DU Addiction - The Warning Signs - Democratic Underground

NanceGreggs

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Sat Feb-16-08 09:44 PM
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DU Addiction - The Warning Signs

You refer to management-level people at your workplace as mods and admins.

You use “rofl” as a word, e.g., “The first time I heard that joke, I couldn’t stop rofling.”

When engaged in a group discussion at a party, you reiterate someone else’s comment by saying, “I totally agree with Reply #7.”

Your favorite pick-up line in a bar is “Why don’t you PM me sometime?”

If your friend has dated a new love interest more than five times, you refer to their relationship as being “off to the Greatest Page”.

When you want the last word in a discussion, you end your final comment with “N/T”, or “EOM”.

You describe events in the recent past as being “upthread”.

You’ve actually described the reason for ending a relationship with the words, “I’m totally GDP, and he’s strictly Lounge.”

You refer to your dumped ex lovers as having been “tombstoned”.

Your idea of a “mixed marriage” is someone from the Photography Group marrying someone from the Pets Group.

You dismiss condescending people by thanking them for their concern.

You indicate your desire to remember something by saying, “I’m going to journal that.”

You actually use the phrase “This is hugh, and I’m series” when conveying something of importance.

You refer to dead-end relationships as having been “a link to nowhere”.

You address your spouses’ parents as “Fil and Mil”, because you think those are actually their names.

You can’t remember your own license plate or phone number – but you can rattle off the email address of every Congressman and Senator without even thinking about it.

When given a juicy piece of office gossip, you judge its credibility by asking who the OP of the rumor was.

You never see anything underlined in print without trying to “click” on it.

You never see anything printed in blue without thinking someone is responding to something you’ve said.

You’ve used the names Condasleazy, Gonzo, Rummy and McLame so often, you have to Google in order to remember their real names.

You refer to suspicious people as “low post count” or “no profile”.

When starting a conversation about something that interests you, anyone who attempts to change the subject is referred to as having “hijacked your thread”.

You tend to startle people at cocktail parties by yelling “kicked” when they say something you agree with.

You quit your last job by posting a “Why I’m Leaving _____” rant on the company website.

Instead of filing for divorce, you had your lawyer send his lawyer a fax entitled “Welcome to Ignore”.

You have disrupted political conversations in a restaurant by warning people at the next table that they are about to surpass their three-topic per evening limit.

When your toddler speaks for the first time, you proudly announce to his grandparents that he’s started “posting”.

You plan to name your next baby IH8TGOP, NeedMoreRecs, or NoFlameBait.

Remember – there is still no known cure for DU addiction. Post at your own peril.