and/or marijuana for medicinal purposes. Just to keep you from flat lining.

February 7, 2010 - 8:46 pm
lol, no need to take such a long quiz to see if I am addicted