Posted on 07/20/2003 7:04:36 AM PDT by 4mycountry
FR: The most addictive place on the web. How addictive, did I say? The most addictive. And you, innocent FReeper, may suffer from the disease, FREEPADDICTAIDIS. But how would you know? Here are the signs:
You know you've spent WAY too much time on FR when.....
1. On your driver's license, instead of a regular name, you have your screenname.
--1a. double points if your family calls you that
--1b. triple points if you have had your first/middle name changed to that
2. On hand-written letters, you still use HTML codes.
3. You have a poster of Jim Robinson in your bedroom
--3a. double points if you worship it.
4. You have decided to give 80% a month to FR, even if you starve from lack of food in the process/
--4a. double points if higher than $80
5. You see a liberal letter-to-the-editor in your paper, and want to write in a one-word letter yourself: ZOT!
--5a. double points if you tell other FReepers
--5b. triple points if you actually go through with it.
6. When angered, you cry, "That makes me so mad, I should FReep him!"
7. Whenever a bad guy in the movies gets shot, you whisper, "ZOT!".
8. Whenever you send an e-mail, even a humor one, your friends know it came from FR.
--8a. double points if this is true.
9. You spend hours at a time looking for graphics to be used in FReeping.
--9a. double points if you have a good collection
--9b. triple points if you have seen one of your pics on a ZOT thread
10. The animal-rights you fight for are the rights of the Viking Kitties.
11. You think the AdminModerator is the coolest, most powerful person on the planet.
--11a. doublepoints if you have a poster of him next to Jim's
--11b. triple points if you worship him, too
12. You start a petition to manufacture a JimRob bobble-head
--12a. double points if you succeed
13. You post links to FR everywhere you go on the internet
--13a. double points if you have been banned from a site for this
--13b. triple points if you go back and do it anyway
14. You didn't find those fund-raiser posts by Support Free Republic the least bit annoying.
--14a. double points if you asked if you could help him/her post those
15. You bought a lap-top so you could FReep wherever you go.
16. In the address bar on the top-right corner of your screen, only "http://www.freerepublic.com" is there.
--16a. double points if it has been this way for over a year.
17. Your conversations with your spouce are as follows: "jriemer/Lazamataz/Mad_Ivan (etc.) had the funniest post today..."
--17a. doulbe points if they know exactly who you mean
--17b. triple points if you do this with friends and they know who you mean
18. You've only been on FR two months, but already, people ping you to articles.
--18a. double points if less than two months
--18b. triple points if you regularly post articles.
19. You get all of your friends and family to sign up on FR.
--19a. doulbe points if you FReep them
--19b. triple points if you ZOT them
20. "Hillary-lover", "troll", "liberal", etc are, in your mind, curse words.
21. You have ordered 20 copies of TREASON for yourself, 15 hardback, 5 audio cassett.
--21a. double points if you are goind to keep them all for yourself
22. You clicked on this article in the hopes of being addicted.
--22a. double points if you are
--22b. triple points if your spouce is leaning over your shoulder going "Oh, that's you. You do that. Don't even try to deny it."
23. When your friend raves about liberal issues, you say, "Your argument is HUGH! This is SERIES, isn't it!"
24. You actually understand the whole "cheese-moose-sister" thing.
25. You know what an "Ash-alert" is.
26. You think newbies are evil.
--26a. double points if you have evidence
27. You think chat is the place of doom and dispair, just west of hell and north of ZOT.
28. You sign a petition to get a spell-checker on FR.
--28a. double points if you get it.
--28b. triple points if you are nominated Freeper of the Year because of it.
29. You are thinking of all the people to ping to this list as we speak.
30. You can think of more addicted signs than I have mentioned.
Save the Viking Kitties from Starvation! Sign the Trollkeep Petition!
PS: this thread is not for chat, please. ^-^ And remeber, have fun!
4. You have decided to give 80% of your income a month to FR, even if you starve from lack of food in the process
--4a. double points if higher than $80 80%
Is there pointage when you distinguish between "FRiends", "Friends", and "friends"?
» Do you get bonus points when you love "FRiends", like "friends", and hate "Friends"?
Umm...I need help. Thank God my wife is an understanding angle.
Moi? [g]
you read an article on a newspaper website, you go to post your reply and there is no button.
I once had the brainstorm of "Freeper All-Star Trading Cards" but very few liked the idea.
You read a posted article on FR, and it shows up (1 day, to 1 month) later in the local liberal agenda rag.
Double points if you can discuss it with an uninformed relative who thinks they know all about it
Triple Points if you change their original thinking on it.
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