Is the Internet Ruining Your Social (and Love) Life?

Chuong Nguyen | December 12, 2008 3:10 PM

In a new survey conducted by Harris Poll for Intel of over 2,000 internet users, nearly half of all women and a third of all men said they would forego sex for two weeks for an internet connection. According to Ars Technica, Sex wasn’t the only thing people ranked below Internet access in Intel’s survey, though. Cable TV subscriptions, dining out, shopping for clothes, and gym memberships all lose out to the Internet when push comes to shove. In fact, TV seemed to be one of the most expendable of the non-people-related options, with 58 percent of all adults (male and female) saying they would rather give up TV for two weeks than live without Internet for even a single week.

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