296. The Or-Cut Bug
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Are you smitten by the orkut bug?
Orkut was a part of my life for three years and i was so much addicted to it that i ended up having my food in front of the computer. My study timings were exchanged for the time i spent on orkut. Even i stopped going out and meeting friends. The addiction was so deep that I started using orkutian terms in my day to day language.In offiicial meetings, I would tell my boss that I would leave him a scrap about my work-status.
My experience with the un-avoidable devil, "Orkut" even made me to send a friend request to Penelope Cruz. She even accepted my request and she started scrapping me in some unknown language. It must have been Spanish or Latin because I did not understand a single word.When I finally attained self-actualisation in orkut, i decided to write two important posts for Orkut users. These two posts changed the lives of many DeSpErAtE souls. I am adding the two posts yet again , because I want to change the life of some more DeSpErAtE souls.
I also take this opportunity to announce that I joined orkut again this week and I stayed there for 3 days. I re-lived some of my old moments and then quit from the scene for-ever.Yes! I deactivated my orkut account for eternal bondage.As I intended to pen this post as an inspirational post, i'd like to end it with a piece of advice.Well it gives me great happiness and pleasure in knowing that even a nutty person like me can start giving advices through blogs.If Darkha-Butt can say what ever she wants in her TV-channel, even I can give advices through my blog. Don't you agree with me people?
Advice
"Run away from an addiction before the addiction addicts you". I did not get it right this time. Let me rephrase this sentence for the benefit of my readers. " Run away from addiction after the addiction addicts you".Now I am confused about one thing. I guess the first trial statement was right.
Let me make an operational definition for the term Addiction before I come back to the advice part.Addiction- " It is like a vegetarian having Chicken pox. He has chicken in him;but still he is a vegetarian".Now I forgot the subject on which I originally intended to advice you all. Can you please advice me?
-Chronicwriter
:P..lol..welcome bac to orkut...:)..yes its a bug..
urs..hemu..
Hemanth Potluri 10 March 2009 9:43 PM
lol you told me that you joined orkut again, Did that remind you to write about it? lol..
the pink orchid 10 March 2009 9:56 PM
Deactivating the account appears to be right option if you are way too addicted.
Ramana KV 10 March 2009 10:07 PM
leave orkut. join facebook.
Trinaa 10 March 2009 10:08 PM
i had an orkut addiction for some 2 years but i deleted that account last year. i have absolutely no plans of ever going back there!
the rules for women were cool ones, most of them i already had on my profile :D yes yes.. too many followers :D
WarmSunshine 10 March 2009 10:08 PM
lol...lol...
i have seen people being so addicted to orkut that that would compete to have more scraps than the others they knew...and in that they wouldnt even mind self scrapping:),,,oh yeah...the addiction was immense,,,
even im on orkut,but i dont really remember the last time i checked my profile:)....
by the way...i loved the definition of addiction..and im going to use it for quite a few days to come:D
santasizing...Fantasizing 10 March 2009 10:11 PM
hiiiii
very nice blog u got here
yaa orkut is just tooooo addictive I must say :)
and yaa, say my hello to Penelope ;D
A S 10 March 2009 10:15 PM
appa appaaaaaa.. ennna oru mokkai... u r great chriz!
Elithraniel Arawion 10 March 2009 10:24 PM
Cheers to ur Orkut-less life!!!
way to go man...i just hope ur new addiction isnt Facebook !!!
Vinnie 10 March 2009 10:27 PM
Orkut...in the blogger world....kool man..!!!
have a great time there..!!!
yamini meduri 10 March 2009 10:36 PM
Send me the profile link of penelope cruz :P
P h E N O m E n O N 10 March 2009 11:25 PM
heheh..join facebook..it is better than tat..;)..(read in case of addiction)..
Amrita~Ams 10 March 2009 11:33 PM
Its a bug ...... Chrizzz do not get bugged ........
Rahul Viswanath 11 March 2009 4:43 AM
@ Chriz
//"Run away from an addiction before the addiction addicts you". I did not get it right this time. Let me rephrase this sentence for the benefit of my readers. " Run away from addiction after the addiction addicts you".Now I am confused about one thing. I guess the first trial statement was right.
