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Bandwidth envy

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Bandwidth envy is a condition triggered by your fellow basement dwellers' bragging about their ungodly amounts of bandwidth for downloading furry porn. This can result in an unhealthy lust for your neighbor's internet speed, especially when you think it could solve your life's biggest problems (admittedly, most of which probably involve an insufficient supply of porn). The amount of bandwidth one has is generally proportional to their e-peen, but inversely proportional to the amount of sex they have.

History

Bandwidth Envy is believed to have started in the mid 90's. Before, dial-up modems had been the only real option and people with cable modems were few and far between, but then cable connections became more readily available and thus was born the aforementioned psychological phenomenon. Any online player of the vidya gamez asked would claim to have a T1 connection; Even players that were clearly connected at 56k would claim to have girlfriends in their house downloading terabytes of MP3 files slowing down their T1 connection. In reality these people were attempting to play via dial-up connection to AOL.

In the real world, the insecure and/or poorly endowed suffer from penis envy, but penis size only matters if you are capable of attracting an actual partner, and if not, pipe size often serves as a substitute for cock size.

Decline

Due to practically everyone and their mom having a reasonably fast internet connection outside of Africa and Australia, the amount of bandwidth one has is now almost irrelevant. As far as latency in online gaming, the speed of one's rig and the quality of networking in the household have become the major factors.

Example IRC Conversation

No matter how big your pipe is, if you're a douchebag, you're gonna get the banhammer. Reproduced below:

Prima: u suckl!!! 
@Secunda: who? 
Prima: yuo becuase i g0t m0r3 bandwith then you!!!! 
@Secunda: care to rephrase that? 
Prima: i got r0xin bandwith to downolad nething i want!! 
@Secunda: do you have an actual point or should i just ban you now? 
Prima: i'd jsut like to s33 j00 tr'/ sux0r!!!! 
[02:04:09]: Prima was kicked from channel #linux by Secunda (Reason: ) 
[02:11:33]: Prima has joined channel #linux 
Prima: mother fucker 
Prima: pr3p4r3 to be h4x0r3d @$$h0l3!!!!!!!! 
...
[02:21:54]: Prima was kicked from channel #linux by Secunda (Reason: Banned)

See Also


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Mental illness & Disorders

AcrotomophiliaAddictionAgoraphobiaAlcoholismAlexis Pilkington SyndromeAlzheimer'sAnorexiaAntisocial personality disorderAnthropophobiaAnxietyADDADHDAsperger's SyndromeAutismBimboficationBipolarBorderline personality disorderBug ChasingBulimiaCognitive dissonanceDeep thinkerDepressionDick ImpalementDown's SyndromeDyslexiaEating disorderFactitious disorderFake SchizophreniaFauxlimiaFeminismGender dysphoriaGirl on the Internet SyndromeHeterophobiaHero ComplexHFAHistrionic Personality DisorderHutchence's SyndromeHyperbolimiaInadequacyInconsistent personality disorderInsanityLiberal Butthurt SyndromeLiberalismLow Self-esteem'Missing White Woman' SyndromeMultiple personality disorderNapoleon ComplexNarcissistic personality disorderNeurotypicalObsessive Compulsive DisorderParanoiaParanoid personality disorderPeter Pan SyndromePost-Traumatic Stress DisorderPsychopathyPyromaniaRetardationSchizophreniaSeasonal Affective DisorderSelf-diagnosisSelf InjurySexsomniaSickfuckerySociopathySocial anxiety disorderSpecial Snowflake SyndromeTerminological percipience disorderTrolling Induced Transsexuality SyndromeTulpaUnrealistic expectationsVictim complex

Fetishes:

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E-Psychosis:

Chronic Troll SyndromeDeletionismE-goE-PsychiatristE-PsychiatryETDHivemindI-DosingI have a 140 IQIRC DiseaseImaginary girlfriendInternet Disease & Internet Disease ChartInternet poverty delusionsInternet RehabInternet troll personality disorderMega ultra super geniusNerdy Fandom Gateway TheorySex by associationLulz-BlindnessWikipedia's Greatest Hits Diseases

Experiments:

ask.fmBrainwashingHypnosisMilgram ExperimentScientologyStanford Prison ExperimentThe Hivemind Corollary

Sites:

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See also:

American Psychiatric AssociationAngerASMRChild abuseConscienceDreamsDSMElan SchoolEnlightenmentIntelligenceLobotomyMary BellPsychiatristySerial KillersTake the meat bridgeThe Law of ConformityTrigger Warning