Raise your hand if you’re a cheesepodder

The American Psychiatric Association may not recognize ‘Net addiction as a mental illness yet, but the Internet has given birth to a “quirky range of modern addictions and maladies,” according to New Scientist. Some faves: Google-stalking: “Snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates.” Photolurking: “Flicking through a photo album of someone you’ve never met.” Cheesepodding: “Downloading of a song “so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter.” Cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s.” More here.