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So, I ran across this article which says that 46% of women between 18 and 34 would rather go without sex for two weeks than to be disconnected from the Internet during the same amount of time. And as if it's a surprise, only 30% of men answered that they would go without sex for two weeks.
I wonder what TNL's thoughts are. I've got a theory, but I need to poll the peeps here before coming to any conclusions.
Crap I read the first post incorrectly.
I'd rather go without sex for two weeks than go without the internet for the same amount of time. I deal with way too much using the internet, work and personal.
I'm married. At least I can visit different internet sites.
If I could start that two weeks when my girlfriend starts her period than it'd only be 10 days or so, and I can do that. No internet? that's brutal.
Sex Easily. If it had to be a permanent choice though...
I feel sorry for anyone that would choose to give up sex over the internet, even just for 2 weeks.
So sayeth the married man...now imagine when you two first started dating and ask yourself the same question.Quote:
Originally Posted by FX
I can use the Internet to have sex with myself, but I can't use a woman to access the Internet.
I assume that most of you don't know what sex with someone other than yourself is like anyway, so the loss to you would be minor.
I'm a strong proponent of sex with someone else; when it comes to having sex, this is my first choice. On the other hand (pardon the pun), I'm pretty good at giving myself what I want.
This. :tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
=/ I use the internet everyday, unfortunately I don't get sex that often. If I could get sex everyday in place of the internet than I would definitely trade in the internet.
I would probably trade in the internet anyway, without the internet I get shit done, without sex I get cranky.
I would not be able to survive without the internet unless I were specifically on an internet-free vacation, and even then I'd probably lose my mind if it were during hockey season.
There is an enormous amount of shit I do on the internet every day.
Two weeks without the Internet would mess up my work and play. Since this isn't a permanent choice, it's much easier to give up sex for those two weeks. It'll be like being between relationships.
The internet can burn. I have other hobbies and interests - but I get ornery without action.
I haven't got laid in over a month, what's another 2 weeks?
This.:tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Yeah I don't see why people would pick Internet over promised decent sex.
Wait...our little Nomi has been...deflowered? *sob*
Because it's only for 2 weeks. Now, if it were PERMANENTLY, my answer would be very different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
I'd still take the Internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
For two weeks it'd be easy to go without sex, like bbobb said that's like being between relationships. But for a lifetime I'd rather give up the internet, there's a lot of things in the world, but a life of being alone and not having sex would not be a good one.
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Originally Posted by Nick
You son of a bitch. And you waited until I had your present mailed out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
It seems that the likely confounding variables in this study are how long it has been since the subject has had sex and what their future prospects are looking like. Right now, coming up on 4 weeks without, I'll drop the internet in a heartbeat. However, 3.85 weeks ago I'd likely have kept the Interwebs.
Indeed. It's been all too long since I've got "some" so I would happily swap a consistent supply for the internet.
Besides, I have Oblivion and two seasons of Arrested Development on my computer to keep me occupied.
This is an easy choice for me since I never have sex anyway.
Two weeks isn't that long.
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Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Internet has sex AND other stuff. Sex is only sex.
Internet also fills up a lot more time in your day than sex does.
the internet makes me money
sex takes money away (NO PROSTITUTION, BUT WOOING GIRL WITH DINNER AND SUCH)
I'll take the internet
I need the internet to do my job. In some cases—some!—job>sex.
Exactly. Besides, if I NEVER get to have sex, I wouldn't be very sociable. You folks should be glad I DO have sex on the regular. It has saved a lot of lives. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
If it's that goofy looking Asian guy, he's dead meat. Fuck, if it's Tain, he's dead meat, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
That said, I go two weeks without sex all the time. I'm on three now. Not that I place the internet anywhere near sex, but I'm sure I would need it for something within a span of two weeks.
That's what it comes down to. Going without sex for two weeks ain't that hard. Going without internet for that amount of time is rough as hell, I went without internet for a month when I first got here and I was going apeshit crazy by the end of that month.
Are you guys really that addicted to this?
