You know you spend too much time on MacRumors when...

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  1. Macaddicttt
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    ...you are constantly highlighting what you read to see if there's anything hidden written in white. :p

    Anyone got anymore? Fill in the blank.
     
  2. mad jew
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    You start putting smileys in regular essays and uni papers. Thank God for proof reading.

    Is it bad that I was the first to reply?
     
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    ... you're dreaming and you panic because you swore you already read those threads but suddenly they're all marked as unread, new posts.





    :eek: Yes, I really did dream this. And yes, I am ashamed to admit it.
    That and Mac OS X's built in spell checker and dictionary. Yum.
     
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    1) when you are applying for your 10th job because you get fired reading MR all the time

    2) you know when edesign's birthday is

    3) you are reading this thread
     
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    You click on "New Posts" and there is less than a page of new posts!?!?
     
  7. Jaffa Cake
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    You know you've been spending too much time on MacRumors when...

    ...you know someone's already posted a thread on the same subject. Three-and-a-half years ago. :p ;)

    Edit: Great minds think alikeish, Mitthrawnuruodo! ;)
     
  8. Lau
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    You miss the MacRumors smileys on other occasions - emails, IMs etc, because they express what you're trying to say the best way.

    In particular, I miss the :eek: :p :rolleyes: ;) :D , I would say. I don't know what that says about me.... (that I'm embarrassed, I grin a lot, I'm cheeky, sarcastic, and generally happy? Heh.)
    :eek:
     
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    When a thread from 3 1/2 years ago is considered old-school.

    And you start having schoolgirl-esque crushes on certain members...
     
  10. PlaceofDis
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    ... when you are one of the top thirty posters.
     
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    So far that has not happened to me...I shall have to be careful though. :) ;)
     
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    Don't look at me, I didn't have enough posts back then to have known I was spending too much time on MR when that post was started. :eek:
     
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    Wow! I'm reading through that thread and it seemed like eons ago when MR was a much different place and time, where the first fish was walking on land and mighty dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
     
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    ...And Mr. Anderson managed to get every second post. :D
     
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    Reading his first post on that thread – it sounds like he'd only just broken the 2,000 post mark. Bless! :p
     
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    Ya, like what ever happend to posters like AmigoMac?
     
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    Wow, was it really that long ago??? ;) :)


    I did not know that dinosaurs and MR were around
    at the same point in time. ;) :)
     
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    Dare I say extinction...sorry, terrible joke... :eek:
     
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    When you click New Posts 3 times a minute for what seems like forever (maybe a whole minute), and still find no new posts.
     
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    When you retype "Macrumors" in your browser when you are already there :eek:
     
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    I'm guilty of that:cool: .
     
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    ...you're gone for a whole day and get MR withdrawals! Then it takes you two hours to read the 278 unread posts...
     
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