You know you're a horse board addict when ...

[HighFlyinBey++]

Adapted from CNN's article on Facebook addiction: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/23/ep.facebook.addict/index.html

You know you're a horse board addict when ...

1. You lose sleep over horse boards. If you're staying up late at night because you're on horse boards, and you're tired the next day, horse boards may be a compulsion for you. You shouldn't be neglecting yourself because of horse boards.

2. You spend more than an hour a day on horse boards. It's hard to pinpoint exactly how much time is too much time to be spending on social networking. Does anyone really need more than an hour a day on horse boards? Probably no one needs more than 30 minutes.

3. You become obsessed with being the center of attention. Sharing things about yourself is one of the great attractions of the boards. There's nothing necessarily wrong with sharing, but it can get out of hand very quickly.

4. You ignore work in favor of horse boards. If you're not doing your job in order to sneak time on horse boards, you could have a real problem.

5. The thought of getting off horse boards leaves you in a cold sweat. Try going a day without horse boards. If you find it causes you a lot of stress and anxiety, you really need to get some help.

Which ones do you have? (I had #2 & #4 until work firewalled everything but news, weather & tech sites :uhoh:)

What other signs of addiction can you think of?! :D

[dghunter]

Adapted from CNN's article on Facebook addiction: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/23/ep.facebook.addict/index.html

You know you're a horse board addict when ...

1. You lose sleep over horse boards. If you're staying up late at night because you're on horse boards, and you're tired the next day, horse boards may be a compulsion for you. You shouldn't be neglecting yourself because of horse boards.

2. You spend more than an hour a day on horse boards. It's hard to pinpoint exactly how much time is too much time to be spending on social networking. Does anyone really need more than an hour a day on horse boards? Probably no one needs more than 30 minutes.

3. You become obsessed with being the center of attention. Sharing things about yourself is one of the great attractions of the boards. There's nothing necessarily wrong with sharing, but it can get out of hand very quickly.

4. You ignore work in favor of horse boards. If you're not doing your job in order to sneak time on horse boards, you could have a real problem.

5. The thought of getting off horse boards leaves you in a cold sweat. Try going a day without horse boards. If you find it causes you a lot of stress and anxiety, you really need to get some help.

Which ones do you have? (I had #2 & #4 until work firewalled everything but news, weather & tech sites :uhoh:)

What other signs of addiction can you think of?! :D

I have 1 and 2. I do kind of get panicked over those large threads where I'm gone for like an hour and come back and there's four new pages :eek: Then I'm like I missed something! :lol:

[MunchkinsMom]

What other signs of addiction can you think of?! :D

When I read a thread like this one, and then sit here for several minutes thinking about what to reply :o. Yes, I have an addiction!

[Simrat]

I guess I am, 'cause I just subbed to this thread.... Definitely have #2, if you include twitter (with horse people) and horse blogs.

[HighFlyinBey++]

Or you could read an article about Facebook and rewrite it to fit COTH.

[elio]

Got 1 & 2!!!:lol:

[ellemayo]

You know you're addicted when you're falling asleep sitting up but you don't want to shut off the computer just yet in case someone else replies to that interesting thread...

[RiddleMeThis]

:o:o:o 1,2,4 and 5 fit me QUITE well.:o:o:o

[Arcadien]

You know you're addicted to horse boards when you don't have time to reply to emails from co-workers or family members, but you did seem to have time to catch up on the threads you've been following.

Arcadien,
guilty of 1,2,4,5, above, etc, etc.... (sigh) time for bed now Arcadien!
;)

[Bluey]

You are addicted, if you feel like this:;)

[dghunter]

You are addicted, if you feel like this:;)

I needed that after a night like tonight! Thanks! :D

[vacation1]

Which ones do you have? (I had #2 & #4 until work firewalled everything but news, weather & tech sites :uhoh:)

Bastards! :lol:

What other signs of addiction can you think of?! :D

Oh, how about when you don't own a horse, don't ride a horse, and haven't actually seen a horse in months? :winkgrin:

[Candle]

:lol::lol::lol: I have no idea what you all are talking about :D

[Tamara in TN]

[QUOTE=HighFlyinBey+;4050324]

You know you're a horse board addict when ...


you know at least one of these posters:


http://www.flamewarriors.com/

I know I sure do:winkgrin:

best

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Tamara - I couldn't get that to load - what was the link?

