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P-V Addiction Syndrome
  • alcomposeralcomposer
    Anyone else here become addicted to P-V?
    Any stories?

    Symptoms include (Syndrome diagnosed if you answer yes to 2 or more):
    1) Checking P-V more than 5 times per day
    2) Buying more than 2 of the catchit deals
    3) Buying gear that is discussed on P-V
    4) Uploading videos for tech not art
    5) Creating stupid offtopic discussions (eg: this one)
    6) Comparing GH2 to cameras that cost the price of a house/block of land
    7) Spending time with loved ones and thinking: "what would this scene look like with GOP3 or GOP1- or 6mbps less or more?
    8) Lack of sleep due to DR limitations, (due to symptom 6)
    9) A feeling of dread when there is no yellow 'new post' markers on main page of P-V

    Lets talk about it here together: Intervention style. Feel free to add your own symptoms...
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  • B3GuyB3Guy
    guilty of: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (replying to stupid off topic discussions) 11 (using the VK smiley other places . . . :-) 12 bothering said loved ones with gibberish about latest Driftwood patch, 13 spending time laughing at comments by Canon/RED fanboys . . . .
  • tetakpataktetakpatak

    Ha, ha, great topic! Only B3Guy answered it one year ago, come on guys!

  • ahblezaahbleza

    Ack! I am not alone....

  • rockroadpixrockroadpix

    I'm a little relieved by this...

  • B3GuyB3Guy

    Seriously though . . . 11-13. Try 'em. 'Tis great fun.

  • B3GuyB3Guy

    Wait . . . I've been a P-Ver for over a year? Yikes.

  • apefosapefos

    Apefoscope was born due to my P-V addiction syndrome. Now I have lots of tasks and the work/syndrome balance is much better.

  • oscillianoscillian

    Guilty as charged :-)

  • KihlianKihlian

    10) Buy a GH3 to keep this alive? ;-P

  • endotoxicendotoxic

    im in, VK mofo! creating good flamable topics, people here has diferent levels of syndrome.

  • gabiloursongabilourson

    "Checking P-V more than 5 times per day" ... +1

  • bwhitzbwhitz

    I'm addicted to allot of things...

  • B3GuyB3Guy

    I'm also on a guitar forum (which every guitar person from PV should check out, BTW) called the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, and they have a thing called "Gear Acquisition Syndrome", AKA GAS . . . and a dedicated thread for it. Basically, you post pics and links of gear that you're jonesing over (hint: we should start one). We'd have a lot of catching up to do, though. The UW forum has a several hundred page thread chock full of what (on the forum) is referred to as "wood porn". Even page one starts things off with a couple doozies: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=9040.0

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Basically, you post pics and links of gear that you're jonesing over (hint: we should start one).

    Just do it if you like :-)

  • B3GuyB3Guy

    Oh, I will. I'm just looking for the right picture to set the right tone. Such things are not begun lightly :-)

    Also, I am busy working on the next blog entry in my spare time (which is not much).

  • Mark_the_HarpMark_the_Harp

    "Checking P-V more than 5 times per day" ... +1

    Me too!

  • Mark_the_HarpMark_the_Harp

    See?

  • apefosapefos

    Happiness is always a step beyond what we have achieved.

    Dog's World Wide Web / Television (change chicken for gear and here we are)(:

    translate: "fellows, I love a reality show!"

    televisao-de-cachorro.jpg
    200 x 199 - 8K
    tv de cachorro.jpg
    500 x 340 - 45K
  • tetakpataktetakpatak

    @alcomposer
    hey, mate.... symptoms list ending with 9? No way, add this please:
    10) Your typing (plus amused face) in front of your PC screen several times a day brought loved ones around you on idea you are chatting with some new chick....

    Love to spend time here, so much enthusiasm, creativity and wisdom shared on the P-V!

  • apefosapefos

    Just pull the plug.

    From some days ago I decided to keep my internet connection unplugged. So I connect two times a day to check emails, messages and posts and unplug again.

    In the beginning I felt some strange sensation of being lost, outside the world, but then I start to found myself more immerse in the real world.

    Everybody have tasks they like and tasks they do not like. This unplug decision are helping me to do faster the tasks I do not like so much.

  • MirrorManMirrorMan

    @apefos that's just an attempt to get your tolerance down, like having 2 double shots of whiskey per day instead of just sipping beer all day ;)

    OK, So many admit being addicted. Who's going to develop the 12 step program to kick the habbit?

  • endotoxicendotoxic

    im happy that finaly im in the recuperation process of -PV syndrome. It has passed 2 month now since not making it all day on page reading. I feel more relaxed and i can breath more, my skin has managed to recover its real color. I dont hear the reported "Vitaliy typing keyboard sound " effect any more so i may be leading to final recovery. I want to not thank the community since it was part of the addiction. Im still using PV some times, but just only a little. ;)

  • lolololo

    after being in re-hab i think i´m falling again... i woke up today, looked at the window, and thought, what a great dynamic range my eyes have!, the sky was blue the dark areas had detail, and there was no noise!

  • apefosapefos

    it is because your eyes are more than 999999999999bits raw.

    and what about the dynamic range in your dreams? are your brain recording, playback and generating well?

  • lolololo

    actually the buffer of my dreams gets erased every time i wake up, so... no recording here

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