Despite using science and technology to better our lives, we are the real slaves to technology – Technology addiction.We indulge in the need to always have something electronic in our hands – a tool that connects us to the Internet, our games or to our social networks.
Here are 10 signs for you to know you have become a technology addict.
10. You talk to your friends as if you were texting, using acronyms like “SYLB” (see you later bye) and “PSL” (pumkin spice latte), and also throwing in the occasional hashtag.
- Facebook is always open in at least one tab on your computer.
- You have an inordinate number of tweets and use Twitter as your “personal” diary.
- Your hardest decisions surround your next status update or which photo from this weekend you will make your profile picture.
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You have to scroll through your email and Twitter before you are able to fall asleep at night, and those are the first things you look at in the morning.
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You bring a charger for your phone, iPod and computer everywhere you go.
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You take a break from studying every 10 minutes to check Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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You constantly suffer from an extreme fear of missing out (FOMO) because of friend’s posts on social media about what they are up to. You may have been previously caught running from the library to the Ellipse just from a sunny SnapChat.
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You have “phantom vibration syndrome,” meaning you always think your phone has vibrated with a message, but it really hasn’t.
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You have answered your phone in a movie theater, a doctor’s office or worse—at dinner with your parents.
Share your comments and i bet everyone is a tech addict in one way or the other.
Source: The Villanovan
