Newbie here, but you know what they say about addictions...it only takes one time to get hooked!
43. You post on SDN because it makes you feel like you're DOING SOMETHING productive in the application process, when, honestly, it's only filling the time until you can check your mailbox again.
42. You're glad your date is over so you can check SDN for new posts.
41. You still do the work for people who 40 is about.
40. You get pissed off when senior members still don't add to the list according to standard practice (by hitting the Quote button, removing the QB and QUOTE codes, etc.)
39. It's after 4am in your timezone and you're still posting.
38. Your forced to add new stuff to the list, just to make the other SDNers know and wonder at you with awe and amazement that another addict is among them.
37. You add a post about 36.
36. You have Doctora Foxy's homepage on your browser's Favorites menu.
35. You get annoyed when your thread has less than 10 posts on it.
34. You've gotten upset by Caveman's posts in the past, but have finally gotten inured to them.
33. You worry when regulars haven't posted for more than a day.
32. You keep searching for new graemlins to add. <img src="http://www.mins.net/ubb/graemlins/sunflower.gif" alt="" />
31. "Medschool Booyah"... need I say more?
30. You know exactly how many posts it takes to become a Senior Member and Grand Member. I wish there were more titles in between, because going from 50 to 2000 posts is some work...
29. You do not go by # of posts. You go by # of posts per minute.
28. It's 11:30, you have an exam tomorrow at 8am and you're reading this.
27. If your friends see you looking at other websites, they ask you "is SDN under construction?"
26. People remember your name even though you don't post with it anymore.
25. You get relationship advice from an SDNer (you know who you are)
24. You talk about SDN with fellow pre-meds who later join.
23. You talk about SDN with fellow interviewers and get them to join.
22. You talk about SDN with people that have NO interest in med school that join.
21. The first thing you want to do when you hear from a school is to let your SDN friends know!
20. Keep checking this thread for any updates.
19. You refuse to make any med school decisions unless validated by another SDN member.
18. You eat meals while reading/posting on SDN.
17. You wait for a lull in posting before going to the bathroom.
16. You post from a med school admissions office!
15. you try to quit over and over again, but The Habit is just too strong, and you end up online checking new posts, hoping that this next time you click reload, there will be a new post on a thread you're keeping up with...soon you're back on the streets, broke and diseased....
14. When the same people are constantly simultaneously posting.
13. You start flirting with some of the other members on SDN.
12. You get pissed when you think you're a regular and are left out of "regular" lists.
11. The reload button on your browser is worn out from constantly checking to see if anybody new messages have been posted.
10. Your homepage is set directly to this board.
9. While you "study" next to your computer, you check SDN every five minutes for possible updates.
8. Your only real social interaction during the day takes place on this board.
7. When the SDN website is slow, you curse the computer gods.
6. You have more than 100 posts. Any fewer, you're just a dabbler.
5. "Work? School? Eat? Sleep? I spit on them!! There are more important things at stake!!! I must check for updates here."
4. You actually vote on all the polls, no matter how ridiculous some of them might be.
3. You know who the regulars are (brandonite, Watcha, Scooby, SMW, Jessica, A. Caveman, etc.) and, of course, who the trolls are (MacGyver, bustahimes).
2. You can instantly spot a "transfer" from the Princeton Review board.
And the number one sign you're ADDICTED to SDN is...
1. You come up with stupid posts like mine to kill time.
