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What do your close ones think of your MR habit?
- Thread starter Blue Velvet
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Hmmm. I wonder if there's a reason I'm still single. Which comes first? The chicken or the egg?
Yeah, you got it bad
I wouldn't worry about that. If you count one couple here, I know four couples that have got together through the Internet. It's really difficult when you're single. Best do it on the computer.
This just happened a few minutes ago.
co-worker walk up to my desk
"Man, see thats why I want to be an engineer, you sit there all day and post stuff on Mac Rumors"
Me
"Oh no, look I have all my other stuff up too, firefox with the company intranet, and word, and..."
Co-worker
"OK yeah, but your X11 window is behind the MR forum board"
Some times I love my job.
co-worker walk up to my desk
"Man, see thats why I want to be an engineer, you sit there all day and post stuff on Mac Rumors"
Me
"Oh no, look I have all my other stuff up too, firefox with the company intranet, and word, and..."
Co-worker
"OK yeah, but your X11 window is behind the MR forum board"
Some times I love my job.
My boyfriend is equally geeky and goes to a few forums of his own (less frequently than I come here and LiveJournal, though he makes up for that with playing PC video games which I do not). He doesn't think a thing of it... in fact we talk about the goings-on and things we learn from our respective online communities.
None of my friends or family have found out in the year that I've been here so far. I don't feel like telling them. They wouldn't understand anyway
Hm. I have issues. And MR is a sanctuary of sorts. A coping mechanism.
The ex (while we were still toghether) went from amused, to annoyed, slightly jealous, then worried as I became more and more pre-occupied with the comings and goings on MR.
The parents are worried and upset with how much time I spend "on the internet."
And while yes, I do agree that my level of "involvement" in MR is problematic, it has also fostered some newfound relationships. Ones that may end up profoundly impacting my life. And I'm not the only MRer whose life has been changed by MR.
The ex (while we were still toghether) went from amused, to annoyed, slightly jealous, then worried as I became more and more pre-occupied with the comings and goings on MR.
The parents are worried and upset with how much time I spend "on the internet."
And while yes, I do agree that my level of "involvement" in MR is problematic, it has also fostered some newfound relationships. Ones that may end up profoundly impacting my life. And I'm not the only MRer whose life has been changed by MR.
If it wasn't for MR you two wouldn't talk much!
And the little one doesn't like you spending time on MR or she doesn't like MR itself?
if nobody knows, does that mean i'm not on macrumors that much or am i just good at keeping it secret? eh, i browse other sites while i'm reading the forums on macrumors, and it isn't like i decline to go out with friends because i want to keep up with the developments of a heated thread. also, i only started posting last december, long after my ex and i had broken up. i wonder what it would have been like if i'd started posting earlier.
My mom doesn't care, as I get up, and go to work, and do what I'm supposed to do.
She really doesnt give two craps about what I do in my spare time. She knows I'm a huge geek, and a huge Apple fan.
(I stuck some Apple stickers I found at work on each of the two vans we own. )
She really doesnt give two craps about what I do in my spare time. She knows I'm a huge geek, and a huge Apple fan.
(I stuck some Apple stickers I found at work on each of the two vans we own.
)
My psychiatrist thinks I'm nuts.
Well, actually, few people know I come here. I don't really come here for the computer help. Sometimes, I just come here to read the photography forum, and sometimes for the chit-chat.
Why not fit all 3 wonderful hobbies into your life?
Surely you jest.
Well, actually, few people know I come here. I don't really come here for the computer help. Sometimes, I just come here to read the photography forum, and sometimes for the chit-chat.
Why not fit all 3 wonderful hobbies into your life?
Surely you jest.
Nope. None of my friends/girlfriends/ex-girlfriends/parents/ex-parents know 'bout my extraneous double life as a forum geek. w00t!
That's good, becuase they'd probably have you instutionalised if they knew about your ~22 post a day habit.
You're slipping. Actually, so am I. I'm not even going to be in the top 50 anymore if this keeps up.
Yes, that's important to me. I'd consider the Top 50 one of my life's great achievements.
Yes, that's important to me. I'd consider the Top 50 one of my life's great achievements.
Yes, July should be the next one from the Q'meister.
I'll have slipped from 14th (if I remember correctly) to something like 26th.
I'll have slipped from 14th (if I remember correctly) to something like 26th.