For those of you who spend tons of time online

People who spend too much time online actually get something called "Popcorn brain" it's where the brain requires constant stimulation. It actually changes the physical structure of your brain. It also makes it so you forget how to relate to others and lose a sense of empathy. Which makes me wonder if that's why kids now a days are such jackasses who have no social skills. Haha I also found out relating to others and understanding people's feelings is a practiced and learned skill. : o
I need to spend less time online. ;___;

Does life online give you 'popcorn brain'? - CNN.com

While I do need constant stimulation(so many innuendos here), I don't feel like I lost my sense of empathy, nor my ability to relate to others.

CNN has never heard of ADD or ADHD?

I have ADHD.

Ethan wrote:

I have ADHD.

No, You have popcorn brain.

Wow that's crazy.

I'm ADD, ADHD, And Bipolar. No joke. Still more social than anyone I know. On top of me spending most my day online.

Are you guys missing the part where it physically changes the gray matter in your brain?
Lol

CL0V3R wrote:

Are you guys missing the part where it physically changes the gray matter in your brain?
Lol

Pics or it didnt happen.

I thinks it's just video games desensitizing us. Humans have always been assholes.

Aleena wrote:

Pics or it didnt happen.

It's in the article.
Also ADD, ADHD also characterized by poor impulse control which isn't mentioned in the article. Lol

Oh my God, that'd explain why I don't give a crap about anything. XD

Like, if someone tells me something I should be sympathetic towards I do some kind of dramatic performance and stuff but in all honesty I don't care. e-e
I thought I was just naturally cruel but I do spend every day on the PC. xD

CL0V3R wrote:

It's in the article.
Also ADD, ADHD also characterized by poor impulse control which isn't mentioned in the article. Lol

I looked at the article o.o no pics

Aleena wrote:

I looked at the article o.o no pics

Oh I meant the results. Lulz
I guess I'll just have to hunt down the Chinese study.
Oh wait... I'm too lazy for that.

CL0V3R wrote:

Oh I meant the results. Lulz
I guess I'll just have to hunt down the Chinese study.
Oh wait... I'm too lazy for that.

Hm. *Contemplates getting an MRI*
I wonna see this in action damnit ><

Aleena wrote:

Hm. *Contemplates getting an MRI*
I wonna see this in action damnit ><

Well we'd need to find a control. A few people who spend 8 - 10 hours on the internet a day verse a few people who only spend an hours a two a day.
Then we just need an MRI machine and a person to read the MRIs. Lol

CL0V3R wrote:

Well we'd need to find a control. A few people who spend 8 - 10 hours on the internet a day verse a few people who only spend an hours a two a day.
Then we just need an MRI machine and a person to read the MRIs. Lol

How about someone who spends 18 hours a day? *Stands up*

To be totally honest though, I'd say it's nothing trry about. News sites are always making articles to scare you, if it's not one thing it's another. OMG YOU WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T EAT A PEAR A DAY!!!111ONE.

Might as well live life how you want to and die when the time comes. *Not intentionally promoting harmful things. xD

This is true. The media tries to scare you into things. Bullshit. D:

this is pretty interesting. I haven't heard of this before =O

I spend most of my time online and I'm still pretty social

Jorsulree wrote:

To be totally honest though, I'd say it's nothing trry about. News sites are always making articles to scare you, if it's not one thing it's another. OMG YOU WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T EAT A PEAR A DAY!!!111ONE.

Might as well live life how you want to and die when the time comes. *Not intentionally promoting harmful things. xD

Whats a pear?

Aleena wrote:

Whats a pear?

A magical, magical object. @^@

Jorsulree wrote:

To be totally honest though, I'd say it's nothing trry about. News sites are always making articles to scare you, if it's not one thing it's another. OMG YOU WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T EAT A PEAR A DAY!!!111ONE.

Might as well live life how you want to and die when the time comes. *Not intentionally promoting harmful things. xD

In all honesty though I don't really think it's a scare tactic. I think it's an article telling you if you spend 10+ hours a day on the internet it could change the physiological properties of your brain. It's not the end of the world and probably won't kill you, but it might contribute to why people tend to be the way they are.
Especially on places where people spend excessive amounts of time on the internet. Personally from what I've observed I noticed people who spend lots of time online actually tend to have less engaging personalities. I mean you can spend excessive amounts of time and still have a social life. I think this is more so for the people who don't leave their basements.

Then again we could all argue we've lost some of our capabilities for empathy just by being on this site. Because if we truly related to the people we're screwing over we probably wouldn't be doing it now would we?

(Lol and the reason I don't hack/scam/flp is morality issues. Lol)

I ish ADDHD i didn't take the time to do the test to be honest i skipped like 4

M0NST3R wrote:

I ish ADDHD i didn't take the time to do the test to be honest i skipped like 4

What does that have to do with anything? : o Lol

CL0V3R wrote:

What does that have to do with anything? : o Lol

they had this test at the end. i skipped 4 of them.

CL0V3R wrote:

In all honesty though I don't really think it's a scare tactic. I think it's an article telling you if you spend 10+ hours a day on the internet it could change the physiological properties of your brain. It's not the end of the world and probably won't kill you, but it might contribute to why people tend to be the way they are.
Especially on places where people spend excessive amounts of time on the internet. Personally from what I've observed I noticed people who spend lots of time online actually tend to have less engaging personalities. I mean you can spend excessive amounts of time and still have a social life. I think this is more so for the people who don't leave their basements.