Let me make an operational definition for the term Addiction before I come back to the advice part.Addiction- " It is like a vegetarian having Chicken pox. He has chicken in him;but still he is a vegetarian".Now I forgot the subject on which I originally intended to advice you all. Can you please advice me?//
Thelivaa purinchichu...appuram ippadi en girl friendsoda picaa podrathu nalla illa solliten aama...
@ Wolf
same comment in both chriz and my blog- try to write something new :P
Lancelot 11 March 2009 7:11 AM
** " It is like a vegetarian having Chicken pox. He has chicken in him;but still he is a vegetarian"
- Inimitably Chriz. :P
LOL@ Darkha Butt! I want her too see it. :D
Ve been on orkut and facebook for 5 yrs now. Each time I say am gonna delete my acct., it never actually happens. Thanks to a pretty large network. ;D
Peace.
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Holi greetings to you and yours...
Kartz 11 March 2009 8:03 AM
Enna solla vara pa....en ippadi..hmm coming to d point, my advice to u is not to advice others in d name of advice :P
Suyambuvel. M 11 March 2009 8:13 AM
Onnumae puriyavillai indha advice. But i deleted my Orkut account a year back. Tired of all the "i want to make fraandship" requests when you KNOW thats the last thing they want. Even facebook is getting quite lame.
Crowscious 11 March 2009 8:40 AM
Are u in or out?
JollyRoger 11 March 2009 8:49 AM
I was "getting" addicted when I decided to stay away: that was still when I had an account. Now I stay out: too many very good memories associated with it whose bearers are not around in my life. Plus, I am not interested anymore in any of the social networking websites!
I used to spend a lot of time on Orkut too and yeah that seems like a year and half and a lifetime back;)
Srini 11 March 2009 10:35 AM
I used to b addicted to orkut some 1-2 yrs back. Not anymore.... :)
Ria 11 March 2009 11:07 AM
hehe! :D
am still addicted, lol!
wil try to come out of it soon.. :P
Swetha Padakandla 11 March 2009 11:28 AM
Dude....... Orkut SUCKS....
FB rocks :)
and no am not addicted to it... maybe I was an addict to the FB addiction for the first few days but then the addiction to stay away from addiction kicked in and I became a non addict to the addiction... err... watever...
With respect to the case of the vegetarian and the chicken pox... it would be the same as a non-vegetarian dude being covered with vegetable pulp... :P
Enjoy the lovely weather there... cheers...
Arv 11 March 2009 11:31 AM
dint quite understand the underlined statement.....:(
Neethu 11 March 2009 12:54 PM
orkut and facebook addicts me. I always wanted to get out tis addiction, but it keeps pulling me back... I loved the Darkha Butt, am planning to send this link to her. I have her ndtv mail ID.
Jebaraj Samuel 11 March 2009 2:17 PM
addiction.. lol.... loved d defination :D
Preetilata【ツ】 11 March 2009 3:21 PM
hmm i jus left a comment u r thr in orkut and u wrote a blog to support ur answer.. hmm smart.. i liked it..
Jinsy John 11 March 2009 3:32 PM
@ lance
if u both stop being such mokkais i would change comment... otherwise y shud i.. waste of time and typing
Elithraniel Arawion 11 March 2009 3:55 PM
Been there...done that
Harshita 11 March 2009 4:35 PM
Lols .. don worry you started with explanation for orkut addicion and ended with the addiction explanation :P ...
I know that bug :) .. Goodness its like a viral fever too.. keeps spreading from one person to another!
Charmed One! 11 March 2009 4:43 PM
as i tols ya once i did contemplate orkut suicide once but it was jus too much on my will power...instead i went for facebook suicide n orkut homicide...
mayz 11 March 2009 4:57 PM
Whats with the veggie having Chicken Pox? Couldnt understand...
Sam 11 March 2009 5:26 PM
Whats with the veggie having Chicken Pox? Couldnt understand...
