My name is Alec, and I'm a MR addict

alecE · 07-17-2009, 05:55 PM

March: Ooh, this looks interesting...
April: So glad I joined
May: This is great!
June: I'm *not* addicted, I can handle it
July: I'm mainlining mr, I'm addicted, I can't stop, and I love it.

Thanks to everybody at mr for their knowledge, wit and bonhomie!

carld · 07-17-2009, 05:57 PM

Me too, I check in here multiple times per day. Another bad site for sucking you in is TV Tropes.

Also see this xkcd comic.

Carl

MickeyC · 07-17-2009, 06:02 PM

Bad news is we've tried intervention. We start it but then someone asks the addict what he's been reading lately and that gets us talking about books and then we all go and jump on MR and, well, you know the rest

zelda_pinwheel · 07-17-2009, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidym

Bad news is we've tried intervention. We start it but then someone asks the addict what he's been reading lately and that gets us talking about books and then we all go and jump on MR and, well, you know the rest

the mr slogan is "resistance is futile".

welcome alec.

ahammer · 07-17-2009, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidym

Bad news is we've tried intervention. We start it but then someone asks the addict what he's been reading lately and that gets us talking about books and then we all go and jump on MR and, well, you know the rest

maybe we should do a intervention on MR about getting off MR?

Sweetpea · 07-17-2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahammer

maybe we should do a intervention on MR about getting off MR?

Won't work... MR is like a black hole, nothing will escape from it...

Idoine · 07-17-2009, 08:09 PM

Yep ! I tried to escape, but didn't succeed !
I used to read several forums, but now I have enough time for only 2, MR and another that's pretty quiet now (it's summer, it's a fans series forum, and as the series isn't broadcasted currently...). So I could say I have time enough for only MR, finally !

Addictive, time consumming, and money too, with all the recommendations !

Elsi · 07-17-2009, 08:14 PM

Alec, you're just one of the infected. I'd say we have an epidemic on our hands.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-17-2009, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahammer

maybe we should do a intervention on MR about getting off MR?

There was an escape committee. As far as I know they're all still here...

Stitchawl · 07-17-2009, 08:35 PM

So far, MR seems to be the only forum I've found where people actually think. I don't mean to sound snobbish, but there is a level of intelligence here not often found in other forums. Combine that with the high level of camaraderie, the international membership offering a variety of cultural points of view and information, and the general wit that most threads have as an underlay, and we have a 'hangout' that's very pleasant indeed!

If we're going to be addicted to something, at least we are fortunate to be addicted to something good!

Stitchawl

Idoine · 07-17-2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

So far, MR seems to be the only forum I've found where people actually think. I don't mean to sound snobbish, but there is a level of intelligence here not often found in other forums. Combine that with the high level of camaraderie, the international membership offering a variety of cultural points of view and information, and the general wit that most threads have as an underlay, and we have a 'hangout' that's very pleasant indeed!

If we're going to be addicted to something, at least we are fortunate to be addicted to something good!

Stitchawl

Ditto !

ahammer · 07-18-2009, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Won't work... MR is like a black hole, nothing will escape from it...

dont know if my sarcasm was able to play thru on the web that way..

playing at a cheach(this word spelling is hiding from me in my brain.

) 22. if you come here to post about the intervention then you will have broken the steps and if you dont then you will not get any support..

Sweetpea · 07-18-2009, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

So far, MR seems to be the only forum I've found where people actually think. I don't mean to sound snobbish, but there is a level of intelligence here not often found in other forums. Combine that with the high level of camaraderie, the international membership offering a variety of cultural points of view and information, and the general wit that most threads have as an underlay, and we have a 'hangout' that's very pleasant indeed!

If we're going to be addicted to something, at least we are fortunate to be addicted to something good!

Stitchawl

Hear, hear!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahammer

dont know if my sarcasm was able to play thru on the web that way..

playing at a cheach(this word spelling is hiding from me in my brain.

) 22. if you come here to post about the intervention then you will have broken the steps and if you dont then you will not get any support..

(and it's a catch-22) There's that... But the reason is that black hole... if you call for help, the ones to help you will also be sucked in... And those from the inside just can't get out!

vivaldirules · 07-18-2009, 10:24 AM

Maybe we should complain to management.

Hey, Alexander! We're stuck and want to need to can't get out!

Sweetpea · 07-18-2009, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Maybe we should complain to management.

Hey, Alexander! We're stuck and want to need to can't get out!

Who says management will listen, and if they do, who says they can do anything about it?

07-17-2009, 05:55 PM	#1
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	My name is Alec, and I'm a MR addict March: Ooh, this looks interesting... April: So glad I joined May: This is great! June: I'm not addicted, I can handle it July: I'm mainlining mr, I'm addicted, I can't stop, and I love it. Thanks to everybody at mr for their knowledge, wit and bonhomie!

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