Oh no! I just spent over one hour stumbling upon stuff instead of working. I have to face the grim reality: I am addicted to StumbleUpon! I warn you, do not follow in my footsteps. You will end up broke, your wife will get divorced, you will loose touch with real life. Why? For this 7 reasons I can’t live without SU anymore:
- StumbleUpon is surprising, it’s like your mom giving you a present: She knows what websites you like and you just say “some sweets” without knowing what kind of and you end up getting a new sort of chocolate that you never tasted before but that’s more delicious than others.
- It’s social, I got to know several like minded people on SU in just less than a week.
- It’s good for fun and for work, if I want art I check out art, if I want SEO… take a guess.
- It’s international: Ever wondered what people from Europe, India or Australia would recommend to you?
- It’s high quality relevant content – You just stumble upon those topics you prefer, no Apple, Linux or game consoles if you do not want them.
- It’s about reviewing not commenting: People do not bash others in the comments (with rare exceptions).
- It’s easy: Click, click, click, click, click, click. Damn, again an hour spent!
Please help me! I’m desperate! Is there any therapy or are there any self-help groups for StumbleUpon addiction?
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I think I share the same #7! :D
Ken, so we have to organize a group therapy!
- Hello I’m Kornel, I’m 28 years old and I’m addicted,
- (Hello Kornel …)
:)
You too? It spreads like fire! We have to stop it before it’s too late…
This is no joke. I would not be surprised that people loose their job, partners etc. It’s crack for the info,porn/art… junkie…STUMBLE!…
weeeelll, it happened….my family has officially gone off the deep end…..
a few evenings ago valorie, our daughter-age 25, walked out on the porch where i was sitting with my laptop and took it from me; following her was my husband, tom, and our son ty,27, along with 5 year old grandson, gavin.
they all sat down and looked at me….i removed my glasses and blinked back at them … it was dark and i’d been staring at the computer screen for a bit…
“mom,” began ty, “this is an intervention.” i immediately reached for my budlight and hugged it to my chest…if they thought i was going to let go of my beer, weeeelll, they were saddly mistaken. “no honey, it’s not the beer.” whew, what a relief and i lunged for my djarum’s and lighter…….. val smiled and said, “you can keep your djarum’s also, that’s not it either.” i bolted out of my rocker and headed for the back door to go inside and grab my meds….i’ll be damn if they were taking my ultram … and paxil and allegra and zanaflex…..oxycontin i gave up on my own…but dammit, taking my ultram is just tooooooo much….
“MEMA!!!!,” gavin shouted as i knocked him to the floor….”you’re spending too much time on the computer!!”
oooooohhhhh, so that’s the reason for the intervention; my *addiction* to su bothers them ,… hmmmmmm. before i *found* su in december 2007, i was constantly told, “i hear ya mom”, “okay, mema, i hear ya,” “it’s alright honey, i heard ya the first time.”
AND NOW, they are telling me i don’t TALK TO THEM ENOUGH………. geeeeezzzz, damn if i do, damn if i don’t ; i bet they’d also complain if i beat ‘em with a new rope….
I saw a quiz the talk about SU addiction http://www.matchspecial.com/quizzes/addictionSU.php
I am too addicted to Stumbling! really its Click, click, click, click, click, click. Damn, an hour spent!
the djarum’s will kill you 10x’s quiker than reg cigs, Super Harsh stuff, even if it does smell innocent!
I stumble 4-6 hours/day! I specifically searched “addicted to stumbleupon” on google to see if others were experiencing the same problem ;-) Ok, I’ve got to get back to stumbling!
I’m addicted too. I’m going cold turkey, I just uninstalled it from my browser. It’s too damned easy to be entertained, I’m like the PC equivalent of a couch potato channel surfer.
I too am addicted to StumbleUpon. I don’t think it’s a bad thing though. Never before have I been so inspired. I love stumbling upon new art, design, photography. I stumble for an hour and I want to create a masterpiece! :D
i started stumbling just over a year ago i think. Only about a month a go i realized you could actually find out how many times you have clicked that button. I know now that i have a problem. 23k is what is beside my history. that is 23,000 times i have clicked that magical button in just over 365 days.
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