Full Version: You know you are an A.D. junkie if you.....
10.)Correct family members at the dining table by reminding them to be on topic like Jaime would.
9.)You don't know a sailor, but you know an OverlandSailor.
8.)If you can outline crashfourit's constitutional views on amendments 16 on up.
7.)If Erasmussimo posted "on your side" and it makes you less nervous.
6.)You can recognize members solely by their avatar
5.)If you know ConservPat's party affiliation.
4.)If you miss chat night and it upsets you.
3.)You introduce a debate topic on other boards just like you do here.
2.)You are on vacation and you can't help but wondering what is happening on the board.
1.)In your sleep, you see the layout of the website.
This is great. I have a few of my own off the top of my head (I'm sure I'll think of more later)
11. You dream about America's Debate, including faces and voices of members you have never seen or heard.
12. You apologize profusely if you go off-topic in a 'real-life' conversation.
13. Certain songs remind you of certain AD members, but you have no idea why.
11. You dream about America's Debate, including faces and voices of members you have never seen or heard.
12. You apologize profusely if you go off-topic in a 'real-life' conversation.
13. Certain songs remind you of certain AD members, but you have no idea why.
if...
14. you are fixing your computer and you begin to wonder "what would Mike do?".
15. you are watching the news and you ponder questions for debate.
16. you throw your cell phone at the wall for not letting you on America's Debate... even though you have internet access.
17. you formulate debate-like responses while at the grocery store when asked "paper or plastic?".
18. you see the moderation note's outline around the ingredients when you are cooking a complex recipe.
19. you're at the movies and you think what scathing things you are going to post in "The Current Cinema."
20. you check airfare to Savannah to call Mike and Jaime on how wonderful the restaurants are.
21. you scream at the calculator while filing your taxes for not having a NumberCheck feature.
22. you consider contacting hayleyanne for legal advice.
23. the website is your "home" URL.
24. you spend so much time logged on, your loved ones actually consider buying Jaws of Life to pry you away.
14. you are fixing your computer and you begin to wonder "what would Mike do?".
15. you are watching the news and you ponder questions for debate.
16. you throw your cell phone at the wall for not letting you on America's Debate... even though you have internet access
.17. you formulate debate-like responses while at the grocery store when asked "paper or plastic?".
18. you see the moderation note's outline around the ingredients when you are cooking a complex recipe.
19. you're at the movies and you think what scathing things you are going to post in "The Current Cinema."
20. you check airfare to Savannah to call Mike and Jaime on how wonderful the restaurants are.
21. you scream at the calculator while filing your taxes for not having a NumberCheck feature.
22. you consider contacting hayleyanne for legal advice.
23. the website is your "home" URL.
24. you spend so much time logged on, your loved ones actually consider buying Jaws of Life to pry you away.
QUOTE(VDemosthenes @ Jun 22 2005, 05:29 PM)
14. you are fixing your computer and you begin to wonder "what would Mike do?".
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16. you throw your cell phone at the wall for not letting you on America's Debate... even though you have internet access .
.Try the simple version-- it should detect that you're on a phone and show you a different page. http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/simple/index.php
25. You have spent 36 hours straight performing an upgrade.
26. You have spent 120+ hours preparing for the above mentioned upgrade.
27. You find yourself waking up at 4:30 in the morning to perform maintenance on the site.
28. You find it is quicker to type the BBCode than it is to click the buttons.
29. You know how to manually add quote context information.
30. AD is the first site you check when you wake up, and the last site you check before bed.
31. Your boss knows you surf AD, and doesn't care.
Fun topic...
Mike
You know you are an A.D. junkie if you.....
1...start saying "What's Crackalackin'?" to me in the chat room.
2...think more and more that rockets to the sun make sense.
3...hang on to see the responses to the post you just made in a thread.
4...know the topic patterns of certain posters.
That's all I can think up right now...
