Chinese addicts escape from Internet 'boot camp,' invade Farmville
By Tim Stevens 
posted June 8th 2010 7:32AM
posted June 8th 2010 7:32AM
posted June 8th 2010 7:32AM
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Now THAT's addiction!
@Seb6554
No that's dedication!
@JohnnyKilowatt
Same thing next week, nothing like consistency!
Into the cooler! Here's your baseball and mitt.
Nah i'm not addicted I can quit any time I want like now but...
@Protato
If CSS wanted me to stop killing n00bs, it would have told me... right?
They're supposed to be "cured" of their addiction, not forced or tortured to fear it... Jeez, I'm so glad I live in a civilized country.
@Irina Please dont tell me you are calling u.s. a civilized country!
@trihy *pinches bridge of nose* well, considering that in the US, we can still use our time, online or offline as we best see fit without the government deciding what is best for us. Or the state's decision that WOW is a greater threat to society than a nation wide Big Brother-esq censor network, then yes, I would say the US is a relatively civilized country.
@trihy please elaborate trihy, i'd love to hear why you think the U.S. is not civilized
@ShakeHandsMan
And because you are so civilized, most Americans do Tai Chi and Kung Fu while them Chinese are suffering from overweight and social problems. Way to go!
@ShakeHandsMan So you think that the government doesn't control what you do on the internet in the USA? Ever tried using an internet casino or playing poker online for money in the USA? Or the FBI shutting down anti USA invasion of Iraq web sites. China is not the only country which censors the net you know.
@bigdonny Isn't it obvious? It's because it is a well established fact that most people in the US live in modern mobile caves (so called "trailers") and worship a primitive pantheon of gods who are in regular high speed competition with one another while riding their metal horses (these savages call it "NASCAR", a word whose original meaning has been lost).
Or wait, I'm just thinking of the south aren't I...
@Irina This country is sadly turning down that road. Dickhead politicians play on peoples' fears and keep the ban wagon rolling.
anybody else want this made into a "great escape" parody movie?
Now I'm outraged, mostly by the youtube at the end.
I DO agree with you, absolutely!
And I do agree that everyone can get away from drugs and sex.
WHY the police hate people using drugs and send them to prison?
WE ALL NEED FREEDOM
@lestin
Because drug users (and alcoholics etc) pose a threat to society?
@onlymyrailgun It's the other way round..
@onlymyrailgun
Yes, we must separate the true harm that drugs do from the harm that we cause to addicts. Nobody was ever helped by being sent to jail.
It's amazing that such "camps" exist. It's a fine line between civilized and barbaric that we continue to walk.
Now- let them go so they can get some gold farmed!
Is Engadget addiction good or bad?? HELP!
@onlymyrailgun Its an undercover Apple addiction
Too bad, they don't have access to the internet to watch Andy Williams.
A person can indeed become dependent and / or addicted to anything that invokes pleasure. It works like this:
first you do whatever it is because you like it. at first you have much more access to it than you actually take advantage of -- like having the computer in your house but usually keeping it off.
second you find yourself wanting to do it more and more every day.
third you start doing it frequently, and for longer durations. you keep this up daily for weeks or more.
at this point you will notice yourself becoming cranky and / or stir crazy if you should suddenly find yourself without access to whatever it is (computer, drug, television or other). some people experience agitation and irritability when they can't chat, for example. some people have anxiety attacks when they can't check their blogs.
this stage is called dependency, and it's very similar to chemical dependency.
there's a final stage that's even worse: when you find yourself choosing to do the thing you like too much -- you start taking away time from hygiene, work, family, friends, just so you can put that time to 'better use' on the computer or whatever else your vice is. this is the real addictive stage -- when your use continues to increase despite the harm it causes you and your loved ones.
doesn't need to be a drug to be addictive. period.
Ppl we arent free well arent going to b , this brings a good topic bout being "free"in the usa ,read up on the laws tht secrtly been past frreedom of speech is basicly gone o and about campa in china here in this "great" country they built over 800 EMPTY concitrtion built by FEMA camps wat they for? I hope ur not tht stupid
it's bad.i am chinese.These events is also very controversial in China . Many people criticized this treatment of the child's behavior.But such behavior from a professor of Chinese in the United States.If you want to know the real China, to China.You will find different.