[Tamara in TN]

Tamara - I couldn't get that to load - what was the link?



maybe this one will load...
http://www.flamewarriors.com/warriorshtm/artfuldodger.htm

basically in the old days Usenet dominated the "internet"....there were no pics except in the binary newsgroups so everyone had only their typing wit or lack of, to participate in things....

I found this link in about 1993...and it has remained one of my favorites....it gives cartoon faces and standardized definitions to the most common types of posters online...and it is pretty hysterical

the definition of God:

In the beginning, before bandwidth, there was nothingness. Out of that endless void God and His heavenly host created...Arpanet, and it was good. But the scientific, military and computer angels Who dwelled in Arpanet were lonely, so They brought forth Browser, and the Web was born. It, too, was good and the children of the internet lived in peace and harmony and were fruitful and multiplied, but God warned His people not to eat of the forbidden fruit of commercialism. Alas, they disobeyed and soon barbarians drove the children of the internet out of Paradise. God, in His wrath, turned away from His people and condemned them to wander in the digital wilderness, but from time to time He will suddenly appear in mailing lists, chat rooms and discussion forums to remind us sinners that we could be saved if only we would hearken unto Him.


best

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

BRILLIANT!!

[2DogsFarm]

#6-consider people you've never met and probably never will face-to-face friends

Do I need to start saving stamps to purchase a Life or what?
Um - and now, thanks to you Chicken-crazed COTHers, I am addicted to the Backyard Chickens forum too :yes:
When will it end?

Tamara: :lol:
Heck! I remember when AOL was your only choice of ISPs

[BlueEyedSorrel]

...you use board specific terminology (aghasted, jingles, BNT, BO, magikal etc) in everyday conversation.

BES

[Janet]

Tamara: :lol:
Heck! I remember when AOL was your only choice of ISPs
For the longest time AOL refused to connect to the Internet, and so was the biggest "SP" that was NOT an "ISP". They figured that they (AOL) had all the content anyone would ever need. If you wanted to connect to the Internet, you had to use someone other than AOL.

[Tamara in TN]

Tamara: :lol:
Heck! I remember when AOL was your only choice of ISPs

:yes::yes::yes: and it was a long distance call on dial up....

oh the old days.....

best

[Ambrey]

Sigh, I guess I'm the only one who remembers pre-AOL days when you were stuck with Compuserve ;)

From Compuserve boards, to AOL boards, to usenet, to this. The characters remain the same, but the usability sure has improved!

(referring back to the OP- I realized that I'm addicted to my HORSE! I stay up nights thinking about him, I spend time at the barn I should be using to do other things, I spend far too much money on him... ah, well, I don't feel like quitting so I guess I'm stuck!)

[2DogsFarm]

For the longest time AOL refused to connect to the Internet, and so was the biggest "SP" that was NOT an "ISP". They figuered that thye (AOL) had all the content anyone would ever need. If you wanted to connect to the Internet, you had to use someone other than AOL.

I stand corrected
No wonder their software embedded itself in your PC and was impossible to get rid of...

[Dressage Art]

Reading BBs for me is like reading my morning paper. I use to have my breakfast with an actual newspaper, then I started watching TV news, and finally I "graduated" to reading BBs and blogs with my morning tea. I seem to like reading about horses more than to listen to the general news. I made a few great web friends with whom we hit even more once we met in person. I don't think that I would off meet them otherwise and I enjoy our friendships so much.

[Tamara in TN]

finally I "graduated" to reading BBs and blogs with my morning tea. I seem to like reading about horses more than to listen to the general news. I made a few great web friends with whom we hit even more once we met in person. I don't think that I would off meet them otherwise and I enjoy our friendships so much.

yep coffee and the Chronicle before taking the kids to school! I was on rec equestrian for years but have left there, so now it's C&C with a splash of Yahoo news if I have time....:)

gotta see what naughtiness my friends are up to;)

best

[Janet]

Sigh, I guess I'm the only one who remembers pre-AOL days when you were stuck with Compuserve ;)

From Compuserve boards, to AOL boards, to usenet, to this. The characters remain the same, but the usability sure has improved!

There are several of us here who go back to Usenet in the pre-dial up days, when the only way you had access was through a company or institution that was part of ARPANET.

[khailee]

Just #2... but then again, it depends on the day. Today, an hour, yesterday, like 5 minutes.