I was thinking about this. I came to the conclusion that I;m addicted to Netphoria. Forwhatever reason, I don't know, but there are times where I prioritize time spent on netphoria over much more important things. This, obviously, isn't very healthy at all. I'm pretty sure this is the case with a lot of you.

I've tried quitting cold turkey before but that only lasted a month at most. I tired of the fact that Netphoria is pretty much the only thing I do on the internet. I mean, I peruse some livejournals every now and then and look at porn, but a netphoria window is ALWAYS open. It's really sad, because in all the time I'm spending I really could be doing something a lot more enriching, like reading, exercising or practising.

So, I wanted to try something a little bit different for myself and anyone else who wants to get involved. We could throw a little friendly competition into the mix and actually make leaving netphoria a litle more effective. I can't even remember all the times people (including me) have posted "I'M LEAVING!!!" only return within the next week.

I've set up a thread on Netphoria's Livejournal where you can document your progress by simply replying to the thread. The link is <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/netphoria/6918.html?mode=reply">here.</a> I highly suggest you bookmark it, as extra replies won't bump the entry back up to the top of the livejournal. If you don't have a livejournal account, just reply anonymously and sign with your netphoria name. Try to keep your replies reasonably spaced. Replying daily at first, but try to make them last frequent as time passes. If you so much as <i>read</i> the netphoria messageboard, you MUST post to declare that you lost.

<b>The contest officially begins Tomorrow, May 31st at 12pm EST</b> unless anyone has any complaints about it, which I'm sure you don't.

Sign up in this thread by noon tomorrow and <i>that's it</i>. No more netphoria.

Oh, and one last thing, the most important thing about this whole thing is the honor system. Don't be a douchebag and lie about it. Seriously.

Any questions?

hmmm. maybe.

NO! if everyone leaves then there won't be any messages for me to read! i'm not leaving, what am i gonna do?

Originally posted by Eve
NO! if everyone leaves then there won't be any messages for me to read! i'm not leaving, what am i gonna do?

but what about your baby? another netphoria addict in the making :(

<3

it will not work, so why even try?

now thats positive thinking.

tempted... but what else would I do at work? work?

I cannot believe that this place is that terrible of an addiction. Posting on a message board is a hard thing for me to classify as a problem. Why is not posting here such a pressing problem? If it helps pass the time, I don't see a huge deal.

Then again, I feel no need to quit. Maybe I'm an addict.

Originally posted by jczeroman
tempted... but what else would I do at work? work?

i was just talking to my shrink about netphoria yesterday...she was amazed at how people formed such strong bonds and communities over the net
and then i told her that i thought that the majority of people here had some sort of social issues or problems (including myself) and that's why we seek the net so much
but yeah, i wonder how many of us here actually do have social anxiety and issues of that sort

Originally posted by twilightfadez

but yeah, i wonder how many of us here actually do have social anxiety and issues of that sort

I'd say 90%. Not that I'm in the 10% that doesn't...

You've thought about this way too hard, its actually convincing. Somehow, that seems a bit sad.


I dunno, its kinda like my smoking habits...

Some days I'll be extra bored and end up smoking almost 2 packs in a day, others I'll only smoke 5 cigarettes, sometimes I try to quit, knowing it won't happen, but I make it a few days without having one.

But in the end I know I'll never quit, and I'm okay with that.

I'm in the ninety percentile.

i won't be on sunday or monday! woo!

ok, has anyone actually signed up?

Originally posted by jczeroman
tempted... but what else would I do at work? work?

<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">From what I gather, I think you would post on the Netphoria LiveJournal community.</font>

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros


<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">From what I gather, I think you would post on the Netphoria LiveJournal community.</font> which is BUSTLING.

wait wait wait.. there's a netphoria live journal community? oh lord...

Originally posted by ******
which is BUSTLING.

<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">Call me crazy, but I really don't quite see the point of a lj community based around a message board.</font>

You guys are gonna get addicted to the Live Journal.

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros


<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">Call me crazy, but I really don't quite see the point of a lj community based around a message board.</font> nobody really ever posts there. the only things that really get posted there are typical livejournal entires that pertain to netphoria.

kind of like freakclique.

oh god. freakclique.

Originally posted by Lie
You guys are gonna get addicted to the Live Journal. <font color="9999ff">and then they will have to make a live journal abstinance pact, where they post their progress on netphoria.</font>

Originally posted by ******


freakclique.

wow. thats a blast from the past.

You people have severe problems. You want to stop posting on a messageboard, but you can't do it?

Find a hobby. Christ.

Originally posted by ******
kind of like freakclique.

oh god. freakclique.

<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">Haha. ZeroDivide was so mad that people had a good time in Chicago.</font>

Originally posted by dusty
<font color="9999ff">and then they will have to make a live journal abstinance pact, where they post their progress on netphoria.</font>
yep

I leave on my own accord. Sometimes I'll just stop posting but still read topics and sometimes I just don't visit the board at all. I call those days happy days.

I'll never announce it publicly, though I may mention it to a couple people.

<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">I leave on a whim.</font>

i post from work whenever i'm not exactly busy....so there's no point to this. when i have things to do, i do them.

maybe it's time for you to step away and find yourself a life?

Originally posted by twilightfadez


but what about your baby? another netphoria addict in the making :(

<3

Well I mean until he's born, I won't quit coming here. I have plenty of free time on my hands now, all I do is go to school a few hours a day. I'm sure I'll be absent after he's born, I won't have a minute of free time and if i do it'll be spent sleeping.

Originally posted by Eve


Well I mean until he's born, I won't quit coming here. I have plenty of free time on my hands now, all I do is go to school a few hours a day. I'm sure I'll be absent after he's born, I won't have a minute of free time and if i do it'll be spent sleeping.

nah, you'll be up in the middle o fthe night nursing the baby, and typing one handed on netphoria.

true, true. insanely pathetically fucking sad, but probably true :)

I post less when I have nothing more enriching to do, which is all the time. I mean, I still practice guitar, read, submit job applications, etc. I don't think it's that big of a deal.

Originally posted by Hyperbole
:erm

uh, yeah, I don't prioritize Netphoria over anything (except maybe chores and other things I like to put off). so uh, I'm just going to stay on netphoria and continue posting. Until I get bored, and go do something else.

who's with me?

amen. two words, people: moderation. or one. and i'm not talking about the work of the mods.

Originally posted by Lie
You guys are gonna get addicted to the Live Journal.

jesus christ! too fucking late. Right now, I have my livejournal up and netphoria :\

ror! i am raffing out roud!

in my head, you sound like scooby dooo!

fuck that shit!

okay im in. i pride myself on how little i depend on other people and things. im almost entirely independent, and if im not im working on it. so tomorrow midnight itll start. pm me or email me if and when you give in so i can know

damn i thought this was a 'who could go without masturbating the longest' thread.

damn.

What? NO! I just came back. :(

<font color=33FFFF> I'll just sit back and watch others do it</font>

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros


<font color=#007AAA face="courier new">From what I gather, I think you would post on the Netphoria LiveJournal community.</font>

I have no idea what that is.

Originally posted by sleeper
okay im in. i pride myself on how little i depend on other people and things. im almost entirely independent, and if im not im working on it. so tomorrow midnight itll start. pm me or email me if and when you give in so i can know <font color="9999ff">omigod!!!
there's a freakin DOG in your avatar!!!</font>

Originally posted by strange_one
<font color=33FFFF> I'll just sit back and watch others do it</font>

What's to watch ?

******, ill only do it if you will too. im not going to do this alone. there no motivation

theres no dog