Internet better than sex

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By Belinda Goldsmith
Wed Sep 19, 8:53 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web.

A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web, to which 15 percent said a just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and another 19 percent said a few days.

Only a fifth of those who took part in an online survey conducted by advertising agency JWT between Sept 7 and 11 said they could go for a week.

"People told us how anxious, isolated and bored they felt when they are forced off line," said Ann Mack, director of trend spotting at JWT, which conducted the survey to see how technology was changing people's behavior.

"They felt disconnected from the world, from their friends and family," she told Reuters.

The poll, released on Wednesday, found the use of cell phones and the Internet were becoming more and more an essential part of life with 48 percent of respondents agreeing they felt something important was missing without Internet access.

More than a quarter of respondents -- or 28 percent -- admitted spending less time socializing face-to-face with peers because of the amount of time they spend online.

It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online.

Cell phones won out over television in a question asking which device people couldn't go without but the Internet trumped all, regarded as the most necessary.

"It is taking away from offline activities, among them having sex, socializing face-to-face, watching TV and reading newspapers and magazines. It cuts into that share," said Mack.

"I don't suppose their partners are too pleased about it."

Mack said a clear trend to emerge from the survey was the increasing need for mobility with people no longer satisfied with just broadband access from home and wanting hand-held devices like iPhones and BlackBerrys.

JWT, whose parent company is WPP, has come up with a new advertising category for people whose lives are so tied up with new technology.

"We are calling them 'digitivity denizens,' those who see their cell phones as an extension of themselves, whose online and offline lives are co-mingled and who would chose a Wi-Fi connection over TV any day," said Mack.

"This is how they communicate, entertain and live."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070920/wr_nm/technology_addiction1_dc;_ylt=Ass96YzoldK6wPOXR5V3sHQjtBAF

#1 wind2000, Sep 20, 2007
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oh shit.... i could actually go without internet for a week... that happened when i went to czech-austria-hungary-bratislava tour...

it felt good going away from internet..

internet or sex? i think its obvious.

#2 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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unless this article was written by someone that was biased and wasn't gettin any on a regular basis..

#3 Knoctur_nal, Sep 20, 2007
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internet can be better than sex if the sex is bad?

#4 MissCheekS, Sep 20, 2007
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hmm... i came to the conclusion that this forum should be renamed to popularadultasians.com

#5 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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or like the dl section where new members cant enter the dl section....there should be a ssection where underage ppl cant enter?

#6 MissCheekS, Sep 20, 2007
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^ they could simply forge their age..

#7 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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ok how about some I.D proof then?
in order to enter it u must turn on ur webcam and put ur ID next to ya face?

#8 MissCheekS, Sep 20, 2007
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^ ask big brother or sister to pose for a picture

#9 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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lol...if one would do that to enter a adult section...it would b pretty sad....and doing that for ur lil bro/sis...
even worse

#10 MissCheekS, Sep 20, 2007
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i would never give up friends and sex for the internet.

#11 ah_wong201, Sep 20, 2007
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the internet is essential, id be completely fuked for most school assignments without it.... i dunno how kids 20 years ago used to handle it.. they must have been significantly smarter

#12 fearless_fx, Sep 20, 2007
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i still use books for most assignments. does that mean im smart? hahaha

#13 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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^ its means u're stupid and don't know how to use your time efficiently lol

#14 kdotc, Sep 20, 2007
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lol this guy is fucking hilarious

get your spelling straight first: it's "it" and "you're"

#15 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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u guys have a love-hate relationship going on eh?

#16 MissCheekS, Sep 20, 2007
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MissAngieCheekS said: ↑

u guys have a love-hate relationship going on eh?
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Bickering like an aging couple... Love-hate relationship for sure -lol

#17 hiake, Sep 20, 2007
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no, this guy tries too hard to be cool by trying (and failing) to piss me off lol

#18 Dan, Sep 20, 2007
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dann said: ↑

lol this guy is fucking hilarious

get your spelling straight first: it's "it" and "you're"
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just give up..u're never gonna get laid

#19 kdotc, Sep 20, 2007
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kdotc said: ↑

just give up..u're never gonna get laid
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Wow, retorting to personal attacks... Married old couples indeed

#20 hiake, Sep 20, 2007

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