You Know You're Spending Too Much Time On DU, When....

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. You wonder every morning why your local paper doesn't have a General Discussion forum.

2. You yell out "hey, anyone wanna see my ass?" and all you get are confused stares and mothers clutching their children.

3. You're on line at McDonalds and they screw up your order so you shout "I didn't get my fries you stupid freeper."

4. You go up to your friends and say "Ask me anything" and they slap you repeatedly for being an idiot.

5. You start talking about sex, then pause and look over your shoulder to see if Skinner is watching you.

6. You can name all nine Democratic candidates but you can't name the last American Idol winner.

7. You actually hate people named Bush, even if they're not related to the current president.

8. You're getting picked on by the school bully and you threaten him by saying "Stop it or I'll have Skittles kick your ass."

9. When you asked your child what they wanted to be when they grow up they said "A moderator."

10. When you walk into Barnes & Nobles and see Will Pitts book you grab all the copies and hand them out to people in the store going "You see this guy, I KNOW him. I KNOW him."

:D

Feel free to add your own if you can think of any.

[wysimdnwyg]

1. Um, is No. 6 a problem?

While the rest can be debated, seems to me No. 6 would be an improvement for a whole lot of people.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. not to me...but

How many other places can you find where a majority of the people can name all nine candidates and not one single American Idol winner.

[wysimdnwyg]

15. That's my point

Too many people who DON'T frequent DU can't name even ONE candidate, but they can name every person who even PARTICIPATED in AI. Whereas we who enjoy this illustrious venue have been paying attention to things that actually matter. Ergo, No.6 is not a problem, but a sign of intelligence.

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. of course

this wasn't a list of bad things. Just instances where you KNOW that you're spending too much time here.

[camero]

5. No doubt

I have no idea who the first American Idol winner was.

[truthseeker1]

11. I'm not embarrassed to say

Kelly Clarkson. C'mon people, what's wrong with knowing both? Sure, I agree it's more important to know the candidates, but really, why should anyone feel ashamed to watch American Idol?

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. you should be ashamed

at even having to ask that question.

:evilgrin:

[UrbScotty]

37. Yeah, Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard.

The runners-up were Justin Guarini (2002) and Clay Aiken (2003).

[liberalhistorian]

2. When you can't help but get on

DU several times a day at work and have to quickly close it when someone comes in, and the work is piling up on your desk because you're on DU instead of actually working!

[dolo amber]

4. Oh geez

I'm guilty. :cry: :P


Especially #3, I've called many idiots I've come into contact with lately "Freeper!" before I realized it. :D

I haven't, however, asked if anyone wanted to see my ass. I HAVE found myself dreaming about reading posts. Rather disturbing.

[Cocoa]

6. when every time you see your coworker named Moran

you have the urge to tell him to get a brain. :-)

[GOPFighter]

7. You Know You're Spending Too Much Time On DU, When....

You try to find the Alert button when you're watching Fox News.

[Roon]

27. Or..

when you're reading news articles from the wires and you find yourself looking for the "reply" button to post your opinion.

[camero]

8. If you use the word "shrub" when naming Bush.

:)

[nickgutierrez]

25. Guilty.

:D

I'm also guilty of #6, but there's nothing wrong with that.

[prolesunited]

9. That's a very funny list!

I'm beginning to like you much better now that you're not talking about sex all the time. :hi:

[HEyHEY]

10. yeeah number three for sure

I've used the word freeper when discussing politics....it's usually followed by a blank stare.

How about, you actually have had dreams about posting?

[Rainbowreflect]

13. I have to add to #10.

All of Pitt's books are on my Christmas list and I bought Dennis Kucinich's book for everyone on my list.

[CO Liberal]

14. You Find Yourself Thinking About Yaks

:-)

[Ellen Forradalom]

36. You leave your spouse to marry your yak

You call your husband 'Matcom' instead of his name
Whenever anything remotely interesting happens to you, you rush to post about it on DU.
When you ask your family a question, you give them up to 10 options to vote for.

