25 Signs That Computers and the Internet Rule Your Life

Posted by Bob

December 5, 2007

Taken from here, and thanks to Janice for posting in her blog.

You can’t remember the last time you wrote an entire paragraph using a pen and paper. ~ TRUE! I think I already forgot how to write using a pen.
You consider Internet a basic utility. ~ TRUE!
Between your Internet and your TV, you would rather lose your TV. ~ TRUE! I can watch TV thru the Interne.
Between your Internet and your phoneline, you would rather lose your phoneline. ~ TRUE!
The Internet IS your phoneline. ~ TRUE at times!
You carry a flash drive in your purse or pocket. ~ TRUE! A Flash Drive in my pocket, and a portable hard drive in my bag.
You carry a laptop with you wherever you go-or you wish you could. ~ TRUE!
You have a callous on your right wrist, where you rest your hand when you use your mouse. ~ FALSE! I have a better mouse pad (with palm rest) hehehe ..
Your “diary” is not protected with a lock and key, but with a username and password – and it is open to be read by anybody in the world. ~ TRUE!
You’ve joined an online forum and regularly post messages on it. ~ TRUE! Even created my own online forums.
You are – or have been – a member of a Yahoo group. ~ TRUE!
You’ve watched 1,500 orange-clad prisoners dancing “Thriller” on YouTube. ~ TRUE!
You know the meaning of the word “google” – and if you don’t, you simply Google it. ~ TRUE!
When you hear the word “spam,” you don’t think of food. ~ TRUE! For me, it’s Maling not Spam. hehehe
You’ve bought and sold things on eBay. ~ TRUE!
You’ve had an online love affair. ~ FALSE
Half your friends only know you by your username. ~ TRUE! Since my username is the same as my name.
The other half know your real name AND your username. ~ TRUE!
You’ve mastered computing the time in several different time zones because of all those online meetings you schedule with your Internet friends. ~ TRUE! Plus the fact that I had been working with flight scheds for almost a decade now.
You no longer buy greeting cards; you get them free online and send them through email. ~ TRUE! Thanks to .Mac!
You no longer buy newspapers; your morning news is regularly sent to your inbox. ~ TRUE!
You no longer buy calendars; you use the one in your email reader or taskbar. ~ TRUE!
If your wall clock suddenly disappeared, you wouldn’t miss it very much either. ~ TRUE!
You don’t keep pictures of your kids in your wallet, but you set them as your wallpaper and screen saver. ~ TRUE!
You need a computer to view your children’s photos. ~ TRUE!

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