My chair has rubbed off all the sealant on the wooden floor. There’s a 2.5’ diameter circle right by the computer that has the wood completely exposed. :o
In my defense though, I’ve been sitting there for about 10 years.
I had to get one of those plastic floor mat thingies to put my chair on, because it was wearing the carpet out.
In my defense, I work from home, so most of the time I’m at the computer it’s because I’m working.
Christ! How did you go to the bathroom?
I had a straw and balloon on my desk so I MacGyvered catheter. :o
I’m on the computer so much…
…I have carpet burns and bedsores on my butt, legs and back from my chair.
…my mouse hand cramps up and I have to let it recover for a few days.
…I buy keyboards and mice two or three at a time because I burn up 2 a year.
…I have an external keyboard for my laptop because I might break the laptop keys.
…I need two optical drives.
…I leave the screws off on the back of my cpu case because I have to rinse the dust out of the filters every month.
…I have extension cables for the USB ports and earphones so I can switch them between computers easily.
…I have an extra set of Phillips screwdrivers solely for computer use.
…my mouse pad has grooves.
…my mouse has finger dents.
…my scroll wheel is losing its treads.
…the paint came off the letters of one keyboard, so about 1/3 of the keys are blank. That really screwed up the cable guy.
…my keyboard is bent in the middle.
…I go through about 1 office chair per year. The back on this one is already broken, the previous one snapped in half.
…I can’t buy particle board desks. The vibration from typing causes the board to disintegrate. The one I have now is a steel frame with glass plates.
…if you’ve ever seen the username “Superhal,” ever, on any BBS, it’s probably me.
…the padding on my chair is gone, you can see the bolts holding the seat to the legs.
You Know You’re On The Computer Too Much When…
your neighbors call the police, as they have not seen you in your window at the computer for at least 10 minutes.
(Embarrassingly, I once commented to my neighbors that I do a lot of work for school online - and the wife said, “Yeah, we see you working on your computer every time we walk by our window…”)
I close my blinds now.
…(con’t)
…I alternate computers to let one get some rest.
…my computers are on longer than they are off.
…before I got the RamBack add-on for Firefox, I had to manually clear the buffer every couple of hours.
…my backups have backups of backups.
…I notice when Google changes their logo design.
…I know the usual dates when Microsoft releases updates.
…I can type faster than I can speak.
…I have 3 crash kits with bootable cd’s: one for home, one for work, and one “just in case.”
…I have two videos running at the same time and a third downloading.
…I have my ISP’s service information phone number on speed dial.
…I do defrag and disk cleanup because I have to, not because I want to.
…I often have the smell of something burning coming from my computer case.
…I’m nervous if I don’t have spare thermal grease/compound in the house.
…I want to bolt a handle to my 22.5" LCD monitor and take it to work daily.
…I could really use multiple monitors.
…I’m sick of porn.
There are 5 or more Pit threads dedicated to you.
I actually do look at people who suck, whether it’s at a certain thing at the moment, or generally at life, and picture them with the FAIL stamp over their bodies. It makes me giggle.
When you try to copy and paste something you’re reading on paper.
…you look at the bottom right corner of your bathroom mirror to try to see what time it is.
…you think “LOL!” instead of actually laughing out loud.
…you dream in webpages.
I’m worse. I’ve dreamed in message board format.
But my answer is that you get antsy when someone else is using the computer, and your stuck sitting in a chair. Happened to me last night.
You let someone else use the computer?
Obviously, that’s when you use your spare computers.
Or, you hop in your car and find the unsecured routers near your home.
I once dreamed in Labview. 
You’re glad when you get the flu as it is a good excuse to stay at the computer instead of doing “real” work.
Get out of my mind!
Here’s my thought process when I wake up in the morning and realize I’m sick:
- “Crap, I’m sick.”
- “I guess I won’t go to work.”
- “Oh well, now I can catch up on some video games.”
As I sit at my computer looking at the pergola that needs painting. Every now and then I sneeze loudly to ensure everyone is aware I am not well.