Computer-related stress may drive people to drink

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.

[Dash @ Jan 13th 2006 4:35AM]

well thanks for waisting my time reading the post...



:-P

[Artin @ Jan 13th 2006 4:47AM]

High quality articles like this are why i read Engadget daily. Keep up the good work!

[dylan @ Jan 13th 2006 5:17AM]

i just like the picture.

[Marc Mitchell @ Jan 13th 2006 5:33AM]

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 !!!!



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[leojsoap @ Jan 13th 2006 5:48AM]

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.

[R Kimsey @ Jan 13th 2006 9:32AM]

Oh good, Mac fanboys...sheesh.



I like the balloon in the picture. Change Budweiser to Sam Adams and you've got something :)

[Fantaz @ Jan 13th 2006 1:46PM]

I think computer-related stress may drive people to smoke pot instead.

[tiuk @ Jan 13th 2006 2:41PM]

Technology doesn't frustrate me, mindless users do.

[Justin McHenry @ Jan 13th 2006 3:05PM]

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.

[Devin Hastings @ Jan 13th 2006 3:35PM]

No machine can outsmart me until it learns to drink!

[John Molina @ Jan 13th 2006 10:13PM]

Computers are part of life.

Life sucks.

Party on. Duh!

[Sam @ Jan 14th 2006 6:07AM]

ANY stress COULD lead people to drink. It could also lead them to suicide, driving too fast, yelling at loved ones, etc.

Byarg.

[JaSoN! @ Jan 14th 2006 10:52AM]

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.

[ScottytheMenace @ Jan 15th 2006 11:25PM]

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.



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