{"id":1464,"date":"2012-10-02T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T15:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2012-10-02T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T15:20:53","slug":"the-internet-makes-you-fat-mean-and-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/10\/02\/the-internet-makes-you-fat-mean-and-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet Makes You Fat, Mean And Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theawl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/shutterstock_101910529.jpg?resize=525%2C339\" alt=\"\" title=\"This computer-using man is angry\" width=\"525\" height=\"339\">&#8220;According to soon-to-be-published research from professors at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh, browsing Facebook lowers our self control&#8230;. People who spent more time online and who had a high percentage of close ties in their network were more likely to engage in binge eating and to have a greater body mass index, as well as to have more credit-card debt and a lower credit score, the research found. Another study found that people who browsed Facebook for five minutes and had strong network ties were more likely to choose a chocolate-chip cookie than a granola bar as a snack.&#8221;<br \/><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10000872396390444592404578030351784405148.html?mod=djemITP_h\">You are also more aggressive and impatient.<\/a> One of the study&#8217;s authors compares the behavior to being drunk, which sounds about right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><small>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-422077p1.html\">Janina Dierks<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>See more posts by <a title=\"Alex Balk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/user\/4\/balk\">Alex Balk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/10\/the-internet-makes-you-fat-mean-and-poor#comments\">0 comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>via The Awl <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/10\/the-internet-makes-you-fat-mean-and-poor\">http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/10\/the-internet-makes-you-fat-mean-and-poor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;According to soon-to-be-published research from professors at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh, browsing Facebook lowers our self control&#8230;. 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