[jus_the_facts]

17. I catch myself always referrencing something I've heard on here......

.....never fails...during conversations I'll say...oh yeah...there was a thread about that on DU...then try to remember as many replies as I can...usually more humorous and intelligent ones like this one! :)

[Khephra]

18. My #11

"You find yourself dreaming about posting on DU."

[Khephra]

19. And #12

"You randomly poll people as you walk down the street about the latest entertainment news."

[THUNDER HANDS]

39. Dude you got the EYE back, that's so cool

I hadn't noticed that before.

:thumbsup:

[THUNDER HANDS]

40. which ironically...is another example of spending too much time on DU

:D the fact that I remember the eye!

[Khephra]

43. I can't find the blinking version though...pout

I had it up for a bit a week ago, but I took it down when I got sick this last week.

[goobergunch]

45. Here's the URL

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid27/pc9dbea768be29e7c2949620e699517cd/fd74e43f.gif

[sleipnir]

20. 11. While at Wendy's you wish you could start a poll to figure out what..

99 cent super value meal item to buy.

[Spirochete]

21. You have "So I wrote this book"

burned into your monitor screen in blue.

[Kolesar]

22. You turn down NPR headlines so you can concentrate on Lounge threads

eom

[proud patriot]

23. You ask your 7 year old son what happens in 2004 and he answers

"We vote for a new president" :-)

[Cheswick2.0]

24. you click on the lounge first thing when you sign on

that is when you know you have jumped the DU shark.

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. you know you are spending too much time modding DU when

you get frustrated trying to remove inflamatory threads and responses from other website messageboards and lament that you don't have that power.

You tell your wife that she has to rephrase her last sentence because it violates the "vanity thread" rule, but if she changes it to fit the rules you'll gladly answer.

You use "nuke" as a positive verb in everyday conversation.


You sign your Holiday cards:

"Thanks

Big McLargehuge
DU Moderator"

[proud patriot]

28. LOL

um yep that too .

[rbnyc]

29. Someone tells a joke and you say "LOL". (nt)

[JohnKleeb]

35. Rene thats when youre online chatting too much in general

:hi: lol isnt a DUism. Now for me, it would be considering some of y'all good friends that I would like to meet, nothin wrong with it but damnit so many I would like to hang with.

[goobergunch]

46. I concur. (n/t)

[arwalden]

30. When You Groan Every Time You Hear The Word "Poll" And You Think...

... you think to yourself: "ANOTHER one?"

-- Allen

[Melsky]

31. when you go to Thanksgiving at your family's home

and you are shocked that no one knows who Dean and Clark are!

When you are in withdrawal because there's no top ten conservative idiots for this week yet.

[cosmicdot]

32. when you can Holiday shop for underwear to give DUers

or when you know whether to just wrap an empty box for the commando set

:shrug:

[Scurrilous]

33. You know you're spending too much time...

..on DU when your significant other prefaces the words 'democraticunderground' with a string of expletives.

[AlienGirl]

34. When you read over your divorce papers...

And your spouse who filed them has actually mentioned DU as a contributing factor in the breakup!

Tucker

[amandae]

38. Kick!

Great post :-)

41. you get a yellow star

& realize you've donated money despite your underlying cynicism.

[ComerPerro]

42. Its good to know that I am not the only one

Who has caught himself reffering to people as FReepers, only to be greeted with blank stares...

And, I like #10. But, I have to add "You get pissed when you go to a book store and don't see anything by Will Pitt".

[Darranar]

44. Only #6 applies to me.

[goobergunch]

47. 14. You call people that display their asses MATCOMers.

15. You have over 5000 posts. ;)

I'm guilty of 3 (sort of...I don't goto McDonalds), 6, 7, hopefully 10 soon, Keph's 11, 14, and 15.