32. While debating with friends you think to yourself “you wouldn’t last two minutes on AD” and pay them no attention
33. While watching CSPAN, you think to yourself “Senator X wouldn’t last two minutes on AD” and immediately flip the channel
33. You nearly plow into a semi on the interstate because you’re pre-occupied with formulating a response to a heated debate
34. You name your pet AD
35. You name your first daughter Jaime and your first son Mike
36. Even though you live in the mid-West and you’re headed to Colorado for a skiing trip you try to justify a connection in Savannah
33. While watching CSPAN, you think to yourself “Senator X wouldn’t last two minutes on AD” and immediately flip the channel
33. You nearly plow into a semi on the interstate because you’re pre-occupied with formulating a response to a heated debate
34. You name your pet AD
35. You name your first daughter Jaime and your first son Mike
36. Even though you live in the mid-West and you’re headed to Colorado for a skiing trip you try to justify a connection in Savannah
you know you're an ad junkie if:
your name at AD is incolor
your emotions are defined by these guys
your avatar changes more than once a day
your total post count meets or exceeds the national deficit
you can pronounce the name erasmussimo
the name Titus conjures up images of John Wayne
While watching Fox News you think to yourself, "Wertz and Nighttimer
wouldn't approve of this."
your name at AD is incolor
your emotions are defined by these guys
your avatar changes more than once a day
your total post count meets or exceeds the national deficit
you can pronounce the name erasmussimo
the name Titus conjures up images of John Wayne
While watching Fox News you think to yourself, "Wertz and Nighttimer
wouldn't approve of this."
You know you're addicted to AD if...
People know what you're doing when your locked into your computer room screaming and talking outloud.
You're startled and/or annoyed when someone breaks your concentration while writing that "perfect post".
You think of other members' comments on current events when you watch the news.
You start a topic like this one
You have trouble not saying IMHO in conversations.<----ME
You're friends know exactly who Nighttimer is and what your latest disagreement with him is about.<----Me
You've taken no less than 6 political quizzes.
CP
People know what you're doing when your locked into your computer room screaming and talking outloud.
You're startled and/or annoyed when someone breaks your concentration while writing that "perfect post".
You think of other members' comments on current events when you watch the news.
You start a topic like this one
You have trouble not saying IMHO in conversations.<----ME
You're friends know exactly who Nighttimer is and what your latest disagreement with him is about.<----Me
You've taken no less than 6 political quizzes.
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5.)If you know ConservPat's party affiliation.
Lol! I think this might be the longest stretch I've ever had with one party. But I think this one might stick [watches as other posters roll eyes and start a pool on how long it'll take before I switch again.].CP
You know you're addicted to AD if you....
Begin each discussion at home with a clear question to be debated.
Reprimand the children for behaving unconstructively.
Tell your spouse, "This issue is closed. We already started a debate on this recently".
Begin each discussion at home with a clear question to be debated.
Reprimand the children for behaving unconstructively.
Tell your spouse, "This issue is closed. We already started a debate on this recently".
You know you are an AD junkie when you can read an entire twelve page debate, on a topic you are not at all interested in, have no intention of posting in, and actually find quite dull
....simply to understand the context of a post by an AD member who's opinions appeal to you...
....simply to understand the context of a post by an AD member who's opinions appeal to you...
You watch a news report and say out loud Aquilla, Cube Jockey...is gonna have kittens.
You reprimand your help desk people by comparing them to Mike
You burrowed through your network at work to circumvent the security measures so you can post....and haven't built up the nerve to try and see if the Chat Rooms is detectable.......
Events of the day automatically create debate topics instead of emotional responses.
Wonder what the "guys" over at AD are gonna think about the events.
Suffer depression if your topic receives no hits
Fight the urge to check in so you don't miss anything?
Stop using outside news sources because they are far to lazy to really offer a fact based view of events and topics compared to AD posters.
Have actually had to "step outside" and cool down after reading a response and calculated the driving time to "point A" to give a good talking to in person.