Sam 11 March 2009 5:26 PM
Facebook facebook facebook!!!
ki 11 March 2009 6:34 PM
@ Wolf
Kannamapettai la sudukaatula laptop vechu blogungraa perulla mokkai podraanae avana nirutha sollu naanga niruthurom...
Chelpak stadiumla bandhu porikipodura gap la blog eluthi mokkai podraanae avana nirutha sollu naanga niruthurom...
enga mokkai naala naalu peru sirichaangana ethuvumae thappu illai....
Lancelot 11 March 2009 7:23 PM
@ lance
asho ashooo..... yen pa ipdi irunkeenga... very creative mokkai :P
Elithraniel Arawion 11 March 2009 7:45 PM
@ Wolf
finally a new comment CREATIVE mokkai nandri hein...
Lancelot 11 March 2009 7:48 PM
I agree with what others have said ....Orkut sucks mann ....Facbook is much more user friendly ....Otherwise I have a solution ...Go to an anti-orkut rehab :P
Anurag 11 March 2009 8:23 PM
You quit by yourself or Orkut banned you ;)
Thoorika 11 March 2009 8:51 PM
u are absolutely crazy... what was the use of joining if u had to leave..??
Phoenix 11 March 2009 9:19 PM
Addiction- " It is like a vegetarian having Chicken pox. He has chicken in him;but still he is a vegetarian".
Lol..thats creative!
Harish 11 March 2009 11:16 PM
i've been an orkut addict...for the simple reason that i'm a people's person and a conversationalist...i made acquaitances, friends and relationships in real from orkut...and then some that stayed online and some that got wierd...
and then i de-addicted...got blog addicted...and de-addicted from there...
i'd rather say lead an interesting life than a simple one :P
sanely insane 11 March 2009 11:58 PM
cool..u remain the same ...
bt ur blog changed a lot..hopefully will follow ur wits regularly..
:)
Vinz aka Vinu 12 March 2009 12:31 AM
real sound advice:P
u did 1000 times better than darkha butt :D
Praveen 12 March 2009 12:37 AM
its ultimately ur choice... if u are getting addicted to anything get professional advice... ummm i meant professional not Chriz's :-P
The Rat... 12 March 2009 7:54 AM
lol.. dont ever follow your heart lead it..(it is a movie dialogue) but hey works for this case..:P..kudos to you.. :)
Lovely Almond 12 March 2009 9:02 AM
U could have tried not replying to scraps.In due course, you would have eventually gotten rid of ur addiction because u wouldn't get any scraps either ! :) But then again, if you were hunk on Orkut, this wouldn't have worked either. I want to get unlogged from computer as a whole.I t would be just so human to go back to write-a-letter days!!
PurpleHeart 12 March 2009 11:06 AM
Great one, so is the addiction stopped completely?
moi 12 March 2009 12:37 PM
hahaha! i think i have to re-do my profile now :P
PS: you're still on orkut the last time i checked!
Divya 12 March 2009 6:52 PM
hmmm..
glad i checked my addiction fr orkut .. but it go transferred to blogs !!
Pretty Me!! 13 March 2009 1:02 AM
I am with all these nteworking websites from twitter (which is the 'in' thing:P), FB, Orkut . I wouldn call it an addiction, but indeed used to be orkutting for quite sometime. Now, Its abt sending tweets and I am hooked with this!
Archana 13 March 2009 9:47 PM
did you delete ur new orkut profile too?
Doe 14 March 2009 2:01 AM
orkut surely is a addiction and i am yet to decipher your message on addiction. Hope that after 5 read i will get it.
I was once addicted to yahoo chat but due to my job and stuffs the addiction was cured and i am very much happy for that
s4n705h 15 March 2009 1:05 AM
Something about nothing eh!! :D
We underestimate the bugs so much that that we begin to get estimated by how much we are bugged! Phew..
Sree 15 March 2009 1:08 AM
Something about nothing eh!! :D
We underestimate the bugs so much that that we begin to get estimated by how much we are bugged! Phew..
Sree 15 March 2009 1:08 AM
facebook's great too :D :D better than orkut actually.
yes yes its an addiction :D and im not complaining (till i get my horrible grades :D) :P
Mads 18 March 2009 3:10 PM