The internet. Ah. I use it alot. Id probably qualify into what would get labelled as internet-addicted, yet Im not. I can live without it for an extended period of time, If I can stay away from computers as a hole. For me its a way to relax (games), to learn and to exchange views with others on things that happen around us. That goes from music to more scientific stuff, over school related fora to sexuality. One can learn heaps from the net.. I rather use the internet recreationally and pick up a few facts along the way then to sit alone in a couch all day doing nothing. TV bores me. Even when using a comp I always mulittask. Runescape, mIRC and watching a movie causes me little trouble. Why I don't give my mind some rest? Because it NEEDS to be busy. I have a strange mind I guess. However, the dangers of internet addiction would be to get sucked in very time-consuming monotuous things.. Gaming mainly. One has to be able to get away from the idea all revolves about one thing. That is what id call an addiction. I like to view my use as diversified and well.. educational somehow. And above all, it has sharpened my criticism against information. We get flooded with info, and I now feel I can easier find the essence of something without spending too much time on it. And it greatly helped me with my languages. If you use your third language nearly as much as your first, you feel alot more confident when actually having to use it.