{"id":1139,"date":"2012-12-10T02:04:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T06:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beingbobblog.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2012-12-31T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:20:52","slug":"the-smoking-facebook-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/the-smoking-facebook-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smoking Facebook Addiction!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019ve all been there; You\u2019re at an outing or a dinner table with friends but itching to check your email or Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Google+ or Yammer or whatever digital hit of serotonin you prefer.\u00c2\u00a0Have you ever \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gone to the bathroom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in order to check email or come up with a socially appropriate excuse to pull out your Smartphone just so you can check your @ replies on Twitter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember when the critical mass of smokers used to leave the table or meeting in groups to go indulge their habit? I straight up open my\u00c2\u00a0iPad\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0at bars and parties, and then feel more guilty about that than drinking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new British study released today backs up what we otherwise know intuitively, that Internet usage is increasingly becoming an addiction. Out of 1000 people surveyed after being cut off from the Internet for 24 hours, 53% reported feeling \u00e2\u20ac\u0153upset\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about being deprived of online access and 40% said that they felt lonely after not being able to connect to the Internet. Participants\u00c2\u00a0described the digital detox akin to quitting drinking or smoking and one even said it was like having his hand chopped off (!).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This British survey comes after a University of Maryland study in April that came to pretty much the same conclusion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d With one student saying that she was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153itching like a crackhead\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0after abstaining from any form of media for 24 hours. Geez.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Add this insight to the yet un-proven concerns that Smartphone usage leads to Cancer and the smoking analogy becomes more and more apt (see image left). But for the moment Goggling the name of a movie you can\u2019t remember is hands down a lot healthier than smoking an actual cigarette, at least physically. <\/strong><\/p>\n

For the moment at least!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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