And since it seems I need to disclaim my shit, I don't mean this in some self-congratulatory manner, just asking.
TNL isn't the dealbreaker here.
Since I've been going out with my gf like 3 years I picked the internet, if i didn't have a gf I'd pick sex.
The internet is my source of music, movies, TV, contact with friends and family back home.
Yeah, I'm that addicted to it.
It's not really TNL or the internet. But I do need the internet to work. However, if I weren't working, and just had sex all the fucking time... like on vacation or something, fine. Screw the 'net. I'd sit around and read books, relax, enjoy life, listen to music and then screw.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
The internet is about as necessary to my life as the phone is now, unfortunately.
That's another one for me. I use the phone about once a week. Sometimes less.
Well, I'm a reporter, so unfortunately, using it is a part of my daily routine.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
I actually really loathe the phone.
Ahh.. what? I'm a married lady and I'll pick sex over the internet any fucking day of the week. What is wrong with you guys....
I need internet the internet for my career. Considering how long I've been without it, sex can wait.
This is a bit one-sided in my case, too, as I generally hate sex.
I think the problem here is that you all are fucking the wrong people. If you had a proper piece of ass, one that you loved (emotion makes sex all the better) and that could throw you an amazing lay, I don't see how any of you would choose the internet first.
Fucking seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by M
No, the internet doesn't have sex. It has movies and pictures of people fucking that you can wank to. That's not sex, and I'm disturbed that some people consider it as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
Get off it, Dole. It's for two weeks, not two years. And imagine the reunion sex. I'm not going to bring my job and half my entertainment to a screeching halt for two weeks of sex, unless that sex were with someone new and hot.
Then you can imagine why I'm choosing sex in this case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Well, you're acting like that specific case makes everyone else's opinion unrealistic. It's all right to have pussy on your own terms, and doing so makes it a lot better than those frilly emotions you mentioned. :)
...nah, I'd still rather get laid, regardless. :)
Someone ban Dole for a 1 week, I bet he will let Nick have sloppy seconds to come back early.
Hey, Dole, would you take five grand to give up sex for two weeks? Seriously?
Oh, shit. Burg's in this thread. He will provide the correct answer.
I kinda doubt that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
So would you take the five grand? If not, why not?
you must still be single or like no more than a month into a new relationship. without the internet i would literally starve to death as i would be unable to complete basic tasks like ordering chinese food. i like fucking but i have yet to fuck myself a chicken chow mein.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
sex vs. tnl is a better comparison, and in that case, see y'all next year. but sex vs. internet isn't a fair fight at all.
Hmm...probably, but keep in mind I got laid off recently and dough's a little tight. Besides, we're talking 5 grand, which is a lot more than anyone posting here makes in 2 weeks. Swearing off just the 'net for 2 weeks is way different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
Also keep in mind that I would never question YOUR manliness, Nick...just everyone else's posting in this thread.
i hope i lived up to expectationQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick
I told you burg would come up with the right answer.
I was just wondering, Dole, whether you were worried excessively about telling your girl there'd be no sex for two weeks. But then I realized that I was talking to the king of all pimps.
maybe not, but they have similar net effects on my testicles, and in the end, isn't that what counts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
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i think a lot of the disagreement here is because of the "No Internet? Screw that. I need my TNL!" choice
Exactly. The girls'll be waiting right where I left 'em.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick
You must be one of those beastly men who hate foreplay...!Quote:
Originally Posted by burgundy
foreplay blows. i want to date a pair of bisexuals so they can prime each other's pumps.
my midtown lawyer ass is still taking the 5 grandQuote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
I think the problem here is that you all have careers that involve the internet.
There's your problem.
Yeah, I can't see passing up 5 grand for 2 weeks.
And foreplay is awesome.
You order your food online?Quote:
Originally Posted by burgundy
What in the fuck is the world coming to.
Is this one of those sassafrassin NEW YORK CITY (say it like the Pace commercial) things?