Watched the president or candidates speak and wonder "What would DTOM do?"
You reprimand your help desk people by comparing them to Mike
You burrowed through your network at work to circumvent the security measures so you can post....and haven't built up the nerve to try and see if the Chat Rooms is detectable.......
Events of the day automatically create debate topics instead of emotional responses.
Wonder what the "guys" over at AD are gonna think about the events.
Suffer depression if your topic receives no hits
Fight the urge to check in so you don't miss anything?
Stop using outside news sources because they are far to lazy to really offer a fact based view of events and topics compared to AD posters.
Have actually had to "step outside" and cool down after reading a response and calculated the driving time to "point A" to give a good talking to in person.
Watched the president or candidates speak and wonder "What would DTOM do?"
....link other AD'ers blogs on yours.
....recieve bad customer service somwhere and think to yourself, "Mike would not approve of this at all!"
...You (like Jaime) start identifying world landmarks (The Arch of Titus) with other AD members.
...you see an environmental story on the news and expect to see a new topic by Artemise on the same subject.
...You spend some of your time IM'ing other AD'ers to discuss issues, because you can't wait for others to respond on a thread.
...You plan any out-of-town trips with visits to other AD'ers.
When you log into the chat room when nobody's there to attract people to it.
When you can't go a week or even a day without having to check the boards at AD.
When you watch Presidential debates and realize that they are getting off topic or avoiding the the question and are tempted to turn the channel.
When you realise that some people on the opposite side of the political spectrum have some of the same views you do.
When you think that every person on AD should have a blog.
When you can't go a week or even a day without having to check the boards at AD.
When you watch Presidential debates and realize that they are getting off topic or avoiding the the question and are tempted to turn the channel.
When you realise that some people on the opposite side of the political spectrum have some of the same views you do.
When you think that every person on AD should have a blog.
You know you are an AD junkie if you...
...have just re-set the dryer to "dewrinkle" for the third time because you're in the middle of a response and can't be bothered taking the damned clothes out to fold them.
...don't consider anything "news" unless there's a thread about it at AD.
...notice when people change their avatar, signature or member title.
...PM people to comment on their new avatar, signature or member title.
...spend an entire day at work editing a response in your head because you didn't get a chance to post it before you left.
...know more about AD contributors than you do about most of your colleagues.
...think the country would be better run by AD polls than by Congress.
...have had your cats scream at you because you're catching up on posts and have neglected their mealtime.
...have gone through more than a dozen signatures.
...post blog entries about AD entries.
...have heard quarkhead's music and read AuthorMusician's book.
...call up a friend to complain about something someone has just posted.
...have had erotic dreams about another AD contributor.
...can name the top five posters without checking.
...type AD rather than AD.
...have just re-set the dryer to "dewrinkle" for the third time because you're in the middle of a response and can't be bothered taking the damned clothes out to fold them.
...don't consider anything "news" unless there's a thread about it at AD.
...notice when people change their avatar, signature or member title.
...PM people to comment on their new avatar, signature or member title.
...spend an entire day at work editing a response in your head because you didn't get a chance to post it before you left.
...know more about AD contributors than you do about most of your colleagues.
...think the country would be better run by AD polls than by Congress.
...have had your cats scream at you because you're catching up on posts and have neglected their mealtime.
...have gone through more than a dozen signatures.
...post blog entries about AD entries.
...have heard quarkhead's music and read AuthorMusician's book.
...call up a friend to complain about something someone has just posted.
...have had erotic dreams about another AD contributor.
...can name the top five posters without checking.
...type AD rather than AD.
QUOTE(Wertz @ Jun 22 2005, 08:13 PM)
...have had erotic dreams about another AD contributor.
You know you are an AD junkie if you have considered starting a poll to find out how many other posters have had erotic dreams about contributors, but then remembered that would likely violate the forum rules.
Get grumpy when you're at work and others are in the chat room.
yOU Wonder just how many people are are gonna PM Wertz for the dirt.
yOU Wonder just how many people are are gonna PM Wertz for the dirt.
If you are retired, stay up until the wee hours of the morning, get up around noon and check AD before eating breakfast, feeding the cats are going to the coffee shop.
Then you fix breakfast and let your oatmeal get cold while rechecking AD.
Then you fix breakfast and let your oatmeal get cold while rechecking AD.
Man, so guilty of most of these.
- One to add (which has actually happened)... You have discussions about how a member's AD name would be pronounced.
- You get on AD to quickly check on what's new and spend two hours online.
- One to add (which has actually happened)... You have discussions about how a member's AD name would be pronounced.
- You get on AD to quickly check on what's new and spend two hours online.
Beyond many humorous already mentioned for me:
Are LATE for a meeting, dinner or cocktails because you simply cannot let this thing go by without a complete response! You call and and make some completely bogus excuse (because you simply cannot tell the truth of the matter or they might think you insane.) When you do arrive you turn the discusion to the subject matter because its STILL on your mind.
Your friends or partner knows exactly what you have been debating recently, all the time, for several years (and of course the absurdity of the others comments.
Of which they tend to agree and add their own witty tidbits, you later make use of their observations to add to your argument. "wait wait, you should've said.....")
Pm or email other posters to 'help' you with a topic or come to your defense.
Recieve emails from friends who only worry about you because they havent seen you on AD for awhile. (If youre not being political, something MUST be wrong!)
This happened to several and myself during the Iraq war beginnings:
Decide you really need a break from the board because the debate is exhausting you but you can only manage a few days, even while still feeling strung out by it, you go on.
In that vein, staying away from the board on weekends to give yourself a break and because 'you just think' you should.
Write Mike thinking your post count was not going up because you were sure you had posted many more posts than you had. (must have been the ones in my head) Write Mike on all kinds of computer things you could not figure out- (ugh) -
Have apologised to Jaime numerous times for losing ones mind in posts and more than 'bending' the rules.
Having had strikes.
Are LATE for a meeting, dinner or cocktails because you simply cannot let this thing go by without a complete response! You call and and make some completely bogus excuse (because you simply cannot tell the truth of the matter or they might think you insane.) When you do arrive you turn the discusion to the subject matter because its STILL on your mind.
Your friends or partner knows exactly what you have been debating recently, all the time, for several years (and of course the absurdity of the others comments.
Of which they tend to agree and add their own witty tidbits, you later make use of their observations to add to your argument. "wait wait, you should've said.....")
Pm or email other posters to 'help' you with a topic or come to your defense.
Recieve emails from friends who only worry about you because they havent seen you on AD for awhile. (If youre not being political, something MUST be wrong!)
This happened to several and myself during the Iraq war beginnings:
Decide you really need a break from the board because the debate is exhausting you but you can only manage a few days, even while still feeling strung out by it, you go on.
In that vein, staying away from the board on weekends to give yourself a break and because 'you just think' you should.
Write Mike thinking your post count was not going up because you were sure you had posted many more posts than you had. (must have been the ones in my head) Write Mike on all kinds of computer things you could not figure out- (ugh) -
Have apologised to Jaime numerous times for losing ones mind in posts and more than 'bending' the rules.
Having had strikes.
I like this! 
(This one is for Europeans)
- You end up with an indepth & arcane knowledge of the American legal system, government, economic debates and views on interpretation of the consitution that means absolutely nothing to 99.999% of everyone else in your country.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
(This one is for Europeans)
- You end up with an indepth & arcane knowledge of the American legal system, government, economic debates and views on interpretation of the consitution that means absolutely nothing to 99.999% of everyone else in your country.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
When you post or reply to topics like this: .
If know how a person's post is going to read just because you saw their user name on it.
When you are asked to say what your favorite person for a elected or appointed government office is and your answer is some one from AD.
When you get irritated when a regular does not follow the rules.
When you think AD needs more moderators.
When you see a post from Jaime and immediately read it to see who she has gotten onto now for not following the rules.
When you think about ways to make AD web site better and consider telling Mike.
When you highly recommend AD to anybody you have just met.
When you go into withdaws like drug addics do when you don't get your "daily dose" of AD.
. If know how a person's post is going to read just because you saw their user name on it.
When you are asked to say what your favorite person for a elected or appointed government office is and your answer is some one from AD.
When you get irritated when a regular does not follow the rules.
When you think AD needs more moderators.
When you see a post from Jaime and immediately read it to see who she has gotten onto now for not following the rules.
When you think about ways to make AD web site better and consider telling Mike.
When you highly recommend AD to anybody you have just met.
When you go into withdaws like drug addics do when you don't get your "daily dose" of AD.
QUOTE(Artemise @ Jun 23 2005, 09:41 AM)
Are LATE for a meeting, dinner or cocktails because you simply cannot let this thing go by without a complete response! You call and and make some completely bogus excuse (because you simply cannot tell the truth of the matter or they might think you insane.) When you do arrive you turn the discusion to the subject matter because its STILL on your mind.
Yup - that's happened to me more than once.
QUOTE(Ptarmigan @ Jun 23 2005, 09:45 AM)
- You end up with an indepth & arcane knowledge of the American legal system, government, economic debates and views on interpretation of the consitution that means absolutely nothing to 99.999% of everyone else in your country.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
Sometimes I think I know more about the US political system than I do about the British one, especially below the national level.
A few thoughts:
- You find yourself working until past seven because you spent three hours posting when you first got into work.
- More than two of your regular non-AD site visits are to sites that you first heard about on AD
- You feel like you've been slacking if your post count drops below {insert figure} posts per day
- You check in more than once during the course of a single day "just to see if so-and-so has replied on that thread".
- You sigh and roll your eyes when a newbie starts a thread on capital punishment, gun control, Darwinism in schools, or one of the other old favourite topic themes.
- After sighing and rolling your eyes, you spend more than an hour trawling through your old responses on archived threads on the same topic to find the post you or someone else used to nail the argument (in your opinion) last time around.
- You know the text coding for more than two non-punctuation-based smilies
Great topic!
I'll add one for now (more later):
You know you are addicted to AD when you go on vacation and don't have a laptop so you order the Hotel's interactive computer service ($10) on the TV --just so you can check the posts in a thread you have been participating in! Which of course I did these past few days-- while away on vacation. But it did no good cuz it took forever to load the pages and then I couldn't figure out how to post without a mouse and just using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
But I'm back now . . .
I'll add one for now (more later):
You know you are addicted to AD when you go on vacation and don't have a laptop so you order the Hotel's interactive computer service ($10) on the TV --just so you can check the posts in a thread you have been participating in! Which of course I did these past few days-- while away on vacation.
But it did no good cuz it took forever to load the pages and then I couldn't figure out how to post without a mouse and just using the arrow keys on the keyboard. But I'm back now . . .
QUOTE(Ptarmigan @ Jun 23 2005, 10:45 AM)
I like this!
(This one is for Europeans)
- You end up with an indepth & arcane knowledge of the American legal system, government, economic debates and views on interpretation of the consitution that means absolutely nothing to 99.999% of everyone else in your country.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
(This one is for Europeans)
- You end up with an indepth & arcane knowledge of the American legal system, government, economic debates and views on interpretation of the consitution that means absolutely nothing to 99.999% of everyone else in your country.
As a result, your family and friends start to worry about you. Especially when you are the only person in your city that knows what GOP stands for.
This assumes you'll actually admit to your vice....
I have another one -
You have written to your Representative and Senators and refer to debates and posts you have made here.
You have written to your Representative and Senators and refer to debates and posts you have made here.
You invite knowlegeable friends to AD, and feel almost personally slighted if they don't participate (*cough* to any of them possibly lurking now 
).
You have a series of bookmarks saved as a quick reference for future debates.
