[Someone Else]

Well, it would seem that kids (myself included) are spending more and more time on the computer. And now, a good amount of kids really don't know how to do anything else.

What do you think about that? It sorta worries me. Realize that kids eventually grow up and get jobs and stuff, and if all they knew how to do was create a roller coaster on RollerCoater Tycoon, well, we'd perish. =P

Myself, I do spend a good 80% of my free time on the comp, but I do other stuff too. If my comp disappeared, I would have alot of time on my hands, but I do have other hobbies and stuff that I do. ^_^

Could you live without your comp/does it really concern you about the whole kids and their comps deal?

[lifeform287]

I could live without. Sure I spend alot of time on computer stuff, but I got tons of other things to do.

[Toad King]

Wind Dude, on Jun 11 2005, 06:40 PM, said:

Realize that kids eventually grow up and get jobs and stuff, and if all they knew how to do was create a roller coaster on RollerCoater Tycoon, well, we'd perish. =P

I'm pretty sure getting a career designing roller coasters requires more experience than playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. ^_^

[Someone Else]

Exactly my point, TK. =P

[Luna]

Of course I could live without my computer D: I actually have little "computer vacations" here and there once in a while.

I sometimes wish I had never gotten so attached to the computer though o.o; I'd have so much free time to do other stuff. I think I'd even be closer to my family. But merf.

[Kite]

Ugh, since I have ntohing better to do I just get on the computer. and since none of my friends live around where I am.. T_T Well yea if my friends lived by me it wouldnt be that I spend so much time on the computer..

[Nick Presta]

In small bursts I could live without my computer.

If I had to go for for >2weeks without a computer, I would develope a twitch.

I have too much stuff to do on this computer; MSN, website (however small), forums, news, programming, graphics, etc.

[Julian]

yes, i can live without it.
even though i use the comp a lot to talk to my friends on weekdays and play online rpgs with them (no, my real friends)
but even if i didn't have a computer, i still have friends to do other things. Life would just be a bit harder but i'd still be happy i'd be able to spend more time with my friends outside than in :3

[Elliott]

I spend around 80% of my free time on the comp as well. Forums, web design, gaming, homework. The other 20%, obviously, goes to friends etc. But I'm not the most social person you'll ever meet, so I end up wasting a lot of time in front of this machine.

[Nemphtis]

I have to admit, I usually get VERY grouchy when I havn't used a computer for a day.

[Luna]

^That kind of thing only happens to me because of the typing.

I type. A lot.

And so, typing is kind of a habit and, it makes me un-easy when I haven't typed. And I get all hyper and start playing around with lots of things, just to make sure that my fingers are moving. D: It's like a pianist without his piano.

[lifeform287]

Exactly. That's why having a quiet CPU is useful. Turn it on at night, no one is the wiser.

[Izar]

What the noodles... What happened to my post?

I spend around 70-80 percent of my free time on a computer. The other percent is doing active stuff.

[Neo]

I think about 60% of my free time goes to the computer. but that's mainly the part between "school's out" and "dinner". in the evening I usually do things with friends, and in the weekends I have lots of nights where I go to the Silverdome (local disco). and once in a while we have sort of a party at friends, where everybody just gives 5 euros, and one person buys all kinda strong alcoholic things, and then just drink till you drop.

[Mathak Kraven]

I can live without my computer, but like Nick I'd develop a twitch after a while without, just too many stuff I have to do.

[Venus_Man1]

I do spend quite some time at the computer. But, I would be able to live without it. Without the computer, I could train much more. But it doesn't stop me from being with friends.

[Echo_djinn]

I go on my computer for 3 times a week on average. I usually check on my email, any new news on games, read up on the forums, and do some surfing or play games. The usual stuff.

[Kewne]

I could live without a computer, there's always tv, books, games to play etc. And I can always just call a friend if I want to.

[Izar]

The majority of my internet time goes to Gaming, stuff like Warcraft, Starcraft, etc.

[Golden Legacy]

The first post in the Current Affairs board! :)

Checking e-mail, visiting the forums, reading up on tech websites, gaming news and reviews...

Mostly my time on the net. I'll occasionally play a little online chess when I'm bored (don't get me wrong here, it can be a surprsingly effective way to pass the time).

And yes, that means with the exception of Counter-Strike, and demoes of Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R., I rarely play computer games.

Obviously, when school comes around, I get more into the online research, and I start chatting with my friends a lot more.


I remember an incident when I went online for like six hours straight... I just wouldn't stop. And then, (after my parents insisted for the hundredth time), I went off the computer. My mom asked me something and when she looked at me, she freaked because my eyes were twitching, my face was pale and stuff, lol.

Very amusing incident, I remember it well. :)

[Toasty]

....Guests can post?!?......

