Are you a mouse potato?
By saundyl
@saundyl (9783)
Canada
July 23, 2008 12:25am CST
I got reading urbandictionary.com earlier (had to look up the meaning of something someone informed me was band language) and i found this term "mouse potato"
The definition of mouse potato is "Someone who spends all their time on the computer surfing the net or playing games. Similar to couch potato."
I have to say I can be a mouse potato at times...especially in the evening. Other times I'm not.
How about you...do you think you're a mouse potato? Do you know someone who is?
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18 responses
@boerema (60)
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23 Jul 08
On weekdays when nothing is going on during the evening I become a complete "mouse potato." I'm not much of a TV-watcher so I zone out on the computer instead. However, with computers being in so many households across the world it would not surprise me if everyone acts like a mouse potato at one point or another.
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@tanniebabe78 (2934)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I am a mouse potato in all my glory. My quest to find online money has taken me to new heights of madness. I thought I was bad years ago when I got addicted to chatting. I thought I was bad when I got addicted to the world of online games.... Those pale in comparison. 
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Jul 08
hi saundyl yes indeed I am a mouse potato as I am on here
allday most days as I am retired with lots of time and
notmuch money.lol I am really on her at night up til'
midnight most times. My son is on all evening when he'
comes home from work and probably doesnot go to bed'
until after midnight. he is stuck on toontown a lot.and
he is fifty years old lol
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I wish i had more time to be on more!
@krayzietam (832)
• United States
23 Jul 08
I am guilty of being a mouse potato sometimes, especially since the summer started! I don't really have much else to do so I have been on the computer posting on mylot or looking up other stuff. Oh well, all of this will end in August since I have to go back to school! 
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
23 Jul 08
Oh i am so a mouse potato without a doubt. I sit here all day sometimes but then again im preganant and have to stay off my feet so why not sit on the computer. I do multitask I also watch tv while on the computer lol.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
23 Jul 08
The past couple of weeks, since I have been promoting my primary business very hard, I have definitely been a Mouse Potato. I get on the computer about 11am, and don't get off til about 11pm. Twelve hard hours, especially since I don't have the perfect chair to be sitting here all this time. I try not to spend as much time on the computer on the weekends, but during the week its twelve hour days of learning and marketing. I know eventually it will pay off.
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@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
24 Jul 08
Well I am going to admit that I am a mouse potato. I didn't want to tell anyone before because I was ashamed. I was ashamed at what my friends and family would think of me. But yeah I am a mouse potato. I've never really heard that word before, thanks for expanding my vocabulary.
I was ashamed at what my friends and family would think of me. But yeah I am a mouse potato. I've never really heard that word before, thanks for expanding my vocabulary. 2 people like this
@chirantani (1379)
• India
23 Jul 08
Thanks for the info.I had to use the computer when I am at work. So,during that time,I am a mouse potato,otherwise not.
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@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
24 Jul 08
I didn't know that term existed. Terminologies people come up with these days lol. Yes, I am a mouse potato myself. 
I spend a lot of my time on the computer because of the money making sites I am in. 
I spend a lot of my time on the computer because of the money making sites I am in. 2 people like this
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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24 Jul 08
Hello saundyl,
Yes I could say I am a mouse potato because I'm mouseing all day on Mylot, I only stop when I have to cooking and housework them I'm on Mylot for a long time.
Tamatafireheart.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
24 Jul 08
sounds kind of like what i do...i kind of alternate between computer and other things though...I have to do half an hour of this before i can use the computer. Then i can only use it for so long and have to go do something else. Some days this works some days this doesn't.
@Kellyann627 (342)
• United States
23 Jul 08
I am definatly a mouse potato! I spend alot of time on the internet! But I have to say I do some things that are productive! I work online and take summer courses online, so it's not so bad! I think if you can't get away from the computer, then it's a problem.
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@Aidensmommy821 (171)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I am definetly a "mouse potato". I have nothing better to do I am a stat at home mom and when my son is sleeping eating or playing I'll get on the computer. I mean I do spend time with my son and everything but I love to be on the computer. I love being on myspace or facebook and I love playing on king.com. I also surf the web for other things. You can learn something new everyday surfing the web.
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@Aidensmommy821 (171)
• United States
25 Jul 08
king.com is a game site that I go to. Its got some pretty fun games on it but sometimes I get frustrated with them if I dont win the prize or when the jewels in it. LoL.But you should check it out. Its free to play the games but depending on where you live you can also win money on it if you put money into ur account to play on but I cant do that because of where I live.
@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
23 Jul 08
I am a mouse potato more often than not. I am having energy bursts lately though, so I am moving out of that phase. I like the earnings and the mental stimulation, and the social interaction of being online. I used to be (long time ago) a fitness freak. There has to be a middle ground.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
24 Jul 08
I am deinitely a mouse poato, especially since I am able to earn pretty decen money beig one. Just look at my MyLot number, and you can see what a mouse potato I am. LOL
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@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I stand accused. I am a mouse potato. I no longer care about the televison for me it is the computer. I spend a lot of time here. And love it. So I have to bow my head and raise my hand to say I am a mouse potato. Oh woe is me.
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. I just discovered that urbandictionary a while ago after looking for ROFL, yes I admit
. I am definitely a Potato whether I'm using a couch or in the mouse. ROFL