You no longer participate in topics which you used to find the most engaging because you've debated them so exhaustively.
Your title states "advanced senior member"
).You have a series of bookmarks saved as a quick reference for future debates.
You no longer participate in topics which you used to find the most engaging because you've debated them so exhaustively.
Your title states "advanced senior member"
The thought of getting to check AD or make the response you have been plotting works as good as coffee at getting you going in the early morning hours.
…. You think to yourself: If I win the Power Ball lottery, screw the relatives, the first thing I’m going to do is fly everyone from AD to {insert city} for an all expense paid trip just so everyone can meet. And after a day of meeting and greeting we’ll lay the foundation for a REAL third party.
You start thinking that posters look like their avatars...
Note to all - I don't look like my avatar!
Note to all - I don't look like my avatar!
QUOTE(Mrs. Pigpen @ Jun 22 2005, 06:54 PM)
Tell your spouse, "This issue is closed. We already started a debate on this recently".
Uuuuuh, the dog house doesn't have wireless internet connection.
You know you are an A.D. junkie if you shout at politicians on the TV...
"Yeah? Well thats not what Mrs Pigpen says!"
"Yeah? Well thats not what Mrs Pigpen says!"
What an awesome topic!
The only one I'll add is: You wrap up an exhaustively busy day at work and one of your first laments is you haven't looked at AD all day.
The only one I'll add is: You wrap up an exhaustively busy day at work and one of your first laments is you haven't looked at AD all day.
You know you are an AD junkie if....
*You have stopped watching cable news altogether.
*You automatically dismiss anyone who opines, "All conservatives are...." or "All liberals..." etc. as a blanket-statement making blowhard
*You can't stop posting to this thread.
*You have stopped watching cable news altogether.
*You automatically dismiss anyone who opines, "All conservatives are...." or "All liberals..." etc. as a blanket-statement making blowhard
*You can't stop posting to this thread.
QUOTE(Ptarmigan @ Jun 23 2005, 05:31 PM)
You start thinking that posters look like their avatars...
Note to all - I don't look like my avatar!
Note to all - I don't look like my avatar!
That's you story...
You know you are an AD junkie if...
... you feel a bit guilty when, in a real-world debate, you make a contribution of a single sentence. After all - one liners are against the rules.
When you sugest a new :AD: emoticon!
...you've been studying abroad in Australia for two months, havn't posted in forever, and are rarely able to read the boards, and thus feel like you're completely and totally out of the loop of American Politics.
...you've ever checked the boards "one last time" before bed, stayed up till 1:30 reading [fill in the blank's] post then got mad that anyone could think like that and stayed up till 3 rationalizing that they must've been joking.
...are putting off a paper as I write.
...you start a reply in a real debate by telling them the type of argument they just used (ie. "You know you just used a red herring argument." "That was just a straw man." "If you use modus ponens your argument will work better.").
...you wake up at 7 am after going to bed at 3 still thinking it must've been some sort of sick joke or bad dream, then check the boards again to find it wasn't.
...aren't worried about meeting people from AD in person, even though when you try to explain it to your friends they think you're one of those "weird internet people" and that you'll get raped.
...are only now thinking about getting back to that darn paper.
...you've ever checked the boards "one last time" before bed, stayed up till 1:30 reading [fill in the blank's] post then got mad that anyone could think like that and stayed up till 3 rationalizing that they must've been joking.
...are putting off a paper as I write.
...you start a reply in a real debate by telling them the type of argument they just used (ie. "You know you just used a red herring argument." "That was just a straw man." "If you use modus ponens your argument will work better.").
...you wake up at 7 am after going to bed at 3 still thinking it must've been some sort of sick joke or bad dream, then check the boards again to find it wasn't.
...aren't worried about meeting people from AD in person, even though when you try to explain it to your friends they think you're one of those "weird internet people" and that you'll get raped.
...are only now thinking about getting back to that darn paper.
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