As Woody Allen says, masturbation isn't just sex, but it's sex with someone that I love very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
You just broke out a Woody Allen joke on TNL?
We really do need negative rep.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
I live in the suburbs, so I have to call on the phone. Which is fine.
says the dude who seemingly only uses the internet to dick aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
and where do you think i get the phone number?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
What the hell else is it for?
That's your problem right there.
I'm seriously asking.
And please don't go into how "we're all connected now", "I can order all this stuff right from my chair" nonsense.
how do you check you credit card and retirement account balances lol
I assumed that you were placing actual food orders over the 'net. Places do that nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by burgundy
Otherwise, there's these things called Yellow Pages and 411...
I don't have a credit card or retirement account.
Remember, there is another way.
You could live without the internet, but why would you?
going to the suburbs is like traveling through time
How old are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
I can not argue with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by burgundy
he's all anti-establishment.
Oh don't get me wrong, I enjoy some of these conveniences and the ability to fuck around with you guys. But I just look at it like a fancy toy - I can easily do without it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
When my dad had the heart attack I wasn't online for weeks and it didn't affect my life at all.
And Burg, I don't just live in The Suburbs, I live in The Suburbs in The South in The Mountains.
Most guys begging for quarters on the street are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
26 and married.
It's not about being anti-establishment. For me, it's about not buying into things I personally find worthless. If I can't afford something then why would I buy it? Aside from something like a house and car I don't buy things I can't pay for immediately. I also don't ever plan on retiring. I think we have a very skewed way of living that I don't really feel comfortable with. So I live on the margins and get by on my own terms that make me and my wife happy.
The problem with having this kind of argument on the internet is that you're immediately assuming I'm just naive and uneducated in how the real world works. I can assure you I'm not. I've taken stock of what I need to do to keep my family (and myself) happy and how I can accomplish this while still living the life I'd like to lead.
big difference there though...i would also think you could go without sex if you were under duress for a periodQuote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
That's a fair point, but when I was gone from TNL those couple years I didn't even have a computer. It wasn't a problem.
I just try to make my life as simple as possible - and I achieve that by not having a lot of things. It's not a strident rule; if I think something will make me happy for the price being asked then I'll most likely buy it. But it does mean stepping back and asking yourself if you really need all this stuff.
I would take that bet. I might lose, but damn it I would try.
abstain 2 weeks for 5 grand? i don't think you'd pull it off.
TNL =/= InternetQuote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
I feel like everything I'd have to say has already been said.
On that note I'd take my TNL and my interwebs, I've been missing out on the sex longer than I care to note, but less than some would care to know.
Also, WTF at people being amazed at ordering delivery food on the internet.
I used to be able to do that shit in fucking Iowa, and now live in BFE and I can do it here too.
This stands out. People need money, so it's not shocking to see their P.O.V why they would pick the internet over sex. It's a very logical decision imo and not a "problem" as Icarus dubbed it. (The period also plays a part here, 2 weeks isn't that hard as some people have already pointed out)Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
The majority of people you ask who doesn't need the net to get his hard earn cash you would probably get a different answer than someone who really needs internet.
ps: Sex! ( . Y . )
Right, but I was using an episode you are aware of to illustrate a larger point: that while I wasn't posting here I wasn't online at all. That was something like 3 years of no computer, no internet, and no cable TV. I had no problem living like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Actually the TV had been about 6 years until my wife and I got it again 2 years ago.
cable or broadcast TV i could easily do without
I watch all my tv on the internet.
Wrong. I've had that and I still rather have the Internet. Pussy is just pussy. The Internet is anything I want it to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Hey, that's your decision, champ. But given how briefly your self-imposed exile from both vag and TNL lasted, who knows what you'd really do.
I'm still exiled. I just wanted you to shut the fuck up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Lies. You're still posting and fucking. And you know you can't get enough of me, sugar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
Do blowjobs count?
I can't tell you they do if I've told other people they don't.
Then sure. I'll give up sex.
You're female.Quote:
Originally Posted by M
Wow. This is the best point. Blowjobs can be better than sex anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh