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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:13 AM
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Poll question: Has DU impacted your personal life?
As we all know, DU can be addictive, and for those with 1000's of
posts, it means you've taken the time away from your family and
loved ones. What has this impact been for you.

Have your partners and families ever complained about DU.
Myself i've more than once been saying to mine "Just a second, I'm not
finished with this post.... just a sec, and then we can talk." and
been scolded for not dropping the internet for a live person.

Have you started talking about DU arguments that engross you at the
dinner table.... with guests? How much of an impact has this
virtual community had on your human relationships?
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:15 AM
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1. Mrs Matcom referrs to herself as....
A DU Widow :)
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:52 AM
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17. I'm sure Mrs sweetheart would say similarly..
I would recommend to the DU products marketing folks, that a series
of tshirts and coffee cups for "DU widows and widowers" would allow
the DU-dead to give gifts to the widows to gain entry to the
bedroom.. :-)
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Misinformed01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:17 AM
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2. Met JanMichael here
got married, moved to a different town....

Yes. DU changed my whole life.

My life was already great...but, being married is better. Now I am better than great!

Stephanie
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:09 AM
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20. In the book "the iron heel"
DO you find your "man" to be similar to the protagonist. (earnest
everhard)

I mean politically, not whether he is everhard.... and impressive
feat of power for another thread!! :-)
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Misinformed01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:16 AM
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21. I am not sure if he is or not
It seems to me that when Michael was reading that, it was over the holiday season...I was busy in school and work.

I will ask him about that when he comes home!

Stephanie
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:27 PM
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32. Politically, yes
I would say that my chances of becoming a true Revolutionary Leader are probably limited at this point and time. I would also have to say that London's character was certainly a more verbose and bitingly logical debater than I could ever imagine being. I am more of a browbeater.

Hope this helps!

Glad you enjoyed the book-
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:17 AM
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3. I do DU at work only.
My computer is too slow at home.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:18 AM
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4. Other: No family, no problem!
:-)

Seriously, I've met some really good people here, people I would spend time with if I lived in the same city. But, like any other friendship, if I got seriously involved with someone, I suspect my DU-ing would decrease.
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Misinformed01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:20 AM
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5. Unless it's another DUer
Then the arguments start: "OK, MY turn to read DU..." "Are you logged in, or am I?" etc....

:)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:20 AM
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7. LOL! I should be so lucky!
At that point, it's HOME NETWORKING! :D
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Misinformed01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:22 AM
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9. I thought about that!
But, we are thinking about trying life with only one vehicle....it seems silly to have two computers! Particularly when both of us claim to NOT be addicted to DU!

btw, are you going to the march in DC in April?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:23 AM
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10. I will be at the march!
I'm looking forward to it! :bounce:
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Misinformed01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:34 AM
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14. very cool!
Edited on Thu Mar-25-04 09:35 AM by Misinformed01
I sent you a PM...I hope we get to go...LS has always been one of my very favorite DUers, and I missed the chance to meet her two years ago!

Steph

On edit: and you too! We would like to meet you also! Wish we could get ShakeyDave to come-he is one of the most fun people to hang out with-
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:37 AM
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15. Got it! I hope y'all can come up!
It's a month from today! :bounce:
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:54 PM
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29. woah!
cool
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:23 AM
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11. In that case
I think two computers is the only solution. :-)
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Suziq Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:20 AM
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6. My Husband . . .
definitely knows I am constantly on DU. He even registered himself! He got tired of my forwarding threads to him all day long.

:hippie:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:24 AM
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12. Can you tell us
your husband's screen name?

Does he send threads to you now as well?
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coltman Donating Member (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:22 AM
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8. family affair....
yes we all three are contributing members of du and quote it often.Persona's may get confusing because we sometimes post on each others when speed is required.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:27 AM
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13. Impacted my personal life
sometimes I think DU is my personal life!

At least it is when I want to talk to someone outside of a small circle of friends and family.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 09:42 AM
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16. my friends don't believe there is a du
they claim i'm on ''dudes underground''.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:06 AM
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18. My GF is a major LBN Lurker
She gets home and immediately starts relating everything in LBN. I tend to stick to GD and the Lounge. So between us we get the entire DU experience sans I/P.
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carolinayellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:07 AM
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19. "I know you were on DU," my partner said last night...
after getting a busy signal for an hour trying to reach me. He was right; I had been catching up on reactions to the hearings.

No problem though; the only negative impact on my personal life is that a handful of times, 5 to 10, I've been so distraught over insults or attacks here that it impacted my mood later when I was supposed to be having fun. But that is countered by far more instances in which I've been extremely bummed out by some news story and found comfort in DUers who share the outrage.

CYD
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Melsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:34 AM
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22. It's had a lot of impact
I sold my house to a friend of someone I met through DU, and have met some really cool people.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:39 AM
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23. I met the love of my life through DU!
Truth be told, we haven't actually met face to face as she's in Ohio and I'm in Connecticut. We're working on it, though! :bounce:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 12:59 PM
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24. It sped up dealing with problems I would have otherwise put off
This place has immensely changed my life, but not as much as I would have hoped.
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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 01:02 PM
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25. Other: my partner is very supportive of the column
and also appreciates the updates I give her from Latest Breaking News; but at the same time she gets jealous when I spend too much time with 'the hussy,' as she calls my computer.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 02:27 PM
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26. my so teases me
since I used to get on his case so much about being online. Now the tables have turned. As this is pretty much my first experience of online talk ( other than Old House Web), I have to say it has been a lot of fun. It has revitalized my somewhat latent of late political and musical tendencies. But yes, it is addictive.
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 02:47 PM
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27. Oh my yes
I wouldn’t have been able to go to half the places I wanted to in the US without the assistance, encouragement, support, friendship and goodwill of a significant number of DU’ers. So many wonderful and kind DU’ers opened up their houses and hearts to me – a total stranger-and allowed me into their lives, allowed me to meet their families, showed me around their cities and much, much more. I am profoundly indebted to their kindness and generosity more than I could ever know.
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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 02:48 PM
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28. I met my SO on DU...
So I don't think we could complain about it. :D
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:22 PM
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30. That's cool!
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:24 PM
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31. I had a family? They must have left while I was reading that
last thread.... where did they go?
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AlienGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-04 02:42 AM
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33. DU led to my divorce!
It also is where I met my SO, so it balances out. ;-)

Tucker
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-04 02:49 AM
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34. Well to be honest Ive met some great people here
Edited on Fri Mar-26-04 03:01 AM by JohnKleeb
but one stands out.
:)
:hi: I know youre sleeping and hardly post but :hi:
and a good night to you all too. So tired.
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