...you are constantly highlighting what you read to see if there's anything hidden written in white. 
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You start putting smileys in regular essays and uni papers. Thank God for proof reading.
Is it bad that I was the first to reply?
Is it bad that I was the first to reply?
... you're dreaming and you panic because you swore you already read those threads but suddenly they're all marked as unread, new posts.
Yes, I really did dream this. And yes, I am ashamed to admit it.That and Mac OS X's built in spell checker and dictionary. Yum.mad jew said:
1) when you are applying for your 10th job because you get fired reading MR all the time
2) you know when edesign's birthday is
3) you are reading this thread
2) you know when edesign's birthday is
3) you are reading this thread
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You miss the MacRumors smileys on other occasions - emails, IMs etc, because they express what you're trying to say the best way.
In particular, I miss the , I would say. I don't know what that says about me.... (that I'm embarrassed, I grin a lot, I'm cheeky, sarcastic, and generally happy? Heh.)
In particular, I miss the
, I would say. I don't know what that says about me.... (that I'm embarrassed, I grin a lot, I'm cheeky, sarcastic, and generally happy? Heh.)
Don't look at me, I didn't have enough posts back then to have known I was spending too much time on MR when that post was started.Jaffa Cake said:You know you've been spending too much time on MacRumors when...
...you know someone's already posted a thread on the same subject. Three-and-a-half years ago.
Edit: Great minds think alikeish, Mitthrawnuruodo!
Wow! I'm reading through that thread and it seemed like eons ago when MR was a much different place and time, where the first fish was walking on land and mighty dinosaurs roamed the Earth.Jaffa Cake said:
Reading his first post on that thread – it sounds like he'd only just broken the 2,000 post mark. Bless!mad jew said:...And Mr. Anderson managed to get every second post.
Lacero said:
Wow, was it really that long ago???
I did not know that dinosaurs and MR were around
at the same point in time.
When you click New Posts 3 times a minute for what seems like forever (maybe a whole minute), and still find no new posts.
...you're gone for a whole day and get MR withdrawals! Then it takes you two hours to read the 278 unread posts...
Mitthrawnuruodo said:...you get deja vu of You know you spend too much time on MR forums when... threads...
...you've given up on using the search function for similar posts because it never works.