# SDMB's are addicting b/c... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822 "2002-12-01T20:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/1 "2002-12-01T20:23:23Z")
It’s almost 2:30 in the afternoon and i have been on this website for almost 2hrs. What i have been doing i don’t rightly know but i have yet to be bored. How addicting has it been for you? I have been a member for like 2 days and already have 30 things posted. Maybe i should find a new habit but at least this one isn’t a bad thing to be addicted to. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/2 "2002-12-01T20:41:48Z")
It’s taken up the greater part of my past 18 months. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/3 "2002-12-01T20:46:27Z")
And yes, I meant to post “It has” instead of “It’s.” Another thing the board has done is make me extremely paranoid about errors in writing posts. Oh yes, 2 hours? Come back when you’ve spent 24 hours at this site and are bleary-eyed and just cannot leave. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/4 "2002-12-01T21:05:38Z")
It has made me very paranoid about my grammer, which still isn’t that great. Two hours is nothing, I once spent a full 28 hours on this board reading the archives, reading threads and posting. I know, I have no life. ---
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/5 "2002-12-01T21:27:52Z")
yes 2 hours… and now i’m back and yesterday i was on here twice for about 2 hours each time and tonight i will be on here again. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/6 "2002-12-01T22:03:01Z")
::cough:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/7 "2002-12-01T22:18:52Z")
It’s addictive because you keep hoping you’ll wind up like **iampunha** , finding a hot babe on here, making her fall in love with you, and then proposing to her. 😉 Hey, it _could_ happen! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/8 "2002-12-01T22:28:55Z")
It’s happened several times, and not just to me:D And I didn’t even have to resort to chocolate… ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/9 "2002-12-02T00:32:30Z")
You’ve abandoned life as you once knew it. Just give up. Now. Of course you’ve also found something _much better_ to do with your time than, say, cleaning house or even remembering whether you put gas in the car. _We got another one, guys!_ ::fist-pumps the air in victory:: When you find yourself trying to tell friends or family about something really funny/interesting somebody named **iampunha** or **Francesca** or **elucidator** or **Polycarp** said, then reality will REALLY hit. “Who?” (looong pause) “Oh. One of your _internet_ friends.” It’s even more fun when explain that they’re Dopers. Veb ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/10 "2002-12-02T00:47:02Z")
Oh, Hell, **Veb** , try explaining “So I was saying to my friend **Canthearya** …what? Her name is **Canthearya** … so anyway, I was saying to her … WHAT is that look for? We were talking about something, and … good grief! It’s not _that_ funny!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/11 "2002-12-02T03:48:25Z")
Try mentioning that you are going to a Dopefest. I swear, I’m surprised we haven’t been raided yet. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/12 "2002-12-02T03:57:46Z")
\*Two hours? \* I’ve been here nearly every day for over three years. _That’s_ how addicting this place can get. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/13 "2002-12-02T04:05:10Z")
Say goodbye to the rest of your life, my friend. The SDMB is like net-crack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/14 "2002-12-02T05:19:00Z")
I thought _ **Cyber Crack** _ was the term officially handed down by the Illu… Oh, hell. I’ve said too much. [sub]It only gets worse with time, mate. **Veb** is _not_ kidding about that. Gradually, you will find it nigh impossible to **not** reference something you read here, on every damn subject that anyone discusses with you.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-are-addicting-b-c/139822/15 "2002-12-02T14:35:03Z")
Sometimes, you gotta go cold turkey. I went without for an entire year, with only a few ill effects.