Suffering From Discomgoogolation? You Are Not Alone…
September 18, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Addiction, Computers, Exposed!, Extreme, Mental Health, Morning News
Okay, I can see some of you scratching your head, saying ’suffering from…what???’
So let me explain.
Discomgoogolation is the ‘feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the internet.’ The term is the result of combining “discombobulate,” which means to confuse or frustrate, and “Google”.
Apparently, there are an awful lot of discomgoogolation sufferers out there. A recent survey done in Britain almost half of those surveyed feel somewhat discomgoogolated when deprived of internet access and just over a quarter actually suffer from increased stress levels when not able to get online.
Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who dentified discomgoogolation by measuring heart rates and brainwave activity, says “It was surprising to see the stress this led to brain activity and blood pressure in participants both increase in response to being cut off from the internet.”
Other interesting findings from the survey include…
- that over 75% of Britons feel they could not live without the internet
- 47% of those polled believed the internet was more important in people’s lives than religion
- one in five people paying the internet more attention than their partner
Looks like the internet may be taking over our lives…
One day, we may all have to stand up and say ‘Hello, my name is…. and I suffer from discomgoogolation.’
(source)
Great, I’m not alone. I think I might be mildly discomgoogolated. However, “one in five people paying the internet more attention than their partner” seems symptomatic of a severe form, due to possibly dire consequences!
A passing thought, in Aug 2008 the engines’ “share of searches” were (Google’s:71.01%), (Yahoo:18.26%), (MSN:5.32%) & (Ask:3.45%). If each of the other engines too were in leadership position, then we could have seen a pandemic of Discomyahoolation, or Discomaskolation, or Discomsnolation.
Hi Fred,
good creative thinking there…although I’m kinda glad googles in the lead as the other terms don’t sound as much fun — they sound more like a serious medication condition whereas discomgooglotation sounds like something Dr Seuss would have come up with…