Computer-related stress may drive people to drink
By Evan Blass 
posted January 13th 2006 4:01AM
posted January 13th 2006 4:01AM
As if there weren't enough reasons to drink already (spouses,
kids, nitpicky editors), Physorg is reporting that stress
over computer- and technology-related problems is driving people to drink- well, maybe. It goes like this: A poll done
by the group Developing Patient Partnerships showed that 79% of the 1000 people queried (giving it a non-insignificant
margin-of-error) had felt stressed in the past year. Now, out of those people, almost one-third said that tech
frustration stressed them out. Separately, over one-third of the stressees used booze to deal with their problems. What
the poll fails to indicate, however, is how many of the techstress group hit the bottle as a cure. So what we're saying,
then, is that this poll really doesn't prove anything that our headline suggests.
well thanks for waisting my time reading the post...
:-P
High quality articles like this are why i read Engadget daily. Keep up the good work!
i just like the picture.
Id drink if i had to use windows or PCs
Us mac users dont suffer frustration like that :) & anyway were all far to stonned to start drinking while being creative. i recon its just the PC repair men, endz up the alcaholic !!!!
Just a Little Fun :)
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Computer related stress? yeah, trying to get my parent's PC configured with a new wireless card and connected to a network was mind numbing, now my grandmothers box is infested with malware, which I'll probably get suckered into fixing.
My iMac G5 doesn't give me much trouble though, I'll crack open a cold one and surf engadget tonight.
Oh good, Mac fanboys...sheesh.
I like the balloon in the picture. Change Budweiser to Sam Adams and you've got something :)
I think computer-related stress may drive people to smoke pot instead.
Technology doesn't frustrate me, mindless users do.
This is a good use of the word "may" in the title, because it allows you to say anything without actual verification. Computer-related stress "may" drive people to drink, Mountain Dew "may" cure acne, Fraternal twins "may" have ESP -- anything can be posited without fear of having to prove your assertion. Genius! I "may" cut out early today and have a drink while I consider how to use this to my advantage.
No machine can outsmart me until it learns to drink!
Computers are part of life.
Life sucks.
Party on. Duh!
ANY stress COULD lead people to drink. It could also lead them to suicide, driving too fast, yelling at loved ones, etc.
Byarg.
last wednesday my xp laptop crashed and the harddrive was wiped. dont ask me how. i had a project (which i didnt back up) to present the next morning. seven hours later, at five in the morning i went to bed with a new half arsed project completed.
got up at seven with a serious stomach cramp, presented my project and spent the day in college. promised myself id hit the drink that night and i did. hard. half a bottle of macedonian rakieh and a langer load of beer later i was pissed as a fart and i passed out at about two in the morning. v v early. sick all of the next day.
ok i am irish but really it was the computers fault. i blame bill gates.
It is an absoluute fact that I screamed at my work Winblows PC (Piece of Cr**) far more than I ever screamed at a Mac. When I did scream at my Mac it was because I was using a Microsloth application or visiting a web site whose designers are so 19th century that they designed it to work only on IE.
If everybody would jjust use a Mac, we would all live happily ever after and our economy would flourish with all the newfound productivity! :)
Windows is the source of ALL technology stress. Period.
Mac Fanboy? Of course! I have a discriminating brain after all. I feel sorry for all of you who are not...