{"id":2803,"date":"2012-10-11T22:29:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2012-10-11T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T02:29:13","slug":"facebook-is-more-addictive-than-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/facebook-is-more-addictive-than-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Is More Addictive Than Sex?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook is more addictive than smoking<\/a>, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business study.<\/p>\n

The group found that people are more tempted by Facebook and Twitter than sex.<\/p>\n

The study focused on 205 people in Germany, inquiring about their urges to measure their ability to withstand regular, daily temptations. Participants ranged in age all the way from 18 to 85. \u00a0Each was given a Blackberry for a week and told to check in every 30 minutes to let researchers know about their \"desires\" and urges to check their social media sites.<\/p>\n

The hardest sites for participants to resist were Facebook and Twitter. \u00a0The study's author, Wilhelm Hoffman, says it's becoming harder and harder to escape the urge to look at the social news loops one last time.<\/p>\n

The author of the article linked here<\/a>, Barbara E. Hernandez, says:<\/p>\n

We wonder if anyone is surprised that many would choose to read and post on Facebook rather than sleep. Isn't that why we have all those mobile devices, so we can still use them in bed? And maybe many of us are spending more time interfacing with those devices rather than loved ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know what I wonder? \u00a0I wonder who these people are would would rather post on Facebook than sleep. \u00a0And I really wonder who in the name of all duckness would rather update their Facebook status than have sex. \u00a0Maybe we need an intervention for these folks - lets donate some inspirational reading material. \u00a0If they trade Facebook and Twitter a few good erotic romances on their e-reader or smartphone, they'll be skipping sleep for the right reason \u00a0- and it won't involve Facebook.<\/p>\n

You know what else? \u00a0If these people prefer Facebook to sex, I think someone's doing it wrong. \u00a0Maybe they need some \u00a0training along with the inspiration. \u00a0Erotic Romances work for that too - take a few pages of A Sixth Sense of Forever<\/a> <\/em> or a chapter of Brotherly Love<\/a><\/em>, mix in a little Dangerous Relations: \u00a0Griffin's Law<\/a> <\/em> and the former Facebook addicts will know what to do, how to do it and they'll stay anxious for their next practice session.<\/p>\n

Someone needs to show the Facebook addicts that some of the best gadgets don't have buttons!<\/p>\n

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