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14 March 2010

There should be a word for when you click on a link, and it is slow to load, and while you're waiting you have this moment when you realize that you didn't really want to see whatever it was in the first place and what are you doing wasting your time on the internet?

post by: JanetLand at: 07:27 | 14 comments

Clicker's remorse.

posted by Obscure Reference 14 March | 07:37

... wasting your time on the internet?
I was with you up until this ;-)

posted by dg 14 March | 08:05

Hahahaha I completely agree. I run into this so many times.

posted by CitrusFreak12 14 March | 08:52

Sunday.

posted by maudlin 14 March | 09:19

self awareness.

posted by warbaby 14 March | 09:51

Clickinterimitis.

posted by flapjax at midnite 14 March | 10:04

the inexorable creep of wisdom

posted by Hugh Janus 14 March | 10:08

A moment of clarity

posted by The Whelk 14 March | 11:23

URL U-Turn? Clickus Interruptus? Arrested Web Development?

posted by evilcupcakes 14 March | 13:16

World Wide Wegwet

posted by BitterOldPunk 14 March | 13:55

Snaiload Ennui

posted by iconomy 14 March | 14:12

I think I like Hugh's the best, but they're all good.

posted by JanetLand 14 March | 17:49

Le Click d'Escalier

posted by rhapsodie 14 March | 20:20

"Wasting your time on the internet"? Unpossible!

posted by deborah 16 March | 01:22

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