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Do you suffer from 'discomgoogolation' ?!?

According to this article, almost 44 per cent of Britons do. Are you one of them? :p:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080901/tuk-uk-britain-internet-fa6b408.html

I must admit that sometimes I think of something when I'm out, something I want to know more about or solve, and I get this urge to go on wikipedia immediately. But I don't get stressed or anxious over it.

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Reply 1

Gary10k

on that note... you know the 118-118 serivce that u can "ask us anything" do you rekon they just google your questions?

Reply 2

MSB

No. I'd be rather concerned if I did, too.

Reply 3

cpj1987

I'm addicted to the internet as a whole, but not to researching information. There are other ways to get information, or I can, y'know, wait.

Reply 4

Ed.

I did feel very cut off when I was without the internet for a week.

Reply 5

Cowz

jonboyyork

According to this article, almost 44 per cent of Britons do. Are you one of them? :p:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080901/tuk-uk-britain-internet-fa6b408.html

I suffer form the reverse. I usually dread coming online because I hate checking my emails. Emails are stressful!

Reply 6

Undiscovery

It's mainly access to current affairs for me. I don't always get the chance to sit down and watch something like that on television, so without the internet for two weeks makes me go insane, like I'm in a bubble.

Reply 7

~ Purple Rose ~

PS Reviewer

When I didn't have the internet for a few weeks I felt really lost at first because I was so used to being able to go on whenever I wanted. After a few days I really liked it though - it was nice not to get distracted by the computer and have time to do other things!

Reply 8

username158564

Nope.
On discombobulation, AKA confusion

Reply 9

beesbees

I like browsing several news sites, and I hate not ebing able to access them...

Reply 10

secretmessages

This is my new favourite word.

Reply 11

LastLordofTime

I don't know ... if I don't know something and have no access to the internet ... such as a word ... there's this ancient invention called a Dictionary I can check.

Then there's that Medieval invention of a Library where I could go for other information.

Sure, Googling (well, I'm more of a wiki-er myself, I have it assigned as a keyword search thing on Firefox) is helpful, but it's not necessary.

I do, however, get anxious when I am away from the internet for too long.

Reply 12

Eden01

I guess I do when its exam time and I really need to get to research or revision or something (I use the net for my preps!), then I do!!
Apart from that.... Nah, not really.

Reply 13

username136318

If I'm in the house and know I could have access to the internet but don't then I kinda wish I could access it. But if I'm actually out the house then I'm fine. There is more to life than the world wide web.

Reply 14

crazylemon

I must do as I payed a silly rate while on holiday to use a satellite to connect to internet I got it BAD

Reply 15

Invocation

"Forty-seven percent of those polled believed the Internet was more important in people's lives than religion, with one in five people paying the Internet more attention than their partner."

That's me :s-smilie:

Reply 16

lilangel890

Yes. I go mad if/when the internet dies!

Reply 17

Em_maK

Eh...I google things I don't understand but I don't have to do it OMG RIGHT NOW ARHGHGHGHGHGHGH. :woo:

Reply 18

Creepy

jonboyyork

According to this article, almost 44 per cent of Britons do. Are you one of them? :p:

I got distressed when I moved to my new house and couldn't have broadband for a while. Does this count?

Reply 19

Coldplaydoh

jonboyyork

According to this article, almost 44 per cent of Britons do. Are you one of them? :p:

What do they mean "44 per cent" of people?? I don't remember being asked if I do or not?

Who is actually ASKED these sorts of questions, to make up these surveys? Cos I've never met anyone who's been surveyed...