http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=...5&tid=133&tid=1

The article was blatantly written by a pot dealer...whilst high!

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dude, i must check my email 20 times a day



and those are my friends. what are you tryin to say?

I rarely check it. When I do, its crap.

I'm a total loner.

Wow, those Slashdot forumers are pretty cool, check out the replies:

My 5 year old son has consistently been called "best in class" and "brilliant student" by his schools' staff - obviously to my pride and joy ;-) - being an IT guy, a gamer, as well as a dad, I have always taken a relaxed attitude towards pc use and gameplay. He never really played anything too challenging or involving - a bit of tuxracer, a bit of sonic, etc. Until a few weeks ago, when some of his schoolfriends started playing some more involving games, and he wanted to keep up. "Bionicles" was duly installed, and away he went.

We are now 2 weeks later, and my wife and I just - like, 30 mins ago - finished a discussion about how to remove the game from the pc whilst making it look like an accident.... His schoolwork has plummeted, his teachers are really upset - his concentration is just gone, and he isn't interested in playing, arts, crafts, friends or schoolwork. He is a completely different boy, and its really worrying us.

Make of it what you will, but this gave me a first-hand look at the whole issue, and has me pretty disturbed.

i believe it...

marijuana has a lot of medical benefits

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to be honest id be pretty freaked out if i had a kid that was doing really well then his grades plummeted over two weeks...hmmmm

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Originally posted by Jackson to be honest id be pretty freaked out if i had a kid that was doing really well then his grades plummeted over two weeks...hmmmm

Sounds like me

It's TA's fault, I tells ya!

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Originally posted by josh4 some parenting, remove the game and make it look like an accident? why not just sit the kid down and have a chat father to son

Josh with a serious and mature reply to a post!?..... .....shit! what is the world coming to

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I'm kinda glad I didn't have the internet while I was in school, didnt stop me from being a litle game-whore tho, various emulated rpgs, quake, doom, unreal, diablo, warcraft, these all ate up loads fo my spare time

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 dude, i must check my email 20 times a day and those are my friends. what are you tryin to say?

The sad part is how true it is. I know someone who went to work from 7am - 3pm, played when he could at work, would arrive home at 345 pm, and play MUD until he fell asleep, sometimes barely even eating. His weekends were spent MUDding, and it was so difficult to get him out of the house. His girlfriend had a rough time with him, for sure.

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