Then again we could all argue we've lost some of our capabilities for empathy just by being on this site. Because if we truly related to the people we're screwing over we probably wouldn't be doing it now would we?

(Lol and the reason I don't hack/scam/flp is morality issues. Lol)

I see your point. xD
I haven't been on here a lot recently though but what I can say is being on the PC makes me a very anxious and anti social person, I had anxiety attacks frequently and then I got an apprenticeship in IT Support and they forced me to do presentations in front of 30-40 people and eventually; I became confident, then my apprenticeship ended and I couldn't find a job, 3 months back on the PC and the anxiety is coming back, nice. Lulz.

M0NST3R wrote:

they had this test at the end. i skipped 4 of them.

Oh derp.
Don't feel like doing it since it will tell me what I already know.

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Jorsulree wrote:

I see your point. xD
I haven't been on here a lot recently though but what I can say is being on the PC makes me a very anxious and anti social person, I had anxiety attacks frequently and then I got an apprenticeship in IT Support and they forced me to do presentations in front of 30-40 people and eventually; I became confident, then my apprenticeship ended and I couldn't find a job, 3 months back on the PC and the anxiety is coming back, nice. Lulz.

I think that could actually be a good explanation as to why I personally have noticed my social anxiety go up. I think when we stop interacting with others, their reactions become less predicable. Making it more frightening to interact with them since we often tend to be afraid of what we can't foresee. Or we stop relating to them because they're not "people" anymore. Pretty crazy though. I'm such a shut in I really need to get out more. I mean humans are social creatures, it's in us to seek out social interaction. Where as the internet would be a sort of pseudo social interaction.

I think that could actually be a good explanation as to why I personally have noticed my social anxiety go up. I think when we stop interacting with others, their reactions become less predicable. Making it more frightening to interact with them since we often tend to be afraid of what we can't foresee. Or we stop relating to them because they're not "people" anymore. Pretty crazy though. I'm such a shut in I really need to get out more. I mean humans are social creatures, it's in us to seek out social interaction.

I'm really bad. XD Bad at meeting some people, sometimes I get nervous just walking past a hot girl or something TROLOLOLO. Yeah, it's bad. Can't help it really. Problem is though, the longer it takes me to get a job; the worse it'll get and the harder it'll be to find a job, not to mention the fact that if I tell them how long I've been out of work they'll be like KTHNXBAI. xD

Jorsulree wrote:

I'm really bad. XD Bad at meeting some people, sometimes I get nervous just walking past a hot girl or something TROLOLOLO. Yeah, it's bad. Can't help it really. Problem is though, the longer it takes me to get a job; the worse it'll get and the harder it'll be to find a job, not to mention the fact that if I tell them how long I've been out of work they'll be like KTHNXBAI. xD

Same here. Even with the hot girls thing. D: I tend to be afraid of girls more so than men.
Make sure not to tell them how long you've been out of work.
Make up things like you've been taken commissions for graphics on the side.
Things they really can't prove you didn't do.

CL0V3R wrote:

Same here. Even with the hot girls thing. D: I tend to be afraid of girls more so than men.
Make sure not to tell them how long you've been out of work.
Make up things like you've been taken commissions for graphics on the side.
Things they really can't prove you didn't do.

You: Omigod a hot guuuurl *Looks away blushing* XD

That's a good idea, thanks! I could say I was doing freelance data entry because I actually was, just not a lot of it.

CL0V3R wrote:

I tend to be afraid of girls more so than men.

Thats because women are much more hostile and agressive than men.

When men want to get rid of a problem, They kill it.
When women want to get rid of a problem, they beat it, Torment it, and make it suffer until it dies.

Jorsulree wrote:

You: Omigod a hot guuuurl *Looks away blushing* XD

That's a good idea, thanks! I could say I was doing freelance data entry because I actually was, just not a lot of it.

Lol it makes no seeeensseee. ;__;
Exactly. Just like I've done art commissions for like 3 - 4 years. Never had to say it was only for gaia gold. Lol

@Aleena: Are they? Probably huh. I don't know I don't relate to other women very well. I take it on a case by case basis though. People are people and are either dicks or cool regardless of gender.

Lol CNN has always been full of shit

Aleena wrote:

Thats because women are much more hostile and agressive than men.

When men want to get rid of a problem, They kill it.
When women want to get rid of a problem, they beat it, Torment it, and make it suffer until it dies.

Same thing applies for making eye contact in the street then eh? xD

Edit; I do want to start doing art commissions but I've never actually been good at drawing things I like and/or anime characters n'ting.
Just realistic portraits of people. (When I say realistic I don't mean really good, just my level of 'realistic') xD Practice makes perfect though, got a tablet and photoshop, don't really see why I shouldn't practice, apart from being lazy.

Jorsulree wrote:

Same thing applies for making eye contact in the street then eh? xD

I don't personally make eye contact with guys unless I'm speaking to them.
I try not to make eye contact with girls either.
I look at the ground when I walk.

The fuck is empathy?
I don't give a shit about this thread.

I'm gonna go laugh at the homeless.

Kain wrote:

The fuck is empathy?
I don't give a shit about this thread.

I'm gonna go laugh at the homeless.

I love you too Kain. : D

CL0V3R wrote:

I don't personally make eye contact with guys unless I'm speaking to them.
I try not to make eye contact with girls either.
I look at the ground when I walk.

Same really. I don't check women out either, I think it's rude even though my two friends right beside me are staring and it doesn't make the situation any less awkward. xD

cl0v3r wrote:

i love you too kain. : D

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