I myself can go for about five days without a computer, unless I'm working on something really important. I do spend most of my free time on the computer, but I do do other things with my friends. For instance, yesterday I went to a Halo party at my friends house that went from 11 AM to midnight.

[Eugine]

hmm, some permission issues in the forums Nick created.

[Platinum Sun]

I spend a lot of time on the computer, but only because there's nothing else to do around here. It's eased up since I can drive now, but it's still pretty bad.

[Bexie]

I think I'd go a bit mad without my PC. Three reasons:

1. All contact with my awesome friend Jess in Conneticuit (sp?) and Iori in Puerto Rico would be looooost. >.<

2. Morrowind.

3. MY ENTIRE MUSIC COLLECTION IS ON HERE. *clings* I'd cry if I lost it. Seriously. last year my old PC buggered up and my dad had to format it. I actually cried because I lost all my music.
Then we found out the PC was too buggered to even format and my music wasn't deleted. Quickly filled up 7 700MB CDs up to capacity with MP3 data. DIDN'T LOSE IT YEY. *happy dance*


But I'm not obsessed with my PC. I don't have to go on it everyday. Indeed, it's impossible for me to go on it everyday: my PC is at my Dad's. I live with my mum.
Do the math. xD

[Joshua Johnson]

I could manage, but computer art is part of what keeps me happy. And of course, having something to answer my video game questions. @_@ aND YOU GUYS! :rolleyes:

[FlamingDuck]

Awwwwww...

I get a little grumpy after a couple days without my computer...I use it for when I'm really bored. Which is a lot.

[Mars Djinni]

Let's see if I can get the Poll to work again...

Anyways, I can live without it. There are people I like to talk to whom I can only reach via the computer, and also there's the sprites factor. That's probably what keeps me on. That and a few note documents with my plannign and ideas for projects.

[Lemontime]

I can live with out computer.. I'll just play DS and Xbox.. And PS2 and Gameboy. And *Shudder* Go... Outside...

[Aquamarine]

Even though I spend a fair amount of time with my comp, I could live without it. I could live without any of my important things, and that has been tested and proven true. For instance, I really want to play my GameCube, but it's been at the shops getting fixed for the past week, and I'm living nicely without it. Though I do want it... Wait! Do I hear my GameCube calling for me!? There it is! *points at cardboard box" I love you! *hugs cardboard box"

[Joshua Johnson]

Most people would just be bored...

[Toasty]

Web designing keeps me on the PC, and the forums, and I plan to do some more web designing in the future.

[Somia]

...There s always the TV. xP

I'm kidding, I dont' watch TV that much. I can probably live with out it, it's only materialism after all. Theres always the other old fashioned way to communicate, back when they dont' have computers around 20 years ago - PHONES.

But still, computer is a nice add-on.

[Mars Djinni]

I don't watch TV much, either. Less than an hour a week, 'cause there's only select few shows that catch my interest.

[Toasty]

Same here. But if I can't get on the PC, and there's nothing else to do, I'll turn on the TV.

[Sea of Time]

My life is so predictable (at least during the summer) that it's not even funny. I get on the computer about the same time every day and I watch TV for about two hours a day. Depending who you are, that's excessive or just about normal.

I do other stuff too, I don't mean to make myself out to be a loner or anything, but I do spend a respectable amount of time in front of the TV and the computer.

[Aquamarine]

I spend only about an hour a day in front of the TV + 1 or 1 and a half hours playing my GameCube and about 1 and a half to 2 hours on the PC. That's about 4 hours, which isn't too much really.

[Piers Watermaster]

W/o my comp I wouldn't be able to come here!

[Toasty]

I sleep for about 10 hours on weekends, and 9 hours on weekdays, depending on how much work I have. I have about a 6 hour school day, so that's 15 hours during weekdays that I'm not doing anything impotant. ;) that leaves 14 hours on the weekends, and 9 on weekdays, that I'm on the PC, or something.

[Caael]

I could live without a PC. I draw half of the time, if there's no pencil, there's a lotta boredom. I go on the comp for MSN, forums, scanning drawings and games. Which is a good hour of my day. More if its a good game. I'll usually just stay signed in on MSN while drawing.

[Crystal_Ryu]

Hmm... I wouldn't be able to live without a comp or Internet

I get connected as often as I can, whic is every break time at school, all day long when I go to my dad's for teh weekend, when I go to my dad's to have dinner, and during weekends when I'm at mom's (she put a no computer during weekdays policy =_=)

Aaaaaand now I don't have comp at mom's till the end of septermber cos I disobeyed my mom and she overdid eet. I'm grounded during the spring holidays, NOOOO T_T

[Toasty]

I probably wouldn't survive. When I'm grounded, it feels like I'm cut off from society. My hobby is videogames, and all the news acociated with that is on the PC.