The New York Times printed an article about South Korea’s problem with Internet addiction in teens. Boot camps, partially funded by the South Korean government, have been created to address problem in teens. I give you this excerpt:

Up to 30 percent of South Koreans under 18, or about 2.4 million people, are at risk of Internet addiction, said Ahn Dong-hyun, a child psychiatrist at Hanyang University in Seoul who just completed a three-year government-financed survey of the problem.

O RLY? What are the signs of addiction, friend?

They spend at least two hours a day online, usually playing games or chatting. Of those, up to a quarter million probably show signs of actual addiction, like an inability to stop themselves from using computers, rising levels of tolerance that drive them to seek ever longer sessions online, and withdrawal symptoms like anger and craving when prevented from logging on.

Oh, snap. I’m addicted to the interwebs…Or maybe not? I mean, relatively speaking:

“I don’t have a problem,” Chang-hoon said in an interview three days after starting the camp. “Seventeen hours a day online is fine.”

Whew! I’m good. I probably only average five.